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Crawford V. Washington: Encouraging And Ensuring The Confrontation Of Witness, Robert P. Mosteller

University of Richmond Law Review

No abstract provided.

An Evidentiary Paradox: Defending The Character Evidence Prohibition By Upholding A Non-Character Theory Of Logical Relevance, The Doctrine Of Chances, Edward J. Imwinkelried

University of Richmond Law Review

No abstract provided.

Down To The Seas, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina

Rare Books & Special Collections Publications

This is the first exhibition from Thomas Cooper Library 's G. Ross Roy Collection of John Masefield, which was donated in 1999. Highlights include a copy in Masefield's own hand of his best-known poem, "Sea Fever," and a number of inscribed copies from the library of Audrey Napier-Smith in which Masefield painted small water-colour sketches of sailing ships or other scenes. Place of publication is London unless otherwise stated; + indicates a book with a water-colour or pen sketch.

The Joseph M. Bruccoli Great War Collection At The Unversity Of South Carolina: An Illustrated Catalog, Elizabeth Sudduth

Rare Books & Special Collections Publications

The Joseph M. Bruccoli Great War Collection at the University of South Carolina was established in 1997 by Matthew J. and Arlyn Bruccoli and named for Professor Bruccoli's father. It is an expansive research archive for the literary, historical, and cultural aspects of World War I from the vantages of many of the combatant nations, holding more than 4,000 items, including 3,400 print materials comprising military training manuals, illustrated wartime magazines, trench newspapers, novels and poetry of the war, letters, diaries, postcards, scrapbooks, photo albums, and glass slides. The collection also includes some 500 pieces of sheet music and more …

Ethnic Differences Among Maltreated Youths With Respect To Posttraumatic Stress Disorder And Related Symptoms, Amie Marie Lemos-Miller

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Symptoms associated with the development and maintenance of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) were examined in a diverse group of maltreated adolescents. The first hypothesis was that levels of PTSD symptomatology, depression, dissociation, anger, and maladaptive cognitions were expected to significantly differ among African-American, Caucasian, Hispanic, and Multiracial adolescents. The second hypothesis was that ethnicity was expected to significantly moderate a relationship between (1) severity of PTSD as measured by symptomatology, and (2) the expression of related symptoms (i.e., depression, dissociation, anger, and maladaptive cognitions). Regarding hypothesis one, African-Americans reported less depressive symptoms overall than other ethnic groups, with Caucasians and …

Scheduling Of Real Time Embedded Systems For Resource And Energy Minimization By Voltage Scaling, Naveen Babu Anne

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

The aspects of real-time embedded computing are explored with the focus on novel real-time scheduling policies, which would be appropriate for low-power devices. To consider real-time deadlines with pre-emptive scheduling policies will require the investigation of intelligent scheduling heuristics. These aspects for various other RTES models like Multiple processor system, Dynamic Voltage Scaling and Dynamic scheduling are the focus of this thesis. Deadline based scheduling of task graphs representative of real time systems is performed on a multiprocessor system; A set of aperiodic, dependent tasks in the form of a task graph are taken as the input and all the …

Coffeehouse Papers, 2004-2005

Lambuth Coffeehouse Papers

36 pgs.,

Cover Art,

Acknowledgements,

Title Page art,

14 poems,

17 art pieces

Phytoremediation Of Perchlorate By Native And Exotic Riparian Phreatophytes Of The Las Vegas Wash, Nevada, Seth Adam Shanahan

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

The potential to use native (Salix exigua) and exotic (Tamarix ramosissima) phreatophytes to remediate perchlorate from arid riparian environments was investigated by conducting a hydroponic greenhouse experiment. Salix exigua and Tamarix ramosissima exposed to ammonium perchlorate at concentrations of 10 mg L -1 and 100 mg L-1 removed 15 to 22% perchlorate mass from hydroponic solution, with 55 to 64% of removal being taken up into plant tissue. Total perchlorate taken up by plants or removed from solution was not significantly different between species on a mass or oven dry plant weight concentration basis. Significant differences in tissue specific uptake, …

Language In The Silent Space: Virginia Woolf's To The Lighthouse, Elizabeth Hirt

The Oswald Review: An International Journal of Undergraduate Research and Criticism in the Discipline of English

No abstract provided.

Redefining Ars Moriendi In J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord Of The Rings, Heather Harman

The Oswald Review: An International Journal of Undergraduate Research and Criticism in the Discipline of English

No abstract provided.

Lions And Tigers And Rears And Environmental Activists, Oh My! An Eco-Critical Reading Of L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz, Mollie Barnes, Rebecca Weber

The Oswald Review: An International Journal of Undergraduate Research and Criticism in the Discipline of English

No abstract provided.

Front Matter, Tom Mack, Ph.D.

The Oswald Review: An International Journal of Undergraduate Research and Criticism in the Discipline of English

No abstract provided.

Contents, Tom Mack, Ph.D.

The Oswald Review: An International Journal of Undergraduate Research and Criticism in the Discipline of English

No abstract provided.

The Greater Of Two Evils: Distinguishing Between Machiavellians And Tyrants In Shakespeare's "The Rape Of Lucrece" And Milton's Paradise Lost, Mark Crisp

The Oswald Review: An International Journal of Undergraduate Research and Criticism in the Discipline of English

No abstract provided.

Back Matter, Tom Mack, Ph.D.

The Oswald Review: An International Journal of Undergraduate Research and Criticism in the Discipline of English

No abstract provided.

The Oswald Review Undergraduate Research And Criticism In The Discipline Of English: Volume 7 Fall 2005

The Oswald Review: An International Journal of Undergraduate Research and Criticism in the Discipline of English

No abstract provided.

The Essential But Forgotten Woman: A Feminist Reading Of Chaim Potok's My Name Is Asher Lev, Kerry Brooks

The Oswald Review: An International Journal of Undergraduate Research and Criticism in the Discipline of English

No abstract provided.

Ancestral Puebloan Social Hierarchies At Manuelito Plateau, New Mexico, Sali A Underwood

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Using mortuary and osteological evidence this thesis investigates the hypothesis that social hierarchies based on sex and age existed during the Pueblo II and Pueblo III (A.D. 900-1300) periods on the Manuelito Plateau, New Mexico. Mortuary evidence including burial location, positioning, and grave goods was investigated for differential burial treatment within the Manuelito Plateau population sample. Osteological data pertaining to nutritional stress such as stature, dental pathology, and iron deficiency anemia were investigated to determine if differential access to subsistence resources existed. From the six archaeological sites, 99 individuals were recovered, consisting of 22 males, 21 females, and 47 subadults. …

Uncertainty Analysis Of Radionuclide Transport In The Unsaturated Zone At Yucca Mountain, Feng Pan

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

This study assessed parametric uncertainty of flow and transport parameters of the unsaturated zone at Yucca Mountain and its propagation in unsaturated flow and radionuclide transport using the Monte Carlo method. The random fields of hydraulic parameters (matrix porosity, permeability and sorption coefficient) were generated using the Latin Hypercube Sampling (LHS) method and used as inputs to a three-dimensional flow and transport code, TOUGH2 developed by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. By running TOUGH2 for multiple parameter realizations, means, variances, 5% and 95% percentiles of flow and radionuclide transport simulations were estimated to quantify the optimum predictions and associated predictive …

The Social Significance Of Mint Tea Consumption In Morocco: Reflections On Its Symbolic Representation Of Muslim Faith, Gender Prescriptions, Socio-Economics And Hospitality, Monika Sudakov

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of this analysis is to explore the ways in which the Moroccan ritual of mint tea consumption is symbolic of and informed by the underlying core values of Moroccan culture. In particular, issues of Muslim faith, gender prescriptions, socio-economics and hospitality will be explored in detail as they pertain to the ritual of mint tea consumption. The analysis will show that ultimately "what and how you drink is what you are." Understanding the particular consumptive practices of a culture is key to understanding what is considered to be "right" and "natural" behavior by individuals within that culture.

Performance Evaluation Of Fuel Cell-Battery Hybrid Electric Vehicle, Ryan Mauldin

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Hybrid electric vehicles that utilize gasoline-powered engines as a base source of power enjoy widespread customer acceptance because of their performance and economy. However, the future generation of these vehicles as well as conventional ones will have to move away from internal combustion engines due to depleting fossil fuel reserves and stricter environmental norms. Hybrid power sources composed of fuel cells and deep cycle batteries combine the high energy density of fuel cells with the high power density of batteries, offering efficient transportation without harmful emissions. This thesis describes the conversion of an electric vehicle into a hybrid fuel cell-battery …

Determinacy And Multiplayer Games, Christine Lee Mckenna

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

In the field of set theory, two-player infinite games of perfect information are well studied. The determinacy of various classes of such games have led to many important results. Furthermore, such determinacy follows from large cardinal axioms. In this thesis, we are instead interested in such infinite games with more than two players. With the study of two-player games being so fruitful, why aren't such infinite games studied with more than two players?;One difficulty in proving determinacy is that players need not play in any reasonable manner: A player may actually play a move that immediately results in a winning …

Effects Of Temperature And Dissolved Lithium Perchlorate On The Viscoelastic And Dynamic Properties Of Poly(Ethylene Oxide), (Peo) Melts, Radoslav B Bogoslovov

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Poly(ethylene oxide)/lithium perchlorate (PEO/LiClO4) complexes are widely studied as a prototype solid polymer electrolyte in rechargeable lithium-polymer batteries. Characterizing the structure and dynamics of the system in its molten state is important for understanding the role of the polymer environment in lithium ion transport and conductivity. A fiber-optic coupled Fabry-Perot interferometer is employed in the investigation of the electrolyte viscoelastic and dynamic properties, which are both related to the intrachain local mobility and therefore to ion diffusion. The properties of the system are studied as a function of composition, temperature, and frequency. Structural relaxation processes are observed both in the …

An Exploratory Study Of Effectiveness In Alumni Relations At Four Research Universities, Jennifer Lynnette Hurwitz

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Alumni relations programs exist to further the goals of institutions while meeting the interests of alumni (Webb, 1989). In healthy university environments, the relationship between the alumni and the institution is mutually beneficial (Webb, 1989). In an era of accountability, college and university administrators require evidence that programs are satisfying the missions and accomplishing the goals of the institution (Brant, 2002). Alumni relations professionals are challenged to find ways to include as measures of program effectiveness evaluations of the relationship building aspects of alumni programming; The purpose of this research was to explore how senior alumni administrative officers at four …

Analysis Of One Structured Fitness Motivation Intervention On Self-Efficacy, Achievement Goal Orientations And Exercise Adherence In Sedentary And Moderately Active Adults, Matthew R Martin

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Currently, many Americans spend extended periods of time in sedentary activities, potentially contributing to a variety of health concerns such as obesity and the onset of many chronic diseases. Given this widespread societal challenge, and using intact university undergraduates as a study sample, this dissertation research first provided descriptive information concerning psychological characteristics of physical appearance self-efficacy and goal orientation as potentially correlated with exercise adherence behavior. A second purpose of this research examined how known effective behavior analytic interventions of instructor-set goals/modeling, public posting, and peer-feedback might affect the research sample's exercise adherence behavior, and might affect linked psychological …

Program Evaluation Of Service Delivery Trends In Early Intervention, Yvonne Michielle Randall

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

This study was conducted to evaluate utilization of seventeen services, including occupational and physical therapy, provided through Nevada Early Intervention Services (NEIS)-South between July 2003 and June 2005. Eligibility for services was determined by the child's qualifying diagnosis according to the Individuals with Disabilities Act (1997) and was based on either (1) Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-4th Edition Text Revision (DSM-IV-TR) or medical diagnosis or (2) developmental delay as defined by the Nevada Administrative Code for children ages birth through three years. Analyses of the services provided based on the eligibility criteria was undertaken to determine service referral …

Financial Support For Mathematics Specialists' Initiatives In Virginia, R. W. Farley, W. E. Haver, L D. Pitt

Journal of Mathematics and Science: Collaborative Explorations

No abstract provided.

Closing The Performance Gap In A 4th Wave And Post-Modern Society: Lessons From The Field, J. Q. Adams

Mid-Western Educational Researcher

The USA is undergoing tremendous cultural changes as we open the first decade of the 21st century. In this paper the author discusses the need to close the performance gap that exists between White, African American, and Latino/a students. To do so, educators must carefully consider several important cultural forces. The author examines the shift in demographic patterns as well as the impact of the 4th Wave and the emergence of post-modernism on education and society.

A Resource Inputs Model Examining Naep Reading Score Change From 1994-1998: State Median Household Income And Free And Reduced-Price Lunch Percentages Matter, David A. Walker, Shereeza F. Mohammed

Mid-Western Educational Researcher

This analysis indicated that from variables theorized to influence score change in NAEP reading scores from 1994-1998, two were the most consistent with the pattern of correlations found in the data. Together, both median household income (AVGINC) and the percentage of students eligible for free and reduced-price lunch (FRELCH) had fairly large impacts on reading score change. Additionally, the rate of change in reading scores varied across states. AVGINC had constant growth over time, while FRELCH’s development over time was quite slow in both the initial model and an alternative model.

Lesson Plan Design For Facilitating Differentiated Instruction, Pamela Hudson Baker, Louise Conn Fleming

Mid-Western Educational Researcher

This study examines the role of lesson plan design in helping teacher candidates to meet di-verse learning needs. The authors studied student teachers who had been taught to use a differentiated lesson plan to see if they were differentiating in their planning, assessment, and instruction. They concluded that, indeed, lesson plan design does facilitate differentiation but that instruction, coaching, and examples are also needed.