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State, Dept. Of Transp. V. Hj Grathol Appellant's Reply Brief Dckt. 38511 Dec 2011

State, Dept. Of Transp. V. Hj Grathol Appellant's Reply Brief Dckt. 38511

Idaho Supreme Court Records & Briefs, All

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Tax-Free Internet Purchases Deprive Communities Of Needed Revenue, Jim Bakken Dec 2011

Tax-Free Internet Purchases Deprive Communities Of Needed Revenue, Jim Bakken

Browse All News

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Student Center, Science Wing Set To Open In 2012, Office Of University Communications Dec 2011

Student Center, Science Wing Set To Open In 2012, Office Of University Communications

Gardner-Webb NewsCenter Archive

Rarely has Gardner-Webb looked forward to the New Year with more excitement than this winter, as the University anticipates opening, in the fall of 2012, the long-awaited Tucker Student Center and the new science research wing. The buildings represent the culmination of the University’s “Higher Ground Campaign,” and they manifest the generous and continued support of the University’s most faithful friends and donors. As GWU President Dr. Frank Bonner says, when it opens, the Tucker Student Center will be “the single-most impressive and most transformational building ever built on Gardner-Webb’s campus.”

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American Exceptionalism Dec 2011

American Exceptionalism

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Exemplary Practices Of Baccalaureate Degree Nursing Programs With High Pass Rates On The Nclex-Rn, Wynona (Nonie) Marie Wiggins Dec 2011

Exemplary Practices Of Baccalaureate Degree Nursing Programs With High Pass Rates On The Nclex-Rn, Wynona (Nonie) Marie Wiggins

Student Theses and Dissertations

Baccalaureate nursing programs from the Southern Regional Educational Board whose NCLEX-RN pass rates met or exceeded the national pass rate for 2006-2008 consecutively and who had at least 60 candidates sit for the exam annually were studied to determine the practices utilized to have success on the NCLEX-RN. Fifty programs met the inclusion criteria and were invited to participate. Thirty programs accepted the invitations to participate in the study. Recorded telephone interviews with baccalaureate nursing program directors, chairs, or their designee were conducted. Most of the nursing programs were upper division traditional programs. Some also offered 2nd degree accelerated option. …

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Idaho Dept Of Transportation V. Grathol Appellant's Reply Brief Dckt. 38511 Dec 2011

Idaho Dept Of Transportation V. Grathol Appellant's Reply Brief Dckt. 38511

Idaho Supreme Court Records & Briefs, All

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Development Of An Environmentally Friendly Binder System For Paper Products, Ashley Rhea Flory Dec 2011

Development Of An Environmentally Friendly Binder System For Paper Products, Ashley Rhea Flory

Student Theses and Dissertations

It is important for industries to find ways to find green chemistries to protect the environment and the paper industry is no exception. Using renewable resources such as plant material will be an excellent substitute for the chemicals that are currently used as paper binders. In this project, carbohydrates, proteins and phenolic compounds were applied to air laid, pressed paper in order to obtain a binder that is as strong as the currently used factory binders while being organic and renewable. Out of the twenty binders surveyed soy protein, gelatin, zein protein, pectin and Salix lignin provided comparable strength results …

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Informing The Public: An Examination Of Government Press Releases During Thai Political Turbulences, Pimchanok Srijamlong Dec 2011

Informing The Public: An Examination Of Government Press Releases During Thai Political Turbulences, Pimchanok Srijamlong

Student Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to examine Thai governments' press releases in the National News Bureau of Thailand (NNT) website in two periods. The first period was from September 2005 to September 2006 and the second period was from December 2008 to May 2010. The two Thai governments mostly employed the social division frame in their press releases. There were highly different opinions between the groups of people who were against and those who supported these two governments. In addition, over half of stories had the conflict of interest frame, which showed one of possible reasons the crisis came …

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Are You Textually Active?, Kandace Dyson Dec 2011

Are You Textually Active?, Kandace Dyson

Student Theses and Dissertations

Given the frequency of text messaging, there has been some concern about whether or not the use of text language among young people has a negative impact on the written form and comprehension of Standard English. Some believe that text language positively influences literacy skills; whereas, others believe that literacy skills are negatively influenced by its use. This study was designed to explore the knowledge of text language among college students enrolled in different levels of English courses and the relationship between text language knowledge and translation of a message written in text language to SE. Participants were asked to …

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A National Study Of Student Early Alert Models At Four-Year Institutions Of Higher Education, Jill Marie Simons Dec 2011

A National Study Of Student Early Alert Models At Four-Year Institutions Of Higher Education, Jill Marie Simons

Student Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to explore the state of student early alert models at nonprofit, four-year institutions of higher education through both quantitative and qualitative lenses. The use of these retention initiatives has become a much heralded practice on college campuses (Kuh, 2007a; Kuh 2007b; Seidman, 2005; Tinto, 2008). However, despite a growing trend, little documentation of these practices exists in the literature. Five broad research questions were posed to describe early alert programs. The questions sought to answer what is the nature of institutions with EAP systems, what are the major design elements, what constitutes program communication, …

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British Pound-U.S. Dollar Swap Agreement Dated As Of December 22, 2011, Federal Reserve System: Federal Reserve Bank Of New York Dec 2011

British Pound-U.S. Dollar Swap Agreement Dated As Of December 22, 2011, Federal Reserve System: Federal Reserve Bank Of New York

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Euro-U.S. Dollar Swap Agreement Dated As Of December 22, 2011, Federal Reserve System: Federal Reserve Bank Of New York Dec 2011

Euro-U.S. Dollar Swap Agreement Dated As Of December 22, 2011, Federal Reserve System: Federal Reserve Bank Of New York

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Kinetics Of The Electrical Discharge Pumped Oxygen-Iodine Laser, Matthew A. Lange Dec 2011

Kinetics Of The Electrical Discharge Pumped Oxygen-Iodine Laser, Matthew A. Lange

Theses and Dissertations

A systematic study of microwave discharges at 2.45 GHz has been performed through the pressure range of sustainable electric discharges in pure oxygen flows of 2 to 10 Torr. A corresponding study of 13.56 MHz has also been performed at pressures of 2, 4, and 7 Torr. Optical emissions from O2(a 1Δ), O2(b 1Σ), and O-atoms have been measured from the center of a μ-wave discharge. Discharge residence times from 0.1 to 5 ms have been reported. The O2(b 1Σ) emissions, with a spectral resolution of 0.01 nm, have been used to measure the temperature of the gas, which typically …

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Link Performance Analysis For A Proposed Future Architecture Of The Air Force Satellite Control Network, Eric W. Nelson Dec 2011

Link Performance Analysis For A Proposed Future Architecture Of The Air Force Satellite Control Network, Eric W. Nelson

Theses and Dissertations

The Air Force Satellite Control Network (AFSCN) is a worldwide network of ground stations that support a wide variety of users from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). The network performs tracking, telemetry, and commanding (TT&C) for these varied users. Users, located at Satellite Operations Centers (SOC), must compete for time on the AFSCN. This thesis demonstrates how to predict satellite link performance, specifically by users of the AFSCN. It will also demonstrate how users might use this capability to save spacecraft power. A tool was created called the AFSCN Link Predictor (LP) …

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Rapid Development: A Content Analysis Comparison Of Literature And Purposive Sampling Of Afrl Rapid Reaction Projects, Andrew R. Smith Dec 2011

Rapid Development: A Content Analysis Comparison Of Literature And Purposive Sampling Of Afrl Rapid Reaction Projects, Andrew R. Smith

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In the current environment of military operations requesting faster delivery schedules to counter insurgent tactics, the engineering team often searches for how to quickly deliver the 80% solution, typically in 6-12 months. These are labeled rapid development projects. A content analysis of best practices in commercial product development literature, where time to market is often a driving factor, was accomplished showing varying emphasis of systems engineering technical and technical management processes. Technical Planning, Stakeholders Requirements Development, and Architecture Design were identified as important processes. This analysis confirms preconceived notions of plan upfront and early by emphasizing the SE processes of …

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Electroluminescence Studies On Longwavelength Indium Arsenide Quantum Dot Microcavities Grown On Gallium Arsenide, John C. Ramsey Dec 2011

Electroluminescence Studies On Longwavelength Indium Arsenide Quantum Dot Microcavities Grown On Gallium Arsenide, John C. Ramsey

Theses and Dissertations

A comprehensive study of the electroluminescence of four GaAs/AlGaAs microcavity devices with InAs/GaInAs quantum dot active regions emitting near 1.3 µm was conducted. The four molecular beam epitaxial grown samples with AlAs oxide aperture confinement layers were fabricated, characterized, and optically modeled. Optical power transmission of the samples was modeled using Matlab and compared with measured transmission data. Resonant cavity light emitting diodes (RCLEDs) and three vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) samples were fabricated and electro-optically characterized over a range of injection currents and temperatures. Devices achieved continuous wave room temperature lasing at 1.28 µm with an output power …

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Investigation Of Gallium Nitride Transistor Reliability Through Accelerated Life Testing And Modeling, Bradley D. Christiansen Dec 2011

Investigation Of Gallium Nitride Transistor Reliability Through Accelerated Life Testing And Modeling, Bradley D. Christiansen

Theses and Dissertations

Gallium nitride high electron mobility transistors are attractive to the DoD for their ability to operate at high frequencies, voltages, temperatures, and power. Yet, there are concerns about the reliability of these devices. Various degradation mechanisms and their causes are proposed in the literature. A variety of reliability tests were conducted to understand these mechanisms and causes. A multi-stressor experiment revealed different failure mechanisms than are in the literature. In particular, the devices tested at high voltage in the OFF state did not degrade significantly as suggested by others' reports. The validity of temperature-accelerated life testing when applied to GaN …

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Religious Freedom, Church–State Separation, And The Ministerial Exception, Thomas C. Berg, Kimberlee Wood Colby, Carl H. Esbeck, Richard W. Garnett Dec 2011

Religious Freedom, Church–State Separation, And The Ministerial Exception, Thomas C. Berg, Kimberlee Wood Colby, Carl H. Esbeck, Richard W. Garnett

NULR Online

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Power And Practice In Academic Library Materials Selection Paradigms, Elena S. Smith Dec 2011

Power And Practice In Academic Library Materials Selection Paradigms, Elena S. Smith

School of Information Student Research Journal

This article examines the theoretical and practical implications of three methods of materials acquisitions in an academic library. First, it evaluates how traditional collection development, electronic patron driven acquisitions (PDA) and other older forms of PDA affect materials storage, preservation, purchase speed and usage. Then this paper employs Foucault’s theories about power to discuss the ramifications of these acquisitions methods for librarians and three major user groups: faculty, graduate students and undergraduates. The article concludes that each method presents different practical and theoretical advantages and disadvantages.

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Health Literacy: An Overview Of An Emerging Field, Mary Grace Flaherty Dec 2011

Health Literacy: An Overview Of An Emerging Field, Mary Grace Flaherty

School of Information Student Research Journal

According to the National Adult Literacy Survey, nearly 90 million American adults test below a high school level for literacy skills (Kirsch, Jungeblut, Jenkins & Kolstad, 1993).Because most health materials are written at least at the high school level, this finding has major implications in terms of health care provision in this country (Helitzer, Hollis, Cotner & Oestreicher, 2009). This paper attempts to give an overview of the field of health literacy and includes: a brief background with current definitions; a description of screening and measurement tools; a discussion of aspects of limited literacy; the implications for quality health care; …

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#Socialtagging: Defining Its Role In The Academic Library, Annalise Ammer, Katherine Bertel Dec 2011

#Socialtagging: Defining Its Role In The Academic Library, Annalise Ammer, Katherine Bertel

School of Information Student Research Journal

The information environment is rapidly changing, affecting the ways in which information is organized and accessed. User needs and expectations have also changed due to the overwhelming influence of Web 2.0 tools. Conventional information systems no longer support evolving user needs. Based on current research, we explore a method that integrates the structure of controlled languages with the flexibility and adaptability of social tagging. This article discusses the current research and usage of social tagging and Web 2.0 applications within the academic library. Types of tags, the semiotics of tagging and its influence on indexing are covered.

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Beyond The Walled Garden: Lis Students In An Era Of Participatory Culture, Michael Stephens Dec 2011

Beyond The Walled Garden: Lis Students In An Era Of Participatory Culture, Michael Stephens

School of Information Student Research Journal

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Impact Of A Multifaceted Intervention On Promoting Adherence To Screening Colonoscopy Among Hiv/Aids Population, Pansy Ferron Dec 2011

Impact Of A Multifaceted Intervention On Promoting Adherence To Screening Colonoscopy Among Hiv/Aids Population, Pansy Ferron

Open Access Dissertations

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second leading cause of death in the United States and has the highest death rate among Blacks. Whereas studies have targeted patients to increase CRC adherence in the general population few studies have focused on improving providers’ adherence to screening guidelines. Also, CRC screening studies among HIV-positive patients consistently show lower screening rates compared to screening rates among HIV negative persons. Results of screening colonoscopy studies among HIV positive patients show higher prevalence of neoplastic lesions and colon cancer is diagnosed at advanced cancer stages; these patients have shorter disease-free survival compared to HIV-negative patients. …

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Perceived Support, Belonging, And Possible Selves Strategies Among Incarcerated Juvenile Offenders, Samantha S. Clinkinbeard, Colleen I. Murray Dec 2011

Perceived Support, Belonging, And Possible Selves Strategies Among Incarcerated Juvenile Offenders, Samantha S. Clinkinbeard, Colleen I. Murray

Criminology and Criminal Justice Faculty Publications

Possible selves theory (Markus & Nurius, 1986) suggests that future-oriented expectations, fears, and strategies are constrained by feedback in one's sociocultural context. The current paper represents a preliminary look into the relationship between support in one's immediate context and the development of strategies for the achievement of desired future selves. Youthful offenders (N = 543) were surveyed in secured treatment facilities in Alaska, Idaho, Nevada, and Oregon. Program belonging was a consistent predictor of strategy generation among both males and females, and attributional support from a staff person was significant among males. The findings support further examination …

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St. Luke's Medical Center V. Luciani Appellant's Brief Dckt. 39315 Dec 2011

St. Luke's Medical Center V. Luciani Appellant's Brief Dckt. 39315

Idaho Supreme Court Records & Briefs, All

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Volume 49, Number 18: December 21, 2011, University Of North Dakota Dec 2011

Volume 49, Number 18: December 21, 2011, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

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State Aid Sa. 34034 (2011/N) – Portugal Extension Of The Portuguese Guarantee Scheme, Joaquin Almunia Dec 2011

State Aid Sa. 34034 (2011/N) – Portugal Extension Of The Portuguese Guarantee Scheme, Joaquin Almunia

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Extension of the Portuguese Guarantee Scheme

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Gwu Honors Its Presidential Societies, Office Of University Communications Dec 2011

Gwu Honors Its Presidential Societies, Office Of University Communications

Gardner-Webb NewsCenter Archive

Gardner-Webb University’s Office of Advancement recently hosted its inaugural Presidential Societies Dinner to recognize the outstanding generosity of the University’s most faithful supporters—the members of its six Presidential Societies. Membership in the Societies is reserved only for those donors who have given $25,000 or more to bolster the strategic plan, the mission, and the students of Gardner-Webb University. “This first annual event was simply one way to express our sincere appreciation to many of our most loyal and committed supporters,” said Monte Walker, vice president for advancement at Gardner-Webb.

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Robust Estimates Of Exporter Productivity Premia In German Business Services Enterprises, Alexander Vogel, Joachim Wagner Dec 2011

Robust Estimates Of Exporter Productivity Premia In German Business Services Enterprises, Alexander Vogel, Joachim Wagner

Economic and Business Review

A large and growing number of micro-econometric studies show that exporting firms are more productive than firms that sell their products on the home market only. This so-called exporter productivity premium qualifies as a stylized fact. Only recently researchers started to look at the role of extreme observations, or outliers, in shaping these findings. These studies use micro-econometric methods that are robust against outliers to show that very small shares of firms with extreme values drive the result. The large exporter productivity premium found for samples of firms including outliers are dramatically smaller in samples without these extreme observations. Evidence …

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Pleading For A Bargain: The Upcoming Debate Over Competing Standards Of Prejudice In Missouri V. Frye, Ian Hampton Dec 2011

Pleading For A Bargain: The Upcoming Debate Over Competing Standards Of Prejudice In Missouri V. Frye, Ian Hampton

Duke Journal of Constitutional Law & Public Policy Sidebar

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