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Politicizing The End Of Life: Lessons From The Schiavo Controversy, Barbara A. Noah

University of Miami Law Review

No abstract provided.

Chaos-Induced Escape Over A Potential Barrier, L. Y. Chew, Hian Ann, Christopher Ting, C. H. Lai

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

We investigate the statistical parity of a class of chaos-generated noises on the escape of strongly damped particles out of a potential well. We show that statistical asymmetry in the chaotic fluctuations can lead to a skewed Maxwell–Boltzmann distribution in the well. Depending on the direction of skew, the Kramers escape rate is enhanced or suppressed accordingly. Based on the Perron–Frobenious equation, we determine an analytical expression for the escape rate’s prefactor that accounts for this effect. Furthermore, our perturbative analysis proves that in the zeroth-order limit, the rate of particle escape converges to the Kramers rate.

Prospect Theory, Analyst Forecast, And Stock Returns, David K. Ding, Charlie Charoenwong, Raymond Seetoh

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

This paper documents how prospect theory can be used to explain stock returns and analysts' forecast behavior. Positive earnings surprises are associated with increases in abnormal returns but negative earnings surprises have only a limited negative impact on returns. We find that analysts display asymmetric behavior towards positive and negative earnings growth. Analysts' forecasts are found to be accurate during periods of positive earnings growth, but overly optimistic during periods of negative earnings growth. Our findings have implications for the structuring of investment products, as well as the role of market timing in their introduction.

Overcoming The Limitations Of Learning Objects, David Wiley, Matthew Barclay, Deonne Dawson, Brent Lambert, Laurie Nelson, David Wade, Sandie Waters

Faculty Publications

Note: this is not the final version of the article. There are a number of issues facing those who wish to employ learning objects in the facilitation of learning. There are a number of issues facing those who wish to employ learning objects to facilitate learning. These issues are not, however, inherent in the component-based paradigm. The first section of this paper describes some of the most difficult issues to be resolved. In the second section, we present a model of the use of learning objects that is grounded in a object-based paradigm. In the third section, we describe the …

Wind Speed Effect On L-Band Brightness Temperature Inferred From Eurostarrs And Wise 2001 Field Experiments, David G. Long, Jacqueline Etcheto, Emmanuel P. Dinnat, Jacqueline Boutin, Adriano Camps, Stephanie Contardo, J. Wesson, Jordi Font, J. Miller

Faculty Publications

The results from two field experiments in the Mediterranean Sea are used to study the wind speed dependence of brightness temperature at L-band. During the EuroSTARRS airborne experiment, an L-band radiometer made measurements across a large wind speed gradient, enabling us to study this dependence at high wind speed. We compare our results with a two-scale emissivity model using several representations of the sea state spectrum. While the results are encouraging, unfortunately the accuracy of the measurements does not permit us to distinguish between the so-called twice Durden and Vesecky spectrum and the Elfouhaily spectrum above 7 m X s-1. …

The Register, 2004-09-30, North Carolina Agricutural And Technical State University

NCAT Student Newspapers

No abstract provided.

Phoenix, 2004-09-30, Student Life

Phoenix

The Phoenix is a student newspaper published at Governors State University since August 2002. The newspaper features student reporting, opinions, news, and photos.

Arbiter, September 30, Students Of Boise State University

Student Newspapers

No abstract provided.

Spartan Daily, September 30, 2004, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 123, Issue 23

Commonwealth Times 2004-09-30

Commonwealth Times, 1969-

No abstract provided.

Eastern Progress - 30 Sep 2004, Eastern Kentucky University

Eastern Progress 2004-2005

No abstract provided.

Ramada Franchise Sys V. Jai Shyam Inc

2004 Decisions

USDC for the District of New Jersey

Sc Johnson & Son Inc V. Dowbrands Inc

2004 Decisions

USDC for the District of Delaware

Valdivia V. Atty Gen Usa

2004 Decisions

Agency

B&P Holdings I V. Grand Sasso Inc

2004 Decisions

USDC for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Otter Realm, September 30, 2004, Vol. 11 No. 2, California State University, Monterey Bay

The Otter Realm

Where are all the students? -- AS funds: the whole truth -- Sifting through the fine print -- News: Political clubs engage students in issues -- On-campus polling place = no excuse to not vote -- Founder's Day -- CSUMB students at risk for rare West Nile Virus -- CSUMB Greeks fight stereotypes -- Sports: Running as a team -- Joe Otter speaks, CSUMB's mascot steps away from the limelight for a quick Q&A with Realm's sports editor, Darrell Hirashima -- Uncommon Sense -- Fall sports enter full swing -- Solo efforts ensure team success -- Break out the sex …

Prospectus, September 30, 2004, Leah Nelson, Nicole Simmons, Alison Smith, Sarah Trusty, Jon Volkman, Joseph Rosenbaum

Prospectus 2004

No abstract provided.

September 30, 2004, James Madison University

The Breeze, 2000-2009

The Breeze is the student newspaper of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

An Online Guide To Walt Whitman's Dispersed Manuscripts, Katherine L. Walter, Kenneth M. Price

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Faculty Publications

Museum and Library Services, the University of Nebraska– Lincoln and the University of Virginia embarked on a project to create a unified finding aid to Walt Whitman manuscript collections held in many different institutions. By working collaboratively, the project team is developing a finding aid that is tailored to the needs of Whitman scholars while following a standard developed in the archival community, encoded archival description (EAD). XSLT stylesheets are used to harvest information from various repositories’ finding aids and to create an integrated finding aid with links back to the original versions. Digital images of poetry manuscripts and descriptive …

Ali V. Terhune

2004 Decisions

USDC for the District of New Jersey

Usa V. Clark

2004 Decisions

USDC for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Allstate Ins Co V. Drumheller

2004 Decisions

USDC for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Nachtsheim V. Cont Airlines

2004 Decisions

USDC for the District of New Jersey

Vegetation Exclosures In Utah: What Can They Tell Us About Long-Term Range Trends?, William A. Adair, John A. Bissonette

Wildland Resources Faculty Publications

Exclosures are flexible range management tools that can be used to simultaneously:

• Clarify conflicts between wild and domestic herbivores and their advocates;

• Evaluate herbivore influence on range productivity and composition;

• Monitor long-term trends and changes in range condition; and

• Identify the normal range of variation characteristic of natural plant communities.

The Advocate, September 30, 2004, Minnesota State University Moorhead

The Advocate

No abstract provided.

The Bg News September 30, 2004, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

The BGSU campus student newspaper. September 30, 2004. Volume 95-Issue 29.

The Pan American (2004-09-30), Arianna Vazquez

UTPA Archives - The Pan American Newspaper

[54th Year, No. 6]

High Temperature Heat Exchanger Project: Quarterly Progress Report July 1, 2004 Through September 30, 2004, Anthony Hechanova

Publications (NSTD)

UNLV hosted a meeting on NHI Materials and Heat Exchanger Design on Monday, May 17. Paul Pickard (Sandia National Lab) and Bill Corwin (Oak Ridge National Lab) facilitated the meeting. The purpose of the meeting was to summarize the hydrogen materials and heat exchanger requirements and priorities for UNLV staff and their collaborators to support the research proposal solicitation for the UNLV Research Foundation HTHX program. Attendance was heavier than anticipated and required a change of venue to accommodate the crowd of over 30.

How Racial Profiling And Other Unnecessary Post-9/11 Anti-Immigrant Measures Have Exacerbated Long-Standing Discrimination Against Latino Citizens And Immigrants, Katherine Culliton

University of the District of Columbia Law Review

Latinos are uniting with other immigrant communities and people of color in being extremely concerned about unnecessary post-9/11 actions that have led to civil liberties and civil rights violations.1 Although the Latino voting power has presumably increased, infringements of Latinos' and Latinas' civil rights appear to be on the rise. This is because many of the measures taken in the name of fighting terrorism have not been effective at finding terrorists, but have resulted in civil liberties and civil rights violations. Lessening of civil liberties and due process protections disproportionately affects Latino communities, who are less likely to have access …

The Policing Of Demonstrations In The Nation's Capital: Legislative And Judicial Corrections Of A Police Department's Misconception Of Mission And Failure Of Leadership, Ralph Temple

University of the District of Columbia Law Review

No abstract provided.