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An Investigation Of Security Challenges In Cognitive Radio Networks, Deepraj S. Vernekar Dec 2012

An Investigation Of Security Challenges In Cognitive Radio Networks, Deepraj S. Vernekar

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

The recent advances in wireless communication have led to the problem of growing spectrum scarcity. The available wireless spectrum has become scarcer due to increasing spectrum demand for new wireless applications. The large portion of the allocated spectrum is sporadically used leading to underutilization of significant amount of spectrum. To improve the spectrum efficiency, the idea of cognitive radio technology was introduced. This concept of cognitive radio provides a promising solution for the spectrum scarcity issues in wireless networks. Meanwhile, the security issues of cognitive radio have received more attentions recently since the inherent properties of CR networks would pose …

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An Ultra-Low Power Communication Protocol For A Self-Powered Wireless Sensor Based Animal Monitoring System, Tao Ma Dec 2012

An Ultra-Low Power Communication Protocol For A Self-Powered Wireless Sensor Based Animal Monitoring System, Tao Ma

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

To prevent and control the outbreak of contagious animal disease, many countries have developed animal identification and tracking systems. However, the current animal identification and tracking system, which is based on passive RFID technology, has many limitations such as the short communication range and incapability of automatically monitoring the animal. To overcome these limitations, our Advanced Telecommunications Engineering Laboratory (TEL) in Department of Computer and Electronics Engineering (CEEN), University of Nebraska-Lincoln took the mission of developing a more advanced monitoring system for animal identification and tracking. This dissertation work as a part of this mission was focusing on developing an …

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"Mainstreaming" Women Through U.N. Security Council Resolutions: Comments On A Paper By Haynes, Cahn, & Aoláin, Abraham D. Sofaer Dec 2012

"Mainstreaming" Women Through U.N. Security Council Resolutions: Comments On A Paper By Haynes, Cahn, & Aoláin, Abraham D. Sofaer

Santa Clara Journal of International Law

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Identifikasi Tutupan Vegetasi Dan Potensi Fisik Lahan Untuk Pengembangan Ekowisata Di Laboratorium Lapangan Konservasi Sumberdaya Hutan Dan Ekowisata Hutan Pendidikan Unhas, Amran Achmad, Putu Oka Ngakan, Anwar Umar, Asrianny Dec 2012

Identifikasi Tutupan Vegetasi Dan Potensi Fisik Lahan Untuk Pengembangan Ekowisata Di Laboratorium Lapangan Konservasi Sumberdaya Hutan Dan Ekowisata Hutan Pendidikan Unhas, Amran Achmad, Putu Oka Ngakan, Anwar Umar, Asrianny

Jurnal Penelitian Kehutanan Wallacea

The aims of this study are to identify vegetation coverage and physical potential of land that can be developed as an ecotourism attraction, and plan for the management of ecotourism development space in the Field Laboratory of Forest Resources Conservation and Ecotourism, Unhas Educational Forest. Vegetation cover, was interpreted from satellite images by using remote sensing techniques, while the physical land potential data information was collected through direct measurements in the field by using GPS, compass and meter. Data analysis was done by using GIS with overlay method and Digital Elevation Model (DEM). The results showed that the Field Laboratory …

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Strata Tajuk Dan Kompetisi Pertumbuhan Cendana (Santalum Album Linn.) Di Pulau Timor, Hery Kurniawan Dec 2012

Strata Tajuk Dan Kompetisi Pertumbuhan Cendana (Santalum Album Linn.) Di Pulau Timor, Hery Kurniawan

Jurnal Penelitian Kehutanan Wallacea

Cendana (Santalum album Linn.) is endemic species of NTT Province which not only have economic value, but also as a symbol that unify people or community and culture wisdom in NTT Province. The management of cendana had been passing many time and period, which it has having good and bad experience depending on several factors. Some of these are regional regulation which did not support the efforts for developing cendana plantation. This research was aimed to know cendana crown stratum and competition index especially in private land. Achieving information and data on cendana habitat for supporting the implementation of Cendana …

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Karakteristik Kualitatif Tipe Penggunaan Lahan Di Zona Penyangga Taman Nasional Aketajawe Lolobata, Lis Nurrani, Halidah, Supratman Tabba, Sumarno N. I Patand Dec 2012

Karakteristik Kualitatif Tipe Penggunaan Lahan Di Zona Penyangga Taman Nasional Aketajawe Lolobata, Lis Nurrani, Halidah, Supratman Tabba, Sumarno N. I Patand

Jurnal Penelitian Kehutanan Wallacea

Aketajawe Lolobata National Parks is forest conservation designated as protection of flora and fauna endemic to North Maluku. This conservation area sustainability depends greatly on the management and utilization of buffer zone area. This study was conducted to identify types of land use in national parks buffer zone with a focus on Aketajawe region. Sample determination carried out purposive random sampling with a three villages sample, representatives of local communities, migrants and combination of both as the basis for selection of villages. Results showed that land use in this area consists of secondary forest, community forest, mixed garden, monoculture garden, …

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Perilaku Harian Tarsius Dalam Kandang Di Patunuang, Taman Nasional Bantimurung Bulusaraung, Maryatul Qiptiyah, Bayu Wisnu Broto, Titiek Setyawati Dec 2012

Perilaku Harian Tarsius Dalam Kandang Di Patunuang, Taman Nasional Bantimurung Bulusaraung, Maryatul Qiptiyah, Bayu Wisnu Broto, Titiek Setyawati

Jurnal Penelitian Kehutanan Wallacea

Tarsius is one of the protected and endegered species. This study aims to examine the behavior of Tarsius fuscus in captivity in Patunuang, Batimurung Bulusaraung National Park, South Sulawesi Province. The observations were made from March until October of 2011, with 6 periods of observation and each the observations made during of three days from 15:00 pm until 8:00 am. The observations were not done during the day because Tarsius don't present any activity during daylight. The observed behaviors were ingestive, allelomimetic, agonistic, shelter-seeking, grooming, eliminative, playing, and resting behaviors. Observations indicated that the behavior of Tarsius which has the …

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Identifikasi Tahapan Dan Faktor-Faktor Sosial Pembangunan Hutan Rakyat Di Sekitar Kawasan Hutan Lindung, Cecep Handoko, C. Yudilastiantoro, Agus Sukito Dec 2012

Identifikasi Tahapan Dan Faktor-Faktor Sosial Pembangunan Hutan Rakyat Di Sekitar Kawasan Hutan Lindung, Cecep Handoko, C. Yudilastiantoro, Agus Sukito

Jurnal Penelitian Kehutanan Wallacea

Development of private forests was thought to have good impact on the security of protected forest. The development could increase the ability of farmers in managing degraded lands, especially on private lands around the protected forest, so the disruption to the forest is reduced. The study was conducted in Sajang Village, East Lombok District and Bentek Hinterland, North Lombok District. Social factors were collected, such as education of farmers, forest ownership, local perceptions, and perception farmers towards forests, local institutions and the characteristics of the management of protected forest. Interview was conducted on 50 respondents for each location. Analysis data …

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Kondisi Sosial Ekonomi Dan Budaya Masyarakat Sekitar Kawasan Konservasi: Studi Kasus Di Pulau Gag, Raja Ampat, Papua Barat, Baharinawati W. Hastanti, R. Gatot Nugroho Triantoro Dec 2012

Kondisi Sosial Ekonomi Dan Budaya Masyarakat Sekitar Kawasan Konservasi: Studi Kasus Di Pulau Gag, Raja Ampat, Papua Barat, Baharinawati W. Hastanti, R. Gatot Nugroho Triantoro

Jurnal Penelitian Kehutanan Wallacea

This study was aim to know the social, economic and cultural communities on the island of Gag, a nickel mining sites in the Marine Wildlife of the Raja Ampat Islands. In last years the region enter into a conflict between the central government (Ministry of Forestry) and the local government supported by the community. The conflict occurred because of a lack of public understanding of conservation of natural resources and the presence of nickel mining was expected to improve the welfare of local communities. Lack of public understanding of conservation is influenced by socio-economic conditions and local culture is partly …

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Unexpected Challenges: The Increasingly Evident Disadvantage Of Considering International Humanitarian Law In Isolation, Louise Doswald-Beck Dec 2012

Unexpected Challenges: The Increasingly Evident Disadvantage Of Considering International Humanitarian Law In Isolation, Louise Doswald-Beck

Santa Clara Journal of International Law

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The Kids Before Khadr: Haitian Refugee Children On Guantanamo [A Comment On Richard J. Wilson's Omar Khadr: Domestic And International Litigation Strategies For A Child In Armed Conflict Held At Guantanamo], Kate Jastram Dec 2012

The Kids Before Khadr: Haitian Refugee Children On Guantanamo [A Comment On Richard J. Wilson's Omar Khadr: Domestic And International Litigation Strategies For A Child In Armed Conflict Held At Guantanamo], Kate Jastram

Santa Clara Journal of International Law

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A Strategic Imperative: Legal Representation Of Unprivileged Enemy Belligerents In Status Determination Proceedings, Kristine A. Huskey Dec 2012

A Strategic Imperative: Legal Representation Of Unprivileged Enemy Belligerents In Status Determination Proceedings, Kristine A. Huskey

Santa Clara Journal of International Law

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Filtering Efficiency And Feeding Mechanisms Of Daphnia Pulex On Microcystis Aeruginosa And Nannochloropsis, Elizabeth Orlowicz Dec 2012

Filtering Efficiency And Feeding Mechanisms Of Daphnia Pulex On Microcystis Aeruginosa And Nannochloropsis, Elizabeth Orlowicz

Honors Theses and Capstones

The filtering and feeding rate of Daphnia pulex from the Old Durham Reservoir, Durham, NH, were measured to determine the feeding efficiency on different concentrations of non-toxic Nannochloropsis (Class Eustigmatophyceae) and toxigenic cyanobacteria Microcystis aeruginosa. Direct observations of thoracic appendage beats and post-abdominal rejections were also measured at 5*105 and 106 cells mL-1 concentrations of Nannochloropsis and M. aeruginosa to examine the feeding mechanisms of the D. pulex. In the presence of increasing Nannochloropsis concentrations, the filtering rates decreased and the feeding rates increased. When exposed to M. aeruginosa, both the filtering and feeding …

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Participatory Budgeting: Diffusion And Outcomes Across The World, Brian Wampler, Janette Hartz-Karp Dec 2012

Participatory Budgeting: Diffusion And Outcomes Across The World, Brian Wampler, Janette Hartz-Karp

Political Science Faculty Publications and Presentations

In this special issue of the Journal of Public Deliberation, multiple faces of Participatory Budgeting programs are revealed. The articles demonstrate that there is no standardized set of “best practices” that governments are adopting, but there are a broader set of principles that are adapted by local governments to meet local circumstances. Adopt and adapt appears to be the logic behind many PB programs.

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Participatory Budgeting: Core Principles And Key Impacts, Brian Wampler Dec 2012

Participatory Budgeting: Core Principles And Key Impacts, Brian Wampler

Political Science Faculty Publications and Presentations

This essay is a reflection piece. I identify key principles at the core of how PB functions and to discuss the scope of change we might expect to see generated by these institutions. I move beyond the idea that there is a specific model or set of “best practices” that define PB. Rather, it is most fruitful to conceptualize PB as a set of principles that can generate social change. The weaker the adherence to these principles, the less social change generated. The second purpose of the essay is to reflect on the impacts generated by PB. How do these …

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Vol 3 No 1 Cover Page, Comparative Philosophy Dec 2012

Vol 3 No 1 Cover Page, Comparative Philosophy

Comparative Philosophy

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Vol 3 No 1 Contents Page, Comparative Philosophy Dec 2012

Vol 3 No 1 Contents Page, Comparative Philosophy

Comparative Philosophy

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Editor's Words, Bo Mou Dec 2012

Editor's Words, Bo Mou

Comparative Philosophy

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Dharmakirti, Davidson, And Knowing Reality, Lajos Brons Dec 2012

Dharmakirti, Davidson, And Knowing Reality, Lajos Brons

Comparative Philosophy

If we distinguish phenomenal effects from their noumenal causes, the former being our conceptual(ized) experiences, the latter their grounds or causes in reality "as it is" independent of our experience, then two contradictory positions with regards to the relationship between these two can be distinguished: either phenomena are identical with their noumenal causes, or they are not. Davidson is among the most influential modern defenders of the former position, metaphysical non-dualism. Dharmakirti' strict distinction between ultimate and conventional reality, on the other hand, may be one of the most rigorously elaborated theories of the opposite position, metaphysical dualism. Despite this …

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How To Avoid Solipsism While Remaining An Idealist: Lessons From Berkeley And Dharmakirti, Jeremy E. Henkel Dec 2012

How To Avoid Solipsism While Remaining An Idealist: Lessons From Berkeley And Dharmakirti, Jeremy E. Henkel

Comparative Philosophy

This essay examines the strategies that Berkeley and Dharmakirti utilize to deny that idealism entails solipsism. Beginning from similar arguments for the non-existence of matter, the two philosophers employ markedly different strategies for establishing the existence of other minds. This difference stems from their responses to the problem of intersubjective agreement. While Berkeley's reliance on his Cartesian inheritance does allow him to account for intersubjective agreement without descending into solipsism, it nevertheless prevents him from establishing the existence of other finite minds. I argue that Dharmakirti, in accounting for intersubjective agreement causally, is able to avoid Berkeley's shortcoming. I conclude …

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Benevolent Government Now, Howard J. Curzer Dec 2012

Benevolent Government Now, Howard J. Curzer

Comparative Philosophy

Mencian benevolent government intervenes dramatically in many ways in the marketplace in order to secure the material well-being of the population, especially the poor and disadvantaged. Mencius considers this sort of intervention to be appropriate not just occasionally when dealing with natural disasters, but regularly. Furthermore, Mencius recommends shifting from regressive to progressive taxes. He favors reduction of inequality so as to reduce corruption of government by the wealthy, and opposes punishment for people driven to crime by destitution. Mencius thinks government should try to improve the character of the population by preventing or relieving poverty, by setting a good …

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Whole Set Of Volume 3 No 1 (2012), Comparative Philosophy Dec 2012

Whole Set Of Volume 3 No 1 (2012), Comparative Philosophy

Comparative Philosophy

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Successfully Climbing The "Stairs": Surmounting Failed Translation Of Experimental Ischemic Stroke Treatments, Michael Kahle, Gregory J. Bix Dec 2012

Successfully Climbing The "Stairs": Surmounting Failed Translation Of Experimental Ischemic Stroke Treatments, Michael Kahle, Gregory J. Bix

Sanders-Brown Center on Aging Faculty Publications

The Stroke Therapy Academic Industry Roundtable (STAIR) provided initial (in 1999) and updated (in 2009) recommendations with the goal of improving preclinical stroke therapy assessment and to increase the translational potential of experimental stroke treatments. It is important for preclinical stroke researchers to frequently consider and revisit these concepts, especially since promising experimental stroke treatments continue to fail in human clinical trials. Therefore, this paper will focus on considerations for several key aspects of preclinical stroke studies including the selection and execution of the animal stroke model, drug/experimental treatment administration, and outcome measures to improve experimental validity and translation potential. …

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Best Of 2012 ― #2: Ole Miss 2012 Gifts Demonstrate 'Extraordinary' Generosity; Giving Reflects Commitment To Leadership In Academics And Athletics, Staff Report Dec 2012

Best Of 2012 ― #2: Ole Miss 2012 Gifts Demonstrate 'Extraordinary' Generosity; Giving Reflects Commitment To Leadership In Academics And Athletics, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

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Active Ageing Of Elderly People And Its Determinant: Empirical Evidence From Thailand, Supachet Chansarn Dec 2012

Active Ageing Of Elderly People And Its Determinant: Empirical Evidence From Thailand, Supachet Chansarn

Asia-Pacific Social Science Review

This study aims to assess the active ageing of elderly people aged 60 to 95 years old in Thailand and to investigate its determinants based on the data obtained from the National Statistical Office’s elderly survey in 2007. The findings revealed that elderly people in Thailand had moderate active ageing. In terms of each dimension, this found that elderly people had high active ageing under the health dimension, moderate active ageing under the security dimension, and low active ageing under the participation dimension. Additionally, the regression analysis indicated that age and living in urban areas had negative impacts on the …

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Democracy, Decentralization And Higher Education: The Philippine Case, Roger Chao Jr. Dec 2012

Democracy, Decentralization And Higher Education: The Philippine Case, Roger Chao Jr.

Asia-Pacific Social Science Review

Philippine democratization and its decentralization initiatives are studied to understand how it has empowered the local government, and if decentralization played a role in the demise of Philippine higher education, one of the most admired Southeast Asian higher education systems in the 1960s and 1970s. A documentary review of key decentralization policy documents, namely, the 1973 and 1987 Philippine Constitution and the 1991 Local Government Code, together with a review of key Philippine higher education reforms, is conducted. The study explains that there is a transfer of fiscal, administrative, and political power to local governments. Philippine decentralization initiatives, however, have …

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Socio-Economic Impacts, Social Inclusion, And Science-Policy Interphase: The Case Of Rice Biotechnology In The Philippines, Antonio P. Contreras Dec 2012

Socio-Economic Impacts, Social Inclusion, And Science-Policy Interphase: The Case Of Rice Biotechnology In The Philippines, Antonio P. Contreras

Asia-Pacific Social Science Review

The paper argues that the development of biotechnology policies in the Philippines vis-à-vis rice is enabled by structures and processes that are friendly to the furtherance of social inclusion and equity goals. This occurs in the context of attaining rice self-sufficiency amidst a globalized system and is clearly expressed in the relative density of concepts and provisions related to participation, inclusivity, and transparency in all the relevant policy instruments. However, spaces that are opened are vulnerable to a political system that has deep-seated structural flaws and a science community whose financial support from the state is limited and at the …

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Bangladesh And The Role Of Private Sector: Addressing Digital Divides, Maria Divina Gracia Z. Roldan, Beathe Due Dec 2012

Bangladesh And The Role Of Private Sector: Addressing Digital Divides, Maria Divina Gracia Z. Roldan, Beathe Due

Asia-Pacific Social Science Review

Access to information and communication technologies (ICT) is seen as a key tool to provide economic growth both in developed and developing countries. Despite public and private ICT initiatives to increase ICT access and usage at a grassroots level, there is still a large digital divide (Norris 2003, Mazzarella 2010). Marginalized sectors in Asia, such as the rural folk, women, and low-income youth, remain unreached by the benefits which ICT is supposed to offer. In this paper, three approaches in Bangladesh to decrease the digital divide are analyzed: Grameenphone’s establishment of Community Information Centers (CICs), Grameenphone’s Village Phone program, and …

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The Effect Of Using A Psychological Soothing Program With Some Soothing Medicinal Herbs On Some Physiological Variables To Reduce Psychological Stress, Rawia Abdel Fattah Atouf Dec 2012

The Effect Of Using A Psychological Soothing Program With Some Soothing Medicinal Herbs On Some Physiological Variables To Reduce Psychological Stress, Rawia Abdel Fattah Atouf

Modern Sport

The study included the introduction, the importance of the research, and the research problem, which was identified as the limited use of modern techniques such as deep breathing, herbal medicine, muscle relaxation, massage, and similar methods in addressing psychological anxiety in athletes. The objectives of the research were: (1) to identify the level of psychological anxiety by using selected physiological indicators (blood pressure and pulse rate) among Iraqi elite handball players, and (2) to develop and implement a mental calmness program incorporating the use of medicinal herbs to reduce anxiety levels among these athletes. The researcher employed the experimental method …

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The Impact Of Both Inclusion And Peer Mentored Application On Learning Some Basic Basketball Skills, Remous Mohamed Dec 2012

The Impact Of Both Inclusion And Peer Mentored Application On Learning Some Basic Basketball Skills, Remous Mohamed

Modern Sport

The research aims to know the impact of each of my style application guidance peers and inclusion to learn some basic skills in basketball, and suppose the researcher that all of my style application guidance peers and inclusion affect positively on learning some basic skills in basketball in question, as I suppose there is a gap as between the two methods to influence positive during learning, and the researcher used the experimental method for its relevance to the nature of the research, have been applied to study on a sample of (80) students for the second year of high school, …

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