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Economics Of Information Security - Developing A Model For Information Security Cost Minimization, Solomon Ogara

Masters Theses & Doctoral Dissertations

In an increasingly global environment, any organization and or individual who seek to make a positive difference cannot ignore the need for an information strategy that would position them to be winners rather than losers in the market place. Given the growing scarcity of resources, such a strategy has to be carefully planned in such a way that it is cost effective and financially sustainable. The internal security measures should be such that they don't consume the resources of the organization and leave it unable to build a sustainable information security base. On the other hand there is always the …

Selecting And Implementing A Large Scalable File System At Mayo Clinic, Charles S. Brust

Masters Theses & Doctoral Dissertations

In the healthcare field, information is paramount to making correct decisions. Thus, healthcare organizations have historically kept all possible data, and applied it toward diagnosis, and later to research. In past years, the storage of these records meant large warehouses filled with folders of papers. In the early 1990s, healthcare companies began a conversion to electronic medical record keeping. With this conversion the stacks of records took on a new form: millions of files spread over many servers. The proliferation of these files has, over time, become unmanageable due to the large volume and the aging of support infrastructure. As …

Website Development For E-Gardening Nursery Online Store, Jun Mou

Masters Theses & Doctoral Dissertations

This project successfully develops a web-based database-driven information system (an E-commerce website) with good quality. This website is developed for a small virtual online store and the key goal of this project is that the project must be completed at quite low developing cost. The project design and implementation are superior, because the project goal is very well achieved at a very low developing cost, by appropriately using some high-quality open­source resources (such as MySQL, JSP, Java Servlet, and Tomcat server). This website also realizes quite low maintenance cost, because of its effective "code-reuse implementation". In addition, the whole project …

Implementation Of A Browser-Based Application For Students, Parents, And Employees Of The Sioux City Community School District, Dan R. Spahn

Masters Theses & Doctoral Dissertations

This paper presents in detail the process taken to implement a browser-based application for teachers, students, and parents of the Sioux City Community School District. The Sioux City Community School District values technology as a force in educating its students. This project encompasses the ability for the entire district, as well as students and parents, to utilize a web­based application to view and manage student data. Before this project teachers had to record attendance and grades on paper forms and submit the forms to the office to be inputted into the DBMS. Students and parents had no online access for …

Wireless Protected Access, Abhishek Neelakanata

Masters Theses & Doctoral Dissertations

The researcher identified security issues in the wireless network, and discussed methods and the importance of a securing wireless network. Wireless network encryption in use today were examined for their vulnerabilities and the researcher determined that most of the wireless security features in use today do not provide adequate security measure. The researcher recommended that home or Small Office/ Home Office (SOHO) environment users to make the best of what is available for securing wireless networks i.e. upgrade to WPA2 (Wi-Fi Protected Access 2), or use WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access) with truly random value with minimum 20 characters of PSK …

Inbound Express Reservation & Management Systems, Kei Kagawa

Masters Theses & Doctoral Dissertations

This document describes my final project which I am completing at my employer, JTN. This project changes the company client website, Inbound Express, from a static one to a dynamic one supporting B to C with full function to meet the demands of the JTB Travel Network. This document describes the problem, the solution, the methodology and the technique including the current NYC travel industry business trends for 2005, a quick sketch of JTN, the demands of JTN, the network system, the business rules and the final product.

Applying Electronic Commerce To Property Management, Paul Weist

Masters Theses & Doctoral Dissertations

This project will step through the business analysis process involving the application of e-commerce usage in the management of real estate. Each step of the analysis process is examined to understand and prove that web based property management is a viable approach. First the current process of property management is evaluated. This normally involves an intermediary, the real estate agent. They assist the buyer and seller in the buy/sell transaction. This is of course done for a fee. Usually the fee is calculated based on the selling price. Requirements of both the buyer and seller are defined and analyzed as …

Marketing Campaign Intranet Portal, Dalene K. Schramm

Masters Theses & Doctoral Dissertations

The Avera corporate marketing department tracks the marketing campaigns of the corporate office, four regional Avera hospitals, as well as the small hospitals and clinics in the health system. Currently, the process is very manual with data gathered primarily from the marketing directors and then recorded in several formats including an Excel spreadsheet and on paper. The underlying research question is if proper project management and good portal design can lead to an easy-to-use marketing campaign tracking tool that will be implemented and used successfully by the Avera corporate marketing deprutment and eventually the entire Public Relations & Marketing Committee. …

From “Separate But Equal,” To Tracking To “Choice”: Perceptions Of Different Stakeholders On The Impact Of Magnet Schools On High School Students, Minerva Medrano Villarreal

Theses and Dissertations - UTB/UTPA

The purpose of this research was to examine and compare the impact of magnet-vocational high schools on the perceptions of seniors from the magnet schools and on those from the comprehensive/host schools. Additionally, the study examined the perceptions that several stakeholders of those schools and of the services and opportunities presented to the students were also investigated. Finally, the perceptions or parents were also investigated.

The Mixed-Methods Design study used several instruments as the primary sources of self-reported data: school district course listing guides, annual progress reports, official district Web sites and literature about district magnet schools. The second component …

How Optional Usage Of The Web Affects Reading Comprehension, Jocelyn K. Tenorio

Theses and Dissertations - UTB/UTPA

The purpose of this investigation is to consider whether using web-enhanced material improves proportionally students' reading comprehension skills. In addition student attitudes are considered. Two groups of students at the University of Montemorelos, Nuevo Leon, Mexico were chosen as a census: a group of nursing students taking a course on reading comprehension of nursing articles in English and a group of students studying to be teachers of English as a foreign language. Reading selections were uploaded on the internet using the WebCT platform. The students were to read the selections and answer quizzes. The students took a pre- and post-test …

Politics As Usual: Franklin Roosevelt, Thomas Dewey And The Wartime Presidential Campaign Of 1944, Michael A. Davis

Faculty Dissertations

This dissertation examines the U.S. wartime presidential campaign of 1944. In 1944, the United States was at war with the Axis Powers of World War II, and Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt, already serving an unprecedented third term as President of the United States, was seeking a fourth. Roosevelt was a very able politician and-combined with his successful performance as wartime commander-in-chief-- waged an effective, and ultimately successful, reelection campaign. Republicans, meanwhile, rallied behind New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey. Dewey emerged as leader of the GOP at a critical time. Since the coming of the Great Depression -for which Republicans …

Uncle Sam Meets Uncle Scrooge - The Temporary Regulations On Foreign Partner Withholding (Part 2), Alan Appel

Articles & Chapters

Part 1 of this article in the October issue reviewed the final Regulations under Section 1446 of the Internal Revenue Code published by the IRS in the federal Register on May 18, 2005.2 In this second part, we review the Temporary Regulations (also TD 9200) and Proposed Regulations (REG-108524-00, with cross-reference to TD 9200) issued at the same time and redeem our promise to offer some comments on the future of this tangled area of the law.

Nebraska Bird Review (December 2005) 73(4), Whole Issue

Nebraska Bird Review

Fall Field Report, August–November 2005 ... 134

Fall Field Days at Harlan County Reservoir ... 150

Snowy Plover Nesting at Lake McConaughy in 2004 and 2005 ... 154

Suggested Areas for Study ... 157

Index to Volume 73 ... 160

Subscription and Organization Information ... 171

Index To Volume 73

Nebraska Bird Review

Adams, Chris 32

Alexander,

George 32

Irene 32

Amiotte, Sue 97, 136

Anderson,

Kari 31

Riley 28

Anhinga 46, 51

Armknecht, Henry 4, 32, 96

Audubon Society 22

Aughey, Samuel 125

Avocet, American 46, 54, 87, 102, 140

Court Review: Volume 41, Issue 3-4 - Problem-Solving Courts: Do They Create Judicial Independence Problems Or Opportunities Or Both?, Michael R. Mcadam, Kevin S. Burke, Mary Campbell Mcqueen

Court Review: Journal of the American Judges Association

The third panel discussion at the National Forum on Judicial Independence explores the tension between setting up specialized, problem-solving courts and maintaining judicial independence for the judges assigned to such courts. The discussion was led by then-AJA president Michael R. McAdam, a judge on the Kansas City (Mo.) Municipal Court. Panelists were Kevin S. Burke, a district judge and past chief judge of the Hennepin County (Minn.) District Court, and Mary Campbell McQueen, president of the National Center for State Courts. The National Forum on Judicial Independence was supported by a generous grant from the Joyce Foundation of Chicago, Illinois.

Aids And Associated Malignancies, Charles Wood, William Harrington Jr.

Nebraska Center for Virology: Faculty Publications

AIDS associated malignancies (ARL) is a major complication associated with AIDS patients upon immunosuppression. Chronically immunocompromised patients have a markedly increased risk of developing lymphoproliferative disease. In the era of potent antiretrovirals therapy (ARV), the malignant complications due to HIV-I infection have decreased in developed nations where ARV is administered, but still poses a major problem in developing countries where HIV-l incidence is high and ARV is still not yet widely available. Even in ARV treated individuals there is a concern that the prolonged survival of many HIV-l carriers is likely to eventually result in an increased number of malignancies …

Assessing The Relationships Between The Spatial Variation In Land-Use Spatial Patterns And Surface Water Quality, Majed A. Khater

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

The purpose of this dissertation was to examine the association between the spatial patterns of urban land uses and surface water quality parameters at the watershed outlet. The aim of the study was to understand the strength and nature of this relationship, and examine new methods of classifying and quantifying contributing urban land-uses and their spatial patterns. The hypothesis of this research was: in an urban watershed, the variation in the spatial patterns of contributing land uses will have a significant impact on the surface water quality parameters at the watershed outlet.

This relationship between urbanization and water quality is …

Rdr6 Has A Broad-Spectrum But Temperature-Dependent Antiviral Defense Role In Nicotiana Benthamiana, Feng Qu, Xiaohong Ye, Guichuan Hou, Shirley Sato, Thomas E. Clemente, Thomas Jack Morris

Nebraska Center for Virology: Faculty Publications

SDE1/SGS2/RDR6, a putative RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRP) from Arabidopsis thaliana, has previously been found to be indispensable for maintaining the posttranscriptional silencing of transgenes, but it is seemingly redundant for antiviral defense. To elucidate the antiviral role of this RdRP in a different host plant and to evaluate whether plant growth conditions affect its role, we down-regulated expression of the Nicotiana benthamiana homolog, NbRDR6, and examined the plants for altered susceptibility to various viruses at different growth temperatures. The results we describe here clearly show that plants with reduced expression of NbRDR6 were more susceptible to all viruses tested …

Introduction Of Gerardo Pérez-Ponce De León, The 2005 Henry Baldwin Ward Medalist, Scott Lyell Gardner

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty Publications

Includes the text for the introduction for Gerardo Pérez-Ponce De León who was the 2005 recipient of the Henry Baldwin Ward Medal through the American Society of Parsitologists. [Note: The award introduction was not given in person due to the impending arrival of Hurricane Dennis in Mobile, Alabama, where the ASP meeting was being held that year.]

Deterrence And Implied Limits On Arbitral Power, Michael A. Scodro

Duke Law Journal

Employment, brokerage, and other contracts routinely include "predispute" arbitration clauses-provisions requiring the parties to submit any and all future disputes to arbitrators rather than courts. In recent years, courts have come to enforce these clauses in the vast run of cases, requiring parties to arbitrate even when the underlying dispute implicates employment discrimination, antitrust, or other "public law" rights. In response to this trend, interest has grown in the extent of courts' authority to overturn arbitral awards that do not give effect to such rights. At first blush, the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) does not appear to authorize any such …

Targeting Osama Bin Laden: Examining The Legality Of Assassination As A Tool Of U.S. Foreign Policy, Howard A. Wachtel

Duke Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Journal Staff

Duke Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Background Radio Frequency Interference Measurements For Wireless Devices In The Electricity Supply Industry, Duane Robinson, Tadeusz A. Wysocki, V. Smith, K. Popovski

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering: Faculty Publications (to 2015)

Incorporation of radio controller units into heavy equipment used in the electricity industry provides numerous advantages including: improved electrical isolation between plant and operator, ability to incorporate an additional remote operator, and reductions in vehicle wiring and hydraulic hoses for equipment control. However, secure operation of vehicles and plant incorporating radio control rely on establishing suitable levels of immunity to possible radio frequency interference. Interference levels in close proximity to high voltage power lines are of special concern to the electricity industry. This paper reports on a preliminary investigation into quantifying the levels of background radio interference at such locations …

The Ottawa Statement. International Registration Of Protocol Information And Results From Human Trials Of Health Related Interventions, Zbys Fedorowicz, Amani A. Al-Hajeri

Saudi Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Assisted Reproductive Technology. What Is Needed In The Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia?, Muhammad A. Majeed-Saidan

Saudi Medical Journal

In 1978, the first in vitro fertilization baby was born. Since then, we have seen the introduction of several new modalities of assisted reproductive technologies ART, and the spread of ART procedures throughout the world. The number of ART units in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is increasing rapidly. The associated complications of ART procedures include fetal, maternal and childhood.

Trace Elements And Oxidative Stress In Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Birgul Isik, Rana S. Isik, Ali Ceylan, Orhan Calik

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: Many trace elements have activator or inhibitor roles in the antioxidative defense systems in diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (COPD). In this study, we aimed to show the levels of trace elements with action in oxidative stress, and to show the levels of malondialdehyde (MDA) as a marker of oxidative stress, and the activity of paraoxonase (PON1) as an antioxidant in COPD and smokers. METHODS: We included 25 patients with COPD, and 20 healthy non-smokers in the study. We selected them from the hospitalized patients at the Hospital of Dicle University, Turkey, between April 2003 and January …

Frequency Of Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase C677t Polymorphism In Patients With Cardiovascular Disease In Eastern Saudi Arabia, Amein K Al-Ali, Fahad A. Al-Muhana, Emmanuel B. Larbi, Mohammed F. Abdulmohsen, Ali I. Al-Sultan, Mohamed S. Al-Maden, Suad A. Al-Ateeq

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: Homozygosity for the C677T mutation in the gene of the thermolabile enzyme 5,10 methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) associates with reduced enzyme activity, leading to mild hyperhomocysteinemia. We now know that an elevated level of homocysteine is an important risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD). The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of the C677T mutation in Saudi patients diagnosed with CVD. METHODS: Over a period of 2 years (2003-2004) in a case control study, we determined the prevalence of the C677T mutation in 83 CVD patients and in 40 age and gender-matched controls in the Eastern Province …

Breast Carcinogenesis. Transition From Hyperplasia To Invasive Lesions, Ibrahim Meteoglu, Emel Dikicioglu, Muhan Erkus, Nil Culhaci, Furuzan Kacar, Esra Ozkara, Meral Uyar

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To examine the balance loss between proliferation and apoptosis that play a role in breast cancer development, and to explore the places of various genes and molecules within this process in this supposed multistep process. METHODS: We obtained the specimens from 40 patients between 2002 and 2004 at the Department of Pathology, Medical Faculty, Adnan Menderes University, Aydin, Turkey. We categorized the lesions ductal hyperplasia (DH), atypical ductal hyperplasia (ADH), in situ ductal carcinoma (DCIS), and invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC). We determined the tumor size, histological grade and lymph node status of invasive cases and we used nottingham prognostic …

Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease. Correlation With Histology And Viral Hepatitis, Gulen Akyol, Ozlem Erdem, Guldal Yilmaz

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) involves a heterogeneous group of diseases that places some patients at risk of progression to cirrhosis. In this study, our aim was to investigate the relationships between the histopathological features of NAFLD, hepatic stellate cell activation, and capillarization to find a marker related to fibrosis, for NAFLD. METHODS: We studied liver biopsies from 62 patients with NAFLD, 21 patients with hepatitis B, and 19 patients with hepatitis C from the archives of the Department of Pathology, Gazi University Medical School, between 1997 and 2004. We performed immunoperoxidase stains for a-smooth muscle actin (a-SMA) and …

Induction Of Clindamycin Resistance In Erythromycin-Resistant, Clindamycin Susceptible And Methicillin-Resistant Clinical Staphylococcal Isolates, Abdulrahman A. Kader, Angamuthu Kumar, Ananth Krishna

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To demonstrate the in vitro ability of erythromycin to induce clindamycin in erythromycin resistant and clindamycin susceptible clinical isolates of Staphylococci. METHODS: We studied 291 clinical isolates of erythromycin-resistant (ER-R) clindamycin-susceptible Staphylococci (CL-S) at Almana General Hospitals, Al-Khobar, Dammam, Saudi Arabia during the period from June 2004 to May 2005. The isolates included 70 Staphylococcus aureus, 81 Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and 140 coagulase-negative Staphylococci (CNS). We examined these isolates for inducible clindamycin resistance (ICR) by erythromycin induction test using double disc susceptibility test (D-test). Strains producing ICR show flattening of the clindamycin disc zone adjacent to the …