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Summary Of Dewey V. State, 123 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 47, Nevada Law Journal

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

No abstract provided.

Summary Of Matter Of Halverson, 123 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 29, Jennifer Arias

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

No abstract provided.

Integrating Investment Treaty Conflict And Dispute Systems Design, Susan Franck

Scholarly Articles in Law Reviews & Journals

With the debate on the renewal of the Trade Promotion Authority Act, the proper terms of investment treaties - including dispute resolution provisions - have become an issue of public scrutiny. In a so-called litigation explosion, investors resolve disputes against host governments through international arbitration mechanisms in investment treaties; and there is little evidence of reliance on other processes like mediation. This escalation has lead to a teething period where parties and non-parties have expressed divergent views as to the efficacy, efficiency and fairness of the dispute resolution process. With billions of dollars and sovereignty at stake, the dispute resolution …

Virtual Servers In A Data Center Environment, Terry Yerkan

Masters Theses & Doctoral Dissertations

Virtualization entails taking a physical hardware server and emulating several servers via software. This allows the consolidation of several servers to run on one single hardware platform, eliminating the need to have several independent hardware machines. This project entails the research of server virtualization and implantation of virtualization into a data center environment where hundreds of physical servers are running. The problem today is that hardware for servers are not being utilized. The hardware has become so advanced that the average day to day activities just don't need to power of today's computing. Hardware servers are taking up room, power …

The Case For Optically Thick High-Velocity Broad-Line Region Gas In Active Galactic Nuclei, Stephanie A. Snedden, C. Martin Gaskell

C. Martin Gaskell Publications

A combined analysis of the profiles of the main broad quasar emission lines in both Hubble Space Telescope and optical spectra shows that while the profiles of the strong UV lines are quite similar, there is frequently a strong increase in the Lyα/Hα ratio in the high-velocity gas.We show that the suggestion that the high-velocity gas is optically thin presents many problems.We show that the relative strengths of the high-velocity wings arise naturally in an optically thick BLR component. An optically thick model successfully explains the equivalent widths of the lines, the Lyα/Hα ratios and flatter Balmer decrements in the …

Half Metallic Ferromagnets, Peter A. Dowben

Peter Dowben Publications

Since its introduction by de Groot and colleagues in the early 1980s [1], the concept of half metallic ferromagnetism has attracted great interest. Idealized, half-metals have only one spin channel for conduction: the spin-polarized band structure exhibits metallic behavior for one spin channel, while the other spin band structure exhibits a gap at the Fermi level. Due to the gap for one spin direction, the density of states at the Fermi level has, theoretically, 100 % spin polarization. This gap in the density of states in one spin at the Fermi level, for example ↓ so N↓(E_{F …}

Race: A Robust Adaptive Caching Strategy For Buffer Cache, Yifeng Zhu, Hong Jiang

School of Computing: Faculty Publications

While many block replacement algorithms for buffer caches have been proposed to address the well-known drawbacks of the LRU algorithm, they are not robust and cannot maintain an consistent performance improvement over all workloads. This paper proposes a novel and simple replacement scheme, called RACE (Robust Adaptive buffer Cache management schemE), which differentiates the locality of I/O streams by actively detecting access patterns inherently exhibited in two correlated spaces: the discrete block space of program contexts from which I/O requests are issued and the continuous block space within files to which I/O requests are addressed. This scheme combines global I/O …

Quaternary Glaciation And Hydrologic Variation In The South American Tropics As Reconstructed From The Lake Titicaca Drilling Project, Sherilyn C. Fritz, Paul A. Baker, Geoffrey O. Seltzer, Ashley Ballantyne, Pedro Tapia, Hai Cheng, R. Lawrence Edwards

Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences: Faculty Publications

A 136-m-long drill core of sediments was recovered from tropical high-altitude Lake Titicaca, Bolivia-Peru, enabling a reconstruction of past climate that spans four cycles of regional glacial advance and retreat and that is estimated to extend continuously over the last 370,000 yr. Within the errors of the age model, the periods of regional glacial advance and retreat are concordant respectively with global glacial and interglacial stages. Periods of ice advance in the southern tropical Andes generally were periods of positive water balance, as evidenced by deeper and fresher conditions in Lake Titicaca. Conversely, reduced glaciation occurred during periods of negative …

Pattern Of Renal Pathology Among Renal Biopsy Specimens In Eastern Saudi Arabia, Ahmed M. Alkhunaizi

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To identify the pattern of renal pathology among renal biopsy specimens, and to study the clinical correlation in a general hospital in the eastern region of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. METHODS: All patients who underwent native kidney biopsy by the author at Dhahran Health Center (DHC) between June 1998 and April 2005 were included and prospectively followed-up. RESULTS: One hundred native kidney biopsies were performed on 95 patients with a mean age of 40.8 ± 18 years, and a glomerular filtration rate of 57 ± 42 ml/min/1.73 m2. Patients were followed up for a mean of 28 ± …

An Investigation Of Corneal Integrity In Recreational Divers, Matthew O. Oriowo

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To compare the corneal integrity of recreational divers and non-divers. METHODS: The cross-sectional study was conducted at the St. Erik s Eye Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, between September 2003 and February 2004. Questionnaires were randomly distributed to determine the potential diving and non-diving participants. After filling the questionnaires and giving informed consent, corneal endothelial photographs were obtained from the right eyes of the study participants (age range, 20-42 years). Aided and unaided visual acuities were obtained using the Snellen acuity chart. RESULTS: One of the divers reported temporary blurred vision immediately after a diving session, which resolved 2 days later. …

Effect Of Breastfeeding On Growth In Yemeni Infants, Lutf M. Al-Zubairi, Yahia A. Rajaa, Intesar A. Al-Saidi

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To estimate the prevalence of effective breastfeeding (EBF) practice and its association with weight of young infants, mother9s education, employment status, and parity. METHODS: The study is a cross-sectional, conducted in Dula Health Center in Sana9a city, the capital of Yemen during the year 2003. Six hundred and twenty-one mothers and their exclusively breastfed apparently healthy infants attended to the health center for immunization were enrolled in the study. Effective breastfeeding was evaluated according to the World Health Organization integrated management of childhood illnesses literature. Weight was measured using Seca scale. We conducted interview to investigate the age of …

Age At Maximum Growth Spurt In Body Height For Saudi School Children Aged 9-18 Years, Sulaiman Al-Emran, Huda M. Al-Kawari, Hoda M. Abdellatif

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To provide growth reference values in body height, to determine the specific age at peak height velocity for Saudi male and female adolescences aged 9-18 years and to evaluate the appropriateness of using the Centers for Disease Control/National Center for Health Statistics (CDC/NCHS) growth standards in body height for the assessment of Saudi adolescents. METHODS: A cross-sectional anthropometric survey was conducted in 1053 Saudi male and female school children living in Riyadh city. The study sample was collected in the year 2000 and data were completed and refined in the year 2002. Standing height measurements were recorded for each …

Knowledge And Attitudes Of Female School Students On Medications In Eastern Saudi Arabia, Nada A. Abahussain, Attia Z. Taha

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To assess the knowledge and attitude of female students on medications in Al-Khobar city, the eastern province of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). METHODS: The target population consisted of the third-grade intermediate, and all the 3 grades of secondary school female students in the Al-Khobar area, KSA. A multistage stratified sampling design was adopted at the end of 2001. At the first stage, 13 schools were selected, of which classes were selected in each level using a simple random sampling design. All students in the selected classes were included in the study. The total number of selected students …

Ileal Duplication In Adults, Sulhi A. Al-Sarem, Jehad S. Al-Shawi

Saudi Medical Journal

Alimentary tract duplications are rare anomalies usually present in childhood. They are most common in the ileum, but can occur anywhere along the alimentary tract from the mouth to the anus. We report a case of a 23-year-old female presented with severe epigastric and lower abdominal pain of one day duration, and was found to have perforated tubular ileal duplication communicating with the ileum on surgery.

The Perioperative Renal Function In Cyanotic Versus Acyanotic Children Undergoing Desflurane Anesthesia For Open-Heart Surgery, Bahar Oc, Meral Kanbak, Seda B. Akinci, Eda Satana, Ulku Aypar

Saudi Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Report On Utstein Template From Eastern Saudi Arabia, Rifat Rehmani, Mobeen Iqbal

Saudi Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring For 24 Hours In Children With Type-1 Diabetes Mellitus, Bahar C. Cakir, Zehra Aycan, Sadi Vidinlisan, Kemal Akpinar, Serkan K. Keskin, Hasan T. Cakir, Sekip Altunkan, Ergun Cetinkaya

Saudi Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

It's Just Not Cricket: Is The Principle Of Reciprocity Being Honored In The U.S.-U.K. Extradition Treaty?, Richard Goldberger

Cardozo Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Antigone Dilemma: When The Paths Of Law And Morality Diverge, J. C. Oleson

Cardozo Law Review

No abstract provided.

Bs News

Building Services Engineering

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Scholarship @ Rit Fall 2007, Rit Libraries Publishing And Scholarship Support Center

RIT Digital Archives

For all the world is a stage; Watch the language; It's not just academics! Understanding student retention; Storytelling as a human resource tool; Robotic platforms go underwater; Examining the work of philosopher Agnes Heller; Sustainability through servicizing; Scientific salami slicing; Students on campus; Developing a brand; Can we teach creativity?; Mathematical symmetry in reflections; An active learning model; Outcomes for graduates of baccalaureate interpreter preparation programs specializing in interpreting in k-12th grade settings; Creating an online community of scholars

Reality Check: How Practical Circumstances Affect The Interpretation Of Depraved Indifference Murder, John C. Duffy

Duke Law Journal

This Note examines the treatment of depraved indifference murder across the thirty-six states that include the concept in their criminal codes. The Note identifies the broad range of practical circumstances that shape the development of depraved indifference murder statutes, and argues that it is not possible to develop a single interpretation that will function effectively across all jurisdictions. Finally, this Note identifies the three most important practical circumstances that affect the development of depraved indifference murder statutes.

Forgotten Racial Equality: Implicit Bias, Decisionmaking, And Misremembering, Justin D. Levinson

Duke Law Journal

In this Article, I claim that judges and jurors unknowingly misremember case facts in racially biased ways. Drawing upon studies from implicit social cognition, human memory research, and legal decisionmaking, I argue that implicit racial biases affect the way judges and jurors encode, store, and recall relevant case facts. I then explain how this phenomenon perpetuates racial bias in case outcomes. To test the hypothesis that judges and jurors misremember case facts in racially biased ways, I conducted an empirical study in which participants were asked to recall facts of stories they had read only minutes earlier. Results of the …

Light-Weight Encryption Schemes For Multimedia Data, Feng Bao, Robert H. Deng

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

Due to the pervasiveness of high-speed networks and multimedia communications and storage, the demand for highspeed cryptosystems is ever increasing. It is widely believed that there is a tradeoff between speed and security in cryptosystem design. No existing encryption algorithms are both fast enough for high-speed operation and sufficiently secure to withstand powerful cryptanalysis. In this paper, we propose and analyze a generic construction of high-speed encryption schemes. Our solution is based on the fact that there exist secure but relatively slow block ciphers, e. g. AES, and super-fast but relatively weaker stream ciphers. We then combine a secure block …

Model Checking In The Absence Of Code, Model And Properties, David Lo, Siau-Cheng Khoo

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

Model checking is a major approach in ensuring software correctness. It verifies a model converted from code against some formal properties. However, difficulties and programmers ’ reluctance to formalize formal properties have been some hurdles to its widespread industrial adoption. Also, with the advent of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) components provided by third party vendors, model checking is further challenged as often only a binary version of the code is provided by vendors. Interestingly, latest instrumentation tools like PIN and Valgrind have enable execution traces to be collected dynamically from a running program. In this preliminary study, we investigate what can …

Comparative Application Of Differential Evolution And Particle Swarm Techniques To Reactive Power And Voltage Control, G. A. Bakare, G. Krost, Ganesh K. Venayagamoorthy, U. O. Aliyu

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

This paper presents the comparative application of two metaheuristic approaches: Differential Evolution (DE) and Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) to the solution of the reactive power and voltage control problem. Efficient distribution of reactive power in an electric network leads to minimization of the system losses and improvement of the system voltage profile. It can be achieved by varying the excitation of generators or the on-load tap changer positions of transformers as well as by switching of discrete portions of inductors or capacitors etc. This constitutes a typical mixed integer non-linear optimization problem for the solution of which metaheuristic techniques have …

The History And Scope Of The Virginia Declaratory Judgments Act, Seth M. Land

University of Richmond Law Review

No abstract provided.

Lsuhsc Facilities Biweekly Update: November 2007, Lsuhsc Property And Facilities Management

LSUHSC Facilities Biweekly Updates: 2007

LSUHSC Facilities Biweekly Updates from November 9 and 26, 2006.

These updates describe damage and a timeline of repairs at the LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans campus due to Hurricane Katrina which made landfall August 29, 2005.

Lsuhsc Facilities Daily Update: November 2007, Lsuhsc Property And Facilities Management

LSUHSC Facilities Daily Updates: 2007

LSUHSC Facilities Daily Updates from November 2007.

These updates describe damage and a timeline of repairs at the LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans campus due to Hurricane Katrina which made landfall August 29, 2005.

Chondroblastoma Of The Cuboid With An Associated Aneurysmal Bone Cyst: A Case Report, Yasir J Sepah, Masood Umer, Khurram Minhas, Kamran Hafeez

Department of Surgery Docs

Abstract

We report the case of a young adult who presented with a painful foot due to chondroblastoma associated with an aneurismal bonecyst.Chondroblastoma is a rare benign cartilaginous neoplasm that accounts for approximately 1% of all bone tumors and characteristically arises in the epiphysis of a long bone, particularly the humerus, tibia, and femur. Chondroblastoma can affect people of all ages. It is, however, most common in children and young adults between the ages of 10 and 20 years. Association of chondroblastoma with aneurysmal bone cyst is well documented however this association has only once been reported in the cuboid.Imaging …