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The Impact Of The Internet On Airline Fares: How The Customer Viewed The Transition To Internet Distribution, William J. Brunger

Student Scholarship

Customers who use Internet websites find and buy lower fares than do those who use travel agents for similar trips, even though for most large U.S. airlines the fares and availability offered through both channels are the same (because of contractual obligations). Economic and marketing theory offers "transparency" and "lowered search costs" as primary explanations. In an effort to understand, describe and corroborate those explanations, we studied the behavioral changes implied by the Internet, asking customers how they have understood the transition to Internet travel purchase and how they believe they have changed their behavior, specifically about the impact of …

Writing A Thirty Minute Television Script, Mark L. Lauck

Creativity and Change Leadership Graduate Student Master's Projects

The goal of the project was to write a twenty two to thirty page script for a television series. The script is the basis to develop a series of thirty to sixty minute television shows. The initial script is centered around the eternal battle between good and evil. It‟s set in an environment where non baptized or lost souls come to rest before moving on to hell or heaven. The place is called Limbo. It‟s neutral ground between Heaven and Hell, where good and evil have equal influence. The only thing keeping the atmosphere from exploding is the Truce, a …

Integration Without Unification: An Argument For Pluralism In The Biological Sciences, Sandra D. Mitchell, Michael R. Dietrich

Dartmouth Scholarship

In this article, we consider the tension between unification and pluralism in biological theory. We begin with a consideration of historical efforts to establish a unified understanding of evolution in the neo‐Darwinian synthesis. The fragmentation of the evolutionary synthesis by molecular evolution suggests the limitations of the general unificationist ideal for biology but not necessarily for integrating explanations. In the second half of this article, we defend a specific variety of pluralism that allows for the integration required for explanations of complex phenomena without unification on a large scale.

Evaluating Next Cell Predictors With Extensive Wi-Fi Mobility Data, Libo Song, David Kotz, Ravi Jain, Xiaoning He

Dartmouth Scholarship

Location is an important feature for many applications, and wireless networks can better serve their clients by anticipating client mobility. As a result, many location predictors have been proposed in the literature, though few have been evaluated with empirical evidence. This paper reports on the results of the first extensive empirical evaluation of location predictors, using a two-year trace of the mobility patterns of over 6,000 users on Dartmouth's campus-wide Wi-Fi wireless network. The surprising results provide critical evidence for anyone designing or using mobility predictors. \par We implemented and compared the prediction accuracy of several location predictors drawn from …

Corruption And Democratic Performance, Levente Littvay

Department of Political Science: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

This dissertation introduces new quantitative methods to comparative politics. These include an approximately unbiased missing data treatment, a first order autoregressive multilevel model for the analysis of cross-sectional longitudinal data, approaches for the separation of cross-sectional and longitudinal predictor effects to identify aggregation bias and a model for the empirical analysis of causal direction. Methods are demonstrated on a model replicating past research on the causes of corruption adding democratic performance as a predictor, than a new model of democratic performance is developed to test Warren’s theoretical propositions that corruption is by nature undemocratic, and finally the causal direction between …

A National Estimate Of The Cost Of Illness In Parkinson's Disease Using Retrospective Data Analysis, Katherine Anderson

Theses and Dissertations (ETD)

The purpose of this study was to estimate the cost of illness of Parkinson’s disease in the United States. Direct medical expenditures, with the exception of nursing home costs, were estimated using data from the 1999-2003 Medical Expenditures Panel Survey Household Component (MEPS-HC). Nursing home costs were estimated using the Medical Expenditures Panel Survey Nursing Home Component (MEPS-NHC). Indirect costs for lost productivity due to missed work or bed-days (morbidity) were estimated using the MEPS-HC and the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Indirect costs for lost productivity due to death (mortality) were estimated using the National Vital Statistics System.

Direct …

Sensory Integration: It's Not Just For Children, Renee Watling, Stefanie Bodison, Diana A. Henry, Heather Miller-Kuhaneck

Occupational Therapy Faculty Publications

Sensory integration theory and intervention techniques were originally developed by A. Jean Ayres, PhD, OTR, beginning in the late 1960s. Her pioneering work integrated scientific information from neuroscience, psychology, occupational therapy, and human development in an effort to help explain the relationship among experience, brain development, and function. Ayres's theory of sensory integration provides a solid foundation for understanding the impact of sensation on occupational performance across the life span. Although much of the existing work related to sensory integration addresses occupational performance issues in children, some believe the theory and framework to be important across the life span. However, …

Come Saturday Morning ... At Bridgewater State College, Joseph H. Huber, Jamie L. Mackool

Bridgewater Review

No abstract provided.

Editor's Notebook: Super Coach - Superbowl, Michael Kryzanek

Bridgewater Review

No abstract provided.

Legacy - December 2006, South Carolina Institute Of Archaeology And Anthropology--University Of South Carolina

SCIAA Magazine - Legacy & PastWatch

Contents:

19th Century Mill Site on Fort Jackson.....p. 1
Director’s Note – New SCIAA is Selected.....p. 2
Lora Holland to Manage Sport Diver Program.....p. 3
Coastal Shell Midden Research.....p. 8
North Carolina Honors SCIAA’s Stanley South.....p. 9
de Ayllon’s Lost Capitan Survey.....p. 10
Southeastern Spanish Legacy.....p. 15
SCIAA Researchers Funded in 2007.....p. 16
ART Board Activities.....p. 18
Site Digitizing Nears Completion.....p. 19
Carmen Beard Joins Office of State Archaeologist.....p. 19
33rd Conference on South Carolina Archaeology.....p. 20
Donor Invitation.....p. 21

A Novel Account Of Scientific Anomaly: Help For The Dispute Over Low-Dose Biochemical Effects, Kevin C. Elliott

Faculty Publications

The biological effects of low doses of toxic and carcinogenic chemicals are currently a matter of significant scientific controversy. This paper argues that philosophers of science can contribute to alleviating this controversy by examining it with the aid of a novel account of scientific anomaly. Specifically, analysis of contemporary research on chemical hormesis (i.e.. alleged beneficial biological effects produced by low doses of substances that are harmful at higher doses) suggests that scientists may initially describe anomalous phenomena in terms of multiple distinct '"characterizations," each
of which is compatible with current empirical evidence. By focusing attention on this feature of …

Introduction, Gary C. Williams

Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review

No abstract provided.

High-Profile Prosecutors &(And) High-Profile Conflicts, Laurie L. Levenson

Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review

No abstract provided.

Towards An Honest Belief Plus Standard In California Employment Discrimination Cases, Noam Glick

Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review

No abstract provided.

Keiko Hamaguchi, Chaucer And Women. Eihosha, 2007, Joanna Shearer

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

No abstract provided.

P. H. Cullum And Katherine J. Lewis, Eds., Holiness And Masculinity In The Middle Ages. University Of Toronto, 2004, M. Wendy Hennequin

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

No abstract provided.

Carol Neel, Ed., Medieval Families: Perspectives On Marriage, Household, And Children. Medieval Academy Reprints For Teaching, 40. University Of Toronto Press, 2004, Daniel Kline

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

No abstract provided.

Nuance And Complexity In Regulatory Takings Law, Gregory M. Stein

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

Presented at the 2004 Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Conference.

Impact Of Richard A. Epstein, James W. Ely

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

Presented at the 2005 Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Conference.

A Simple Numerical Method Of Cycle Jumps For Cyclically Loaded Structures, D. Cojocaru, Anette M. Karlsson

Mechanical Engineering Faculty Publications

A method for accelerated numerical simulations of structures subjected to cyclic loading is investigated. Of particular interest is a class of structures where the structural properties evolve with time. The proposed method is based on conducting detailed finite element analysis for a set of cycles to establish a trend line, extrapolating the trend line spanning many cycles, and use the extrapolated state as initial state for additional FEA simulations. This includes a control function that automatically monitors the length of the cycle jump to ensure a realistic solution. We compare the proposed method to a reference calculation, where all incremental …

Physical Layer And Application Layer Issues Of Wireless Sensor Networks, Lingming Wang

Electrical Engineering Dissertations - Archive

The potential for collaborative, robust networks of wireless sensors has attracted a great deal of research attention. For the most part, this is due to the compelling applications that wireless sensor networks will enable. Location sensing, environmental observation and surveillance, medical monitoring and a lot other applications are all gaining interest. However, wireless sensor network poses a large number of challenges. Among all, one of the most important challenges is design sensor networks that have long network lifetime, which will become especially difficult due to the energy-constrained nature of the sensor nodes. In this thesis, we focus on physical and …

Incorporating Electron-Transfer Functionality Into Synthetic Metalloproteins From The Bottom-Up, Jing Hong, Olesya A. Kharenko, Michael Y. Ogawa

Chemistry Faculty Publications

The alpha-helical coiled-coil motif serves as a robust scaffold for incorporating electron-transfer (ET) functionality into synthetic metalloproteins. These structures consist of a supercoiling of two or more R helices that are formed by the self-assembly of individual polypeptide chains whose sequences contain a repeating pattern of hydrophobic and hydrophilic residues. Early work from our group attached abiotic Ru-based redox sites to the most surface-exposed positions of two stranded coiled-coils and used electron-pulse radiolysis to study both intra- and intermolecular ET reactions in these systems. Later work used smaller metallopeptides to investigate the effects of conformational gating within electrostatic peptide-protein complexes. …

Partitioning Multiple Objective Optimal Solutions With Applications In Radiotherapy Design, Allen G. Holder

Mathematics Faculty Research

The optimal partition for linear programming is induced by any strictly complementary solution, and this partition is important because it characterizes the optimal set. However, constructing a strictly complementary solution in the presence of degeneracy was not practical until interior point algorithms became viable alternatives to the simplex algorithm. We develop analogs of the optimal partition for linear programming in the case of multiple objectives and show that these new partitions provide insight into the optimal set (both pareto optimality and lexicographic ordering are considered). Techniques to produce these optimal partitions are provided, and examples from the design of radiotherapy …

臨床技術訓練中心之創建與經營－台北榮民總醫院之經驗, 春蓮 巫, 惠文 楊, 雅琳 程, 祖裕 陳, 正典 郭, 震寰 陳, 素真 陳, 橈通 何

Journal of Medical Education

台北榮民總醫院臨床技術訓練中心（以下簡稱本中心）於2003年2月19日正式開幕運作，至今已逾3年。在籌備、啟用，以及持續運作的幾個階段中經歷了不少障礙與困難，從而獲得一些經驗和心得，特記述於本文與同好分享。在本中心規劃籌建的過程中，首先要預估未來需要的課程，據以尋找空間、規劃間隔、廣徵人才及購買設備等，都必須具有充分的前瞻性，由於當時國內醫學教育機構尚未有可供參考的典範，故曾派員到英國利物浦大學參訪，並以其臨床技術資源中心作為設計藍圖。在人員編制方面，本中心自始即編列三位全職且在急救加護護理具有多年經驗的護理師，負責行政策劃、參與教學及課程研發等任務，確保「永續經營」的方針。空間應用則是採用多功能、人性化及便於變通的原則，以達到「地盡其利」的目標。在作業規範中對於場地及設施的使用、管理及維護均訂定詳細的規範，以期能提供「溫馨友善的學習環境」。由於本中心人員身兼行政、教學及研發等多重任務，故人員在職訓練亦成為本中心營運及發展計畫的主要部分。除人員須不斷學習之外，本中心執行之各項課程亦有持續改進的機制。

The Clinical Skills Unit In An Integrated Medical Curriculum: An Imu Perspective, F. I. Achike

Journal of Medical Education

The astronomical growth in technology and medical information of the last century brought with it innovations in medical education, such as the problem-based learning (PBL) which emphasizes the integration of basic and clinical sciences. The clinical skills unit (CSU) is a major facility for promoting these principles in the PBL-based curriculum of the International Medical University (IMU) which exposes students to clinical scenarios early in their training. The teaching of clinical skills is systems-based, but also holistic. From the first semester through the fifth, students are taught interviewing skills, history taking, physical examination and nursing procedures. After semester 5 they …

Multisensor Processing Algorithms For Underwater Dipole Localization And Tracking Using Mems Artificial Lateral-Line Sensors, Saunvit Pandya, Yingchen Yang, Douglas L. Jones, Jonathan Engel, Chang Liu

Mechanical Engineering Faculty Publications

An engineered artificial lateral-line system has been recently developed, consisting of a 16-element array of finely spaced MEMS hot-wire flow sensors. This represents a new class of underwater flow sensing instruments and necessitates the development of rapid, efficient, and robust signal processing algorithms. In this paper, we report on the development and implementation of a set of algorithms that assist in the localization and tracking of vibrational dipole sources underwater. Using these algorithms, accurate tracking of the trajectory of a moving dipole source has been demonstrated successfully.

The Effect Of Spent Hen Meat Replacement And Soya Protein On The Physical Properties Of Beef Burger, Salem Saleh Al-Temimi, Saad Abdul-Huseen, Sadia Mosa Al-Jomaily

Baghdad Science Journal

This study was aimed to find out the effect of spent hen meat replacement instead of equal percent of beef meat, and the addition of 20% soya protein to the meat mixture on the physical properties of the beef burger. The replacement rates of spent hen meat were 0. 25, 50, 75, and 100% in the treatment M1, M2, M3, M4, and M5 respectively. The data showed that cooking loss were significantly decreased as the replacement level increased, The cooking loss percentages were 25.15% and 28.0%with and without soya protein respectively. Highest cooking loss were record in MI (pure beef …

Mechanical Properties Of Epoxy - Polyurethane Polymer Blends, Kh.R. Al-Rawi, R.H. Yousif, T.S Najem

Baghdad Science Journal

Binary blends have been formed for epoxy (EP) and polyurethane (PU), the concentration was chosen to give 4 compatible thermoset-thermoset blends (80-20, 60-40, 40-60, 20-80) EP-PU. Samples were cast as sheet of 4mm thickness prepared from simultaneous mixing of the two constituents in the required percentage. Standard impact samples (ISO 179) were prepared and mechanically tested by Charpy test either as prepared or after being heat treated, aged at 75c° for 3, 6, and 9 hrs. The results showed that the increment and / or decrement of impact toughness depend on blend concentration, and thermal aging to some polymer blends. …

Capital Structure In Small Manufacturing Firms: Evidence From The Data, Susan Coleman

The Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance

This article examines theories of capital structure pertaining to small firms and looks at the capital structure of small to mid-sized manufacturing firms within the context of those theories. Results provide support for Leland and Pyle's (1977) Signaling Theory, Myer's (1984) Pecking Order Theory, Berger and Udell's (1998) Life Cycle Theory. Contrary to the findings of prior research, these results revealed that industry sector was not a significant determinant of capital structure. Rather, these findings show that capital structure in small to mid-sized firms is determined by measures of firm size, firm age, organizational status, profitability, and asset structure.

Integral Equation Solvers For Real World Applications -Some Challenge Problems, W. C. Chew, I. T. Chiang, C. P. Davis, A. Hesford, M. K. Li, Y. Liu, Z. G. Qian, M. Saville, L. Sun, M. S. Tong, J. Xiong, L. (Lijun) J. Jiang, H. Y. Chao, Y. H. Chu

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

No abstract provided.