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Outsourcing Open Access: Digital Commons At The University Of Wollongong, Australia, Michael Organ, Helen Mandl

Michael Organ

Purpose - The purpose of this article is to outline the experiences of an Australian university in selecting a proprietary solution for its open access digital repository requirements.

Design/methodology/approach - An overview is presented of the environment leading up to the decision to select Digital Commons over an open source software solution. The paper also outlines subsequent experiences during a one-year period in operating the outsourced solution.

Findings - Outsourcing is an appropriate digital repository option for higher education institutions when costs are considered and compared with open source solutions, and especially when on-site IT support is limited. Outsourcing allows …

Outsourcing Open Access: Digital Commons At The University Of Wollongong, Australia, Michael Organ, Helen Mandl

Michael Organ

Purpose - The purpose of this article is to outline the experiences of an Australian university in selecting a proprietary solution for its open access digital repository requirements.

Design/methodology/approach - An overview is presented of the environment leading up to the decision to select Digital Commons over an open source software solution. The paper also outlines subsequent experiences during a one-year period in operating the outsourced solution.

Findings - Outsourcing is an appropriate digital repository option for higher education institutions when costs are considered and compared with open source solutions, and especially when on-site IT support is limited. Outsourcing allows …

Cold Weather Training Issues, Brian Johnson, Greg Warchol

Greg Warchol

No abstract provided.

Humancentric Applications Of Rfid Chips, S. Derrick, K. Michael, H. Tootell

Dr Holly Tootell

No abstract provided.

Alcohol And Environmental Justice: The Density Of Liquor Stores And Bars In Urban Neighborhoods In The United States, John Romley, Deborah Cohen, Jeanne Ringel, Roland Sturm

Roland Sturm

Objective: This study had two purposes: (1) to characterize the density of liquor stores and bars that individuals face according to race, economic status, and age in the urban United States and (2) to assess alternative measures of retailer density based on the road network and population. Method: We used census data on business counts and sociodemographic characteristics to compute the densities facing individuals in 9,361 urban zip codes. Results: Blacks face higher densities of liquor stores than do whites. The density of liquor stores is greater among nonwhites in lower-income areas than among whites in lower- and higher-income areas …

Know Thy Sensor: Cens As A Case Study Of The Relationship Between Data Integrity, Metadata, And Data Interpretation., Jillian Wallis, Christine Borgman, Matthew Mayernik, Alberto Pepe, Nithya Ramanathan, Mark Hansen

Jillian C Wallis

No abstract provided.

Knitting A Fabric Of Sensor Data And Literature. In Information Processing In Sensor Networks, Alberto Pepe, Christine Borgman, Jillian Wallis, Matthew Mayernik

Jillian C Wallis

No abstract provided.

Adding Context To Content: The Cens Deployment Center, Matthew Mayernik, Jillian Wallis, Christine Borgman

Jillian C Wallis

No abstract provided.

Improved Aperture For Modulation Transfer Function Measurement Of Detector Arrays Beyond The Nyquist Frequency, Alfred D. Ducharme, Sarah P. Temple

Faculty Bibliography 2000s

The design of an aperture for the generation of laser speckle with a flat power spectrum covering a wide band of the measurement spatial-frequency range is presented. This aperture allows for the measurement of modulation transfer function (MTF) from zero to twice the Nyquist frequency of a two-dimensional detector array. This design mitigates many of the measurement problems inherent in other aperture designs. The MTF measurement of a CCD detector array is used to demonstrate the measurement technique and illustrate the advantages of the new aperture design.

Metal Modulation Epitaxy Growth For Extremely High Hole Concentrations Above 10(19) Cm(-3) In Gan, Gon Namkoong, Elaissa Trybus, Kyung Keun Lee, Michael Moseley, W. Alan Doolittle, David C. Look

Applied Research Center Publications

The free hole carriers in GaN have been limited to concentrations in the low 10¹⁸ cm⁻³ range due to the deep activation energy, lower solubility, and compensation from defects, therefore, limiting doping efficiency to about 1%. Herein, we report an enhanced doping efficiency up to ~10% in GaN by a periodic doping, metal modulation epitaxy growth technique. The hole concentrations grown by periodically modulating Ga atoms and Mg dopants were over ~1.5 x 10¹⁹ cm⁻³.

© 2008 American Institute of Physics.

Unit Rectangle Visibility Graphs, Alice M. Dean, Joanna A. Ellis-Monaghan, Sarah J. Hamilton, Greta Pangborn

Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science Faculty Research and Publications

Over the past twenty years, rectangle visibility graphs have generated consider- able interest, in part due to their applicability to VLSI chip design. Here we study unit rectangle visibility graphs, with fixed dimension restrictions more closely modeling the constrained dimensions of gates and other circuit components in computer chip applications. A graph G is a unit rectangle visibility graph (URVG) if its vertices can be represented by closed unit squares in the plane with sides parallel to the axes and pairwise disjoint interiors, in such a way that two vertices are adjacent if and only if there is a non-degenerate …

Identifying Methods Nurse Managers Can Implement To Foster A Supportive Environment For Staff Where Disruptive Behavior Exists, Kathleen Leavitt

Critical and Creative Thinking Capstones Collection

We can all imagine the ideal work environment, where you are respected, empowered, and provided with the resources to perform to the best of your ability everyday. Your skills would be acknowledged and the challenging work that is accomplished each day would be appreciated by peers, team members, and managers. However, in my work environment, an operating room, a phenomenon called "disruptive behavior" often interrupts the ability of achieving this desired state. Initially I was focused on this behavior being displayed by physicians but was awakened to the fact that they are not the only offenders and that many caregivers …

Illness Stories: From Recognizing The Significance In Care To Planning My Own Storied Practice, Jane Lachance

Critical and Creative Thinking Capstones Collection

In this paper, stories of illness are identified as belonging to a specific genre of story that represents an ill person's interpretation of experience and hence the meaning(s) of illness. The ill person is recognized as member of a family embedded in a social setting with cultural mores that contribute to experience and meanings. The meaning of illness is significant because it affects the care of illness. This paper focuses on chronic illness, an illness without cure that is managed over a lifetime and is characterized by remission and exacerbation of symptoms. Our current bio-medical health care system reframes the …

Organización Documental Mediante La Catalogación Y El Análisis De Información: Entorno Normativo Y Tecnológico, Edgar Allan Delgado F.

Códices

El tratamiento documental dentro de una unidad de información, está relacionado con las operaciones de catalogación y análisis de información. Comprender la fundamentación, desarrollo histórico, normativo, y tecnológico que subyace en el tratamiento, coadyuvará al fortalecimiento y desarrollo de esta práctica, llamada a cumplir un papel protagónico en la ayuda que puede brindar para que personas y entidades enfrenten efectivamente los retos que plantea la Sociedad de la Información y el Conocimiento. En consecuencia, y sin pretender análisis exhaustivos y detallados, se presenta una panorámica general en cuanto a conceptos, hitos históricos de la catalogación, iniciativas nacionales e internacionales en …

Front Matter

Journal of Digital Forensics, Security and Law

No abstract provided.

Back Matter

Journal of Digital Forensics, Security and Law

No abstract provided.

Masthead

Journal of Digital Forensics, Security and Law

No abstract provided.

Annual Report, 2006-2007, David B. Nash

College of Population Health Annual Reports

No abstract provided.

A Study Of The Chinese Toy Market: Does An Oligopsony Structure Force Manufacturers To Cut Costs?, Y. Allen Chen

Economics Theses

The growing incidence of product safety complaints pertaining to imported goods from China has been one of the most widely covered phenomena in 2007. China's reputation as the factory of the world suffered immensely, a result of product recalls ranging from poisoned dog food to children's toys saturated with lead. The Chinese government, as a result, attempted to repair their image as a producer of safe exports. These efforts culminated in the nationwide crackdown on the production on substandard goods and the arrest of 774 people on October 29, 2007. Pressures in the united States did not cease, however, with …

Why The No Child Left Behind Act Needs To Be Restructured To Accomplish Its Goals And How To Do It, Gershon M. Ratner

University of the District of Columbia Law Review

The No Child Left Behind Act ("NCLB" or the "Act") 1 has created a once in a lifetime opportunity to improve American public education. NCLB has embraced vital goals for the new Information Age: academic proficiency for virtually all public school students and elimination of the severe racial/income "achievement gap." The Act provides four pillars on which states and localities might build a bridge to reach the goals: higher standards; periodic testing to measure the extent to which the standards are being met; disaggregating test results by student subgroup; and reporting to the public. The critical question is "how to …

The Bivalvia And Gastropoda Fauna Of The Ammonitico Rosso Facies Of Late Sinemurian-Early Pliensbachian Of The Kösreli̇k Region (Ne Ankara-Turkey); First Record Of Annelid Polychaete Species And Their Paleogeographic And Paleoecologic Characteristics, Yavuz Okan, İzzet Hoşgör

Bulletin of the Mineral Research and Exploration

No abstract provided.

A Psuedo-Mass Of Shoulder Girdle Due To Spinal Accessory Nerve Injury After Neck Lymph Node Biopsy: A Casereport, Yen-Nung Lin, Jing-Hwa Wey, Mei-Chun Huang, Kwang-Hwa Chang, Chun-Chieh Chiu

Rehabilitation Practice and Science

Shoulder problems such as pain, weakness, limited range of motion and palpable mass are common complaints in PM&R clinic. This casereport describes a less common but not rare condition: iatrogenic accessory nerve injury after neck lymph node biopsy. The patient in this study presented symptoms of shoulder girdle pain and weakness and also complained of a ”hard palpated mass” over her shoulder girdle.A 49-year-old female complained of gradually worsening left shoulder pain accompanied by weakness and limited range of motion in her left shoulder for many months. She had sought medical advice for many times and rotator cuff pathology was …

Arkansas Water Resources Center Annual Technical Report, 2007, Arkansas Water Resources Center

Arkansas Water Resources Center Annual Report

No abstract provided.

The Tainted Grail Of Brazilian Ethanol: Achieving Oil Independence But Who Has Borne The Cost And Paid The Price?, Sandra Dos Santos

City University of New York Law Review

No abstract provided.

Educating Dalit Women: Beyond A One-Dimensional Policy Formulation, Ramu Bishwakarma, Valerie Hunt, Anna Zajicek

HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies

No abstract provided.

Book Review Of 'The Origins Of Himalayan Studies: Brian Houghton Hodgson In Nepal And Darjeeling, 1820-1858' Edited By David M. Waterhouse, Arjun Guneratne

HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies

No abstract provided.

The Intrusions Of Politics On Science: A Look At Global Warming, Hesham Ossama Hassanien

The Undergraduate Research Journal

Science has touched every aspect of our lives, adding value and comfort to our long hours of hard work - including small digital pens, computers, and even smart houses. The truth is, however, that not many of us are scientists, and the lack of knowledge as to specificities of the field often leaves us suspicious when examining political support a supposedly scientific endeavor might receive. Indeed, the often lucrative nature of science has helped promote the interaction between the scientific community and external institutions like corporations and political offices, a partnership that raises the question of whether this cooperation jeopardizes …

A New Look At Egypt’S Brain Drain Within Auc, Iman Dawood

The Undergraduate Research Journal

The emigration of highly skilled and educated Egyptian citizens has been on-going for decades and has had a relatively negative effect on Egypt’s development. Drawing on 100 Egyptian undergraduate students—both male and female – in order to gauge a rough estimate of the number of AUC students who plan on traveling and living abroad as well as their reasons for doing so. The research showed that 90% of students wished to live abroad. In addition, interviews were held with Egyptian professors to discuss potential reasons for Egyptian nationals to remain within their country as well as the ways in which …

Youth Perspectives On Citizenship And Civic Engagement In Egypt, Nahla Mahgoub, Reham Morsi

The Undergraduate Research Journal

During the past two decades, Egypt has witnessed an enormous change in the way political affairs are handled. For this reason, concepts of citizenship and nationality have changed in the minds of all peoples, creating a need to come up with specific definitions of citizenship that provides a clear framework in which the government and its people can interact. Egypt has a special demographic distribution of the youth bulge-where the youth make up the majority of the population. For this reason it is important to asses how this youth bulge perceive the concepts of citizenship, nationality and civic engagement. This …

Invisible Lives, Nina Fatouh, Shahira Marei

The Undergraduate Research Journal

While the number of street children in Egypt has been rapidly increasing over the past decades, it was not until very recently that it has started to attract attention and has been recognized as a problem of great magnitude requiring immediate action. In our research paper, we explore the phenomenon of street children in Egypt, its causes and the many greatly influencing factors, with the purpose of raising awareness of the issue. The project includes a study and close examination of the research made on this phenomenon in the form of a literature review. Once integrated with our primary research, …