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Examination Of Instructional Strategies And Teaching Methods Used In Training A Platform Battle Command System To Sustainment Warfighters, Lori Rapovy

OTS Master's Level Projects & Papers

The problem of this study was to determine if different teaching methods lead to improved short term student comprehension conducted during the FBCB2 operator course.

The Effects Of The Integrated Learning Environment On Student Performance At The Navy And Marine Corps Intelligence Training Center, Maria Fox

OTS Master's Level Projects & Papers

The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of the Integrated Learning Environment curriculum at the Navy and Marine Corps Intelligence Training Center.

Apopo Annual Report 2009, Apopo

Global CWD Repository

In 2009, APOPO has made tremendous progress in reaching its mission to become the Centre of Excellence in detection rats technology and achieving social impact for underprivileged communities and people in Africa.

Implementation of the strategic plan and transformation process, which was started in 2008, has improved both APOPO’s internal structure and operational outputs. These changes have strengthened the management team and fostered the formation of strategic partnerships that will provide the basis to further enhance the impact of APOPO’s life-saving technology and facilitate the sustainable growth of the organization.

However, the most tangible results of this year can be …

Unleashing The Blitzkrieg: Precursors Of A Tactical Revolution, Michael Vianueva

Senior Honors Theses and Projects

No abstract provided.

Proving Grounds Of Urbicide: Civil And Urban Perspectives On The Bombing Of Capital Cities, Kenneth Hewitt

Geography and Environmental Studies Faculty Publications

In the bombing of urban settlements, the main impacts have been on resident civilians, living space and non-military functions. This is shown in the bombing of London, Berlin and Tokyo in the Second World War, arguably the first and only serious tests of strategic air power and urbicide to determine war outcomes. The history and scope of raiding of these capital cities differed in many ways, but the civilian experience and urban implications were very similar. The bombings attacked the most vulnerable areas, where resident populations found themselves poorly protected at best. The intentions, as well as results, of the …

Leatherby Letters - Spring 2009, Leatherby

Leatherby Letters Archive

Newsletter of Chapman University's Leatherby Libraries. Volume 2, Issue 2.

Social Implications Of Fearing Terrorism. A Report On Australian Responses To The Images, Anne Aly, Lelia Green

"Exploding Media Myths : Misrepresenting Australia?" - Forum

On 20 November 2008, 29 participants came together for the Exploding Media Myths: Misrepresenting Australia Forum at the University of NSW in Sydney. The Forum was designed to bring together keynote speakers, academics, policy makers, the media and community to discuss the findings of an Australian Research Council Discovery Project, Australian Responses to the Images and Discourses of Terrorism and the Other: Establishing a Metric of Fear. Over the course of the day, the participants discussed a range of themes relevant to the media and its representation of Australia and Australian values in the context of increased incidences of …

Earthing The Spirit: With Mark Wallace, M. Manolopoulos, Mark I. Wallace

Religion Faculty Works

No abstract provided.

The Applicability Of Simulated Network Attack Results On Small, Terrorist Networks, Stephanie Young

All Theses and Dissertations (ETDs)

No abstract provided.

Khalifa V. Shannon: How Much Interference Is Too Much When It Comes To A Tort For Interfering With The Parent-Child Relationship?, Beth Rosenberg

Maryland Law Review Online

No abstract provided.

Standing Doctrine, Judicial Technique, And The Gradual Shift From Rights-Based Constitutionalism To Executive-Centered Constitutionalism, Laura A. Cisneros

Case Western Reserve Law Review

No abstract provided.

Sophistry, Situational Ethics, And The Taxation Of The Carried Interest, Darryll K. Jones

Journal Publications

This Article is, in essence, a strident expression of indignation about what a majority of tax scholars and, indeed, legislators consider a glaring yet persistent inequity in the tax code. In short, sometimes extraordinarily well-paid fund managers receive compensation taxed at capital gains rates. All other, usually very much lower-compensated, service providers are taxed at ordinary rates. The result is clearly regressive and yet, as of late, even some respected and knowledgeable scholars-though still in the minority-have unabashedly set forth sophisticated-sounding justifications. Objections based on unfairness, real, or even merely perceived, are difficult to express without a tone of indignation, …

Microbial Diversity And Geochemical Energy Sources Of Tutum Bay, Ambitle Island, Papua New Guinea, An Arsenic-Rich, Shallow-Sea Hydrothermal System, Nancy Akerman

All Theses and Dissertations (ETDs)

I investigate the hydrothermal system located in Tutum Bay, Ambitle Island, Papua New Guinea, a shallow-sea system ~5 - 10 meters below sea level that is arsenic-rich. Hydrothermal vents in the bay expel fluids with arsenite: AsIII) concentrations as high as 950 μg/L. To determine the role that Tutum Bay microorganisms might play in mediating As-redox reactions, three approaches were used: analyzing the geochemical environment for energy sources, characterizing the archaeal community composition of the sediments, and conducting culture-dependent As-cycling experiments. The second chapter of this dissertation discusses an energetic study of potential chemolithotrophic metabolic reactions, including As-redox reactions. Results …

Judicial Review As Soft Power: How The Courts Can Help Us Win The Post-9/11 Conflict, Dawinder S. Sidhu

Faculty Scholarship

This Article seeks to answer these questions. In this Article, I will argue that the American response to Islamic terrorist factions must move outside the military sphere in which battles are fought between arms and men to a more conceptual contest for hearts and minds, where the ammunition in this abstract war will be fundamental American principles, particularly a constitutional commitment to the rule of law, and where advancements in the war will be based on incrementally increased attraction to America. This approach will speak to one’s will and conscience in an effort to secure a more lasting respite from …

Avoid Or Compensate? Liability For Incidental Injury To Civilians Inflicted During Armed Conflict, Yael Ronen

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

Under international law, civilians suffering injuries that are incidental to a lawful attack on a military objective are left to bear the cost of their losses. In recent years there have been calls for a change in policy that would entitle victims of military attacks to compensation, even if their losses are incidental and non-fault-based. This Article explores the notion of such a quasi-strict liability rule, which is likely to disrupt the existing balance of powers and interests under the laws of armed conflict. Following an exploration of the conceptual basis for such an obligation, the Article examines the effect …

Gender And Violence In Focus: A Background For Gender Justice In Reparations, Margaret Urban Walker

Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.

The Rhetoric Of Parody In Plato’S Menexenus, Franco Trivigno

Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.

Constitutional Transformation And Its Implications For Japanese Pacifist Democracy, David Mcarthur

Santa Clara Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.

Legitimizing The Invented Congolese Space: The Gaze From Within In Early Congolese Fiction, Kasongo Mulenda Kapanga

Languages, Literatures, and Cultures Faculty Publications

Postcolonial discourses describe colonization as a process of invention to impose the will of a conquering West on "backward" societies. The will to power conjugated with the need for row materials served as the main catalysts. They put side by side a hegemonic intruder bent on duplicating itself, and a powerless and compliant native unable to react to the blitz of transformations. Hence, the master/slave or father/child relationships that describe the colonial framework. The task is to interrogate these generally accepted assumptions and binary oppositions. Although marginalized, the Congolese native was unwilling to become on object for the colonizer's gaze. …

Constitutional Law-In-Home Interrogation In A Police-Dominated Atmosphere Ruled Custodial Requiring Miranda Warnings-United States V. Craighead, 539 F.3d 1073 (9th Cir. 2008), Steven Vallarelli

Suffolk Journal of Trial and Appellate Advocacy

No abstract provided.

Pinpoint Redistricting And The Minimization Of Partisan Gerrymandering, Alex J. Whitman

Emory Law Journal

For over twenty years, the political gerrymandering claim under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment has been mired in ambiguity because the Supreme Court and lower courts have failed to come up with a clear standard to determine whether a redistricting plan is unconstitutional. In 2006, however, a new phenomenon that this Comment terms ¿pinpoint redistricting¿ was used by Georgia¿s Republican-dominated state legislature to alter the boundaries of a small group of districts rather than all of the state¿s district boundaries, severely weakening the strength of Democratic voters in the affected districts. The pinpoint redistricting changed the affected …

Unf Raises The Roof On Osprey Fountains, University Of North Florida Alumni Association

Alumni Association

New sheet: Information from UNF Alumni Association regarding "UNF Happenings". Date: 2009

Our Day In Their Shadow: Critical Remembrance, Feminist Science And The Women Of The Manhattan Project, Lee-Anne Broadhead

Peace and Conflict Studies

Inspired by the publication of a book celebrating the role of the women in the Manhattan Project, this paper seeks to demonstrate that such an effort – to the extent it accepts and endorses the historical, political and scientific legitimacy of the Project – is both misguided and dangerous. An alternative feminist critique is presented: one respecting the views of those scientists (men and women) who refused to participate or who have sought to challenge the reductionist Western scientific paradigm from which the Bomb emerged. Illumination of the repressive and hierarchal structures requisite for the “birth” of the nuclear age …

The Six University Consortium Student Mobility Project: Promoting Conflict Resolution In The North American Context, Pauline Tennent, Jessica Senehi, Michael Ross Fowler, Sean Byrne

Peace and Conflict Studies

This article focuses on the North American Conflict Resolution Program - a twenty-first century mobility consortium in which universities in Canada, Mexico, and the United States exchanged students of conflict resolution. Drawing on student perceptions and, in particular, the experiences of the universities of Manitoba and Louisville, the authors discuss the positive outcomes of mobilizing students to study conflict resolution abroad for the students themselves, for faculty members involved, for university and other communities, and for the field of conflict analysis and resolution.

Exploring The Use Of A Commercial Game Engine For The Development Of Educational Software, Hussain Alafaireet

Masters Theses

"Three-dimensional visualization and simulation environments are becoming increasingly important in both industrial and educational environments. However, developing these simulations can be a difficult and expensive task. Herein we explore the use of a commercial game engine to develop a 3-D, interactive computer game designed to teach players about the anatomy of a frog. The goal of this project is threefold: 1) to develop high-fidelity virtual reality educational software with a limited budget and limited personnel, 2) to define a software development process by which similar simulations can be developed, and 3) to explore the benefits that these simulations provide to …

This Right Is Not Allowed By Governments That Are Afraid Of The People: The Public Meaning Of The Second Amendment When The Fourteenth Amendment Was Ratified , Clayton E. Cramer, Nicholas J. Johnson, George A. Moscary

Faculty Scholarship

The lingering question following the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in District of Columbia v. Heller is whether the Court will employ the Fourteenth Amendment to incorporate the newly confirmed right to keep and bear arms as a limitation on states. The answer will hinge substantially on the Court's assessment of the intent and purpose of the Fourteenth Amendment with regard to the right to keep and bear arms. Discerning such intent requires detailed evaluation of the context within which the amendment emerged and the understanding of the right to keep and bear arms at the time. This Essay pursues in …

Combatants And The Combat Zone, Mary Ellen O'Connell

Journal Articles

This short essay discusses that definition as it emerged following September 11, 2001. The essay compares the Administration's definition with the definition of combatant found in international law. This essay will not discuss in any detail the additional-and even more questionable-claim by the Administration that certain persons designated "enemy combatants" enjoy neither U.S. nor international human rights or IHL rights or protections.8 Suffice it to say that no human being can be denied his or her fundamental rights-there are no legal black holes.

Asat-Isfaction: Customary International Law And The Regulation Of Anti-Satellite Weapons, David A. Koplow

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

This article asserts the thesis that customary international law (CIL), even in the absence of any new treaty, already provides a legal regime constraining the testing and use in combat of anti-satellite (ASAT) weapons. This argument, if validated, is important for both legal and public policy considerations: the world (especially, but not only, the United States) has grown increasingly dependent upon satellites for the performance of a wide array of commercial and military functions. At the same time, because of this growing reliance (and hence vulnerability), interest has surged in developing novel systems for attacking a potential enemy’s satellites – …

The Terrorism Bar To Asylum In Australia, Canada, The United Kingdom, And The United States: Transporting Best Practices, Won Kidane

Fordham International Law Journal

This Article assesses the wisdom of the substantive laws enacted in the wake of 9/11 and the procedures set up to combat this enemy. This Article is divided into four parts. Part I evaluates the doctrinal debate relating to the definition of terror, terrorism and terrorists. More particularly, it attemps to demonstrate the difficulty in identify the "terrorist" that needs to be excluded, and how that definition affects the immigration laws. Part II sets the stage for a comparative analysis by briefly surverying the terrorism-related immigration laws and procedures of each jurisdiction to this study. Part III provides a detailed …

A Tiny Problem With Huge Implications - Nanotech Agents As Enablers Or Substitutes For Banned Chemical Weapons: Is A New Treaty Needed?, Evan J. Wallach

Fordham International Law Journal

The underlying thesis of this Article is that while smaller-sized particles and separate nano-sized carriers of known agents are clearly covered by the CWC, nanomimics are not as squarely within the relevant provisions. The bulk of this Article deals with that question. Despite the invitation to woolgather, this Article is limited to the tightest possible analytical approach. Part I begins with definitions of chemical and biological agents within existing treaties, and of nanoproducts, including those existing beyond presently-known technical capabilities, but which are at least reasonably conceivable (“nanobots”). Part II provides an overview of treaty law that is potentially applicable …