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Coalition For Prisoners' Rights Newsletter, Vol 32, No. 12, Coalition For Prisoners' Rights

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Voices From Inside

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Crime of the Month

A Descoberta Do Espírito Santo, Joseph Lecuyer

Missão Espiritana

No abstract provided.

A Missão Hoje: Os Caminhos Da Esperança, Tony Neves

Missão Espiritana

No abstract provided.

Sobre A Personalidade Psico-Humana De Libermann, Manuel Gonçalves

Missão Espiritana

No abstract provided.

Editorial, Adélio Torres Neiva

Missão Espiritana

No abstract provided.

O P. Ernesto Lecomte, Prefeito Apostólico Da Cimbebásia

Missão Espiritana

No abstract provided.

O Nome Que Recebemos, Adélio Torres Neiva

Missão Espiritana

No abstract provided.

Coração Ad Gentes Na Igreja Da Cidade, António Couto

Missão Espiritana

No abstract provided.

A Missão Também Se Escreve: Recensões Críticas, Adélio Torres Neiva

Missão Espiritana

No abstract provided.

A Missão Em Situação De Conflito-Testemunho, António Moreira Loureiro

Missão Espiritana

No abstract provided.

The Traveling Quilter: An Exploration Of The Influences On Travel Behavior, Christine Drais

All Theses

ABSTRACT


Quilters have been traveling to regional, national, and international symposia since the beginning of the quilt revival in the 1970's (Bonesteel Films, (Producer), 2005, The Great American Quilt Revival, UNC-TV). These events have attracted large crowds, mostly women, yet there is little data about their travel behavior (L. Brodsky, Country Heritage Tours, personal conversation October 29, 2007). In response to the lack of information on quilting travel, this research was undertaken to determine if quilting experience, skill level and level of serious leisure predict quilting travel behavior.
This thesis examines experience use history in quilting (i.e., number of years …

The Effect Of Temperature On Fiber Composite Bridge Decks, Mahesh Gajula Nagabhushanam

Civil Engineering Theses - Archive

The use of Fiber composite honeycomb structure's as bridge decks gained importance, because of its low light weight and ease of installation. In this study, The Fiber composite bridge decks were subjected to thermal gradients. The Fiber composite bridge decks were fabricated in sizes of 2 feet x 8 feet x .5 feet and 4 feet x 8 feet x .5 feet specimens by Kansas structural composites Inc. The program consisted of 3 specimens of size 2 feet x 8 feet x .5 feet with ribs oriented along longitudinal direction, 3 specimens of size 2 feet x 8 feet x …

Deep Mixing Technology For Mitigation Of Swell-Shrink Behavior Of Expansive Soils Of Moderate To Deep Active Depths, Raja Sekhar Madhyannapu

Civil Engineering Dissertations - Archive

Expansive soils are well known for their cyclic shrink-swell behavior due to seasonal related moisture changes. These cyclic movements of expansive soils are due to physico-chemical changes at particle level that are dependent on mineralogical composition of these soils. The subsoil depths susceptible to moisture changes are known as active zones and based on previous studies vary from shallow to deep depths. Movements from these active depths reflect to the surface and cause considerable damages to overlying infrastructures. These damages are slow and time dependent as the in situ moisture fluctuations are slow and continue with time. Since the current …

The Distribution And Reproductive Success Of The Western Snowy Plover Along The Oregon Coast - 2007, David J. Lauten, Kathleen J. Castelein, Raya Pruner, Marvin Friel, Eleanor P. Gaines

Institute for Natural Resources Publications

From 3 April – 21 September 2007, we monitored the distribution, abundance and productivity of the federally Threatened Western Snowy Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus nivosus) along the Oregon coast. From north to south, we surveyed and monitored plover activity at Sutton Beach, Siltcoos River estuary, the Dunes Overlook, North Tahkenitch Creek, Tenmile Creek, Coos Bay North Spit, Bandon Beach, and New River. Our objectives for the Oregon coastal population in 2007 were to: 1) estimate the size of the adult Snowy Plover population, 2) locate plover nests, 3) continue selected use of mini-exclosures (MEs) to protect nests from predators …

Reproductive Success Of Southeastern American Kestrels (Falco Sparverius Paulus) Nesting In 230kv Transmission Towers And Alternative Nest Structures In South-Central Georgia, Hope Alyce Beasley

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations

This research involved a survey of the distribution and reproductive biology of the threatened southeastern subspecies of the American Kestrel (Falco sparverius paulus). Numbers of Southeastern American Kestrels are estimated to have declined by more than 80% over the last fifty years in the southeastern United States. In Georgia, populations have nearly disappeared below the Fall Line. The paucity of adequate nest sites is the major factor contributing to the decline of this obligate secondary cavity nester. The largest breeding population of this subspecies in Georgia is located in the south-central part of the state in the hollow cross-arms of …

That Godless Court? Supreme Court Decisions On Church-State Relationships, By Ronald B. Flowers, Gary Asher

Journal of Catholic Education

No abstract provided.

Cable Company Monopoly: Comcast And Time Warner Control The Board, Gary Wax

Loyola of Los Angeles Entertainment Law Review

No abstract provided.

Fiscal Year 2007 Fhwa-536 Report For The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, Steven Douglas Kreis

Kentucky Transportation Center Research Report

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) requires state transportation agencies to submit a biennial report on local highway finances. The purpose of these reports is to provide FHWA with the data it needs to capture the financing of highway activities at the local level. Based on this information, it can identify trends in revenue, expenditures, investments, and program development, and in turn make decisions about future investments. The report, FHWA-536, asks agencies to report on four areas of local highway finance: 1) disposition of highway-user revenues; 2) revenues used for roads and streets identified by source and funding type; 3) road …

Identification Of Teacher Interpersonal Relationship Behaviors Related To High School Hispanic Student Success, Iris Torres Crews

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations

This study investigated high school Hispanic students' perceptions of their mathematics or science teachers' interpersonal relationship behaviors. The Questionnaire on Teacher Interaction (QTI) was completed by 572 high school Hispanic students in Georgia. Of these, 259 high school Hispanic students identified the teacher interpersonal relationships behaviors of their mathematics teacher and 313 students identified the behaviors of their science teacher. Ratings obtained from high school Hispanic students in a district with a large percentage of high school Hispanic students whose scores on the Georgia High School Graduation Tests (GHSGT) exceeded the reported state pass/pass plus percentage, and ratings from high …

Dangers Of Credulity: Mary Robinson And The Trope Of Victimization, Jeffrey Paul Kozee

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations

A prodigious professional poet admired by Samuel Taylor Coleridge; a courtesan idealized for her unparalleled beauty; a famed actress and mistress to royalty known to live beyond her means in an era of exploding print culture: Mary Robinson found herself portrayed incongruously in motley of mediums. While the leading portrait artists of the day, Thomas Gainsborough, George Romney, and Sir Joshua Reynolds, were painting dazzling portraits of Mrs. Robinson, she found herself lampooned in the satirical cartoons of James Gillray and Thomas Rowlandson. The multifarious representations of Mary Robinson seem an apt commentary on her tumultuous life. Intriguing in their …

Examination Of Administrative Support, Instructional Preparation, And Collegial Support Met And Unmet Needs Of First Year Teachers Participating In The Georgia Teacher Alternative Preparation Program In Middle Georgia, Jenny Ogden Scarborough

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations

The Georgia Teacher Alternative Placement Program (GTAPP) began placing teachers in the classroom in 2000. The participants of this study were nine first year teachers in an urban county in Middle Georgia currently enrolled in the Georgia Teacher Alternative Preparation Program (GTAPP). The researcher conducted a qualitative study that began with identification of first year GTAPP teachers in the county. An invitation for participation was sent to all identified teachers through the county email system. Once a pool of volunteers was identified, a random sample of nine subjects was drawn. Upon selection of the nine first-year GTAPP teachers, one-hour semi-structured …

Buying A House? Click On Home, Jackie Shane

University Libraries & Learning Sciences Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

Function-Technology-Based Product Platform Formation, Rupesh Kumar, Venkat Allada

Engineering Management and Systems Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Product platforms have been effectively used by many successful companies for product family design. Technological advancements and changes in customer needs pose problems for robustly designing product platforms over a given planning horizon. to date, most product platform formation approaches are directed by structural (subassemblies and components) considerations and are seldom undertaken at the conceptual design stage. We argue that product platform design should commence at the conceptual design stage rather than the detailed design stage. It is noteworthy that physical structures are the end results of designs already frozen at higher level of functional abstraction. Hence, tackling the platform …

Time Series Prediction As A Problem Of Missing Values: Application To Estsp2007 And Nn3 Competition Benchmarks, Antti Sorjamaa, Amaury Lendasse

Engineering Management and Systems Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

In This Paper, Time Series Prediction is Considered as a Problem of Missing Values. a Method for the Determination of the Missing Time Series Values is Presented. the Method is based on Two Projection Methods: A Nonlinear One (Self-Organized Maps) and a Linear One (Empirical Orthogonal Functions). the Presented Global Methodology Combines the Advantages of Both Methods to Get Accurate Candidates for the Prediction Values. the Methods Are Applied to Two Time Series Competition Datasets. ©2007 IEEE.

A Closed Form Solution For Multiple-Input Spike Based Adaptive Filters, Il Park, António R.C. Paiva, José C. Príncipe, John G. Harris

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Neurons are point process systems, in the sense that the inputs and output which are spike trains can be treated as point processes. System identification of a point process system has been studied mostly with single input. However, multiple input is required in many applications such as liquid state machines or neural prosthetics. We propose a simple multiple-input spike based adaptive filter which is based on an integrate-and-fire neuron model. The optimal closed solution is derived, and the performance is analyzed with respect to noise in various parameters and measurement. ©2007 IEEE.

Neural-Network-Based Intelligent Control For Improving Dynamic Performance Of Facts Devices, Wei Qiao, Ronald G. Harley, Ganesh K. Venayagamoorthy

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Flexible ac transmission system (FACTS) devices are widely recognized as powerful controllers to improve the dynamic performance and stability of power systems. the standard FACTS controllers are linear controllers designed around a specific operating point from a linearized system model with fixed parameters. However, at other operating points their performance degrades. Neural-network-Based nonlinear intelligent control offers an attractive approach to overcome the drawbacks of the linear controllers. This paper presents two different neural-network-Based intelligent control architectures, i.e., indirect adaptive NeuroControl and adaptive critic design based optimal NeuroControl, for designing the external control of an SSSC FACTS device. Simulation studies are …

Novel And Efficient Download Test For Two Path Echo Canceller, Mohammad Asif Iqbal, Steven L. Grant

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

The two-path echo cancellation technique is a popular method for handling the double-talk problem in acoustic and line echo cancellation applications. the method uses two filters. a so-called background adaptive filter adapts its coefficients to predict echo all or most of the time regardless of signal activity on the near end. a second foreground filter, that also predicts the echo, receives it coefficients from the background filter, but only when the background is performing better than the foreground. Only the foreground residual echo is sent to the far-end. so any background divergence due to double-talk is not observed by the …

Hair, 1956, David Schelhaas

Pro Rege

No abstract provided.

On Planning A Daily Poetry Class Schedule For The Last Third Of The Semester, David Schelhaas

Pro Rege

No abstract provided.

Gone Gentle, Mike Vanden Bosch

Pro Rege

No abstract provided.