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Near-Real-Time Data Processing And Operation Of An Earth-Observing Remote Sensing Payload, Nicholas E. Hulst

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Psychiatric Nurses' Career Perspectives And Insights, Kimberly M. Gregg

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Developmental Perspective Of Adolescents Who Were Placed In Residential Care, Kim Hanson

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A Study Of Instuctional [Sic] Frameworks For An Exemplary Reading And Writing Program, Tiffany J. Harbott

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North Dakota Homeland Security Strategy, Susan Reinertson

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Creative Minds : The Reformation Of A Writing Workshop, Livia Kay Zitzow

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Impact Of Various Forms Of Participation On Citizens' Trust In Ukraine, Vladyslav Galushko

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The Sources Of Coaching Efficacy Among Female Women's Softball Coaches, Kari Tuton

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Issues Of Opression And Liberation : Un-Covering The Image Of The Veil, Jane Eleanor Sykes

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Prince Vladimir And Russia's Conversion To Christianity : Cultural And Economic Connections Between Kiev And Constantinople, Jennie Weber

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Application Of Object-Oriented Domain Analysis And Design In The Model Driven Architecture Framework, Krishna Mohan Tedla

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A Place To Call Home : A Look At College Students And Online Community, Megan N. Tollefson

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Attitudes And Opinions Of Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists Regarding The Use Of The Bispectral Index Monitor, Melissa D. Secord

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Termination-Dependent Diversity Performance Of Coupled Antennas: Network Theory Analysis, Michael A. Jensen, Jon W. Wallace

Faculty Publications

A new analysis of mutually coupled diversity antenna systems is presented that includes the effects of coupling on the radiation pattern and received power. This analysis, based upon the network scattering parameters, makes use of the singular value decomposition to both specify the characteristics of and analyze terminated antenna networks. The approach facilitates a simplified proof of the multiport conjugate matching condition as well as development of expressions for diversity performance as a function of various impedance terminations. Application of the analysis to coupled dipole antennas characterized using full-wave electromagnetic analysis leads to a comprehensive examination of the diversity performance …

Wideband Channel Model For Aeronautical Telemetry, Christian Bettweiser, Adam Davis, Michael D. Rice

Faculty Publications

A multipath channel model for wideband aeronautical telemetry links is presented. Channel sounding data were collected at Edwards AFB, CA, at both L-band and lower S-band. Frequency domain analysis techniques were used to evaluate candidate channel models. The channel model is composed of three propagation paths: a line-of-sight direct path and two specular reflections. The first specular reflection is characterized by a relative amplitude of 70% to 96% of the line-of-sight amplitude and a delay of 10—80 ns. This path is the result of “ground bounces” off the dry lake bed at Edwards and is a typical terrain feature at …

Fast Registration Of Tabular Document Images Using The Fourier-Mellin Transform, William A. Barrett, Luke A. D. Hutchison

Faculty Publications

A new technique is presented for quickly identifying global affine transformations applied to tabular document images, and to correct for those transformations. This technique, based on the Fourier-Mellin transform, is used to register (align) a set of tabular documents to each other. Each component of the affine transform is handled separately, which dramatically reduces the total parameter space of the problem. This method is robust, and deals with all components of the affine transform in a uniform way. The Fourier-Mellin transform is also extended to handle shear, which can approximate a small amount of perspective distortion, and to not need …

2004 Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes, Morehead State University. Faculty Senate.

Faculty Senate Records

Faculty Senate meeting minutes for the entire year of 2004.

A Computational Approach To Resolving Certain Issues In Spanish Stress Placement, David Eddington

Faculty Publications

Previous research into Spanish stress assignment suggests that accentuation involves learning and storing individual word tokens along with their inherent stress patterns, and analogizing on stored words when the need arises to determine the stress pattern of an unknown or unavailable word. Exactly what variables are most relevant to stress assignment has been hotly debated. In the present study, a number of analogical simulations were carried out to determine whether elements of the CV tier, syllable weight, phonemic representation, or a combination of these, best accounts for accentuation in Spanish.

Sex, Politics, And Religion: The Clash Between Poland And The European Union Over Abortion, Alicia Czerwinski

Denver Journal of International Law & Policy

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An African Dimension To The Clean Development Mechanism: Finding A Path To Sustainable Development In The Energy Sector, Patricia Nelson

Denver Journal of International Law & Policy

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Invigoration Enforcement Mechanisms Of The International Labor Organization In Pursuit Of U.S. Labor Objectives, Phillip R. Seckman

Denver Journal of International Law & Policy

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The Language Contact Profile, Barbara F. Freed, Dan Dewey, Norman Segalowitz, Randall Halter

Faculty Publications

Efforts to gather data of various sorts—demographics, language-learning history, contact with native speakers, use of the language in the field—as they relate to participants in SLA research studies are inherent to understanding more about language acquisition and use. Scholars frequently develop questionnaires of their own, which are rarely shared widely in the profession. Consequently, much time and effort is invested in reinventing the process of gathering the types of data that are commonly needed.

The document we present here—a questionnaire to assess second language contact for students entering and completing language study programs in various contexts of learning (academic classrooms, …

New Technology, Old Defenses: Internet Sting Operations And Attempt Liability, Audrey Rogers

University of Richmond Law Review

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Identity-Driven Violence: Reclaiming Civil Society, Kenneth R. Hoover, Vernon D. Johnson

Journal of Hate Studies

The increase in identity-based violence both domestically and internationally is focusing attention on the need for proactive approaches to reconciliation. The rise of militia movements, and the associated phenomenon of malicious racial harassment in the Pacific Northwest, demonstrates the dangers arising from identity-driven violence. The broad scale success of an anti-affirmative action initiative illustrates the wider significance of discriminatory attitudes. This article addresses those dangers by illustrating the convergence of two kinds of theories about identity-based violence. We will demonstrate how individual- level explanation taken from empirical work in the field of developmental psychology fits with social movement theory to …

The Social Psychology Of Hatred, Evan R. Harrington

Journal of Hate Studies

Hatred has not typically been a topic of research in the field of social psychology, although several components which embody hatred have been studied extensively in this field. Social psychologists have traditionally considered prejudice, stereotyping, discrimination and intergroup aggression to be highly important and socially relevant topics for research, and thousands of studies by social psychologists have examined these and other issues related to hatred. There are three primary approaches social psychologists have utilized in studying prejudice and intergroup aggression. The first approach may be thought of as a general model of social influence in which a variety of situational …

Teaching A General Education Course On Hate Crimes: Challenges And Solutions, Phyllis B. Gerstenfeld J.D., Ph.D.

Journal of Hate Studies

Almost ten years ago, I began teaching a course on hate crimes. This course was originally created as an upper division elective for undergraduate Criminal Justice majors. In the years since, the course has been adapted slightly so that it now serves to satisfy our General Education “Multicultural” requirement. The course is a popular one—in the fall of 2003, I had 62 students—and one I enjoy teaching. However, teaching this course has also presented several challenges. In this paper, I describe some of the challenges I have faced, as well as the approaches I have taken to meeting these challenges. …

Our Ancestral Shadow: Hate And Human Nature In Evolutionary Psychology, James E. Waller

Journal of Hate Studies

In some unique ways, each of us is like no other human being. In other ways, each of us is like some other human beings. And, in yet some other ways, each of us is like all other human beings. The question of the nature of human nature is captured in this final statement. In what ways are we like every other person that has gone before us and will come after us? This question is particularly relevant to the emerging field of hate studies. Is there an endowment with which each of us begins our life that is important …

Conflict Of Interest Economics And Investment Analyst Biases, H.D. Vinod

Brooklyn Law Review

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Prescribing The Right Dose Of Peer Review For The Endangered Species Act, J.B. Ruhl

Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications

....what I examine here is whether scientific-style peer review, depending on how it is dosed out, could be counterproductive for environmental law.The use of peer review as a component of regulatory procedure has not received much discrete attention in environmental law literature, but it is truly the sleeping dog of the "sound science" movement. Understanding this concept requires some background on science and administrative law. The "sound science" movement, as its name suggests, advocates that environmental law decisions be based principally on scientific information and conclusions that have been derived through the rigorous, unbiased practice of science. Science is generally …

A Survey Of Antibiotic Resistance Among Coliform Bacteria Isolated From The Missouri River, Sara E. Mcdonnell, Amy M. Treonis

Biology Faculty Publications

The prevalence of antibiotic resistant microorganisms in the environment is not well known but could represent a challenge to maintaining public health in the future. Fecal waste from livestock facilities, where antibiotics are routinely used, is recognized as a significant source of pollution to surface waters in the United States. We collected water from the Missouri River across a winter to spring seasonal change in order to survey the density of coliform bacteria. We tested bacterial isolates for resistance to penicillin, tetracycline, ampicillin, erythromycin, and ciprofloxacin. Coliform density in Missouri River water generally was high throughout the study (0-405 cfu …