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Gender, Class And Generational Contexts For Consumption In Contemporary Chile, Joel Stillerman Jan 2004

Gender, Class And Generational Contexts For Consumption In Contemporary Chile, Joel Stillerman

Peer Reviewed Articles

In contrast to common perceptions that individuals’ consumption choices are primarily motivated by their search for status or personal gratification, this article contends that gender, family and class significantly shape these decisions. The study integrates discussions of class and consumption with analyses of family monetary allocation and adaptive strategies to analyze interviews with working-class couples in Santiago, Chile. I found that men exercised overt and subtle forms of control over family monetary allocation, spending choices and earning strategies; adults’ perceived obligations towards children and elderly parents shaped their consumption decisions; and couples’ class-based perceptions of their limited financial resources led …

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Globalization And The Law: Deciphering The Message Of Transnational Human Rights Litigation, Peer Zumbansen Jan 2004

Globalization And The Law: Deciphering The Message Of Transnational Human Rights Litigation, Peer Zumbansen

Articles & Book Chapters

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Constitutional Courage, Harry W. Arthurs Jan 2004

Constitutional Courage, Harry W. Arthurs

Articles & Book Chapters

In this lecture, Professor Arthurs argues that we are currently in need of "constitutional courage"-the courage to say "no" to ambitious projects of constitutional reform and constitutional litigation as a way to solve our pressing social and political problems. Professor Arthurs first lays out why our current obsession with the constitution is problematic. He insists that we do not even know what the supposed "supreme law of Canada" actually is, what it says, or even what it does. Moreover, instead of transforming society, the current "cult of constitutionalism" has only served to transform legal practice and scholarship. ei then surmises …

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Efficient Path Search In Intermodal Transportation Optimization, Daniel Y. Yankov Jan 2004

Efficient Path Search In Intermodal Transportation Optimization, Daniel Y. Yankov

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As the economies of the world become more interrelated and Supply Chains are globalizing, the need arises to create efficient transportation network. This reality in conjunction with conservation of fuel and environmental friendliness gives rise to the research of Efficient Intermodal Transportation System. In particular, the underutilization of railroads in the United States motivates us to research the development of optimal procedures in the transportation of containers in a rail network. With this thesis we search for a cost, time and capacity effective algorithm for solving transportation problem in a graph of intermodal centers (IMC's). We consider discrete model of …

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Trouble Report Decrease At An It Help Desk, Nori Montero Jan 2004

Trouble Report Decrease At An It Help Desk, Nori Montero

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The purpose of this project is to help improve the internal customer service for the PRECISE. IT help desk. Specifically, this report will determine the root cause, or causes, of increased trouble reports after the installation of a new Wireless application. We will define the challenges the IT managers faced regarding the ability to embrace best practices for a complex IT environment. By this we will cover problems related to process assessment, mission, training, policy and how other companies are confronting the challenges of a service centered culture and TQM methodologies. This will help in understanding how these managers must …

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The Mapping Of Velocity Profiles In A Three Generation Lung Model Using Particle Image Velocimetry Flow Analysis Techniques, Adam D. Pruyne Jan 2004

The Mapping Of Velocity Profiles In A Three Generation Lung Model Using Particle Image Velocimetry Flow Analysis Techniques, Adam D. Pruyne

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The intent of this thesis was to develop an understanding for the particle flow characteristics in the human lung by examining particle flow profiles in a three generation lung model. To develop this understanding, experimentally derived flow profiles were compared to analytical solutions, where applicable, and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) generated models for validation of both the CFD model and the experimental set-up. Validation of flow velocities in a three generation model could contribute significantly to the medical industry as a better understanding of particle behavior in the lung could lead to more accurate treatment of certain diseases and better …

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Appellate Practice And Procedure, Alan Wright, Debra J. Mccomas, Ladawn H. Conway, Heather D. Bailey Jan 2004

Appellate Practice And Procedure, Alan Wright, Debra J. Mccomas, Ladawn H. Conway, Heather D. Bailey

SMU Law Review

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Commercial Transactions, John Krahmer Jan 2004

Commercial Transactions, John Krahmer

SMU Law Review

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Conflict Of Laws, James P. George, Anna K. Teller Jan 2004

Conflict Of Laws, James P. George, Anna K. Teller

SMU Law Review

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Criminal Procedure: Pretrial, Trial And Appeal, Edwin T. Aradi, Nicola M. Shiels, Cara Foos Pierce, Audra L. Wassom, C. Jeffrey Price Jan 2004

Criminal Procedure: Pretrial, Trial And Appeal, Edwin T. Aradi, Nicola M. Shiels, Cara Foos Pierce, Audra L. Wassom, C. Jeffrey Price

SMU Law Review

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These Grapes Are Ripe For Pickin: A Respectful Limit On State Power To Regulate Importation Of Wine Under The Twenty-First Amendment, Tracey Shimer Garman Jan 2004

These Grapes Are Ripe For Pickin: A Respectful Limit On State Power To Regulate Importation Of Wine Under The Twenty-First Amendment, Tracey Shimer Garman

SMU Law Review

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Global Credit Card Use And Debt: Policy Issues And Regulatory Responses, Ronald J. Mann Jan 2004

Global Credit Card Use And Debt: Policy Issues And Regulatory Responses, Ronald J. Mann

Faculty Scholarship

The rise of card-based payments has transformed the landscape of payments in the last half century, from one dominated by government-supported paper-based payments to one dominated by wholly private systems. The rise of those payments presents a number of policy problems, the most serious of which is the empirically demonstrable likelihood that use of the cards here and elsewhere contributes to an undue level of consumer credit and that borrowing on the cards contributes to a rise in the level of consumer bankruptcy. Because increasing financial distress imposes substantial externalities on the economies in which it occurs, the global rise …

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Methods Of Spectral Reflectance Reconstruction For A Sinarback 54 Digital Camera, Yonghui Zhao, Lawrence Taplin, Mahdi Nezamabadi Jan 2004

Methods Of Spectral Reflectance Reconstruction For A Sinarback 54 Digital Camera, Yonghui Zhao, Lawrence Taplin, Mahdi Nezamabadi

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There is an urgent need to build digital image databases with adequate colorimetric accuracy for museums, achieves and libraries. Traditional colorimetric imaging suffers from the possibilities of metameric problem, while spectral imaging can facilitate accurate tristimulus estimation and possibilities for spectral reconstruction of each pixel. Spectral image archives can be used to render accurate images both spectrally and colorimetrically to the original target for any illuminant and observer. The most convenient and practical capture system for spectral imaging combines a commercial trichromatic camera with two absorption filters to define image spectrally. Two images were taken for each target; so six-channel …

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Modifications Of A Sinarback 54 Digital Camera For Spectral And High-Accuracy Colorimetric Imaging: Simulations And Experiments, Roy Berns, Lawrence Taplin, Mahdi Nezamabadi Jan 2004

Modifications Of A Sinarback 54 Digital Camera For Spectral And High-Accuracy Colorimetric Imaging: Simulations And Experiments, Roy Berns, Lawrence Taplin, Mahdi Nezamabadi

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A search technique was used to identify sets of colored glass filters that could be placed in the optical path of the Sinarback 54 camera system resulting in improved color accuracy compared with a production unit and the ability to perform spectral estimation. A green and blue filter, each a pair of filters, were identified and constructed from Schott glass. RGB images were collected through these two filters resulting in six image planes. Using the Gretag Macbeth ColorChecker DC and a custom target of blue artist pigments, a transformation was derived that converted digitally flat-fielded and photometrically-linearized camera signals to …

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Integrated Sustainability In The Pharmaceutical Industry, Jennifer Schneider, Thea Leonard Jan 2004

Integrated Sustainability In The Pharmaceutical Industry, Jennifer Schneider, Thea Leonard

Articles

The main goal of pharmaceutical companies is to create and deliver medicines designed to extend or enhance life. However—also being in the business of business—pharmaceutical companies need to grow their bottom lines by investing in business value drivers. This article shows sustainability performance as one of those drivers by demonstrating that: 1) the concept of integrated sustainability is generally understood; and 2) pharmaceutical companies taking action to integrate sustainability are reaping significant business value added. Since there are currently no standardized methods of integrating, measuring, or communicating sustainability, pharmaceutical companies are relying on self-interpretations of voluntary initiatives to successfully integrate …

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The Acs Virgo Cluster Survey. I. Introduction To The Survey, Patrick Côté, John P. Blakeslee, Laura Ferrarese, Andrés Jordán, Simona Mei, David Merritt, Miloš Milosavljević, Eric W. Peng, John L. Tonry, Michael J. West Jan 2004

The Acs Virgo Cluster Survey. I. Introduction To The Survey, Patrick Côté, John P. Blakeslee, Laura Ferrarese, Andrés Jordán, Simona Mei, David Merritt, Miloš Milosavljević, Eric W. Peng, John L. Tonry, Michael J. West

Articles

The Virgo Cluster is the dominant mass concentration in the Local Supercluster and the largest collection of elliptical and lenticular galaxies in the nearby universe. In this paper, we present an introduction to the ACS Virgo Cluster Survey: a program to image, in the F475W and F850LP bandpasses (≈ Sloan g and z), 100 early-type galaxies in the Virgo Cluster using the Advanced Camera for Surveys on the Hubble Space Telescope. We describe the selection of the program galaxies and their ensemble properties, the choice of filters, the fieldplacement and orientation, the limiting magnitudes of the survey, coordinated parallel observations …

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Nuclear Properties Of A Sample Of Nearby Spirals From Stis [Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph] Imaging, Claudia Scarlata, Massimo Stiavelli, M. A. Hughes, David Axon, A. Alonso-Herrero, J. Atkinson, D. Batcheldor, J. Binney, A. Capetti, C. M. Carollo, L. Dressel, J. Gerssen, D. Macchetto, W. Maciejewski, A. Marconi, M. Merrifield, M. Ruiz, W. Sparks, Z. Tzvetanov, Roeland P. Van Der Marel Jan 2004

Nuclear Properties Of A Sample Of Nearby Spirals From Stis [Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph] Imaging, Claudia Scarlata, Massimo Stiavelli, M. A. Hughes, David Axon, A. Alonso-Herrero, J. Atkinson, D. Batcheldor, J. Binney, A. Capetti, C. M. Carollo, L. Dressel, J. Gerssen, D. Macchetto, W. Maciejewski, A. Marconi, M. Merrifield, M. Ruiz, W. Sparks, Z. Tzvetanov, Roeland P. Van Der Marel

Articles

We present surface photometry for the central regions of a sample of 48 spiral galaxies (mostly unbarred and barred of types Sbc or Sc) observed with the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph on board the Hubble Space Telescope. Surface brightness profiles were derived and modeled with a Nuker law. We also analyzed archival Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 images with a larger field of view, available for 18 galaxies in our sample. We modeled the extracted bulge surface brightness profiles with an exponential, an r1/4, or an rn profile. In agreement with previous studies, we find that bulges of Sbc galaxies …

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Building On Bedrock: The Continued Evolution Of Jury Reform, G. Thomas Munsterman, Paula L. Hannaford-Agor Jan 2004

Building On Bedrock: The Continued Evolution Of Jury Reform, G. Thomas Munsterman, Paula L. Hannaford-Agor

Faculty Publications

Abundantly clear is that, far from being an enclave from the pressures and concerns of contemporary society, jury service readily absorbs and reflects those concerns in ways that can both support and challenge the American jus­tice system. Some of these concerns cut across many stages of jury service, and their effects are felt in unexpected ways. To sift through and identify the most noteworthy jury improvement efforts and concerns in the last seven years, we turned to technology (coincidently one of the hottest topics in jury service) and examined the topics that subscribers to Jur-E Bulletin, the National Center …

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Better Lucky Than Good, Neal Devins Jan 2004

Better Lucky Than Good, Neal Devins

Faculty Publications

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The Generalized Interpersonal Theory Of Personality And Psychopathology, G. Scott Acton Jan 2004

The Generalized Interpersonal Theory Of Personality And Psychopathology, G. Scott Acton

Articles

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Desirable Properties Of An Unconventional Population Control Policy, Amitrajeet Batabyal Jan 2004

Desirable Properties Of An Unconventional Population Control Policy, Amitrajeet Batabyal

Articles

A great deal of concern has now been expressed about the authoritarian population control policies adopted by Asian countries such as Vietnam, India, and particularly China. Many of these autocratic policies and certainly the Chinese "one child policy" have failed in part because the framers of these policies have attempted to unsuccessfully circumvent a long standing cultural desire for male children. Therefore, in this note, we first propose an unconventional population control policy that is sensitive to this cultural desire for male progeny. Next, we show that this policy is desirable because (i)it is likely to ameliorate the "missing girls" …

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Price-Volume Relationships And Stock Returns, Steven Gold Jan 2004

Price-Volume Relationships And Stock Returns, Steven Gold

Articles

It is popular among technical analysts to use high trading volume as a positive selection or filter criteria. Yet the finding in the finance literature are not clear on the predictive validity or even the direction of the impact of trading volume on stock returns. One stream of finance research finds that high changes in trading volume are associated with information asymmetry or differences in beliefs between traders, suggesting stock price reversals and return variances are higher with high trading volume. A second stream of research finds that high trading volume is attributed to informed trading, suggesting stock price reversals …

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Spectral Data Adds A New Dimension To Remote Imaging Of Earth, John Schott Jan 2004

Spectral Data Adds A New Dimension To Remote Imaging Of Earth, John Schott

Articles

Major advances in detector technology and in the ability to process large amounts of spectrometer data have resulted in imaging spectrometers that allow scientists to "see" the condition of materials and to monitor processes.

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Sober Camp 2004 Was Heart Warming, Jeff Rubin Jan 2004

Sober Camp 2004 Was Heart Warming, Jeff Rubin

Articles

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Jml Optical At The Crossroads: Exploring Growth And Exit Strategies Of A Family Business, Richard Demartino Jan 2004

Jml Optical At The Crossroads: Exploring Growth And Exit Strategies Of A Family Business, Richard Demartino

Articles

The JML Optical case and related assignments are designed to promote a discussion exploring the potential impact of entrepreneurial motivation and exit strategies on firm growth and strategic change. The case recounts the founding, rapid early growth, and overall success of JML Optics, a company competing in the high potential, rapidly changing optics photonics industry. It also defines the emerging strategic challenges associated with the optics industry, mostly notably aggressive low cost Asian competition. The case places students in the position of JML founder and owner, Joe Lubozzo, who must decide both the company's future strategic direction and this own …

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On The Links Between Managerial Actions, Keystone Species, And The Resilience Of Ecological-Economic Systems, Amitrajeet A. Batabyal Jan 2004

On The Links Between Managerial Actions, Keystone Species, And The Resilience Of Ecological-Economic Systems, Amitrajeet A. Batabyal

Articles

Managerial actions influence the survival probabilities of the keystone species of an ecological-economic system. In turn, the well-being of these keystone species translates into the well being or the resilience of the underlying ecological-economic system. What are the theoretical links between managerial actions, keystone species, and the resilience of ecological-economic systems? Recently, Batabyal (2002) has addressed aspects of this question. In this paper, we extend the analysis in Batabyal (2002). First, we use a stochastic model to delineate a stylized ecological-economic system. Next, we discuss the links between managerial actions, keystone species, and this ecological-economic system’s resilience. Finally, we show …

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Ramsey Numbers For Triangles Versus Almost-Complete Graphs, Brendan Mckay, Konrad Piwakowski, Stanislaw Radziszowski Jan 2004

Ramsey Numbers For Triangles Versus Almost-Complete Graphs, Brendan Mckay, Konrad Piwakowski, Stanislaw Radziszowski

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We show that, in any coloring of the edges of K_38 with two colors, there exists a triangle in the first color or a monochromatic K_10-e (K_10 with one edge removed) in the second color, and hence we obtain a bound on the corresponding Ramsey number, R(K_3, K_10-e) <= 38. the new lower bound of 37 for this number is established by a coloring of K_36 avoiding triangles in the first color and K_10-e in the second color. This improves by one the vest previously known lower and upper bounds. we also give the bounds for the next Ramsey number of this type, 42 <= R(K_3, K_11-e) <= 47.

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Constructive Lower Bounds On Classical Multicolor Ramsey Numbers, Xiaodong Xu, Xie Zheng, Geoffrey Exoo, Stanislaw Radziszowski Jan 2004

Constructive Lower Bounds On Classical Multicolor Ramsey Numbers, Xiaodong Xu, Xie Zheng, Geoffrey Exoo, Stanislaw Radziszowski

Articles

This paper studies lower bounds for classical multicolor Ramsey numbers, first by giving a short overview of past results, and then by presenting several general constructions establishing new lower bounds for many diagonal and off-diagonal multicolor Ramsey numbers. In particular, we improve several lower bounds for R_k(4) and R_k(5) for some small k, including 415 < = R_3(5), 634 < = R_4(4), 2721 < = R_4(5), 3416 < = R_5(4) and 26082 < = R_5(5). Most of the new lower bounds are consequences of general constructions.

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An Upper Bound Of 62 On The Classical Ramsey Number(3,3,3,3), Susan Fettes, Richard Kramer, Stanislaw Radziszowski Jan 2004

An Upper Bound Of 62 On The Classical Ramsey Number(3,3,3,3), Susan Fettes, Richard Kramer, Stanislaw Radziszowski

Articles

We show that the classical Ramsey number R(3,3,3,3) is no greater than 62. That is, any edge coloring with four colors of a complete graph on 62 vertices must contain a monochromatic triangle. Basic notions and a historical overview are given along with the theoretical framework underlying the main result. The algorithms for the computational verification of the result are presented along with a brief discussion of the software tools that were utilized.

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Latent-Image Formation In Tabular Agbr Grains: Simulation Studies, Richard Hailstone, Rene Dekeyzer Jan 2004

Latent-Image Formation In Tabular Agbr Grains: Simulation Studies, Richard Hailstone, Rene Dekeyzer

Articles

A simulation programme based on the nucleation-and-growth model of latent-image formation was used to study how trap depth and trap density at various tabular grain thicknesses affected quantum sensitivity and reciprocity failure. Using a 1.2x0.2 µm model ‘grain’, the unsensitized case was simulated with 0.05 eV traps located on both the face and the core of the grain, the latter to simulate the effect of twin planes on latent-image location. The trap densities were adjusted to achieve a higher internal speed than surface speed, as seen experimentally with the emulsion used to validate the simulation. To simulate the effects of …

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