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Theory In Search Of Practice: The Right Of Innocent Passage In The Territorial Sea, Kissi Agyebeng Oct 2005

Theory In Search Of Practice: The Right Of Innocent Passage In The Territorial Sea, Kissi Agyebeng

Cornell Law School J.D. Student Research Papers

The evolution of the law of the sea has been shaped largely by two notions, namely, freedom of navigation on the one hand, and restricted access on the other hand. The interaction between these two opposing notions has led to the acceptance of two compromise concepts, namely, the territorial sea and the right of innocent passage. These concepts have now been codified in the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. This paper examines the right of innocent passage in the territorial sea under the Law of the Sea Convention regime as matched against contemporary state practice. …

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Clt’S New Initiative: Mid-Semester Feedback For Instructors, Aziza Ellozy Oct 2005

Clt’S New Initiative: Mid-Semester Feedback For Instructors, Aziza Ellozy

Faculty Journal Articles

For many reasons, end-of-course evaluation data are not enough. They come in too late to benefit the students doing the evaluation and they do not give us the details we need. They are a one way communication, and students do not believe they make a difference. Feedback activities during the semester are much more effective, and faculty who use these techniques learn more about how to improve their course than they would from end-of-semester evaluations.

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List Of Abstracts, Creating Collaborative Communities Conference, Jered B. Carr Oct 2005

List Of Abstracts, Creating Collaborative Communities Conference, Jered B. Carr

Working Group on Interlocal Services Cooperation

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The Nature Of Metropolitan Governance In Urban America: A Study Of Cooperation, Conflict, And Avoidance In The Kansas City Region, Curtis H. Wood Oct 2005

The Nature Of Metropolitan Governance In Urban America: A Study Of Cooperation, Conflict, And Avoidance In The Kansas City Region, Curtis H. Wood

Working Group on Interlocal Services Cooperation

In this study I determine the dominant pattern of governance in the Kansas City metro based on interviews with 46 city administrative officers in cities over 2,500 in population. Consistent with theories of cooperation, I found that the dominant governance strategy is intergovernmental cooperation in the delivery of public services punctuated by conflict and avoidance/defection when intergovernmental service delivery arrangements involve infrequent interaction between the parties and when the presence and influence of the regional council of government is minimal.

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Interlocal Contractual Arrangements In The Provision Of Public Safety, Simon A. Andrew Oct 2005

Interlocal Contractual Arrangements In The Provision Of Public Safety, Simon A. Andrew

Working Group on Interlocal Services Cooperation

The range of interlocal contractual arrangements in the realm of public safety in Florida provides a research site to examine the extent to which these arrangements have been used by local governments. We developed a contractual perspective on interlocal contractual arrangements as relational contracts by arguing that their institutional designs are partly an effort of involved parties to reduce transaction costs that are the product of the properties of the services themselves; and partly by state statutes that allowed mix approaches to contractual arrangements. A relational contract is advantageous because it specified the activities to be rendered without unnecessarily intruding …

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Characteristics Of Service, Structure Of Networks, And Forms Of Inter-Local Cooperation In Local Service Production: Evidence From Florida, Manoj Shrestha Oct 2005

Characteristics Of Service, Structure Of Networks, And Forms Of Inter-Local Cooperation In Local Service Production: Evidence From Florida, Manoj Shrestha

Working Group on Interlocal Services Cooperation

This paper empirically examines the interrelationships between service characteristics and the structure of networks among local jurisdictions using relational data across a set of diverse services from Pinellas County in Florida. In metropolitan areas, cities as well as counties work together to become increasingly efficient in public service delivery, and hence, engage into a variety of cooperative arrangements such as bilateral or multilateral service agreements. Increasing restraints on jurisdictions’ fiscal capacity have further forced them to look for cooperative avenues. Extant literature suggests that types of public goods and services determine the choice of service production. Policy/management network scholars argue …

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Which Local Governments Cooperate On Public Safety?: Lessons From Michigan, Jered B. Carr, Kelly Leroux Oct 2005

Which Local Governments Cooperate On Public Safety?: Lessons From Michigan, Jered B. Carr, Kelly Leroux

Working Group on Interlocal Services Cooperation

Despite the increased interest in voluntary services cooperation, little is known about the factors that encourage local governments to enter into collaborative services arrangements with each other. This paper addresses this question through an analysis of interlocal contracting arrangements for police and fire services reported by 464 local governments in Michigan. While the contracting of public services is increasing common in local governments across the country, collaborations on police and fire services have proved far more difficult to achieve. Public safety contracting presents a dilemma for public managers. On one hand, local governments devote a substantial part of their budgets …

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Elements Of Successful Interlocal Agreements: An Iowa Case Study , Kurt Thurmaier Oct 2005

Elements Of Successful Interlocal Agreements: An Iowa Case Study , Kurt Thurmaier

Working Group on Interlocal Services Cooperation

This paper explores the factors that contribute to successful interlocal agreements. Success is defined in terms of achieving agreement objectives, increasing the effectiveness of the public service, and increasing the efficiency of the public service. Influential factors of interest include the reason the interlocal agreement was created, the estimated costs and benefits of participation in the agreement, and the types and levels of communication between the parties to the agreement. The paper reports results from a survey of local governments (including cities, counties, school districts) in Iowa that have filed an agreement with the state. The sample of about 1250 …

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Arbiter, October 31, Students Of Boise State University Oct 2005

Arbiter, October 31, Students Of Boise State University

Student Newspapers

No abstract provided.

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Campus Assembly Minutes 10/31/2005, Campus Assembly Oct 2005

Campus Assembly Minutes 10/31/2005, Campus Assembly

Campus Assembly

No abstract provided.

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Citizens For Health V. Secretary Hhs Oct 2005

Citizens For Health V. Secretary Hhs

2005 Decisions

USDC for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

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Current, October 31, 2005, University Of Missouri-St. Louis Oct 2005

Current, October 31, 2005, University Of Missouri-St. Louis

Current (2000s)

No abstract provided.

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October 31, 2005, James Madison University Oct 2005

October 31, 2005, James Madison University

The Breeze, 2000-2009

The Breeze is the student newspaper of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

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Measurement Sensitivity And Accuracy Verification For An Antenna Measurement System, Newlyn Hui, Aloysius Aragon Lubiano, Christopher R. Brito, Dean Arakaki Oct 2005

Measurement Sensitivity And Accuracy Verification For An Antenna Measurement System, Newlyn Hui, Aloysius Aragon Lubiano, Christopher R. Brito, Dean Arakaki

Electrical Engineering

An antenna measurement system was developed to complement a new rectangular anechoic chamber (20’L x 10’W x 9’7”H) that has been established at California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly) through donations and financial support from industry and Cal Poly departments and programs. Software algorithms were written to provide four data acquisition methods: continual sweep and step mode for both single and multiple frequencies. Log magnitude and phase information for an antenna under test is captured over a user-specified angular position range and the antenna's radiation pattern is obtained after post processing. Pattern comparisons against theoretical predictions are performed. Finally an …

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Columbia Chronicle (10/31/2005), Columbia College Chicago Oct 2005

Columbia Chronicle (10/31/2005), Columbia College Chicago

Columbia Chronicle

Student newspaper from October 31, 2005 entitled The Columbia Chronicle. This issue is 36 pages and is listed as Volume 40, Number 9. Cover story: "Chronicle Special Report: A serious new threat to independent media" Editor-in-Chief: Jeffrey Danna

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Grand Valley Forum, Volume 030, Number 14, October 31, 2005, Grand Valley State University Oct 2005

Grand Valley Forum, Volume 030, Number 14, October 31, 2005, Grand Valley State University

2005-2006, Volume 30

Grand Valley Forum is Grand Valley State's faculty and staff newsletter, published from 1976 to the present.

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Campus Assembly Minutes 10/31/2005, Campus Assembly Oct 2005

Campus Assembly Minutes 10/31/2005, Campus Assembly

Campus Assembly

No abstract provided.

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Unh Faculty Senate Committee Motion # Iii-M7, Faculty Senate Oct 2005

Unh Faculty Senate Committee Motion # Iii-M7, Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Motions

No abstract provided.

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Monitor Newsletter October 31, 2005, Bowling Green State University Oct 2005

Monitor Newsletter October 31, 2005, Bowling Green State University

Monitor

Official Publication of Bowling Green State University for Faculty and Staff

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Institutional Collective Action And Local Goverance, Richard C. Feiock Oct 2005

Institutional Collective Action And Local Goverance, Richard C. Feiock

Working Group on Interlocal Services Cooperation

This paper elaborates the institutional collective action framework and its applications to cooperative interlocal service agreements among governments in metropolitan areas. It begins by outlining the information, negotiation, enforcement and agency cost that pose obstacles to cooperative interlocal arrangements. Next it identifies how these transaction costs, and the ability of local actors to overcome them, depend on: 1) characteristics of services; 2) characteristics of communities; 3) political institutions; and 4) structures of policy networks. Specific propositions regarding evolution and effectiveness of interlocal cooperation are advanced and an agenda to investigate institutional collective action among local governments is presented.

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October 31 2005 Reporter, University Of Alabama At Birmingham Oct 2005

October 31 2005 Reporter, University Of Alabama At Birmingham

eReporter (campus newsletter)

No abstract provided.

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2005-06 Faculty Senate - October 31, 2005 Minutes Summary, Faculty Senate Oct 2005

2005-06 Faculty Senate - October 31, 2005 Minutes Summary, Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Agendas & Minutes

No abstract provided.

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Central Florida Future, Vol. 38 No. 22, October 31, 2005 Oct 2005

Central Florida Future, Vol. 38 No. 22, October 31, 2005

Central Florida Future

O-Team creator to be honored: Dedication ceremony will be held to rename Student Resource Center after first member; Belly dancing club assists families with Special hopes; Treats not Tricks for kids: Event featured games music face painting; proceeds benefit the Boys and Girls Club; Clubs show Homecoming creativity at bookstore: Organizations decorate Barnes & Noble windows in the name of school spirit; Financial Management benefits from Senate bill.

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Spartan Daily, October 31, 2005, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications Oct 2005

Spartan Daily, October 31, 2005, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 125, Issue 37

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High Temperature Heat Exchanger Project: Quarterly Progress Report July 1, 2005 Through September 30, 2005, Anthony Hechanova Oct 2005

High Temperature Heat Exchanger Project: Quarterly Progress Report July 1, 2005 Through September 30, 2005, Anthony Hechanova

Publications (NSTD)

Quarterly Collaboration Meeting. The University of California, Berkeley, hosted a UNLVRF HTHX Project quarterly meeting on September 12. The purpose of the meeting was to promote collaboration and communication among the UNLV Research Foundation partners. Collaborators discussed their research program plan and provided an update on their progress. The next meeting will be in December in Las Vegas, NV hosted by UNLV.

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Soundings 2005-10-31 (V.18 No.13), N/A N/A Oct 2005

Soundings 2005-10-31 (V.18 No.13), N/A N/A

Soundings

No abstract provided.

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Faculty Newsnotes 2005 No. 382, Office Of The Provost Oct 2005

Faculty Newsnotes 2005 No. 382, Office Of The Provost

Faculty Newsnotes (1972-2010)

No abstract provided.

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Conducted Emissions Testing For Electromagnetic Compatibility, Maximilian Moy, Dean Arakaki Oct 2005

Conducted Emissions Testing For Electromagnetic Compatibility, Maximilian Moy, Dean Arakaki

Electrical Engineering

Operating frequencies in the gigahertz range is creating an increased need for electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) testing. In the United States, FCC regulations require conformance to radiated and conducted emissions specifications. An EMC laboratory was established at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo (screen room, test instrumentation, and software) and an experiment was developed to explore conducted emissions effects. This paper will describe the test configuration, explain the calibration procedure needed to acquire accurate measurements, and illustrate measurement techniques applied to two example systems. In addition, the data collection process is illustrated through software donated by CKC Laboratories (EMC specialists). To verify …

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Quality Indicators For Home And Community-Based Services In Maine [Report], Julie T. Fralich Mba, Carolyn E. Gray Mph, Louise Olsen, Jasper Ziller Oct 2005

Quality Indicators For Home And Community-Based Services In Maine [Report], Julie T. Fralich Mba, Carolyn E. Gray Mph, Louise Olsen, Jasper Ziller

Disability & Aging

The purpose of this report is to provide summary information on the performance of Maine’s home and community based care system. The data in this report can be used to identify areas where the system is working and people are satisfied with services and to identify areas where improvement may be needed. The data may also point to areas where further analysis or more information would be helpful. The data in the report represents baseline information. There are no absolute standards or norms against which the results can be compared. In some instances, it will be important to use the …

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Mobiquery: A Spatiotemporal Query Service For Mobile Users In Sensor Networks, Guoliang Xing, Sangeeta Bhattacharya, Chenyang Lu, Octav Chipara, Chien-Liang Fok, Gruia-Catalin Roman Oct 2005

Mobiquery: A Spatiotemporal Query Service For Mobile Users In Sensor Networks, Guoliang Xing, Sangeeta Bhattacharya, Chenyang Lu, Octav Chipara, Chien-Liang Fok, Gruia-Catalin Roman

All Computer Science and Engineering Research

This paper presents MobiQuery, a spatiotemporal query service that allows mobile users to periodically collect sensor data from the physical environment through wireless sensor networks. A salient feature of \MQ is that it can meet stringent spatiotemporal performance constraints, including query latency, data freshness, and changing areas of interest due to user mobility. We present three just-in-time prefetching protocols that enable MobiQuery to achieve desired spatiotemporal performance despite low node duty cycles, while significantly reducing communication overhead. We validate our approach through both theoretical analysis and extensive simulations under realistic settings including varying user movement patterns and location errors.

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