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Evaluating The Impact Of The American Recovery And Reinvestment Act’S Btop Program On Broadband Adoption, James Prieger, Janice A. Hauge

School of Public Policy Working Papers

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act’s Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP) spent $4.7B during 2009-2013 to, int. al, increase broadband adoption in underserved communities. We characterize the BTOP grants and examine the impact of the awards on broadband adoption. Econometric specifications controlling for award endogeneity related to observed and unobserved county-level factors find that spending is apparently associated with increased broadband adoption. Further investigation, however, reveals that the impacts of spending are nonlinear and even nonmonotonic over the range of county-level BTOP spending in the data. Controlling for trends to reduce the potential for spurious correlation between spending and outcomes …

Annual Graduate Faculty Meeting [Program], April 08, 2015, University Of Northern Iowa. Graduate College.

Annual Graduate Faculty Meeting & Awards Ceremony Programs

No abstract provided.

Improved Polsar Image Classification By The Use Of Multi-Feature Combination, Lei Deng, Ya-Nan Yan, Cuizhen Wang

Faculty Publications

Polarimetric SAR (POLSAR) provides a rich set of information about objects on land surfaces. However, not all information works on land surface classification. This study proposes a new, integrated algorithm for optimal urban classification using POLSAR data. Both polarimetric decomposition and time-frequency (TF) decomposition were used to mine the hidden information of objects in POLSAR data, which was then applied in the C5.0 decision tree algorithm for optimal feature selection and classification. Using a NASA/JPL AIRSAR POLSAR scene as an example, the overall accuracy and kappa coefficient of the proposed method reached 91.17% and 0.90 in the L-band, much higher …

04/07/2015 Obituary Records, Hawaii Obituaries

Obituaries

List of Obituaries for individuals who passed away on 04/07/2015. Scroll down to see the names and obituary description.

Digital Marketing Lab: Researching And Implementing Web-Based Marketing Strategies, Analyn Bengs, Holli Salamone, Kathryn Edwards, Travis Crabtree

Research Horizons Day Posters

No abstract provided.

Microbial Pretreatment Of Waste For Anaerobic Digestion, Braden Myers, Jaron Hansen

Journal of Undergraduate Research

This project will demonstrate the technical feasibility of microbial pretreatment of lignocellulose for enhanced production of biogas when coupled with secondary anaerobic digestion as well as optimize the entire process.

Cseas Weekly Bulletin (April 6, 2015), Center For Southeast Asian Studies

CSEAS Bulletin

No abstract provided.

The Chanticleer, 2015-04-06, Coastal Carolina University

The Chanticleer Student Newspaper

The editorially independent student produced weekly newspaper of Coastal Carolina University.

Collection Development Policy, Mechanical And Aerospace Engineering, Ven Basco

Libraries' Documents

No abstract provided.

Collections And Space: An Update On Syracuse University Libraries' Journals Migration Project, K. Matthew Dames, Roberta B. Gwilt, Scott A. Warren, T. C. Carrier

Librarian Publications

To date, the Libraries have transferred to The Facility more than 100,000 volumes, including 7,000 journal titles, across all disciplines. By migrating these journals from Bird Library to The Facility, the Libraries will save the University more than $1.9 million within five years. Continued strategic use of The Facility helps the Libraries manage principal collections whose aggregate value exceeds $200 million. This paper reports on the progress of the Libraries’ journals migration project, provides additional context and data that led to the spring 2014 approval for the project from the provost.

High Resolution Projections Of 21st Century Daily Precipitation For The Contiguous Usa, Justin T. Schoof

Publications

No abstract provided.

College Of Engineering And Computer Science Nunan Research Day, Kent Syverud

Chancellor's Collection

No abstract provided.

Teaching About Race In Introductory Anthropology Courses: An Ethnographic Study, Jennifer Gilroy Hunsecker

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

American anthropology has focused on issues related to race from the start of the discipline. From past work designed to categorize humans into phenotype-based categories to current work to undo those categorizations, many anthropologists consider race to be one of the most important topics for students to learn. In this dissertation, I use in-depth ethnographic case studies consisting of interviews, observations, and focus groups, to learn about the way in which anthropologists at four institutions of higher education teach the topic to students in their introductory, four-field general anthropology class. I found that anthropologists are committed to sharing anthropological perspectives …

Collection Development Policy, Materials Science, Ven Basco

Libraries' Documents

No abstract provided.

Harbor Notes, April 3, 2015, Jessica Blais

Harbor Notes

The April 3, 2015, issue of Harbor Notes.

The Sfpark Pilot: Using Data To Make Cities Better, Kathryn Doherty-Chapman

PSU Transportation Seminars

SFpark was a federally-funded pilot program of a new approach to managing parking in San Francisco. It utilized real time data to identify parking availability, and demand-responsive parking pricing to help make parking easier to find. Parking management is an invaluable transportation demand management tool and the SFpark pilot demonstrated how data can help cities make smarter decisions. Come hear about the pilot evaluation results from a former SFpark staffer and PSU alum.

European Communities Commission - Greenland - Ec Commission Draft Approves Withdrawal Of Greenland From The European Community And Proposes Terms For Economic Reassociation, Kevin Mason

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.

The Fierce Green Fire: Vol 5 Issue 19, Wofford College Environmental Studies Program

The Fierce Green Fire

No abstract provided.

Chanticleer | April 2, 2015, Jacksonville State University

Chanticleer

No abstract provided.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 90, No. 43, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• WKU Probes Into Title IX Violations by Swim Team – Swimming
• Wright, Samantha. Heels for a Higher Cause – Walk a Mile In Her Shoes, Sexual Assault Awareness
• Rogers, Shelby. Student Government Association Candidates Balance Campaign Financing – Elections
• Ares, Nicole. Indiana Religious Freedom Bill Sparks Discussion – Religious Freedom Restoration Act - Politics
• Lawson, Anna. Student Government Association Inducts New Senators, Wraps Up Election
• Voorhees, Jessica. WKU Introduces Competency-Based Degree – Curriculum
• Profuma, Morgan. Measuring Up: Are the Media to Blame for Shattered Self-Esteem? – Advertising
• Hyde, Will. …

Malloy Joins Geography As Administrative Specialist, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

All Forum Articles

No abstract provided.

Fall Courses From Ohio Sustainability To Global Development, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

All Forum Articles

No abstract provided.

Evaluation Of The American-English Quality Of Life In Short Stature Youth (Qolissy) Questionnaire In The United States., Monika Bullinger, Rachel Sommer, Andreas Pleil, Nelly Mauras, Judith L. Ross, Ron Newfield, Lawrence Silverman, Anja Rohenkohl, Janet Fox, Julia Quitmann

Department of Medical Genetics Faculty Papers

BACKGROUND: The European Quality of Life in Short Stature Youth (QoLISSY) is a novel condition-specific instrument developed to assess health related quality of life (HrQoL) in children/adolescents with short stature from patient and parent perspectives. Study objective was to linguistically validate and psychometrically test the American-English version of the QoLISSY instrument.

METHODS: Upon conversion of the British-English version to American-English, content validity and acceptance of the questionnaire were examined through focus group discussions with cognitive debriefing in 28 children/adolescents with growth hormone deficiency (GHD) or idiopathic short stature (ISS) and their parents. In the subsequent field test with 51 families …

The Scarlet - Volume Xciv, No. 19 (April 2, 2015), Scarlet Staff

The Scarlet (Student Newspaper) (2011-present)

The April 2, 2015 edition of The Scarlet (est. 1939), Clark University's student-run newspaper. The Scarlet is intellectually and editorially independent of the University.

Stern V. Verifone Holdings, Inc., Asher Grunis, Noam Sohlberg, Uzi Vogelman

Translated Opinions

[This abstract is not part of the Court's opinion and is provided for the reader's convenience. It has been translated from a Hebrew version prepared by Nevo Press Ltd. and is used with its kind permission.]

Facts: A U.S. court approved a settlement in a class action that was filed against the Respondent, a U.S. company, and which concerned trade in securities. According to the terms of the settlement, it applies to the members of the represented class who are located both in and outside of the U.S. The Petitioner filed a motion for class certification against the Respondent …

The Parthenon, April 2, 2015, Codi Mohr

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.

I, Paul, Kent Mecum

Manuscripts

"Today, in geography we will study about Italy. The chief products of Italy are ... " It is I who should be teaching her. I, who have spent many hours re-living the grandeur of Rome. I, Paul, the famous world-traveler, must sit here and listen to an old maid school teacher.

Assessing Vulnerability Mapping Of Nitrate Contamination Among The Private Well Owners Of Black Hawk County, Ia, Junu Shrestha, Sushil Tuladhar

Annual Graduate Student Symposium

The main objective of this study is to find potential sites that might be vulnerable to nitrate contamination by doing weighted overlay analysis using ArcGIS Software and compare those sites with current nitrate contaminated sites.

Spatiotemporal Analysis Of Wildfire Activity In The Tundra Biome Using Modis Data (2000-2014), Arif Masrur

Annual Graduate Student Symposium

Although tundra wildfires have an important impact on arctic ecosystems, there is comparatively little knowledge about their geography and characteristics. I have been using MOSID-derived active fire data to analyze spatial and temporal patterns of tundra wildfires between 2000 and 2014.

The Perpetuation Of Graffiti Art Subculture, Camille Lannert

Butler Journal of Undergraduate Research

Graffiti art and the subculture that supports it is a form of graffiti that differs from gang graffiti, immediate graffiti, and street art. This research is a qualitative analysis using partial participant observation of a graffiti art subculture in a Midwestern city. Six themes which characterize this subculture were individual identity, communication, competition, criminality, aesthetic criteria, and changing forms of communication. The implications of the findings for labeling theory and differential association theories are discussed.