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Uncapped Potential: Applying Firearms Identification Procedures In The Analysis Of Percussion Caps, Kent P. Weber, Douglas D. Scott

United States National Park Service: Publications

Firearms identification procedures continue to playa role in the archaeological study of battles and warfare. Percussion caps, if well preserved, have the potential to yield unique individual tool marks that can be microscopically examined to determine a minimum number of weapons present at a specific site. This study analyzed 110 percussion caps from an 1854 U.S. Army and Apache battle site and determined that at least 34 firearms were used in the battle. A valida- tion study using modern percussion caps from 11 known weapons was also undertaken to demonstrate the potential for percussion cap analysis in future studies.

From Sec Enforcement Attorney To Commissioner, Roberta S. Karmel

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

The Morality Of Evolutionarily Self-Interested Rescues, Bailey Kuklin

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Reconciling The Right Of Return With Shari'a In Gaza, Corinne Souad Aftimos

University of Miami Business Law Review

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What Is An Anzac? An American Response To Australian Warriors, Brandon P. Roos

The Gettysburg Historical Journal

Rarely, in the annals of historical memory does one find a story as compelling and depressing as the narrative of the ANZACs. Never have men fought so bravely and ultimately so futilely to protect a land they only knew from history and geography books. With a deep sense of responsibility and youthful nationalism, these Australians and New Zealanders volunteered for service to the British Crown. Few knew their actions and the actions of their comrades and enemies would result in the war to end all wars, World War I. Few Australians knew their engagements would be covered in many of …

Evaluating The Integraty Of Biotechnology Research Tools: Merck V. Integra And The Scope Of 35 U.S.C. § 271(E)(1), Michael R. Mischnick

Minnesota Law Review, Vols. 1-106:1 (1917-2021)

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Contagious Discourse: Germs, Mass Media, And The Shaping Of Reality, Amy Richardson Ballagh

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations

Over the past two decades, mass media coverage of certain infectious diseases has become more abundant. News reports of many of these contagious illnesses invoke fear in many people, such as Ebola and pandemic influenza; multidrug-resistant strains of infectious diseases, such as tuberculosis; and agents of biological warfare, a concern that is now at the forefront with many Americans due to the most recent act of bioterrorism on American soil following the events of September 11th. This dissertation focuses on the American public's perception of infectious diseases, particularly as portrayed in the cultural science curriculum. I examine the cyclic nature …

A Low Noise Amplifier For An Ultra Wideband Receiver, Tomasz Waliwander

Theses

The Ultra Wideband Technology, although derives from the early works on time-domain electromagnetics, only recently attracted the attention of the research and industrial institutions, mainly thanks to establishing a proper frequency mask by Federal Communication Commission. The FCC regulations allocate the immense 3.1 - 10.6 GHz microwave band that has never been accessible in a one segment before.

The intrinsic features of the UWB radio such as low power, immunity to multipath fading and eavesdropping, high 3D resolution capability and ability of'seeing' through the solid obstacles with addition to achievable very high data rates, makes it very attractive for many …

Completely Explosive Autonomous High-Voltage Pulsed-Power System Based On Shockwave Ferromagnetic Primary Power Source And Spiral Vector Inversion Generator, Sergey I. Shkuratov, Evgueni F. Talantsev, Jason Baird, Millard F. Rose, Zachary Shotts, Z. Roberts, Allen H. Stults, Larry L. Altgilbers

Mining Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Novel explosive and conventional pulsed-power technologies were combined, and a series of explosive-driven high-voltage power supplies was designed, built, and tested. The power supply contained an explosive-driven high-voltage primary power source based on the fundamental physical effect of shockwave demagnetization of Nd₂ Fe₁₄B high-energy ferromagnet and a power-conditioning stage. The volume of the energy-carrying ferromagnetic elements in the shockwave ferromagnetic generators (FMGs) was 8.75 cm³. The power-conditioning stage was based on the spiral vector inversion generator (VIG). The combined FMG-VIG system demonstrated successful operation and good performance. The output-voltage pulse amplitude of the combined FMG-VIG …

Torturing The Law, José E. Alvarez

Faculty Articles

The article discusses the torture memoranda presented by the Bush administration. The torture memoranda has been charged of ignoring numerous United States treaty obligations, which forbid torture and inhuman treatment in different contexts. These treaty obligations include the 1949 Geneva Conventions, Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR).

Waging War Against Terror: An Essay For Sandy Levinson, Philip Bobbitt

Georgia Law Review

Wars are acts of State, and therefore there has never been a "war on terror." Of course states have fought terrorism, in many guises, for centuries. But a war on terror had to await the development of states-including virtual states like al Qaeda's global ummah 2-whose constitutional order was not confined to a particular territory or national group and for whom terror could therefore be a permanent state of international affairs, either sought in order to prevent persons within a state's control from resisting oppression by accessing global, empowering resources and networks, or suffered because other states wished to press …

The Deepening Crisis Of American Constitutionalism, Sanford Levinson

Georgia Law Review

Events since my Sibley Lecture in March 2005 have only underscored the importance of the general topic "Constitutional Norms and Permanent Emergencies"-whatever the adequacy of my own analysis. Probably the most prominent example is the controversy generated by disclosure of the National Security Agency (NSA) surveillance of phone calls of American citizens, undertaken without a scintilla of judicial approval, and by the Bush Administration's defense of the surveillance in spite of legislation, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), that seems quite clearly to make it illegal.' Also noteworthy, however, is the Bush Administration's continued assertions that it simply does not …

Front Matter, Farms Review

Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 1989–2011

No abstract provided.

South Korea's National Security Law: A Tool Of Oppression In An Insecure World, Diane B. Kraft

Law Faculty Scholarly Articles

In September 2004, the ruling party in South Korea, along with two opposition parties, called for the abolishment of the 1948 anti-communist National Security Law. The following month, Amnesty International, a long-time critic of the law, officially called for the law's repeal. The law had been enacted in 1948 in response to threats from communist North Korea, but has long been used by the government to silence legitimate opposition in South Korea. This Comment will examine South Korea's National Security Law as viewed by its domestic supporters and critics, as well as by the international community. Part I will consider …

Interview With D. A. Powell, Devon Wootten, D. A. Powell

CutBank

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The Color Of Perspective: Affirmative Action And The Constitutional Rhetoric Of White Innocence, Cecil J. Hunt Ii

Michigan Journal of Race and Law

This Article discusses the Supreme Court's use of the rhetoric of White innocence in deciding racially-inflected claims of constitutional shelter. It argues that the Court's use of this rhetoric reveals its adoption of a distinctly White-centered perspective, representing a one-sided view of racial reality that distorts the Court's ability to accurately appreciate the true nature of racial reality in contemporary America. This Article examines the Court's habit of using a White-centered perspective in constitutional race cases. Specifically, it looks at the Court's use of the rhetoric of White innocence in the context of the Court's concern with protecting "innocent" Whites …

Rethinking Police Interrogation: Encouraging Reliable Confessions While Respecting Suspects' Dignity, Eugene R. Milhizer

Valparaiso University Law Review

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The Light On The Horizon: Imagining The Death Of American Cities, Carl Abbott

Urban Studies and Planning Faculty Publications and Presentations

Cities in the United States have never known the direct effects of total war. Lacking this bitter experience, Americans have had to imagine the impacts of catastrophic warfare on their urban centers. This paper examines fictional depictions of future warfare as it has been imagined to affect U.S. cities, particularly since 1945. It draws on films, short stories, and novels from the "thriller," "future war," and science fiction genres to explore common assumptions and underlying attitudes about cities and city life. It finds that cities are conspicuous by their absence from such stories of future war and its impacts. Cities …

Lobo Returns From Limbo: New Mexico Cattle Growers Ass'n V. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Edward A. Fitzgerald

Natural Resources Journal

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Catastrophe: Risk And Response, By Richard A. Posner, John Walton

Natural Resources Journal

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Practicing What We Preach: Humane Treatment For Detainees In The War On Terror, Jennifer Moore

Denver Journal of International Law & Policy

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Seeking The Best Forum To Prosecute International War Crimes: Proposed Paradigms And Solutions, Milena Sterio

Law Faculty Articles and Essays

This Article will focus on some of the practical considerations underlying the decision to resort to a particular type of prosecution: international, hybrid, or national. Part II of this Article will describe the ICTY's referral of the Ademi/Norac case to Croatian national courts, focusing on the reasons underlying the referral, as well as on the appropriateness of the referral in light of international criminal law. Part III will then focus on the Special Court, in an effort to assess whether such a hybrid tribunal is a better form of international justice. Finally, Part IV will outline certain paradigms in an …

From Sec Enforcement Attorney To Commissioner, Roberta S. Karmel

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Optimal Management Of Beaver Population Using A Reduced-Order Distributed Parameter Model And Single Network Adaptive Critics, Radhakant Padhi, S. N. Balakrishnan

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Beavers are often found to be in conflict with human interests by creating nuisances like building dams on flowing water (leading to flooding), blocking irrigation canals, cutting down timbers, etc. At the same time they contribute to raising water tables, increased vegetation, etc. Consequently, maintaining an optimal beaver population is beneficial. Because of their diffusion externality (due to migratory nature), strategies based on lumped parameter models are often ineffective. Using a distributed parameter model for beaver population that accounts for their spatial and temporal behavior, an optimal control (trapping) strategy is presented in this paper that leads to a desired …

"Luck Be A Lady Tonight" Jane Austen's Precarious Idealization Of Naval Heroes In Persuasion, Robert G. Dryden

1650-1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era

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Roman Catholic Versions Of The Pilgrim's Progress, Robert G. Collmer

1650-1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era

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Contractors On The “Battlefield”: Providing Adequate Protection, Anti-Terrorism Training, And Personnel Recovery For Civilian Contractors Accompanying The Military In Combat And Contingency Operations, Jeffrey F. Addicott

Faculty Articles

American civilian employees serving overseas in hostile environments are dying because their parent companies and the U.S. military are failing to provide adequate protection, antiterrorism (“AT”) training, or both. Contractors must be properly informed, trained, and equipped not only to understand their own rights and obligations, but also to understand those of the U.S. military and the parent contractor company because of the physical dangers inherent in such asymmetrical conflicts. Specified AT training is not a mandatory component of contractor deployment, leaving many contract personnel ill-prepared and under-equipped to operate in locations plagued by the threat of car bombs, suicide …

The Abu Ghraib Story, Jeffrey F. Addicott

Faculty Articles

The purpose of this Article is to examine the facts associated with the prison abuse at Abu Ghraib and to discuss the applicable legal and policy lessons learned as a result of the scandal. Was the prison abuse a reflection of a systemic policy—either de jure or de facto—on the part of the United States to illegally extract information from detainees or was the abuse simply isolated acts of criminal behavior on the part of a handful of soldiers amplified by an incompetent tactical chain of command at the prison facility?

The Misuse Of Religion In The Global War On Terrorism, Jeffrey F. Addicott

Faculty Articles

A brief review of human history reveals that various individuals, groups and nations have used religious dogma as a pretext to engage in aggression against others. As such, it is no surprise that the Islamic radicalism that fuels the Global War on Terrorism employs what it calls the “true” Moslem religion in order to cloak a lust for domination through despicable expressions of unlawful violence, primarily targeting innocent civilians.

On the other hand, when it comes to confronting the forces of al-Qa’eda-styled aggression, it is not surprising that democracies like the United States also employ religious ideology and symbolism to …

Land Titling: A Mode Of Privatization With The Potential To Deepen Democracy, Bernadette Atuahene

Saint Louis University Law Journal

No abstract provided.