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Report To The Provost: Task Group On The Future Of The Library, Joseph Grimes, Linda Halisky, Wayne H. Howard, Timothy J. Kearns, Franz J. Kurfess, Michael D. Miller, Roxy Peck, George J. Petersen, Jay A. Singh, Christopher Yip

Robert E. Kennedy Library

The Provost's task group met Spring Quarter 2007 to examine the role of the library in support of the academic mission of Cal Poly. This document describes the areas of study and related recommendations.

Internal Disinhibition Predicts Weight Regain Following Weight Loss And Weight Loss Maintenance, Heather M. Niemeier, Suzanne Phelan, Joseph L. Fava, Rena R. Wing

Kinesiology and Public Health

Objective: The disinhibition scale of the Eating Inventory predicts weight loss outcome; however, it may include multiple factors. The purpose of this study was to examine the factor structure of the disinhibition scale and determine how its factors independently relate to long-term weight loss outcomes.
Research Methods and Procedures: Exploratory factor analysis of the disinhibition scale was conducted on 286 participants in a behavioral weight loss trial (TRIM), and confirmatory factor analysis was conducted on 3345 members of the National Weight Control Registry (NWCR), a registry of successful weight loss maintainers. Multivariate regressions were used to examine the relationships between …

The Insistent (And Unrelenting) Challenges Of Protecting Biodiversity In Brazil: Finding "The Law That Sticks", Colin Crawford, Guilherme Pignataro

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

No abstract provided.

Executive Fraud And Canada's Regulation Of Executive Compensation, Bo James Howell

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

No abstract provided.

Louisiana Agriculture Fall, 2007, Lsu Agcenter

Louisiana Agriculture

No abstract provided.

Lawrence Today, Volume 88, Number 1, Fall 2007, Lawrence University

Alumni Magazines

No abstract provided.

The Civilization Index, Andrew Targowski

Comparative Civilizations Review

No abstract provided.

On The Reference Length And Mode Mixity For A Bimaterial Interface, A. Agrawal, Anette M. Karlsson

Mechanical Engineering Faculty Publications

We investigate properties that govern interfacial fracture within the framework of linear elastic fracture mechanics, including interfacial fracture toughness, mode mixity,and the associated reference length. The reference length describes the arbitrary location where the mode mixity is evaluated, ahead ofthe crack tip, in a bimaterial system. A method for establishing a reference length that is fixed for a given bimaterial system is proposed. This is referred to as the“characteristic reference length,” with the associated “characteristic mode mixity.” The proposed method is illustrated with an experimental investigation, utilizing a four-point bend test of a bimaterial system.

Children Of Men: Balancing The Inheritance Rights Of Marital And Non-Marital Children, Browne C. Lewis

Law Faculty Articles and Essays

Average U.S. citizens are routinely having children out of wedlock. In America, at least one out of every three babies born is a non-marital child. As more and more children continue to be born out of wedlock, society must enact laws to protect the interests of those children. They are the children of men and they are entitled to financial support both during the lives and after the deaths of their parents.

Part II of this article briefly discusses the historical treatment of non-marital children. Part Ill explores the modem legal treatment of non-marital children, which consists of three distinct …

Norton V. Suwa And The Unraveling Of Federal Public Land Planning, Michael C. Blumm, Sherry L. Bosse

Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum

No abstract provided.

The Effects Of Contention Among Stations On Video Streaming Applications Over Wireless Local Area Networks: An Experimental Approach, Nicola Cranley, Tanmoy Debnath

Conference papers

Multimedia streaming applications have a large impact on the resource requirements of the WLAN. There are many variables involved in video streaming, such as the video content being streamed, how the video is encoded and how it is sent. This makes the role of radio resource management and the provision of QoS guarantees extremely difficult. For video streaming applications, packet loss and packets dropped due to excessive delay are the primary factors that affect the received video quality. In this paper, we experimentally analyse the effects of contention on the performance of video streaming applications with a given delay constraint …

Incorporating Emergy Synthesis Into Environmental Law: An Integration Of Ecology, Economics, And Law, Mary Jane Angelo, Mark T. Brown

UF Law Faculty Publications

Emergy synthesis, flrst developed by Dr. Howard T. Odum in the 1970s, and further expanded and refined by other scholars over the past thirty years, has the potential to transform environmental decisionmaking by providing a methodology that can integrate ecology, economics, and law. Virtually all areas of environmental law are concerned in some way with both the ecological and the economic impacts of environmental decision making. Unfortunately, existing environmental law statutes tend to incorporate ecological and economic considerations in a simplistic, piecemeal, and awkward fashion. Emergy synthesis incorporates both ecological and economic considerations through a sophisticated scientiic methodology.

Emergy synthesis …

Software Development As An Antitrust Remedy: Lessons From The Enforcement Of The Microsoft Communications Protocol Licensing Requirement, William H. Page, Seldon J. Childers

UF Law Faculty Publications

An important provision in each of the final judgments in the government's Microsoft antitrust case requires Microsoft to "make available" to software developers the communications protocols that Windows client operating systems use to interoperate "natively" (that is, without adding software) with Microsoft server operating systems in corporate networks or over the Internet. The short-term goal of the provision is to allow developers, as licensees of the protocols, to write applications for non-Microsoft server operating systems that interoperate with Windows client computers in the same ways that applications written for Microsoft's server operating systems interoperate with Windows clients. The long-term goal …

Scholarly Discourse And The Cementing Of Norms: The Case Of The Indian Supreme Court - And A Plea For Research, Jayanth K. Krishnan

The Journal of Appellate Practice and Process

No abstract provided.

Preface: Bringing Light To The Halls Of Shadow, Richard J. Peltz

The Journal of Appellate Practice and Process

No abstract provided.

Horse-And-Buggy Dockets In The Internet Age, And The Travails Of A Courthouse Reporter, Lyle Denniston

The Journal of Appellate Practice and Process

No abstract provided.

Some Reflections On Cameras In The Appellate Courtroom, Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain

The Journal of Appellate Practice and Process

No abstract provided.

The Next Generation Of Legal Citations: A Survey Of Internet Citations In The Opinions Of The Washington Supreme Court And Washington Appellate Courts, 1999-2005, Tina S. Ching

The Journal of Appellate Practice and Process

No abstract provided.

Five Ways Appellate Courts Can Help The News Media, Tony Mauro

The Journal of Appellate Practice and Process

No abstract provided.

Technological Transparency: Appellate Court And Media Relations After Bush V. Gore, Robert Craig Waters

The Journal of Appellate Practice and Process

No abstract provided.

Doing More With Less : Incorporating Energy Efficiency Into A National Renewable Energy Standard, Rachel Kirby

PEEL Alumni Scholarship

In the absence of an effective national policy to combat climate change, states have enacted renewable portfolio standards (“RPS”) to require a percentage of supplied power with renewable resources which, among other things, reduces greenhouse gas (“GHG”) emissions. As Congress considers a national RPS, it must be aware of the role of energy efficiency. Renewable energy production may not be sufficient to meet new demand for electricity. However, if electricity demand stabilizes because of greater efficiency, renewables can replace conventional sources and reduce U.S. GHG emissions. A standard that requires renewable resources alongside greater efficiency is more effective and economically …

Fall 2007

Perspectives

No abstract provided.

Arts And Sciences Newsletter, Volume 11, Issue 1, College Of Arts & Sciences

Arts and Sciences Newsletters

No abstract provided.

Vol. 1, No. 2 (Fall 2007)

Indiana Law

No abstract provided.

Professional Product Review Vol. 2 No. 4, American Dental Association, Council On Scientific Affairs

Professional Product Review

A user-friendly newsletter from the ADA Council on Scientific Affairs offering scientifically sound, unbiased, and clinically relevant information to member dentists about professional dental products tested by the ADA. This collection is historical and may not reflect current standards. For up-to-date information contact the ADA.

Factors That Influence The Academic Performance Of Ncaa Division I Athletes, B. David Ridpath Edd, John Kiger Red, Jennifer Y. Mak Phd, Teresa R. Eagle Edd, Greg Letter Phd

Management Faculty Research

Several academic and non-academic factors can influence the academic performance of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I athletes. Researchers have attempted to determine what non-academic variables might help to explain the college academic performance of college athletes. The non-cognitive variables of a strong support person or role model, involvement in the community, and positive self-concept positively predicted college academic performance. If influential role models do not care how the college athlete performs academically, the college athlete’s academics will suffer.

Florida-Friendly Landscaping™ Guidelines For Community Associations: Considerations For Selecting A Landscape Contractor And Writing An Effective Landscaping Contract, Adam Dale, Claire Lewis, Esen Momol, Tom Wichman, Don Rainey, John Bossart, C.J. Bain, Jen Marvin, Lynn Barber, Norman Leppla, Gary Knox, Thomas T. Ankersen

UF Law Faculty Publications

This document is intended to provide guidance to entities such as HOA community associations when developing a contract and hiring a landscape maintenance company to perform contracted service.

The International Enclosure Movement, Peter K. Yu

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Crafting Military Commissions Post-Hamdan: The Military Commissions Act Of 2006, Douglas A. Hass

Indiana Law Journal

In June 2006, the Supreme Court invalidated President Bush's military commission rules in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld. The Court held that the military commissions fell outside of the military court system established by Congress, and ruled the commissions unconstitutional as applied to both citizens and non-citizens. Congress responded with the Military Commissions Act of 2006 ("the Act"), new legislation to establish military commissions. The Act fails to balance properly the Court's fairness requirements with the extraordinary demands placed on the laws of war by terrorism.

This Note summarizes whether terrorist attacks implicate the laws of war, what protections are due parties …

Law & Politics: The Case Against Judicial Review Of Direct Democracy, Corey A. Johanningmeier

Indiana Law Journal

This Note argues against strong judicial review of direct democracy. Judicial review has been the dominant answer in legal scholarship for the perceived danger of majoritarian tyranny in any democratic system. But Progressive movements throughout American history, as well as a growing number of respected law professors, have questioned the assumption that courts or even legislatures are better protectors of discrete and insular minorities than the rights-respecting populace. Although the vast majority of legal scholarship still displays a crippling cynicism about popular competence, this view cannot continue to block progressives from participating in initiative campaigns. Exclusive resort to elitist procedural …