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The Number Of States And The Economics Of American Federalism, Steven G. Calabresi, Nicholas Terrell Feb 2013

The Number Of States And The Economics Of American Federalism, Steven G. Calabresi, Nicholas Terrell

Florida Law Review

In 1789, it was possible to speak of a federation of distinct states joined together for their mutual advantage, but today, it is rather the nation that is divided into subnational units. What caused this shift in focus from the states to the federal government? Surely, the transformation from a collection of thirteen historically separate states clustered along the Atlantic seaboard to a group of fifty states largely carved out of federal territory has played a role. Building on previous analysis of the economics of federalism, this Article considers the dynamic effects of increasing the number of states on the …


The Perfect Circle: Arbitration's Favors Become Its Flaws In An Era Of Nationalization And Regulation, Kimberly R. Wagner Feb 2013

The Perfect Circle: Arbitration's Favors Become Its Flaws In An Era Of Nationalization And Regulation, Kimberly R. Wagner

Pepperdine Dispute Resolution Law Journal

The article presents information on the evolution of international commercial arbitration and viability of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) process. It briefly discusses the importance of international commercial arbitration and several attributed reasons for its decline such as Americanization, nationalization, and overregulation. It reflects mediation as the replacement for arbitration, and compares the advantages of mediation and arbitration.


The Parthenon, February 8, 2013, John Gibb, Tyler Kes Feb 2013

The Parthenon, February 8, 2013, John Gibb, Tyler Kes

The Parthenon

The Parthenon, Marshall University’s student newspaper, is published by students Monday through Friday during the regular semester and weekly Thursday during the summer. The editorial staff is responsible for the news and the editorial content.


Accomplishing Modernity: Dewey’S Inquiry, Childhood, And Philosophy, Stefano Oliverio Feb 2013

Accomplishing Modernity: Dewey’S Inquiry, Childhood, And Philosophy, Stefano Oliverio

Education and Culture

No abstract provided.


3-D Terahertz Synthetic-Aperture Imaging And Spectroscopy, Samuel C. Henry Feb 2013

3-D Terahertz Synthetic-Aperture Imaging And Spectroscopy, Samuel C. Henry

Dissertations and Theses

Terahertz (THz) wavelengths have attracted recent interest in multiple disciplines within engineering and science. Situated between the infrared and the microwave region of the electromagnetic spectrum, THz energy can propagate through non-polar materials such as clothing or packaging layers. Moreover, many chemical compounds, including explosives and many drugs, reveal strong absorption signatures in the THz range. For these reasons, THz wavelengths have great potential for non-destructive evaluation and explosive detection. Three-dimensional (3-D) reflection imaging with considerable depth resolution is also possible using pulsed THz systems. While THz imaging (especially 3-D) systems typically operate in transmission mode, reflection offers the most …


Robert D. Kaplan: The Revenge Of Geography Study Guide, 2013, Steven A. Samson Feb 2013

Robert D. Kaplan: The Revenge Of Geography Study Guide, 2013, Steven A. Samson

Faculty Publications and Presentations

No abstract provided.


The Anchor, Volume 126.14: February 6, 2013, Hope College Feb 2013

The Anchor, Volume 126.14: February 6, 2013, Hope College

The Anchor: 2013

The Anchor began in 1887 and was first issued weekly in 1914. Covering national and campus news alike, Hope College’s student-run newspaper has grown over the years to encompass over two-dozen editors, reporters, and staff. For much of The Anchor's history, the latest issue was distributed across campus each Wednesday throughout the academic school year (with few exceptions). In recent years The Anchor moved to monthly print issues and a more frequently updated website. The Anchor is now published in print twice per academic semester. Occasionally, the volume and/or issue numbering is irregular.


The Parthenon, February 5, 2013, John Gibb, Tyler Kes Feb 2013

The Parthenon, February 5, 2013, John Gibb, Tyler Kes

The Parthenon

The Parthenon, Marshall University’s student newspaper, is published by students Monday through Friday during the regular semester and weekly Thursday during the summer. The editorial staff is responsible for the news and the editorial content.


February 2, 2013 Faculty Senate Minutes, University Of South Carolina Feb 2013

February 2, 2013 Faculty Senate Minutes, University Of South Carolina

Faculty Senate

No abstract provided.


Over Both Edges: Coyotaje, Militarization And Liminality In Everyday Life On Ranchos Along The South Texas-Mexican Border, Lupe Flores Feb 2013

Over Both Edges: Coyotaje, Militarization And Liminality In Everyday Life On Ranchos Along The South Texas-Mexican Border, Lupe Flores

NACCS Annual Conference Proceedings

No abstract provided.


A Two-Tiered Demographic System: "Insiders" And "Outsiders" In Three Swabian Communities, 1558-1914, Timothy Guinnane, Sheilagh Ogilvie Feb 2013

A Two-Tiered Demographic System: "Insiders" And "Outsiders" In Three Swabian Communities, 1558-1914, Timothy Guinnane, Sheilagh Ogilvie

Discussion Papers

No abstract provided.


Review Of Eyal Benvenisti, The International Law Of Occupation (2d Ed., Oxford University Press 2012), Gregory H. Fox Feb 2013

Review Of Eyal Benvenisti, The International Law Of Occupation (2d Ed., Oxford University Press 2012), Gregory H. Fox

Law Faculty Research Publications

No abstract provided.


Benedict Von Tscharner, Soldaten. Vielf Alt Der Schicksale In Geschichte Und Gegenwart. Preface By Anselm Zufluh, Leo Schelbert Feb 2013

Benedict Von Tscharner, Soldaten. Vielf Alt Der Schicksale In Geschichte Und Gegenwart. Preface By Anselm Zufluh, Leo Schelbert

Swiss American Historical Society Review

This volume, available also in French, is part of the de Penthes series Schweizer in der Welt-Suisses dans le monde-Svizzeri nel mondoThe Swiss Abroad. It offers 26 brief biographical sketches that begin with an entry about the knight, commander, imperial bailiff and minnesinger Werner von Homburg (1284-1320) and conclude with Basil Eugster (1914-1984), Lieutenant-General in the British Army and Commander of the Irish Guard. The reader gains an impressive chronologically arranged glimpse of Swiss men serving in armies abroad, among them people such as Fran~ois Le Fort (1655-1699) in the service of Russia as Admiral, Vice Roy of Novgorod, …


The New Nato Policy Guidelines On Counterterrorism: Analysis, Assessments, And Actions, Stefano Santamato Feb 2013

The New Nato Policy Guidelines On Counterterrorism: Analysis, Assessments, And Actions, Stefano Santamato

INSS Strategic Perspectives

The history of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) will say that the first, and so far only, time NATO has called upon its Article 5 collective defense clause was on September 12, 2001, following a terrorist attack on one of its members. Yet, until the agreement by NATO Heads of State and Government on the new policy guidelines on counterterrorism on May 20, 2012, NATO did not have an agreed policy to define its role and mandate in countering terrorism.


The Geopolitics Of Strategic Stability: Looking Beyond Cold Warriors And Nuclear Weapons, C. Dale Walton, Colin S. Gray Feb 2013

The Geopolitics Of Strategic Stability: Looking Beyond Cold Warriors And Nuclear Weapons, C. Dale Walton, Colin S. Gray

Faculty Scholarship

“Strategic stability” is a much-used, but under-analyzed, term. Before launching into any discussion of strategic stability in this century, it is necessary first to ask what we actually mean by strategic stability. Game theorists endeavor to define the phrase in very precise mathematical terms, but even among these specialists there is no settled agreement on its proper definition.1 In policy debates, meanwhile, the term is used very loosely to describe anything from rough parity in the sizes of nuclear arsenals to the perceived unlikelihood of an acute political crisis.


Faculty Senate Newsletter, February 2013, Louisiana State University And Agricultural & Mechanical College Feb 2013

Faculty Senate Newsletter, February 2013, Louisiana State University And Agricultural & Mechanical College

LSU Faculty Senate Publications

Message from President: Years ago, American Airlines backgrounded its television advertisements with a hauntingly optimistic jingle featuring one phrase, “something special in the air.” Tone, whether musical or inflectional or atmospheric, is indeed something airy— something halfway between the inferred and the empirical. One of the wonders if not miracles of recent educational policy is the sudden change in tone among the campuses of the University of Louisiana System since the arrival of new, imaginative, and energetic leadership in the “UoL” System office. Nothing has changed in the budget picture and therefore not too much has happened empirically. Nevertheless, and …


Drone Wars: Risks And Warnings, Alan W. Dowd Feb 2013

Drone Wars: Risks And Warnings, Alan W. Dowd

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

No abstract provided.


Drones: What Are They Good For?, Jacquiline L. Hazelton Feb 2013

Drones: What Are They Good For?, Jacquiline L. Hazelton

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

No abstract provided.


Some Recent Sensor – Related Army Critical Technology Events, James A. Ratches, Richard Chait, John W. Lyons Feb 2013

Some Recent Sensor – Related Army Critical Technology Events, James A. Ratches, Richard Chait, John W. Lyons

Defense and Technology Papers

Some Recent Sensor-Related Army Critical Technology Events, James A. Ratches, Richard Chait, and John W. Lyons examined current Critical Technology Events (CTEs) that are new or ongoing in US Army Science and Technology (S&T) community. CTEs are ideas, concepts, models and analyses, including key technical and managerial decisions, which have had a major impact on the development of a specific weapons system. The five on-going projects within the Army S&T portfolio selected for inclusion in the report are the Global Positioning System (GPS)-guided munitions, Excalibur; the persistent surveillance platform, Global Hawk; Unattended Transient Acoustic/Artillery MASINT System (UTAMS); the thermal imaging …


Lifting The Iron Curtain: Paul Anderson And The Cold War's First Sport Exchange, Dominic G. Morais, Jan Todd Feb 2013

Lifting The Iron Curtain: Paul Anderson And The Cold War's First Sport Exchange, Dominic G. Morais, Jan Todd

School of Business Faculty Research

On 15 June 1955, Paul Anderson, the 340-pound American heavyweight, lay on a couch waiting for his first attempt at a weightlifting competition in Moscow between the Soviet Union and the United States.1 The event, held at the large, outdoor Zelyony Theater in Gorky Park, was the first of two contests being held as part of a goodwill trip authorized by the U.S. State Department.2 During the contest, lifter after lifter warmed up backstage, pacing nervously between sets as they awaited their tum on the enormous stage festooned with Soviet and American flags. Anderson and his teammates—Tommy Kono, …


Parameters Spring 2013, Usawc Parameters Feb 2013

Parameters Spring 2013, Usawc Parameters

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

No abstract provided.


Drones Over Yemen: Weighing Military Benefits And Political Costs, W. Andrew Terrill Feb 2013

Drones Over Yemen: Weighing Military Benefits And Political Costs, W. Andrew Terrill

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

No abstract provided.


Drones: Legitimacy And Anti-Americanism, Greg Kennedy Feb 2013

Drones: Legitimacy And Anti-Americanism, Greg Kennedy

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

No abstract provided.


Metal Oxide-Based Hybrid Semiconductor Nanowires:Synthesis,Characterization And Chemical Sensing Applications, Wenjie Andy Cai Feb 2013

Metal Oxide-Based Hybrid Semiconductor Nanowires:Synthesis,Characterization And Chemical Sensing Applications, Wenjie Andy Cai

Doctoral Dissertations

Homogeneous (single material component) nanomaterials generally have limited functional characteristics. Fortunately, with the addition of foreign materials component(s) into (onto) homogeneous nanostructures, potential improvement or multiplication of functions could be achieved. On the other hand, very few functional materials can survive and operate at elevated temperature above 700oC despite the widespread need in automobiles, industrial reactors, and power plants. Thus it demands new design or discovery of functional nanomaterials with good thermal stability and sustained functions at high temperature. In this study, we look to develop a new class of metal oxide-based hybrid nanowires based on ZnO, SnO …


Wagner In The "Cult Of Art In Nazi Germany", David B. Dennis Feb 2013

Wagner In The "Cult Of Art In Nazi Germany", David B. Dennis

History: Faculty Publications and Other Works

No abstract provided.


Was The Graphe Paranomon A Form Of Judicial Review?, Melissa Schwartzberg Feb 2013

Was The Graphe Paranomon A Form Of Judicial Review?, Melissa Schwartzberg

Cardozo Law Review

No abstract provided.


"'Petitions Without Number": Widows' Petitions And The Early Nineteenth-Century Origins Of Public Marriage-Based Entitlements, Kristin Collins Feb 2013

"'Petitions Without Number": Widows' Petitions And The Early Nineteenth-Century Origins Of Public Marriage-Based Entitlements, Kristin Collins

Faculty Scholarship

Between 1792 and 1858, Congress enacted approximately seventy-six public law statutes granting cash subsidies to large classes of military widows. War widows’ pensions were not wholly unknown in Anglo-American law before this time, but the widows’ pension system of the early nineteenth century was distinctive in both scope and kind: Congress rejected the class-based approach that had characterized war widows’ pensions of the eighteenth century by pensioning widows of rank-and-file soldiers, not just widows of officers, and by extending pensions to widows of veterans. This significant equalization and expansion of widows’ pensions resulted in the creation of the first broad-scale …


Religious Minorities In Cyberspace: Identity And Citizenship Among European Muslims And Egyptian Copts, Dalia Yousef Feb 2013

Religious Minorities In Cyberspace: Identity And Citizenship Among European Muslims And Egyptian Copts, Dalia Yousef

Theses and Dissertations

The study explores how religious minorities can utilize the Internet in handling their hybrid identities and how the different online platforms can reveal the diverse perceptions within the same minority group. The case study qualitative method was adopted. European Muslims and Coptic Christian Egyptians were tackled as major models for analysis s. The study brought different historical and conceptual backgrounds to the discussion and tackled the case of the European Muslims by utilizing the researcher’s observations gleaned from her previous experience as an editor of IslamOnline’s European Muslims page, and by conducting descriptive and thematic analyses of selected websites of …


Understanding The Iranian Motivations For Possessing Nuclear Capabilities, Tamer Mahboub Feb 2013

Understanding The Iranian Motivations For Possessing Nuclear Capabilities, Tamer Mahboub

Theses and Dissertations

Research Question: Why would Iran insist on pursuing its nuclear ambiguity policy despite its status as a party to the NPT and international sanctions? The study findings indicate that although there is no conclusive proof that Iran has a weapons program, Iran could be pursuing a strategy of a nuclear ambiguity; the possibility it may have a weapons program acts as a deterrent against potential existential threats to its national security. These findings were based on evidence gathered through interviews with various experts, and conducting a comparison between the conventional weapons possessed by Iran and those possessed by neighboring countries …


The Law Of The Sea: Offshore Installations And Marine Pollution, John Warren Kindt Jan 2013

The Law Of The Sea: Offshore Installations And Marine Pollution, John Warren Kindt

Pepperdine Law Review

No abstract provided.