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Capital Punishment And The Catholic Tradition: Contradiction, Change In Circumstance, Or Development Of Doctrine, Christopher Kaczor

Philosophy Faculty Works

No abstract provided.

Solving Problems Vs. Claiming Rights: The Pragmatist Challenge To Legal Liberalism, William H. Simon

William & Mary Law Review

Recent developments in both theory and practice have inspired a new understanding of public interest lawyering. The theoretical development is an intensified interest in Pragmatism. The practical development is the emergence of a style of social reform that seeks to institutionalize the Pragmatist vision of democratic governance as learning and experimentation. This style is reflected in a variety of innovative responses to social problems, including drug courts, ecosystem management, and "new accountability" educational reform. The new understanding represents a significant challenge to an influential view of law among politically liberal lawyers over the past fifty years. That view, Legal Liberalism, …

Escaping A Rigid Analysis: The Shift To A Fact-Based Approach For Crime Of Violence Inquiries Involving Escape Offenses, Timothy W. Castor

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Christological And Ecclesial Pacifism Of Stanley Hauerwas-A Lutheran Analysis And Appraisal, Joel Lehenbauer

Doctor of Philosophy Dissertation

The first purpose of this study, therefore, is to explore and examine the nature and content of Hauerwas's pacifist convictions and claims as a way of understanding more deeply and clearly his contribution to contemporary theology and ethics. There are, as we will see, many different varieties of pacifism. What are the essential characteristics of Hauerwas's pacifism, and what distinguishes it from these other varieties? Where do his pacifist convictions fit into his program for reforming Christian ethics? How do they inform and impact his theology as a whole?

A second purpose will be to examine Hauerwas's pacifism in the …

Work-Family Conflict Among Teleworkers: Demographic Effects And Work-Related Outcomes, Katherine A. Selgrade

Psychology Theses & Dissertations

This study examines the influence of work-family conflict (WFC) on work-related outcomes among teleworkers. Effects of work interfering with family (WIF) and family interfering with work (FIW) on telework satisfaction, affective commitment, and turnover intentions were examined in a secondary data analysis of 167 teleworkers. The effects of several demographic variables (gender, duration of the telework arrangement, number of children, and frequency of teleworking) on WFC were also examined. Structural equation modeling results support the influence of WIF on telework satisfaction and turnover intentions. The influence of FIW on the work outcomes was not supported. Analysis of the demographic variables …

Hydrologic Variations Within Created And Natural Wetlands In Southeastern Virginia, Aaron Dyer Despres

OES Theses and Dissertations

The hydrology of wetlands, particularly how wetland soils collect, store, and redistribute water strongly affects how wetland systems function. In created wetlands, construction processes and materials influence the hydrology and consequently, the potential for successful reestablishment of target vegetation communities. During .2002- 2004, the Virginia Department of Transportation constructed large mitigation wetlands on two different Quaternary aged surfaces with very similar hydrogeomorphic conditions. The Sandy Bottom Nature Park site (SBNP) located in Hampton, VA and rests on the sandy loam Tabb Formation while the Charles City Wetland site (CCW) lies on the older and clay-rich Shirley Formation. This study documents …

Vector Operations In Superscalar Architectures, Nathan Daniel Flinn

Electrical & Computer Engineering Theses & Dissertations

Vector calculations are very prevalent today. Though the vector-processing computer is quite an old concept, superscalar processors lack hardware support for vector operations. This thesis investigates whether an ordinary superscalar computer architecture can be designed to include hardware support for improved vector operations without drastically changing the existing superscalar design and behavior. A computer architecture design was created and implemented that included the vector multiply (dot product) operation. The design includes a Vector Operations Unit that captures incoming vector operations and generates the necessary set of machine instructions to complete the vector operation internally. It then delivers these instructions to …

An Algorithm For Locating Fundamental Frequency (F0) Markers In Speech, Princy Dikshit

Electrical & Computer Engineering Theses & Dissertations

Speech has been the principal form of human communication since it began to evolve at least one hundred thousand years ago. Speech is produced by vibrations of the vocal cords. The rate of vibration of the cords is called fundamental frequency (F0) or pitch. The objective of this thesis is to locate pitch period cycles on a cycle-by-cycle basis. The complexity in identifying pitch cycles stems from the highly irregular nature of human speech. Dynamic programming is used to combine two sources of information for pitch period marking. One source of information is the "local" information corresponding to the location …

Huffman Approach To Opcode Compression, Jason B. Shreve

Electrical & Computer Engineering Theses & Dissertations

Instructions are the building blocks of computer programs. They are composed of opcodes, which uniquely identify each instruction, and the operands or data. In most architectures, the instruction length is a set multiple of the word size. The size and number of operands vary by instruction. Due to programmer usage, program need, or compiler design, opcodes do not occur with a constant distribution. Likely, some opcodes occur very frequently, whereas others occur very infrequently or not at all. If the length of an opcode were representative of its frequency, compression in program size might be achieved.

This thesis is an …

The Limits Of International Criminal Law: House Demolitions In An Occupied Territory, Ariel Zemach

Connecticut Journal of International Law

The values of liberty, fairness and democracy underlie Western criminal law systems.' Each of these values challenges the International Criminal Court ("ICC") system, established under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court2 ("Rome Statute" or "Statute"). This article analyzes these challenges and shows that they can be properly addressed only by adopting a moral gravity requirement in determining the scope of international criminal prohibitions.

But how should we apply a requirement of moral gravity in international criminal law? How does such requirement bear on the prohibitions contained in the Rome Statute? This article takes up those questions by focusing …

Muss Es Sein? Not Necessarily, Says Tort Law, Anita Bernstein

Law and Contemporary Problems

The rule of law helps to check tendencies to excess, aligns remedies with what happened to similarly situated persons in the past, and give both power and accountability to public officials. Asserting its perpetual demand of Muss es sein? in reaction to oppressions, tort law jolts stais into change.

Should Noncommercial Associations Have An Absolute Right To Discriminate?, Andrew Koppelman

Law and Contemporary Problems

An association is more likely to win immunity from an antidiscrimination law, the more clearly its message is a discriminatory one. Boy Scouts of America v. Dale is in some tension with this rule, but the opinion is so muddled that it establishes no new rule to displace the old one.

Disaggregating U.S. Interests In International Law, Peter J. Spiro

Law and Contemporary Problems

The Constitution is so central to American identity that any concession of external constitutional constraints may constitute a threat to national self-determination. This explains the relative intensity of objections to international norms and institutions thought to compromise constitutional discretion, at least in the absence of countervailing interests.

Discretion And The Criminalization Of Environmental Law, Charles J. Babbitt, Dennis C. Cory, Beth L. Kruchek

Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum

No abstract provided.

Natural Theology, Methodological Naturalism, And "Turtles All The Way Down", Del Ratzsch

Faith and Philosophy: Journal of the Society of Christian Philosophers

No abstract provided.

Privacy, Plaintiff, And Pseudonyms: The Anonymous Doe Plaintiff In The Information Age, Jayne S. Ressler

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Main Hall To Main Street, October 2004, University Of Montana--Missoula. Office Of University Relations

Main Hall to Main Street, 2005-2010

This is volume 10, number 10 of Main Hall to Main Street.

Isolation Versus Quarantine And Alternative Measures To Control Emerging Infectious Diseases, Fahad A. Al-Ateeg

Saudi Medical Journal

In the past 25 years, the world has witnessed the emergence and re-emergence of many infectious diseases. In the early stages of their emergence, isolation and quarantine may be the only and last resort to effectively control infectious diseases when we are confronted with limited or no knowledge of a newly identified and previously unknown contagious disease, which causes a serious public health threat either locally or internationally. The article traces back the origins of isolation and quarantine; defines precisely the terms isolation and quarantine as they are currently used in the modern era; compare and contrast these terms; identifies …

Ultrasound Guided Fine Needle Aspiration Using 25g Needle As A New Technique For A Wide Range Of Pathological Conditions, Saleh A. Al-Damegh

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: This study is to report on the use of 25 gauge (G) needle in ultrasound (US) guided fine needle aspiration (FNA), as a new technique for a wide range of pathological conditions, and to assess the yield of positive tissue material and the complications compared to those reported in the literature using larger needles. METHODS: One hundred and seventy-two patients presented consecutively at King Saud University Teaching Hospitals, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, during the period 2000 to 2002, with various pathological conditions, underwent US guided FNA using 25G needle. The adequacy of the tissue obtained, and the pathological outcome …

Abdominal Cocoon. An Unusual Cause Of Intestinal Obstruction, Abdulla Al-Abassi, Mohammed Emad

Saudi Medical Journal

We report a case of abdominal cocoon in a young male patient, presenting with acute intestinal obstruction and abdominal mass. This is a rare acquired condition of the peritoneum in which the small bowel is encased either partially or totally by a dense fibrous membrane. Operative findings, perioperative imaging and treatment guidelines are discussed. A better awareness of this condition may facilitate preoperative diagnosis; prevent inadvertent bowel damage at laparoscopy and unnecessary bowel resection at laparotomy.

A Surviving Baby Born 24 Weeks Of Gestational Age And 490g Weight Without Mechanic Ventilation And Surfactant Replacement, Mustafa Akcam

Saudi Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

The Services Provided For Combined Oral Contraceptive Users In Health Care Centers, Kerman, Iran, Tahereh Ashraf-Ganjoei

Saudi Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Arteriovenous Fistulas For Hemodialysis. Patency Rates And Complications, Ozalp Karabay, Ufuk Yetkin, Hakan Onol

Saudi Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Rheumatic Valvular Heart Surgery And Maze Iii Procedure, Abbas Afrasiabi, Naser Safaii

Saudi Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Chronic Strain, Daily Work Stress, And Pain Among Workers With Rheumatoid Arthritis: Does Job Stress Make A Bad Day Worse?, Judith Fifield, Julia Mcquillan, Stephen Armeli, Howard Tennen, Susan Reisine, Glenn Affleck

Bureau of Sociological Research: Faculty Publications

The structure of the job and the daily experience of work are challenges for workers with rheumatoid arthritis. Yet little is known about how these two factors interact to put workers with chronic pain at risk for worse pain on a given day. This exploratory 20 workday diary study of 27 workers with rheumatoid arthritis used hierarchical linear modeling to examine how the structure of the job and neuroticism moderate the relationship between daily undesirable work events (daily stressors), and pain reports within a day. On days with more undesirable work events compared to days with fewer events, individuals with …

A Search For Tev Gamma-Ray Emission From High-Peaked Flat-Spectrum Radio Quasars Using The Whipple Air Cerenkov Telescope, P. T. Reynolds, Et. Al.

Physical Sciences Publications

Blazars have traditionally been separated into two broad categories based on their optical emission characteristics. Blazars with faint or no emission lines are referred to as BL Lacertae objects (BL Lacs), and blazars with prominent, broad emission lines are commonly referred to as flat-spectrum radio quasars (FSRQs). The spectral energy distribution of FSRQs has generally been thought of as being more akin to the low-peaked BL Lacs, which exhibit a peak in the infrared region of the spectrum, as opposed to high-peaked BL Lacs (HBLs), which exhibit a peak in UV/X-ray region of the spectrum. All blazars that are currently …

Mel Gibson's The Passion Of The Christ: Market Segmentation, Mass Marketing And Promotion, And The Internet, Peter A. Maresco

WCBT Faculty Publications

The pre-release publicity surrounding the Mel Gibson film, The Passion of the Christ, warrants an in-depth look at the role that market segmentation and marketing promotion, including use of the Internet, have played in the overall success of the film. As background, films commonly classified as biblical epics are referenced in order to construct a framework that will demonstrate how the promotion of this genre of film, with the exception of the Internet, has essentially changed very little over time. This paper is not a review of the film nor is it intended to be a brief course in marketing. …

Duress Is Not A Justification, Kyron J. Huigens

Articles

No abstract provided.

Lower Extremity Muscle Strength And Risk Of Self-Reported Hip Or Knee Osteoarthritis, Jennifer M. Hootman, Shannon J. Fitzgerald, Carol A. Macera, Steven N. Blair

Faculty Publications

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the gender-specific longitudinal association between quadriceps strength and self-reported, physician-diagnosed hip or knee osteoarthritis (OA).

Methods: Subjects were 3081 community-dwelling adults who were free of OA, joint symptoms and injuries, completed a maximum treadmill exercise test, had isokinetic knee extension and flexion and isotonic leg press strength measurements taken at baseline and returned at least one written follow-up survey. Multivariate logistic regression was used to estimate odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals.

Results: Women with moderate or high isokinetic quadriceps strength had a significantly reduced risk (55% to 64%) of hip …

Nietzsche, The Kantian Self, And Eternal Recurrence, Philip J. Kain

Philosophy

Nietzsche’s concept of the self grows out of Kant—and then attempts to subvert Kant. Nietzsche agrees that a unified subject is a necessary presupposition for ordered experience to be possible. But instead of a Kantian unified self, Nietzsche develops a conception of the self of the sort that we have come to call postmodern. He posits a composite bundle of drives that become unified only through organization. This subject is unified, it is just that its unity is forged, constructed, brought about by domination. But if the self is a bundle of struggling and shifting drives, how could it remain …