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China, Russia And The Balance Of Power In Central Asia, Eugene B. Rumer

Strategic Forums

Since the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) called upon the United States to commit to withdraw its military personnel from Central Asia at its July 2005 summit, the SCO has acquired the reputation as a significant obstacle to U.S. policy. However, this reputation obscures the real state of affairs. Notwithstanding press reports about the challenge posed by the SCO to U.S. policy in Central Asia, a close look at the organization, the behavior of its members, their motivations, and the practical impact of their declarations suggests that the SCO’s challenge to U.S. interests and policies in Central Asia is less than …

Combating Opium In Afghanistan, Ali A. Jalali, Robert B. Oakley, Zoe Hunter

Strategic Forums

Opium continues to pose one of the most serious threats to stability and good governance in Afghanistan. Proceeds and protection fees from trafficking are funneled to terrorist and insurgent groups, including the Taliban and al Qaeda. Insurgents have successfully leveraged poppy eradication efforts to increase popular resistance to both the government in Kabul and the presence of coalition forces. Despite major increases in counternarcotics programs and resources over the past year, production has shot up 59 percent.

Back Talk -- Continuity And Change, Anthony (Tony) W. Ferguson

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.

Cases Of Note -- Copyright -- Sustainability Similarity Must Be More Than Skin Deep. Try Six Feet., Bruce Strauch

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.

Patient Education In Glaucoma: What Do Patients Know About Glaucoma?, Vital Paulino Costa, George L Spaeth, Maura Smith, Cordelia Uddoh, José Paulo Cabral Vasconcellos, Newton Kara-José

Wills Eye Hospital Papers

PURPOSE: To evaluate the knowledge glaucoma patients have about their disease and its treatment.

METHODS: One hundred and eighty-three patients were interviewed at the Glaucoma Service of Wills Eye Hospital (Philadelphia, USA, Group 1) and 100 at the Glaucoma Service of University of Campinas (Campinas, Brazil, Group 2). An informal, relaxed atmosphere was created by the interviewer before asking a list of 18 open-ended questions.

RESULTS: In Group 1, 44% of the 183 patients did not have an acceptable idea about what glaucoma is, 30% did not know the purpose of the medications they were taking, 47% were not aware …

The Bg News November 1, 2006, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

The BGSU campus student newspaper. November 1, 2006. Volume 97-Issue 51.

Panorama November 2006, Southern Adventist University

Panorama Parent Newsletter

This issue of the Panorama parent newsletter contains tips for homesick students as well as information on counseling, testing, and Learning Support services offered at Southern. The newsletter also highlights clubs on campus, including the Wakeboard Club and Southern Striders.

On T-Pure And Almost Pure Exact Sequences Of Lca Groups, Peter Loth

Mathematics Faculty Publications

A proper short exact sequence in the category of locally compact abelian groups is said to be t-pure if φ(A) is a topologically pure subgroup of B, that is, if for all positive integers n. We establish conditions under which t-pure exact sequences split and determine those locally compact abelian groups K ⊕ D (where K is compactly generated and D is discrete) which are t-pure injective or t-pure projective. Calling the extension (*) almost pure if for all positive integers n, we obtain a complete description of the almost pure injectives and almost pure projectives in the category of …

Vol. 27, No. 1, Fall 2006: Table Of Contents, Northern Illinois University Law Review

Northern Illinois University Law Review

No abstract provided.

Crumb Rubber In Performance-Graded Asphalt Binder, Wayne Jensen, Magdy Abdelrahman

Nebraska Department of Transportation: Research Reports

No abstract provided.

An Investigation Of Listening Proficiency Levels In English For Service And Hospitality Industry Of Thai Students In Public And Private Universities, Wannana Soontornnaruerangsee

PASAA

The objectives of this study were (1) to investigate graduating students' listening ability in English for service and hospitality industry, (2) to find the cut-off scores for eight levels of the listening ability, and (3) to find ability descriptors for each level of the listening ability. The subjects in this study included the interviewee group and the test taker group. The former consisted of hotel personnel, Heads of Tourism and Hotel Industry Department and teachers from selected public and private universities, specialists in ESP test development, and hotel guests; the latter group consisted of students, majoring in tourism and hotel …

Macmillan Books For Teachers (Series Editor: Adrian Underhill), Michael Alroe

PASAA

Perhaps like me, you occasionally have the chance to browse some of the numerous academic journals devoted to EFL, ESL and CALL. Normally, your time will have been devoured by competing demands of preparation, teaching, correction, consultation and collaboration. But sometimes, between semesters or after exams you are troubled by the realization that your teaching methods have been running on automatic for quite some time and you feel you ought to be refueling from that growing body of academic research you believe is constantly generating new insights into how to teach English. And for your own sake, and. that of …

(Whatever Happended To) The Ada's "Record Of" Prong(?), Alex B. Long

Washington Law Review

Of the three prongs in the Americans with Disabilities Act's (ADA) definition of disability, the "record of" prong is far less likely to be used by ADA plaintiffs in claiming protection under the Act than are the actual disability and "regarded as" prongs. Between the years 2000 and 2005, ADA and Rehabilitation Act plaintiffs who alleged employment discrimination in federal court relied upon the "record of" prong less than one-third as often as either the actual and "regarded as" prongs in claiming disability status. When they did rely on the "record of" prong, ADA plaintiffs did not enjoy any greater …

Washington Law Review, Index, Volume 81, 2006, Anon

Washington Law Review

Consists of indexes by author, title, and subject.

Binoomea, Issue 128, November 2006, Jenny Whitby

Binoomea

Contents: Editors Column November 2006 -- JCH&PS Raffle -- What Did You Miss????? -- Reminders -- Society Spotlight -- Are You a Jenolan Shelley Collector? -- A Special Weekend at Jenolan Caves 14/15 October 2006 -- Who Was John Lucas -- Royalty Visit Jenolan -- We Should Remember Them, Part 2

Departure Of The Devil: Landmines And Livelihoods In Yemen, Yemen Executive Mine Action Centre

Global CWD Repository

This study was commissioned by YEMAC and the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD) with the following objectives:

1. To assess the overall socio-economic returns from mine clearance investments

2. To make a preliminary assessment of complementary development initiatives for mine-affected communities.

3.To enhance the capacity of YEMAC to conduct future assessments of socio-economic benefits from mine action; assess the community Landmine Impact Scores as a tool for identifying impact and determining priorities for action; advise on how to design ad conduct on-going socio-economic surveys relating to ERW; advise on integrating social differentiation within LIS survey protocols, and advise …

The Hobbesian Notion Of Self-Preservation Concerning Human Behavior During An Insurgency, Raymond Millen

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

No abstract provided.

Cover, Parameters Editors

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

No abstract provided.

Special Operations Forces A Strategic Resource: Public And Private Divides, Christopher Spearin

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

No abstract provided.

Sponsorship By Executive Leaders: Perceptions And Influences On Engagement Among U.S. Air Force General Officers, Kevin Roots

Student Scholarship

Sponsorship is one of several factors that may influence career advancement into the executive level of an organization; but the concept of sponsorship is not well understood. This proposal presents an overview of the literature about sponsorship. The proposal makes distinctions between mentorship and sponsorship. It describes a qualitative research study that asks how U.S. Air Force general officers perceive and engage in sponsorship. The aim of this study is to understand how Air Force generals understand sponsorship, and whether (and how) they engage in it. A conceptual model is proposed that considers sponsors’ perceptions based on their own experiences, …

Hope As A Source Of Resilience In Later Adulthood, Anthony D. Ong, Lisa M. Edwards, C. S. Bergeman

College of Education Faculty Research and Publications

This research provided a preliminary investigation of how variations in trait and state hope are associated with positive adaptation to stress in later adulthood. Trait hope and neuroticism were measured by questionnaires and state hope, stress, and negative emotions were assessed daily for 45 days. Results from multilevel random coefficient modeling analyses suggested that daily hope provides protective benefits by keeping negative emotions low, while also contributing to adaptive recovery from stress. The dynamic linkages between daily hope, stress, and emotion were further moderated by individual differences in trait hope. Compared with those low in trait hope, high-hope individuals showed …

Optimal Placement And Control Of Unified Power Flow Control Devices Using Evolutionary Computing And Sequential Quadratic Programming, Radha P. Kalyani, Mariesa Crow, Daniel R. Tauritz

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

A crucial factor effecting modern power systems today is power flow control. An effective means for controlling and improving power flow is by installing fast reacting devices such as a unified power flow controller (UPFC). For maximum positive impact of this device on the power grid, it should be installed at an optimal location and employ an optimal realtime control algorithm. This paper proposes the combination of an evolutionary algorithm (EA) to find the optimal location and sequential quadratic programming (SQP) to optimize the UPFC control settings. Simulations are conducted using the classic IEEE 118 bus test system. For comparison …

A Preliminary Study Of Sulfide Mineral Formation In Methane-Rich, Marine Sediments Associated With Anaerobic Methane Oxidation, Cascadia Continental Margin, Offshore Oregon, David Deigert, Walter S. Borowski

EKU Faculty and Staff Scholarship

Within gas hydrate settings, sulfide mineralization in marine sediments is likely controlled by two microbially-mediated, sulfate-depleting processes: anaerobic methane oxidation (AMO) and sulfate reduction. If large amounts of methane are delivered to the sulfate-methane interface (SMI), predominantly by diffusion, larger amounts of solid sulfide sulfur should occur there as dissolved sulfide combines with iron, forming an authigenic precipitate. We measure the amount of diagenetic sulfide sulfur at three locations in the Hydrate Ridge vicinity by extracting the bulk sedimentary sulfide-phase minerals (S^o, FeS, and FeS₂) through chromium reduction, precipitating sulfide sulfur as silver sulfide, and gravimetrically …

2006 November 28 Faculty Senate Minutes, State University Of New York At Cortland

Minutes

Faculty Senate Minutes No. 8, November 28, 2006

2006 November 14 Faculty Senate Minutes, State University Of New York At Cortland

Minutes

Faculty Senate Minutes No. 6, November 14, 2006

Report Of The Communications Service Of The Department For External Church Relations Of The Moscow Patriarchate On The Work Of The Commission For The Investigation Of The Crisis In The Diocese Of Sourozh, Commission Investigating The Crisis In The Diocese Of Sourozh

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

The present report has been compiled from materials gathered by the Commission investigating the crisis in the Diocese of Sourozh. This is connected with the decision of the Diocesan Administrator, Bishop Basil of Sergievo, to go over to the Patriarchate of Constantinople. The Commission was appointed by decree of His Holiness Alexis, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, on 9 May 2006, and approved in the Minutes of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church of 7 June 2006. The temporary Administrator of the Diocese of Sourozh, Archbishop Innokenty of Korsun, was appointed Chairman of the Commission. Other members …

Will The Ecumenical Ship Sink?, Bishop Hilarion

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.

What Went Right: Two Best Cases Of Islam In Europe - Cordoba, Spain And Sarajevo, Bosnia, Gerald Shenk

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.

Religious Liberty In Comparative Perspective: The Catholic Churhc's Theological Odyssey And The Basis Of The Social Concept Of The Russian Orthodox Church, Laurie Johnston

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.

Ecumenical Attributes Of Methodism In The Czech Lands, Joyce Michael

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.