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Empirically Testing The Principles Of Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (Cpted) Theory: An Exploratory Investigation Of Perceived Safety In Virtual Parks And Green Spaces, Joel G. Mccormick Nov 2006

Empirically Testing The Principles Of Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (Cpted) Theory: An Exploratory Investigation Of Perceived Safety In Virtual Parks And Green Spaces, Joel G. Mccormick

Theses & Honors Papers

Jeffery's Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design has become one of the leading crime prevention strategies used in many countries world wide including the United States. However, to date "Jeffery's complete CPTED model has not been subjected to empirical testing" (Paulsen & Robinson, 2005). The focus of this research is to empirically test people's perception of Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) principles. This research will record the subject's perception of safety of virtual environments using three levels of CPTED design. A virtual landscape will be utilized because it allows for manipulation of the independent variable while holding the other variables …

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Environmental Updates Nov 2006

Environmental Updates

Journal of Environmental and Sustainability Law

No abstract provided.

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The Relationship Between Standing And Intervention: The Tenth Circuit Answers By "Standing" Down. San Juan County V. United States, Eric S. Oelrich Nov 2006

The Relationship Between Standing And Intervention: The Tenth Circuit Answers By "Standing" Down. San Juan County V. United States, Eric S. Oelrich

Journal of Environmental and Sustainability Law

No abstract provided.

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Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes - November 2006, Faculty Senators Nov 2006

Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes - November 2006, Faculty Senators

Minutes 2006-2007

This is the archived record of the November 2006 faculty senate meeting minutes. Please contact the Faculty Senate president or JagWorks Repository Administrator to request access to this document.

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Chronic Activation Of The Prostaglandin Receptor Ep4 Promotes Hyaluronan-Mediated Neointimal Formation In The Ductus Arteriosus, Utako Yokoyama, Susumu Minamisawa, Hong Quan, Shibnath Ghatak, Toru Akaike, Eri Segi-Nishida, Shiho Iwasaki, Mari Iwamoto, Suniti Misra, Kouichi Tamura, Hideaki Hori, Shumpei Yokota, Bryan P. Toole, Yukihiko Sugimoto, Yoshihiro Ishikawa Nov 2006

Chronic Activation Of The Prostaglandin Receptor Ep4 Promotes Hyaluronan-Mediated Neointimal Formation In The Ductus Arteriosus, Utako Yokoyama, Susumu Minamisawa, Hong Quan, Shibnath Ghatak, Toru Akaike, Eri Segi-Nishida, Shiho Iwasaki, Mari Iwamoto, Suniti Misra, Kouichi Tamura, Hideaki Hori, Shumpei Yokota, Bryan P. Toole, Yukihiko Sugimoto, Yoshihiro Ishikawa

MUSC Faculty Journal Articles

PGE, a potent vasodilator, plays a primary role in maintaining the patency of the ductus arteriosus (DA). Genetic disruption of the PGE-specific receptor EP4, however, paradoxically results in fatal patent DA (PDA) in mice. Here we demonstrate that EP4-mediated signals promote DA closure by hyaluronic acid-mediated (HA-mediated) intimal cushion formation (ICF). Chronic EP4 stimulation by ONO-AE1-329, a selective EP4 agonist, significantly enhanced migration and HA production in rat DA smooth muscle cells. When HA production was inhibited, EP4-mediated migration was negated. Activation of EP4, adenylyl cyclase, and PKA all increased HA production and the level of HA synthase 2 (HAS2) …

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Comments On “On The Distribution Of The Product Of Independent Rayleigh Random Variables”, Saralees Nadarajah, Samuel Kotz Nov 2006

Comments On “On The Distribution Of The Product Of Independent Rayleigh Random Variables”, Saralees Nadarajah, Samuel Kotz

Department of Statistics: Faculty Publications

It is pointed out that the result in Salo et al. “The Distribution of the Product of Independent Rayleigh Random Variables” IEEE Trans. Antennas Propag., vol. 54, pp. 639–643, Feb. 2006, is a particular case of a much more general result known since the 1970s. A general technique (known as the H function technique) is described that can be used derive a wide range of results similar to Salo et al.

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Comments On “On The Distribution Of The Product Of Independent Rayleigh Random Variables”, Saralees Nadarajah, Samuel Kotz Nov 2006

Comments On “On The Distribution Of The Product Of Independent Rayleigh Random Variables”, Saralees Nadarajah, Samuel Kotz

Department of Statistics: Faculty Publications

It is pointed out that the result in Salo et al. “The Distribution of the Product of Independent Rayleigh Random Variables” IEEE Trans. Antennas Propag., vol. 54, pp. 639–643, Feb. 2006, is a particular case of a much more general result known since the 1970s. A general technique (known as the function technique) is described that can be used derive a wide range of results similar to Salo et al.

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Information Outlook, November 2006, Special Libraries Association Nov 2006

Information Outlook, November 2006, Special Libraries Association

Information Outlook, 2006

Volume 10, Issue 11

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Making The Global Grade: Chinese Managers Are The Latest Enrollees In Western Executive Education Classes, Knowledge@Smu Nov 2006

Making The Global Grade: Chinese Managers Are The Latest Enrollees In Western Executive Education Classes, Knowledge@Smu

Knowledge@SMU

As Chinese firms increasingly turn their attention to strengthening their ability to compete in the global economy, they have a new challenge -- developing international expertise. One way they are doing this is by turning to Western executive education programs, which can include everything from courses in finance, marketing and corporate governance to a visit to Bloomingdale's and meals at noted Western restaurants.

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Humanitarian Landmine Action In China And The Role Of The Ngo, Zhai Dequan Nov 2006

Humanitarian Landmine Action In China And The Role Of The Ngo, Zhai Dequan

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

Though China is not a State Party to the Ottawa Convention, the country has long been involved in humanitarian efforts to alleviate the landmine problem. Nationally, China has launched mine clearance campaigns, and has become a State Party to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons. Two organizations have also been established to alleviate the landmine problem. Internationally, China has sponsored several mine-clearance workshops, and has promoted international partnerships to work toward mine clearance.

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Explosive Remnants Of War And The Reality Of Azerbaijan, Nazim Ismaylov, Emil M. Hasanov Nov 2006

Explosive Remnants Of War And The Reality Of Azerbaijan, Nazim Ismaylov, Emil M. Hasanov

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

This article explains the danger of explosive remnants of war when located within communities and the precautions that need to be taken in order to get rid of this problem. It also describes how the Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Action is trying to address the problem of abandoned ammunition storage in one of the most highly contaminated areas among existing abandoned ammunition storages in the world.

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2006 Unmao Planning Process In Sudan, Hansie Heymans Nov 2006

2006 Unmao Planning Process In Sudan, Hansie Heymans

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

A national strategic framework for mine-action efforts in Sudan drives the development of several planning documents that involved several national and international organisations to ensure the successful implementation of a successful framework. The author discusses the development process for the various national mine-action planning documents.

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How To Take Into Account Dependence Between The Inputs: From Interval Computations To Constraint-Related Set Computations, With Potential Applications To Nuclear Safety, Bio- And Geosciences, Martine Ceberio, Scott Ferson, Vladik Kreinovich, Sanjeev Chopra, Gang Xiang, Adrian Murguia, Jorge Santillan Nov 2006

How To Take Into Account Dependence Between The Inputs: From Interval Computations To Constraint-Related Set Computations, With Potential Applications To Nuclear Safety, Bio- And Geosciences, Martine Ceberio, Scott Ferson, Vladik Kreinovich, Sanjeev Chopra, Gang Xiang, Adrian Murguia, Jorge Santillan

Departmental Technical Reports (CS)

In many real-life situations, in addition to knowing the intervals Xi of possible values of each variable xi, we also know additional restrictions on the possible combinations of xi; in this case, the set X of possible values of x=(x1,..,xn) is a proper subset of the original box X1 x ... x Xn. In this paper, we show how to take into account this dependence between the inputs when computing the range of a function f(x1,...,xn).

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The Mine Action Express… Or The Wreck Of The ‘09, Dennis Barlow Nov 2006

The Mine Action Express… Or The Wreck Of The ‘09, Dennis Barlow

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

The author discusses current challenges relating to an effective global mine action strategy; he considers approaches and policies that could enhance or impede demining efforts worldwide. There are many emerging concepts to consider in order to improve mine action, such as mainstreaming, risk management and national ownership. The author discusses potential future plans of action the community must undertake regarding these issues in order to deal effectively with landmines and explosive remnants of war.

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Imsma® Version 4: A Collaborative Approach, Daniele Ressler Nov 2006

Imsma® Version 4: A Collaborative Approach, Daniele Ressler

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

From July 24 to 27, 2006, the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining hosted a workshop in Murten, Switzerland, to introduce and discuss the release of the Information Management System for Mine Action version 4. Participants included management, operations and technology professionals involved in mine-action information management. During this workshop, results from IMSMA v4 pilot field tests were presented, v4 changes and innovations were explained, and a demonstration of IMSMA v4 with new handheld and Geographic Information System components was offered. IMSMA v4 reflects a collaborative effort to improve the accuracy and ease of mine-action information management in the field.

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Geneva Diary: Report From The Gichd, Ian Mansfield Nov 2006

Geneva Diary: Report From The Gichd, Ian Mansfield

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

The Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining provides operational assistance to mine-action programmes and operators, creates and disseminates knowledge, works to improve quality management and standards, and provides support to instruments of international law.

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Information Management System For Mine Action In Sudan, Mohammad Kabir Nov 2006

Information Management System For Mine Action In Sudan, Mohammad Kabir

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

The Information Management System for Mine Action is a globally used and internationally accepted database and software system that allows mine-action programmes to efficiently correlate and evaluate information. In addition, IMSMA provides powerful tools to rapidly disseminate information on hazardous areas and other important aspects of mine action by providing digital as well as printed maps and statistics.

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Throwing Out Mines: The Effects Of A Flail, Ian Mclean, Rebecca Sargisson, Johannes Dirscherl, Håvard Bach Nov 2006

Throwing Out Mines: The Effects Of A Flail, Ian Mclean, Rebecca Sargisson, Johannes Dirscherl, Håvard Bach

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

The authors discuss a study conducted on flail machines to prove the effectiveness of this technology in destroying anti-personnel mines.

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Minewolf Flail And Tiller Machines: Testing The Differences Between Two Demining Technologies, Heinz Rath, Dieter Schröder Nov 2006

Minewolf Flail And Tiller Machines: Testing The Differences Between Two Demining Technologies, Heinz Rath, Dieter Schröder

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

MineWolf is the first demining concept, manufactured in Germany by Arthur Willibald Maschinenbau GmbH (AHWI), that overcomes the limitations of flail and tiller machines by combining the advantages of both systems. Extensive tests with live anti-tank and fragmentation mines were carried out at the German Army proving ground to determine whether the MineWolf meets the operational requirements for humanitarian demining. The aim was to discover the effects of detonations on the operator, MineWolf, clearing tools and cabin, and to work out instructions for reparability.

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The Journal Of Erw And Mine Action Issue 10.2 (2006), Cisr Journal Nov 2006

The Journal Of Erw And Mine Action Issue 10.2 (2006), Cisr Journal

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

Editorial | Feature: Quality Assurance for Mined and Survey Areas | Focus: ERW: A Dangerous Legacy | Profiles | Making it Personal | Notes from the Field | Book Reviews | Research and Development | News Briefs

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Itep Test And Evaluation Of Humanitarian Demining Equipment, 2006, Franciska Borry Nov 2006

Itep Test And Evaluation Of Humanitarian Demining Equipment, 2006, Franciska Borry

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

The ITEP Work Plan 2006 compiles all test and evaluation activities that will be carried out during 2006 by the ITEP member countries, either as single-country activities or as ITEP collaborative efforts. The following summary provides an update on collaborative test activities initiated during 2005 and continuing in 2006, including also some of the new test and evaluation efforts envisaged.

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How Effective Is Security Screening Of Airline Passengers?, Susan E. Martonosi, Arnold Barnett Nov 2006

How Effective Is Security Screening Of Airline Passengers?, Susan E. Martonosi, Arnold Barnett

All HMC Faculty Publications and Research

With a simple mathematical model, we explored the antiterrorist effectiveness of airport passenger prescreening systems. Supporters of these systems often emphasize the need to identify the most suspicious passengers, but they ignore the point that such identification does little good unless dangerous items can actually be detected. Critics often focus on terrorists' ability to probe the system and thereby thwart it, but ignore the possibility that the very act of probing can deter attempts at sabotage that would have succeeded. Using the model to make some preliminary assessments about security policy, we find that an improved baseline level of screening …

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Concept Frequency Distribution In Biomedical Text Summarization, Lawrence H. Reeve, Hyoil Han, Saya V. Nagori, Jonathan C. Yang, Tamara A. Schwimmer, Ari D. Brooks Nov 2006

Concept Frequency Distribution In Biomedical Text Summarization, Lawrence H. Reeve, Hyoil Han, Saya V. Nagori, Jonathan C. Yang, Tamara A. Schwimmer, Ari D. Brooks

Computer Sciences and Electrical Engineering Faculty Research

Text summarization is a data reduction process. The use of text summarization enables users to reduce the amount of text that must be read while still assimilating the core information. The data reduction offered by text summarization is particularly useful in the biomedical domain, where physicians must continuously find clinical trial study information to incorporate into their patient treatment efforts. Such efforts are often hampered by the high-volume of publications. Our contribution is two-fold: 1) to propose the frequency of domain concepts as a method to identify important sentences within a full-text; and 2) propose a novel frequency distribution model …

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Department Of Biological Systems Engineering Newsletter, Issue 2, November 2006 Nov 2006

Department Of Biological Systems Engineering Newsletter, Issue 2, November 2006

BSE Department Magazine

Contents:
Visiting Scholar
Big changes in the BSE Computer Lab
From the Department Head
National Science Foundation Initiative Moving to Transform Water and Environment Research ByWayneWoldt
ASABE Awards
Nebraska Tractor Test Lab Welcomes New Director
Alumni News
August Graduation
College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources Alumni Association (CASNRAA)
Hydrologic Studies in Prairie and Agricultural Watersheds: Gleanings from a Faculty Development Leave, by Dean E. Eisenhauer
Irrigation and Energy Conservation Field Day, by Suat Irmak
P3–Ten Years
Hall of Fame
Vegetative Treatment Systems Help Small Livestock Producers Control Animal Waste, by Kalee Olson
Ice Cream Social and Scholarship Recognition
Student …

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Protection Of Soft Vehicles Against Erw, Thomas Hvidtfeldt Nov 2006

Protection Of Soft Vehicles Against Erw, Thomas Hvidtfeldt

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

The author discusses the challenges of protecting aid workers riding in traditional unarmoured vehicles from the dangers of explosive remnants of war. He offers some practical, after-market solutions that provide a high level of protection for much less than the cost of traditional armoured vehicles.

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Psst...Printers' Secret Worries Me, Kevin Cooper Nov 2006

Psst...Printers' Secret Worries Me, Kevin Cooper

Graphic Communication

No abstract provided.

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Front Cover And Publication Information, Volume 39 Issue 4 Nov 2006

Front Cover And Publication Information, Volume 39 Issue 4

Word Ways

Front cover and publication information for this issue.

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Colloquy Nov 2006

Colloquy

Word Ways

A collection of responses to previously published articles.

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Reverse Engineering, Eric Harshbarger Nov 2006

Reverse Engineering, Eric Harshbarger

Word Ways

Abstract unavailable.

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Kickshaws Nov 2006

Kickshaws

Word Ways

A collection of linguistic kickshaws.

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