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A Median Voter Theorem For Postelection Politics, Dhammika Dharmapala, Etienne Lehmann

Economics Working Papers

We analyze a model of 'postelection politics', in which (unlike in the more common Downsian models of 'preelection politics') politicians cannot make binding commitments prior to elections. The game begins with an incumbent politician in office, and voters adopt reelection strategies that are contingent on the policies implemented by the incumbent. We generalize previous models of this type by introducing heterogeneity in voters' ideological preferences, and analyze how voters' reelection strategies constrain the policies chosen by a rent-maximizing incumbent. We first show that virtually any policy (and any feasible level of rent for the incumbent) can be sustained in a …

Management Textbooks As Propaganda, Kim S. Cameron, R. Duane Ireland, Robert N. Lussier, J. Randolph New, Stephen P. Robbins

Management Faculty Publications

Are management textbooks propaganda? Do textbook authors write to advance the interests of a particular group or groups (such as employees, organizations, and/or society)? Do they write to present the theory and research of the academic discipline? Do they write primarily to produce a product that consumers (faculty and students) will buy in sufficient numbers and at a price that will yield financial profit? This article explores these and related questions by asking four well-established management textbook authors - Kim Cameron, Duane Ireland, Bob Lussier, and Steve Rabbins - to react to the metaphor of "management textbooks as propaganda or …

Agouti Expression In Human Adipose Tissue: Functional Consequences And Increased Expression In Type 2 Diabetes, Steven R. Smith, Barbara Gawronska-Kozak, Lenka Janderová, Taylor Nguyen, Angela Murrel, Jacqueline M. Stephens, Randall L. Mynatt

Faculty Publications

It is well recognized that the agouti/melanocortin system is an important regulator of body weight homeostasis. Given that agouti is expressed in human adipose tissue and that the ectopic expression of agouti in adipose tissue results in moderately obese mice, the link between agouti expression in human adipose tissue and obesity/type 2 diabetes was investigated. Although there was no apparent relationship between agouti mRNA levels and BMI, agouti mRNA levels were significantly elevated in subjects with type 2 diabetes. The regulation of agouti in cultured human adipocytes revealed that insulin did not regulate agouti mRNA, whereas dexamethasone treatment potently increased …

Rubisco Activase Is Required For Optimal Photosynthesis In The Green Alga Chlamydomonas Reinhardtii In A Low-Co2 Atmosphere, Steve V. Pollock, Sergio L. Colombo, Davey L. Prout, Ashley C. Godfrey, James V. Moroney

Faculty Publications

This report describes a Chlamydomonas reinhardtii mutant that lacks Rubisco activase (Rca). Using the BleR (bleomycin resistance) gene as a positive selectable marker for nuclear transformation, an insertional mutagenesis screen was performed to select for cells that required a high-CO2 atmosphere for optimal growth. The DNA flanking the Ble R insert of one of the high-CO2-requiring strains was cloned using thermal asymmetric interlaced-polymerase chain reaction and inverse polymerase chain reaction and sequenced. The flanking sequence matched the C. reinhardtii Rca cDNA sequence previously deposited in the National Center for Biotechnology Information database. The loss of a functional Rca in the …

A New Beginning, Colleen H. Fava

Civil War Book Review

On behalf of the previous editors, the U.S. Civil War Center, and myself I would like to thank Michael Zibart and the BookPage team for their commitment to this publication over the last few years. It is with regret, for both parties, that our publishing partnership has been dissolved. As most of ....

Annotations, Cwbr_Editor

Civil War Book Review

No abstract provided.

Biological Permanent Magnets, Richard B. Frankel

Physics

Magnetotactic bacteria orient and migrate along magnetic field lines. Each cell is essentially a self-propelled magnetic dipole. The magnetic properties of these bacteria have been determined by a variety of techniques, including pulsed hysteresis measurements on single cells.

The Collegian (2003-12-01), Sonia Mejia

UTB/TSC Archives - The Collegian [Newspaper]

Vol. 56, No. 14

Motions 2003 Volume 39 Number 4, University Of San Diego School Of Law Student Bar Association

Newspaper, Motions (1987-2019)

No abstract provided.

Ala/Cla Conference Report, Ellen T. Mcgrath

Law Librarian Other Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Enabling Work For People With Disabilities: A Post-Integrationist Revision Of Underutilized Tax Incentives, Francine J. Lipman

American University Law Review

Federal employment strategies for people with disabilities do not seem to be working. Scholars argue that the Americans with Disabilities Act and similar legislation that exemplify the disability theory of integrationism with the goal of integrating people with disabilities into mainstream employment cannot succeed. Society cannot eradicate barriers to employment for people with disabilities simply by the integrationist modest approach of reasonable accommodation. A post-integrationist approach may be required to provide legitimate equal employment opportunities for people with disabilities.

In December 2002, the General Accounting Office released its report on its study of three federal business tax incentives to encourage …

Foreword, Lori Ellen Shaw

University of Dayton Law Review

Symposium theme — Evolving Standards of Decency in 2003: Is the Death Penalty on Life Support?

Cover And Front Matter, Volume 29, Number 2, University Of Dayton

University of Dayton Law Review

Cover, table of contents, Volume 29, Number 2

Conscience Of A Catholic Judge, Michael R. Merz

University of Dayton Law Review

Symposium theme — Evolving Standards of Decency in 2003: Is the Death Penalty on Life Support?

Ponderomotive Shearing For Spectral Interferometry Of Extreme-Ultraviolet Pulses, Johan Mauritsson, Rodrigo López-Martens, Anne L'Huillier, Kenneth J. Schafer

Faculty Publications

We propose a novel method for completely characterizing ultrashort pulses at extreme-ultraviolet (XUV) wavelengths by adapting the technique of spectral phase interferometry for direct electric-field reconstruction to this spectral region. Two-electron wave packets are coherently produced by photoionizing atoms with two time-delayed replicas of the XUV pulse. For one of the XUV pulses, photoionization occurs in the presence of a strong infrared pulse that ponderomotively shifts the binding energy, thereby providing the spectral shear needed for reconstruction of the spectral phase of the XUV pulse. © 2003 Optical Society of America.

Cwbr Author Interview: Compelling Images Enhance Narrative Histories: Interview With William C. Davis, Colleen H. Fava, Leah Wood Jewett

Civil War Book Review

William C. Davis is the author or editor of more than 40 books on the Civil War and Southern history, as well as numerous documentary screenplays. He has served as historical consultant on various television and film productions. Davis has twice been nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in history and is currently professor of history at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. His most recent book, The Civil War in Photographs (Carlton 2002), served as the platform for this interview...

Decoherence At Zero Temperature, G. W. Ford, R. F. O'Connell

Faculty Publications

Most discussions of decoherence in the literature consider the high temperature regime but it is also known that, in the presence of dissipation, decoherence can occur even at zero temperature. Whereas most previous investigations all assumed initial decoupling of the quantum system and bath, we consider that the system and environment are entangled at all times. Here, we discuss decoherence for a free particle in an initial Schrödinger cat state. Memory effects are incorporated by use of the single relaxation time model.

Race, Health, And Health Care, David R. Williams

Saint Louis University Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Healthcare’S Hidden Civil Rights Legacy, David Barton Smith, Ph.D.

Saint Louis University Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Dynamic Conservatism And The Demise Of Title Vi, Gordon Bonnyman

Saint Louis University Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Flourishing Forties Against Flaming Fifties: Is Reverse Age Discrimination Actionable Under The Age Discrimination In Employment Act?, Elena Minkin

Saint Louis University Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Safe At Home Base? A Look At The Military’S New Approach To Dealing With Domestic Violence On Military Installations, Jennifer Heintz

Saint Louis University Law Journal

No abstract provided.

19 | The Neolithic Site Of Abu Ghosh, Hamoudi Khalaily, Ofer Marder

IAA Reports—Monograph Series of the Israel Antiquities Authority

Excavations at the Neolithic site of Abu Ghosh in the Jerusalem Hills uncovered two periods: the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB) and the Pottery Neolithic (PN). This volume documents the results of the excavations of villages of these two consecutive periods, including architecture, lithics, groundstone, pottery, small finds and fauna. The PPNB village comprised domestic structures, courtyards, plaster floors and enclosing fences. Domestic activities took place in the courtyards. The PN village layout is less clear, as it was dug into the earlier remains. The faunal analysis reveals evidence of incipient domestication of wild goats in the PPNB assemblage, and by …

Steens Mountain Aspen Assessment And Monitoring Final Report: Submitted To Bureau Of Land Management, Burns District Office And Steens-Alvord Coalition, Nick Otting, Danna Lytjen

Aspen Bibliography

No abstract provided.

Vol. 25, No. 14 (December 1, 2003)

Indiana Law Annotated

No abstract provided.

Dentalgram - Vol. 17, No. 12, Loma Linda University School Of Dentistry

Dentalgram

In this issue:

• Christmas Breakfast Memories
• Department news
• Featured employee of the month: Nellie Greene
• Employee's Association bake sale raises more than $600
• Thanksgiving donations
• Restorative dentistry faculty inducted into ACD
• New implant treatment coordinator
• Faculty from Leon, Mexico visits Loma Linda
• Dean's List

In Re Exxon Valdez: Application Of Due Process Constraints On Punitive Damages Awards, Joseph J. Chambers

Alaska Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Silent Killer, Winston J. Craig

Lake Union Herald

No abstract provided.

Howard Performing Arts Center Opens At Andrews University, Katie Shaw

Lake Union Herald

No abstract provided.

Multi-Phase Homework Assignments In Cs I And Cs Ii, James Huggins

Computer Science Presentations And Conference Materials

ll of the panelists have used small sets of related programming assignments in introductory CS courses. These assignments are essentially larger programs which are developed during several separate phases. This approach has several advantages: • Students are able to develop more realistic and interesting programs. • Students are motivated to write better code as well as documentation. Those who don't are quickly confronted by the implications. • Student interest in completing the projects is better sustained, since there is continuity from one project to the next. • It models desirable techniques such as iterative development and encapsulation. • It demonstrates …