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The Sentient Web, Michael N. Huhns Jan 2003

The Sentient Web, Michael N. Huhns

Faculty Publications

In a startling revelation, a team of university scientists has reported that a network of computers has become conscious and sentient, and is beginning to assume control of online information system. In spite of the ominous tone typically chosen for dramatic effect, a sentient Web would be more helpful and much easier for people to use. An agent is an active, persistent software component that perceives, reasons, and acts, and whose actions include communication. Agents inherently take intentional actions based on sensory information and memories of past actions. All agents have necessary communication ability, but they do not necessarily possess …

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Commitments Among Agents, Ashok U. Mallya, Michael N. Huhns Jan 2003

Commitments Among Agents, Ashok U. Mallya, Michael N. Huhns

Faculty Publications

Commitments are a powerful representation for modeling multiagent interactions. Previous approaches have considered the semantics of commitments and how to check compliance with them. However, these approaches do not capture some of the subtleties that arise in real-life applications such as e-commerce, in which contracts and institutions have implicit temporal references. In this column, we describe a rich representation for the temporal content of commitments that lets us capture realistic contracts and avoid ambiguities. Consequently, this approach lets us reason about whether, and at what point, a commitment is satisfied or breached, and whether it is or ever becomes unenforceable.

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Evidence In Arbitration, Bruce A. Mcallister, Amy Bloom Jan 2003

Evidence In Arbitration, Bruce A. Mcallister, Amy Bloom

Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce

No abstract provided.

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Recent Developments In Evidence Law, Carolyn Shields, Tara Shaw, Robert Birmingham Jan 2003

Recent Developments In Evidence Law, Carolyn Shields, Tara Shaw, Robert Birmingham

Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce

No abstract provided.

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Feeding Transgenic (Bt Corn Rootworm Protected And Roundup-Ready®) Corn To Feedlot Cattle, Kyle Vander Pol, Jon Simon, Galen E. Erickson, Terry J. Klopfenstein, Edward Stanisiewski, Gary Hartnell Jan 2003

Feeding Transgenic (Bt Corn Rootworm Protected And Roundup-Ready®) Corn To Feedlot Cattle, Kyle Vander Pol, Jon Simon, Galen E. Erickson, Terry J. Klopfenstein, Edward Stanisiewski, Gary Hartnell

Nebraska Beef Cattle Reports

Two finishing trials were conducted to evaluate the effect of feeding corn root worm protected (Bt) and Roundup Ready® (RR) corn hybrids on animal performance and carcass characteristics in the feedlot. Two commercially available non-genetically engineered reference hybrids, and the nontransgenic control hybrid were compared to the two genetically enhanced hybrids. No significant differences were observed on animal performance or carcass characteristics for either trial as a result of corn source in feed.

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Caution: Men At Work, Ekee Ehrlich Jan 2003

Caution: Men At Work, Ekee Ehrlich

Cardozo Journal of Equal Rights & Social Justice

The article highlights the challenges faced by pregnant women in the workplace, emphasizing the discrimination and gender stereotypes they encounter. Through the author's personal experience, it illustrates how societal expectations and workplace policies often fail to accommodate pregnant employees, leading to potential discrimination and undue stress.

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Annotated Legal Bibliography On Gender Jan 2003

Annotated Legal Bibliography On Gender

Cardozo Journal of Equal Rights & Social Justice

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Improving Building Control And System Operation Through The Continuous Commissioning® Process: A Case Study, Nathan Redmann, Mingsheng Liu Jan 2003

Improving Building Control And System Operation Through The Continuous Commissioning® Process: A Case Study, Nathan Redmann, Mingsheng Liu

Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction: Faculty Publications

Utilization of the Continuous Commissioning® process is presented in the case of the Consolidated Mission Support Center office building at Travis Air Force Base in Travis, California. The CC® process was applied to the building in early 2003. The examination of the heating, ventilating, and airconditioning (HVAC) and control systems revealed several areas where considerable improvement could be made, including air handling unit (AHU) operational parameters, terminal box and water loop operation, and Energy Management and Control System (EMCS) functionality. It also aided in the identification of mechanical systems needing repair. The optimization of the HVAC systems and …

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Development Of By-Pass Blending Station System, Mingsheng Liu, D. Barnes, K. Bunz, N. Rosnberry Jan 2003

Development Of By-Pass Blending Station System, Mingsheng Liu, D. Barnes, K. Bunz, N. Rosnberry

Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction: Faculty Publications

A new building blending station system named by-pass blending station (BBS) has been developed to reduce building pump energy consumption in both district heating and cooling systems. Theoretical investigation demonstrated that the BBS can significantly reduce building pump power for a typical cooling system when constant water flow is maintained in the building side. When differential pressure reset is applied in the building side, more pump energy can be saved. The BBS also reduces the pump size and therefore results in lower initial system cost. A case study was also performed and demonstrated 42% of annual chilled water pump energy …

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A Critique Of Emergent Dualism, Frank B. Dilley Jan 2003

A Critique Of Emergent Dualism, Frank B. Dilley

Faith and Philosophy: Journal of the Society of Christian Philosophers

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Ultrasonic Characterization Of Engineering Performance Of Oriented Strandboard, Ronnie Yunheu Vun Jan 2003

Ultrasonic Characterization Of Engineering Performance Of Oriented Strandboard, Ronnie Yunheu Vun

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Direct-contact (DC) and non-contact (NC) ultrasonic transmission (UT) methods were developed to characterize the structural performance of oriented strandboard (OSB). The UT variable velocity was shown to be sensitive to the physical impediments caused by flake interfacial boundaries and embedded voids. Both attenuation and root mean square (RMS) voltage were good indicators of the “zero void” densification level for OSB, a point of the greatest transmissivity of the stress wave energy. For both DC and NC methods, the predicted densities of the model were validated for spatial distribution over each OSB type. Based on the EN300 standard for panel manufacturing, …

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Sae Mini Baja East Orlando Guide, 2003, University Of Central Florida Jan 2003

Sae Mini Baja East Orlando Guide, 2003, University Of Central Florida

UCF Knights Racing Text

Event schedule for Mini Baja East competition, Orlando, FL in 2003.

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Film Cooling From Cylindrical Holes In Transverse Slots, Mohammed Altorairi Jan 2003

Film Cooling From Cylindrical Holes In Transverse Slots, Mohammed Altorairi

LSU Master's Theses

In this study, heat transfer coefficient and film effectiveness distributions are investigated for a film cooling hole configuration that has inclined holes discharging into a tangential slot before interactions with the mainstream. The cylindrical holes are inclined 35° along the mainstream direction. The effect of coolant-to-mainstream blowing ratio is examined for M=0.5 and M=1.0. Different slot width to hole ratios and also the effect of hole exit condition (square edge and triangular edge) is considered. The mainstream velocity and free-stream turbulence intensity in the low speed wind tunnel are 9 m/s and 7% respectively and the mainstream Reynolds number based …

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Modeling A Mississippi River Diversion Into A Louisiana Wetland, Stephan Alexander Capps Jan 2003

Modeling A Mississippi River Diversion Into A Louisiana Wetland, Stephan Alexander Capps

LSU Master's Theses

Wetland loss has significant impacts. Numerous loss mechanisms have been hypothesized, and a greater number of solutions have been proposed. One proposed solution is to divert river water into a degraded area with the intent of increasing sedimentation, introducing nutrients, and/or decreasing salinity within the wetland. However, wetland hydraulics and hydrology are complex processes and any hydrologic modification may result in unintended consequences. Predicting these consequences can be problematic due to the complexity and difficulty associated with proper modeling of the hydraulics and topography. The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the suitability of established one- and two-dimensional …

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Enhancing Ergonomics Through Occupational Therapy Services, Danielle N. Kary, Ashley Williams Jan 2003

Enhancing Ergonomics Through Occupational Therapy Services, Danielle N. Kary, Ashley Williams

Occupational Therapy Capstones

No abstract provided.

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Obessions And Promiscuities, Azita Osanloo Jan 2003

Obessions And Promiscuities, Azita Osanloo

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.

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When Terrorism Threatens Health: How Far Are Limitations On Personal And Ecomonic Liberties Justified, Lawrence O. Gostin Jan 2003

When Terrorism Threatens Health: How Far Are Limitations On Personal And Ecomonic Liberties Justified, Lawrence O. Gostin

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

The government is engaged in a homeland-security project to safeguard the population's health from potential terrorist attacks. This project is politically charged because it affords the state enhanced powers to restrict personal and economic liberties. Just as governmental powers relating to intelligence, law enforcement, and criminal justice curtail individual interests, so too do public health powers.

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Conspiracy Theory, Neal K. Katyal Jan 2003

Conspiracy Theory, Neal K. Katyal

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

Over one-quarter of all federal criminal prosecutions and a large number of state cases involve prosecutions for conspiracy. Yet, the major scholarly articles and the bulk of prominent jurists have roundly condemned the doctrine. This Article offers a functional justification for the legal prohibition against conspiracy, centering on psychological and economic accounts. Advances in psychology over the past thirty years have demonstrated that groups cultivate a special social identity. This identity often encourages risky behavior, leads individuals to behave against their self-interest, solidifies loyalty, and facilitates harm against non-members. So, too, economists have developed sophisticated explanations for why firms promote …

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Brown V. Board Of Education: 50 Years Later, Dana M. Malkus Jan 2003

Brown V. Board Of Education: 50 Years Later, Dana M. Malkus

All Faculty Scholarship

In Brown v. Board of Education, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously concluded that the doctrine of “separate but equal” had no place in public education. That decision on May 17, 1954 initiated educational reform throughout the country and was a catalyst in launching the modern Civil Rights movement. Though Brown signaled the beginning of the end of de jure segregation in the United States, events since reveal that – one-half century later – the work is far from complete. On Friday, October 10, 2003, scholars, students, and practitioners joined together at Saint Louis University School of Law for a full-day …

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Plagiarism On The Internet, John Jaeger Jan 2003

Plagiarism On The Internet, John Jaeger

The Christian Librarian

This article addresses the problem of plagiarism on the Internet and offers practical guidelines and instructions for dealing with that problem. While technology-based tools such as plagiarism detection services are discussed, primary focus is given to stopping plagiarism before it occurs. Prevention ahead of time is considered far better than detection later in time. Good prevention techniques involve educating the faculty in terms of how they can better "plagiarism-proof' their assignments, and encouraging the administration to create academic plagiarism policies, academic integrity codes, and Christian academic policy statements. This article developed from a workshop presentation made at the 2002 Association …

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Confronting The Challenge Of Information Literacy, Steven L. Baker Jan 2003

Confronting The Challenge Of Information Literacy, Steven L. Baker

The Christian Librarian

Confronting the challenges to any academic institution posed by the revolution in information resources since the appearance of the Internet can be a daunting task. Providing the financial and human resources required to provide reliable and secure access can alone be a major hurdle. The specialized equipment needed to effectively incorporate the new resources into student learning environments present an additional burden. The need to collaboratively manage the systems and adapt staffing patterns to the new resources can challenge the skills of the best administrators. The patterns of information seeking behavior exhibited by students in today's richly diverse information environment …

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Nonlinear Time Series Prediction By Weighted Vector Quantization, Amaury Lendasse, D. Francois, V. Wertz, M. Verleysen Jan 2003

Nonlinear Time Series Prediction By Weighted Vector Quantization, Amaury Lendasse, D. Francois, V. Wertz, M. Verleysen

Engineering Management and Systems Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Classical Nonlinear Models for Time Series Prediction Exhibit Improved Capabilities Compared to Linear Ones. Nonlinear Regression Has However Drawbacks, Such as overfilling and Local Minima Problems, User-Adjusted Parameters, Higher Computation Times, Etc. There is Thus a Need for Simple Nonlinear Models with a Restricted Number of Learning Parameters, High Performances and Reasonable Complexity. in This Paper, We Present a Method for Nonlinear Forecasting based on the Quantization of Vectors Concatenating Inputs (Regressors) and Outputs (Predictions). Weighting Techniques Are Applied to Give More Importance to Inputs and Outputs Respectively. the Method is Illustrated on Standard Time Series Prediction Benchmarks. © Springer-Verlag …

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Software Development In The Grid: The Damien Tool-Set, Edgar Gabriel, Rainer Keller, Peggy Lindner, Matthias S. Müller, Michael M. Resch Jan 2003

Software Development In The Grid: The Damien Tool-Set, Edgar Gabriel, Rainer Keller, Peggy Lindner, Matthias S. Müller, Michael M. Resch

Engineering Management and Systems Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

The development of applications for Grid-environments is currently lacking the support of tools, which end-users are familiar with from their regular working environment. This paper analyzes the requirements for developing, porting and optimizing scientific applications for Grid-environments. A toolbox designed and implemented in the frame of the DAMIEN project which closes some of the gaps and supports the end-user during the development of the application and its day-to-day usage in Grid-environments is then presented. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2003.

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Financial Collapse And Class Status: Who Goes Bankrupt?, Elizabeth Warren Jan 2003

Financial Collapse And Class Status: Who Goes Bankrupt?, Elizabeth Warren

Osgoode Hall Law Journal

Every policy prescription, economic analysis, or news report about consumer bankruptcy rests on one or another unspoken image of the estimated 1.5 million families that will file in a single year. Data from the 2001 Consumer Bankruptcy Project permit a systematic analysis of the composition of those who file for personal bankruptcy, focusing on their education, occupation, and home ownership status. These attributes serve as a proxy for class identification. Based on these indicia, more than 90 per cent of the families in bankruptcy qualify as middle class. These data are a powerful reminder that whatever else might be said …

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Proximate Cause And The American Law Institute: The False Choice Between The "Direct-Consequences" Test And The "Risk Standard", Michael L. Wells Jan 2003

Proximate Cause And The American Law Institute: The False Choice Between The "Direct-Consequences" Test And The "Risk Standard", Michael L. Wells

University of Richmond Law Review

No abstract provided.

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Notices Jan 2003

Notices

Contemporary Aesthetics (Journal Archive)

No abstract provided.

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A Framework To Utilise Urban Bus Data For Advanced Data Analysis, Markus Hofmann, Brendan Tierney, Margaret M. O'Mahony Jan 2003

A Framework To Utilise Urban Bus Data For Advanced Data Analysis, Markus Hofmann, Brendan Tierney, Margaret M. O'Mahony

Conference papers

Most urban bus operators collect detailed data on their respective transportation networks using electronic fare collection systems. However, contrary to the opinion of other service industries that this data is a valuable resource, many bus operators have tended not to fully utilise these resources. International experience suggests using innovative technologies and methodologies such as data warehousing, Online Analytical Processing (OLAP), and data mining, to derive the maximum benefit from this data. Still bus operators tend not to keep the full range of data in a form, which is easy to access or utilise, and therefore, are not able to apply …

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Archaeological Oceanography Of Inundated Coastal Prehistoric Sites, Dwight F. Coleman Jan 2003

Archaeological Oceanography Of Inundated Coastal Prehistoric Sites, Dwight F. Coleman

Open Access Dissertations

The field of shallow underwater archaeology has grown significantly during the last century, especially since the development of advanced technologies such as the self-contained underwater breathing apparatus (SCUBA). Other advanced technologies, such as high-resolution geophysical surveying systems and robotic undersea vehicles, which have been used extensively in the oceanographic sciences during the last several decades, are now being used in the archaeological sciences to investigate underwater sites representing human history. These technologies, in addition to the oceanographic and geophysical methodologies for exploration, prospecting, and site surveying, now form the technological basis of the nascent discipline of "Archaeological Oceanography ." This …

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Natural Attenuation Of Roadway Runoff In A Vegetated Channel: A Comparison Between A Winter And A Non-Winter Storm Event, Annalisa Gianfrancesco Jan 2003

Natural Attenuation Of Roadway Runoff In A Vegetated Channel: A Comparison Between A Winter And A Non-Winter Storm Event, Annalisa Gianfrancesco

Open Access Master's Theses

A winter and a non-winter storm were sampled to compare the natural attenuation of roadway runoff within a channel. Samples were taken at three sampling locations within the channel during a non-winter and winter storm. Analyzed constituents of the samples include: trace metals, nutrients, hardness, halide, suspended solids, organic compounds and physical parameters. Comparisons of inlet constituent loads for each storm showed a significant increase in constituents in the winter storm. Reduction efficiencies throughout the channel length were calculated and the winter storm was found to have had lower removal rates per length of the swale.

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Assessment Of The Rhode Island Coastal Lagoon Ecosystem, Kathryn Hale Ford Jan 2003

Assessment Of The Rhode Island Coastal Lagoon Ecosystem, Kathryn Hale Ford

Open Access Dissertations

The health of the Rhode Island coastal lagoon ecosystem is of importance due to its critical role as a wildlife habitat and recreation destination. As human population continues to expand along the coast, this ecosystem will receive increasing pressure from contaminants. By examining how the lagoons have changed in the past, we can postulate what variables are linked to change. Current conditions need to be thoroughly studied to provide a baseline with which to study future change, as well as to determine areas of concern in the lagoons. In order to understand how the ecosystem responds to such pressures, a …

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