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My Two Cents Per Kilowatt-Hour: Virginia's Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard, Justin W. Curtis

University of Richmond Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Disaster After The Disaster: Insurance Companies’ Post- Catastrophe Claims Handling Practices, Kelsey D. Dulin

Oklahoma Law Review

No abstract provided.

Defending The Public Domain—The First Amendment, The Copyright Power, And The Potential Of Golan V. Gonzales, J. Blake Pinard

Oklahoma Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Riddle Of A Riddle, Ivan Gaskell

Contemporary Aesthetics (Journal Archive)

This paper examines the distinction made by Arthur C. Danto between artworks and what he terms "mere real things." It presents an eighteenth-century tool for sifting grain (a riddle) as a case study in the contexts of first, the house of its first known owner, General Artemas Ward (1727-1800); second, an exhibition 2006-7 drawn from the contents of that house pointedly held in an art museum; and, third, the likely maker of the object, a member of Hassanimisco Band of Nipmuc Indians. It examines the equivocal position of objects such as this in Danto's estimation, things that he considers to …

A Data Mining Approach For Location Management In 4g Wireless Heterogeneous Networks, Sherif Rashad

Faculty Research at Morehead State University

A report submitted by Sherif Rashad to the Research and Creative Productions Committee in 2008 on the problem of location management. in the fourth generation (4G) of wireless mobile networks.

Smes In Globalized World: A Brief Note On Basic Profiles Of Pakistan’S Small And Medium Scale Enterprises And Possible Research Directions, Sarath W.S.B. Dasanayaka

Business Review

The Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) are playing very significant role in almost all the economies around the world in irrespective of the countries development stage. However it is obvious that SMEs function as a lifeline in informal sector in Asia, Africa, Latin America and Eastern Europe due to their contribution to overall economy in many aspects such as employment generation, exports, tax income, innovation, competitiveness, equitable income distribution, social stability, domestic resources usage, regional development and ultimately it is the main source of economic growth. The Pakistan is no exception to this phenomenon as a developing country located …

Effects Of Free Trade Agreements (Ftas) On Construction Firms In Singapore, Low Sui Sui, June S.Y. Khoo

Business Review

Since the 1950s, the international trading system has been characterized by a shift from the multilateral processes towards bilateral and regional arrangements. The signing of the US-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (USSFTA) by the Prime Minister of Singapore and the President of the United States is but part of Singapore’s overall trade initiatives and economic strategy which involves forging free trade agreements (FTA) with other countries outside the ASEAN region. This study seeks to analyze the effect of FTA in the context of the construction industry with respect to local contractors. A questionnaire-based survey and in-depth personal interviews were conducted with …

Pilot Study Of 8 Smes In Pakistan, Ejaz Mian

Business Review

These (eight) cases study small firms (with 1-50 employees) in Pakistan to determine marketing factors that lead to success. Information is gathered through in-depth interviews with owner-managers on their premises. Convenience sampling is used within the city of Karachi. Firms included relate to production, and services (including retail). It was found that most of the firms are not marketing oriented and they do not understand marketing. Thus they will benefit from some kind of marketing training conducted by the government or through their own resources.

Economic Reforms And Total Factor Productivity Growth In Pakistan: An Empirical Analysis, Muhammad Sabir, Qazi Masood Ahmed

Business Review

This paper compares the average growth rates in GDP, factor inputs and total factor productivity during pre-reform period 1972-73 to 1987-88 and the reform period 1987-88 to 2001-02 and summarizes the historical patterns. Particular attention is given to assessing the impact of structural adjustment policies on total productivity growth directly and indirectly through other determinants of total factor productivity growth, such as human capital etc.

Ray Trace Modelling Of Multiple Dyes In A Luminescent Solar Concentrator, Manus Kennedy, Mike Dunne, Sarah Mccormack, John Doran, Brian Norton

Conference Papers

A previously developed Monte-Carlo ray-trace model has been modified to incorporate multiple luminescent species. Liquid luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs) have been fabricated to verify the ray-trace predictions for LSCs containing multiple luminescent dyes. Single dye and multiple dye solutions of varying concentrations can be easily prepared and inserted into the experimental liquid LSC setup. In this way, experimental uncertainties, such as reduction in the luminescent quantum yield, can be reduced. Hence, the spectral effects of various single and multiple dyes can be analysed and compared more accurately with ray-trace predictions. Initial results from the liquid LSC characterisation and comparison with …

Comparison Of Vacuum Glazing Thermal Performance Predicted Using Two- And Three-Dimensional Models And Their Experimental Validation, Brian Norton, Philip Eames, Yueping Fang, Trevor Hyde, Neil Hewitt

Conference Papers

The thermal performance of vacuum glazing was predicted using two dimensional (2-D) finite element and three dimensional (3-D) finite volume models. In the 2-D model, the vacuum space, including the pillar arrays, was represented by a material whose effective thermal conductivity was determined from the specified vacuum space width, the heat conduction through the pillar array and the calculated radiation heat transfer between the two interior glass surfaces within the vacuum gap. In the 3-D model, the support pillar array was incorporated and modeled within the glazing unit directly. The difference in predicted overall heat transfer coefficients between the two …

Automating Material Delivery Records, Joo Hyoung (Jay) Lee, Bob Mccullouch

JTRP Technical Reports

This project investigated methods on automating field data collection of materials. The method chosen and investigated was bar codes. The automated process requires material suppliers to produce delivery forms that can be recorded and tracked using bar codes. The report describes a system configuration that shows a conceptual process to electronically transfer materials information between the material supplier, trucking company, INDOT personnel and contractor. Other activities reported include survey results from other state transportation agencies, material suppliers, and concrete paving companies. Also, investigated was how to interface with SiteManager software. Recommendations described hardware options for using bar codes and industry …

Richmond Law Magazine: Winter 2008

Richmond Law Magazine

Features:

New Faculty Excel

State of the Family

A Summer at Cambridge

Women Power

Cast Out: Vagrancy And Homelessness In Global And Historical Perspective, A. L. Beier, Paul Ocobock

Ohio University Press Open Access Books

Throughout history, those arrested for vagrancy have generally been poor men and women, often young, able-bodied, unemployed, and homeless. Most histories of vagrancy have focused on the European and American experiences. Cast Out: Vagrancy and Homelessness in Global and Historical Perspective is the first book to consider the shared global heritage of vagrancy laws, homelessness, and the historical processes they accompanied.

In this ambitious collection, vagrancy and homelessness are used to examine a vast array of phenomena, from the migration of labor to social and governmental responses to poverty through charity, welfare, and prosecution. The essays in Cast Out represent …

Carol Zollmann: Aviation Law Casebook Pioneer, Robert M. Jarvis

Journal of Air Law and Commerce

No abstract provided.

Air Passenger Health And Consumer Protection, Usha Balasubramaniam

Journal of Air Law and Commerce

No abstract provided.

Acquiring Innovation, Xuan-Thao Nguyen, Jeffrey A. Maine

Articles

In recent years, the innovation market has witnessed a new business model involving companies that are mere patent holding shells and not operating entities. They have no customers or products to offer, but they do have an aggressive tactic of using patent portfolios to threaten other operating companies with potential infringement litigation. The strategy is executed with the end goal of extracting handsome settlements. Acquisitions of patents for offensive use have become a major concern to operating companies because such acquisitions pose the threats of patent injunction, interrupting the business and crippling further innovation.

While many operating companies today know …

Antitrust And Trade Secrets: The U.S. And The Eu Approach, Katarzyna A. Czapracka

Santa Clara High Technology Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Legal And Policy Aspects Of Internet Number Resources, Stephen M. Ryan, Raymond A. Plzak, John Curran

Santa Clara High Technology Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Laws Of Nature And The Business Of Biotechnology, Phillip Mcgarrigle, Vern Norviel

Santa Clara High Technology Law Journal

No abstract provided.

A Linguistic Look At Trademark Dilution, Ronald R. Butters

Santa Clara High Technology Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Considering The Who, What, When, Where And How Of Measuring Dilution, Jacob Jacoby

Santa Clara High Technology Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Outsource Software Development And Open Source: Coming Of Age In The 2000s, Heather Meeker

Santa Clara High Technology Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Governing Cyberspace: Law, David G. Post

Santa Clara High Technology Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Patents: Hiding From History, Stephen M. Mcjohn

Santa Clara High Technology Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Patentability Of Human-Animal Chimeras, Ryan Hagglund

Santa Clara High Technology Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Nuisance-Value Patent Suits: An Economic Model And Proposal, Ranganath Sudarshan

Santa Clara High Technology Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Debugging Software Patents: Increasing Innovation And Reducing Uncertainty In The Judicial Reform Of Software Patent Law, Robert E. Thomas

Santa Clara High Technology Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Summer 2008

University of Richmond Magazine

No abstract provided.

Gvsu Undergraduate And Graduate Catalog, 2008-2009, Grand Valley State University

Course Catalogs, 1963 - Current

Grand Valley State University 2008-2009 undergraduate and/or graduate course catalog published annually to provide students with information and guidance for enrollment.