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Opto-Vlsi Based Wdm Multifunction Device, Selam T. Ahderom Jan 2004

Opto-Vlsi Based Wdm Multifunction Device, Selam T. Ahderom

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

The tremendous expansion of telecommunication services in the past decade, in part due to the growth of the Internet, has made the development of high-bandwidth optical net-works a focus of research interest. The implementation of Dense-Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) optical fiber transmission systems has the potential to meet this demand. However, crucial components of DWDM networks – add/drop multiplexers, filters, gain equalizers as well as interconnects between optical channels – are currently not implemented as dynamically reconfigurable devices. Electronic cross-connects, the traditional solution to the reconfigurable optical networks, are increasingly not feasible due to the rapidly increasing bandwidth of the …

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Development Of Criteria For Hiring Fourth-Grade Science Instruction Specialists: A Model For Elementary School Administrators, Lenora Y. Johnson Jan 2004

Development Of Criteria For Hiring Fourth-Grade Science Instruction Specialists: A Model For Elementary School Administrators, Lenora Y. Johnson

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The purpose of this applied dissertation was the creation of a developmental model of hiring criteria for 4th-grade science specialists to be used by elementary education leaders in the future. The premise for the model sprang from the author's view that 4th-grade instructors trained in science content and pedagogy would be more likely than generalist classroom teachers to plan and to implement optimally effective 4th-grade science curriculums and delivery methods. The author further believed that specialized 4th-grade science instruction might raise national science achievement test scores at that grade level and might increase student interest in science as a subject …

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Development Of An In-Situ Hydrothermal Dissolved Carbon Dioxide Sensor For Hydrothermal Environments, Brooke Love Jan 2004

Development Of An In-Situ Hydrothermal Dissolved Carbon Dioxide Sensor For Hydrothermal Environments, Brooke Love

Link Foundation Ocean Engineering and Instrumentation Fellowship Reports

Hydrothermal systems at mid ocean ridges are a unique environment which connect the mantle, lithosphere, ocean, and biosphere in one complex system. Fluid chemistry is one key tool in understanding this environment, and carbon dioxide is the most abundant gas in these fluids. Its relative abundance and the information it can give about the magmatic activity, which is one of the ultimate drivers of these systems, and other processes, make it an attractive target for development of an in-situ sensor. This work has shown that attenuated total reflection (ATR) is a promising technique for in situ carbon dioxide measurements under …

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Teaching Ethics/Doing Justice, Anthony V. Alfieri Jan 2004

Teaching Ethics/Doing Justice, Anthony V. Alfieri

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Color/Identity/Justice: Chicano Trials (Book Review), Anthony V. Alfieri Jan 2004

Color/Identity/Justice: Chicano Trials (Book Review), Anthony V. Alfieri

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Pari Passu And A Distressed Sovereign's Rational Choices, William Wilson Bratton Jan 2004

Pari Passu And A Distressed Sovereign's Rational Choices, William Wilson Bratton

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Aicpa's Top Technologies 2004, Scott H. Cytron, Anne A. Stanton, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Information Technology Section Jan 2004

Aicpa's Top Technologies 2004, Scott H. Cytron, Anne A. Stanton, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Information Technology Section

Guides, Handbooks and Manuals

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Mathematics & Statistics Newsletter May 2004, Rit Department Of Mathematics And Statistics Jan 2004

Mathematics & Statistics Newsletter May 2004, Rit Department Of Mathematics And Statistics

RIT Digital Archives

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Questions And Answers With Dr. A. Simone Jan 2004, Albert J. Simone Jan 2004

Questions And Answers With Dr. A. Simone Jan 2004, Albert J. Simone

RIT Digital Archives

Academics||Alumni||Athletics||Campus construction||Community relations||Finances||Food||Housing||Information technology||RIT facilities||RIT history||RIT myths||Top questions

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Its News January 2004, Information & Technology Services Jan 2004

Its News January 2004, Information & Technology Services

RIT Digital Archives

"Ask President Simone"||Security Week Review||E-Commerce Options Grow at RIT||Getting to Know You||Top 10 RIT Portal Potlets||myRIT Portal - What's Next?||Email Replacement Project Update||Tom's Tidbits

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Carrolls Of Longfall, Kentucky Library Research Collections Jan 2004

Carrolls Of Longfall, Kentucky Library Research Collections

Research Collections

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Molecular Basis Of Inward Rectification: Polyamine Interaction Sites Located By Combined Channel And Ligand Mutagenesis, Harley T. Kurata, L. Revell Phillips, Thierry Rose, Gildas Loussouarn, Stefan Herlitze, Hariolf Fritzenschaft, Decha Enkvetchakul, Colin G. Nichols, Thomas Baukrowitz Jan 2004

Molecular Basis Of Inward Rectification: Polyamine Interaction Sites Located By Combined Channel And Ligand Mutagenesis, Harley T. Kurata, L. Revell Phillips, Thierry Rose, Gildas Loussouarn, Stefan Herlitze, Hariolf Fritzenschaft, Decha Enkvetchakul, Colin G. Nichols, Thomas Baukrowitz

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The Great Divide: Considering Section 157a Of The Singapore Companies Act, Pearlie Koh Jan 2004

The Great Divide: Considering Section 157a Of The Singapore Companies Act, Pearlie Koh

Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law

The manner in which the powers of a company are carved out to be exercised by either the general meeting of shareholders or its board of directors is often a matter of interpretation of the constitution of the company. This approach retains a fair amount of flexibility in the differing models of power allocation that may be adopted by incorporators, but once carved out, the power allocation usually remains sacrosanct until such time as the constitution is validly altered. This was the position in Singapore before 2003. In 2003, the Companies Act of Singapore was amended to include s 157A, …

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The Relationship Of Consideration And Structure Leadership Styles To Employee Job Satisfaction In Nonprofit Child Care Organizations, Stephanie L. Brooke Jan 2004

The Relationship Of Consideration And Structure Leadership Styles To Employee Job Satisfaction In Nonprofit Child Care Organizations, Stephanie L. Brooke

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

This study examined the relationship between leadership style, as measured by the Leadership Opinion Questionnaire, and job satisfaction, global job satisfaction, and satisfaction with supervision, as measured by the Job Satisfaction Survey. Past research suggests that leaders with a considerate style of leadership are associated with greater job satisfaction compared to leaders who initiate structure. Although many studies of leadership style have been conducted in for-profit organizations, the objective of this research was to better understand the relationship of leadership style to job satisfaction in nonprofit child care centers. Eight directors in nonprofit child care centers in Rochester, New York, …

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Enginuity 2004, Kate Gleason College Of Engineering Jan 2004

Enginuity 2004, Kate Gleason College Of Engineering

RIT Digital Archives

Dean's corner (p.1)||Alumnus goes full circle (p.1)||Honors program really going places (p.2)||Twinkie tossing teens (p.3)||Paul Stiebitz appointed director multidisciplinary engineering design program (p.3)||Recognizing excellence (p.3)||KGCOE colloquium evolving to distinguished speaker series (p.5)||KGCOE alums – dynamic duo! (p.6)||Enginuity contributors (p.8)

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Rit Dividends Winter 2004 Jan 2004

Rit Dividends Winter 2004

RIT Digital Archives

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2004-2005 Graduate Bulletin, Rochester Institute Of Technology Jan 2004

2004-2005 Graduate Bulletin, Rochester Institute Of Technology

RIT Digital Archives

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Rethinking Copyright Misuse, Kathryn Judge Jan 2004

Rethinking Copyright Misuse, Kathryn Judge

Faculty Scholarship

Over the last few decades, copyright has evolved in dramatic and unprecedented ways. At the heart of this evolution lies a series of changes in the statutory scheme that have substantially expanded copyright's scope. There has also been a rise in private ordering as copyright holders increasingly use licenses to govern use of their copyrighted material and thereby supplant the default terms prescribed by the Copyright Act. Mediating and contributing to this evolution has been the judiciary. The judiciary has long played an active role in protecting copyright policy, and the dynamism of the last thirty years has only accentuated …

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The Origins Of The American Public Trust Doctrine: What Really Happened In Illinois Central, Joseph D. Kearney, Thomas W. Merrill Jan 2004

The Origins Of The American Public Trust Doctrine: What Really Happened In Illinois Central, Joseph D. Kearney, Thomas W. Merrill

Faculty Scholarship

The public trust doctrine has always been controversial. The general rule in American law favors ownership of natural resources as private property. The public trust doctrine, a jarring exception of uncertain dimensions, posits that some resources are subject to a perpetual trust that forecloses private exclusion rights. For environmentalists and preservationists who view private ownership as a source of the degradation of our natural and historical resources, the public trust doctrine holds out the hope of salvation through what amounts to a judicially enforced inalienability rule that locks resources into public ownership. For those who view private property as the …

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Laboratory Automation Education, James D. Sterling Jan 2004

Laboratory Automation Education, James D. Sterling

Business and Information Technology Faculty Research & Creative Works

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Parameter Selection In Genetic Algorithms, Onur Boyabatli, Ihsan Sabuncuoglu Jan 2004

Parameter Selection In Genetic Algorithms, Onur Boyabatli, Ihsan Sabuncuoglu

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

In this study, we provide a new taxonomy of parameters of genetic algorithms (GA), structural and numerical parameters, and analyze the effect of numerical parameters on the performance of GA based simulation optimization applications with experimental design techniques. Appropriate levels of each parameter are proposed for a particular problem domain. Controversial to existing literature on GA, our computational results reveal that in the case of a dominant set of decision variable the crossover operator does not have a significant impact on the performance measures, whereas high mutation rates are more suitable for GA applications.

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Powerful Change Part 2: Reducing The Power Demands Of Mobile Devices, Rajesh Krishna Balan Jan 2004

Powerful Change Part 2: Reducing The Power Demands Of Mobile Devices, Rajesh Krishna Balan

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

Consumers expect their mobile devices to be small and light, have a decent battery lifetime, and still be powerful enough to run all their desired applications. The need to satisfy such consumer demands has driven mobile-device manufacturers to make products (such as PDAs and cell phones) that match these needs. However, this inevitably requires tradeoffs. Building smaller, lighter devices requires sacrificing the device's battery capacity because battery technology is still fairly dense and heavy, and contributes most of a mobile device's size and weight. But, mobile devices with the required resources to run useful desktop applications need additional battery power …

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A Secure And Privacy Enhanced Location-Based Service Transaction Protocol In Ubiquitous Computing Environment, Konidala Divyan, Robert H. Deng, Jianying Zhou, Kwanjo Kim Jan 2004

A Secure And Privacy Enhanced Location-Based Service Transaction Protocol In Ubiquitous Computing Environment, Konidala Divyan, Robert H. Deng, Jianying Zhou, Kwanjo Kim

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

Nowadays mobile phones and PDAs are part and parcel of our lives. By carrying a portable mobile device with us all the time we are already living in partial Pervasive Computing Environment (PCE) that is waiting to be exploited very soon. One of the advantages of pervasive computing is that it strongly supports the deployment of Location-Based Service(s) (LBSs). In PCE, there would be many competitive service providers (SPs) trying to sell different or similar LBSs to users. In order to avail a particular service, it becomes very di#cult for a low-computing and resourcepoor mobile device to handle many such …

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Singapore's Regionalization Blueprint: A Case Of Strategic Management, State Enterprise Network And Selective Intervention, Caroline Yeoh, Chee Sin Koh, Charmaine Cai Jan 2004

Singapore's Regionalization Blueprint: A Case Of Strategic Management, State Enterprise Network And Selective Intervention, Caroline Yeoh, Chee Sin Koh, Charmaine Cai

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

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Expert Knowledge And The Role Of Consultants In An Emerging Knowledge-Based Economy, Hans-Dieter Evers, Thomas Menkhoff Jan 2004

Expert Knowledge And The Role Of Consultants In An Emerging Knowledge-Based Economy, Hans-Dieter Evers, Thomas Menkhoff

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

In the emerging globalised knowledge society/economy, a group of professionals, namely experts and consultants gain in importance. The paper discusses the following issues: Who are these experts and consultants? Why is this group of knowledge workers strategically important and why is their importance - socially in terms of number of persons and economically in terms of output or turnover - growing? How can we explain the increasing professionalisation of consultants? How do they gain their expertise and which role does academic knowledge play in professional attainment? How do consultants package and apply expert knowledge? What are the challenges experts and …

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Notes From An ‘Intelligent Island’: Towards Strategic Knowledge Management In Singapore’S Small Business Sector, Thomas Menkhoff, Yue Wah Chay, Benjamin Loh Jan 2004

Notes From An ‘Intelligent Island’: Towards Strategic Knowledge Management In Singapore’S Small Business Sector, Thomas Menkhoff, Yue Wah Chay, Benjamin Loh

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

This essay outlines some of the benefits and challenges of implementing strategic knowledge management systems in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with reference to respective initiatives in the Republic of Singapore. The article addresses following research questions: What is knowledge management (KM) and why has it become an issue? How can SMEs benefit from strategic KM? What are the potential pitfalls of KM applications in small firms? What are the strategic imperatives of using KM in SMEs? Do small and large firms require different KM systems? What are the critical success factors which have to be considered during implementation? How …

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Neural Network Based Classification Of Road Pavement Structures, V. Venayagamoorthy, D. Allopi, Ganesh K. Venayagamoorthy Jan 2004

Neural Network Based Classification Of Road Pavement Structures, V. Venayagamoorthy, D. Allopi, Ganesh K. Venayagamoorthy

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Roads have formed the basic infrastructure of commerce since flints and other tools and artifacts were first exchanged along the trade routes of prehistory. Roadways are very large, in volume, in extent, and in value. They also wear out, and their useful life is directly proportional to their initial strength and inversely proportional to the number of heavy goods vehicles using them. Therefore, the increasing complexity of road transportation needs advanced techniques for effective design of pavements. This paper proposes an intelligent technique using neural networks to classify different types of road pavement structures, which is essential in estimating bearing …

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Manipulation Of Microenvironment With A Built-In Electrochemical Actuator In Proximity Of A Dissolved Oxygen Microsensor, Chang-Soo Kim, J. O. Fiering, C. W. Scarantino, H. Troy Nagle, Chae-Hyang Lee, Stefan Ufer Jan 2004

Manipulation Of Microenvironment With A Built-In Electrochemical Actuator In Proximity Of A Dissolved Oxygen Microsensor, Chang-Soo Kim, J. O. Fiering, C. W. Scarantino, H. Troy Nagle, Chae-Hyang Lee, Stefan Ufer

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Biochemical sensors for continuous monitoring require dependable periodic self diagnosis with acceptable simplicity to check its functionality during operation. An in-situ self-diagnostic technique for a dissolved oxygen microsensor is proposed in an effort to devise an intelligent microsensor system with an integrated electrochemical actuation electrode. With a built-in platinum microelectrode that surrounds the microsensor, two kinds of microenvironments, called the oxygen-saturated or oxygen-depleted phases, can be created by water electrolysis, depending on the polarity. The functionality of the microsensor can be checked during these microenvironment phases. The polarographic oxygen microsensor is fabricated on a flexible polyimide substrate (Kapton) and the …

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Citizens Cannot Stand For It Anymore: How The United States' Environmental Actions In Afghanistan And Iraq Go Unchecked By Individuals And Non-Governmental Organizations, Wynne P. Kelly Jan 2004

Citizens Cannot Stand For It Anymore: How The United States' Environmental Actions In Afghanistan And Iraq Go Unchecked By Individuals And Non-Governmental Organizations, Wynne P. Kelly

Fordham International Law Journal

As the U.S. government's reach and responsibilities expand, it remains unclear exactly what, if any, input the general populations of Afghanistan, Iraq, or the United States have on government actions. The environmental needs of the two States have concerned the world enough that the United Nations Environment Program ("UNEP") has published a detailed post-conflict report on Afghanistan ("Afghanistan PCA") and a "Desk Study" of the environment in Iraq ("Iraq Desk Study"). There are four basic ways that citizens can attempt either to enjoin U.S. government environmental action abroad or compel the government to adhere to established regulations and agreements: (1) …

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The Just War Tradition And Natural Law, Jean Bethke Elshtain Jan 2004

The Just War Tradition And Natural Law, Jean Bethke Elshtain

Fordham International Law Journal

This Essay is divided into three parts. First, it briefly discusses Augustine on the notion of a "naturalistic morality" implanted in human minds and hearts. Second, it traces the ways in which such notions as human nature figure in Augustinian and post-Augustinian arguments concerning war and peace. Third, it takes the measure of our current international crises and challenges from the perspective of human dignity the "naturalistic morality" Augustine addresses when he insists that there is, in fact, a nature we share, trails in its wake far-reaching ethical complications.

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