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Washing Machines, Water Efficiency, And Federal Preemption: California's Quest To Regulate Water Consumption Under The Epca. California Energy Commission V. Department Of Energy , Kameron M. Lawson

Journal of Environmental and Sustainability Law

No abstract provided.

Educating Women: Schooling And Identity In England And France, 1800-1867 (Book Review), Christopher Bischof

History Faculty Publications

Christina de Bellaigue’s Educating Women: Schooling and Identity in England and France, 1800-1867 explores stereotypes about women’s boarding schools on both sides of the English-French Channel. In the process de Bellaigue identifies the basis in reality which many of the most widespread stereotypes had, including: the socially grasping schoolmistress; the schoolmistress as a gentlewoman fallen on hard times; the short-lived nature of many schools; the stress laid on the teaching of “accomplishments”; and the idea that preparing women for their domestic role was the ultimate goal of an education. However, she also simultaneously undermines these stereotypes by supplying nuance and …

Commercial Databases In East Asian Studies, Wen-Ling Liu

Journal of East Asian Libraries

No abstract provided.

No. 151 Journal Of East Asian Libraries, Journal Of East Asian Libraries

Journal of East Asian Libraries

No abstract provided.

Afterschool Matters June 2010, National Institute On Out-Of-School Time

Afterschool Matters

High-Impact Afterschool for All: A Statewide Quality Framework
By Jennifer L. Siaca
Building on increasing consensus on the definition of quality in afterschool programming, the New York State Afterschool Network developed a quality framework and related assessment tools that can be used to promote program quality. 6 pages.

Getting the Right Mix: Sustainability and Resource Development Strategies in Out-of-School Time Youth Arts Programs in Massachusetts
By Christine Proffitt
A study of high-quality youth arts programs, supported by the literature on sustainability, suggests strategies OST programs can use to build a solid financial foundation. 8 pages.

Project Exploration’s Sisters4Science: Involving Urban …

Conference Abstracts

HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies

No abstract provided.

Final Report To The Illinois River Watershed Partnership: Recommended Watershed Based Strategy For The Upper Illinois River Watershed, Northwest Arkansas, B.E. Haggard, Andrew Sharpley, Leslie Massey, Katie Teague

Arkansas Water Resources Center Technical Reports

This publication serves as the final report to the Illinois River Watershed Partnership (IRWP) regarding the project entitled “Development of the Watershed Management Plan for the Upper Illinois River”. This document was intended to provide this stakeholder based organization guidance in the development of a watershed management plan for the Illinois River drainage area (i.e., the Upper Illinois River Watershed, UIRW) in Arkansas. This document represents the final report from the Arkansas Water Resources Center (AWRC) and affiliated project investigators, and the IRWP may alter this document before the final submission of its watershed management plan to the Arkansas Natural …

Place Effects On Environmental Views, Lawrence C. Hamilton, Chris R. Colocousis, Cynthia M. Duncan

Sociology

How people respond to questions involving the environment depends partly on individual characteristics. Characteristics such as age, gender, education, and ideology constitute the well-studied "social bases of environmental concern," which have been explained in terms of cohort effects or of cognitive and cultural factors related to social position. It seems likely that people's environmental views depend not only on personal characteristics but also on their social and physical environments. This hypothesis has been more difficult to test, however. Using data from surveys in 19 rural U.S. counties, we apply mixed-effects modeling to investigate simple place effects with respect to locally …

Mario Math With Millennials: The Impact Of Playing The Nintendo Ds On Student Achievement, Adam Gelman

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

One of the biggest innovations of the last century has been the invention of the video game. Video games are an extremely popular form of entertainment today. While some question the use of video games in education, others argue that video games are one innovation that if introduced into the classroom, might change how teachers effectively engage learners. This quantitative study examined the impact of Brain Age 2 for the Nintendo DS on seventh grade achievement in math and on student attitude towards school. A sample of eighty seventh graders from the same school played the Nintendo DS daily for …

Susceptibility Modeling And Mission Flight Route Optimization In A Low Threat, Combat Environment, Brett J. Machovina

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Movement and transportation systems are a primary topic in the study of humans and their relationship with the environment. Only a few modes of transportation allow for nearly full freedom of movement that is unconstrained by rigid nodes and networks. Individual human travel (walking, climbing, swimming, etc.) is one example while rotorcraft travel is another. Although other criteria constrain movement, independence from a network allows for a unique examination of human spatial decision-making and choice behavior. This research analyzes helicopter flight route planning in a low threat combat environment with respect to geography. The particular problem addressed, which ultimately concerns …

Le Festin De Chessex Ou Comment Apprêter La Littérature Suisse, Marie-Hélène Larochelle, Jean-Pierre Thomas

Présence Francophone: Revue internationale de langue et de littérature

This paper focuses on the definition of the monster as presented in Jacques Chessex’s novel L’ogre. the authors observe how the monstrous figure modifies the Swiss literary heritage, and try to understand how it brings a mythological tradition up to date.

2010 Summer - Registration Guide, Office Of The Registrar, East Tennessee State University

Registration Resources

No abstract provided.

(Re)Imagining Taiwan: Taiwanese Cultural Nationalism In Film And Literature, 1970-1990s, Keith Goodwin

History

The study of Taiwan's history is permeated by questions of identity. Since 1600, the island has been, among other things, a Dutch colonial outpost, a refuge for Ming loyalists, a provincial frontier of the Qing Dynasty, a Japanese colony, and, since the end of World War II, the home of the Republic of China (ROC). However, sixty years after Taiwan's "retrocession" to the government of Chiang Kai-shek, questions of Taiwan's cultural and national identity persist.

This paper takes the 1970s to be an important turning point in Taiwan's identity discourse. Beginning with a discussion of the various political and diplomatic …

Increasing Denali Kidcare Eligibility: The Lifeboats Are Here, Alexander Sadighi

Alaska Law Review

No abstract provided.

Analysis Of Integrating Solar Power At Cal Poly's On-Campus Dairy Operation, Kyle Wayne Wright

Agribusiness

This study was performed to determine the feasibility of integrating a full offset solar power unit at Cal Poly’s dairy operation. The dairy is relatively small, with four hundred cows and only two hundred mature milking cows. The dairy’s average annual electricity use is approximately 330,000-kilowatt hours. Based on the size and annual electricity demand, REC Solar, a local solar power company, was able to determine that a 216-kilowatt system would be necessary to meet the electricity demands.

In order to develop an accurate study, governmental grants, rebates and incentives were researched. These forms of aid would provide financial support …

Références Surréalistes Dans L’Œuvre Théâtrale De Georges Schéhadé, Georges Khoriaty

Présence Francophone: Revue internationale de langue et de littérature

Owing to Georges Schéhadé’s investment of powers of dreams which lead to existence and generate thoughts out of any preset direction, Georges Schéhadé’s theatre can be considered very close to surrealism. These powers of dreams can rediscover the world, give access to another reality and resolve fundamental life questions. In addition, Georges Schéhadé’s theatre and surrealism are similar in resorting to mysterious practices, occult research and the world of the “marvellous” which emanates from the world of dreams. This latter world consists of extraordinary random events or premonitions, visions, perceptions and sensations bringing about confusion of identities and a strange …

Momar Désiré Kane (2009). Io L’Africaine. L’Afrique Et Ses Représentations:De La Périphérie Du Monde Au Cœur De L’Imaginaire Occidental, Paris, L’Harmattan, 304p., Hervé Tchumkam

Présence Francophone: Revue internationale de langue et de littérature

No abstract provided.

The Portuguese In America, Alison A. Pereira

History

No abstract provided.

Orientation In Technological Space, Albert Borgmann

Philosophy Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Human Capital, Education, And Entrepreneurs: Evidence From The Yangtze River Delta, Zhining Hu, Jianghuai Zheng, Jialing Wang

Economics Faculty Publications

This paper seeks to examine the relationship between education demand and entrepreneurs in the process of enhancing the growth of human capital in China. We develop a theoretical model that incorporates the important roles played by human capital, education and entrepreneurs. Then, we derive an immigration condition under which the demand for education depends on the existence of entrepreneurs. Finally, we test whether this condition holds true in China, using a panel data set from the Yangtze River Delta which is considered a key barometer of Chinese economy. The empirical results reveal a significant positive relationship between entrepreneurs and education …

Contact Point, Arthur A. Dugoni School Of Dentistry

Contact Point

No abstract provided.

Genetic Differentiation Between Western And Eastern (Eschrichtius Robustus) Gray Whale Populations Using Microsatellite Markers, Aimee R. Lang, David W. Weller, Richard G. Leduc, Alexander M. Burdin, Robert L. Brownell Jr.

United States Department of Commerce: Staff Publications

Within the North Pacific, gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus) are recognized as distinct eastern and western populations. Although both populations were severely reduced by whaling, the eastern population is generally considered to have recovered while the western population has remained highly depleted. Previous studies have documented genetic differentiation between the two populations on the basis of mtDNA haplotype frequencies. Since mtDNA represents only maternal inheritance patterns, the present study used bi-parentally inherited microsatellite markers (n=13) to measure differentiation between populations as well as to compare levels of nuclear genetic diversity retained in each. Mean levels of genetic diversity, as …

Comparing Observations Of Age At First Reproduction In Western Gray Whales To Estimates Of Age At Sexual Maturity In Eastern Gray Whales, Amanda L. Bradford, David W. Weller, Aimée R. Lang, Grigory A. Tsidulko, Alexander M. Burdin, Robert L. Brownell Jr.

United States Department of Commerce: Staff Publications

Age at first reproduction (AFR) is a basic component of age-structured whale assessment models, but direct estimates of this parameter do not exist for either the abundant eastern or critically endangered western population of gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus). Instead, assessments of both populations have utilized either of two recognized estimates of eastern gray whale age at sexual maturity (ASM) that are adjusted by a year to account for fetal gestation. These ASM estimates are: 1) 9 years median, 6-12 years range, and 2) 6 years median, 5-9 years range, but there are biases and discrepancies associated with these …

African American Population Within Kent County, Mi In 2000 (%), Community Research Institute Johnson Center

Community-Level Maps and Fact-Sheets

No abstract provided.

Hispanic Population Within Kent County, Mi In 2000 (%), Community Research Institute-Johnson Center

Community-Level Maps and Fact-Sheets

No abstract provided.

Bachelors Degree Or Higher Within Kent County, Mi In 2008, Community Research Institute-Johnson Center

Community-Level Maps and Fact-Sheets

No abstract provided.

The Conduit, Volume 10, No. 1, June 2010, Annette Summers Engel

The KWI Conduit

Contents: Current Officers and Board Members of the Karst Waters Institute -- Welcome to The Conduit -- 2010 Annual Award Banquet -- KWI Happenings -- Upcoming Karst Meetings -- Feature: Where Are They Now? -- Recent KWI Activities at International Conferences -- Upcoming KWI Meeting -- Announcement for the 2011 William L. Wilson Scholarship -- KWI Sessions at the Geological Society of American meeting -- Publications Order Form

Spanish Missions In The Indigenous Landscape:A View From Mission Santa Catalina,Baja California, Lee M. Panich

Faculty Publications

Mission Santa Catalina was founded on the margins of the Spanish colonial frontier in northern Baja California, but over time it became an important place in the indigenous landscape of the region. Dominican friars established the mission at a crossroads of native interaction, and recent archaeological, archival, and ethnographic research suggests that indigenous mission neophytes continued to engage in dynamic social and economic relationships with other native groups throughout the colonial period. At the same time, however, the diverse native peoples who lived at Santa Catalina formed new bonds to each other and to the lands around the mission itself. …

Volume 30, Number 2, June 2010 Olac Newsletter, Kate James, Nathan Putnam, Jan Mayo, Barbara Vaughan, Douglas King, Jay Weitz

OLAC Newsletters

Digitized June 2010 issue of the OLAC Newsletter.

The R Journal (June 2010) 2(1): Complete Issue, The R Foundation

The R Journal

Contributed Research Articles

IsoGene: An R Package for Analyzing Dose-response Studies in Microarray Experiments, Setia Pramana, Dan Lin, Philippe Haldermans, Ziv Shkedy, Tobias Verbeke, Hinrich Göhlmann, An De Bondt, Willem Talloen, and Luc Bijnens

MCMC for Generalized Linear Mixed Models with glmmBUGS, Patrick Brown and Lutong Zhou

Mapping and Measuring Country Shapes, Nils B. Weidmann and Kristian Skrede Gleditsch

tmvtnorm: A Package for the Truncated Multivariate Normal Distribution, Stefan Wilhelm and B. G. Manjunath

neuralnet: Training of Neural Networks, Frauke Günther and Stefan Fritsch

glmperm: A Permutation of Regressor Residuals Test for Inference in Generalized Linear Models, Wiebke Werft and …