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Spectral Measures And Perceptual Ratings Of Hypokinetic Dysarthria, Christopher Dromey

Faculty Publications

Ten individuals with Parkinson disease (PD) and hypokinetic dysarthria were compared with age-matched neurologically normal (NN) speakers on acoustic measures from speaking and vowel phonation tasks as well as on perceptual ratings of connected speech. Listeners identified differences between the groups when asked to judge the severity of vocal and articulatory impairment during reading. Several conventional acoustic measures failed to differentiate speakers with PD from NN speakers. However, measures of the shape (statistical moments) of the long term average spectrum (LTAS) revealed statistically significant differences between the groups across vowel phonation, reading and monologue tasks. The ease of computation of …

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Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences

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Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences

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Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences

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Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences

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Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences

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Simplified Shear Design Of Prestressed Concrete Members, Robert J. Frosch, Tyler S. Wolf

JTRP Technical Reports

Design methods for the shear resistance of reinforced and prestressed concrete beams are based on empirical evidence. Due to different approaches in their development different equations are used to calculate the shear strength of reinforced and prestressed concrete. Recent research conducted by Tureyen has proposed a simplified shear model for reinforced concrete which is primarily based upon mechanics and corresponds well with a wide range of test results. The objective of this research was to determine the applicability of the shear model to prestressed concrete. The applicability of the shear model was evaluated by a comparison of its results with …

Public Relations For Small Business: A Communication Application To Business Management, Diane J. Morton

Theses

Large corporations and businesses in the public eye employ public relations professionals or commission public relations agencies to manage efforts that protect business reputation and mediate relationships between a business and its publics. To succeed, small businesses need similar relationships with their publics, but many business owners do not dedicate time or resources to public relations functions. Relatively little information is available in the public relations literature specifically for small businesses. The purpose of this thesis is to identify the applicability of corporate public relations functions for small businesses, and to formulate a public relations plan for entrepreneurs and small …

Initial Study For Cost-Effectiveness Of Joint/Crack Sealing, Chuanxin Fang, Khaled A. Galal, David R. Ward, John E. Haddock

JTRP Technical Reports

The sealing and resealing of joints and cracks in PCC, HMA, and composite pavements is assumed to be an important component of pavement maintenance. Recently this practice has been challenged by research indicating that sealing may not be cost-effective. The Indiana Department of Transportation currently spends approximately four million dollars annually to perform joint/crack sealing. The primary objective of the research presented in this report is to investigate the costeffectiveness of joint/crack sealing in relation to pavement performance. The results of a mail survey showed that most states, including Indiana, do not have quantitative justification for sealing policies, nor do …

Holding The Line In I Corps: The Unintended Consequences Of Mcnamara's Electronic Fence, Nathaniel R. Helms

Theses

The primary focus of this thesis is the development, implementation, and results of a multi-billion dollar electronic anti-personnel barrier that once divided North and South Vietnam during America's involvement in the Vietnam War, a conflict that pitted the strongest nation on earth against one of the weakest.

United States participation in the Vietnam War lasted from 1959 to 1975 in one degree or another and conservatively cost the world more than two million lives, among them almost 57,000 Americans, two million Vietnamese, 1.5 million Cambodians, several hundred thousand Laotians, and a smaller number of Thais, Filipinos, Australians, New Zealanders, Chinese, …

Alcoholism And Add: A Comparative Study Of Male Adults With Alcoholism And Attention Deficit Disorder, Brechanna C. Bell

Theses

A comparative study was conducted to conclude the subtype of alcoholism and ADD/Hyperactivity in adult males. Thirty one diagnosed male alcoholics and thirty one non-diagnosed male adult alcoholics were screened for ADD/Hyperactivity. All sixty two subjects were asked to complete a personal data questionnaire and a brief self-administered form using MHS Quik:Score forms, relating to the Conners' Adult ADHD Self-Screening Rating Scale (CAARS-S). The data was statistically analyzed using transformation tables from raw scores to standardized t-scores for equality of means by use of the SPSS Analytical Program.

Rhythm Of Silence, Mary P. Wohler

Theses

This thesis focuses on a fictional depiction of life in the small town of Marion. Illinois in the 1930s and 40s. Each summer throughout my childhood, I spent several weeks visiting my Grandmother, Bertha Kelsey, and Aunt, Dorothy Odum, who live in Marion, Illinois. Spending the balance of the year living in the suburbs of St. Louis, I found Marion a very different world from the one I knew.

This story, in large part, was inspired by my memories of Marion as well as the memories my mother, Rosemary Doerner, has shared with me about growing up in Marion. Any …

2003-2004 Admissions Catalog, New York Law School

NYLS Bulletins and Catalogs

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Summary Of Daniel V. State, Clarke Walton

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

Appellant, Donald M. Mosely, shot and killed Frederick Washington and Mark Payne. At the same time, Terhain Woods and Antione Hall were also shot by Mosely, but both survived. On July 28, 1997, Moseley was convicted in district court of firstdegree murder, attempted murder with use of a deadly weapon, and burglary while in possession of a firearm. During Mosely’s trial, a number of errors occurred, which brought rise to this appeal. Because of these cumulative errors, the Nevada Supreme Court reversed appellant’s conviction and remanded the case for a new trial. In analyzing the issues raised by appellant on …

Summary Of Edington V. Edington, 119 Nev. Adv. Rep. 62, Z. Ryan Pahnke

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

Appeal from a district court order denying a motion to modify a divorce decree and denying a motion for attorney fees.

Summary Of Harris Assoc. V. Clark County Sch. Dist., Beth Rosenblum

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

Appeal from a judgment by the Eighth Judicial District Court, State of Nevada, denying the appellant’s motion to compel arbitration.

Summary Of Hathaway V. State, Melanie Koep

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

Proper person appeal from an order of the Eighth Judicial District Court, Honorable John S. McGroarty, denying appellant’s post-conviction petition for writ of habeas corpus.

Summary Of Huntington V. Mila, Incorporated, Amy A. Johnson

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

Appeal from an Eighth Judicial District Court, Las Vegas Nevada order certified as final under NRCP 54(b) granting Respondent Mila’s motion for partial summary judgment to dismiss Appellant Huntington’s third party complaint.

Summary Of In The Matter Of T.R. V. Nevada Div. Of Child And Family Services, 119 Nev. Adv. Op. 67, Kathleen Hamers

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

T.R., a fourteen-year-old boy at the time of the incident, was charged with sodomy against a four-year-old boy, forcing the boy to orally copulate him, and orally copulating the boy. An evidentiary hearing was conducted by a district court hearing master who concluded that there was clear and convincing evidence T.R. sodomized the four-year-old boy, and that he forced the four-year-old boy to orally copulate him. The district court agreed with the hearing master, entered an order with the hearing master’s findings, and dismissed the remaining charge. T.R. moved for a rehearing based on inadmissible and unreliable hearsay statements, which …

Summary Of John V. Douglas County Sch. Dist., 125 Nev. Adv. Op. 55, Derrick Harris

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

Appeal from a Ninth Judicial District Court order granting a special motion to dismiss under Nevada’s anti-SLAPP statute, in an employment matter.

Summary Of Las Vegas Downtown Redev. Agency V. Pappas, Sally L. Galati

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

In November 1985, the City of Las Vegas Downtown Redevelopment Agency (Agency) was created to evaluate and determine whether redevelopment was necessary to combat physical, social, or economic blight in various sections of the city. The Agency identified conditions in downtown Las Vegas constituting “blight” within the definition of NRS §279.388, and considered and approved a redevelopment plan (Plan) with the purpose of eliminating blight and to encourage businesses and individuals to return to a safe downtown area with adequate parking and facilities. Although the Pappases’ property was included within the Plan, no one, including the Pappases, challenged the Plan …

Summary Of Mack V. State, Kristen L. Gallagher

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

A neighbor found Betty May murdered in her room at a boarding house. An autopsy determined that May died by strangulation and suffered a traumatic sexual penetration just prior to her death. Semen and blood samples were taken from May’s body and clothing at the time of her death, and after twelve years passed, a detective ordered DNA testing of the evidence. Defendant Daryl Linnie Mack was charged with the first-degree murder of Betty May. Law enforcement obtained a blood and saliva sample from Mack at two different times during the investigation. Both the semen and the blood stains matched …

Summary Of Matter Of T.R., 119 Nev. Adv. Op. 67, Kathleen Hamers

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

Appeal from the Eighth Judicial District Court, Family Court Division order finding a juvenile delinquent for sexual assault of a victim under the age of fourteen.

Summary Of Meridian Gold Co. V. State Ex Rel Dep’T Of Tax., Beth Rosenblum

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

Appeal from judgment of the Second Judicial District Court, Washoe County, affirming a Nevada Department of Taxation tax deficiency determination.

Summary Of Meyer V. State, 119 Nev. Adv. Rep. 61, Timothy W. Roehrs

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

“The right to trial by jury, if it is to mean anything, must mean the right to a fair and impartial jury. A litigant is therefore entitled to a jury composed of 12 impartial jurors; …a party has the right to have that decision, whether for or against him, based on the honest deliberations of 12 such individuals.”2 The legitimacy of our justice system hinges on the fact that the results of trials, as dictated by a jury of one’s peers, remain free from the taint of extrinsic evidence and are grounded solely on the evidence presented by the parties …

Summary Of Nittinger V. Holman, Cami Perkins

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

Respondents, Dedric Holman and Christina Edwards, were gambling at the Gold Coast Hotel when a physical confrontation arose between John Nittinger, a security guard, and Holman. When Holman tried to run, security officers pursued him and held him to the ground. According to Holman’s testimony, the guards made racial slurs, punched, kicked and beat him. The security shift supervisor was present during part of the incident. The district court instructed the jury that it could find the Gold Coast liable for punitive damages if a “managerial agent” authorized or ratified the guards’ conduct. The jury awarded respondents $198,000 in compensatory …

Summary Of Preferred Equities Corp. V. State Eng’R, James Davis

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

Appeal from an order of the Fifth Judicial District Court, State of Nevada, denying petition for judicial review of State Engineer Ruling No. 4499. State Engineer Ruling No. 4499 rejected Petitioner’s application to change the diversion point and usage of certain water rights that they owned. Denial of application was based on mootness; applicant no longer owned water rights in question.

Summary Of State V. Gameros-Perez, Mike Feliciano

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

Jose Simon Gameros-Perez and Isidro Benitez-Medina, Respondents, were believed to be in possession of illegal narcotics and paraphernalia in their apartment. The Washoe County Sheriff telephonically applied for and obtained a warrant to search the respondents’ apartment pursuant to NRS 179.045(2). The magistrate issued the warrant based on sworn oral statements that were later transcribed. The warrant contained a statement that probable cause existed to believe the respondents were in possession of illegal narcotics and paraphernalia. It did not, however, contain an actual recitation of the probable cause for the search. Upon execution of the warrant, heroin was found in …

Summary Of Vermef V. Boulder City, 119 Nev. Adv. Rep. 60, Justen Ericksen

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

Appeal from a district court order granting summary judgment in favor of the city after a homeowner filed a claim alleging faulty construction of a drainage channel was the proximate cause of flood damage to his house.

Resolving Sovereignty-Based Conflicts: The Emerging Approach Of Earned Sovereignty, Paul Williams

Scholarly Articles in Law Reviews & Journals

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