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Structural Reinforcement Layout And Sizing Optimization Of A Composite Advanced Sail, Jeremy Craig Lokits May 2006

Structural Reinforcement Layout And Sizing Optimization Of A Composite Advanced Sail, Jeremy Craig Lokits

Theses and Dissertations

Structural reinforcement layout optimization can be a very useful tool in the preliminary stages of design. In this research, sizing optimization techniques are used to generate results very similar to traditional layout optimization techniques with advantages in composite modeling and available strength and stability responses. Both linear and nonlinear sizing-to-design variable relationships are applied to a composite advanced sail design problem with high and low-complexity finite element models. An alternate methodology based on fractionalactorial-design and response surface modeling is also presented with promising results for finding the globally optimum reinforcement layout design. The stiffener layouts obtained from the different approaches …


An Investigation Of Violence-Related Trauma At Two Sites In The Pickwick Basin: Dust Cave (1lu496) And The O'Neal Site (1lu61), James Harvey Turner Ii May 2006

An Investigation Of Violence-Related Trauma At Two Sites In The Pickwick Basin: Dust Cave (1lu496) And The O'Neal Site (1lu61), James Harvey Turner Ii

Theses and Dissertations

Osteological evidence for violence has only in recent times been thoroughly investigated. Several kinds of traumas indicative of violence have been identified in human skeletal remains worldwide. Such traumas include scalping, embedded and/or associated projectile points, cranial fractures, parry fractures and defensive injuries, decapitation and dismemberment, and evidence of cannibalism. Analysis of traumas at Dust Cave (1LU496) and the O?Neal site (1LU61), two sites in northwestern Alabama with Middle and Late Archaic occupations, was undertaken. Violence-related traumas were observed at both sites. A highly significant difference exists in trauma patterns between the sites. Results were compared to research done on …


Cyber-Crime Fear And Victimization: An Analysis Of A National Survey, Abdullah Al-Shalan May 2006

Cyber-Crime Fear And Victimization: An Analysis Of A National Survey, Abdullah Al-Shalan

Theses and Dissertations

The aim of this study was to investigate cyber-crime victimization among Internet users in the United States by: 1) assessing the factors that impact computer virus victimization; 2) assessing the factors that impact cyber-crime victimization; and 3) predicting fear of cyber-crime. Two domains in criminology were applied to the study of cyber-crime phenomenon: routine activity theory, and the fear of crime literature. Three independent models were developed to predict computer virus victimization, cyber-crime victimization, and fear of cyber-crime. Measures of routine activity theory applied to cyber-crime victimization include risk exposure, and suitable targets were created. A more reliable measure of …


Stony Brook Press, V. 27, N. 14, Stony Brook University. Stony Brook Press. May 2006

Stony Brook Press, V. 27, N. 14, Stony Brook University. Stony Brook Press.

Stony Brook Press

v. 27, n. 14, v.:ill. ; 38 cm (original analog pub.)


Volume 43, Number 36: May 12, 2006, University Of North Dakota May 2006

Volume 43, Number 36: May 12, 2006, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

No abstract provided.


Ke Alakai, Vol. 75, No. 01 (2006-05-10), Brigham Young University Hawaii May 2006

Ke Alakai, Vol. 75, No. 01 (2006-05-10), Brigham Young University Hawaii

Ke Alaka'i

No abstract provided.


Otto Peter Morgensen Jr. : The Cold War Aerospace Technology History Project (Interview 2), Lynda Kachurek, Otto Peter Morgensen May 2006

Otto Peter Morgensen Jr. : The Cold War Aerospace Technology History Project (Interview 2), Lynda Kachurek, Otto Peter Morgensen

Cold War Aerospace Technology Oral Histories (MS-431)

Lynda Kachurek interviewed Otto Peter Morgensen Jr. on May 9, 2006 for the Cold War Aerospace Technologies History Project. In the interview Mr. Morgensen discusses his role in the development of military technology during the Cold War. This is the second of three interviews with Mr. Morgensen.


Training For Diversity In Journalism: Tracking The Columbia Summer Program Graduates, 1968-1974., Mary Alice Basconi May 2006

Training For Diversity In Journalism: Tracking The Columbia Summer Program Graduates, 1968-1974., Mary Alice Basconi

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Columbia University's Summer Program, created by Fred Friendly, was the first enduring effort to prepare non-whites for jobs in the news media. It operated from 1968 to 1974 at the Graduate School of Journalism, training 223 journalists for print and broadcast jobs. Three decades after the closing of this elite program, 110 graduates responded to a telephone survey on attitudes toward first employers, careers, and their experiences at Columbia. Results from this exploratory study show respondents spent an average 17.6 years in news media after the Summer Program, and 30.9 percent of respondents spent thirty years or more in journalism. …


Sister Margaret Weaver May 2006

Sister Margaret Weaver

African American Funeral Programs

Sister_Margaret_Weaver.pdf - Funeral program for Sister Margaret Weaver


Presiding Over The Ex-President: A Look At Superior Responsibility In Light Of The Kosovo Indictment , Jackson N. Maogoto May 2006

Presiding Over The Ex-President: A Look At Superior Responsibility In Light Of The Kosovo Indictment , Jackson N. Maogoto

ExpressO

Individual criminal responsibility, and command responsibility in particular, are important because, to deter human rights abuses, potential perpetrators must perceive prosecution as a possible consequence of their actions. Historically, the doctrine of command responsibility has been an important tool to hold accountable leaders who plan, participate in, or acquiesce in large-scale human rights abuses. The scope of the command responsibility doctrine remains one of the most important issues in prosecuting human rights atrocities. The scope of the doctrine determines the degree to which a leader can insulate himself from criminal culpability when the criminal acts were committed by others but …


War On The Enemy: Self-Defence And State-Sponsored Terrorism, Jackson N. Maogoto May 2006

War On The Enemy: Self-Defence And State-Sponsored Terrorism, Jackson N. Maogoto

ExpressO

In the international law system, internal mechanisms are the appropriate responses to terrorist acts through domestic criminal law. The weakness of domestic criminal law is however evident in the face of transnational terrorists groups whose scope spreads across many borders. The challenge is compounded when States actively or passively support terrorism. Though traditionally State responsibility has been the vehicle through which pressure is exerted on States sponsoring terrorism, the lethal capabilities of terrorists demonstrated by the September 11, 2001 attacks has fundamentally changed the landscape. The consequences of breaches arising out of a failure by a State to effectively curtail …


The Military Ascent Into Space: From Playground To Battleground--The New Uncertain Game In The Heavens, Jackson N. Maogoto May 2006

The Military Ascent Into Space: From Playground To Battleground--The New Uncertain Game In The Heavens, Jackson N. Maogoto

ExpressO

This article seeks to bring to light the various aspects pertaining to the militarization and weaponization of space. It will give an overview of initiatives by the space-faring nations in developing space weaponry, discuss the space law regime and in particular expose its defects in effectively addressing space warfare. It will then proceed to generally juxtapose space warfare with the U.N. Charter regime on the use of force. The article exposes various questions, but does not seek to undertake the ambitious goal of supplying solutions; after all, as the article will demonstrate, the problems are readily evident, but the solutions …


Sovereignty In Transition: Human Rights And International Justice, Jackson N. Maogoto May 2006

Sovereignty In Transition: Human Rights And International Justice, Jackson N. Maogoto

ExpressO

Sovereign excesses in the twentieth century resulted in the murder of approximately 170,000,000 persons by their sovereign. This statistic, a potent testimony of sovereign excesses through gross and systematic human rights violations firmly places human rights and humanitarian problems on the international plane. This reality (identified and articulated in the Report of the Secretary General’s High-level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change) firmly places human rights problems on the international plane and mandates a fundamental rethinking about the basis of sovereignty’s political and associational organization in the new millennium. This Article has as its modest aim an examination and analysis …


Contemporary Private Military Firms Under International Law: An Unregulated “Gold Rush”, Jackson N. Maogoto May 2006

Contemporary Private Military Firms Under International Law: An Unregulated “Gold Rush”, Jackson N. Maogoto

ExpressO

The Article addresses the legal issues raised by the ascendance of contemporary Private Military Firms. This article has as its aim an exploration of the thorny legal issues raised by the commodification of force. It discusses the nature of the contemporary PMF noting that it bears vestiges of yester year mercenaries. It then grapples with their uncertain status under international law despite the fact that they potentially pose problems for state authority and the direct control of states over the use of force. At the heart of the argument is the reality that PMFs maintain the ability to inflict violence …


Venezuela Threatens Withdrawal From Andean Community, Ladb Staff May 2006

Venezuela Threatens Withdrawal From Andean Community, Ladb Staff

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Volume 43, Number 35: May 5, 2006, University Of North Dakota May 2006

Volume 43, Number 35: May 5, 2006, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

No abstract provided.


Lifeways In The Northern Mayan Lowlands: New Approaches To Archaeology In The Yucatán Peninsula, Jennifer P. Mathews, Bethany A. Morrison May 2006

Lifeways In The Northern Mayan Lowlands: New Approaches To Archaeology In The Yucatán Peninsula, Jennifer P. Mathews, Bethany A. Morrison

Faculty Authored and Edited Books & CDs

The flat, dry reaches of the northern Yucatán Peninsula have been largely ignored by archaeologists drawn to the more illustrious sites of the south. This book is the first volume to focus entirely on the northern Maya lowlands, presenting a broad cross-section of current research projects in the region by both established and up-and-coming scholars. To address the heretofore unrecognized importance of the northern lowlands in Maya prehistory, the contributors cover key topics relevant to Maya studies: the environmental and historical significance of the region, the archaeology of both large and small sites, the development of agriculture, resource management, ancient …


Finding New Constitutional Rights Through The Supreme Court’S Evolving “Government Purpose” Test Under Minimum Scrutiny, John H. Ryskamp May 2006

Finding New Constitutional Rights Through The Supreme Court’S Evolving “Government Purpose” Test Under Minimum Scrutiny, John H. Ryskamp

ExpressO

By now we all are familiar with the litany of cases which refused to find elevated scrutiny for so-called “affirmative” or “social” rights such as education, welfare or housing: Lindsey v. Normet, San Antonio School District v. Rodriguez, Dandridge v. Williams, DeShaney v. Winnebago County. There didn’t seem to be anything in minimum scrutiny which could protect such facts as education or housing, from government action. However, unobtrusively and over the years, the Supreme Court has clarified and articulated one aspect of minimum scrutiny which holds promise for vindicating facts. You will recall that under minimum scrutiny government’s action is …


Using Capture Theory And Chronology In Eminent Domain Proceedings, John H. Ryskamp May 2006

Using Capture Theory And Chronology In Eminent Domain Proceedings, John H. Ryskamp

ExpressO

Capture theory--in which private purpose is substituted for government purpose--sheds light on a technique which is coming into greater use post-Kelo v. New London. That case affirmed that eminent domain use need only be rationally related to a legitimate government purpose. Capture theory focuses litigators' attention on "government purpose." That is a question of fact for the trier of fact. This article shows how to use civil discovery in order to show the Court that private purpose has been substituted for government purpose. If it has, the eminent domain use fails, because the use does not meet minimum scrutiny. This …


Wright State University College Of Engineering And Computer Science Bits And Pcs Newsletter, Volume 22, Number 7, May 2006, College Of Engineering And Computer Science, Wright State University May 2006

Wright State University College Of Engineering And Computer Science Bits And Pcs Newsletter, Volume 22, Number 7, May 2006, College Of Engineering And Computer Science, Wright State University

BITs and PCs Newsletter

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


2006 May 6-7 May 2006

2006 May 6-7

Commencement Programs

No abstract provided.


Peirates, Leistai, Boukoloi, And Hostes Gentium Of The Classical World : The Portrayal Of Pirates In Literature And The Reality Of Contemporary Piratical Actions., Aaron L. Beek May 2006

Peirates, Leistai, Boukoloi, And Hostes Gentium Of The Classical World : The Portrayal Of Pirates In Literature And The Reality Of Contemporary Piratical Actions., Aaron L. Beek

Classical Mediterranean and Middle East Honors Projects

My honors thesis addresses three things. I address first the history of Classical piracy, specifically, piratical and pseudo-piratical actions lurking beneath the description of events; second, the usage of language, the connotations of words used for pirates and other linguistic portrayals of pirates and piracy; and finally, through literary analysis, how literary pirates compared to real pirates, what the authors thought about pirates, how pirates could be used to portray others, and what role pirates played in society. Through these three points, I intend to prove that the pirate’s role in the Classical Mediterranean was much greater than usually supposed.


The Queen City Brew, Library Newsletter, Vol. 2, Issue 9, May 2006, Johnson & Wales University - Charlotte May 2006

The Queen City Brew, Library Newsletter, Vol. 2, Issue 9, May 2006, Johnson & Wales University - Charlotte

JWU Library Newsletter - Charlotte Campus

No abstract provided.


Most Popular Downloads -- April 2006 May 2006

Most Popular Downloads -- April 2006

Institutional Repository Information

The 195 most often downloaded files from the UNL Digital Commons for April 2006, with total numbers of files downloaded, and total number of downloads for the period.


Is Resisting Genocide A Human Right, David B. Kopel, Paul Gallant, Joanne D. Eisen May 2006

Is Resisting Genocide A Human Right, David B. Kopel, Paul Gallant, Joanne D. Eisen

Notre Dame Law Review

Closely examining the Darfur, Sudan, genocide, and making reference to other genocides, this Article argues that the genocide prevention strategies which are currently favored by the United Nations are ineffective. This Article details the failures of targeted sanctions, United Nations peacekeepers, and other anti-genocide programs. Then, this Article analyzes the Genocide Convention and other sources of international human rights law. Because the very strong language of the Genocide Convention forbids any form of complicity in genocide, and because the Genocide Convention is jus cogens (meaning that it prevails over any conflicting national or international law), this Article concludes that the …


Assessing Past Strategies For Countering Terrorism, In Lebanon And By Libya, Louis Kriesberg May 2006

Assessing Past Strategies For Countering Terrorism, In Lebanon And By Libya, Louis Kriesberg

Peace and Conflict Studies

American strategies to deal with terrorist attacks against Americans in Lebanon in the 1980s and by Libya since the beginning of the 1980s are examined. The consequences of the various strategies employed by U.S. government officials over time and the strategies employed by American non-governmental actors and by international organizations are compared. In addition, alternative strategies that might plausibly have been employed are also discussed. Official actions that relied largely on military methods and were conducted unilaterally tended to be less effective, even counterproductive, compared to actions that were multilateral and relied significantly on diplomatic approaches, often aided by intermediaries.


Preparing New Students For Legal Practice In A Flat World, Martin H. Belsky May 2006

Preparing New Students For Legal Practice In A Flat World, Martin H. Belsky

Penn State International Law Review (1982 - 2011)

No abstract provided.


Volume 13, Number 1 (Spring 2006), Peace And Conflict Studies May 2006

Volume 13, Number 1 (Spring 2006), Peace And Conflict Studies

Peace and Conflict Studies

No abstract provided.


Litigating Child Recruitment Before The Special Court For Sierra Leone, Noah B. Novogrodsky May 2006

Litigating Child Recruitment Before The Special Court For Sierra Leone, Noah B. Novogrodsky

San Diego International Law Journal

In May 2004, the Special Court for Sierra Leone issued a landmark decision finding that an individual may be held criminally responsible for the offense of recruiting child soldiers into armed conflict. As a hybrid tribunal established by the United Nations and the Government of Sierra Leone to try those who "bear the greatest responsibility" for serious violations of international humanitarian law committed during the country's civil war after November 1996, the Special Court is the first international criminal body to indict a person for the crime of recruiting and employing children in war. The decision in the case of …


Return To Sender: Supreme Court Authorizes Removal Of Aliens Without Prior Consent From The Destination Country In Jama V. Ice, Jennifer E. Richter May 2006

Return To Sender: Supreme Court Authorizes Removal Of Aliens Without Prior Consent From The Destination Country In Jama V. Ice, Jennifer E. Richter

Mercer Law Review

In a 5-4 decision in Jama v. ICE, the United States Supreme Court rejected prior interpretations of alien removal statutes and held that the Secretary of Homeland Security (the "Secretary") may remove aliens without prior consent from the receiving country. The decision has important ramifications for both statutory interpretation and immigration law. The majority, written by Justice Scalia, concluded that in the new version of the removal statute, 8 U.S.C. § 1231, the rule of statutory interpretation, known as the last antecedent rule, precluded the court from reading an acceptance requirement into subsection (b)(2)(E)(iv). In contrast, the dissent concluded …