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On My Friends, Temu Brown Jan 2005

On My Friends, Temu Brown

Neureuther Book Collection Essay Competition

Undergraduate Winner: 2nd Place, 2005. 18th Annual Carl Neureuther Student Book Collection Competition.


From Salonika To America And Back, Devin Naar Jan 2005

From Salonika To America And Back, Devin Naar

Neureuther Book Collection Essay Competition

Undergraduate Winner: 1st Place, 2005. 18th Annual Carl Neureuther Student Book Collection Competition.


Well-Tempered Elegance: A Collection Of 1950s Literary Criticism, Rachel Slaughter Jan 2005

Well-Tempered Elegance: A Collection Of 1950s Literary Criticism, Rachel Slaughter

Neureuther Book Collection Essay Competition

Graduate Winner: 1st Place, 2005. 18th Annual Carl Neureuther Student Book Collection Competition.


Continuity In The Absence Of Declarative Memory In Patients With Moderate Dementia Of The Alzheimer's Type, Scott Frederick Kaper Jan 2005

Continuity In The Absence Of Declarative Memory In Patients With Moderate Dementia Of The Alzheimer's Type, Scott Frederick Kaper

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Objective: The standard paradigm of research into dementia of the Alzheimer's type (DAT) has yielded little in the way of effective patient treatment. Recent neuroscientific advances into the understanding of implicit memory have opened up new possibilities of patient care. The ontology developed within the existentialphenomenological (EP) tradition provided the best foundation for further research in this direction, toward restoring moderately impaired DAT patients to Erikson's last normative stage of development, gerotranscendence. Drawing from the EP tradition, the idea of continuity was developed for this research. Continuity is composed of four domains: postural modality, discourse, and the patient's focal relationships …


Empirically Testing Dworkin's Chain Novel Theory: Studying The Path Of Precedent, Stefanie A. Lindquist, Frank B. Cross Jan 2005

Empirically Testing Dworkin's Chain Novel Theory: Studying The Path Of Precedent, Stefanie A. Lindquist, Frank B. Cross

Scholarship@WashULaw

In this article, Professors Lindquist and Cross empirically study the effect of precedent on judicial decision-making. The framework for their analysis is Ronald Dworkin’s “chain novel” metaphor, an influential theory of the role of precedent whose validity has not previously been empirically tested. The chain novel metaphor suggests that the judicial use of precedent can be likened to a group of authors writing a novel seriatim, in which the accumulation of chapters increasingly constrains the choices and freedom of subsequent writers. Precedent is one of the most important areas of legal research, but currently there is no dominant working theory, …


Mediating Norms And Identity: The Role Of Transnational Judicial Dialogue In Creating And Enforcing International Law, Melissa A. Waters Jan 2005

Mediating Norms And Identity: The Role Of Transnational Judicial Dialogue In Creating And Enforcing International Law, Melissa A. Waters

Scholarship@WashULaw

This article proposes a new theory for understanding the emerging transnational judicial dialogue among the world's domestic courts, as well as U.S. courts' potential participation in that dialogue. Existing scholarship has focused almost exclusively on the role of domestic courts in internalizing international legal norms into domestic legal systems. I argue that the relationship between international and domestic legal norms is in fact a co-constitutive, or synergistic, relationship in which domestic courts are becoming active participants in the dynamic process of developing international law. Under this view, transnational judicial dialogue is the engine by which domestic courts collectively engage in …


Efficient Capacity-Based Antenna Selection For Mimo Systems, Michael A. Jensen, Matthew L. Morris Jan 2005

Efficient Capacity-Based Antenna Selection For Mimo Systems, Michael A. Jensen, Matthew L. Morris

Faculty Publications

The achieved capacity of the multiple-input-multiple-output wireless channel is typically dependent on the array configurations at the transmitter and receiver. Maximizing system capacity or throughput therefore requires that the arrays adapt to changing channel conditions, which may be accomplished by selecting an appropriate subset of available antenna elements for connection to the electronic transmit and receive modules. This work presents algorithms, derived using relatively straightforward information theoretic considerations, for efficiently and effectively selecting the antenna elements. Computational examples using a realistic channel model for indoor environments illustrate the performance of the techniques.


Should Ideology Matter In Selecting Federal Judges?: Ground Rules For The Debate, Dawn E. Johnsen Jan 2005

Should Ideology Matter In Selecting Federal Judges?: Ground Rules For The Debate, Dawn E. Johnsen

Cardozo Law Review

No abstract provided.


Distance Learning And University Effectiveness: Changing Educational Paradigms For Online Learning, Scott L. Howell Jan 2005

Distance Learning And University Effectiveness: Changing Educational Paradigms For Online Learning, Scott L. Howell

Faculty Publications

Howell reviews Distance Learning and University Effectiveness: Changing Educational Paradigms for Online Learning by Caroline Howard, Karen D. Schenk, and Richard Discenza.


Diversification And Focus: A Bayesian Application Of The Resource-Based View, Lee T. Perry, Mark H. Hansen, C. Shane Reese, Greggory Pesci Jan 2005

Diversification And Focus: A Bayesian Application Of The Resource-Based View, Lee T. Perry, Mark H. Hansen, C. Shane Reese, Greggory Pesci

Faculty Publications

We propose a new application of the resource-based view (RBV) that is more consistent with Penrose's (1959) original framework. We use that framework to study the relationship between diversification and refocusing strategies and economic performance. We propose that the RBV may be enhanced by the explicit recognition of Penrose's two classes of resources, administrative and productive resources. This distinction suggests a focus on the administrative decisions of managers, including the multiple decisions associated with diversification and refocusing strategies, which lead to economic performance. Second, we argue that RBV theory is a theory about extraordinary performers or outliers, not averages. Therefore, …


Prairie Dog Empire: A Saga Of The Shortgrass Prairie, Paul A. Johnsgard Jan 2005

Prairie Dog Empire: A Saga Of The Shortgrass Prairie, Paul A. Johnsgard

University of Nebraska Press: Sample Books and Chapters

For hundreds of years black-tailed prairie dogs inhabited the Great Plains by the millions, improving the grazing for bison and pronghorn antelope, digging escape holes and homes for burrowing owls and rodents, and serving as prey for badgers, coyotes, hawks, and bobcats. This book by the renowned naturalist and writer Paul A. Johnsgard tells the complex biological and environmental story of the western Great Plains under the prairie dog’s reign—and then under a brief but devastating century of human dominion. An indispensable and highly readable introduction to the ecosystem of the shortgrass prairie, Prairie Dog Empire describes in clear and …


57th & Division Street Community Ownership Project, Brendan Buckley, Clark Henry, Stephen Shane, Simone C. Wolter Jan 2005

57th & Division Street Community Ownership Project, Brendan Buckley, Clark Henry, Stephen Shane, Simone C. Wolter

Master of Urban and Regional Planning Workshop Projects

HBU Consultants identify available resources in the region that could assist the clean up and redevelopment of the SE 57th and SE Division site, ascertained what kind of future use the community desires on this site, and evaluated sources of data to develop recommendations on how the DCOP could proceed. This project was conducted under the supervision of Deborah Howe, Sy Adler, and Connie Ozawa.


Islam In Britain: Missiological Implications And Opportunities, Oscar Osindo Jan 2005

Islam In Britain: Missiological Implications And Opportunities, Oscar Osindo

Journal of Adventist Mission Studies

No abstract provided.


Shusaku Endo’S Deep River: Trauma, Screen-Memories, And Autobiographical Confessions, Diane Hoeveler Jan 2005

Shusaku Endo’S Deep River: Trauma, Screen-Memories, And Autobiographical Confessions, Diane Hoeveler

English Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.


From The New Day To The New Century : Free Methodist Strategies For Metropolitan Church Planting In Light Of 1985-2000 Efforts And Results , Dwight Tilden Gregory Jan 2005

From The New Day To The New Century : Free Methodist Strategies For Metropolitan Church Planting In Light Of 1985-2000 Efforts And Results , Dwight Tilden Gregory

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


The Good Time Coming : The Impact Of William Booth's Eschatological Vision, Andrew S. Miller Jan 2005

The Good Time Coming : The Impact Of William Booth's Eschatological Vision, Andrew S. Miller

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Evidence Of The Gospel In Preaching To Postmoderns : A Study Of The Sermons Of Leading Preachers, Reid S. Thomas Jan 2005

Evidence Of The Gospel In Preaching To Postmoderns : A Study Of The Sermons Of Leading Preachers, Reid S. Thomas

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Financing America's Roads: The Past Is Prologue, Michael Gravier, M. Theodore Farris Jan 2005

Financing America's Roads: The Past Is Prologue, Michael Gravier, M. Theodore Farris

Marketing Department Faculty Journal Articles

This article provides a historical perspective of American roadway financing. It explores revenue collection and expenditures at the federal, state, and local governmental levels. Accounting practices of the Highway Trust Fund are discussed including the enactment of the Truth in Budgeting Act to shift revenue collection closer to a direct-user tax. Factors affecting roadway tax revenues are identified and the impact of increasing taxes is discussed. Four key considerations which will continue to shape roadway revenue collection are identified.


Relevant Indigenous Disciple-Making In The Evangelical Church Of West Africa (Ecwa): A Case Study Of The Kaninkon People In Nigeria, Bauta D. Motty Jan 2005

Relevant Indigenous Disciple-Making In The Evangelical Church Of West Africa (Ecwa): A Case Study Of The Kaninkon People In Nigeria, Bauta D. Motty

ATS Dissertations

The Evangelical Church of West Africa (ECWA) today is in dire need of a relevant indigenous disciple-making model, with methods that are culturally-relevant and biblically affirmed, to mature its members. Acknowledging the strong legacy of evangelism from its parent organization, the Sudan Interior Mission [SIM] now known as Serving in Mission. ECWA must go beyond using inherited Western discipleship programs developed at the national level that have proven ineffective among ethnic groups. This dissertation introduces an indigenous "discipling" model-Christian socialization-as an important strategy for maturing members at the local level. The Kaninkon People of Nigeria are a case study that …


Study Using Spiritual Ideas Of Forgiveness In Christian Ministry To An Ethnic Congregation, Jong Mok Lee Jan 2005

Study Using Spiritual Ideas Of Forgiveness In Christian Ministry To An Ethnic Congregation, Jong Mok Lee

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Earthly Food At The Heavenly Banquet: A New Model For An Evangelical Protestant Inculturation-Contextualization Of Holy Communion In Global Mission, Robert A. Danielson Jan 2005

Earthly Food At The Heavenly Banquet: A New Model For An Evangelical Protestant Inculturation-Contextualization Of Holy Communion In Global Mission, Robert A. Danielson

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


The Home Mission Board Of The Southern Baptist Convention In Panama, 1905-1974: Analysis Of The Strategy To Establish Indigenous Congregations, Gleen Edwin Nicholson Jan 2005

The Home Mission Board Of The Southern Baptist Convention In Panama, 1905-1974: Analysis Of The Strategy To Establish Indigenous Congregations, Gleen Edwin Nicholson

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Taking Multinational Corporate Codes Of Conduct To The Next Level, Sean D. Murphy Jan 2005

Taking Multinational Corporate Codes Of Conduct To The Next Level, Sean D. Murphy

GW Law Faculty Publications & Other Works

Over the course of the past thirty years, numerous non-state actor codes of conduct have emerged that seek to promote socially-responsible conduct of multinational corporations (MNCs), especially in the developing world. The objective of such codes is to prevent harm or mistreatment of persons or things caused by MNC operations (e.g., the existence of unhealthy worker conditions in an MNC factory). Such harm or mistreatment need not be a core concern for the corporate actor. Indeed, the MNC - in theory driven to maximize its profits although in practice driven by various factors - may benefit far more by inflicting …


The Voices And Choices Project : Empowering Adolescent Readers, Jennifer L. Bouder Jan 2005

The Voices And Choices Project : Empowering Adolescent Readers, Jennifer L. Bouder

Capstone Projects and Master's Theses

This case study and literature review holistically examines how choice in independent reading material, reflection opportunities, and literacy activities affects the studyś participants ́motivation and willingness to read. Eight students were chosen for the case study and a qualitative research design was utilized that included questionnaires, anecdotal notes, at-task observational analyses, and exit interviews. The participants of the study were male and female seventh graders with varying degrees of reading level, English proficiency, and motivation to read. The study took place in a central California predominantly Hispanic and Caucasian middle school in a small rural kindergarten to twelfth grade school …


Evaluation Of The Getting It Right Literacy And Numeracy Strategy In Western Australian Schools : Using Data To Support Student Learning, Marion Meiers Jan 2005

Evaluation Of The Getting It Right Literacy And Numeracy Strategy In Western Australian Schools : Using Data To Support Student Learning, Marion Meiers

Shaping educational policy

This paper and the paper by Dr. Lawrence Ingvarson are companion pieces to Rosemary Cahill’s account of the intentions of the Getting it Right Literacy and Numeracy Strategy, and the model of professional development on which the strategy is based. In these papers, we present some findings from the ACER evaluation of Getting it Right. We provide detailed results from the surveys of principals undertaken in 2003 and 2004, including findings of the use of data to improve planning.These results provide evidence of the impact of the initiative, and evidence of an increase of the impact of the strategy over …


Review Of Daniel Friedmann, To Kill And Take Possession: Law, Morality, And Society In Biblical Stories, Daniel L. Smith-Christopher Jan 2005

Review Of Daniel Friedmann, To Kill And Take Possession: Law, Morality, And Society In Biblical Stories, Daniel L. Smith-Christopher

Theological Studies Faculty Works

No abstract provided.


Faultlines, Faults, And Feelings: The Effects Of Subgroup Formation And Appraisals On Emotions In Groups, Katerina Bezrukova, Ira Roseman, John Phebus Jan 2005

Faultlines, Faults, And Feelings: The Effects Of Subgroup Formation And Appraisals On Emotions In Groups, Katerina Bezrukova, Ira Roseman, John Phebus

Psychology

This study examines the relationships between group faultlines, appraisals (evaluations) of group members, emotional responses, and performance in groups. The study uses a 2 by 2 experimental design, crossing demographic alignment (alignment vs. no alignment) and appraisals (instrumental vs. intrinsic) as between-subjects variables. Data from 5 types of measurement were used to analyze the effects of member alignment and appraisals.


Adam Smith On The Inevitability Of Price Fixing, Arthur Austin Jan 2005

Adam Smith On The Inevitability Of Price Fixing, Arthur Austin

Case Western Reserve Law Review

No abstract provided.


Volume 55 Issue 4 (2005), Case Western Reserve Law Review Jan 2005

Volume 55 Issue 4 (2005), Case Western Reserve Law Review

Case Western Reserve Law Review

No abstract provided.


Medical Education And Malpractice: What's The Connection ?, Lars Noah Jan 2005

Medical Education And Malpractice: What's The Connection ?, Lars Noah

Health Matrix: The Journal of Law-Medicine

No abstract provided.