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Testing Minimalism: A Reply, Cass R. Sunstein

Michigan Law Review

Some judges are less ambitious than others; they have minimalist tendencies. Minimalists are unambitious along two dimensions. First, they seek to rule narrowly rather than broadly. In a single case, they do not wish to resolve other, related problems that might have relevant differences. They are willing to live with the costs and burdens of uncertainty, which they tend to prefer to the risks of premature resolution of difficult issues. Second, minimalists seek to rule shallowly rather than deeply, in the sense that they favor arguments that do not take a stand on the foundational debates in law and politics. …

"Electronic Fingerprints": Doing Away With The Conception Of Computer-Generated Records As Hearsay, Adam Wolfson

Michigan Law Review

One night, in the hours just before daybreak, the computer servers at Acme Corporation's headquarters quietly hum in the silence of the office's darkened hallways. Suddenly, they waken to life and begin haphazardly sifting through their files. Several states away, a hacker sits in his room, searching through the mainframe via an internet connection. His attack is quick-lasting only a short five minutes-but the evidence of invasion is apparent to Acme's IT employees when they come in to work the next morning. Nearly a year later, federal prosecutors bring suit in the federal district court against the person they believe …

Historicizing Judicial Scrutiny, G. Edward White

South Carolina Law Review

No abstract provided.

R-Trees With Update Memos, Xiaopeng Xiong, Walid G. Aref

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

Sieve: A Tool For Automatically Detecting Variations Across Program Versions, Murali Krishna Ramanathan, Ananth Y. Grama, Suresh Jagannathan

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

Psychological And Psychophysiological Effects Of A High-Mountain Expedition To Tibet, Marcus Stück, Hans-Ullrich Balzer, Karl Hecht, Harry Schröder

Journal of Human Performance in Extreme Environments

In March 1999 a team of 8 mountaineers (6 men and 2 women) climbed up the 6th highest mountain of the world: The Cho Oyo (8201 m), located in the high mountains of Tibet. During the expedition, we investigated the effects of high mountaineering on various psychological variables (e.g., anxiety) and psychophysiological variables (e.g. blood pressure, pulse, skin-resistance) as well as the ability to relax at different points of time (2 premeasures before, three measures during, and one post-measure immediate after the Expedition). Due to a long-term monitoring of the skin resistance, we can summarize that three different adaptation levels …

Effects Of Thermal Stress On Dual Task Performance And Attention Allocation, Bradley Chase, Waldemar Karwowski, Michael E. Benedict, Peter M. Queseda

Journal of Human Performance in Extreme Environments

A visual-visual dual task was designed to test the effect of the thermal environment on dual task performance and attention allocation. The temperatures selected for testing were 20 and 35°C Wet Bulb Globe Temperature (WBGT) in experiment 1 and 25, 30 and 35°C Wet Bulb Globe Temperature (WBGT) in experiment 2. In experiment 1, 34 volunteers were randomly assigned to one of the two temperature conditions. A variable representing accuracy on both tasks was coded such that a correct response was assigned only if the participant answered correctly on both tasks. In experiment 2, 42 volunteers were randomly assigned to …

164th Infantry News: October 2005, 164th Infantry Association

164th Infantry Regiment Publications

October 2005 edition of the 164th Infantry News. A total of 24 pages, containing news articles, event notices, photographs, and personal memories from the veterans of the 164th Infantry Regiment.

Common Pattern Discovery Using Earth Mover's Distance And Local Flow Maximization, Hung-Khoon Tan, Chong-Wah Ngo

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

In this paper, we present a novel segmentation-insensitive approach for mining common patterns from 2 images. We develop an algorithm using the earth movers distance (EMD) framework, unary and adaptive neighborhood color similarity. We then propose a novel local flow maximization approach to provide the best estimation of location and scale of the common pattern. This is achieved by performing an iterative optimization in search of the most stable flows' centroid. Common pattern discovery is difficult owing to the huge search space and problem domain. We intend to solve this problem by reducing the search space through identifying the location …

Book Reviews

East Texas Historical Journal

No abstract provided.

Children’S Play In Cross-Cultural Perspective: A New Look At The Six Cultures Study , Carolyn P. Edwards

Department of Child, Youth, and Family Studies: Faculty Publications

A qualitative and quantitative reanalysis of the Six Cultures data on children’s play, collected in the 1950s, was performed to revisit worlds of childhood during a time when sample communities were more isolated from mass markets and media than they are today. A count was performed of children aged 3 to 10 in each community sample scored as engaging in creative-constructive play, fantasy play, role play, and games with rules. Children from Nyansongo and Khalapur scored lowest overall, those from Tarong and Juxtlahuaca scored intermediate, and those from Taira and Orchard Town scored highest. Cultural norms and opportunities determined how …

More Than Bricks And Mortar: Preserving Historic Courthouses In East Texas, Dan K. Utley, Bob Brinkman

East Texas Historical Journal

No abstract provided.

"There Is Great Charity, But ..." Vincent De Paul And The Organization Of Charity, Thomas G. Fuechtmann Ph.D.

Vincentian Studies

Vincent de Paul was able to accomplish great works of charity because he was an extraordinary organizer and manager. His early experience at Chatillon-les-Dombes showed him the importance of organizing charity so that it could have effective, long-term results. Vincent’s methods are analyzed according to modern nonprofit organization theory, with particular emphasis on what he said and did regarding “foundation, mission and structure.” He attached special importance to meetings and staffing issues. The article also addresses how his ways of organizing can be applied to charity in the twenty-first century.

Camas, Fall 2005

Camas

Hard Miles in the Dark / Janisse Ray -- Teddy’s Vision / Hank Green -- Seasons of Smoke / Cedar Brant -- Remembering Animals / Catherine Meeks -- Review / Michael Ableman -- Poetry / Kim Stafford, Becca Hall, John Noland, Kathy Conde, Craig Rigdon -- First Person / Robin Patten -- Profile: Into the Abyss / Jeff Gailus

Aid And Comfort: Rasul V. Bush And The Separation Of Powers Doctrine In Wartime, Ryan Mckaig

Campbell Law Review

By failing to recognize the challenges facing political and military leaders in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks, in reversing fifty-four years of precedent relied upon by the executive branch, and in failing to consider the political question doctrine, the Supreme Court in Rasul charted a dangerous constitutional course that could lead to greater judicial involvement in war-making powers and greater levels of conflict among the three branches. These trends will ultimately threaten the nation's ability to fight and win future wars. The decision is ill-advised, ill-timed, and invites unintended consequences.

Multifractal Structure In Nonrepresentational Art, Jonas R. Mureika, C. C. Dyer, G. C. Cupchik

Physics Faculty Works

Multifractal analysis techniques are applied to patterns in several abstract expressionist artworks, painted by various artists. The analysis is carried out on two distinct types of structures: the physical patterns formed by a specific color (“blobs”) and patterns formed by the luminance gradient between adjacent colors (“edges”). It is found that the multifractal analysis method applied to “blobs” cannot distinguish between artists of the same movement, yielding a multifractal spectrum of dimensions between about 1.5 and 1.8. The method can distinguish between different types of images, however, as demonstrated by studying a radically different type of art. The data suggest …

Glimpses Of Local Masculinities: Learning From Interviews With Kiowa, Comanche, Apache, And Chicksaw Men, Margaret Bender

Southern Anthropologist

No abstract provided.

Complete Issue, Journal Editors

Southern Anthropologist

No abstract provided.

The Promise Of Internet Intermediary Liability, Ronald J. Mann, Seth R. Belzley

William & Mary Law Review

The Internet has transformed the economics of communication, creating a spirited debate about the proper role of federal, state, and international governments in regulating conduct related to the Internet. Many argue that Internet communications should be entirely self-regulated because such communications cannot or should not be the subject of government regulation. The advocates of that approach would prefer a no-regulation zone around Internet communications, based largely on the unexamined view that Internet activity is fundamentally different in a way that justifies broad regulatory exemption. At the same time, some kinds of activity that the Internet facilitates undisputedly violate widely shared …

Support For A Delivery Train Based Material Handling Mechanism, Sai P. Boyedapu

Electrical & Computer Engineering Theses & Dissertations

Modeling a delivery train system is more challenging than traditional forklift systems as the delivery train model consists of a tugger, cart and a controller that combine to deliver materials within a manufacturing plant. Also, the decision logic for selection of carts and tuggers, joining of loads to particular delivery trains is more complicated than forklift systems. Simulation software such as Arena, Automod and Flexsim do not provide direct support for modeling delivery train systems.

In this thesis, an object-oriented, platform and language independent model of a delivery train was designed. The model was then implemented as an extension to …

Boys Will Be Boys: A Social Control Approach To Assessment Of Gender-Based Sentencing Disparity In Norfolk Circuit Court Cases, Fay F. Spence

Sociology & Criminal Justice Theses & Dissertations

This study evaluated the relationship between gender and sentencing severity for defendants convicted of violent crimes, victimless crimes, and theft crimes in Norfolk Circuit Court during 2001 and 2002. Based upon social control theories, the author hypothesized that women receive harsher penalties than men for violent crimes and victimless crimes, but that men receive harsher penalties for theft crimes. To test these hypotheses, the author relied, in part, upon data collected by the Norfolk Commonwealth Attorney's office on 3368 criminal cases filed in 2001 and concluded by May 22, 2002. After eliminating cases not pertinent to the study, the data …

Chromosomal Localization Of The Islet Neogenesis Associated Protein (Ingap) Gene In Syrian Hamster By Tyramide Signal Amplification-Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization (Tsa-Fish), Sallie A. Smith

Biological Sciences Theses & Dissertations

Diabetes mellitus is a group of conditions characterized by hyperglycemia due to an inability to produce or properly utilize insulin. The majority of cases fall into two categories, Type I and Type 2. Type I results from the autoimmune destruction of pancreatic β-cells of the islets. The beta cells are the exclusive source of insulin and the patient becomes entirely dependent on exogenous insulin to survive. Patients with Type 2 are distinguished by insulin resistance, a condition that develops due to the inability of the body to effectively use the insulin being produced. The β-cells gradually lose their ability to …

Complexity Measure Of A Product Or Process By Application Of Fuzzy Multi-Attribute Utility Theory, Shrikant Chandrakant Nagpure

Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Theses & Dissertations

During the early phases of design, the development cost of complex products or systems is very difficult to obtain because of the uncertainties related to their work breakdown structures and the wide choice of manufacturing technologies with no historical data specific to these products. This thesis presents a method to derive a complexity index to capture the non-additive property and inherent uncertainty, i.e. fuzziness, of the technologies that could be used for complex objects. This complexity index can then be used as a cost index for comparing various candidate manufacturing processes.

Macros are written in Microsoft Excel to establish a …

Validation Of Finite Element Beam Models, Pavan R. Madhineni

Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Theses & Dissertations

Finite Element (FE) methods these days are becoming very popular to predict the responses of structures in industries, such as the aerospace and automobile industries. When there is a new design or modification of an existing design, the product must be tested to fulfill the criterion projected by the industry or external agencies before it can be launched. The product must be checked for each and every aspect, and every minute detail of each of the external forces. Hence, it becomes very important to carry out the model validation on the product.

This thesis describes validation of finite element (FE) …

Shape And Size Sensitivity Analysis Of Geometrically Nonlinear Laminated Composite Plates, Nitin R. Mane

Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Theses & Dissertations

Since major applications of composite laminates involve large deformation, the nonlinear strain-displacement relation in the Von Karman sense has been incorporated here with the first order shear deformation to study bending analysis of composite laminated panels. The finite element model constructed here is an extension of the MIN3 element which is a displacement based element developed by Hughes and Tessler. The element avoids shear locking in the thin bending regime and achieves computational efficiency. The resultant nonlinear matrix equation is solved for analysis of composite panels by using the Newton-Raphson iterative method. Based upon the nonlinear matrix equation, the shape …

Using Working Memory Interference Tasks To Test For Verbal And Spatial Route Learning Strategies, Ian Reagan

Psychology Theses & Dissertations

Research indicates considerable individual variability exists on a host of tasks that measure navigational ability. This experiment examined the hypothesis that some individuals use verbal and others spatial processing to learn routes. A survey was used to categorize individuals into good or poor sense of direction (GSD or PSD) groups. Then participants learned two routes in a virtual setting; they learned one while engaged in spatial tapping and one while engaged in articulatory suppression. The experimenter led participants through the route once. Participants then traversed the route from memory. During the spatial tapping condition, participants in the GSD group were …

The Public Trust Doctrine, Parens Patriae, And The Attorney General As The Guardian Of The State’S Natural Resources, Allan Kanner

Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum

No abstract provided.

Foreword: Global Governance As Administration — National And Transnational Approaches To Global Administrative Law, Benedict Kingsbury, Nico Krisch, Richard B. Stewart, Jonathan B. Wiener

Law and Contemporary Problems

No abstract provided.

The Interplay Between Actors As A Determinant Of The Evolution Of Administrative Law In International Institutions, Eyal Benvenisti

Law and Contemporary Problems

No abstract provided.

“Deliberative,” “Independent” Technocracy V. Democratic Politics: Will The Globe Echo The E.U.?, Martin Shapiro

Law and Contemporary Problems

No abstract provided.