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Fisheries Occasional Publication No. 29 - Western Rock Lobster Fishery Effects Of Fishing On The Ecosystem - Scientific Reference Group (Chairman's Report No. 3, February 2005), Department Of Fisheries, Western Australia Nov 2005

Fisheries Occasional Publication No. 29 - Western Rock Lobster Fishery Effects Of Fishing On The Ecosystem - Scientific Reference Group (Chairman's Report No. 3, February 2005), Department Of Fisheries, Western Australia

Fisheries Occasional Publications

The Western Rock Lobster Effects of Fishing on the Ecosystem Scientific Reference Group (the SRG) was convened jointly by the Department of Fisheries and the WA Fishing Industry Council (WAFIC). The SRG met on Tuesday 1 February 2005 at the Fremantle Sailing Club, and this document is the official report from that meeting.

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Washington Law Review, Index, Volume 80, 2005, Anon Nov 2005

Washington Law Review, Index, Volume 80, 2005, Anon

Washington Law Review

Consists of indexes by author, title, and subject.

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The Leading Object: November/December 2005 Nov 2005

The Leading Object: November/December 2005

Leading Object

Content:
Perspectives by John C. Owens
Drought Mitigation Center Seeks to Enhance Decision-Making Tools
Cartwright Receives November OEA
UNL for Families wins 4-H Award
Pork Producers Start Haskell Swine Professorship
Birnstihl Named Acting Extension Dean
Robertson Credits CASNR for Career Success
Salute to Graduates Provides Personal Touch
Kimmel Center Dedication
As Nebraska’s Needs Changed, So Has Extension
Hahn named Nebraska’s Fourth CARET Delegate

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Taking The Stand: The Lessons Of The Three Men Who Took The Japanese American Internment To Court, Lorraine K. Bannai Nov 2005

Taking The Stand: The Lessons Of The Three Men Who Took The Japanese American Internment To Court, Lorraine K. Bannai

Seattle Journal for Social Justice

No abstract provided.

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My Man Fridae: Re-Producing Asian Masculinity, Gary Atkins Nov 2005

My Man Fridae: Re-Producing Asian Masculinity, Gary Atkins

Seattle Journal for Social Justice

No abstract provided.

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The Progressive Critique Of The Current Socio-Legal Landscape: Corporations And Racial Justice, Cheryl I. Harris Nov 2005

The Progressive Critique Of The Current Socio-Legal Landscape: Corporations And Racial Justice, Cheryl I. Harris

Seattle Journal for Social Justice

No abstract provided.

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Who Got To Talk About It: Sourcing And Attribution In Broadcast News Coverage Of The First 24 Hours Of The 9/11 Tragedy, Sonora Jha, Ralph S. Izard Nov 2005

Who Got To Talk About It: Sourcing And Attribution In Broadcast News Coverage Of The First 24 Hours Of The 9/11 Tragedy, Sonora Jha, Ralph S. Izard

Seattle Journal for Social Justice

No abstract provided.

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Economic Globalization And Civil War, Katherine Barbieri, Rafael Reuveny Nov 2005

Economic Globalization And Civil War, Katherine Barbieri, Rafael Reuveny

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

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Nov. 2005, Unauthored, Cso Comments On Ps 4 Community Health And Safety, Ifc Nov 2005

Nov. 2005, Unauthored, Cso Comments On Ps 4 Community Health And Safety, Ifc

IFC E&S Performance Standards

No abstract provided.

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The Parable Of The Seeds: Interpreting The Plant Variety Protection Act In Furtherance Of Innovation Policy, Jim Chen Nov 2005

The Parable Of The Seeds: Interpreting The Plant Variety Protection Act In Furtherance Of Innovation Policy, Jim Chen

Notre Dame Law Review

No abstract provided.

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A Nonlinear Dynamic Approach For Evaluating Postural Control, James T. Cavanaugh, Kevin M. Guskiewicz, Nikolaos Stergiou Nov 2005

A Nonlinear Dynamic Approach For Evaluating Postural Control, James T. Cavanaugh, Kevin M. Guskiewicz, Nikolaos Stergiou

Journal Articles

Recent research suggests that traditional biomechanical models of postural stability do not fully characterise the nonlinear properties of postural control. In sports medicine, this limitation is manifest in the postural steadiness assessment approach, which may not be sufficient for detecting the presence of subtle physiological change after injury. The limitation is especially relevant given that return-to-play decisions are being made based on assessment results. This update first reviews the theoretical foundation and limitations of the traditional postural stability paradigm. It then offers, using the clinical example of athletes recovering from cerebral concussion, an alternative theoretical proposition for measuring changes in …

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Jmasm24: Numerical Computing For Third-Order Power Method Polynomials (Excel), Todd C. Headrick Nov 2005

Jmasm24: Numerical Computing For Third-Order Power Method Polynomials (Excel), Todd C. Headrick

Journal of Modern Applied Statistical Methods

The power method polynomial transformation is a popular procedure used for simulating univariate and multivariate non-normal distributions. It requires software that solves simultaneous nonlinear equations. Potential users of the power method may not have access to commercial software packages (e.g., Mathematica, Fortran). Therefore, algorithms are presented in the more commonly available Excel 2003 spreadsheets. The algorithms solve for (1) coefficients for polynomials of order three, (2) intermediate correlations and Cholesky factorizations for multivariate data generation, and (3) the values of skew and kurtosis for determining if a transformation will produce a valid power method probability density function (pdf). The Excel …

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A Discretized Approach To Flexibly Fit Generalized Lambda Distributions To Data, Steve Su Nov 2005

A Discretized Approach To Flexibly Fit Generalized Lambda Distributions To Data, Steve Su

Journal of Modern Applied Statistical Methods

This article presents a flexible approach to fit statistical distribution to data. It optimizes the bin-width of data histogram to find a suitable generalized lambda distribution. In addition to the default optimization, this approach provides additional flexibility akin to the concepts of loess and kernel smoothing, which allow the users to determine the amount of details they would like to smooth over the data. The approach presented in this article will allow users to visually compare and choose the parameters of generalized lambda distribution that best suit their purposes of study.

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A Single, Powerful, Nonparametric Statistic For Continuous-Data Telecommunications Parity Testing, J. D. Opdyke Nov 2005

A Single, Powerful, Nonparametric Statistic For Continuous-Data Telecommunications Parity Testing, J. D. Opdyke

Journal of Modern Applied Statistical Methods

Since the enactment of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, extensive expert testimony has justified use of the modified t statistic (Brownie et al., 1990) for performing two-sample hypothesis tests comparing Bell companies’ CLEC and ILEC performance measurement data (known as parity testing). However, Opdyke (Telecommunications Policy, 2004) demonstrated this statistic to be potentially manipulable and to have literally zero power to detect inferior CLEC service provision under a wide range of relevant data conditions. This article develops a single, nonparametric statistic that is easily implemented (i.e., not computationally intensive) and typically provides dramatic power gains over the modified t while …

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Inference On (Y < X) In A Pareto Distribution, M. Masoom Ali, Jungsoo Woo Nov 2005

Inference On (Y < X) In A Pareto Distribution, M. Masoom Ali, Jungsoo Woo

Journal of Modern Applied Statistical Methods

Inference on the reliability R = P(Y < X) in a Pareto distribution with a known scale parameter is considered. Point estimates and confidence intervals of R are obtained a test of hypothesis is also considered.

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Nonparametric Pooling And Testing Of Preference Ratings For Full-Profile Conjoint Analysis Experiments, Rosa Arboretti G., Marco Marozzi, Luigi Salmaso Nov 2005

Nonparametric Pooling And Testing Of Preference Ratings For Full-Profile Conjoint Analysis Experiments, Rosa Arboretti G., Marco Marozzi, Luigi Salmaso

Journal of Modern Applied Statistical Methods

The problem of pooling customer preference ratings within a conjoint analysis experiment has been addressed. A method based on the nonparametric combination of rankings has been proposed to compete with the usual method based on the arithmetic mean. This method is nonparametric with respect to the underlying dependence structure and so no dependence model must be assumed. The two methods have been compared using Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient and related test. Moreover, a further nonparametric testing method has been considered and proposed; this method takes both correlation and distance between ranks into account. By means of a simulation study it …

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Corrections For Type I Error In Social Science Research: A Disconnect Between Theory And Practice, Kenneth Lachlan, Patric R. Spence Nov 2005

Corrections For Type I Error In Social Science Research: A Disconnect Between Theory And Practice, Kenneth Lachlan, Patric R. Spence

Journal of Modern Applied Statistical Methods

Type I errors are a common problem in factorial ANOVA and ANOVA based analyses. Despite decades of literature offering solutions to the Type I error problems associated with multiple significance tests, simple solutions such as Bonferroni corrections have been largely ignored by social scientists. To examine this discontinuity between theory and practice, a content analysis was performed on 5 flagship social science journals. Results indicate that corrections for Type I error are seldom utilized, even in designs so complicated as to almost guarantee erroneous rejection of null hypotheses.

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Applications Of Some Improved Estimators In Linear Regression, B. M. Golam Kibria Nov 2005

Applications Of Some Improved Estimators In Linear Regression, B. M. Golam Kibria

Journal of Modern Applied Statistical Methods

The problem of estimation of the regression coefficients under multicollinearity situation for the restricted linear model is discussed. Some improve estimators are considered, including the unrestricted ridge regression estimator (URRE), restricted ridge regression estimator (RRRE), shrinkage restricted ridge regression estimator (SRRRE), preliminary test ridge regression estimator (PTRRE), and restricted Liu estimator (RLIUE). The were compared based on the sampling variance-covariance criterion. The RRRE dominates other ridge estimators when the restriction does or does not hold. A numerical example was provided. The RRRE performed equivalently or better than the RLIUE in the sense of having smaller sampling variance.

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Umm Community Shares Rick Rose Memories, University Relations Nov 2005

Umm Community Shares Rick Rose Memories, University Relations

Campus News Archive

Memorial service on the campus mall provides an opportunity for friends and family to honor student Rick Rose's memory and to comfort one another.

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An Evaluation Of The Oregon Department Of Transportation’S (Odot) Environmental Streamlining Efforts: A Focus On Cetas, Connie P. Ozawa, Jennifer Dill Nov 2005

An Evaluation Of The Oregon Department Of Transportation’S (Odot) Environmental Streamlining Efforts: A Focus On Cetas, Connie P. Ozawa, Jennifer Dill

Urban Studies and Planning Faculty Publications and Presentations

The Oregon Department of Transportation responded to the federal call in the late 1990s to streamline the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) by (1) implementing organizational and procedural changes internal to the agency, (2) funding ODOT-dedicated staff positions in state and federal resource agencies, and (3) convening regular meetings with state and federal agencies with NEPA-related regulatory responsibilities. This latter effort evolved into the CETAS (Collaborative Environmental and Transportation Agreement for Streamlining) process that includes a management and a technical team element. This document reports an assessment of the effectiveness of these efforts. Phase I of the study was designed …

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Psychosocial Responses By Adolescent Male Victims To Peer Bullying, Karin Eve Reuter-Rice Phd Nov 2005

Psychosocial Responses By Adolescent Male Victims To Peer Bullying, Karin Eve Reuter-Rice Phd

Dissertations

Bullying remains a pervasive problem in most schools throughout the nation. Peer-bullied victims report higher levels of depression, suicidal ideation, anxiety, and concerns regarding their safety in school. Reactions of victims to peer bullying have been extreme, as in the cases of the rampage school shooters. Primarily, current research has not focused on the high school adolescent, although most school shooters arise from that age group. The overall purpose of this study was to examine the psychosocial responses by adolescent male victims to peer bullying. Research questions addressed the frequency and severity of peer-victimization, distress, anxiety, and their perception of …

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Modeling Fuzzy Rules With Description Logics, Sudhir Agarwal, Pascal Hitzler Nov 2005

Modeling Fuzzy Rules With Description Logics, Sudhir Agarwal, Pascal Hitzler

Computer Science and Engineering Faculty Publications

In real application scenarios, input data and knowledge is often vague. Likewise, it is often the case that exact reasoning over data is impossible due to complex dependencies between input data and target outputs. For practical applications, however, good approximations often suffice, and efficient calculation of an approximate answer is often preferable over complex processing which may take a long time to come up with an exact answer. Fuzzy logic supports both features by providing fuzzy membership functions and fuzzy IF-THEN rule bases. In this paper, we show how fuzzy membership functions and fuzzy rules can be modeled by means …

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Systematic Revision Of The Genus Eupleura H. And A. Adams, 1853 (Gastropoda: Muricidae) In The Neogene To Recent Of Tropical America, Gregory S. Herbert Nov 2005

Systematic Revision Of The Genus Eupleura H. And A. Adams, 1853 (Gastropoda: Muricidae) In The Neogene To Recent Of Tropical America, Gregory S. Herbert

School of Geosciences Faculty and Staff Publications

The systematics of the Neogene to Recent genus Eupleura of tropical America are revised, with descriptions of four new species: Eupleura engerrabunda, from the Late Miocene of Mexico (Atlantic); Eupleura gravidentata, from the Plio-Pleistocene of Colombia (Atlantic); Eupleura paroudia, from the Early or middle Pliocene of Mexico (Atlantic); and Eupleura vokesorum, from the Pliocene of Costa Rica (Pacific) and Ecuador and the Recent tropical eastern Pacific. Two recent taxa, Eupleura plicata and Eupleura limata, are also resurrected, increasing the standing diversity of Eupleura in the eastern Pacific to seven species. Eupleura limata, however, may …

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Geodetic Gps Measurements In South Iceland: Strain Accumulation And Partitioning In A Propagating Ridge System, P. C. Lafemina, Timothy H. Dixon, R. Malservisi, T. Arnadottir, E. Sturkell, F. Sigmundsson, P. Einarsson Nov 2005

Geodetic Gps Measurements In South Iceland: Strain Accumulation And Partitioning In A Propagating Ridge System, P. C. Lafemina, Timothy H. Dixon, R. Malservisi, T. Arnadottir, E. Sturkell, F. Sigmundsson, P. Einarsson

School of Geosciences Faculty and Staff Publications

GPS observations in south Iceland between 1994 and 2003 are compared with two-dimensional elastic half-space and viscoelastic coupling models for two parallel rift zones, representing the Western and Eastern volcanic zones (WVZ, EVZ). GPS data from the Hreppar block, between the WVZ and EVZ, fit a rigid block model within uncertainties. Spreading rates across the WVZ increase from 2.6 ± 0.9 mm/yr in the northeast to 7.0 ± 0.4 mm/yr in the southwest. Conversely, spreading rates in the EVZ decrease from 19.0 ± 2.0 mm/yr in the northeast to 11.0 ± 0.8 mm/yr in the southwest, the direction of ridge …

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Race, Performance, And Baseball Card Values, John D. Hewitt, Robert Muñoz Jr., William L. Oliver, Robert M. Regoli Nov 2005

Race, Performance, And Baseball Card Values, John D. Hewitt, Robert Muñoz Jr., William L. Oliver, Robert M. Regoli

Peer Reviewed Publications

This study reports on a search for racial disparities in the value of baseball cards for Black and White members of the National Baseball Hall of Fame (HOF). The study’s sample of 51 players was derived from the population of the 96 players elected to the HOF since 1936 by the Baseball Writers of America. Although the authors found that race produced no statistical difference in Black and White players’ card values, they did observe that players’ career performance plus the availability of a player’s card (scarcity) exerted a significant effect on the value of cards. The study concludes with …

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Lifting The Supreme Court's Thumb Off Of The Scale: Promoting Technological And Entrepreneurial Innovation, While Protecting The Interests Of Copyright Holders After Mgm V. Grokster, Shane Nix Nov 2005

Lifting The Supreme Court's Thumb Off Of The Scale: Promoting Technological And Entrepreneurial Innovation, While Protecting The Interests Of Copyright Holders After Mgm V. Grokster, Shane Nix

DePaul Journal of Art, Technology & Intellectual Property Law

No abstract provided.

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Trademark Nominative Fair Use: The Relevance Of The "New Kids On The Block Factors" After The Supreme Court Kp Permanent Make-Up V. Lasting Impression Decision, Carl Regelmann Nov 2005

Trademark Nominative Fair Use: The Relevance Of The "New Kids On The Block Factors" After The Supreme Court Kp Permanent Make-Up V. Lasting Impression Decision, Carl Regelmann

DePaul Journal of Art, Technology & Intellectual Property Law

No abstract provided.

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Startup/Seed Stage Investment By Venture Capital Funds (In Israel): Entrepreneurs In Residency And Executive In Residency Programs, Jimmy Schwarzkopf Nov 2005

Startup/Seed Stage Investment By Venture Capital Funds (In Israel): Entrepreneurs In Residency And Executive In Residency Programs, Jimmy Schwarzkopf

Student Scholarship

What constitutes venture capital and what constitutes angel financing is a natural question. In the time period after the bubble burst in 2000 it became easy to differentiate: 1. Angel investors: usually high status individuals, former successful technology entrepreneurs who use their financial wealth, which financed birth and initial growth of ventures. 2. Venture capital (VC): independently managed, dedicated pools of capital that focus on equity-linked investments in privately held, high growth companies needing mid stage financing. Startup/seed financing were usually not acceptable VC funding phases, because of the greater risks involved. The growth in Startup/Seed Financingby VCs (almost 100% …

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Rate Response Assessment From Various Granular Vrt Applicators, John P. Fulton, Scott A. Shearer, Stephen F. Higgins, Matthew J. Darr, Timothy S. Stombaugh Nov 2005

Rate Response Assessment From Various Granular Vrt Applicators, John P. Fulton, Scott A. Shearer, Stephen F. Higgins, Matthew J. Darr, Timothy S. Stombaugh

Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering Faculty Publications

Variable-rate technology (VRT) adds complexity to application equipment, thereby confounding the assessment of applicator performance. The intent of this investigation was to assess the rate response of various VRT granular applicators: two spinner spreaders (A and B), and two pneumatic applicators (C and D). Variable-rate (VR) tests were conducted to quantify the rate response characteristics (delay and transition times) for the applicators. A sigmoidal function was used to model the rate response for five of the six tests. Applicator A exhibited a linear response during decreasing rate changes. Results indicated that only applicator B demonstrated consistent delay and transition times, …

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Burger-Blackmun Relationship: Lessons For Collegiality From The Blackmun Papers, The, Duane Benton, Barrett J. Vahle Nov 2005

Burger-Blackmun Relationship: Lessons For Collegiality From The Blackmun Papers, The, Duane Benton, Barrett J. Vahle

Missouri Law Review

The [Blackmun] Papers have extensive correspondence, diaries, and other documents illuminating the relationship between Blackmun and Burger. The general thesis presented by Woodward & Amrstrong, Lewis, Greenhouse, Totenberg, and Munford is accurate. This article examines the Papers in detail, against the backdrop of the literature on collegiality. We find a very complex relationship: in the 1950s and 1960s, Burger provided a vital Washington connection for, and political clout to, Blackmun. During those two decades, Blackmun was a key link back to Minnesota, and a solic supporter for Burger. When the two became colleagues on the Supreme Court in 1970, their …

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