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The Judicial Power And The Inferior Federal Courts: Exploring The Constitutional Vesting Thesis, A. Benjamin Spencer

Scholarly Articles

The third branch of our federal government has traditionally been viewed as the least of the three in terms of the scope of its power and authority. This view finds validation when one considers the extensive authority that Congress has been permitted to exercise over the Federal Judiciary. From the beginning, Congress has understood itself to possess the authority to limit the jurisdiction of inferior federal courts. The Supreme Court has acquiesced to this understanding of congressional authority without much thought or explanation.

It may be possible, however, to imagine a more robust vision of the Judicial Power through closer …

Skeletal Muscle Function, Morphology, And Biochemistry In Ts65dn Mice: A Model Of Down Syndrome, Patrick Michael Cowley

Exercise Science - Dissertations

A common clinical observation of persons with Down syndrome at all developmental stages is hypotonia and generalized muscle weakness. The cause of muscle weakness in Down syndrome is not known and there is an immediate need to establish an acceptable animal model to explore the muscle dysfunction that is widely reported in the human population. Using a combination of functional, histological, and biochemical analyses this dissertation provides the initial characterization of skeletal muscle from the Ts65Dn mouse, a model of Down syndrome. The experiments revealed that Ts65Dn muscle over-expresses SOD1 protein but this did not lead to oxidative stress. Ts65Dn …

Pedro Calla-Collado V. Atty Gen Usa

2011 Decisions

Agency

In Re: James Anderson

2011 Decisions

USDC for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Eric Dickerson V. Sci Graterford

2011 Decisions

USDC for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Wilkes Barre Hosp Co V. Wyoming Valley Nurses Assn

2011 Decisions

USDC for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

Barbara Houston V. John Houston, Iii

2011 Decisions

USDC for the District of New Jersey

Program Planning

NASIG Newsletter

No abstract provided.

49th Conference On Senior Engineering Design, College Of Engineering And Applied Sciences

Senior Engineering Design Conference

The 49th Conference on Senior Engineering Design Projects was held on December 6, 2011 at the College of Engineering and applied Sciences on the Parkview Campus of Western Michigan University. The college sponsors the conference to showcase the work of its graduating seniors, who are required to complete a capstone project that puts into practice what they have learned. Many of the projects are sponsored by business and industry.

Perceived Ideological Bias In The College Classroom And The Role Of Student Reflective Thinking: A Proposed Model, Darren L. Linville, Joseph P. Mazer

Publications

The role ideology plays in the university classroom is a continual issue of debate. A common public perception has been that academics are a liberal elite, and that they, in the words of conservative activist David Horowitz, “behave as political advocates in the classroom, express opinions in a partisan manner on controversial issues irrelevant to the academic subject, and even grade students in a manner designed to enforce their conformity to professorial prejudices” (2007, p. 188). The Chronicle of Higher Education demonstrated how pervasive this view has become with a 2004 public opinion poll that found 51% of 1,000 individuals …

Creating Tomorrow, Fall 2011, College Of Engineering

College of Engineering Magazines

Annual magazine for the College of Engineering at Utah State University.

The R Journal (December 2011) 3(2): Complete Issue, The R Foundation

The R Journal

Contributed Research Articles

Creating and Deploying an Application with (R)Excel and R, Thomas Baier, Erich Neuwirth, and Michele De Meo

glm2: Fitting Generalized Linear Models with Convergence Problems, Ian C. Marschner

Implementing the Compendium Concept with Sweave and DOCSTRIP, Michael Lundholm

Watch Your Spelling! Kurt Hornik and Duncan Murdoch

Ckmeans.1d.dp: Optimal k-means Clustering in One Dimension by Dynamic Programming, Haizhou Wang and Mingzhou Song

Nonparametric Goodness-of-Fit Tests for Discrete Null Distributions, Taylor B. Arnold and John W. Emerson

Using the Google Visualisation API with R, Markus Gesmann and Diego de Castillo

GrapheR: a Multiplatform GUI for Drawing Customizable Graphs in …

Museum Of Medical History Advisory Board Organizational Minutes December 2011, Edison State College

Advisory Board Organizational Minutes

The Edison State College Museum of Medical History Advisory Board Organizational Minutes. December 1, 2011.

Sovereign Wealth Funds: An Exploratory Study Of Their Behavior, Ali Fatemi, Iraj Fooladi, Nargess Kayhani

The Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance

Sovereign wealth funds have recently moved to the front and center of discussion, both within the investment world and the political arena. In this paper we evaluate the differences and common features of these funds. Utilizing an ownership database, we probe the ownership, geographic, and industry concentration of the funds deployed by these entities. We also compare and contrast the main features of two of the largest sovereign wealth funds.

Minority Small-Firm Credit Applicants: Does Persistence Pay?, Grace Kim

The Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance

When credit application experiences are examined, minority-owned small firms are not the discouraged borrowers that credit outcome studies generally suggest. This paper examines repeated application for credit by small firms. Univariate statistical analysis reveals that persistence is necessary but insufficient for minority firms to be successful credit applicants. At the same time, minority-owned firms overall were more likely than white-owned firms to make repeated attempts to obtain credit, though successful minority applicants actually required fewer applications than their white cohorts. Multivariate regression also finds that different firm, lender, banking relationship, and loan characteristics affect the continued search for credit by …

Characteristics Of Serial Title Changes And Recognition Of New Serial Works: Theoretical And Practical Implications, Mavis B. Molto

Library Faculty & Staff Publications

The paper reports findings from a study to identify characteristics of serials with title changes and then make recommendations for recognizing new works for these serials. Findings show title changes occur due to underlying subject, function, corporate, geographic, frequency, or format changes, with 80.8% of the changes being subject or function changes. It is recommended that reasons for title changes be determined from clear statements in text or elsewhere, and that new works be recognized based upon the requirements of a definition of a work. With the FRBR definition, a new work would be recognized only for a significant subject …

Personalized Searching For Web Service Using User Interests, Rong Hu, Wanchun Dou, Xiaoqing Frank Liu, Jianxun Liu

Computer Science Faculty Research & Creative Works

Users usually have different prospective even they input a same keyword to search Web services. It is a challenge to personalize web service search engine as more and more keyword-like Web services becoming available on Internet. User interest plays an important role in personalizing search result. Therefore, through interest extraction, Web service search engine is personalized. at last, an experiment is presented to demonstrate the feasibility of the method. © 2011 IEEE.

Unopa Notes, Volume 50, Issue 5, December 2011

UNOPA: Newsletters

No abstract provided.

The Marked Tree Site: Evaluation Of Geosynthetic Reinforcements In Flexible Pavements, Taylor Mitchell Goldman

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This document presents findings from a three-year, full-scale, field research project aimed at determining the benefits of using geosynthetic reinforcements to improve the performance of flexible pavements constructed over poor subgrade soils. The test site, known as the Marked Tree site, is an 850-ft (258-m) long segment of low-volume frontage road along Highway 63 in the town of Marked Tree, Arkansas. The site, constructed in 2005, consists of seventeen 50-ft (15.2-m) long flexible pavement test sections with various types of geosynthetic reinforcements (woven and nonwoven geotextiles, and geogrids), which were all positioned at the base-subgrade interface, and two different nominal …

Influence Of Recycled Asphalt Shingles On Asphalt Binder Content, Mixture Stiffness, And Laboratory Rutting Performance, Joshua David King

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Recycled asphalt shingles (RAS) is a technology in which pavement costs can be reduced significantly and pavement properties may be enhanced. Also, incorporating shingles into pavements reduces the impacts of waste shingles in landfills, preserving our environment. However, for this new technology to be practical for implementation, a better understanding of how the ground shingles affect the properties of the asphalt is necessary. The purpose of this research was to examine the effects of recycled asphalt shingles on asphalt binder content, mixture stiffness, and laboratory rutting performance. For this project, shingles were added to hot mix asphalt mixtures at 2.5, …

Brand Reputation And The Cost Of Capital: Evidence Of Adopting A Brand Name As The Corporate Name, Yilin Wu

The Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance

This paper studies how the capital market perceives brand name adoption. I distinguish between brand adoption and radical type of corporate name change. A brand adoption name change occurs when the firm adopts one of its well-established brands as its new corporate name and a radical type occurs when the new name is semantically unrelated to firm history. Improved profitability and increased net investment accompany brand name adoption. After controlling for changes in the competing information sources, the accompanying improved economic performance, and the endogeneity of the decision to adopt a brand name, I find that, while there are no …

Government By Contract And The Structural Constitution, Kimberly N. Brown

Notre Dame Law Review

The article presents information on the structural constitution of the U.S. It informs that modern federal government is outsourced to private contractors. It discusses charge of federal powers to private entities and put forwards an analysis on privatization from a standard structural constitution point. It discusses the decision in the case of Fund v. Public Co. Accounting Oversight Board. It states that the law governing independent agencies helps in analyzing the government outsourcing.

Neither Rules Nor Standards, Steven A. Dean

Notre Dame Law Review

The article discusses the issue of international tax regime and the problems associated with the enforcing of corporate and individual income taxes. It also discusses the impact of corporate income shifting and individual tax evasion. It explains the importance of legitimacy and describes the dynamic that produces legitimacy traps. It suggests the checking of principle in order to solve the problem associated with international tax regime.

The Law And Economics Of The Exclusionary Rule, Tonja Jacobi

Notre Dame Law Review

The article presents information on the legal and economic implications of the exclusionary rule. It explains that exclusionary rule does not work for defendants or non-defendants and harms defendants through juror resistance, juror error and a preserve screening effect. It overviews the drawbacks of solutions that were proposed to solve problems associated with jury instructions and civil remedies.

The Diminishing Returns Of Incentive Pay In Executive Compensation Contracts, Andrew C. W. Lund, Gregg D. Polsky

Notre Dame Law Review

The article discusses the issue of diminished pay in executive compensation. It put forwards an analysis of traditional agency-cost case favoring incentive pay. It explains the attempts to improve decisions associated with financial firms. It states that it focuses on the compensation arrangements of senior executives like chief executive officers (CEOs) and considers the agency-cost-reducing mechanisms in corporate governance to be complementary.

Obituary: Jerry Ronald Choate, 1943-2009, Elmer J. Finck, Hugh H. Genoways, Justin D. Hoffman, Carleton J. Phillips, Robert J. Baker

University of Nebraska State Museum: Mammalogy Papers

Jerry Ronald Choate (1943–2009) had just retired as Director of the Sternberg Museum of Natural History and Professor of Biological Sciences, Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kansas, at the time of his death. Jerry served the American Society of Mammalogists in numerous capacities, including Recording Secretary, First Vice President, and most notably as a member and chair of the Board of Trustees.

The hallmark of Jerry’s life was to turn the ordinary into something magnificent. Whether it was his photography that changed an ordinary landscape into a magnificent masterpiece, or his convincing a reluctant graduate student that they could do …

A General Attack Method For Steganography Removal Using Pseudo-Cfa Re-Interpolation, Pradhumna Shrestha, Michael Hempel, Tao Ma, Dongming Peng, Hamid Sharif

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering: Faculty Publications (to 2015)

Watermarking and steganography are two of the most researched topics in multimedia forensics. However, easy availability of tools and technology has made their misuse a serious concern. To counteract this development some effective tools are necessary to remove malicious steganography. In this work, we introduce a novel watermark attack method which can destroy hidden information embedded in images based on the principle of re-interpolation of Color Filter Array (CFA) artifacts. In digital cameras and scanners, CFA filters are used to acquire low-resolution physical color channel information and produce a high-quality image by subsequent interpolation. We propose to emulate a similar …

Ethnic Difference In Healthcare Delivery, Benny Mathew Varghese

Department of Industrial and Management Systems Engineering: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

Quality in healthcare is a very important aspect; this is obtained when there is proper care provided to the patients without any discrimination. The healthcare system in the US can be improved in the fields of patient’s care, the amount of money spent and proper advice, if proper responsibilities are taken. Quality has been improving over the years, but the median by which there is an increase is too small. The other main factor is access to the healthcare system, which has over the year, has not progressed. Studies in healthcare quality should be conducted on a regular base, so …

A Quantitative Performance Analysis Of 2.5 Ghz And 3.65 Ghz Mobile Wimax, Pradhumna L. Shrestha

Department of Computer Electronics and Engineering: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

Mobile WiMAX has emerged as a prime contender for the de-facto ITU’s 4G standard. It provides high data rate with large coverage and vehicular mobility support. It has been, and is being, widely deployed in diverse applications like video streaming, broadcasting and data service. The FCC (Federal Communications Commission) issues licenses to operate Mobile WiMAX services in several spectrums, among which 2.5 GHz and 3.65 GHz are the most common. Because the 2.5 GHz spectrum suffers the least propagation losses, it has been widely applied commercially. For this reason, academic and industrial researchers have given it particular attention. However, in …

Lithium In The Upper Centaurus Lupus And Lower Centaurus Crux Subgroups Of Scorpius-Centaurus, Eric J. Bubar, Marc Schaeuble, Jeremy R. King, Eric E. Mamajek, John R. Stauffer

Publications

We utilize spectroscopically derived model atmosphere parameters and the Li i λ6104 subordinate line and the λ6708 doublet to derive lithium abundances for 12 members of the Upper Centaurus Lupus and Lower Centaurus Crux subgroups of the Scorpius–Centaurus OB Association. The results indicate any intrinsic Li scatter in our 0.9–1.4 M stars is limited to ∼0.15 dex, consistent with the lack of dispersion in 1.0 M stars in the 100 Myr Pleiades and 30–50 Myr IC 2391 and 2602 clusters. Both ab initio uncertainty estimates and the derived abundances themselves indicate that the λ6104 line yields abundances with equivalent or …