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Wt Cox History, Candace Mooney

Against the Grain

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Against the Grain

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A Vendor's Perspective On Consortial Pda, Sarah Forzetting, Erin Gallagher

Against the Grain

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From A University Press-The Twenty-First Century University Press:Assessing The Past, Envisioning The Future, Leila W. Salisbury

Against the Grain

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Panorama December 2012, Southern Adventist University

Panorama Parent Newsletter

This issue of the Panorama parent newsletter encourages students to stay active, provides information on Southern's QEP activity program, contains a profile on Professor Judy Sloan, and highlights the SOAP program.

Piety And Profession: Simon Greenleaf And The Case Of The Stillborn Bowdoin Law School, 1850–1861, Alfred S. Konefsky

Journal Articles

In 1850, Bowdoin College turned to former Harvard professor Simon Greenleaf when it sought to establish a law school. Although the school did not materialize, Greenleaf wrote a remarkable report that reveals anxieties about the profession, competing visions of legal education, and controversies over the meaning of the science of law in antebellum New England.

Ferlinghetti On Trial: The Howl Court Case And Juvenile Delinquency, Joel E. Black

Journal Articles

In spring 1957 the Juvenile Division of the San Francisco Police Department seized copies of Howl and charged the poem's publisher, Lawrence Felinghetti, with obscenity. Tried in summer 1957 and defended by the American Civil Liberties Union, Ferlinghetti was exonerated by a District Court judge. Scholars typically place the Howl trial at the beginning of a cultural and social revolution that flourished in the 1960s or place it amid the personal lives and rebellions of the actors composing the Beat Generation. However, these treatments do not fully consider the ways the prosecution reflected trends in law, shaped debates over juvenile …

Morpho-Anatomy Of Leaf, Stem And Root Of Alternanthera Sessilis (L.) R. Br. Ex Dc And Alternanthera Pungens Kunth (Amaranthaceae) And Its Significance In Drug Identification, H Gupta, J Raj, A Rathi, E Sundaram, S Kumar, R Manchanda

Indian Journal of Research in Homoeopathy

The present communication deals with morpho-anatomical characters of leaf, stem and root of Alternanthera sesilis and Alternanthera pungens and its signifinace in identification and differentiation of raw drug originated from these species. The plant characters of diagnostic importance are for example colour of stem is green in Alternanthera sesilis and brown in Alternanthera pungens; flower of Alternanthera sesilis possess three stamens while Alternanthera pungens possess five stamens. The study will be useful in confirming the authenticity of raw drug and also serve as a reference for advanced studies of these two such closely related species.

Code Generation For Parallel Execution Of A Class Of Irregular Loops On Distributed Memory Systems, Mahesh Ravishankar, John Eisenlohr, Louis Noël Pouchet, J. Ramanujam, Atanas Rountev, P. Sadayappan

Faculty Publications

Parallelization and locality optimization of affine loop nests has been successfully addressed for shared-memory machines. However, many large-scale simulation applications must be executed in a distributed-memory environment, and use irregular/sparse computations where the control-flow and array-access patterns are data-dependent. In this paper, we propose an approach for effective parallel execution of a class of irregular loop computations in a distributed-memory environment, using a combination of static and runtime analysis. We discuss algorithms that analyze sequential code to generate an inspector and an executor. The inspector captures the data-dependent behavior of the computation in parallel and without requiring complete replication of …

The International Atomic Energy Agency's Decision To Find Iran In Non-Compliance, 2002-2006, Nima Gerami, Pierre Goldschmidt

WMD Case Studies

On August 14, 2002, at a press conference in Washington, DC, the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), an exiled Iranian opposition group, drew worldwide attention when it publicly accused Iran of clandestinely developing nuclear weapons. Alireza Jafarzadeh, then-U.S. media spokesperson for the NCRI, described two “top secret” nuclear facilities being constructed in Iran at Natanz and Arak under the guise of front companies involved in the procurement of nuclear material and equipment. Noting that media attention had focused on Iran’s publicly declared civilian facilities, Jafarzadeh claimed that “in reality, there are many secret nuclear programs at work in …

Novel Energy-Based Localization Technique For Multiple Sources, Lu Lu, Hsiao Chun Wu

Faculty Publications

Source localization using acoustic sensor networks has been drawing a lot of research interest recently. In a sensor network, there are a large number of inexpensive sensors which are densely deployed in a region of interest (ROI). This dense deployment enables accurate intensity (energy) based target localization. The maximum-likelihood is the predominant objective which leads to a variety of source localization approaches. However, the investigation on the energy-based localization for multiple sources has been very rare. The corresponding robust and efficient algorithms are still being pursuit by researchers nowadays. In this paper, we would like to combat the energy-based multiple-source …

Building Collaboration Through Project-Based Theater Design, Heather Rose Basarab

Dissertations, Masters Theses, Capstones, and Culminating Projects

With the economic collapse of 2008, there has been a dramatic increase in government emphasis on the value of science and technology-based study in the nation’s high schools as a means for the United States to remain competitive in the world economic market. Financial, political and societal support for the hard sciences, coupled with evertightening budget restrictions for education, have contributed to the devaluing, underfunding, and elimination of the performing arts as a viable and valued academic pursuit (Whitman, 2011). The arts play an important role in secondary school education, developing a broad range of widely applicable social and organizational …

Special Educators' Perceptions Of Paperwork Demands And Job Efficacy: A Qualitative Study, Deborah K. Imhoff

Dissertations, Masters Theses, Capstones, and Culminating Projects

This study examines the growing evidence that paperwork burdens associated with the jobs of special education teachers are contributing to high attrition rates among these educators. The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact that paperwork demands have on special educators’ decisions to remain in this profession. In examining the literature for the primary reasons of difficulty in retaining special education teachers, several themes emerged: increasing paperwork burdens and administrative tasks as a result of budget cuts and increased class sizes in both special and general education classes, NCLB legal requirements and accountability policies, and time constraints. In-depth …

A Dialogue About Race: African-American Teachers Discussing History And Experience Of African-Americans In The Teaching Profession, Christina Clair Owens

Dissertations, Masters Theses, Capstones, and Culminating Projects

The achievement gap in the United States develops when millions of children enter the classroom on their first day of kindergarten. The sociological effects of the achievement gap as it relates to the racial and socio-economic strata create cyclical, systemic problems in our country that ultimately affect the next generations of children in our schools. The purpose of this study is to learn from adult African-American teachers about the issues confronting African-American high school students who no longer have role models in the classroom, as was previously the case, prior to school desegregation. A former teacher, of African-American history, was …

Parent And Educator Perspectives Of Asd Learning Environments In Public Charter Schools: A Qualitative Study, Victoria Marie Starr Soria

Dissertations, Masters Theses, Capstones, and Culminating Projects

The purpose of this study is to reveal parent and educator perceptions of the inclusion setting for students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) at the public charter school of study. Due to the limited research available on parent and educator perceptions and the learning environments for students with ASD within public charter schools, a wide range of literature has been reviewed. This includes what public charter schools provide Students with Disabilities (SWD), how lawmakers and public perception play a role in parent and educator perspectives of learning environments for students with ASD, what experts deem best for students with ASD, …

Informing Parents And Educators About The Importance Of Preschool For English Language Learners: A Guideline, Marinique Simone Perry

Dissertations, Masters Theses, Capstones, and Culminating Projects

The importance of pre-kindergarten experience for English Language Learners is that it gives them a foundation for their kindergarten experience. Many Hispanic families are hesitant in putting their child in the care of someone who is not a family member, which then puts these children behind others who had an academic experience in pre-kindergarten. This not only brings the Hispanic children down academically but also fails to teach them about the social aspect of school. The purpose of this study is to give people involved with these children a guideline to help them understand the importance of pre-kindergarten education for …

Reformed Worship (Rw) 106 - Lent / Easter (December 2012), Reformed Worship Editors

Reformed Worship Magazine

Features

Fulfilled by Ron Toornstra....3

Psalms: Voicing a Counter-World by Walter Brueggemann....22

The King of Creation in the Gardens of Redemption by Verlan Van Ee....36

Articles

Editorial: Living in Tension by Joyce Borger....2

Q&A: Virtual Lord's Supper by John Witvliet....15

For Pastors: Don't Look at That by Scott Hoezee....16

He Showed Them His Wounds by Leonard J. Vander Zee....18

With Unveiled Faces by Julia K. Start Fletcher....21

Words that Seep into Your Soul by Becky Hoeksema....30

Resources

Come and See: The Cross of Christ by Marianne and George VanDelft....10

How …

The Update, December 2012, University Of Northern Iowa. College Of Humanities, Arts And Sciences.

Update

Inside this issue:
-- Having a Field Day: UNI Students Attend Geology Camp in Wyoming
--Contents December 2012
-- Department News
-- Art Students Present Research Papers at Midwest Humanities Conference
-- School of Music Events
-- Challenging Bullying Through Art
-- Alumni Spotlight: James Arns: Physics
-- UNI Forensics Team

Radio Direction Finding Network Receiver Design For Low-Cost Public Service Applications, Marcel Colman Eric Stieber

Master's Theses

A low-cost radio direction finding (RDF) VHF receiver has been investigated for development into a radio direction finding network (RDFN) with a particular focus towards public service and commercial asset tracking applications. The primary design criteria were reproducibility, low-cost, and simplicity such that public service and volunteer organizations can benefit from the technology. Two receiver designs were built and tested to allow for comparison of practicality, cost, and accuracy. A pseudo-Doppler RDF and a time difference of arrival (TDOA) receiver were built as proof-of-concept for a system design based on commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) components. The pseudo-Doppler system is a less …

A Frequency-Modulated Continuous Wave-Based Boundary Detection System In A Small Pcb Profile, Hamid R. Asgarian

Master's Theses

Falls are a cause of concern for the elderly because it can make them unable to call for help. A monitoring system can detect automatically their immobility and provide help to the elderly if they fall. Ultra-wide band signals for a monitoring system is an excellent choice since it has low enough power to not interfere with other medical and household electronics as well as being able to transmit data to a central monitoring unit. One part of this monitoring system is a boundary detection system used to verify that the monitoring system is not capturing events outside the monitoring …

Real Women? Gender And Race In Prime Time Police Shows, Rondrek Juwayne Cowans

Dissertations

For the past 25 years, reality shows, in particular, police reality shows has figured prominently in American culture as a true representation of police/criminal interactions. This dissertation is a case study that examined the portrayal of African Americans as criminals on the police reality show entitled The Police Women of Cincinnati, Memphis, Dallas, Maricopa County (Phoenix, AZ) and Broward County (Ft. Lauderdale, FL). The cities were chosen because they represent the entire five seasons that the series has been on television. This particular police reality show was also chosen due to its mirror image of local and national television newscasts. …

An Open Courts Checklist: Clarifying Washington's Public Trial And Public Access Jurisprudence, Jeanine Blackett Lutzenhiser

Washington Law Review

Fundamental to the American system of justice is the right to a public trial and a general presumption of openness in judicial proceedings. These values are reflected in the First and Sixth Amendments of the United States Constitution and in many state constitutions. Washington is one of a number of states whose constitution (unlike the U.S. Constitution) also explicitly guarantees the open administration of justice. Constitutional dilemmas arise when a party requests the closure of a courtroom or the sealing of documents. These requests force courts to harmonize values of open justice with other compelling interests. U.S. Supreme Court decisions …

Macro-Financial Linkages: Implications Or Monetary And Financial System Stability, Frank Chikezie

Economic and Financial Review

This paper is structured into two parts. Section I discuss the structure of the macroeconomy and the financial industry, and the interactions between monetary policy and the financial system. The section also showed how monetary policy could create the condition for financial stability. Section 2, on the other hand, discuss the implications of macro-financial linkages for monetary and financial system stability with emphasis on how the new credit risk transfer mechanism (securitisation and derivatives) had altered the nature of some macro-financial linkages, with considerable policy implications. The section concluded by referring to the new direction of macro-prudential regulation and the …

Design, Institutional Arrangement And Implementation Of Macro-Prudential Framework, Charles Akoroda

Economic and Financial Review

The paper says that a sound and well-functioning financial system is viewed as compromising three pillars that are necessary to support orderly financial development and sustained financial stability. It enumerates the three (3) pillars as including: Macro-prudential surveillance and financial stability analysis; Financial system supervision and regulation to help manage the risks and vulnerabilities protect market integrity and good governance of financial institutions'; and Financial system infrastructure including: legal infrastructure for finance; systemic liquidity infrastructure; and transparency, governance and information infrastructure.

Systemic Surveillance And Use Of Macro-Prudential Indicators, Ik Muo

Economic and Financial Review

This paper examines the practice of systemic surveillance through macro-prudential analyses and use of macro-prudential indicators. The rest of the paper is divided into 6 parts. Part 2 discusses macro-prudential (MP) surveillance; Part 3 covers the key methodologies and approaches while the MP indicators are x-rayed in Part 4. Part 5 reviews Nigerian experience with macro-prudential indicators (MPIs). Part 6 examines other issues in systemic surveillance and the paper is concluded in part 7.

Leadership And Corporate Governance: Challenges For Bank Regulators, Lucy Surhyel Newman

Economic and Financial Review

Given likely challenges to obtaining legislative approvals on acceptable behaviour as foundational to good corporate governance practices, this paper recognizes the attendant challenges for bank regulators and recommends measures that Nigerian bank regulators can explore in enhancing their effectiveness in advocating for and where necessary, enforcing good corporate governance practices, based on universally defined pillars and elements of corporate governance.

Spatial And Temporal Trends Of Freshwater Mussel Assemblages In The Meramec River Basin, Missouri, Usa, J. E. Hinck, Stephen E. Mcmurray, Andrew D. Roberts, M. Christopher Barnhart, Christopher G. Ingersoll, Ning Wang, Tom Augspurger

College of Natural and Applied Sciences

The Meramec River basin in east-central Missouri has one of the most diverse unionoid mussel faunas in the central United States with .40 species identified. Data were analyzed from historical surveys to test whether diversity and abundance of mussels in the Meramec River basin (Big, Bourbeuse, and Meramec rivers, representing .400 river miles) decreased between 1978 and 1997. We found that over 20 y, species richness and diversity decreased significantly in the Bourbeuse and Meramec rivers but not in the Big River. Most species were found at fewer sites and in lower numbers in 1997 than in 1978. Federally endangered …

Amelia Earhart On Nikumaroro: A Summary Of The Evidence, Thomas King

Pacific Studies

The fate of American aviation pioneers Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan, who disappeared over the Pacific in July 1937, is a continuing Pacific historical mystery. Twenty-three years of interdiSciplinary research by The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery (TIGHAR) has produced results supporting the hypotheSiS that Earhart and Noonan landed their Lockheed Electra IDE safely on Nikumaroro in the Phoenix Islands, made repeated efforts to radio for help, but eventually expired. This paper summarizes TIGHAR's data relevant to the "Nikumaroro HypotheSiS."

Superintendent Leadership And School Governance Performance, Ronald Drzewicki

Masters Theses

This action research project examined the link between school board governance and effective school district operation. In particular, the link between superintendent leadership, board of education professional development, and community support was studied. The three-year project focused on positive board-superintendent relations and effective board governance. The goals of the project were to establish roles, responsibilities, and procedures for board relations, improve the public image of the school district, improve evaluation systems of school programs, and develop and communicate a district mission and vision. The project documented improvement in community support in multiple areas.

Journal Of Food Law & Policy - Fall 2012, Journal Editors

Journal of Food Law & Policy

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