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The Weekly Challenger, December 23, 2004, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al Dec 2004

The Weekly Challenger, December 23, 2004, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al

Weekly Challenger Newspaper Collection

The December 23, 2004, issue of The Weekly Challenger.

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Isolating Adult Psychological Correlates Of Witnessing Parental Violence: Findings From A Predominantly Latina Sample, Corrie A. Davies, David Dilillo, Isaac G. Martinez Dec 2004

Isolating Adult Psychological Correlates Of Witnessing Parental Violence: Findings From A Predominantly Latina Sample, Corrie A. Davies, David Dilillo, Isaac G. Martinez

Department of Psychology: Faculty Publications

This study examined the relationship between childhood exposure to parental violence and adult psychological functioning in a sample of predominantly Mexican American participants. Questionnaires assessing childhood maltreatment, family environment, and current psychological symptomatology were completed by 142 female undergraduates. Findings revealed that witnessing parental violence in childhood was associated with depressive symptoms, low self-esteem, and trauma symptoms in adulthood, even after controlling for child physical and sexual abuse. However, in subsequent analyses, also controlling for levels of nonphysical family conflict, previous associations between exposure to parental violence and adult symptomatology were reduced, such that trauma-related symptoms remained the sole outcome …

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Understanding Perpetrators Of Nonphysical Sexual Coercion: Characteristics Of Those Who Cross The Line, Sarah Degue, David Dilillo Dec 2004

Understanding Perpetrators Of Nonphysical Sexual Coercion: Characteristics Of Those Who Cross The Line, Sarah Degue, David Dilillo

Department of Psychology: Faculty Publications

Sexual coercion is defined here as a form of male sexual misconduct in which nonphysical tactics (e.g., verbal pressure) are utilized to gain sexual contact with an unwilling female partner. This study compares the risk characteristics of sexually coercive (n = 81) and nonoffending college males (n = 223) across several domains. Results revealed that sexual coercers differed from nonoffenders in that they more often subscribed to rape myths, viewed interpersonal violence as more acceptable, reported greater hostility toward females, and perceived male-female relationships as more inherently adversarial. In addition, compared to nonoffenders, sexually coercive males showed stronger indicators of …

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The Effect Of Prostaglandin Inhibitor On Pregnancy Rates Of Heifer Embryo Transfer Recipients, Jared William Mcnaughtan Dec 2004

The Effect Of Prostaglandin Inhibitor On Pregnancy Rates Of Heifer Embryo Transfer Recipients, Jared William Mcnaughtan

Theses and Dissertations

Manipulation of the reproductive tract results in increased levels of prostaglandin, which may, in turn, reduce pregnancy rates in embryo recipients. Administration of a prostaglandin inhibitor prior to embryo transfer improves pregnancy rates in cows. Embryo transfer into heifers is more difficult and often requires additional manipulation of the uterus. This study was designed to determine whether administration of the prostaglandin inhibitor, flunixin meglumine, immediately prior to embryo transfer increases pregnancy rates in heifers. Heifers (n=466) were divided into two equal groups based on BCS (range=6-7) and weight (range=256-455). Estrus was synchronized in heifers by giving two injections of prostaglandin …

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Conversation Exchange Dynamics: A New Signal Primitive For Computer Network Intrusion Detection, John C. Mceachen, John M. Zachary, Junling Wang, Kah Wai Cheng Dec 2004

Conversation Exchange Dynamics: A New Signal Primitive For Computer Network Intrusion Detection, John C. Mceachen, John M. Zachary, Junling Wang, Kah Wai Cheng

United States Navy: Publications

As distributed network intrusion detection systems expand to integrate hundreds and possibly thousands of sensors, managing and presenting the associated sensor data becomes an increasingly complex task. Methods of intelligent data reduction are needed to make sense of the wide dimensional variations. We present a new signal primitive we call conversation exchange dynamics (CED) that accentuates anomalies in traffic flow. This signal provides an aggregated primitive that may be used by intrusion detection systems to base detection strategies upon. Indications of the signal in a variety of simulated and actual anomalous network traffic from distributed sensor collections are presented. Specifically, …

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Episodic Physical Forcing And The Structure Of Phytoplankton Communities In The Coastal Waters Of New Jersey, Mark A. Moline, Shelley M. Blackwell, Robert Chant, Matthew J. Oliver, Trisha Bergmann, Scott Glenn, Oscar M.E. Schofield Dec 2004

Episodic Physical Forcing And The Structure Of Phytoplankton Communities In The Coastal Waters Of New Jersey, Mark A. Moline, Shelley M. Blackwell, Robert Chant, Matthew J. Oliver, Trisha Bergmann, Scott Glenn, Oscar M.E. Schofield

Biological Sciences

The high variability in physical, biological, and chemical properties in coastal waters have limited our ability to sample the appropriate timescale and space scale to resolve physical forcing of the ecosystem. To improve our understanding, a multiplatform adaptive sampling program at the Long-term Ecosystem Observatory(LEO-15) off the coast of New Jersey examined the relationship between episodic summertime upwelling and downwelling events and the corresponding dynamics in bulk phytoplankton biomass and community structure. Inherent and apparent optical properties were concurrently measured to evaluate the use of optics to improve future sampling coverage in coastal regions. Results indicate peak chlorophyll biomass tracked …

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Bjorklund V. Phila Housing Auth Dec 2004

Bjorklund V. Phila Housing Auth

2004 Decisions

USDC for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

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Jashanica V. Atty Gen Usa Dec 2004

Jashanica V. Atty Gen Usa

2004 Decisions

Agency

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Advisory Circular: Reporting Wildlife Aircraft Strikes, J.R. White Dec 2004

Advisory Circular: Reporting Wildlife Aircraft Strikes, J.R. White

Other Bird Strike and Aviation Materials

This Advisory Circular (AC) explains the importance of reporting collisions between aircraft and wildlife, more commonly referred to as wildlife strikes. It also examines recent improvements in the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Bird/Other Wildlife Strike Reporting system; how to report a wildlife strike; what happens to the wildlife strike report data; how to access the FAA National Wildlife Aircraft Strike Database; and the FAA’s Feather Identification program.

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Global Asymptotic Controllability Implies Input-To-State Stabilization, Michael Malisoff, Ludovic Rifford, Eduardo Sontag Dec 2004

Global Asymptotic Controllability Implies Input-To-State Stabilization, Michael Malisoff, Ludovic Rifford, Eduardo Sontag

Faculty Publications

The main problem addressed in this paper is the design of feedbacks for globally asymptotically controllable (GAC) control affine systems that render the closed-loop systems input-to-state stable (ISS) with respect to actuator errors. Extensions for fully nonlinear GAC systems with actuator errors are also discussed. Our controllers have the property that they tolerate small observation noise as well.

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Fixed-Connectivity Membranes, Mark Bowick Dec 2004

Fixed-Connectivity Membranes, Mark Bowick

Physics - All Scholarship

The statistical mechanics of flexible surfaces with internal elasticity and shape fluctuations is summarized. Phantom and self-avoiding isotropic and anisotropic membranes are discussed, with emphasis on the universal negative Poisson ratio common to the low-temperature phase of phantom membranes and all strictly self-avoiding membranes in the absence of attractive interactions. The study of crystalline order on the frozen surface of spherical membranes is also treated.

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Fasold V. De River Bay Auth Dec 2004

Fasold V. De River Bay Auth

2004 Decisions

USDC for the District of New Jersey

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Amiot V. Kemper Ins Co Dec 2004

Amiot V. Kemper Ins Co

2004 Decisions

USDC for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

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Schooling Expectations, James Boyd White Dec 2004

Schooling Expectations, James Boyd White

Journal of Legal Education

No abstract provided.

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Why Intellectual Property Belongs In The First-Year Property Course, Roberta Rosenthal Kwall Dec 2004

Why Intellectual Property Belongs In The First-Year Property Course, Roberta Rosenthal Kwall

Journal of Legal Education

No abstract provided.

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Teaching Harbeson, David K. Dewolf Dec 2004

Teaching Harbeson, David K. Dewolf

Journal of Legal Education

No abstract provided.

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Some Strategies To Teach Reluctant Talkers To Talk About Law, Sarah E. Ricks Dec 2004

Some Strategies To Teach Reluctant Talkers To Talk About Law, Sarah E. Ricks

Journal of Legal Education

No abstract provided.

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Loop Quantum Gravity Effects On Inflation And The Cmb, Shinji Tsujikawa, Parampreet Singh, Roy Maartens Dec 2004

Loop Quantum Gravity Effects On Inflation And The Cmb, Shinji Tsujikawa, Parampreet Singh, Roy Maartens

Faculty Publications

In loop quantum cosmology, the universe avoids a big bang singularity and undergoes an early and short super-inflation phase. During super-inflation, non-perturbative quantum corrections to the dynamics drive an inflaton field up its potential hill, thus setting the initial conditions for standard inflation. We show that this effect can raise the inflaton high enough to achieve sufficient e-foldings in the standard inflation era. We analyse the cosmological perturbations generated when slow-roll is violated after super-inflation and show that loop quantum effects can in principle leave an indirect signature on the largest scales in the CMB, with some loss of power …

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Public Health, Primary Care, And Privatization Dec 2004

Public Health, Primary Care, And Privatization

Florida Public Health Review

No abstract provided.

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Structural Properties Of Discs And Bulges Of Early-Type Galaxies, Roelof S. De Jong, Luc Simard, Roger L. Davies, R. P. Saglia, David Burstein, Matthew Colless, Robert Mcmahan, Gary Wegner Dec 2004

Structural Properties Of Discs And Bulges Of Early-Type Galaxies, Roelof S. De Jong, Luc Simard, Roger L. Davies, R. P. Saglia, David Burstein, Matthew Colless, Robert Mcmahan, Gary Wegner

Dartmouth Scholarship

We have used the EFAR sample of galaxies to investigate the light distributions of early-type galaxies. We decompose the two-dimensional light distribution of the galaxies in a flattened spheroidal component with a Sérsic radial light profile and an inclined disc component with an exponential light profile. We show that if we assume that all galaxies can have a spheroidal and a disc component, then the brightest, bulge-dominated elliptical galaxies have a fairly broad distribution in the Sérsic profile shape parameter nB, with a median of approximately 3.7 and with σ∼ 0.9. Other galaxies have smaller nB values. …

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Taking Back The Law School Classroom: Using Technology To Foster Active Student Learning, Paul L. Caron, Rafael Gely Dec 2004

Taking Back The Law School Classroom: Using Technology To Foster Active Student Learning, Paul L. Caron, Rafael Gely

Journal of Legal Education

No abstract provided.

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Teaching Talking: Oral Communication Skills In A Law Course, Jane Korn Dec 2004

Teaching Talking: Oral Communication Skills In A Law Course, Jane Korn

Journal of Legal Education

No abstract provided.

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Willard Keith Bacon V. Norma Jean Bacon, Frank Pommersheim Dec 2004

Willard Keith Bacon V. Norma Jean Bacon, Frank Pommersheim

Tribal Court Opinions Authored by Emeritus Professor of Law Frank Pommersheim

No abstract provided.

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During Season Of Giving, Parents Memorialize Son With Scholarship, Elaine Pugh Dec 2004

During Season Of Giving, Parents Memorialize Son With Scholarship, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – Despite being physically challenged, Mike Carmichael lived a remarkable life, graduating from the University of Mississippi in 1980 then spending his remaining years helping others.

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Partitioning Regular Polygons Into Circular Pieces Ii: Nonconvex Partitions, Mirela Damian, Joseph O'Rourke Dec 2004

Partitioning Regular Polygons Into Circular Pieces Ii: Nonconvex Partitions, Mirela Damian, Joseph O'Rourke

Computer Science: Faculty Publications

We explore optimal circular nonconvex partitions of regular k-gons. The circularity of a polygon is measured by its aspect ratio: the ratio of the radii of the smallest circumscribing circle to the largest inscribed disk. An optimal circular partition minimizes the maximum ratio over all pieces in the partition. We show that the equilateral triangle has an optimal 4-piece nonconvex partition, the square an optimal 13-piece nonconvex partition, and the pentagon has an optimal nonconvex partition with more than 20 thousand pieces. For hexagons and beyond, we provide a general algorithm that approaches optimality, but does not achieve it.

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Canning Spam: Consumer Protection Or A Lid On Free Speech?, Grant C. Yang Dec 2004

Canning Spam: Consumer Protection Or A Lid On Free Speech?, Grant C. Yang

Duke Law & Technology Review

The United States Congress recently passed the first federal legislation to curb the influx of spam. However, the Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act ("CAN-SPAM Act") left some measures to be enacted by the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC"), and some consumers are calling for the Act to have a broader reach and for the creation of a Do-Not-E-Mail registry. Conversely, the FTC decided to delay the creation of a registry and opted to assist in the development of a new technological authentication system. This iBrief looks at the current state of spam and explains that it is …

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Domestic Violance In The First-Year Torts Curriculum, Jennifer B. Wriggins Dec 2004

Domestic Violance In The First-Year Torts Curriculum, Jennifer B. Wriggins

Journal of Legal Education

No abstract provided.

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Restructuring Legal Education In Guatemala: A Model For Law School Reform In Latin America?, Steven E. Hendrix Dec 2004

Restructuring Legal Education In Guatemala: A Model For Law School Reform In Latin America?, Steven E. Hendrix

Journal of Legal Education

No abstract provided.

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Secure Context-Sensitive Authorization, Kazuhiro Minami, David Kotz Dec 2004

Secure Context-Sensitive Authorization, Kazuhiro Minami, David Kotz

Computer Science Technical Reports

There is a recent trend toward rule-based authorization systems to achieve flexible security policies. Also, new sensing technologies in pervasive computing make it possible to define context-sensitive rules, such as ``allow database access only to staff who are currently located in the main office.'' However, these rules, or the facts that are needed to verify authority, often involve sensitive context information. This paper presents a secure context-sensitive authorization system that protects confidential information in facts or rules. Furthermore, our system allows multiple hosts in a distributed environment to perform the evaluation of an authorization query in a collaborative way; we …

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A Meta-Analytic Review Of The Effects Of High Stress On Eyewitness Memory, Kenneth A. Deffenbacher, Brian H. Bornstein, Steven D. Penrod, E. Kiernan Mcgorty Dec 2004

A Meta-Analytic Review Of The Effects Of High Stress On Eyewitness Memory, Kenneth A. Deffenbacher, Brian H. Bornstein, Steven D. Penrod, E. Kiernan Mcgorty

Department of Psychology: Faculty Publications

In the past 30 years researchers have examined the impact of heightened stress on the fidelity of eyewitness memory. Meta-analyses were conducted on 27 independent tests of the effects of heightened stress on eyewitness identification of the perpetrator or target person and separately on 36 tests of eyewitness recall of details associated with the crime. There was considerable support for the hypothesis that high levels of stress negatively impact both types of eyewitness memory. Meta-analytic Z-scores, whether unweighted or weighted by sample size, ranged from -5.40 to -6.44 (high stress condition–low stress condition). The overall effect sizes were -.31 for …

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