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Killing Good Patents To Wipe Out Bad Patents: Bilski, The Evolution Of Patentable Subject Matter Rules, And The Inability To Save Valuable Patents Using The Reissue Statute, Edward Van Gieson, Paul Stellman

Santa Clara High Technology Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Patenting Intangible Methods: Revisiting Benson (1972) After Bilski (2010), Donald S. Chisum

Santa Clara High Technology Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Summer 2011

University of Richmond Magazine

No abstract provided.

Winter 2011

University of Richmond Magazine

No abstract provided.

Gvsu Undergraduate And Graduate Catalog, 2011-2012, Grand Valley State University

Course Catalogs, 1963 - Current

Grand Valley State University 2011-2012 undergraduate and/or graduate course catalog published annually to provide students with information and guidance for enrollment.

Toward An Integrated History To Guide The Future, Sander Van Der Leeuw, Robert Costanza, Steve Aulenbach, Simon Brewer, Michael Burek, Sarah Cornell, Carole L. Crumley, J. A. Dearing, Catherine Downy, Lisa J. Graumlich, Scott Heckbert, Michelle Hegmon, Kathy A. Hibbard, Stephen T. Jackson, Ida Kubiszewski, Paul Sinclair, Sverker Sörlin, W. L. Steffen

Institute for Sustainable Solutions Publications and Presentations

Many contemporary societal challenges manifest themselves in the domain of human?environment interactions. There is a growing recognition that responses to these challenges formulated within current disciplinary boundaries, in isolation from their wider contexts, cannot adequately address them. Here, we outline the need for an integrated, transdisciplinary synthesis that allows for a holistic approach, and, above all, a much longer time perspective. We outline both the need for and the fundamental characteristics of what we call ?integrated history.? This approach promises to yield new understandings of the relationship between the past, present, and possible futures of our integrated human?environment system. We …

Prioritizing Zebra And Quagga Mussel Monitoring In The Columbia River Basin, Steve W. Wells, Timothy D. Counihan, Amy Puls, Mark Sytsma, Brian Adair

Center for Lakes and Reservoirs Publications and Presentations

The purpose of this report is to provide a framework for the prioritization of water bodies in the Columbia River Basin and the Greater Northwest region (surrounding areas in Oregon, Washington, California, Nevada, Idaho, Utah, and Wyoming) for early detection monitoring for dreissenid mussels. Our ability to assess the relative risk of establishment and introduction of dreissenid mussels was confounded by significant gaps in the data necessary to rigorously predict where dreissenid mussels will become introduced and subsequently established. Consequently, local jurisdictions should evaluate the prioritized lists provided critically and make adjustments where local knowledge and additional information dictates. Further, …

The Partisan And His Doppelganger: The Case Of Primo Levi, Ilona Klein

Faculty Publications

Published in 1982, Se non ora, quando? (If Not Now, When?) is Primo Levi's first novel proper. Perhaps Primo Levi is regretted not fully living life as an Italian Jewish partisan that he re-created his lost dream through its pages, and had his partisan brigade not been captured, perhaps Levi's underground fighting might have continued until the end of the war. If Not Now, When? thus might reflect Levi's need to explore that sought-after life as a partisan, which he had been denied after only three months of activity. Did Live write If Not Now, When? as a …

Multi Camera Visual Saliency Using Image Stitching, Christopher Wing Hong Ngau, Li-Minn Ang, Kah Phooi Seng

Research outputs 2011

This paper presents and investigates two models for a multi camera configuration with visual saliency capability. Applications in various imaging fields each have a different set of detection parameters and requirements which would result in the necessity of software changes. The visual saliency capability offered by this multi camera model allows generic detection of conspicuous objects be it human or nonhuman based on simple low level features. As multiple cameras are used, an image stitching technique is employed to allow combination of Field-of-View (FoV) from different camera captures to provide a panoramic detection field. The stitching technique is also used …

Special Issue On Wireless Sensor And Actuator Networks, Jiming Chen, Karl H. Johanson, Stephan Olariu, Ioannis Ch. Paschalidis, Ivan Stojmenovic

Computer Science Faculty Publications

( First paragraph) WIRELESS Sensor Networks (WSNs), in their various shapes and forms, have greatly facilitated and enhanced the automated, remote, and intelligent monitoring of a large variety of physical systems. These networks consist of a large number of typically small devices, each incorporating sensing, processing, and wireless communications capabilities. Their use has penetrated a plethora of application domains from industrial and building automation, to environmental, wildlife, and health monitoring.

Flexibility In The Foraging Strategies Of Spiders, Ximena J. Nelson, Robert R. Jackson

All Peer-Reviewed Publications

Although many spiders build prey-capture webs, spider foraging strategies include species that, instead of building webs, deploy silk in other ways for prey capture. Additionally, there are species that capture prey, either by ambush or by active pursuit, without making notable use of silk in the process. There are striking examples of predatory specialisation from spiders, particularly among the Salticidae, suggesting that assumptions about adaptive trade-offs, in which the small nervous systems of spiders might constrain their cognitive or sensory abilities, need to be carefully evaluated. Predatory versatility, whereby an individual spider adopts a conditional strategy with which it classifies …

Scientific Productivity And Gender Performance Under Open And Proprietary Science Systems: The Case Of Chile In Recent Years, Bernadita Escobar Andrae

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.

Eligible Patent Matter—Gender Analysis Of Patent Law: International And Comparative Perspectives, Shlomit Yanisky-Ravid

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.

Widening The Achievement Gap: The 2010 D.C. Teacher Contract Deprives D.C. Charter School Students Of An Adequate Education, Thomas G. Brunet

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.

Research Project Bar Examination Accommodations For Adhd Graduates, Neha Sampat, Esme Grant

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.

The Learning Disability Mess, Ruth Colker

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.

Increased Non-Gaussianity Of Heart Rate Variability Predicts Cardiac Mortality After An Acute Myocardial Infarction, Junichiro Hayano, Ken Kiyono, Zbigniew R. Struzik, Yoshiharu Yamamoto, Eiichi Watanabe, Phyllis K. Stein, Lana L. Watkins, James A. Blumenthal, Robert M. Carney

Open Access Publications

No abstract provided.

Volume 36, No. 2

The Weldon Times

A student-run newspaper published at the Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University.

Editor in Chief: Geoff Franklin

Layout Editor: Lorne Graburn

Assistant Editors: Alex Gorlewski, Victoria Gergan, Patrick MacDonald, Max Rothschild

Book Review: Exploring Mars: Chronicles From A Decade Of Discovery, T. D. Oswalt

Publications

This document is Dr. Oswalt’s review of Exploring Mars : Chronicles from a Decade of Discovery by Scott Hubbard. Arizona, 2011 194p, 9780816521111 $45.00, 9780816528967 $17.95.

Using A Performance Consistency Model To Explain Variations In Test-Retest Performance, James S. Whitaker

PCOM Psychology Dissertations

Subtest-level interpretation of intelligence tests is necessary for understanding the relationship between cognitive deficiencies and academic problems and for designing interventions based on assessment results. However, the practice of subtest interpretation continues to be discouraged by those who claim that subtests have poor reliability and thus minimal interpretative power. This perception of subtest instability may be the result of misguided conceptions of reliability and not actual properties of subtests. With this in mind, the present study sought to determine the extent to which a neuropsychologically based performance model fit WISC-IV subtest test-retest data and offered an alternate means of understanding …

Neuropsychological Instruction: A Process Related Approach In Early Reading Skill Development, Karen Boyle Donahue

PCOM Psychology Dissertations

Proficient and fluent reading ability for all Americans continues to be a highly prioritized, yet under achieved aspiration in current educational institutions. The acquisition of proficient reading fluency and comprehension are, undoubtedly, the most essential priorities in the academic development of school aged children, yet a discouraging number of students continue to struggle with the reading process throughout school aged years. Research has targeted key instructional areas that must be implemented in successful reading curriculum in the early childhood years. Namely, phonological awareness, phonics instruction, reading fluency, vocabulary development, and reading comprehension are core components that must be incorporated into …

Dispersive Wave Equations For Solids With Microstructure, A. Berezovski, Juri Engelbrecht, Mihhail Berezovski

Publications

The dispersive wave motion in solids with microstructure is considered in the one-dimensional setting in order to understand better the mechanism of dispersion. It is shown that the variety of dispersive wave propagation models derived by homogenization, continualisation, and generalization of continuum mechanics can be unified in the framework of dual internal variables theory.

The Next Generation Of Aviation Safety: Utilizing Airport-Gis For Sms Oversight, Shane Ingolia

Research Papers

No abstract provided.

Plots And Prediction Intervals For Generalized Additive Models, Joshua E. Powers

Research Papers

No abstract provided.

Falling Through The Cracks: A Screening Assessment For Student Veterans With Learning Disabilities, Charles G. Hillesheim

Research Papers

AN ABSTRACT OF THE RESEARCH PAPER OF

CHARLES G. HILLESHEIM, for the Masters of Science degree in REHABILITATION COUNSELING, presented on JULY 29, 2011, at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

TITLE: FALLING THROUGH THE CRACKS: A SCREENING ASSESSMENT FOR STUDENT VETERANS WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES

MAJOR PROFESSOR: Dr. Thomas Upton

This paper examines historical context of military intelligence assessment, post secondary challenges of student veterans, student veterans with a learning disability and campus support for veterans with learning disabilities and to facilitate an intervention by using a C-SIP style screener survey which can be a useful tool for a Rehabilitation Counselor. Facilitating …

Admissible Jordan Blocks Of Certain Representations Of The Symplectic Group With Split-Rank 2, Bryan M. Arnold

Research Papers

The classification for irreducible square integrable representations of symplectic groups, as described in a joint paper by Moeglin and Tadi´c, gives a parameterization of irreducible tempered representations of these groups. The first parameter is given in terms of Jordan blocks which satisfy certain criteria. These are called admissible Jordan blocks. In this paper we will look at simple examples of the admissible Jordan blocks of irreducible tempered representations induced from irredible square integrable representations in the case of the symplectic group with split-rank 2. ii

Introductory Remarks, Kevin P. Lee

Campbell Law Review

No abstract provided.

Religion And The Purification Of Reason: Why The Liberal State Requires More Than Simple Tolerance, John M. Breen

Campbell Law Review

What could Pope Benedict possibly mean by the astounding claim that reason in public discourse must be "purified" by religion? What does he mean in saying that religion has a "corrective" role to play in the political process? In the essay that follows, first, I explore the meaning of this provocative passage as elucidated in the other documents of Benedict's papacy, in the work of Joseph Ratzinger prior to his election as pope, and in the larger body of papal encyclicals, conciliar documents and episcopal statements collectively known as "Catholic social teaching." Second, I will show how much of what …

O Debate Ciências Versus Humanidades No Século Xix: Reflexões Sobre O Ensino De Ciências No Collegio De Pedro Ii [The Science Vs. Humanities Debate In The Xix Century: Reflections On The Teaching Of The Sciences In The College Pedro Ii], Karl M. Lorenz, Ariclê Vechia

Education Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Application Of Principal Component And Hierarchical Cluster Analysis To Classify Different Spices Based On In-Vitro Antioxidant Activity And Individual Polyphenolic Antioxidant Compounds, Mohammad Hossain, Ankit Patras, Catherine Barry-Ryan, Ana Belen Martin-Diana, Nigel Brunton

Articles

This study investigated the variations in antioxidant profiles between spices using pattern recognition tools; classification was achieved based on the results of global antioxidant activity assays (2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl [DPPH], oxygen radical absorbance capacity [ORAC], ferric reducing antioxidant power [FRAP], microsomal lipid peroxidation [MLP] and 2,2′-azinobis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) [ABTS]), levels of different polyphenolic compounds (gallic acid [GA], carnosol [CAR], carnosic acid [CRA], caffeic acid [CA], rosmarinic acid [RA], luteolin-7-O-glucoside [LOG], apigenin-7-O-glucoside [APOG] and total phenols [TP]) of spices namely rosemary, oregano, marjoram, sage, basil, thyme, fennel, celery, cumin and parsley, commonly consumed in Ireland were analyzed. Rosemary showed the highest antioxidant activity measured …