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Comparison Of Two Classification Methods For Vegetation Mapping In Palau, Julie K. Andersen

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Landsat Image Classification Using Fuzzy Sets Rule Base Theory, Avivit Shani

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Developing A Curriculum To Train The Lay Leaders In Ghana, Isaac Bimpeh Boateng

Doctor of Ministry Projects

Problem

The Seventh-day Adventist Church in Ghana is growing at a very fast rate. The rate of growth far exceeds the rate at which ministers are trained. There were over 300,000 baptized members at the end of 2005 and fewer than 200 pastors. The pastor to laity ratio is therefore very high. Some of the elders who are assisting the pastors do not have the needed skills to work effectively as leaders. As a result of this there is an increase in apostasies especially among new converts.

Method

In an attempt to train the laity in Ghana to assist the …

A Strategy To Reach Animistic People In Madagascar, Jacques Ratsimbason

Doctor of Ministry Projects

Problem

The majority of the Malagasy people who live in Madagascar are unreached with the gospel message. A preliminary investigation of current literature indicated that 50 percent of the Malagasy are followers of traditional religions. This present study was to develop a strategy to reach the animistic people with the gospel message.

Method

This study presents Malagasy people, their social characteristics, population, worldviews, and lifestyles. A study;and evaluation of Malagasy beliefs and practices were developed using Hiebert's model of critical contextualization.

Results

The study reveals that the Seventh-day Adventist Church must update its evangelistic methods to reach animistic people and …

Problems With Minimalism, Cass R. Sunstein

Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper Series

Much of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's work on the Supreme Court embodies a commitment to judicial minimalism, understood as a preference for narrow rulings, closely attuned to particular facts. This preference reflects a belief that at least in adjudication, standards ought to be preferred to rules. In many contexts, however, that belief is hard to justify, simply because it imposes severe decision-making burdens on others and may well create more, rather than fewer, errors. For this reason, a general preference for minimalism is no more defensible than a general preference for rules. The choice between narrow and wide rulings cannot …

Identifying Spatial Clusters Within United States Organic Agriculture., Daniel C. Eades

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Although the organic market has experienced rapid growth in recent decades, growth in production has not been distributed evenly across the country, instead concentrating in certain regions. Employing measures of spatial concentration and association, we identify those counties in which organic production is clustered or represents a proportion of the agricultural economy greater than would be expected by national trends. Results show that spatial clustering of organic agriculture does exist. Large location quotients for organic production were most often found for the western U.S., the Great Plains states, and New England. Clusters measured by the local Moran’s I statistic followed …

The Effects Of A Pre-Operative Education Program On Anxiety And Cortisol Levels Prior To And Following Surgery, Lou Ann Balducci

Honors Theses

Evidence suggests that lower levels of stress may negatively impact the healing process and tissue repair after surgery. The purpose of the investigation was to assess the effectiveness of a pre-operative educational program on reducing pre-operative and post¬ operative anxiety levels for patients having orthopedic surgery. Three subjects volunteered to participate in this study. The State Anxiety Inventory, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, and Perceived Stress Scale questionnaires all showed that Subject 1 (treatment subject) did not have the highest anxiety or stress levels. In addition. cortisol levels were lower in Subject 1. Furthermore, Subject 1 was the most confident …

Evolving Practice In The Field: Informing Th International Legal Obligations To Protect, Todd Howland

Denver Journal of International Law & Policy

No abstract provided.

Neither Dead Nor Dangerous: Postmodernism And The Teaching Of Legal Writing, Adam Todd

School of Law Faculty Publications

This article explores postmodernism and its relation to the teaching of legal writing. Postmodernism is an undeniably important theory in literary criticism, composition and rhetoric and has provoked much debate in areas of legal scholarship, but it has seldom been addressed directly by legal writing scholars.

The teaching of legal writing has been greatly affected by postmodernism and can be characterized as a postmodern class in what is otherwise a modernist academy. Legal writing teachers generally teach in a modernist paradigm which seeks to normalize the law and create unitary meaning from the morass of texts and ideas which is …

Nebraska Anthropologist Volume 21: 2006 Table Of Contents:

Nebraska Anthropologist

An Understanding of the Relationship between Maquiladoras and Women's Rights in Central America (Mara D. Giles)

Changes in Post-Marital Residence Rules in an Era of National Reform: The Urban to Rural Disjunction in Contemporary China (Michaela S. Clemens)

Transboundary Protected Areas as a Solution to Border Issues (Catherine Pool)

Homosexuals in the Periphery: Gay and Lesbian Rights in Developing Africa (Brett Kennedy)

Frontier Impressions: The Role of Daub at the Beaver Creek Trail Crossing (Brennan J. Dolan)

You Can Take It with You: Archaeology at the Beaver Creek Trail Crossing (Nolan Johnson)

Hopewell Earthworks of Southern Ohio: A Study of …

Creative Commons And The New Intermediaries, Michael W. Carroll

Scholarly Articles in Law Reviews & Journals

This symposium contribution examines the disintermediating and reintermediating roles played by Creative Commons licenses on the Internet. Creative Commons licenses act as a disintermediating force because they enable end-to-end transactions in copyrighted works. The licenses have reintermediating force by enabling new services and new online communities to form around content licensed under a Creative Commons license. Intermediaries focused on the copyright dimension have begun to appear online as search engines, archives, libraries, publishers, community organizers, and educators. Moreover, the growth of machine-readable copyright licenses and the new intermediaries that they enable is part of a larger movement toward a Semantic …

A Large-Scale Movable Bed Study On Beach-Profile Changes Under Erosive And Accretionary Waves, Tiffany Roberts

USF St. Petersburg campus Honors Program Theses (Undergraduate)

The SUPERTANK experiment's unique dataset was utilized in this study to examine the effects of elevated water levels due to wave setup and swash runup on beach morphology. Detailed beach-profile changes under erosive and accretionary waves were examined and compared with incoming wave conditions and time-averaged water level. Overall, 30 cases out of350 SUPERTANK experiments were investigated. The findings of this study include 1) the Dean Number is a reliable tool for assessing beach erosion and accretion under various wave conditions; 2) the upper limit of beach-profile change is roughly equal to the limit of swash runup; 3) the exception …

California Wetsuit Industry: A Situational Analysis & Identification Of Market Opportunities, Dave Levy

Whittier Scholars Program

This report was constructed for the benefit of the wetsuit industry. The contents aim to inform industry competitors, newcomers, and entrepreneurs, on locating underserved and unidentified markets. The research analyzed in this report was gathered from numerous companies, journals, and the individual research of market analysts. This report is applicable and pertains exclusively to the state of California. The following analysis breaks California into ten regions making clear divisions between the coastal and inland areas. The geography, population, consumer profile, and competitors construct the present competitive landscape. The significant trends of the industry within the past decade are reviewed to …

Constructing Comanche Pasts: Public Memory And The Cuerno Verde Rest Area, Colorado City, Colorado, Douglas Seefeldt

New Mexico Historical Review

No abstract provided.

Geographic Variables Affecting Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus Leucocephalus) Nest Locations In The Red River Valley Of North Dakota And Minnesota, Josh Johnston

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Remote Sensing Assessment Of Widespread Saltcedar (Tamarix Spp.) Infestation And Biological Control In Northwest Nevada, Charles Conrad Geraci

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Liberian Refugees In The Red River Valley : A Geogrpahy[Sic] Of Hope, Lane D. Cowger

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Is World Law An Emerging Reality? Environmental Law In A Transnational World, Lynton K. Caldwell

Colorado Environmental Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Inuit, Whaling, And Sustainability, Milton M.R. Freeman Et Al., Eds. (Book Review), Fae L. Korsmo

Colorado Environmental Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Ideas Of Landscape: Finding An Uneasy Peace, Iris Koornstra

Theses : Honours

Landscape, both the actual and the representational, "is a work of the mind" (Schama, 1995, p. 7) it encompasses ideas of difference, arcadia, commodification, nationalism and many others. How does one negotiate the physical and the representational when trying to reach beyond the traditions of the sublime? Anchoring my research in the physical landscape of Kings Park, Perth, Australia whilst looking at looking this paper explores the manifestation of ideas about land in both forms. Central to my research approach is W.J.T. Mitchell's theses on landscape number eight, which states: "landscape is an exhausted medium, no longer viable as a …

A Retrospective Analysis Of The Impact Of The Henry Toll Fellowship Leadership Development Program, Lizeth C. Fowler

MPA/MPP/MPFM Capstone Projects

The Council of State Governments (CSG) is the premier organization forecasting policy trends for state leaders in all three branches of government. Central to its mission is the development of leadership training for improved decision-making of state elected and appointed officials.

CSG has sponsored the Henry Toll Fellowship Leadership Development Program for state and government officials since 1986. This competitive program invites ten state officials from each of the four regions, West, Midwest, South and East, to participate in an intensive five-day program to learn practical leadership skills and strategies to meet challenges and lead change and innovation.

While the …

Financial Efficiency In The Nonprofit Sector: An Analysis Of Factors Affecting Expense Ratios Of Kentucky Nonprofits, Emily A. Lane

MPA/MPP/MPFM Capstone Projects

Statement of Problem

Recent events in both the public and private sectors have lead to an environment of mistrust and caution surrounding the way organizations are managed and funds are handled. For the nonprofit sector, this has led to an emergence of charity rating or watchdog organizations and increased scrutiny of finances. Individual donors, charity rating agencies, and funding institutions have begun using expense ratios as a measure of financial efficiency. Decisions on the financial efficiency of organizations are being made without a good understanding of what factors affect these ratios.

Research Questions

The purpose of this paper is to …

Biography And Legislative Accomplishments, Office Of Representative Luis V. Gutiérrez

1.1 Documents

This series consists of materials generated by the Office of Representative Luis V. Gutiérrez relating to legislative accomplishments and campaign materials.

2006-2007 Bgsu Catalog, Bowling Green State University

Course Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Bgsu Graduate College 2006-2007 Catalog, Bowling Green State University

Course Catalogs

Bowling Green State University graduate catalog for 2006-2007.

The New Reality Of International Telecommunications Strategy, Robert C. Fonow

Defense and Technology Papers

This paper considers the relative decline of American Telecommunications leadership from geopolitical and technical perspectives. This decline is important to recognize and understand because it is masked by the achievements of the American economy and U.S. military successes since the end of the Cold War.

Imagined Cities, Real Futures: Simcity And The Co-Production Of Urban Dystopias, Samuel Gerald Collins

Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture

While the author of this chapter agrees with anthropologists who reject an urban studies predicated on postmodern surfaces and insist that we analyze cities in regional, national and global contexts of political economy, he nevertheless suggests that the urban imaginary has never been so important: Movies, television and music have proven all too useful in the continued vilification of an urban underclass. In 2001, in order to explore the role media might play in the structuring and delimitating of the ways we think about cities, Collins assigned SimCity, a computer simulation game combining models of urban development with cellular automata, …

Shooters To The Left Of Us, Shooters To The Right: First Person Arcade Shooter Video Games, The Violence Debate, And The Legacy Of Militarism, Karen J. Hall

Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture

Adult concerns about video games erupted in the 1990s when parents and politicians came forward with claims that Doom, Mortal Kombat, Killer Instinct and games like them were partially responsible for the rash of school shootings in predominantly white, middle class communities. The author of this chapter argues that arcade games serve the national interest by entertaining consumer-citizens and creating a consumer-based demand for military technology. However, when adolescent shooters disrupt the status quo, it is the games rather than militarist social and economic structures that are criticized by the news media, politicians, and parents. The author of …

Feminizing Waste: Waste-Picking As An Empowerment Opportunity For Women And Children In Impoverished Communities, Catherine A. Madsen

Colorado Environmental Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Headwaters And Headaches: Afghanistan's Need For International River Basin Agreements, Eric Ryan Potyondy

Colorado Environmental Law Journal

No abstract provided.