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To Gain The Whole World And Lose His Own Soul: Nineteenth-Century American Dueling As Public Law And Private Code, Alison Lacroix Jan 2004

To Gain The Whole World And Lose His Own Soul: Nineteenth-Century American Dueling As Public Law And Private Code, Alison Lacroix

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The Town Of Meredith, New Hampshire 2003 Annual Report For The Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2003., Meredith Town Representatives Jan 2004

The Town Of Meredith, New Hampshire 2003 Annual Report For The Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2003., Meredith Town Representatives

Meredith, NH Annual Reports

This is an annual report containing vital statistics for a town/city in the state of New Hampshire.

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A Graph Model For Dynamicwaveband Switching In Wdm Mesh Networks, Mengke Li, Byrav Ramamurthy Jan 2004

A Graph Model For Dynamicwaveband Switching In Wdm Mesh Networks, Mengke Li, Byrav Ramamurthy

School of Computing: Conference and Workshop Papers

We investigate the problem of waveband switching (WBS) in a wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) mesh network with dynamic traffic requests. To solve the WBS problem in a homogeneous dynamic WBS network, where every node is a multi-granular optical cross-connect (MG-OXC), we construct an auxiliary graph. Based on the auxiliary graph, we develop two heuristic on-line WBS algorithms with different grouping policies, namely the wavelength-first WBS algorithm based on the auxiliary graph (WFAUG) and the waveband-first WBS algorithm based on the auxiliary graph (BFAUG). Our results show that the WFAUG algorithm outperforms the BFAUG algorithm.

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Ilmda: Intelligent Learning Materials Delivery Agents, Leen-Kiat Soh, L.D. Miller, Todd Blank, Suzette Person Jan 2004

Ilmda: Intelligent Learning Materials Delivery Agents, Leen-Kiat Soh, L.D. Miller, Todd Blank, Suzette Person

School of Computing: Technical Reports

In this paper, we describe an intelligent agent that delivers learning materials adaptively to different students, factoring in the usage history of the learning materials, the student static background profile, and the student dynamic activity profile. Our assumption is that through the interaction of a student going through a learning material (i.e., a topical tutorial, a set of examples, and a set of problems), our agent will be able to capture and utilize the student’s activity as the primer to select the appropriate example or problem to administer to the student. Even if the agent fails to do so, it …

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On Cooperative Learning Teams For Multiagent Team Formation, Leen-Kiat Soh Jan 2004

On Cooperative Learning Teams For Multiagent Team Formation, Leen-Kiat Soh

School of Computing: Technical Reports

In this paper, we propose a team formation methodology based on cooperative learning teams, adopted from the area of educational research. Cooperative learning is a type of learning where students work in teams and learn through team-based interactions. In education, research in assigning students to appropriate teams and enforcing fair assessment of student performance in a team have generated useful policies and rules. In our multiagent systems project, we use these policies and rules as the underlying framework to evaluate and form teams. We have built a system called I-MINDS as an infrastructure to support cooperative learning among remote and …

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Echoes From The Hill, Southwestern Oklahoma State University Office Of Institutional Advancement And Alumni Jan 2004

Echoes From The Hill, Southwestern Oklahoma State University Office Of Institutional Advancement And Alumni

Echoes from the Hill

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Reinelt, Herbert Oral History Interview, George Blum Jan 2004

Reinelt, Herbert Oral History Interview, George Blum

Emeriti Society Oral History Collection

Professor of Philosophy (1962-1999). Topics include: Experience of young faculty coming to Pacific in the 1960s, curriculum changes, Information and Imagination to Mentor, major personalities of his era, changes in student interests and community allegiances, evolution of faculty governance and board of regents, Pacific’s contribution to Stockton.

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Beckler, Stan Oral History Interview, Carl Wulfman, Neil Lark, Herb Reinhelt Jan 2004

Beckler, Stan Oral History Interview, Carl Wulfman, Neil Lark, Herb Reinhelt

Emeriti Society Oral History Collection

Professor of Theory and Composition, Conservatory of Music, Department Chair (student 1947-1951,faculty 1951-1991). Topics include: Other faculty during his early years, move out of music annex, chapel organ, processes of composition.

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Inorganic Nitrogen Transformations At High Loading Rates In An Oligohaline Estuary, R. Eugene Turner, Q. Dortch, Nancy N. Rabalais Jan 2004

Inorganic Nitrogen Transformations At High Loading Rates In An Oligohaline Estuary, R. Eugene Turner, Q. Dortch, Nancy N. Rabalais

Faculty Publications

A well-defined nitrogen retention and turnover budget was estimated for a shallow oligohaline lake (Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana, USA). In 1997 a month-long diversion of the Mississippi River filled the Lake with highly concentrated river water (80 µM nitrate) and lowered the salinity to 0 psu within 2 weeks. After the spillway was closed the Lake mixed with estuarine tidal waters and came to equilibrium over 4 months with the riverine, atmospheric and offshore water nitrogen sources. A flushing rate of 1.78% d−1 was estimated by analyzing a plot of ln salinity versus time for the first 120 days after the …

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Suspended Sediment, C, N, P, And Si Yields From The Mississippi River Basin, R. Eugene Turner, Nancy N. Rabalais Jan 2004

Suspended Sediment, C, N, P, And Si Yields From The Mississippi River Basin, R. Eugene Turner, Nancy N. Rabalais

Faculty Publications

The annual loads of C,N,P, silicate, total suspended sediment (mass) and their yields (mass area−1) were estimated for six watersheds of the Mississippi River Basin (MRB) using water quality and water discharge records for 1973 to 1994. The highest load of suspended sediments is from the Missouri watershed (58 mt km2 yr−1), which is also the largest among the six major sub-basins. The Ohio watershed delivers the largest load of water (38%). The Upper Mississippi has the largest total nitrogen load (32%) and yield (1120 kg TN km2 yr−1). The loading of organic carbon, total phosphorus and silicate from the …

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Below-Ground Biomass In Healthy And Impaired Salt Marshes, R. Eugene Turner, Erick M. Swenson, Charles S. Milan, James M. Lee, Thomas A. Oswald Jan 2004

Below-Ground Biomass In Healthy And Impaired Salt Marshes, R. Eugene Turner, Erick M. Swenson, Charles S. Milan, James M. Lee, Thomas A. Oswald

Faculty Publications

Twelve salt marshes in south Louisiana (USA) were classified as either ‘impaired’ or ‘healthy’ before a summer sample collection of above- and below-ground biomass and determination of sediment accretion rates. The above-ground biomass of plant tissues was the same at both impaired and healthy salt marshes and was not a good predictor of marsh health. However, below-ground root biomass in the upper 30 cm was much lower in the impaired marshes compared to the healthy marshes. Compromises to root production apparently occur before there is an obvious consequence to the above-ground biomass, which may quickly collapse before remedial action can …

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Water Quality Assessment: A Hands-On Approach To Environmental Education, Tracy Lynn Royse Jan 2004

Water Quality Assessment: A Hands-On Approach To Environmental Education, Tracy Lynn Royse

All Graduate Projects

A water quality assessment lab manual has been created to assist secondary educators using the HACH water quality testing kits. It consists of ten chemical tests, a geological survey and a biological assessment largely based upon Washington State University's lab format and the Walla Walla County Conservation District's water study protocol. The lab manual also contains safety guidelines, a scoring rubric and an action plan research project. The environmental approach to science education used in the lab manual meets the Essential Academic Learning Requirements adopted by the Washington State Commission on Student Learning as well as the National Science Education …

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Effective Reading Comprehension Strategies For Native American Adolescents With Reading Difficulties, Mary C. La Velle Jan 2004

Effective Reading Comprehension Strategies For Native American Adolescents With Reading Difficulties, Mary C. La Velle

All Graduate Projects

The need for culturally appropriate reading comprehension pedagogy for Native American Adolescents was studied in light of multicultural philosophies. The historical trend to assimilate this group of students rather than acknowledge their unique contributions was an area targeted for improvement in this project. A need was established to target reading comprehension since the evidence points to a lack of explicit instruction in this area for middle school students. Strategies for promoting reading comprehension were identified in a teacher's manual that will be used in conjunction with the novel, Walk Two Moons, by Sharon Creech. Colville Tribal Elders discussed the comprehension …

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A Model Integrational Program For Improving The Quality Of Life For Aging Chinese, Ying Lin Jan 2004

A Model Integrational Program For Improving The Quality Of Life For Aging Chinese, Ying Lin

All Graduate Projects

Fundamental problems faced by China's aging population were discussed. The information and suggestions in helping the elderly from Selected Programs in different cultural settings were obtained and analyzed. A model program to maximize the connection between youth and seniors by building a strong community and school network resulting in support for seniors in China was developed.

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Proposal For An Elemenatry Science Curriculum Outline To Help K-4 Teachers Prepare Students To Take The 5th Grade Science Wasl, Cindy D. Williams Jan 2004

Proposal For An Elemenatry Science Curriculum Outline To Help K-4 Teachers Prepare Students To Take The 5th Grade Science Wasl, Cindy D. Williams

All Graduate Projects

With a statewide pilot of the 5th grade science Washington Assessment of Student Leaming (WASL) in the spring of 2003, all elementary schools were tiying to prepare their students to meet the standards. At this time, the only resources schools had for preparation was a glimpse of the first criterion-referenced assessment, the Essential Academic Learning Requirements (EALRs), Grade level Expectations (GLEs) and a "release booklet" of sample items distributed to 5th grade science teachers. Educators knew that the best curriculum built on the previous year's knowledge which spiraled throughout the curriculum. At this time there were no curriculums designed starting …

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Building Desktop Applications With Web Service In A Message-Based Mvc Paradigm”, To Appear, Xiaohong Qiu Jan 2004

Building Desktop Applications With Web Service In A Message-Based Mvc Paradigm”, To Appear, Xiaohong Qiu

Electrical Engineering and Computer Science - All Scholarship

Over the past decade, classic client side applications with Model-View-Controller (MVC) architecture haven’t changed much but become more complex. In this paper, we present an approach of building desktop applications with Web Services in an explicit message-based MVC paradigm. By integrating with our publish/subscribe messaging middleware, it makes SVG browser (a Microsoft PowerPoint like client application) with Web Service style interfaces universally accessible from different client platforms ─ Windows, Linux, MacOS, PalmOS and other customized ones. Performance data suggests that this scheme of building application around messages is a practical architecture for the next generation Web application client.

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Degrees Offered - Unh - Durham Headcount Of Majors By College And Gender, Fall Ay03-04, University Of New Hampshire. Institutional Research And Assessment Jan 2004

Degrees Offered - Unh - Durham Headcount Of Majors By College And Gender, Fall Ay03-04, University Of New Hampshire. Institutional Research And Assessment

UNH Factbooks

University of New Hampshire factbook data from the 2003-2004 academic year

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Uis Commission On Volcanic Caves Newsletter, No. 42, October 2004, Jan Paul G. Van Der Pas Jan 2004

Uis Commission On Volcanic Caves Newsletter, No. 42, October 2004, Jan Paul G. Van Der Pas

Union Internationale de Spéléologie (UIS) Commission on Volcanic Caves

Contents: Chairman & editorial address -- Latest News -- Takanori Ogawa -- Spallanzani-Father of Vulcanospeleology -- Lazzaro Spallanzani: The Father of Vulcanospeleology (1729-1799) -- News from Kenya -- Proceedings Catania 1999 -- Report sent by Dr. Trimmel -- Report from a visit of a lava cave in Indonesia nearly 20 years ago -- Bill Halliday's permit to access Mowich Cave -- Letter from John Ouimet -- About Listinf of Lava Tube Caves -- The ASU Global Lava Tube Database: A New and Expanding Resource -- Database on Icelandic caves -- A Data Base and classification system for the Azorean volcanic …

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Aims & Scope Jan 2004

Aims & Scope

Journal of Mathematics and Science: Collaborative Explorations

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An Advanced Mathematics Program For Middle School Teachers, D. Carothers Jan 2004

An Advanced Mathematics Program For Middle School Teachers, D. Carothers

Journal of Mathematics and Science: Collaborative Explorations

The Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences (CBMS), National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, and other organizations recommend twenty-one credits of mathematics coursework for prospective middle school teachers, beginning with a foundation based on mathematics for the elementary school curriculum, and followed by advanced courses directly addressing middle school mathematics. Three simultaneous factors—the emergence of the Interdisciplinary Liberal Studies Program at James Madison University, the release of CBMS guidelines, and a statewide focus on a critical shortage of qualified middle school teachers—provided an immediate audience for new upper-division courses built around the guidelines in probability/statistics, algebra, geometry, and calculus/analysis. We …

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After The Facta: State Power To Prevent Identity Theft, Gail Hillebrand Jan 2004

After The Facta: State Power To Prevent Identity Theft, Gail Hillebrand

Loyola Consumer Law Review

No abstract provided.

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University Of San Diego Football Media Guide 2004, University Of San Diego Athletics Department Jan 2004

University Of San Diego Football Media Guide 2004, University Of San Diego Athletics Department

Football (Men)

64 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 21.5 x 28 cm

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Undergraduate Bulletin Of The University Of San Diego 2004-2006, University Of San Diego Jan 2004

Undergraduate Bulletin Of The University Of San Diego 2004-2006, University Of San Diego

Undergraduate Course Catalogs (1973- )

274 pages : illustrations, photographs ; 28 cm

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Analysis Of Photoassociation Spectra For Giant Helium Dimers, J. Léonard, A. P. Mosk, M. Walhout, P. Van Der Straten Jan 2004

Analysis Of Photoassociation Spectra For Giant Helium Dimers, J. Léonard, A. P. Mosk, M. Walhout, P. Van Der Straten

University Faculty Publications and Creative Works

A theoretical analysis was performed to interpret the spectra of long-range helium dimers produced by photoassociation in an ultracold gas of metastable helium atoms. The vibrational spectra for the purely long range molecular states was also calculated using adiabatic potentials obtained from perturbation theory. The results confirmed the lifetime of the 23P atomic state. The experimental data allowed for a test of tiny vibration-induced couplings between electronic and nuclear degrees of freedom.

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Speed-Up Collisions In Strong-Field Double Ionization, Stanley L. Haan, J. C. Cully, K. Hoekema Jan 2004

Speed-Up Collisions In Strong-Field Double Ionization, Stanley L. Haan, J. C. Cully, K. Hoekema

University Faculty Publications and Creative Works

We compare quantum and classical models of double ionization (DI) for aligned-electron helium in strong laser fields, considering specifically the role of recollision processes in which the returning electron travels in the direction of the laser force. Quantum studies show that for the knee region in our model a small but persistent portion of the total DI occurs through these speed-up collisions. We show that classical modeling displays similar collisions and reveals that with-the-force doubly ionizing collisions typically involve two-particle trajectories in which both electrons can be said to have been bound or very nearly bound at the zero of …

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2004 Usd Fact Book, University Of San Diego Jan 2004

2004 Usd Fact Book, University Of San Diego

USD Fact Books (1985- )

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Resilience In Ex-Refugees From Cambodia And Vietnam, Lynne Ee Lin Yong Jan 2004

Resilience In Ex-Refugees From Cambodia And Vietnam, Lynne Ee Lin Yong

Open Access Dissertations

The negative impacts of various forms of trauma on the physical and mental health of victims are well documented, including the experiences of the French Indo-Chinese, who suffered a range of traumatic experiences ranging from displacement to torture. However, a sizable percentage of French Indo-Chinese refugees living in the U.S. do not exhibit psychopathology. Very little is known about the Indo-Chinese refugees who are not seeking services and are doing well in their host country. This study focused on resilient Cambodian and Vietnamese ex-refugees, with the goal of identifying resiliency factors and their underlying processes, in order to inform the …

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The Effects Of Goal Contingencies On The Writing Frequency Of Undergraduates Enrolled In A Learning Strategies Course., Bridget Joy Hayes Russell Jan 2004

The Effects Of Goal Contingencies On The Writing Frequency Of Undergraduates Enrolled In A Learning Strategies Course., Bridget Joy Hayes Russell

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

This study examined the effect of goal contingencies on writing frequency. Sixty participants were divided into three conditions: individual goal, group goal, or control. Each week, students participated in a three-minute free-write. Those in the individual goal condition earned 10 bonus points when writing frequency goals were achieved. Those in the group goal condition earned 10 bonus points when the group writing frequency goals were achieved. The control did not receive bonus points contingent on writing frequency. Results indicated that the control and individual goal contingencies conditions wrote greater numbers of words than the group goal contingencies condition. Further, the …

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The Hypothetical Opinion In Grutter V. Bollinger From The Perspective Of The Road Not Taken In Brown V. Board Of Education, Kevin D. Brown Jan 2004

The Hypothetical Opinion In Grutter V. Bollinger From The Perspective Of The Road Not Taken In Brown V. Board Of Education, Kevin D. Brown

Articles by Maurer Faculty

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Graduate Degree Completions, 1991-2003, University Of New Hampshire. Institutional Research And Assessment Jan 2004

Graduate Degree Completions, 1991-2003, University Of New Hampshire. Institutional Research And Assessment

UNH Factbooks

University of New Hampshire factbook data from the 2003-2004 academic year

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