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Community Dynamics Of Grassland Birds, Rangeland Vegetation, And Black-Tailed Prairie Dogs On Grazed Mixed-Grass Prairie, Amanda Rose Lipinski Jan 2015

Community Dynamics Of Grassland Birds, Rangeland Vegetation, And Black-Tailed Prairie Dogs On Grazed Mixed-Grass Prairie, Amanda Rose Lipinski

Range Science

Investigators surveyed vegetation and grassland bird communities on and off black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) towns to investigate community drivers, interactions, and species associations. This study was conducted within the Standing Rock Indian Reservation, near McLaughlin, South Dakota, USA, on grazed mixed-grass prairie. Sampling of birds and vegetation communities in 2012 and 2013 using fixed-width belt transects revealed community differences relative to prairie dog presence or absence (p<0.01) with percent cover bare ground being most strongly correlated (r2≥0.93) with the principal NMS axis in both years. All bird species, excluding Lark Sparrows, nested exclusively on or off prairie dog towns. After PCA, nests and random locations sampled for vegetation were not significantly different (MANOVA p>0.05) within their habitat type (town or off-town), except for Brewer’s blackbird nests (p<0.01). Lack of significance may be due to limitations in sample sizes and the homogeneous nature of habitat at the scale sampled.

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Spokeo, Inc. V. Robins And The Constitutional Foundations Of Statutory Standing, Maxwell L. L. Stearns Jan 2015

Spokeo, Inc. V. Robins And The Constitutional Foundations Of Statutory Standing, Maxwell L. L. Stearns

Vanderbilt Law Review

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Why Are We Watching Funny Videos In Our Pedagogy Course? Deconstructing Humorous Videos To Foster Social Activism In Educators, Anita Bright Jan 2015

Why Are We Watching Funny Videos In Our Pedagogy Course? Deconstructing Humorous Videos To Foster Social Activism In Educators, Anita Bright

Education Faculty Publications and Presentations

For critical educators working towards social justice and activism, it is imperative to promote a thoughtful and purposeful examination of the privileges that spring from institutionalised practices, and the ways belief systems may deny the normalcy of views or experiences of others. By employing critical discourse analysis and framing funny videos as part of larger, cultural “mirror” that reflects widely-held values and beliefs within local, institutional and societal domains, this paper identifies specific humorous videos and lines of inquiry that have supported educators in recognising their own complicity in promoting a narrow definition of normativity, along varying and intersecting planes, …

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Structuring Creativity: Successful Strategies For Using Creative Activities In The Classroom, Ellen West, Dannelle D. Stevens, Candyce Reynolds Jan 2015

Structuring Creativity: Successful Strategies For Using Creative Activities In The Classroom, Ellen West, Dannelle D. Stevens, Candyce Reynolds

Education Faculty Publications and Presentations

From the political to the environmental, the 21st century presents a dizzying array of challenges for current and future generations. Society needs people who have the confidence to explore unique ideas and the willingness to take risks in shaping and sharing those ideas. Where will we prepare and encourage people to be creative? Is it in our universities? How can faculty members help our students learn to envision new, unusual and, in fact, creative solutions to ensure a better life for all? The purpose of this chapter is twofold: first, to show how three faculty members from three different disciplines …

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The Codex Alimentarius Commission, Corporate Influence, And International Trade: A Perspective On Fda’S Global Role, Sam Halabi Jan 2015

The Codex Alimentarius Commission, Corporate Influence, And International Trade: A Perspective On Fda’S Global Role, Sam Halabi

Articles, Chapters in Books and Other Contributions to Scholarly Works

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Understanding The Judicial Conference Committee On International Judicial Relations, Sam Halabi Jan 2015

Understanding The Judicial Conference Committee On International Judicial Relations, Sam Halabi

Articles, Chapters in Books and Other Contributions to Scholarly Works

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Technology In Transformative Learning Environments, Michael Hamlin Jan 2015

Technology In Transformative Learning Environments, Michael Hamlin

Touro College Los Angeles Publications and Research

Health science educators are increasingly bombarded with proposals to integrate instructional technology into the curriculum to enhance learning. While it may be that providing more options for delivering instruction in different formats provide instructional benefit for educators, the unique nature and goals of health science education require a systematic and integrative approach when instructional technology is introduced into the curriculum. Providing support for transformative learning pedagogies and high-level learning that assists students in developing a reflective professional identity should be a major goal of instructional technology adoption. This chapter develops a framework that health care educators can use to guide …

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Initial Reflections On An Interdisciplinary Approach To Rule Of Law Studies, Aparna Polavarapu, Joel Samuels Jan 2015

Initial Reflections On An Interdisciplinary Approach To Rule Of Law Studies, Aparna Polavarapu, Joel Samuels

Scholarly Works

In this essay, we attempt to lay the initial groundwork for a clearer understanding of rule of law both as a concept and as a distinct field. We respond to the assertions that the rule of law field is non-existent or incoherent, and assert that a field of rule of law is not impossible to ascertain. First, we survey how rule of law - as both a term and a state of political being - is understood by practitioners and scholars, as well as how scholars reconcile the lack of a clear, widely universal understanding of the concept of rule …

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Public Perception Of Male Athletes Vs. Female Athletes In The Media, Kaleigh Elizabeth Dickson Jan 2015

Public Perception Of Male Athletes Vs. Female Athletes In The Media, Kaleigh Elizabeth Dickson

LSU Master's Theses

In this experiment, my goal was to determine if public perception of female athletes differed from public perception of male athletes. Female athletes are underrepresented in the media (Eastman and Billings, 2000), and because of this, public perception of male athletes might differ from their perceptions of female athletes in the media. I hypothesized that my respondents would best remember the female athletes appearance, best remember the male athletes interview content and that the female and male respondents who took my experiment would evaluate each athlete differently based on their own gender and the athletes’ gender. My results indicated that …

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Default Rules In Functional Logic Programs, Sergio Antoy, Michael Hanus Jan 2015

Default Rules In Functional Logic Programs, Sergio Antoy, Michael Hanus

Computer Science Faculty Publications and Presentations

In functional logic programs, rules are applicable independently of textual order, i.e., any rule can potentially be used to evaluate an expression. This is similar to logic languages and opposite to functional languages, e.g., Haskell enforces a strict sequential interpretation of rules. However, in some situations it is convenient to express alternatives by means of compact default rules. Although default rules are often used in functional programs, the non-deterministic nature of functional logic programs does not allow to directly transfer this concept from functional to functional logic languages in a meaningful way. In this paper we propose a new concept …

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Usage Based Topology For Dcns, Qing Yi, Suresh Singh Jan 2015

Usage Based Topology For Dcns, Qing Yi, Suresh Singh

Computer Science Faculty Publications and Presentations

Many data center network topologies are designed to provide full bisection bandwidth for tens of thousands of servers in order to achieve high network throughput and server agility. However, the utilization rate of DCNs on average is below 10%, which results in a significant waste of network resources and energy. Many researchers propose consolidating network traffic flows to maximize the set of idle network equipment and switching them to low power mode to save energy. In this paper, we propose using skinnier network topologies to meet performance requirements of realistic loads thus saving not only energy but capital cost as …

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S-Store: Streaming Meets Transaction Processing, John Meehan, Nesime Tatbul, Cansu Aslantas, Ugur Cetintemel, Jiang Du, Tim Kraska, Samuel Madden, David Maier, Andrew Pavlo, Michael Stonebraker, Kristin A. Tufte, Hao Wang Jan 2015

S-Store: Streaming Meets Transaction Processing, John Meehan, Nesime Tatbul, Cansu Aslantas, Ugur Cetintemel, Jiang Du, Tim Kraska, Samuel Madden, David Maier, Andrew Pavlo, Michael Stonebraker, Kristin A. Tufte, Hao Wang

Computer Science Faculty Publications and Presentations

Stream processing addresses the needs of real-time applications. Transaction processing addresses the coordination and safety of short atomic computations. Heretofore, these two modes of operation existed in separate, stove-piped systems. In this work, we attempt to fuse the two computational paradigms in a single system called S-Store. In this way, S-Store can simultaneously accommodate OLTP and streaming applications. We present a simple transaction model for streams that integrates seamlessly with a traditional OLTP system. We chose to build S-Store as an extension of H-Store, an open-source, in-memory, distributed OLTP database system. By implementing S-Store in this way, we can make …

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Ear-Phone: A Context-Aware Noise Mapping Using Smart Phones, Rajib Rana, Chun Tung Chou, Nirupama Bulusu, Salil Kanhere, Wen Hu Jan 2015

Ear-Phone: A Context-Aware Noise Mapping Using Smart Phones, Rajib Rana, Chun Tung Chou, Nirupama Bulusu, Salil Kanhere, Wen Hu

Computer Science Faculty Publications and Presentations

A noise map facilitates the monitoring of environmental noise pollution in urban areas. It can raise citizen awareness of noise pollution levels, and aid in the development of mitigation strategies to cope with the adverse effects. However, state-of-the-art techniques for rendering noise maps in urban areas are expensive and rarely updated (for months or even years), as they rely on population and traffic models rather than on real data. Smart phone based urban sensing can be leveraged to create an open and inexpensive platform for rendering up-to-date noise maps. In this paper, we present the design, implementation and performance evaluation …

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"In And Of Itself Nothing Is Finite": Schelling's Nature (Or So-Called Identity) Philosophy, Michael Vater Jan 2015

"In And Of Itself Nothing Is Finite": Schelling's Nature (Or So-Called Identity) Philosophy, Michael Vater

Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications

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Somaesthetics And Dance, Curtis L. Carter Jan 2015

Somaesthetics And Dance, Curtis L. Carter

Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications

Dance is proposed as the most representative of somaesthetic arts in Thinking Through the Body: Essays in Somaesthetics and other writings of Richard Shusterman. Shuster- man offers a useful, but incomplete approach to somaesthetics of dance. In the examples provided, dance appears as subordinate to another art form (theater or photography) or as a means to achieving bodily excellence. Missing, for example, are accounts of the role of dance as an independent art form, how somaesthetics would address differences in varying approaches to dance, and attention to the viewer’s somaesthetic dance experience. Three strategies for developing new directions for dance …

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Making Reparations Possible: Theorizing Reparative Justice, Margaret Urban Walker Jan 2015

Making Reparations Possible: Theorizing Reparative Justice, Margaret Urban Walker

Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.

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Determining The Influence Of The Network Time Protocol (Ntp) On The Domain Name Service Security Extension (Dnssec) Protocol, Sherman J. Cold Jan 2015

Determining The Influence Of The Network Time Protocol (Ntp) On The Domain Name Service Security Extension (Dnssec) Protocol, Sherman J. Cold

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Recent hacking events against Sony Entertainment, Target, Home Depot, and bank Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) fosters a growing perception that the Internet is an insecure environment. While Internet Privacy Concerns (IPCs) continue to grow out of a general concern for personal privacy, the availability of inexpensive Internet-capable mobile devices increases the Internet of Things (IoT), a network of everyday items embedded with the ability to connect and exchange data. Domain Name Services (DNS) has been integral part of the Internet for name resolution since the beginning. Domain Name Services has several documented vulnerabilities; for example, cache poisoning. The solution adopted …

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After Cassirer: Art And Aesthetic Symbols In Langer And Goodman, Curtis L. Carter Jan 2015

After Cassirer: Art And Aesthetic Symbols In Langer And Goodman, Curtis L. Carter

Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.

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Williams-Yulee And The Inherent Value Of Incremental Gains In Judicial Impartiality, David W. Earley, Matthew J. Menendez Jan 2015

Williams-Yulee And The Inherent Value Of Incremental Gains In Judicial Impartiality, David W. Earley, Matthew J. Menendez

Vanderbilt Law Review

No abstract provided.

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Williams-Yulee V. The Florida Bar, The First Amendment, And The Continuing Campaign To Delegitimize Judicial Elections, Michael E. Debow, Brannon P. Denning Jan 2015

Williams-Yulee V. The Florida Bar, The First Amendment, And The Continuing Campaign To Delegitimize Judicial Elections, Michael E. Debow, Brannon P. Denning

Vanderbilt Law Review

No abstract provided.

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Judges As Framers Of Plea Bargaining, Daniel S. Mcconkie Jr. Jan 2015

Judges As Framers Of Plea Bargaining, Daniel S. Mcconkie Jr.

Faculty Articles, Papers, and Other Scholarship

The vast majority of federal criminal defendants resolve their cases by plea bargaining, with minimal judicial input or oversight. This presents significant issues concerning transparency, fairness, and effective sentencing. Federal prosecutors strongly influence sentences by the charges they select. The parties bargain informally outside of court and strike a deal. But defendants often plead guilty without a realistic understanding of their likely sentencing exposure. Instead, they plead guilty based on their best guess as to how judges will resolve certain issues and their own fear that they could get an unspecified but severe post-trial sentence. The judge is often reluctant …

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When Sales And Marketing Align: Impact On Performance, Robert M. Peterson, Geoffrey L. Gordon, Vijaykumar Krishnan Palghat Jan 2015

When Sales And Marketing Align: Impact On Performance, Robert M. Peterson, Geoffrey L. Gordon, Vijaykumar Krishnan Palghat

Faculty Articles, Papers, and Other Scholarship

Without sales and marketing working to produce revenue, the firm ceases to exist. Yet, given the magnitude of what’s at stake, these two functions are often at odds with one another to the detriment of performance. This article reviews previous studies that investigate conflict, collaboration, and integration between the sales and marketing functions. Next, hypotheses are developed relating alignment between the sales and marketing functions and key organizational performance objectives. Results of an empirical study encompassing 821 respondents demonstrate strong support for improved performance on eight key outcomes for firms where sales and marketing were aligned. The findings connote a …

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When Sales And Marketing Align: Impact On Performance, Robert M. Peterson, Geoffrey L. Gordon, Vijaykumar Krishnan Jan 2015

When Sales And Marketing Align: Impact On Performance, Robert M. Peterson, Geoffrey L. Gordon, Vijaykumar Krishnan

Faculty Articles, Papers, and Other Scholarship

Without sales and marketing working to produce revenue, the firm ceases to exist. Yet, given the magnitude of what’s at stake, these two functions are often at odds with one another to the detriment of performance. This article reviews previous studies that investigate conflict, collaboration, and integration between the sales and marketing functions. Next, hypotheses are developed relating alignment between the sales and marketing functions and key organizational performance objectives. Results of an empirical study encompassing 821 respondents demonstrate strong support for improved performance on eight key outcomes for firms where sales and marketing were aligned. The findings connote a …

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Risk-Based Wind Loss And Mitigation For Residential Wood Framed Construction, Fatemeh Orooji Jan 2015

Risk-Based Wind Loss And Mitigation For Residential Wood Framed Construction, Fatemeh Orooji

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

As a result of increasing windstorm losses in the United States over the past 50 years, a variety of residential wind hazard mitigation methods have been suggested. Mitigation undoubtedly reduces windstorm losses; however, the expected economic risk reduction of mitigation practices over the life of the building depends on the building characteristics (i.e., capacity) and the intensity and occurrence of wind speeds (i.e., demand). Effective decision making requires estimation of potential future losses based on many variables. Many models, primarily mechanics-based simulation models, have been developed to predict building damage from wind events; however; fewer models of economic loss have …

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Framing Theory And Its Application To The Fracking Controversy In St. Tammany Parish, Lindsay Colleen Rabalais Jan 2015

Framing Theory And Its Application To The Fracking Controversy In St. Tammany Parish, Lindsay Colleen Rabalais

LSU Master's Theses

When Helis Oil & Gas Company announced it was interested in drilling for oil in Louisiana’s St. Tammany Parish, it ignited a firestorm. The proposed drilling project would use hydraulic fracturing – or “fracking” – causing some residents to voice their concerns for the parish’s wellbeing. My thesis looks to framing theory to analyze how local media covered the issue, as well as the effects those frames might have on public policy and the lawsuits that arose out of the proposed drilling operation. I performed quantitative and qualitative content analyses of local media coverage of this issue from April 2014 …

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Speaker Discrimination: The Next Frontier Of Free Speech, Michael Kagan Jan 2015

Speaker Discrimination: The Next Frontier Of Free Speech, Michael Kagan

Scholarly Works

Citizens United v. FEC articulated a new pillar of free speech doctrine that is independent from the well-known controversies about corporate personhood and the role of money in elections. For the first time, the Supreme Court clearly said that discrimination on the basis of the identity of the speaker offends the First Amendment. Previously, the focus of free speech doctrine had been on the content and forum of speech, not on the identity of the speaker. This new doctrine has the potential to reshape free speech law far beyond the corporate speech and campaign finance contexts. This article explores the …

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Agnes In Agony: Damasus, Ambrose, Prudentius, And The Construction Of The Female Martyr Narrative, Eric James Poche' Jan 2015

Agnes In Agony: Damasus, Ambrose, Prudentius, And The Construction Of The Female Martyr Narrative, Eric James Poche'

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

This dissertation examines the earliest surviving sources on the virgin martyr Agnes. Agnes is significant due to the popularity of her cult and the large number of early sources recounting her martyrdom. This dissertation argues that the fourth-century bishops Damasus and Ambrose, along with the Christian poet Prudentius, helped construct the narrative of Agnes’ passion in order to help popularize her cult throughout western Christendom. In an effort to promote virgin asceticism to their communities, they endorsed Agnes as the dominant exemplum for female piety in the west. By doing so, they associated themselves with the influential martyr. Since Agnes …

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Acoustic Realization Of Contrastive Stress In Individuals With Parkinson's Disease, Ana Maria Gaviria Jan 2015

Acoustic Realization Of Contrastive Stress In Individuals With Parkinson's Disease, Ana Maria Gaviria

LSU Master's Theses

This study investigated the acoustic correlates of contrastive stress produced by individuals with Parkinson’s disease (PD) to learn more about their ability to modulate acoustic cues to mark contrastive stress. Speech materials from 10 individuals with PD and 10 gender- and age-matched neurologically healthy controls (HC) were recorded and analyzed. The four acoustic measures (peak intensity, peak F0, vowel duration, and acoustic vowel space area) of stressed and unstressed syllables were compared to determine which acoustic parameters are preferentially employed by each group to mark contrastive stress. The results indicated that individuals with PD exhibited significant changes in vowel duration …

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The Multiplicity Of Copyright Laws On The Internet, Marketa Trimble Jan 2015

The Multiplicity Of Copyright Laws On The Internet, Marketa Trimble

Scholarly Works

From the early days of the Internet, commentators have warned that it would be impossible for those who act on the Internet (“Internet actors”) to comply with the copyright laws of all Internet-connected countries if the national copyright laws of all those countries were to apply simultaneously to Internet activity. A multiplicity of applicable copyright laws seems plausible at least when the Internet activity is ubiquitous — i.e., unrestricted by geoblocking or by other means — given the territoriality principle that governs international copyright law and the choice-of-law rules that countries typically use for copyright infringements.

This Article posits that …

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Nature's Geometry, Lin Feng Jan 2015

Nature's Geometry, Lin Feng

LSU Master's Theses

The beauty of the natural world, from the literal to the abstract: color, texture, shape, sounds, plant structure and anatomy, has continuously been the source of inspiration for artists and graphic designers. Our natural environment provides a readily available resource as a basis of visual study and exploration to develop a unique visual language and construct compelling work. Therefore, the aim of my thesis investigation is to create a new visual language and communication based on the inherent beauty within nature and geometric forms found in nature. I began my investigation by developing a family of symbols based on natural …

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