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Contestation, Cooperation And The Transborder Commons, Carl Middleton

South South Forum 南南論壇

The Mekong River traces its 4,900 kilometer path southwards through the heart of mainland Southeast Asia from its source in the Himalayan Tibetan plateau through Yunnan Province of China, Myanmar/ Burma, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam. Host to the world’s largest inland fishery and vital to agriculture, the Mekong River is a transboundary commons that is central to the livelihoods, local economies and culture of millions of people living within the basin.

Mainland Southeast Asia is rapidly industrializing, urbanizing, and undergoing a process of regional economic integration shaped predominantly by neoliberal economic policies. Economic growth is uneven, however, and large …

Economic Resilience : Including A Case Study Of The Global Transition Network, Julie Richardson

South South Forum 南南論壇

This paper explores the dynamic properties of organisms and ecosystems that make them so resilient and capable of adapting to changing circumstances, allowing them to maintain an overall condition of coherence, wholeness and health while living in balance within the resources of the planet. Key principles of resilient ecological systems are explored including: self-regulation; positive and negative feedback; diversity; scale and context; cooperation; emergence and novelty; and ecological tipping points. In contrast, market based economic systems can produce unstable growth with unintended destruction of cultural and species diversity and homogenisation of global life-styles. The paper re-examines fundamental economic principles using …

Gpsa Council Meeting, 12/8/2012, Graduate And Professional Student Association

GPSA Meeting Agendas and Minutes

No abstract provided.

Commencement Program 2012 December, Gcsu Special Collections

Commencement Programs

No abstract provided.

December 8, 2012 (Pages 7395-7508), Pennsylvania Legislative Reference Bureau

Volume 42 (2012)

No abstract provided.

The Incredible Lightness – And Responsibility – Of Exiting The Huntington's Closet, Kenneth P. Serbin

At Risk for Huntington's Disease

No abstract provided.

Range Safety Concerns For Launching Winged Vehicles From Canaveral Spaceport, Wayne Devoid

Space Congress® Proceedings

The thrill of spaceflight has unleashed a flood of new space launch concepts in the United States. A host of reusable launch vehicles are being considered to launch private citizens on a suborbital jaunt to the edge of space. Private launch vehicle manufacturers are employing unique winged vehicle design concepts to attempt to significantly reduce the cost of launching space hardware. Additionally, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are being tested for a myriad of applications such as border patrol, homeland security, military training, gathering scientific data, etc. Some of these UAV programs are poised to join space launch vehicles and commercial …

Launch And Landing Infrastructure On The Moon, Robert P. Mueller, Phillip T. Metzger, Wayne G. Finger, Steve W. Moore

Space Congress® Proceedings

To explore the solar system effectively, we need to develop outposts on the Moon, Mars, and other surfaces so that we can make use of their in situ resources, stage equipment for further exploration, and perform more in-depth scientific investigations in those chosen locales. This strategy will differ from our previous sortie missions to the Moon in that it will require engineers to develop infrastructure on planetary surfaces and thus export features of human civilization into space. One example of the need for engineering is the development of launch and landing pads on the Moon. Without these pads, the high …

Design Features Of Our Country’S Newest Commercial Launch Pad, Richard P. Pruss, Steven W. Moore

Space Congress® Proceedings

The new launch site at Wallops Flight Facility has completed design, construction, activation and is now preparing for orbital launches to support the Space Station resupply. The development of Pad 0A presented RS&H’s design team with special technical, managerial and financial challenges. The presentation describes the design approaches for the launch vehicle transit, launch mount, water systems, foundations, flame deflector and other special features and innovations. It describes the extra challenges presented by an extended engine test firing at the launch pad. It also reviews how the design was impacted by the schedule, cost and international demands of this project. …

Project Oasis: A Network Of Spaceports, Robert P. Mueller, Tracy Gill, Jeffrey Brink, Wiley Larson

Space Congress® Proceedings

Providing routine, affordable access to a variety of orbital and deep space destinations requires an intricate network of ground, planetary surface and space-based spaceports across the Earth (land and sea), in various Earth orbits, and on other extra-terrestrial surfaces. Advancements in technology and international collaboration are necessary to enable such a spaceport network to satisfy private and government customers’ research, exploration, and commercial objectives. Technologies, interfaces, assembly techniques, and protocols must be adapted to enable critical capabilities and interoperability throughout the spaceport network. The conceptual space mission architecture must address the full range of required spaceport services, such as managing …

Reliability, Maintainability, And Availability –Consideration During The Design Phase In Ground Systems To Ensure Successful Launch Support, Amanda Gillespie

Space Congress® Proceedings

The future of Space Exploration includes missions to the moon, asteroids, Mars, and beyond. To get there, the mission concept is to launch multiple launch vehicles months, even years apart. In order to achieve this, launch vehicles, payloads (satellites and crew capsules), and ground systems must be highly reliable and/or available, to include maintenance concepts and procedures in the event of a launch scrub.

In order to achieve this high probability of mission success, Ground Systems Development and Operations (GSDO) has allocated Reliability, Maintainability, and Availability (RMA) requirements to all hardware and software required for both launch success and, in …

Multi-Use Facilities - Repurposing Facilities Infrastructure To Support The Multi-Customer Environment, Dave Hertzler, Alan T. Deluna

Space Congress® Proceedings

Since the early 90’s the space launch business has undergone significant change in customers, composition, capacity, and key players. These changes have a resultant effect upon the spaceport industry. Some spaceports, in their current state, may not survive the probable future market and business environment. To stay in the game, spaceports are reexamining their target launch vehicles, services, and operations philosophy. One of the strategies being developed to accommodate current and future changes is to repurpose facilities to support multiple customers. The new vision is that multiple commercial, as well as government entities, having multiple spacecraft and launch vehicle configurations …

Digital Curation And Information Management: Technological Changes In Art History, Joy K. Hyatt

Explorations – The Journal of Undergraduate Research, Scholarship and Creativity at Wright State

Archival and curatorial practices including information management within the fields of art and art history are changing. As a contribution to these vital fields of study, this project addresses their practical application in this digital age. My ten-week research project, Digital Curation and Information Management: Technological Changes in Art History explored this concept. Taking place at Wright State University (WSU), this included a practical application of my art history and motion picture coursework. This included investigating the many phases of digital image curation (the act of curating) through information analysis and management. The assimilation of online and written literature, program …

Integration Of Premature Infants Into Family Life, Karen Herzing, Rosalie Mainous Phd.

Explorations – The Journal of Undergraduate Research, Scholarship and Creativity at Wright State

Purpose: To analyze family interactions in the present day of families whose babies were preterm and to determine where possible parental knowledge deficits exist on infant care after hospital discharge in order to develop appropriate nursing interventions.

Background: Many studies reflect that parents who experience prolonged separation from their infant must overcome several obstacles to achieve bonding and attachment. Studies that follow preterm infants also show incidences of poor growth, lower intelligence, rejection of the child by parents, and even at times child abuse. According to the Health Department, almost 900 babies, or 12% of total births, are born …

The Daily Egyptian, December 07, 2012, Daily Egyptian Staff

December 2012

No abstract provided.

December 7, 2012 - Alec Ucc Meeting Minutes

ALEC Committee Minutes

No abstract provided.

Faculty Senate Minutes - December 7, 2012, Usm Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Minutes

No abstract provided.

Volume 48 - Issue 10 - Friday, December 7, 2012, Rose Thorn Staff

The Rose Thorn Archive

The Rose Thorn, Rose-Hulman's independent student newspaper.

Board Of Trustees Meeting Minutes 2012-12-07, Bowling Green State University

Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes

The official meeting minutes of Bowling Green State University's Board of Trustees.

December 6-7, 2012 - Board Of Trustees Meeting Minutes, Regular And Special Meetings, Board Of Trustees, Central Washington University

Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes

Meeting minutes for the Regular and Special Sessions of the Board of Trustees at Central Washington University, December 6-7, 2012.

Reporter - December 7th 2012, Rit Reporter Staff

University Publications

No abstract provided.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 88, No. 26, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

The Role Of The Nurse Practitioner In The Patient-Centered Medical Home, Patricia M. Sohn

Dissertations

The Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) was established to improve patient access to high quality, cost-effective primary care. Critical to this new model of care is the optimal utilization of nurse practitioners (NPs) in performing services traditionally offered by physicians. This study compared the roles of NPs and physicians in providing primary care in two PCMHs in a local health care system. During the calendar year 2011, a total of 50,471 patient visits occurred in the two PCMHs. Each PCMH consisted of a Traditional Clinic that saw patients on a scheduled basis and a Convenient Care Clinic that accepted walk-in …

The Feasibility Of An Advanced Practice Registered Nurse-Managed Adhd Resource Center In Missouri, Kara Janelle Stackley

Dissertations

The primary objective of this project was to develop a survey to determine provider receptiveness to referring patients to an advanced practice registered nurse-(APRN) managed center for the diagnosis and management of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). A secondary aim of this project was to develop a business plan for the center, provided feedback from the survey was determined to be supportive. Physicians were more likely to use ADHD clinical guidelines (65%) in their practice and expressed greater comfort managing ADHD. Only 50% of APRNs use the clinical practice guidelines and 50% reported they were uncomfortable diagnosing and managing ADHD. Almost …

December 7-8, 2012, Vs. Denver, University Of North Dakota

UND Athletics Publications: Men's Hockey

Program for the December 7-8, 2012, weekend series against the Denver Pioneers.

Jeffrey Datto V. Brian Harrison

2012 Decisions

USDC for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

The Tiger Vol. 106 Issue 25 2012-12-07, Clemson University

Tiger Newspapers

No abstract provided.

Flyer News, Vol. 60, No. 20 (Dec. 7, 2012), University Of Dayton

Flyer News

Student-run newspaper of the University of Dayton.

Improving Phosphorus Use Efficiency Through Organically Bonded Phosphorus, Micheal W. Hill

Theses and Dissertations

Current maximum efficiency of phosphorus (P) fertilizers that is utilized by plants in the same year of application ranges from near zero to thirty percent. Despite low utilization of P in crop production, yields are often limited by P deficiencies. Innovative technology is requisite to achieve greater efficiency as fertilizer demands are increasing, while phosphorus mineral resources are rapidly being depleted. A growing environmental concern for nutrient pollution of surface waters also carries significant weight. A novel new product, Carbond® P, is promising technology to increase P use efficiency. Research is needed to understand its capabilities and the functioning mechanisms …

Um Graduate Dissertation Receives Top Award, Andrew College

University of Mississippi News

St. George Tucker Society Honors Jay Langdale for 'Superfluous Southerners'