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The Economic Liberty Rationale In The Dormant Commerce Clause, Bruce F. Broll

South Dakota Law Review

No abstract provided.

Imsa 2004 Profile, Office Of College And Academic Counseling

IMSA Profile

Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy:

• Founded in 1985 by the Illinois General Assembly, IMSA is a public residential educational program for students talented and interested in mathematics and science. Admission is competitive.
• IMSA serves 640 students in grades 10 thru 12 in an educational laboratory setting.
• As part of the overall academic experience, IMSA requires all students to reside on campus.*
• *Excerpt from the IMSA 2004 Profile

New Fixed Assets Management Process Design For Pontifica Universidad Catolica Madre Y Maestra (Pucmm), Mary Baez

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Currently, PUCMM does not have a reliable management process for its fixed and controlled assets. In addition, PUCMM does not have a system that can provide accurate, fast and updated information about these items. Therefore, there is the need of a new process for managing PUCMM's fixed assets. The purpose of this research is to design a new management process for PUCMM's fixed and controlled assets that will provide reliable, quick and updated information. The methodology for this study is based on a cross-sectional study to assess fixed assets management processes in this and other well-established organizations. It is a …

The Determinants And Implications Of Customer Satisfaction And Loyalty In Web-Based Commerce: An Empirical Analysis, Samuel Otim

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The study was undertaken to categorize and assess the relative importance of various factors in determining customers' evaluation of the overall online shopping experience (customer satisfaction) and their intention to provide continued patronage (remain loyal) to the pertinent online stores. Furthermore, the study also investigated the effects of customer loyalty and satisfaction on revenue. Various hypotheses were formulated and tested using empirical methods. The results from the study imply that web site design factors may lead to discretionary customer loyalty but have no significant effect in fostering customer satisfaction. Discretionary customer loyalty is a product of shopping convenience; thus, web …

Institutional Development Of Water Users Associations In Kyrgyzstan, Aida Alymbaeva

Theses

Irrigation is of great importance for the agriculturally-predominant country of Kyrgyzstan, and the adequate operation and maintenance (O&M) of irrigation systems is required to support agricultural productivity in the country. A process of irrigation management transfer from the government to farm-based Water Users Associations (WUAs) has been pursued in the country for about a decade, but the results of institutionalization of WUAs are mixed. This thesis aims to explore the factors enabling the development of WUAs to manage O&M of irrigation infrastructure and ensure equitable and reliable water distribution to farmers. The research results show that WUAs are still too …

Regulation Of Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations: An Application Of Economic Theory To Firm Decision Making And Applications For Public Policy, Benjamin Gramig

University of Kentucky Master's Theses

The livestock industry in the United States has experienced significant concentration and vertical integration in recent years. This change has resulted in greater observed levels of pollution attributed to concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFO) and society has attempted to use regulation to remedy these problems. Despite regulation at the federal and local level no documented improvement in water quality has been observed to date. This thesis is concerned with the response of profit-maximizing economic agents to the form of environmental regulation adopted at the federal level. A theoretical model of firm profit is proposed and analyzed using comparative statics to …

Line Associative Registers, Krishna Melarkode

University of Kentucky Master's Theses

As technological advances have improved processor speed, main memory speed has lagged behind. Even with advanced RAM technologies, it has not been possible to close the gap in speeds. Ideally, a CPU can deliver good performance when the right data is made available to it at the right time. Caches and Registers solved the problem to an extent. This thesis takes the approach of trying to create a new memory access model that is more efficient and simple instead of using various add on mechanisms to mask high memory latency. The Line Associative Registers have the functionality of a cache, …

Reduced Risk Of Alzheimer's Disease In Users Of Antioxidant Vitamin Supplements: The Cache County Study, Peter P. Zandi, James C. Anthony, Ara S. Khachaturian, Stephanie V. Stone, Deborah Gustafson, Joann T. Tschanz, Maria C. Norton, John C. S. Breitner

Psychology Faculty Publications

Background: Antioxidants may protect the aging brain against oxidative damage associated with pathological changes of Alzheimer disease (AD). Objective: To examine the relationship between antioxidant supplement use and risk of AD. Design: Cross-sectional and prospective study of dementia. Elderly (65 years or older) county residents were assessed in 1995 to 1997 for prevalent dementia and AD, and again in 1998 to 2000 for incident illness. Supplement use was ascertained at the first contact. Setting: Cache County, Utah. Participants: Among 4740 respondents (93%) with data sufficient to determine cognitive status at the initial assessment, we identified 200 prevalent cases of AD. …

Zach's News, Georgia Southern University

Library Publications (1999-2023)

• New Catalog Feature Allows Users to Save and Repeat Searches
• Online Catalog Offers Links to Electronic Resources
• GALILEO Gains Two New Databases from EBSCOhost
• Henderson to Order Three Wilson Databases Eliminated From GALILEO
• Library Uses Positive Reinforcement to Reduce Overdues
• Library Circulation Declines, Prompts Librarian's Research
• Recent Additions to ICPSR Database

Investigation Of Characteristics Of Bounded Wall Jets In Dead End Mine Headings, Lavanya Rangubhotla

University of Kentucky Master's Theses

A comprehensive experimental study has been conducted using Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) for a wide array of ventilation schemes and mining configurations for the purpose of examining ventilation characteristics in dead end mine headings. Flow behaviors in two basic mining sequences of box and slab cuts for 30 ft and 60 ft deep cuts were studied. The present thesis discusses the effect for various geometric and flow parameters including the variation of inlet flow velocities, entry heights, face zone widths and curtain widths on the flow behavior. The Reynolds number Re considered for this study ranges from 1 105 to …

Coverage: Findings From A National Sample Of Introductory Psychology Syllabi, Scott Bates

Psychology Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Ministry Resource Center: Access Through A Database-Driven Website, Greg Sennema

The Christian Librarian

The new Ministry Resource Center (MRC) of Calvin College and Calvin Theological Seminary is a premiere collection of practical resources for all aspects of congregational ministry. To help MRC patrons locate appropriate resources, the College and Seminary s Hekman Library has created a website that combines information from manually created static webpages and bibliographic data imported from the Library s online catalog. The result is one website that gathers together, and provides access to, the entire MRC collection.

Resource Reviews, Phyllis Fox

The Christian Librarian

No abstract provided.

Training Levels And Methodologies For Glass Cockpit Training In Collegiate Aviation, Richard O. Fanjoy, John P. Young

Journal of Aviation/Aerospace Education & Research

Modern commercial aircraft use extremely complex and sophisticated flight instrumentation systems that present training concerns for the aviation industry and collegiate aviation programs. The authors sampled 42 four-year collegiate flight-training programs to determine their current program emphasis on "glass cockpit" training and plans for curriculum enhancements in that area. Although nearly fifty percent of sampled program administrators believe instruction in flight automation is critical to the success of their graduates, most cite cost of materials and competing curriculum priorities as reasons to defer such instruction to future employers. The authors suggest that program enhancements are within the reach of modern …

Error And Threat Detection: A Review And Evaluation Of Current Literature, Christina Frederick-Recascino, Michael Gosiewski

Journal of Aviation/Aerospace Education & Research

The present project provides a comprehensive review of the literature related to threat and error detection. Although there are current models for understanding the concepts of error and threat, little is known about how individuals detect errors and threats when they occur. Awareness of error and threat is crucial for advancement of safety in the aviation domain. Four areas were discussed related to error and threat detection. First, the general error and threat detection literature was reviewed. Second, the physiological foundations for error and threat detection were discussed. Third, the paper examined cognitive aspects of error and threat detection. Last, …

An Overview Of The Demise Of Nasa’S High Speed Research Program, Randolph S. Reynolds

Journal of Aviation/Aerospace Education & Research

In February 1998 NASA's High Speed Research Program (HSR) was cancelled without fan fare or press announcement. The principal effect of this announcement was to immediately end the research and development that was in progress on the revised supersonic transport or High Speed Civil Transport (HCST) project. This research was to lead to a prototype supersonic transport that would begin flying by the end of the first decade of the 2 1 Century. The factors for the cancellation of this program were never made clear other than the competing funding of the International Space Station. NASA's budgetary squeeze from the …

Optimal Design Of Engineering Systems Using Mpi-Enabled Genetic Algorithm, S. D. Rajan, D. T. Nguyen, M. D. Deshpande, L. Harrell

Civil & Environmental Engineering Faculty Publications

The focus of this paper is on the development and implementation of a genetic algorithm (GA)-based software system using message passing interface (MPI) protocol and library. A customized form of simple GA used in previous research [1-4] is parallelized. This MPI-enabled version is used to find the solution to finite element based design optimization problems. Results show that an almost linear speedup is obtained on homogenous hardware cluster and, with proper reworking of the software, on heterogeneous hardware cluster.

Teachers' Receptions Of Facilitators And Barriers To Inclusion: A Regional Survey, Hillary Kretz-Harvey

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This study examined teachers' perceptions of facilitators needed to include students with special needs. The Teachers' Opinions of Inclusive Education Needs Survey (TOIENS) was developed for this study in order to examine teachers' perceptions of facilitators to inclusion. Results found that teachers identified material and personnel supports, preservice and inservice training, and environmental/classroom features as all similarly necessary. Discrepancies were found, however, between identified facilitators and the availability of them. Personnel supports were generally considered to be available in the school districts, but several necessary material supports, training, and environmental/classroom features were considered to be unavailable.

Extraction Of Frequency-Dependent Electrical Characteristics Of Biological Tissues Using Ultra-Wideband Electromagnetic Pulse, Michael D. Seymour

Theses

There have been many important contributions to imaging for biomedical applications. The most popular methods include X-ray mammography, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), ultrasound, and most recently, microwave imaging. While the first three of these have been used for biomedical applications for over three decades, microwave imaging has seen many developments over the last few years. This is primarily due to the large contrast in electrical parameters between different body tissues (including differences between healthy and diseased tissues) at microwave frequencies. There are also vast improvements possible for the comfort of the patient undergoing such imaging as compared to mammography. However, …

An Analysis Of The Consistency Of Brand Color Reproduction In Print Packaging And Magazine Advertising, Seunga Kang Ha

Theses

Brand color is one way to represent the identity of the corporation and for the company to advertise itself. The purpose of brand color is to make customers perceive the color, recognize the brand, and ultimately buy products manufactured by the corporation. However, it is not easy to produce the same color through different print media applications because of different processes of color reproduction technology. In the print industry, corporations have controlled brand color tolerance to insure its consistency. However, there is some question as to how the print industry actually performs in maintaining this tolerance through reproduction. The goal …

A Physics-Based Model Of Sic-Based Mesfets, Sankha Mukherjee

Theses

Silicon Carbide (SiC) has been investigated as an alternative material to Silicon (Si) for enhancing the power-handling capability of semiconductor devices for simultaneous high-temperature and high frequency applications. Its high thermal conductivity, high bandgap, low permittivity, high saturation velocity, moderate mobility, material hardness and chemical inertness make it a prime candidate for power electronics, heat and light sensors, and MEMS applications. The MESFET is the most viable power transistor based on SiC. The performance of SiC MESFETs is limited by trapping and thermal effects. A physics-based analytical model of the SiC MESFET incorporating trapping and thermal effects is reported. The …

Into The Park, Joel Lederer

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Making A Case Study For The Real Business Value Of Iso 14001 Implementation In The Automotive Industry, Chemical Industry And Small Business, Heather L. Butler

Theses

This graduate thesis, Making a Case Studyfor the Real Business Value ofISO 14001 Implementation in the Automotive Industry, the Chemical Industry, and Small Business, demonstrates how companies within the automotive industry, the chemical industry, and small business are experiencing business value post ISO 14001 Environmental Management System implementation. This paper analyzes the benefits and pitfalls of ISO 14001 post implementation as well as customer and supplier requirements and the business value the companies studied are experiencing. The ISO 14001 standard was published in 1996. The program was more widely adopted in Europe and Asia, but in North America, it was …

Ancient Promises, Mohamad Rozi Mohd Nor

Theses

The story is about a girl who achieves her mythological destiny through her metamorphosis from a human form to that of a sea turtle which symbolizes universal love, fertility and desire. During preproduction the original concept (see Thesis Proposal in Appendix A) took a dramatic shift, becoming less of a traditional narrative work and evolving more into a visual lyrical form. Ancient Promises begins with the female lead character appearing restless during her strangely frantic investigations on a beach. She hears voices which surprise and intrigue her. Her discovery of a turtle and the loss of her ring increases the …

Multiprocessor Dsp Implementation Of The Jpeg 2000 Codec, Scott Mayne

Theses

The transition to JPEG2000 from other image formats such as standard JPEG offers im proved compression and image quality, yet has not been widely adopted in practice. This is mainly due to the complexity of the JPEG2000 algorithm. Standard JPEG uses the Discrete Cosine Transform (DCT) and Huffmann encoding to achieve its compression, whereas JPEG2000 uses the wavelet transform and arithmetic encoding. Due to the wide acceptance of JPEG, there are processors such as Equator Technology's BSP-15 digital signal processor (DSP) that have been designed with features specifically for JPEG appli cations. For some of the current digital printing applications …

Art Tales: Art As A Communicator Of New York State Folklore, Erin Claire Tobin

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This thesis project focuses on the use of folktales as a starting point to explore texture and pattern. The artist was striving to create a visual communication of folktales. Using physical layers in the paintings to create spatial depth as well as to express the idea of the building of layers as a metaphor for the story of life, the artist engages the viewer to relate this to the idea that culture is built from many different layers of stories over time.

Age And Growth Of Scotia Sea Icefish, Chaenocephalus Aceratus, From The South Shetland Islands, M. La Mesa, J. Ashford, E. Larson, M. Vacchi

OES Faculty Publications

Samples of Chaenocephalus aceratus (Lönnberg) were collected during a trawl survey carried out around the South Shetland Islands in January–February 2002. Fish were caught by commercial bottom trawl fishing down to 500 m depth, using a stratified randomized sampling design. As observed in other recent surveys within the same area, C. aceratus represented one of the predominant species. Overall, 357 specimens ranging from 13 and 67 cm (TL) were selected for the present study. Ages were estimated by counting annuli present in the sagittal otoliths, exposed by grinding and polishing along their sagittal plane. To estimate the precision of age …

Effects Of Directed Energy Weapons, Philip E. Nielsen

Books

Effects of Directed Energy Weapons is an encyclopedic treatment of how Directed Energy Weapons work, how the energy of these weapons is propagated to the target, and how the weapon/beam-target interaction creates effects (damage) in the target. This is a technical exposition, written at the undergraduate physics and engineering level that could serve either as a text book or as a reference text for technical practitioners. The text addresses Kinetic Energy Weapons in addition to Lasers, Microwaves and Particle Beams.

This book is on the effects of directed energy weapons in terms of how they propagate to and interact with …

International Students' Travel Decision Making Process, Tung-Wei Lee

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Service Beyond The Campus: An Evaluation Of The Customer Service Of Unibe Alumni Office, Rochelli Subero

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The Universidad Iberoamericana - UNIBE- has been using strategies to attract and maintain graduates' involvement within the university. Furthermore, UNIBE has invested financial and marketing efforts to continue being part of their lives. After attracting alumni, the association's intention is to maintain their interest and focus on enhancing customer satisfaction and customer value. The purpose of the present study is to evaluate the customer service delivered by the alumni office to 2,371 Dominican graduates so far reached. Since the foundation of the office, the university hasn't evaluated the perception and attitudes of graduates towards the service offered by alumni office. …