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Me 745 Leading The Church For The Unchurched, George G. Hunter

Syllabi

1. Hunter, George G. Leading and Managing a Growing Church. Abingdon, 2000. 2. ___________. Radical Outreach: The Recovery of Apostolic Ministry and Evangelism. Abingdon, 2003 3. Schaller, Lyle. Strategies for Change. Abingdon, 1993. 4. Warren, Rick. The Purpose Driven Church. Zondervan, 1995.

American Anti-Terrorism Planning And Design Strategies: Applications For Florida Growth Management, Comprehensive Planning And Urban Design, Richard H. Schneider

University of Florida Journal of Law & Public Policy

No abstract provided.

Theories Of System Of Cities;, Hesham M. Abdel-Rahman, Alex Anas

Department of Economics and Finance Working Papers, 1991-2006

Economic theories of systems of cities explain why production and consumption activities are concentrated in a number of urban areas of different sizes and industrial composition rather than uniformly distributed in space. These theories have been successively influenced by four paradigms: i) conventional urban economics emphasizing the tension between economies due to the spatial concentration of activity and diseconomies arising from that concentration; ii) the theory of industrial organization as it relates to inter-industry linkages and to product differentiation; iii) the New Economic Geography which ignores land markets but emphasizes trade among cities, fixed agricultural hinterlands and the endogenous emergence …

The City Network Paradigm: New Frontiers;, Hesham M. Abdel-Rahman

Department of Economics and Finance Working Papers, 1991-2006

This chapter provides a survey of recent developments of positive as well as normative theories of city systems. Static theory of city system emphasizes the factors that result in the formation of cities through the interaction between two opposing forces: i) agglomeration economy; ii) agglomeration diseconomy. Furthermore, the theory examines the interaction between cities within the national economy through intercity trade and migration, which shape the internal population composition and industrial structure of cities within the system. New development of this theory has been influenced by industrial organization and economic growth together with the new urban economic paradigm. This chapter …

Tcm Decoding Using Neural Networks, Edit J. Kaminsky, Nikhil Deshpande

Electrical Engineering Faculty Publications

This paper presents a neural decoder for trellis coded modulation (TCM) schemes. Decoding is performed with Radial Basis Function Networks and Multi-Layer Perceptrons. The neural decoder effectively implements an adaptive Viterbi algorithm for TCM which learns communication channel imperfections. The implementation and performance of the neural decoder for trellis encoded 16-QAM with amplitude imbalance are analyzed.

Privacy Property, Information Costs And The Anticommons, Edward J. Janger

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Oregon Collaborative For Excellence In The Preparation Of Teachers – An Overview, M. Enneking

Journal of Mathematics and Science: Collaborative Explorations

No abstract provided.

Persistence In Mathematics By Underrepresented Students: Experiences Of A Math Excel Program, C. M. Hake, M. L. Crow, T. Dick

Journal of Mathematics and Science: Collaborative Explorations

Success in mathematics by underrepresented and nontraditional college students is measured not only by academic performance (grades), but also by the continued participation and persistence of these students in mathematics coursework. The Math Excel program at Oregon State University attempts to build "learning communities" with a sharp academic focus in support of students concurrently taking introductory level mathematics courses. The Math Excel program is based heavily on Uri Treisman's Emerging Scholars Workshop model of collaborative problem solving. In this article, we examine the experience of minority students in the Educational Opportunities Program participating in the Math Excel program. While the …

Journal Of Mathematics And Science: Collaborative Explorations

Journal of Mathematics and Science: Collaborative Explorations

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The Occurrence Of Reform Teaching Practice In Undergraduate Mathematics And Science Classes: The Students' Perspective, P. D. Morrell, J. B. Carroll

Journal of Mathematics and Science: Collaborative Explorations

No abstract provided.

A Single-Phase Dual-Output Ac-Dc Converter With High Quality Input Waveforms, Qiang Li

University of Kentucky Master's Theses

A single-phase, buck-boost based, dual-output AC-DC converter is studied in this thesis. The converter has two DC outputs with opposite polarities, which share the same ground with the input power line. The power stage performance, including the input filter, is studied and procedure to select power components is given. The circuit model is analyzed to develop appropriate control. Zerocrossing distortion of the source input current is addressed and a solution is proposed. Experimental results are satisfactory in that a high power factor line current results for steady-state operation.

Analysis Of Electron Transport And Luminance Mechanisms In Srs Based Blue Emitting Actfel Devices, Praveen Sivakumar

University of Kentucky Master's Theses

The purpose of this thesis is to contribute to the understanding of SrS based ACTFEL devices. Better understanding of the processes in the host phosphor will give us the possibility to design more efficient blue emitting ACTFEL devices. Towards this aim, a physical model, that describes the optoelectronic processes taking place in the phosphor, was developed and analytical equations were written. The analytical model was numerically simulated and the plots of flux flowing through the device and luminance output by the device were obtained. Experiments were performed to obtain the plots of current flowing through the device and luminance output …

Choosing The Genetic Makeup Of Children: Our Eugenics Past-Present, And Future?, Michael J. Malinowski

Journal Articles

No abstract provided.

The Bridge Of Roebling And Crane, Joseph T. Bockrath

Journal Articles

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Iran, Mary E. Hegland

Faculty Publications

Iran lies between Iraq and, further north, Turkey to the west and Afghanistan and Pakistan to the east. Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, and the Caspian Sea border Iran to the north, and thee Persian Gulf to the south. Iran covers 636,293 square miles.

In the early decades of the twentieth century, many people lived by herding animals. Some of the Kurds and the Shahsevan in the northwest, Qashqai, Bakhtiary, Lurs, and Kamseh in the southwest, Baluch in the southeast, and Turkmen in the northeast lived in nomadic camps, traveling with their animals in search of water and pastures. Beginning in the …

Audit Risk Alert - 2003/04; Audit Risk Alerts, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Division

Industry Guides (AAGs), Risk Alerts, and Checklists

No abstract provided.

Processor Microarchitecture For Implementation Of Ephemeral State Processing Within Network Routers, Muthulakshmi Muthukumarasamy

Theses and Dissertations--Electrical and Computer Engineering

The evolving concept of Ephemeral State Processing (ESP) is overviewed. ESP allows development of new scalable end-to-end network user services. An evolving macro-level language is being developed to support ESP at the network node level. Three approaches for implementing ESP services at network routers can be considered. One approach is to use the existing processing capability within commercially available network routers. Another approach is to add a small scale existing ASIC based general-purpose processor to an existing network router. This thesis research concentrates on a third approach of developing a special-purpose programmable Ephemeral State Processor (ESPR) Instruction Set Architecture (ISA) …

Construction Contractors With Conforming Changes As Of May 1, 2003; Audit And Accounting Guide:, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Construction Contractor Guide Committee

Industry Guides (AAGs), Risk Alerts, and Checklists

No abstract provided.

Vision 2003

Vision

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Creating A Life As A Lawyer, Thomas D. Morgan

Valparaiso University Law Review

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Noncitizen Students And Immigration Policy Post-9/11, Victor C. Romero

Faculty Scholarship

The purpose of this article is to describe the post-9/11 world for noncitizen students and scholars in light of recent federal legislation, specifically focusing on three laws: the USA-PATRIOT Act of 2001, the Border Commuter Student Act of 2002, and the proposed Capital Student Adjustment Act, currently pending in Congress. In all three, Congress is seen trying to walk the fine line between providing fair access to postsecondary education to noncitizen students and guarding against the possibility that such institutions are being used as a springboard for terrorist activity.

Legal And Policy Responses To The Disappearing "Teacher Exception," Or Copyright Ownership In The 21st Century University*, Elizabeth Townsend

Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology

No abstract provided.

The Policy Considerationsof New Use Copyright Law As It Pertains To Ebooks, Joshua A. Tepfer

Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology

No abstract provided.

Bayer Ag V. Schein Pharmaceuticals, Inc.: A Pharmaceutical Company's Victory In Securing A Patent Monopoly Over Ciprofloxacin, Glenna L. Gilbert

Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology

No abstract provided.

Agent Based Intrusion Detection And Response System For Wireless Lans, Mohan K Chirumamilla, Byrav Ramamurthy

School of Computing: Conference and Workshop Papers

Wireless LAN technology, despite the numerous advantages it has over competing technologies, has not seen widespread deployment. A primary reason for markets not adopting this technology is its failure to provide adequate security. Data that is sent over wireless links can be compromised with utmost ease. In this project, we propose a distributed agent based intrusion detection and response system for wireless LANs that can detect unauthorized wireless elements like access points, wireless clients that are in promiscuous mode etc. The system reacts to intrusions by either notifying the concerned personnel, in case of rogue access points and promiscuous nodes, …

Patterns And Trends Of Soil Climate Regimes And Drought Events In The Northern Great Plains, William J. Waltman, Stephen M. Goddard, S. E. Reichenbach, Mark Svoboda, Michael Hayes, J. S. Peake

School of Computing: Conference and Workshop Papers

Drought is the dominant process of crop loss nationally and within Nebraska. Nearly twothirds of the 18.6 million harvested acres are covered by crop insurance (USDA/RMA, 2003; USDA/NASS, 2003). For the most part, Nebraska’s crop losses range from $50 to 75 million in non-drought years, but the losses approach nearly $200 million in drought years, such as 2000. The past growing season (2002) crop losses are projected to greatly exceed $375 million in Nebraska and more than $4 billion nationally (USDA/RMA, 2003). The analysis and understanding of drought processes in the Great Plains is an important component to developing drought …

Estimation Of Hydraulic Conductivity From Borehole Flowmeter Tests Considering Head Losses, Vitaly A. Zlotnik, Brian R. Zurbuchen

Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences: Faculty Publications

Recent numerical studies have demonstrated that the conventional interpretation of the borehole flowmeter test (BFT) may lead to considerable errors in estimates of the horizontal hydraulic conductivity (K_r) due to neglect of head loss across the electromagnetic borehole flowmeter (EBF). Even in uniform aquifers, the conventional interpretation underestimates K_r at the base and overestimates K_r at the top of the aquifer. In this paper, we derive exact analytical solutions for hydraulic head and streamlines induced by the BFT in a confined homogeneous aquifer. The solutions explicitly consider head loss across the EBF. The derived analytical solutions …

Discrete-Event Simulation: Simulation Practices And Trends, Paul Savory

Department of Industrial and Management Systems Engineering: Presentations

Discrete-event computer simulation is one of industry’s most used operations research techniques. Its uses range from answering questions about work-in-process and production feasibility to comparing alternative plans for system routing and scheduling. This presentation offers a brief overview of practices and trends.

Effect Of Combined Metal-Carbon Additions On The Microstructure And Structure Of Sm2fe17, B. E. Meacham, Jeffrey E. Shield

Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering: Faculty Publications

The effect of combined alloying additions on the structure and scale of rapidly solidified Sm–Fe alloys was investigated. Transition metal additions tend to promote the formation of the disordered TbCu₇-type structure in Sm₂Fe₁₇ alloys, as determined by monitoring the long-range order parameter. Essentially no order was observed for M = Ti, Zr, V, or Nb. Thus, the structure was close to the prototypical TbCu₇-type structure. With M = Si, a large amount of order was observed (S = 0.62), resulting in a structure closer to the well-ordered Th₂Zn₁₇-type. The …

Application And Performance Of Constructed Wetlands For Runoff From Small Open Lots, C. G. Henry, J. P. Harner Iii, T. D. Strahm, M. A. Reynolds

Department of Agricultural and Biological Systems Engineering: Presentations and White Papers

Vegetative systems have long been studied and evaluated as alternatives to conventional storage, treatment, and land application systems. This paper discusses the application of vegetative systems, primarily constructed wetlands, as a runoff treatment technology for small livestock operations. The approach used for two small dairies and one beef cattle feedlot is discussed. Cost data for these operations is included as well as nutrient reduction performance results from a three year sampling period for the KS Dairy.