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F05rs Sgb No. 13 (C4-H), Bergeron

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A BILL

To appropriate one thousand four hundred and four dollars ($1,404.00) to Collegiate 4-H at Louisiana State University for the purpose of defraying the cost of travel, registration and lodging for the Southern Regional Collegiate 4-H Conference in Stillwater, Oklahoma

F05rs Sgb No. 15 (Roo), Breaux, Melancon

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A BILL

To amend Rule 1.3 of the LSU Student Senate Rules of Order relative to the additional duties of the Speaker of the Senate; to provide an orientation program for elected and appointed first-term senators

F05rs Sgr No. 3 (Cccc), Bergeron, Dupre, Hays, Labeuf

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A RESOLUTION

To publicly oppose and denounce the Campus-Community Coalition for Change (CCCC)’s initiative to ban drink specials in Baton Rouge and to declare that Student Government will work to ensure that students are properly represented on the various boards and committees that encompass the CCCC.

F05rs Sgr No. 6 (Flag), Cohen, Virgadamo, J. Moore, Dupre

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A RESOLUTION

To discourage the use of the purple and gold Confederate Navy Jack on the LSU campus and discuss its negative impact on the University

Modulation Of Yeast Genome Expression In Response To Defective Rna Polymerase Iii-Dependent Transcription, Christine Conesa, Roberta Ruotolo, Pascal Soularue, Tiffany A. Simms, David Donze, André Sentenac, Giorgio Dieci

Faculty Publications

We used genome-wide expression analysis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae to explore whether and how the expression of protein-coding, RNA polymerase (Pol) II-transcribed genes is influenced by a decrease in RNA Pol III-dependent transcription. The Pol II transcriptome was characterized in four thermosensitive, slow-growth mutants affected in different components of the RNA Pol III transcription machinery. Unexpectedly, we found only a modest correlation between altered expression of Pol II-transcribed genes and their proximity to class III genes, a result also confirmed by the analysis of single tRNA gene deletants. Instead, the transcriptome of all of the four mutants was characterized by increased …

Orange & White - Fall 2005, University Of Texas At Brownsville, Texas Southmost College

UTB/TSC Archives - Orange & White Magazine

No abstract provided.

Utpa Commencement – Fall 2005, University Of Texas-Pan American

Edinburg Archives - Legacy Commencement Programs

No abstract provided.

Prizes Versus Wages With Envy And Pride, Pradeep Dubey, John Geanakoplos, Ori Haimanko

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

We show that if agents are risk neutral, prizes outperform wages when there is sufficient pride and envy relative to the noisiness of performance. If agents are risk averse, prizes are a necessary supplement to wages (as bonuses).

A New Approach To Robust Inference In Cointegration, Sainan Jin, Peter C.B. Phillips, Yixiao Sun

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

A new approach to robust testing in cointegrated systems is proposed using nonparametric HAC estimators without truncation. While such HAC estimates are inconsistent, they still produce asymptotically pivotal tests and, as in conventional regression settings, can improve testing and inference. The present contribution makes use of steep origin kernels which are obtained by exponentiating traditional quadratic kernels. Simulations indicate that tests based on these methods have improved size properties relative to conventional tests and better power properties than other tests that use Bartlett or other traditional kernels with no truncation.

Psychological Influences On Referent Choice, Bonnie S. O'Neill, Mark A. Mone

Management Faculty Research and Publications

This article discusses the psychological influences on referent selection. The nature of contemporary work environments, ones characterized by instability and uncertainty, may create increased needs on the part of individuals for comparative information. Individuals use social comparisons for managing both uncertainty and environmental change, and for making critical decisions about one's job. Most literature on referent selection can be categorized along two basic schema: identification of the types of referents that exist and examination of the outcomes that result from referent selection. Studies have identified a multitude of potential referents, primarily drawn from the outcomes being examined, including pay referents, …

Should Antitrust Education Be Mandatory (For Law School Administrators)?, Royce De R. Barondes, Thomas A. Lambert

Faculty Publications

The Executive Committee of the Association of American Law Schools has adopted a Statement of Good Practices that purports to limit the times when law schools may make offers to hire faculty members at other schools. Schools are generally not to make offers for indefinite appointments to professors on other faculties after March 1, subject to extension for two months with the consent of the incumbent's dean. They also are not to make offers contemplating resignation from a current faculty position more than two weeks following those deadlines. Proceeding on the assumption that the AALS policy, whose express terms are …

Foreword - Reflections On Judging: A Discussion Following The Release Of The Blackmun Papers , Christina E. Wells, Martha Dragich

Faculty Publications

Justice Blackmun's papers were opened to the public on March 4, 2004, the fifth anniversary of his death. Held in the Manuscript Division of the Library of Congress, the collection includes over half a million items, many handwritten by Justice Blackmun. Anyone can read them. For legal scholars, this kind of research can only be described as exhilarating and many of the articles in this symposium draw on research from Justice Blackmun's papers. For the public, the release comes at a time when the interest in judges is particularly acute.

The Promise And Perils Of Collaborative Law, John M. Lande

Faculty Publications

Getting people to use an interest-based approach in negotiation has been a difficult problem. Experts provide helpful suggestions for changing the game, though these are usually limited to case-by-case efforts within a culture of adversarial negotiation. Collaborative law (CL) is an important innovation that establishes a general norm of interest-based negotiation and intentionally develops a new legal culture. This article describes CL's promise and potential perils, focusing particularly on the perils to complement the literature touting the promise.

Wright State University College Of Engineering And Computer Science Bits And Pcs Newsletter, Volume 22, Number 2, October 2005, College Of Engineering And Computer Science, Wright State University

BITs and PCs Newsletter

A ten page newsletter created by the Wright State University College of Engineering and Computer Science that addresses the current affairs of the college.

Combinatorial Theorems About Embedding Trees On The Real Line, Amit Chakrabarti, Subhash Khot

Computer Science Technical Reports

We consider the combinatorial problem of embedding a tree metric into the real line with low distortion. For two special families of trees --- the family of complete binary trees and the family of subdivided stars --- we provide embeddings whose distortion is provably optimal, up to a constant factor. We also prove that the optimal distortion of a linear embedding of a tree can be arbitrarily low or high even when it has bounded degree.

A Quasi-Ptas For Unsplittable Flow On Line Graphs, Nikhil Bansal, Amit Chakrabarti, Amir Epstein, Baruch Schieber

Computer Science Technical Reports

We study the Unsplittable Flow Problem (UFP) on a line graph, focusing on the long-standing open question of whether the problem is APX-hard. We describe a deterministic quasi-polynomial time approximation scheme for UFP on line graphs, thereby ruling out an APX-hardness result, unless NP is contained in DTIME(2^polylog(n)). Our result requires a quasi-polynomial bound on all edge capacities and demands in the input instance. Earlier results on this problem included a polynomial time (2+epsilon)-approximation under the assumption that no demand exceeds any edge capacity (the "no-bottleneck assumption") and a super-constant integrality gap if this assumption did not hold. Unlike most …

Validity And Enforceability Of Liability Waivers On Ski Lift Tickets, C. Connor Crook

Campbell Law Review

This article attempts to highlight some of the important differences in the legal enforceability of waivers. Currently, there is no uniform national standard for what are the "inherent risks" of skiing. Because the variance in liability rules can affect injured skiers so acutely, attorneys representing both ski resorts and injured skiers need to be aware of real differences in the enforceability of waivers in a sport not unfamiliar with serious injuries.

Alumnews, Fall 2005, Alumni Association, Wright State University

AlumNews

Twelve page issue of the AlumNews newsletter. This newsletter focuses on news about programs, events, and activities for alumni from Wright State University.

Issue Brief: The Impact Of Cost Sharing And Benefit Changes To Oregon Health Plan Beneficiaries: Results, Two Years Later, Bill J. Wright, Matthew J. Carlson

Sociology Faculty Publications and Presentations

This study was launched in 2003 and followed a representative sample of OHP enrollees through the redesign of the program (OHP2) to gain a better understanding of the impact of those changes, including increased cost-sharing, cuts to benefits and stricter rules around payment of premiums. The objectives of this ongoing study are to assess the short and long-term impacts around five main outcome areas: health insurance coverage, access to care, utilization of care, individuals’ financial well being and health status. The key findings from the second round of surveying are detailed in this brief and reflect impacts approximately 18 months …

The Circle And The Cross: Reflections On The Holy Wells Of Ireland, Walter L. Brenneman Jr.

Natural Resources Journal

No abstract provided.

Hydrology And Administration Of Domestic Wells In New Mexico, W. Peter Balleau, Steven E. Silver

Natural Resources Journal

No abstract provided.

On Regulating New Mexico's Domestic Wells, Frank B. Titus

Natural Resources Journal

No abstract provided.

The Forest Service And Western Water Rights: An Intimate Portrait Of United States V. New Mexico, G. Emlen Hall

Natural Resources Journal

No abstract provided.

Transboundary Water Law In Africa: Development, Nature, And Geography, Jonathan Lautze, Mark Giordano

Natural Resources Journal

No abstract provided.

Field Guide To The Sandia Mountains, Edited By Robert Julyan & Mary Stuever, Nancy Harbert

Natural Resources Journal

No abstract provided.

Global City Blues, By Daniel Solomon, Lara Katz

Natural Resources Journal

No abstract provided.

Books Received, Natural Resources Journal

Natural Resources Journal

No abstract provided.

Index--Volume 45, Natural Resources Journal

Natural Resources Journal

No abstract provided.

Commonthought (Fall 2005), Commonthought Staff

Commonthought

This issue features works created by Lesley University students and covers a broad range of topics. The work itself crosses many disciplines from creative writing to visual arts.

Lessons From The Rio Abajo: A Colonial Patron's Contested Legacy, Melissa Payne

New Mexico Historical Review

No abstract provided.