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Divination: A Collection Of Poetry, Elizabeth Davenport Stephenson

Honors Theses

This collection contains poetry that I have written during the course of my time at the University of Mississippi. Some of these poems in their first stages were part of my beginning and advanced poetry workshop portfolios. Other poems came from ideas scribbled in my poetry journal that I kept while studying abroad in New Zealand. My advisor and I set a goal of four poems a month for the fall 2005 semester, for a total of sixteen poems. The goal was to have perfected twelve poems for the final collection. I considered trying to conform my poems to a …

The System Of Scholarly Communication: Shaping The Future, Ray English

Works by Oberlin College Libraries Staff

No abstract provided.

An Examination Of Natural Language Processing, Information Extraction, And Information Retrieval Systems And Their Applications, Jeffrey Allen Holloway

Honors Theses

Natural language processing, information extraction, information retrieval, and artificial Intelligence are all relatively new areas of study. Research as of late has begun making greater advances In these technological areas, yet much of the potential of these types of systems is still untapped. Though there are a few good examples of these systems put to use in the business world, due to technological limitations and pitfalls, these systems have yet to see widespread use. This thesis explores the technology behind the systems and looks into some of the current ways they are implemented. Finally, a system design referred to as …

Colored Red: A Memoir And Memoriam, Jordan Charles Hooper

Honors Theses

My paternal grandfather, Larry Jean Hooper Sr. (Paw), died suddenly of a heart attack on a warm morning in early November while preparing to meet my father, Dana Hooper, at their small farm a short road trip from home. They had been best friends - together in work and in play - since before I was bom and through all I can remember. Blood flowed from one to the other and the roads flowed beneath both of them, through the marshes and prairies and the hills and mountains, to the top and back again more times than they could remember, …

Ginger: The Making Of A Redhead Magazine, Carlie Jean Kollath

Honors Theses

No abstract provided.

Canadian Pharmacies: A Prescription For A Public Health Disaster , Jennifer L. Halser

DePaul Law Review

No abstract provided.

Self-Discovery By Self-Destruction, Raney-Mills Turner

Honors Theses

The following body of thesis is a collection of short stories, poems, and personal essays compiled with visuals of my personal artwork. The prevalent theme throughout the work is self-discovery by self-destruction. It is in itself an ongoing research of reality among college students and must be seen as an artistic exploration. The artwork is that of multimedia in that it consists widely of photography, printmaking, sculpture, charcoal drawing, and ceramics inspired mostly by real emotion and dreams. In piecing the entire thesis as a whole, the following programs were used: Microsoft Word, Adobe Photoshop, and Adobe InDesign.

The Value Of An Arts Rich Education: Why Every School Should Teach The Arts, Holly Louise Buntin

Honors Theses

This thesis aims to prove that the arts should be a major component in every student’s education. Statistics, research findings, and case studies from throughout the years were compared and compiled together in order to make a strong argument in favor of the arts. The National Art Education Association website provided many statistics as did the National Center for Education Statistics. Two of the specific studies presented in this thesis came from Champions of Change, a collection of seven major studies done by professional academics. It was produced by the Arts Education Partnership, the President’s Committee on the Arts and …

Guideview: Structured Multi-Modal Delivery Of Clinical Guidelines, M Sriram Iyengar, Subhajit Sarkar, Kira Bacal, Gregory Defouw, Phyllis Mcculley, Victor Hurst

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

GuideView is a system designed for structured, multi-modal delivery of clinical guidelines. Clinical instructions are presented simultaneously in voice, text, pictures or video or animations. Users navigate using mouse-clicks and voice commands. An evaluation study performed at a medical simulation laboratory found that voice and video instructions were rated highly.

Using Incomplete Citation Data For Medline Results Ranking, Jorge R Herskovic, Elmer V Bernstam

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Information overload is a significant problem for modern medicine. Searching MEDLINE for common topics often retrieves more relevant documents than users can review. Therefore, we must identify documents that are not only relevant, but also important. Our system ranks articles using citation counts and the PageRank algorithm, incorporating data from the Science Citation Index. However, citation data is usually incomplete. Therefore, we explore the relationship between the quantity of citation information available to the system and the quality of the result ranking. Specifically, we test the ability of citation count and PageRank to identify "important articles" as defined by experts …

Persuasive Email Messages For Patient Communication, Muhammad Walji, Kathy Johnson-Throop, Todd Johnson, Elmer Bernstam, Jiajie Zhang

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

To improve health and reduce costs, we need to encourage patients to make better health care decisions. Since email is widely available, it may be useful for patient-directed interventions. However, we know little about how the contents of an email message can influence a health-related decision. We propose a model to understand how patients may process persuasive email messages.

"Eating" And "Drinking" In The Book Of Revelation: A Study Of New Testament Thought And Theology, Gerald A. Klingbeil

Journal of the Adventist Theological Society

No abstract provided.

A Look At Biblical And Ancient Extra-Biblical Perspectives On Death, Randall W. Younker

Journal of the Adventist Theological Society

No abstract provided.

The Quest For The Biblical Ontological Ground Of Christian Theology, Fernando Canale

Journal of the Adventist Theological Society

No abstract provided.

Ecclesiology In Seventh-Day Adventist Theological Research, 1995-2004: A Brief Introduction And Bibliographical Guide, Gerald Klingbeil

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Grappling With The Meaning Of 'Testimonial', Richard D. Friedman

Articles

Crawford v. Washington, has adopted a testimonial approach to the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment. Under this approach, a statement that is deemed to be testimonial in nature may not be introduced at trial against an accused unless he has had an opportunity to cross-examine the person who made the statement and that person is unavailable to testify at trial. If a statement is not deemed to be testimonial, then the Confrontation Clause poses little if any obstacle to its admission.2 A great deal therefore now rides on the meaning of the word "testimonial."

Mission: A Man With A Vision: A Festchrift Honoring Russell L. Staples, Rudi Maier

Books

Dr. Staples is a multi-talented and broadly experienced person. He operates as a pastor and preacher, churchman and administrator, scholar and teacher, theologian and missiologist, and specialist in Arminianism and Methodism. As seen by his colleagues, he is a person of wisdom and knowledge, balance and moderation, compassion and justice, integrity and forthrightness, clarity and articulateness, strength and even-temperedness, discipline and motivation, order and ease, commitment and spirituality, denominational conviction and ecumenical understanding, graciousness and urbanity, class and commonness. His depth and spirituality have deepened and broadened the faith of his peers, pupils, and parishioners.

Contributors to this Festschrift are …

When God Speaks Cross-Culturally: The Bible As Mission, Paul B. Petersen

Journal of Adventist Mission Studies

No abstract provided.

Living Wages And The Retention Of Homecare Workers In San Francisco, Candace Howes

Economics Faculty Publications

This study records the impact on workforce retention of the nearly doubling of wages for homecare workers in San Francisco County over a 52-month period. Using descriptive statistics and logistic regression analysis I find that the annual retention rate of new providers rose from 39 percent to 74 percent following significant wage and benefit increases and that a $1 increase in the wage rate from $8 an hour – the national average wage for homecare – would increase retention by 17 percentage points. I also show that adding health insurance increases the retention rate by 21 percentage points.

Rediscovering Vulgar Charity: A Historical Analysis Of America's Tangled Nonprofit Law, Thomas A. Kelley Iii

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

"The Race To The Bottom": Competition In The Law Of Property, John V. Orth

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

The Right To Float On By: Why The Washington Legislature Should Expand Recreational Access To Washington's Rivers And Streams, Dustin Trowbridge Till

Seattle University Law Review

This article surveys the contemporary status of Washington's navigability doctrine and public trust laws and proposes a solution to the increased conflicts between riparian property owners and recreational river users. Part II addresses the federal navigability jurisprudence that establishes the minimum standards for determining whether a river is navigable. Part III surveys the law of navigability and the public trust doctrine in Washington. Part IV highlights the importance of recreation to Washington residents. Part V analyzes how other jurisdictions, particularly Montana, have resolved conflicts between recreationalists and riparian property owners. Part VI argues that Washington should adopt a recreational boat …

Voice Over Internet Protocol And The Wiretap Act: Is Your Conversation Protected?, Daniel B. Garrie, Matthew J. Armstrong, Donald P. Harris

Seattle University Law Review

10101101: Is this sequence of digits voice or data? To a computer, voice is a sequence of digits and data is a sequence of digits. The law has defined 10101101 to be data, and 10101001 to be voice communications. Courts have constructed a distinction between data, 10101101, and voice, 10101001. However, that distinction is blurred when voice and data are simultaneously transmitted through the same medium. The courts forbid third parties to tap or monitor voice communications, yet permit data packets to be tracked, stored, and sold by third parties with the implied consent of either party engaged in the …

The Washington 2004 Gubernatorial Election Crisis: The Necessity Of Restoring Public Confidence In The Electoral Process, Joaquin G. Avila

Seattle University Law Review

This Article details the plethora of problems associated with Washington State's 2004 gubernatorial election and explores the proposed electoral reforms in light of prior threats to the electoral process. The Article postulates that electoral reforms in the administration of elections also present an important opportunity to provide minority communities with greater access to the political process. Part II of this Article begins with a history ofvoting discrimination in the United States. This history provides a context to the 2004 gubernatorial election in Washington. In addition, this history provides an important background context for assessing whether reforms in the administration of …

Backlog 2005, Lipscomb University

Backlogs and Other Yearbooks

The 2005 Lipscomb University Backlog yearbook.

Symposium: A Broader Vision Of The Reproductive Rights Movement: Fusing Mainstream And Latina Feminism, Angela Hooton

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.

Symposium: "Every Shut Eye, Ain't Sleep": Exploring The Impact Of Crack Cocaine Sentencing And The Illusion Of Reproductive Rights For Black Women From A Critical Race Feminist Perspective , Deleso Alford Washington

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.

Web Surfing In Chilly Waters: How The Patriot Act's Amendments To The Pen Register Statute Burden Freedom Of Inquiry, James Mcclintick

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.

The Legal Fiction Of The Lake Matchimanitou Indian School, Matthew L.M. Fletcher

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.

On The Causes Of Unpredictability Of Federal Circuit Decisions In Patent Cases, Paul M. Janicke

Northwestern Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property

No abstract provided.