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History Newsletter, 2013-2014, University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Department Of History Jan 2014

History Newsletter, 2013-2014, University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Department Of History

History Newsletter

No abstract provided.


We Are The Asteroid, Sloane Davis Jan 2014

We Are The Asteroid, Sloane Davis

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

We Are the Asteroid is a collection of personal essays concerned with the power of erasure and manipulation of chronology that comes with writing. It both acknowledges and participates in the fact that nonfiction writers become unstuck in time, whether they want to or not, traveling between ages, rearranging the order of events into the stories they tell. The collection centers on a few traumatic events in the narrator's life, and it explores the ways in which she deals with those events through her writing. The writer utilizes various structural techniques, such as the segmented form, to play with the …


Female Bias In Technical Communication And An Exploration Of Pedagogical Strategies For Reversing The Bias, Rebecca Beeson Jan 2014

Female Bias In Technical Communication And An Exploration Of Pedagogical Strategies For Reversing The Bias, Rebecca Beeson

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This thesis explores technical communication and seeks to establish that females outnumber males in the field while also holder more high-level positions. It further seeks to show why a field does not benefit from having one sex outnumber the other. The benefits of having an equal number of females and males contributing to the growth and expansion of the field are discussed. Finally, this thesis discusses potential pedagogical strategies which could be employed at the college level as a means of attracting more young men to the field and allowing for maximum growth of technical communication as a field of …


Computational Modeling Of A Graphene Based Field-Effect Transistor, Pedro Nicodemo Cintron-Tirado Jan 2014

Computational Modeling Of A Graphene Based Field-Effect Transistor, Pedro Nicodemo Cintron-Tirado

Theses

With every passing day, the demand for devices that have higher operating speeds increases. Currently, silicon's transistor size is limited and it has become difficult to obtain similar performance as compared to previous transistors. The silicon transistor design has changed from a planar geometry to an FINFET design, which allows dimensions to be scaled further while achieving similar performance. Even with this change in geometry, silicon will reach its scalable limit. With such a high demand for faster operational devices, the limitation of silicon will only be able to support the next generation transistors, and then a new type of …


Baptist Church - Morehead, Jack D. Ellis Jan 2014

Baptist Church - Morehead, Jack D. Ellis

Jack D. Ellis Rowan County History Collection

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War As Political Work: Using Social Science For Strategic Success, Matthew J. Schmidt Jan 2014

War As Political Work: Using Social Science For Strategic Success, Matthew J. Schmidt

Political Science Faculty Publications

Army culture favors a quantitative/predictive approach to analyze problems. The author argues, however, that strategic thinking requires the relative subjectivity of a qualitative approach to problem solving.


Towards A Set Of Metrics To Guide The Generation Of Fake Computer File Systems, Ben Whitham Jan 2014

Towards A Set Of Metrics To Guide The Generation Of Fake Computer File Systems, Ben Whitham

Australian Digital Forensics Conference

Fake file systems are used in the field of cyber deception to bait intruders and fool forensic investigators. File system researchers also frequently generate their own synthetic document repositories, due to data privacy and copyright concerns associated with experimenting on real-world corpora. For both these fields, realism is critical. Unfortunately, after creating a set of files and folders, there are no current testing standards that can be applied to validate their authenticity, or conversely, reliably automate their detection. This paper reviews the previous 30 years of file system surveys on real world corpora, to identify a set of discrete measures …


Extended Range Guitars : Cultural Impact, Specifications, And The Context Of A Mix, Victor Gil Jan 2014

Extended Range Guitars : Cultural Impact, Specifications, And The Context Of A Mix, Victor Gil

Capstone Projects and Master's Theses

This article addresses the cultural and historical significance of the modern interpretation of extended range guitars while also discussing specifications of the instruments and the context of a mix. The extended range guitar refers to the added strings on a traditional six string guitar by adding a seventh, eight, and even ninth string to the electric guitar. First, this article explores how artists such as Steve Vai, Korn, Meshuggah, and Animals As Leaders have impacted and shaped the commercial creation, success, and cultural effects on the musical community with these extended range guitars, specifically within heavy metal. Secondly, it examines …


Place-Names In Mexico-Tenochtitlan. Ethnohistory 61, No. 2 (Spring 2014), Pp. 329-355., Barbara E. Mundy Jan 2014

Place-Names In Mexico-Tenochtitlan. Ethnohistory 61, No. 2 (Spring 2014), Pp. 329-355., Barbara E. Mundy

Art History and Music Faculty Publications

The place-names that residents of the Mexica capital of Tenochtitlan (today Mexico City) gave to their city were both descriptive of topography and commemorative of history. Largely efaced from the Spanish historical register, Mexico City’s Nahuatl place-names were rescued from historical oblivion by José Antonio Alzate in the eighteenth century and again by Alfonso Caso in the twentieth. However, efacement is not equal to extinction, and this article argues for the continued use, even creation, of Nahuatl place-names into the eighteenth century. It suggests that the scholar’s desire to use place-names as an index to a pre-Hispanic past has obscured …


Peace Profile: Afghan Peace Volunteers, Patrick Kennelly, Emily Malloy Jan 2014

Peace Profile: Afghan Peace Volunteers, Patrick Kennelly, Emily Malloy

Peacemaking, Center for

After nearly forty years of perpetual bloody conflict in Afghanistan, the Afghan Peace Volunteers (APV) —a small cohort of multi-ethnic Afghans— have concluded that nonviolence is not merely effective, it is essential for the long-term stability of their nation. Established in 2008 as Our Journey to Smile, the APV is a publicly identifiable organization promoting peaceful change in Afghanistan. Its members have now spent five years living out an experiment in peacemaking.


The Changes In Mainland Chinese Families During The Social Transition: A Critical Analysis, Anqi Xu, Yan Ruth Xia Jan 2014

The Changes In Mainland Chinese Families During The Social Transition: A Critical Analysis, Anqi Xu, Yan Ruth Xia

Department of Child, Youth, and Family Studies: Faculty Publications

Modernization theory offers possible explanations for family changes related to advances in science and technology, and socio-economic development in industrial societies. Modernization impacts family structure, relationship, values and beliefs. Families become nuclear while people become mobile and the society becomes urban. Economic development provides employment opportunities outside the birthplace. Away from kinship network, a nuclear family is less influenced and controlled by elder members in the extended family in fulfilling its traditional roles and obligations (Parsons, 1943). The changes occur in all societies although they may vary in pace across societies (Goode, 1982). Modernization theory is criticized for valuing Western …


Captive Audiences / Captive Performers - Complete Text, Sears Eldredge Jan 2014

Captive Audiences / Captive Performers - Complete Text, Sears Eldredge

Book Chapters

This document contains all chapters, additional text, acknowledgements and sources associated with Sears Eldredge's work titled Captive Audiences / Captive Performers. It does not contain the audio files and video files that are associated with Captive Audiences/Captive Performers.


Education That Matters, Walter E. "Ted" Carter Jr Jan 2014

Education That Matters, Walter E. "Ted" Carter Jr

United States Navy: Publications

THE YEAR 2014 MARKS the 130th anniversary of the General Order that established the Naval War College to conduct “an advanced course of professional study for naval officers.” Over the ensuing decades the College has expanded to include students from all military services, from nationalsecurity- related agencies, and from over sixty-five allied nations. Today, the College is organizationally adaptable, educationally flexible, and more Fleet relevant than ever. The decisions officers make to seek out a service college education are complex, and we are working to make the Naval War College an irresistible choice for our brightest and best young officers. …


[Navy’S Leader Development Continuum] Marks A Significant Starting Point For The Navy And . . . Full Implementation Will Span Generations., Walter E. "Ted" Carter Jan 2014

[Navy’S Leader Development Continuum] Marks A Significant Starting Point For The Navy And . . . Full Implementation Will Span Generations., Walter E. "Ted" Carter

United States Navy: Publications

Th e Naval War College is a multifaceted joint military academic institution, in support of the naval profession, composed of resident education for U.S. and international officers and focused on maritime research, regional studies, distance education, war gaming, and education/ programs at the operational level of war. Each of these intricate areas has unique programs and initiatives, but their common underlying theme is their ability to educate our future leaders and to teach them to think strategically and operationally. Educating leaders is conducted not only at the War College but also at our off-site locations around the country, and the …


Op-Ed: Not Your Grandfather's Insurgency - Criminal, Spiritual, And Plutocratic, Robert J. Bunker Jan 2014

Op-Ed: Not Your Grandfather's Insurgency - Criminal, Spiritual, And Plutocratic, Robert J. Bunker

CGU Faculty Publications and Research

...Quite possibly, while it now finds itself in a reflective mood, the corporate Army will be more receptive to some of the insights provided herein, concerning the new forms of insurgencies. But first, before delving into how new insurgency forms are “new,” we must ask the question what insurgencies were like in your grandfather’s day.


Proportionate Defense, Jeff Mcmahan Jan 2014

Proportionate Defense, Jeff Mcmahan

Florida State University Journal of Transnational Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


The Un Charter, Human Rights Law, And Contingent Pacifism, Larry May Jan 2014

The Un Charter, Human Rights Law, And Contingent Pacifism, Larry May

Florida State University Journal of Transnational Law & Policy

In this paper, I will argue that new developments in both the jus ad bellum law of the use of force, and the jus in bello law of armed conflict, have moved international law quite close to the position of contingent pacifism. The UN Charter was meant to eliminate recourse of war as we had known it.' And this continues to be the way the Charter is viewed today as a source of jus ad bellum law. In addition, there is a movement that sees that war cannot be conducted jus in bello, as we have, and still have respect …


Model Lessons About Geography And The United States Civil War, Amy Fifth-­Lince, Tabitha M. Richards, Alan Town, Jack Gordon, Julie Johnson, Sean Stewart, Mark S. Walls, Margaret Skyberg, Melanie Mays, Merx Lavine, Steve Reeves, Ryan Mcwayne, Colleen Pallari Jan 2014

Model Lessons About Geography And The United States Civil War, Amy Fifth-­Lince, Tabitha M. Richards, Alan Town, Jack Gordon, Julie Johnson, Sean Stewart, Mark S. Walls, Margaret Skyberg, Melanie Mays, Merx Lavine, Steve Reeves, Ryan Mcwayne, Colleen Pallari

Instructional Materials

Model lessons about geography and the United States Civil War to use with The Student Atlas of Oregon.


Just War And Mormon Ethics, Benjamin R. Hertzberg Jan 2014

Just War And Mormon Ethics, Benjamin R. Hertzberg

Mormon Studies Review

No abstract provided.


Introduction, Sears Eldredge Jan 2014

Introduction, Sears Eldredge

Book Chapters

Besides an overview of the contents of the book, the Introduction provides background information on the organization and content of military entertainment produced “for the troops, by the troops.” As an example of a military entertainment unit, readers are introduced to “The Optimists,” the British Territorial Army’s 18th Divisional concert party formed in England prior to deployment overseas. Some of its members will play an important role in the entertainment on the Thailand-Burma railway.


Pain: The Divine Mystery, Elmer L. Towns Jan 2014

Pain: The Divine Mystery, Elmer L. Towns

Books

No abstract provided.


Vision 2014 Jan 2014

Vision 2014

Vision

No abstract provided.


Course Catalogue 2014-2015, Mercer University School Of Law Jan 2014

Course Catalogue 2014-2015, Mercer University School Of Law

Office of the Registrar

No abstract provided.


Foreword, Megan J. Hertzler Jan 2014

Foreword, Megan J. Hertzler

William Mitchell Law Review

No abstract provided.


Off The Record: The National Security Council, Drone Killings, And Historical Accountability, Douglas Cox, Ramzi Kassem Jan 2014

Off The Record: The National Security Council, Drone Killings, And Historical Accountability, Douglas Cox, Ramzi Kassem

Publications and Research

No abstract provided.


01. Education, University Of Central Oklahoma Jan 2014

01. Education, University Of Central Oklahoma

Oklahoma Research Day Abstracts

No abstract provided.


07. History, University Of Central Oklahoma Jan 2014

07. History, University Of Central Oklahoma

Oklahoma Research Day Abstracts

No abstract provided.


The Second Amendment Wild Card: The Persisting Relevance Of The "Hybrid" Interpretation Of The Right To Keep And Bear Arms, Michael P. O'Shea Jan 2014

The Second Amendment Wild Card: The Persisting Relevance Of The "Hybrid" Interpretation Of The Right To Keep And Bear Arms, Michael P. O'Shea

Tennessee Law Review

No abstract provided.


“Kill ‘Em And Sort It Out Later:” Signature Drone Strikes And International Humanitarian Law, Kristina Benson Jan 2014

“Kill ‘Em And Sort It Out Later:” Signature Drone Strikes And International Humanitarian Law, Kristina Benson

Global Business & Development Law Journal

No abstract provided.


A Mobile Self-Leveling Landing Platform For Small-Scale Uavs, Stephen Austin Conyers Jan 2014

A Mobile Self-Leveling Landing Platform For Small-Scale Uavs, Stephen Austin Conyers

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This thesis presents a semi-autonomous mobile self-leveling landing platform designed to launch, recover and re-launch VTOL UAVs without the need for human intervention. The landing platform is rugged, lightweight and inexpensive, making it ideal for civilian applications that require a base station from which a rotorcraft UAV can be launched and recovered on terrain that is normally unsuitable for UAV operations. This landing platform is capable of self-leveling on rough terrain and inclined slopes, and can autonomously operate in remote locations for extended periods of time using large onboard lithium batteries and wireless communication. This thesis discusses the unique design …