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Why Have A Telecommunications Law? Anti-Discrimination Norms In Communications, Tim Wu

Colorado Technology Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Mistrust-Based Digital Rights Management, Randal C. Picker

Colorado Technology Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Don't Mess With Success: Government Technology Mandates And The Marketplace For Online Content, Gigi B. Sohn

Colorado Technology Law Journal

No abstract provided.

The 99¢ Question, Christopher Sprigman

Colorado Technology Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Representing Value As Digital Objects: A Discussion Of Transferability And Anonymity, Robert E. Kahn, Patrice A. Lyons

Colorado Technology Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Iptv: Public Interest Pitfalls, Micah Schwalb

Colorado Technology Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Shedding Tiers For A La Carte? An Economic Analysis Of Cable Tv Pricing, Thomas W. Hazlett

Colorado Technology Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Supremacy And Diplomacy: The International Law Of The U.S. Supreme Court, Harlan G. Cohen

Scholarly Works

In 2003-2004, a Presidential campaign year dominated by debates about international affairs and international law, the U.S. Supreme Court took an unusual number of cases of international import. The Court considered the Alien Tort Claims Act and the future of human rights suits in U.S. courts, the applicability of the Foreign Sovereign Immunity Act to claims involving Nazi-stolen artwork, the applicability of American antitrust law to foreign anticompetitive activity, and the legality of the Guantanamo detentions. A great deal of ink has been spilled analyzing the individual impacts of each of these cases. What has been less considered is how …

Distinction Between Deterministic And Random Beam Fanning In Photorefractive Materials, Arun M. Venkataraman

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Case Studies: Sustainable Design Buildings In Iowa, Ashley Marie Hinz

Honors Program Theses

As an adaptive and innovative design trend, the area of sustainable design is continually morphing to meet the needs of society. This research will attempt to evaluate the most current buildings in Iowa that meet standards set forth by LEED in order to enhance awareness and ' understanding of the sustainable design movement. The purpose of this research is to provide insight to the investigator and other designers regarding the use and effectiveness of current .LEED-:-worthy projects in Iowa.

Effects Of Historic Preservation Commissions On Midwest Communities, Jennifer Reep

Honors Program Theses

The purpose of this study is to explore the preservation efforts and effects of Historic Preservation Commissions on Midwest communities. A secondary goal is to explore the awareness and relevance of Historic Preservation Commissions. Questionnaires were used to study the process in which communities both with and without Historic Preservation Commissions implement preservation efforts. The case study approach was used to research the preservation efforts of selected sites.

Of the eight communities that responded to the questionnaire, the four with a commission expressed that they have experienced numerous benefits including stabilized property values, increased tourism, recognition of historic districts and …

Striking Out: The All-American Girls' Professional Baseball League Failed To Break Gender Barriers, Lindsey Letcher

Honors Program Theses

It is essential to look at the conditions that made the League possible in the first place and also the conditions that led to its demise. To do this, players' backgrounds must be investigated. Who were these women? Where did they come from? Where did they go after the League? These are all fundamental questions that must be answered. One way to look at how the women and the League were perceived by society is to look at the daily reporting of the League in local town newspapers and larger national publications. These newspapers carried daily stats, stories and sometimes …

Designing Healthy Spaces: Physical And Emotional Response To Color In Built Environments, Megan A. Smith

Honors Program Theses

The purpose of this study is to provide evidence that color, as an environmental factor, reaches far beyond mere aesthetics, and has very real effects on human beings. Furthermore, based upon a literature review, I will provide a framework for healthcare designers to aid in their color and finish selection in order to be the most beneficial to the captive and non-ambulatory populations in healthcare settings.

Self-Injury: An Analysis Of The Behavior, Causes, And Effective Treatments, Lindsey Huyser

Honors Program Theses

Society has also become obsessed with the quest for a perfect body (Lader & Conterio, 1998). Often, this causes great damage for the self-esteem of women because they are pressured to live up to these high expectations. Self-injury is a way to make women feel better. There has been a rise in women working outside of the home as well, making latchkey children a normal occurrence. Children are often home by themselves when they return from school in today's world, which leaves them with nobody to talk to when problems arise. Self-injury can become a way to heal these issues.

Cooperative And Competitive Games: An Examination Of The Effects Of Goal Structures On Social Development, Courtney J. Darby

Honors Program Theses

It is the purpose of this review to examine the results concerning social development in the context of cooperative and competitive games. First, research supporting the use of cooperative games will be discussed, including studies that have findings relating to aggression, and then research supporting the use of competitive games will be discussed. A personal position statement on the value of cooperative and competitive games for social development will be presented as well.

Aligning Employees Through "Line Of Sight", Wendy R. Boswell, John B. Bingham, Alexander J.S. Colvin

Faculty Publications

Aligning employees with the firm’s larger strategic goals is critical if organizations hope to manage their human capital effectively and ultimately attain strategic success. An important component of attaining and sustaining this alignment is for employees to have a bline of sightQ (LOS) with their organization’s strategic objectives. In this article, we illustrate how the translation of calculated firm goals into tangible results requires that employees not only understand the organization’s strategy, but also accurately appreciate what actions are aligned with realizing that strategy. Using recent empirical evidence, theoretical insights, and tangible examples of exemplary firm practices, we provide thought-leaders …

Modification Of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Reverse Transcriptase To Target Cells With Elevated Cellular Dntp Concentrations, Varuni K. Jamburuthugoda, Pauline Chugh, Baek Kim

Biology

Retroviruses and DNA viruses utilize cellular dNTPs as substrates for their DNA polymerases during viral replication in infected cells. However, because of S phase-dependent dNTP biosynthesis, the availability of cellular dNTPs significantly varies among cell types (e.g. dividing versus nondividing cells and normal versus tumor cells). Here we tested whether alterations in the dNTP utilization efficiency and dNTP binding affinity of viral DNA polymerases can switch viral infection specificity to cell types with different dNTP concentrations. We employed an HIV-1 reverse transcriptase (RT) mutant (Q151N), which is catalytically active only at high dNTP concentrations because of its reduced dNTP binding …

Identification Of The Heparin-Binding Determinants Within Fibronectin Repeat Iii1: Role In Cell Spreading And Growth, Liqiong Gui, Katherine Wojciechowski, Candace D. Gildner, Hristina Nedelkovska, Denise C. Hocking

Biology

Fibronectins are high molecular mass glycoproteins that circulate as soluble molecules in the blood, and are also found in an insoluble, multimeric form in extracellular matrices throughout the body. Soluble fibronectins are polymerized into insoluble extracellular matrix (ECM) fibrils via a cell-dependent process. Recent studies indicate that the interaction of cells with the ECM form of fibronectin promotes actin organization and cell contractility, increases cell growth and migration, and enhances the tensile strength of artificial tissue constructs; ligation of integrins alone is insufficient to trigger these responses. Evidence suggests that the effect of ECM fibronectin on cell function is mediated …

The Effects Of Divorce On Children And Interventions For All Members Of The Family Unit, Laurie Arieux

Honors Program Theses

ln 1989 more than 1 million children, on average, were affected by divorce in the United States and this number has risen to over 40% of the population under 18 in recent years (Amato & Keith, 1991 a). The assumption is that this number will continue to grow. When one considers that there are also parents who suffer from these stresses the number grows substantially into something worthy of much consideration. With so many people being affected by this growing trend the desire to understand the differences it has on families is growing. Divorce changes children in many ways including …

Incorporating Reading Comprehension Tools Into An Anatomy And Physiology Curriculum, Stephanie Monahan

Graduate Research Papers

During the 2003-2004 school year, Hempstead High School in Dubuque, Iowa was one of several schools in the state selected to pilot the Iowa Professional Development Model. The purpose of the Iowa Professional Development Model is to develop a link between professional development and increasing student achievement. A main component of the model plan is the implementation of research-based activities in the professional development plan of a school. Hempstead chose to focus all professional development time on how to produce independent readers/learners by incorporating reading strategies into all curricular areas. Over the course of two school years, a professional by …

Nonlinear Effects In Bulk Optical Materials Interacting With Femtosecond Laser Pulses, Paul Conrad Noffke

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Staffing For Law School Computing Services, Second Edition, Ann Puckett

Scholarly Works

Report summarizing survey responses from 158 of 191 law schools, reporting on fundamental questions pertaining to computing services within the law school.

A Negative Proof Of International Law, Peter J. Spiro

Scholarly Works

Important legal scholars have launched assaults against both the consequence and legitimacy of international law. These challenges are useful by way of testing international law's theoretical underpinnings, which, in the modern period at least, have never been very secure. With THE LIMITS OF INTERNATIONAL LAW, Jack Goldsmith and Eric Posner have done a service to those who put more faith in international law as a meaningful quantity. Especially in these the field's early renaissance years, understandings of international law should be considerably strengthened by the attack. Though I doubt the authors would thus conceive of their project, THE LIMITS OF …

Resonant Polymer Devices For Electro-Optic Modulation And Sensing, Brad M. Birchfield

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Jewish Law For The Law Librarian, David Hollander

Articles

Mr Hollander provides an introductory guide to the Jewish legal system with the intent of providing law librarians with the basic knowledge necessary to begin to help a patron conduct research in Jewish law.

Supersize Pay, Incentive Compatibility, And The Volatile Shareholder Interest, William Wilson Bratton

Articles

No abstract provided.

Characterization Of The Temperature Dependence Of The Index Of Refraction And The Thermo-Optic Coefficient For Infrared Materials, Christopher J. Dirocco

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Geosynchronous Imaging Fourier Transform Spectrometer (Gifts) Engineering Demonstation Unit (Edu) Overview And Performance Summary, Gail E. Bingham, R. E. Anderson, G. W. Cantwell, D. K. Zhou, D. K. Scott, R. W. Esplin, G. B. Hansen, S. M. Jensen, M. D. Jensen, S. B. Brown, L. J. Zollinger, V. A. Thurgood, M. P. Esplin, R. J. Huppi, H. E. Revercomb, F. A. Best, D. C. Tobin, J. K. Taylor, R. O. Knuteson, W. L. Smith, R. A. Reisse, R. Hooker

Space Dynamics Laboratory Publications

The Geosynchronous Imaging Fourier Transform Spectrometer (GIFTS), developed for the NASA New Millennium Program (NMP) Earth Observing-3 (EO-3) mission, has recently completed a series of uplooking atmospheric measurements. The GIFTS development demonstrates a series of new sensor and data processing technologies that can significantly expand geostationary meteorological observational capability. The resulting increase in forecasting accuracy and atmospheric model development utilizing this hyperspectral data is demonstrated by the uplooking data. The GIFTS sensor is an imaging FTS with programmable spectral resolution and spatial scene selection, allowing spectral resolution and area coverage to be traded in near-real time. Due to funding limitations, …

Sounding Of The Atmosphere Using Broadband Emission Radiometry (Saber): Sensor Design, Performance, And Lessons Learned, Steven B. Brown, Mark Jensen, Scott Jensen, Glen Hansen, Lorin Zollinger, Roy Esplin, James B. Miller

Space Dynamics Laboratory Publications

The Sounding of the Atmosphere using Broadband Emission Radiometry (SABER) instrument, a 10-channel infrared (1.27 - 16.9 μm) radiometer, was launched on the TIMED (Thermosphere, Ionosphere, Mesosphere Energetics and Dynamics) satellite in December 2001 from Vandenburg Air Force Base. SABER is being used to measure earthlimb emissions and to characterize infrared radiation, allowing calculation of cooling rates and determination of composition and temperature profiles in the mesosphere, lower thermosphere, and ionosphere (60-180 km). The SABER telescope is an on-axis Cassegrain design with a picket-fence tuning fork chopper at the first focus and a clamshell re-imager to focus the image on …

Modeled Vs. Actual Performance Of The Geosynchronous Imaging Fourier Transform Spectrometer (Gifts), Gregory W. Cantwell, John D. Elwell, Roy W. Esplin, Mark P. Esplin, Deron K. Scott, Lorin J. Zollinger, Gail E. Bingham, Henry E. Revercomb, William L. Smith, Robert A. Reisse

Space Dynamics Laboratory Publications

The NASA Geosynchronous Imaging Fourier Transform Spectrometer (GIFTS) has been completed as an Engineering Demonstration Unit (EDU) and has recently finished thermal vacuum testing and calibration. The GIFTS EDU was designed to demonstrate new and emerging sensor and data processing technologies with the goal of making revolutionary improvements in meteorological observational capability and forecasting accuracy. The GIFTS EDU includes a cooled (150 K), imaging FTS designed to provide the radiometric accuracy and atmospheric sounding precision required to meet the next generation GOES sounder requirements. This paper discusses a GIFTS sensor response model and its validation during thermal vacuum testing and …