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The Berlin Poplars: A Translation, Lene Johansen

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis is a translation of a section of Anne Birkeland Ragde's Berlinerpoplene, or The Berlin Poplars, a contemporary Norwegian novel about how' family dynamics shape and haunt following generations. The narrative alternates between three brothers and reflects how each of them experiences and deals (consciously or not) with feelings of belonging, alienation, and isolation. The Berlin Poplars is a strong novel: the character development and the interpersonal dynamics are rich, and Ragde presents her very flawed protagonists in a dark, brutally honest, yet humane manner. Furthermore, the novel strongly reflects Norway and traditional Norwegian culture.

The complexity of the …

Modeling Sediment Movement In Forested Watersheds Using Hill-Slope Attributes, Gregory W. Hamons

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

The amount of sediment delivered to stream channels and the determination of the topographical attributes responsible for the origination and transfer of sediment were investigated in a central Appalachian mixed hardwood forest from 2002 through 2005. Two study watersheds were chosen within the Indian Run watershed in north central West Virginia. One remained undisturbed (control) and the other underwent road construction and tree harvesting operations (treatment). Sediment samples were collected from silt fences which were installed along both sides of the stream channels in both watersheds to ensure all sediment material delivered from adjacent hill-slopes was captured and collected. Sediment …

Capacity -Based Parameter Optimization Of Bandwidth Constrained Cpm, Rohit Iyer Seshadri

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Continuous phase modulation (CPM) is an attractive modulation choice for bandwidth limited systems due to its small side lobes, fast spectral decay and the ability to be noncoherently detected. Furthermore, the constant envelope property of CPM permits highly power efficient amplification. The design of bit-interleaved coded continuous phase modulation is characterized by the code rate, modulation order, modulation index, and pulse shape. This dissertation outlines a methodology for determining the optimal values of these parameters under bandwidth and receiver complexity constraints. The cost function used to drive the optimization is the information-theoretic minimum ratio of energy-per-bit to noise-spectral density found …

Nonlinear Approximation Using Blaschke Polynomials, Daniel Van Vliet

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

This dissertation, entitled Nonlinear Approximation Using Blaschke Polynomials, is motivated by questions arising from Empirical Mode Decomposition (EMD). EMD is a signal processing method which decomposes input signals into components called intrinsic mode functions (IMFs). These IMFs often have the desirable property that the instantaneous frequency of their analytic signals is positive. However, this is not always the case.;The first two chapters are introductions to approximation in general, and Empirical Mode Decomposition, respectively.;The third chapter presents a characterization of which analytic signals have the property of non-negative instantaneous frequency. These 'analytic signals with non-negative instantaneous frequency' (ASNIFs) are described using …

Apprentices, Bill Elgersma

Pro Rege

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Aujourd'hui, Bill Elgersma

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Old Country, Bill Elgersma

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What People Say, James C. Schaap

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Study For Tell Lazarus, Jake Van Wyk

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Aguacero, Lorna Van Gilst

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Coram Deo Iv, David Versluis

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Laundry, Peter Sheesley

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Lorna, Mary Dengler

Pro Rege

"This poem is dedicated to Professor Emeritus Lorna Van Gilst, who taught in the English Department at Dordt for many years and is now teaching in Costa Rica."

Old Glory, Mary Dengler

Pro Rege

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Seattle Art, Doug Burg

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Crossed Sticks, Mike Vanden Bosch

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Canto, Mary Dengler

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Forever, James C. Schaap

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Mortality, Leah A. Zuidema

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5 Women's Status And Children's Food Security In Pakistan, Basudeb Guha‐Khasnobis, Gautam Hazarika

School of Economics and Finance Faculty Publications

This chapter examines the role of women's intra-household status relative to men's in children's food security in Pakistan. Data from the 1991 Pakistan Integrated Household Survey (PIHS) yield a measure of evidence of a positive relation between women's intra-household status and children's food security.

Is There A Dormant Extraterritoriality Principle?: Commerce Clause Limits On State Antitrust Laws, Michael J. Ruttinger

Michigan Law Review

State antitrust laws ordinarily supplement federal law by providing a cause of action for anticompetitive activity that occurs in the state. Some states, however, have construed their antitrust regimes to reach conduct that occurs outside the state's boundaries. Such regulation raises significant federalism and Commerce Clause concerns by creating possible extraterritorial liability for conduct with virtually no in-state effect. This Note examines two Commerce Clause standards that may limit the degree to which state antitrust laws may exercise extraterritorial force-the "dormant" or "negative" Commerce Clause and the so-called "Extraterritorial Principle." Unfortunately, the dormant Commerce Clause test, as articulated in Pike …

Prologue To A Voluntarist War Convention, Robert D. Sloane

Michigan Law Review

This Article attempts to identify and clarify what is genuinely new about the "new paradigm" of armed conflict after the attacks of September 11, 2001. Assuming that sound policy counsels treating certain aspects of the global struggle against modern transnational terrorist networks within the legal rubric of war, this Article stresses that the principal challenge such networks pose is that they require international humanitarian law, somewhat incongruously, to graft conventions-in both the formal and informal senses of that word-onto an unconventional form of organized violence. Furthermore, this process occurs in a context in which one diffuse "party" to the conflict …

The New Legal Realism, Cass R. Sunstein, Thomas J. Miles

Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper Series

The last decade has witnessed the birth of the New Legal Realism—an effort to go beyond the old realism by testing competing hypotheses about the role of law and politics in judicial decisions, with reference to large sets and statistical analysis. The New Legal Realists have uncovered a Standard Model of Judicial Behavior, demonstrating significant differences between Republican appointees and Democratic appointees, and showing that such differences can be diminished or heightened by panel composition. The New Legal Realists have also started to find that race, sex, and other demographic characteristics sometimes have effects on judicial judgments. At the same …

Are Judges Overpaid?: A Skeptical Response To The Judicial Salary Debate, Eric A. Posner, G. Mitu Gulati, Stephen J. Choi

Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper Series

Nearly everyone thinks that judges are underpaid, but theory and evidence provide little support for this view. Theory suggests that increasing judicial salaries will improve judicial performance only if judges can be sanctioned for performing inadequately or if the appointments process reliably screens out low-ability candidates. However, federal judges and many state judges cannot be sanctioned, and the reliability of screening processes is open to question. An empirical study of the high court judges of the 50 states provides little evidence that raising salaries would improve judicial performance. The case for a pay raise has not been made.

Etiology And Disturbance Of Consciousnessin Stroke: A Hospital-Based Study, Hamzullah Khan, Muhammad Zarif

Pakistan Journal of Neurological Sciences (PJNS)

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Traumatic Carotid-Cavernous Fistula:Clinical Presentation And Outcome, Atta A. Bhatti, S. Soulat Raza, Ehsan Bari, S. Ather Enam, Tanveer Ul Haq, Zafar Sajjad

Pakistan Journal of Neurological Sciences (PJNS)

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服務研習通訊第三期 Office Of Service-Learning Newsletters, Volume 3, Office Of Service-Learning, Lingnan University

SLant 嶺召

今期通訊重點回顧了我們於2007年所舉辦的活動，包括：第一屆亞太地區服務研習會議、服務研習工作坊和資訊日。另外，您亦能夠於專題探討中，了解到服務研習的實踐。

In this issue, we highlight various activities in 2007, including the 1st Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Service-Learning, General Training Workshop and Information Day. In the meantime, you can know more about the realization of Service-Learning from the feature story.

Ageing Society Issues In Korea, Sung Jao Choi

APIAS Monograph 專題論文

Population ageing is a social phenomenon not only in developed countries but also in developing countries. The rapidity of population ageing in Korea during the past decade epitomizes how rapidly developing countries are ageing compared to developed countries. Rapid population ageing may be recognized as a universal phenomenon, equivalent to globalization (UN, 2002), which continues to influence almost all aspects of social systems and lives of people.

The relatively gradual population ageing rate in developed countries allowed resources to be accumulated to finance various reforms and the creation of social systems, which includes social welfare for the elderly. But developing …

Patriotic Motherhood And The Iraq War, Ana C. Garner, Karen L. Slattery

College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications

She plays a familiar character in our nation's war stories and she has a warm place in our nation's heart. She is the patriotic mother, a cultural symbol of bravery and sacrifice, stoicism and silence. Her image may reflect our historical understanding of the mothers of combat soldiers, but the story the national press tells about the mothers of U.S. soldiers in the Iraq War does not quite match these cultural expectations.

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 18, Número 4, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

Cover 1
Contenido 2
A Seasonal Game: 2
Dreydl or Sacapón 3
Una Actividad: Hacer un Sacapón 4
Recetas con Miel para Regalar 5
Autores de Nuevo México 3
"Arranging Marriages in 19th Century New Mexico" by Robert Tórrez 6,7
"Frogs" by David Roybal 8,9
"Carlos Tobías Maes" part 2 by Mercedes Roybal 10,11
Respuesta al Crucigrama (#3) 9
New Deal 2
Artistas Hispanos del WPA 12
Otro Edificio del WPA: De Baca County Courthouse 13
Idiomas Indígenas: Keres 14
Una Leyenda de Cochití: La Institución de Alfarería 15
Estaciones Agrícolas de Experimentación 16
Comisionados del Condado de Bernalillo 17,18 …