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The Future Of The Academic Library And Librarian: A Delphi Study, Blazej Feret, Marzena Marcinek

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

No abstract provided.

Sharing Metadata: Enabling Online Information Provision, Jenny Darzentas

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

No abstract provided.

Information Technology Infrastructures And Services For Creating A Library's Unified Information System, Attilio Collagrossi

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

No abstract provided.

Re-Engineering Academic Library & Information Services: The Case Of The Technical Knowledge Centre & Library Of Denmark, Lars Bjørnshauge

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

No abstract provided.

Building The Fast Response Library (Frl), As Apostolou, Ch Skiadas

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

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Millennial Megatrends: Forces Shaping The 21st Century, Philip H. Spies

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

No abstract provided.

Global Literacy Initiatives, Lynne Rudasill

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

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Library Resource-Sharing In The Network-Centric World, Rob Mcgee

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

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Wednesday Communiqué, 12/5/2012, Chaouki Abdallah

Publications of the Provost's Office

Equity Adjustments: The office of Academic Affairs has now completed its review for equity adjustment appeals.

Shrimp Aquaculture And Aguadulce: A Broken Partnership., Sylvia M. Bolanos

Open Access Dissertations

A socio-economic impact study was conducted in Aguadulce, Panama to analyze the viability of the shrimp aquaculture industry. Two visits in 2004 and 2010 document the changes the industry underwent through the use of a survey and interviews of knowledgeable informants. Interviews were conducted among field and processing plant employees, managers and owners, government officials, and local artisanal fishermen. It was of relevance to understand the viability of this industry at both the town and country level. Changes are evident when comparing the data. The industry has undergone drastic changes resulting from the spread of White Spot Syndrome Virus (WSSV) …

Deming-Based Lean-Six Sigma Applied To The Length Of Stay In An Urban Emergency Department, Mary C. Mckenry

Open Access Dissertations

Deming-based Lean Six-Sigma management is applied to the Emergency Department (ED) of a large metropolitan university hospital to demonstrate the effectiveness of using Deming's approaches to improve processes which will allow a reduction in the length of time the patient remains within the ED. A Voice of Customer analysis is utilized to identify priorities for improvement. Change concepts are utilized for the development of the changes that will improve the ED length of stay. Control charts are used to illustrate the estimated effect of implementation of the proposed changes. A recommendation for further study is enclosed.

Measurement Of Seawater Ph: A Theoretical And Analytical Investigation, Jason F. Waters

Open Access Dissertations

The emission of anthropogenic carbon is leading to the influx of additional CO2 to the atmosphere and global ocean. While the flux of anthropogenic CO2 from the atmosphere to the ocean may be leading to the mitigation of global climate change, it is also leading to the decline of global ocean pH – a process referred to as Ocean Acidification. The net effects Ocean Acidification will have on physical, biogeochemical, and ecological processes are currently not well constrained, but there is significant research interest in evaluating the effects of decreased pH on ocean processes. Seawater pH is the essential measurement …

Sensitivity Analysis For Causal Inference Under Unmeasured Confounding And Measurement Error Problems, Iván Díaz, Mark J. Van Der Laan

U.C. Berkeley Division of Biostatistics Working Paper Series

In this paper we present a sensitivity analysis for drawing inferences about parameters that are not estimable from observed data without additional assumptions. We present the methodology using two different examples: a causal parameter that is not identifiable due to violations of the randomization assumption, and a parameter that is not estimable in the nonparametric model due to measurement error. Existing methods for tackling these problems assume a parametric model for the type of violation to the identifiability assumption, and require the development of new estimators and inference for every new model. The method we present can be used in …

Computationally Efficient Confidence Intervals For Cross-Validated Area Under The Roc Curve Estimates, Erin Ledell, Maya L. Petersen, Mark J. Van Der Laan

U.C. Berkeley Division of Biostatistics Working Paper Series

In binary classification problems, the area under the ROC curve (AUC), is an effective means of measuring the performance of your model. Most often, cross-validation is also used, in order to assess how the results will generalize to an independent data set. In order to evaluate the quality of an estimate for cross-validated AUC, we must obtain an estimate for its variance. For massive data sets, the process of generating a single performance estimate can be computationally expensive. Additionally, when using a complex prediction method, calculating the cross-validated AUC on even a relatively small data set can still require a …

A National Model Built With Partial Least Squares And Universal Kriging And Bootstrap-Based Measurement Error Correction Techniques: An Application To The Multi-Ethnic Study Of Atherosclerosis, Silas Bergen, Lianne Sheppard, Paul D. Sampson, Sun-Young Kim, Mark Richards, Sverre Vedal, Joel Kaufman, Adam A. Szpiro

UW Biostatistics Working Paper Series

Studies estimating health effects of long-term air pollution exposure often use a two-stage approach, building exposure models to assign individual-level exposures which are then used in regression analyses. This requires accurate exposure modeling and careful treatment of exposure measurement error. To illustrate the importance of carefully accounting for exposure model characteristics in two-stage air pollution studies, we consider a case study based on data from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). We present national spatial exposure models that use partial least squares and universal kriging to estimate annual average concentrations of four PM2.5 components: elemental carbon (EC), organic carbon (OC), …

December 5, 2012: Is Abortion Next?, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “Is Abortion Next?“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

The Goals Of Financial Research In The Twenty-First Century, Jeffrey E. Jarrett

College of Business Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Senate Meeting, December 5, 2012, Academic Senate

Academic Senate Minutes

No abstract provided.

Uc Minutes 2012-12-05, Northern Illinois University

University Council Archives

No abstract provided.

Hotline Press Newspaper- December 2012 Vol 29 No 28, Hotline Press Newspaper

Hotline Press Newspaper 2012

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State V. Hansen Appellant's Reply Brief Dckt. 39664

Idaho Supreme Court Records & Briefs, All

No abstract provided.

Ancient Athens Can Teach Us Education Fundamentals Today, Eileen Smith

UCF Forum

As 2012 winds down, I find myself thinking about what impact simulation will have in the future.

Roman And Early Byzantine Burials At Fag El-Gamus, Egypt: A Reassessment Of The Case For Religious Affiliation, Kristin Hacken South

Theses and Dissertations

The Late Roman necropolis of Fag el-Gamus on the eastern edge of Egypt's Fayum Oasis is a valuable archaeological site for exploring issues of personal and cultural identity in Roman Egypt. Former scholarship regarding the people buried at Fag el-Gamus has claimed-based on narrow evidence--that they represent an exceptionally early Christian community in Egypt. However, a more careful look at the evidence-using recent theoretical approaches, data-driven analyses, and comparisons with contemporary sites throughout Egypt and neighboring areas-reveals a more complicated portrait of their religious affiliation and other aspects of their identity. This study examines several potential markers of religious affiliation …

Daily Eastern News: December 05, 2012, Eastern Illinois University

December

No abstract provided.

The Lumberjack, December 05, 2012, The Lumberjack Staff

2012

The student newspaper of Humboldt State University

Shinn V. Board Of County Commissioners Clerk's Record V. 1 Dckt. 40436

Idaho Supreme Court Records & Briefs, All

No abstract provided.

State V. Besaw Appellant's Reply Brief Dckt. 39874

Idaho Supreme Court Records & Briefs, All

No abstract provided.

Uab Doctors Share Fitness And Exercise Advice For The Middle-Aged Man, Alicia Rohan

Browse All News

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December 5, 2012 Faculty Senate Minutes, University Of South Carolina

Faculty Senate

No abstract provided.

College Of Engineering Senior Design Competition Fall 2012, University Of Nevada, Las Vegas

Fred and Harriet Cox Senior Design Competition Projects

Senior Design Experience

Part of every UNLV engineering student's academic experience, the Senior Design project stimulates engineering innovation and entrepreneurship. Each student in their senior year chooses, plans, designs and prototypes a product in this required element of the curriculum. Working in teams, the senior design project encourages students to use everything learned in the engineering and computer design programs to create a practical, real world solution to an engineering challenge.

Beyond the classroom ...

Because of the requirement to work in teams, students also build good communication skills, presentation skills and even business writing skills. They also have to …