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The Public Interest, Spectrum Markets And The American Experience With Radio Regulation: Historical And Comparative Lessons For The European Union, Michael R. Fein Ph.D.

Humanities Department Faculty Publications & Research

This chapter reflects on radio spectrum management in the United States, with the aim of identifying useful historical and comparative lessons for European Union policy makers as they contemplate the adoption of pan-European market mechanisms to allocate radio frequencies. It explores the history of American radio regulation and the impact of conflicting interpretations of that history on contemporary policy debates surrounding the liberalization of spectrum markets. The public interest theory of policy making has long been critiqued as inappropriate to spectrum management by economists following the lead of Ronald Coase. But the American experience with radio regulation suggests that economic …

A Scanner-Based Approach To Soil Profile-Wall Mapping Of Root Distribution, J. M. Dauer, J. M. Withington, J. Oleksyn, J. Chorover, O. A. Chadwick, P. B. Reich, D. M. Eissenstat

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Ninth-Grade Interventions And The Impact On High School Graduation Rates, Shannon Mcbrady

Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations

There is a need to become economically sensible when deciding on new school initiatives and reforms. This is partly due to increasing accountability and tightening school budgets. Hertzog & Morgan (1999) found the freshman year sets the tone for a student‟s entire high school career. Yet, frequently, ninth-graders struggle to feel connected to school and therefore experience failure. Often times this period of failure is related to the developmental process the ninth-grader experiences. Many ninth-graders struggle in various areas including behavioral growth, social pressures, and adjusting to the rigidity of high school (Mizelle & Irvin, 2000). Researchers have found that …

Berita Volume Xxxiii, Number 1 (2009), Ronald Provencher

Berita

Table of Contents

Editor’s note... 1

Periodicals...1

Books...7

Conferences, Papers, Manuscripts, Positions ….10

Amnesty International...11

Prospectus...12

Research Staff...12

Berita Volume Xxxiii, Number 2 (2009), Ronald Provencher

Berita

Table of Contents

Editor’s note... 1

AAS – Malaysian R T...1

Working Papers…... 1

Periodicals...2

Books...6

Amnesty International ….. 11

Prospectus...12

Research Staff...12

Berita Volume Xxxiii, Number 3 (2009), Ronald Provencher

Berita

Table of Contents

Editor’s note...1

Periodicals...1

Books....5

Websites & opportunities…11

Amnesty International...12

Prospectus…...12

Research Staff...12

Gestalt Sessions With Adolescent College Students: A Vignette Of Gestalt Practice In The Philippines, Emmanuel V. Hernani

CNU Journal of Higher Education

This paper tackles the current Gestalt practice in the country through the students’ developmental activity program participated in by adolescent college students.. The Gestalt therapy cultural milieus are also described through the vignette of extra curricular students’ activities in the various academic institutions in Cebu, Philippines. This paper also attempts to introduce the Philippines as one of the many countries in Asia that study, adhere to, practice and advocate Gestalt Therapy—in a very beautiful gestalt way.

Research View, Winter 2009

Research View

Contents of this issue include:

Chemical Dreams: UM spin-off company offers major economic development potential

Coming Home: Geographers study return migration to rural towns

Predators & Plants: Studies reveal how meat eaters impact vegetation

Dawsey's Dilemmas: Applying game theory to real-world problems such as credit card debt

Quantitative Evaluation On Indigent Criminal Defense Funding, Ralph E. Mckinney, Lawrence P. Shao

Management Faculty Research

This article takes a quantitative approach to build upon McKinney and Shao's (2008) qualitative contribution concerning resource a/location of indigent criminal defense programs. By compating public funds of multiple societies over time, we are able to add important knowledge surrounding property rights valuations using a new concept called GDP Indexed Purchasing Power Parity. The findings of this study show that GDP-PPP provides for better indigent criminal defense analysis than per capita figures.

The Panopticon. Google Earth, Omnipotence And Earthly Delights, Asa Mittman

Peregrinations: Journal of Medieval Art and Architecture

No abstract provided.

Art Criticism, Volume 24, Number 1, Department Of Art, Stony Brook University

Art Criticism

v. : ill. ; 22 cm (original analog pub.),Baskind, Samantha, “Imaging the Book: Jewish Artists and the Bible in Twentieth-Century America.” Bravo, Monica, “Aesthetic of Reception? A Jaussian Reading of The Family of Man.” Clarke, David, “Paths to Dissolution: Water and Abstract Art.” Grove, Jaleen, “Towards Illustration Theory: Harold Rosenberg, Robert Weaver, and the ‘Action Illustrator’?” Howell, Whitney, “From Destructive Infant to Restorative Mother: Tracing the Vulnerable Body in the Work of Louise Bourgeois.” Parker, Rachel C., “Understanding The End of Art as a Critique of Arthur Danto.” Soykan, Ömer N., “Arts and Languages: A Comparative Study.” :: If Art …

Reasons For Urban Trail Use Predict Levels Of Trail-Related Physical Activity, Genevieve Dunton, Donna Spruijt-Metz, Jennifer Wolch, Chih-Ping Chou, Michael Jerrett, Jason Byrne, Susan Weaver, Kim D. Reynolds

CGU Faculty Publications and Research

Background:

Efforts to increase community levels of physical activity through the development of multiuse urban trails could be strengthened by information about factors predicting trail use. This study examined whether reasons for trail use predict levels of physical activity on urban trails.

Methods:

Adults (N = 335) living within a 1-mile buffer zone of urban trails in Chicago, Dallas, and Los Angeles completed a self-report measure assessing demographics, reason for trail use, and physical activity on the trail. Accelerometers measured total daily moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA). Environmental features of the urban trail were assessed with the Systematic Pedestrian and Cyclist …

Bats And Bell Holes: The Microclimatic Impact Of Bat Roosting, Using A Case Study From Runaway Bay Caves, Jamaica, Joyce Lundberg, Donald A. Mcfarlane

WM Keck Science Faculty Papers

The microclimatic effect of bats roosting in bell holes (blind vertical cylindrical cavities in cave roofs) in Runaway Bay Caves, Jamaica, was measured and the potential impact of their metabolism on dissolution modelled. Rock temperature measurements showed that bell holes with bats get significantly hotter than those without bats during bat roosting periods (by an average of 1.1 °C). The relationship is clearest for bell holes with more than about 300 g aggregate bat body mass and for bell holes that are moderately wide and deep, of W:D ratio between 0.8 and 1.6. Measurement of temperature decay after abandonment showed …

A Note On The Thermal Ecology And Foraging Behaviour Of The Egyptian Fruit Bat, Rousettus Aegyptiacus, At Mt. Elgon, Kenya, Donald A. Mcfarlane, Joyce Lundberg

WM Keck Science Faculty Papers

The Egyptian fruit bat, Rousettus aegyptiacus, is an abundant and widely distributed African pteropid (Nowak, 1999). The species is unusual amongst pteropids in being an obligate cave-dweller (Kwiecinski & Griffiths, 1999), sometimes reaching colony sizes in the thousands (Kingdon, 1974). In the caves of Mt. Elgon National Park, western Kenya (1° 08′N, 34° 39′E), precision temperature loggers placed in major Rousettus roosts and intervening passages have allowed us to precisely monitor bat emergence and return times.

The major caves of Mt. Elgon National Park consist of geophagically modified tunnels and collapse chambers cut into Miocene-aged pyroclastic strata (Lundberg & …

Reconceptualizing The 2006 Qdr Threat Categories, Robert J. Bunker

CGU Faculty Publications and Research

Projections of the future national-security environment are always laden with uncertainty and ambiguity. However, they help to serve an early-warning function concerning emergent threats and the nationalist capabilities that will be required to respond to them. With this in mind, I would like to offer a reconceptualization of the 2006 Quadrennial Defense Review, or QDR, threat categories by viewing these threat potentials through a modified perceptual lens.

Government Maps, St. Mary's University, Texas

Maps

Photographs of a display of government documents from St. Mary's University, Texas.

2009 Self-Study Document, Higher Learning Commission Document

UNM HLC 2018-19 Assurance Argument Evidence

The University self study completed for the university's last HLC reaccreditation process in 2009. Following the criteria then put forward for HLC accreditation, this comprehensive document gives a detailed picture of where the university was ten years ago.

Antidiscrimination Law In The Workplace: Moving Beyond The Impasse, Dale Larson

University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class

No abstract provided.

Dimensions Of Social Axioms And Alternative Country-Clustering Methods, Aikaterini Gari, Kostas Mylonas, Penny Panagiotopoulou

Papers from the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology Conferences

Social Axioms are defined as general beliefs that represent one’s view about how the world functions and how two entities are related “in the universe”. The Social Axiom dimensions as proposed by Leung & Bond are Social Cynicism, Social Complexity, Reward for Application, Fate Control, and Religiosity. The first aim of this study was to investigate how the Social Axiom dimensions are identified in Greece and in five more countries (N=1,375) that differ broadly in their ecological and religion characteristics (Hong-Kong, USA, UK, Spain, and India). The second aim was to enhance factor equivalence levels by forming homogeneous subsets of …

African American Whiteness In Gloria Naylor's Linden Hills, Tim Engles

Faculty Research & Creative Activity

No abstract provided.

Birds Of The Great Plains: Frontmatter, Contents, Preface, Introduction, Paul A. Johnsgard

Birds of the Great Plains (Revised Edition, 2009) by Paul Johnsgard

Nebraska and its adjoining states represent a nearly unique ornithological situation. Although they are almost entirely grassland, the plains states are variably dissected by river-bottom forests that provide natural passageways for forest-adapted species to enter the plains and sometimes to cross them. Although eastern and western bird faunas tend to be separated by the plains, they often mingle to some degree, resulting in competition and sometimes hybridization. The central Great Plains thus are exceedingly interesting from ecological, evolutionary, and zoogeographic perspectives, and the plains bird fauna is significant both for what is present and for what has been variably excluded. …

Nebraska Green Scene 2009

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Monthly Newsletters

Contents

Letter from the Head

Alumni News

Staff News

Faculty News

Student News

From The Suburbs To The House: The Metropolitan–Rural Population And The Success Of Women Candidates, Elizabeth A. Stiles, Larry Schwab

Political Science

We analyze the voting behavior of metropolitan and rural residents in relation to women’s legislative representation. Examining election data on the U.S. House and all lower state houses, we find that the greater the metropolitan population in a legislative district, the more likely it is to be represented by a woman. We extrapolate from these findings that the modern increase in women’s representation can be attributed in part to the rural-to-suburban shift in population and legislative seats.

Winter Commencement, 2009, Marshall University

Marshall University Commencement

Program for the 2009 Winter Commencement of Marshall University.

The University Of Texas Of The Permian Basin Undergraduate Catalog, 2009-2011, The University Of Texas Of The Permian Basin

Course Catalogs

No abstract provided.

A Policy Evaluation Of Hawaii's Coral Reef Management Strategies, Jennifer Linney

Capstone Projects and Master's Theses

Coral reefs playa critically important rale in both the human and natural world. They are among the most biologically rich systems on earth and are of significant economic value to humans. They act as an important base for fisheries and provide food, jobs, and income to billions of people worldwide. These delicate systems are increasingly threatened by several factors including overexploitation pollution, habitat loss, coral bleaching, and global climate change. The rapid decline and loss of the ancient and complex ecosystems had triggered major concern all over the world. Hawaiian coral reefs have experienced an increasing exposure to anthropogenic threats …

2009-2010 Louisiana Tech University Catalogs, Louisiana Tech University

Louisiana Tech University Catalogs

The Louisiana Tech University Catalog includes announcements and course descriptions for courses offered at Louisiana Tech University for the academic year of 2008-2009.

Canada (En)Counters Terrorism: Us-Canada Relations And Counter-Terrorism Policy, Veronica Kitchen, Karthika Sasikumar

Faculty Publications

This paper examines the role of identity in shaping counter-terrorism policy in Canada. We show that identity functions in three ways: constitutively by defining the range of choices a state is likely to consider; strategically by being a resource to buttress arguments based in economic or sovereignty interests; and heuristically by using identity as a marker for risk. This three-faceted explanation helps explain why, despite close economic, social, and political links between Canada and the United States which might lead us to expect Canada to follow American counter-terrorism policy, Canadian counter-terrorism policy often diverges from the American lead.

Brief History Of Methods And Trends Of Missions, Don Fanning

Trends and Issues in Missions

The following trends and issues are faced everyday on the foreign field and need to be analyzed and evaluated before getting involved so as to know how to plan and react. This is a vital area of training for the contemporary foreign missionary.

Roman Catholic Era Medieval Period, Don Fanning

History of Global Missions

No abstract provided.