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History-Adjusted Marginal Structural Models And Statically-Optimal Dynamic Treatment Regimes, Mark J. Van Der Laan, Maya L. Petersen

U.C. Berkeley Division of Biostatistics Working Paper Series

Marginal structural models (MSM) provide a powerful tool for estimating the causal effect of a treatment. These models, introduced by Robins, model the marginal distributions of treatment-specific counterfactual outcomes, possibly conditional on a subset of the baseline covariates. Marginal structural models are particularly useful in the context of longitudinal data structures, in which each subject's treatment and covariate history are measured over time, and an outcome is recorded at a final time point. However, the utility of these models for some applications has been limited by their inability to incorporate modification of the causal effect of treatment by time-varying covariates. …

School Size And The Influence Of Socioeconomic Status On Student Achievement: Confronting The Threat Of Size Bias In National Data Sets, Craig B. Howley, Aimee A. Howley

Education Policy Analysis Archives (EPAA)

Most of the recent literature on the achievement effects of school size has examined school and district performance. These studies have demonstrated substantial benefits of smaller school and district size in impoverished settings. To date, however, no work has adequately examined the relationship of size and socioeconomic status (SES) with students as the unit of analysis. ... The present study, based on the same large data set, but with size issues in the rural circumstance clearly in focus, reaches rather different conclusions, extending previous work for the first time to a more adequate examination of size effects on individual students.

Effects Of High-School Size On Student Outcomes: Response To Howley And Howley, Valerie E. Lee

Education Policy Analysis Archives (EPAA)

I take issue with several points in the Howleys' reanalysis of "High School Size: Which Works Best and for Whom?" (Lee & Smith, 1997).

Education Policy Analysis Archives 12/52 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

School size and the influence of socioeconomic status on student achievement : confronting the threat of size bias in national data sets / Craig B. Howley [and] Aimee A. Howley.

Education Policy Analysis Archives 12/53 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Effects of high-school size on student outcomes : response to howley and howley / Valerie E. Lee.

The Wooster Voice (Wooster, Oh), 2004-09-24, Wooster Voice Editors

The Voice: 2001-2011

This edition of the College of Wooster's student ran newspaper was published on September 24 of 2004, and it is twelve pages long. Voter Registration Forms have been delivered to each upperclassmen student's mailbox, and they are also widely available around campus. Wireless internet is in the hopes of the Office of Information Technology. Glenn Sharfman was brought to the college by the International Relations Department and Hillel to speak on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Professor of Mathematics John Ramsay kicked off the Faculty at Large lecture series. Three spaces on campus are being converted into Sacred Spaces. The athletics section …

Graph Generations For Predictive Chemistry, Laura Sheppardson

Combinatorics Seminar

Graph theoretical methods have long been used to enumerate the isomers of organic compounds. There are few practical tools, however, for generating a listing of all isomers with a specific chemical formula. This talk will discuss a current project to develop such a generator. I will address questions such as the following: Once we get them, how will we use graphs to predict chemical reactions? Why is exhaustive generation hard? What limiting properties would make it easy? How can we apply algebraic methods? What other methods have been successfully applied? This project is a collaboration with Dr. Greg Tschumper of …

Production Of A Kev X-Ray Beam From Synchrotron Radiation In Relativistic Laser-Plasma Interaction, Antoine Rousse, Kim Ta Phuoc, Rahul Shah, Alexander Pukhov, Eric Lefebvre, Victor Malka, Sergey Kiselev, Frederic Burgy, Jean-Philippe Rousseau, Donald P. Umstadter, Daniele Hulin

Donald Umstadter Publications

We demonstrate that a beam of x-ray radiation can be generated by simply focusing a single high-intensity laser pulse into a gas jet. A millimeter-scale laser-produced plasma creates, accelerates, and wiggles an ultrashort and relativistic electron bunch. As they propagate in the ion channel produced in the wake of the laser pulse, the accelerated electrons undergo betatron oscillations, generating a femtosecond pulse of synchrotron radiation, which has keV energy and lies within a narrow (50 mrad) cone angle.

Movements Of Urban Canada Geese: Implications For Nicarbazin Treatment Programs, Kurt C. Vercauteren, David R. Marks

United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services: Staff Publications

Resident Canada goose (Branta canadensis) and human populations in North America are increasing rapidly. Consequently, human-goose conflicts also are increasing. A potential approach to manage Canada goose populations is the use of orally delivered reproductive inhibitors. Nicarbazin, when ingested daily, is a reproductive inhibitor that has the potential to reduce the hatchability of Canada goose eggs. To successfully employ reproductive inhibition, managers must understand the behavior of local Canada goose populations, primarily springtime movements, nesting, and habitat use to develop effective methods for delivering necessary doses. We monitored movement, habitat use, and nesting of 51 resident Canada geese, …

September 23, 2004, James Madison University

The Breeze, 2000-2009

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

2004.09.23 - Board Of Trustees Meeting Minutes, Northeastern Illinois University Board Of Trustees

Board of Trustees - 2004

Meeting Materials for the NEIU Board of Trustees

Bioinformatic Analysis Of A Mammalian Bip Gene For Insertion Into Green Algae And Comparison Of Its Possible Effects On The Synthesis Of A Mammalian Antibody, Katrina Ghazanfar

Theses and Dissertations

This dissertation describes a study utilizing bioinformatics to analyze homologues of a molecular chaperone, glucose-regulated protein 78 (grp 78), also known as BiP. The selected homologous proteins originate from organisms of infinitely diverse genera. Comparisons of protein sequence yielded the first clues of a common ancestry among these proteins. Furthermore, protein molecular weights, isoelectric points, N-terminal amino acids and half-lives of a known homolog and a non-homologous protein were examined. Additionally, electroporation, a state-of-the-art plasmid insertion technique, was explored using Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, a green alga, as the recipient of a parent plasmid, pSP124S. Distinctive hypertonic solutions and three separate field …

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The Missouri Miner, September 23, 2004

The Missouri Miner Newspaper

No abstract provided.

"Blithe Spirit" Opens 2004-2005 Theater Season, University Relations

Campus News Archive

No abstract provided.

September 22, 2004 Cal Poly Report, Public Affairs Office

Cal Poly Report

No abstract provided.

September 22, 2004 Cal Poly Report, Public Affairs Office

Cal Poly Report

No abstract provided.

After Exit: Academic Achievement Patterns Of Former English Language Learners, Ester J. De Jong

Education Policy Analysis Archives (EPAA)

… The study was concerned with the achievement patterns in English language arts, Math, and Science of former ELLs who attended a bilingual and a English as a Second Language (ESL) program. It also explored whether length of program participation and grade level exited played a significant role in predicting academic achievement patterns for these exited students. ...

Competency To Stand Trial On Trial, Grant H. Morris, Ansar M. Haroun, David Naimark

University of San Diego Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper Series

This Article considers the legal standards for the determination of competency to stand trial, and whether those standards are understood and applied by psychiatrists and psychologists in the forensic evaluations they perform and in the judgments they make–judgments that are routinely accepted by trial courts as their own judgments. The Article traces the historical development of the competency construct and the development of two competency standards. One standard, used today in eight states that contain 25% of the population of the United States, requires that the defendant be able to assist counsel in the conduct of a defense “in a …

Generic Constitutional Law, David S. Law

University of San Diego Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper Series

This paper seeks to articulate and explore the emerging phenomenon of generic constitutional law, here and in other countries. Several explanations are offered for this development. First, constitutional courts face common normative concerns pertaining to countermajoritarianism and, as a result, experience a common need to justify judicial review. These concerns, and the stock responses that courts have developed, amount to a body of generic constitutional theory. Second, courts employ common problem-solving skills in constitutional cases. The use of these skills constitutes what might be called generic constitutional analysis. Third, courts face overlapping influences, largely not of their own making, that …

Education Policy Analysis Archives 12/50 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

After exit : academic achievement patterns of former English language learners / Ester J. de Jong.

2004-09-22 Unm News Minute, University Of New Mexico Communication And Marketing Department

UNM News Minute 2004

No abstract provided.

Performance In Law School: What Matters In The End?, Richard A. Ippolito

Journal of Legal Education

No abstract provided.

Undergraduate Curriculum And Academic Policy Minutes, September 22, 2004 And 2004-2005 Committee Member List

Undergraduate Curriculum and Academic Policy Committee Minutes

Committee member list from 2004-2005 and minutes from the Wright State University Faculty Senate Undergraduate Curriculum and Academic Policy Committee meeting held on September 22, 2004.

Statistical Mechanics Of Worm-Like Polymers From A New Generating Function, Gustavo A. Carri, Marcelo Marucho

College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering

We present a mathematical approach to the worm-like chain model of semiflexible polymers. Our method is built on a novel generating function from which all the properties of the model can be derived. Moreover, this approach satisfies the local inextensibility constraint exactly. In this paper, we focus on the lowest order contribution to the generating function and derive explicit analytical expressions for the characteristic function, polymer propagator, single chain structure factor, and mean square end-to-end distance. These analytical expressions are valid for polymers with any degree of stiffness and contour length. We find that our calculations are able to capture …

Fiscal Impact Modeling Research, Dennis G. Colie, Alex A. Mcpherson, University Of South Florida. Center For Economic Development Research, Tampa Bay Regional Coalition

College of Business Publications

This memorandum is a report of research commissioned by the Tampa Bay Regional Coalition and presented to the Coalition on September 15, 2004--P. 1.

Memorandum, Dennis Colie To Tampa Bay Regional Coalition, Fiscal Impact Modeling Research, September 22, 2004, Dennis G. Colie

Center for Economic Development Research (CEDR) Collection

This research by the Center for Economic Development Research at USF replicates and analyzes a development example from the Hillsborough County Fiscal Impact Analysis Model (FIAM). The report evaluates the fiscal impacts of a medium lot subdivision in Lutz, focusing on operating and capital revenues and costs, and highlights the model's transparency and areas for potential improvement.

What We Teach When We Teach About Race: The Problem Of Law And Pseudo-Economics, Steven A. Ramirez

Journal of Legal Education

No abstract provided.

The Spinnaker Vol. 28 No. 6, University Of North Florida

Spinnaker

Student newspaper for the UNF community

September 21, 2004, Faculty Senate

Minutes

No abstract provided.