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Life-Extending Control For A Highly Maneuverable Flight Vehicle, Si-Bok Yu

Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Theses & Dissertations

This dissertation investigates the feasibility and potential of life extension control logic for reducing fatigue within aerospace vehicle structural components. A key underpinning of this control logic is to exploit nonintuitive, optimal loading conditions which minimize nonlinear crack growth behavior, as predicted by analytical fatigue models with experimentally validated behavior. A major simplification in the development of life extension control logic is the observation and justification that optimal stress loading conditions, as described by overload magnitude ratio and application interval, are primarily independent of crack length and therefore, component age. This weak relationship between optimal stress loading and structural age …

Sharing The Journey: New Teachers In Michigan Reflect On Their Experiences, Kia Jane Richmond

Language Arts Journal of Michigan

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United States Diplomacy In The Age Of The Internet, Allison S. Greene

Graduate Program in International Studies Theses & Dissertations

The dynamics of international relations are constantly changing, and the origin of an extraordinary amount of that change can be traced to what has been coined the ‘Information Revolution.’ It is a revolution as profound and as significant as Gutenberg's invention of moveable metal type, and may result in social and political consequences of comparable magnitude. One of the most significant and far-reaching implications of this phenomenon is the emergence of the Internet. Since its inception, there have been many claims and assertions about existing and potential repercussions of the Internet within the diplomatic realm.

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Computer Law Review and Technology Journal

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Temptations To Take: Misappropriation Of Trade Secrets, Damages And Remedies, Eric S. Tautfest

Computer Law Review and Technology Journal

Protecting trade secrets serves two basic functions: it provides a means for preserving standards of commercial ethics and it encourages innovation. In contrast to a patent or a copyright, a trade secret has no statutory limitation and can, conceivably, be protected forever. Further, while patent and copyright protection extends only to certain types of materials or information, trade secret protection extends to a wide range of information. Additionally, trade secrets are not publicly disclosed; with patents, the entire patent file and its contents become public property.

In Texas, trade secret protection is defined by a large body of welldeveloped case …

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Gene Patenting: Do The Ends Justify The Means?, Mark A. Chavez

Computer Law Review and Technology Journal

Over the course of the last decade, medical interest and research in the human genome has grown at an exponential rate. As a result, profit-seekers and scientists are turning to patent law to protect their financial and medical interests; recent recipients of patent protection include bacteria, a type of mouse, and even human genes. As these trends in medicine and intellectual property law develop, considerable debates are surging regarding the morality of awarding property rights in biological material, particularly human genes. While both sides of this debate present compelling arguments, if scientists and investors are expected to advance their innovative …

Distrust Quotations In Latin, Peter Goodrich

Articles

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Striking A Balance Between Employer Business Interests And Employee Privacy: Using Respondeat Superior To Justify The Monitoring Of Web-Based, Personal Electronic Mail Accounts Of Employees In The Workplace, Micah Echols

Computer Law Review and Technology Journal

Electronic mail ("e-mail") is a convenient and financially beneficial tool in the workplace. Although businesses that take advantage of e-mail have experienced many benefits, these same businesses also face a number of disadvantages. One such disadvantage is the legal liability that employers may face-under a vicarious liability theory-for the e-mail-related actions of their employees. Due to this exposure, nearly eighty percent of employers have turned to various methods of monitoring their employees, including direct e-mail monitoring. Traditionally, this type of monitoring has been limited to company, proprietary e-mail accounts, in which courts have routinely held that an employee has no …

Ashcroft V. Aclu: The Fate Of The Child Online Protection Act, Marybeth Eyrich

Computer Law Review and Technology Journal

Concerns about the proliferation and accessibility of cyber-porn motivated Congress to pass legislation intended to protect children from on-line pornography. This nascent attempt to regulate the Internet has not yet passed constitutional muster, as Congress's efforts to protect children have been thwarted by First Amendment challenges. Ashcroft v. ACLU examines, but does not resolve, the constitutionality of the Child Online Protection Act ("COPA"). The issue in Ashcroft was whether COPA's use of "community standards" to identify "material that is harmful to minors" violated the First Amendment. In a plurality opinion, the Court held that COPA's use of "community standards" does …

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Information Systems Security And Privacy Issues In The Armed Forces, John C. Dolak, Anna E. Dolak

Computer Law Review and Technology Journal

Members of our Armed Forces serve in foreign countries and throughout the United States. Service members and civilian employees working for the military are permitted limited personal use of military computer systems. This limited usage gives, for example, a sailor on a ship a way to communicate with his parents thousands of miles away. It also means that the military must balance the privacy expectations of users against the need to maintain secure computer systems. The military must also ensure that its systems are not used in an illegal fashion or for illegal purposes. Finally, the military must protect its …

Personal Jurisdiction: Lost In Cyberspace?, Susan Nauss Exon

Computer Law Review and Technology Journal

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Clients' Views On Privacy And Security After September 11: Have They Changed? Should They? An Information Technology Lawyer's Perspective, Richard G. Lyon

Computer Law Review and Technology Journal

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Looking For A Crack To Break The Internet's Back: The Listen4ever Case And Backbone Provider Liability Under The Copyright Act And The Dmca, Daniel W. Kopko

Computer Law Review and Technology Journal

In August 2002, a group of 13 record labels brought a lawsuit against the four major companies that provide the "backbone" infrastructure of the Internet. The record labels sought an injunction under section 512 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1982 ("DMCA") to compel the defendants to block access to a China-based website, Listen4Ever.com ("Listen4ever"), that offered free downloads of entire albums of copyrighted music from its central server. The labels alleged that Listen4ever located its operations in China specifically to evade U.S. copyright laws. They noted that the site was in English and offered almost exclusively music by …

The Erosion Of Online Privacy Rights In The Recent Tide Of Terrorism, Thomas P. Ludwig

Computer Law Review and Technology Journal

Imagine a world where any idea or message communicated to another individual is subject to governmental scrutiny for possible criminal, subversive, or terroristic content. The current location of any individual, as well as the places that he or she commonly frequents, can easily be tracked through that person's phone calls, online activity, and financial records, which are all accessible to government agencies. By intercepting e-mails and tracking online browsing, shopping, and other activities, the most intimate details, habits, and preferences of the average individual are readily available to the prying eyes of cyber-criminals and law enforcement officials alike. Scenarios such …