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@Brunning: People And Technology -- At The Only Edge That Means Anything/How We Understand What We Do, Dennis Brunning

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Building Library Collections In The 21st Century -- Writing An Acquistions Procedure Manual, Arlene Sievers-Hill

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Acquisitions Archaeology -- Back To The Beginning (Vol. 1, No. 1, March 1989), Jesse Holden

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Issues In Vendor/Library Relations -- Infrastructure, Bob Nardini

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I Hear The Train A Comin' -- "Fishes, Ponds, And Gilligan's Island", Greg Tananbaum

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Pelikan's Disambiguation -- The Price Of Prevarication, Michael P. Pelikan

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Under The Hood -- The Library Ecosystem, Xan Arch

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International Dateline -- "In The Gap", Robert E. Lee

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International Dateline -- Adventurers All, Rita Ricketts

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Charleston Conference Future Dates, Editor

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Oliver Theodor Sitea Obituary, Editor

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Xenophobia, International Migration And Human Development, Jonathan Crush, Sujata Ramachandran

Southern African Migration Programme

In the continuing discussion on migration and development, the vulnerability of all migrant groups to exploitation and mistreatment in host countries has been highlighted along with an emphasis on protecting their rights. However, xenophobia has not yet received explicit attention although anti-migrant sentiments and practices are clearly on the rise even in receiving countries in developing regions. Despite gaps in existing empirical work, research and anecdotal evidence exposes pervasive forms of discrimination, hostility, and violence experienced by migrant communities, with the latter becoming easy scapegoats for various social problems in host countries. This study attempts to insert xenophobia in this …

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The Effect Of Frequent Managerial Turnover On Organizational Performance: A Study Of Professional Baseball Managers, Gregory C. Hill

Public Policy and Administration Faculty Publications and Presentations

This analysis is designed to study the question of a manager’s contribution to the organization, particularly in terms of uncertainty related to managerial succession. The theory of managerial succession, which is the replacement of one public manager with another, suggests a negative relationship between change and organizational performance. Organizations’ decision to change managers more often exacerbates the negative effect on performance. The hypotheses are tested using baseball managers as proxies for public managers, as they perform similar duties, have similar goals, and operate under similar constraints. The results suggest that managerial succession has a negative effect on organizational performance. Frequent …

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Centennial Library E-News, September/October 2009, Cedarville University

Centennial Library Shelf Life

Articles in this issue: Sabbatical in China, State cataloging project, AV Technician certified, Library collection growth, New CBTS Gallery exhibit, Library internship program, CMC hosts author, Amazing Race successful, Involvement Fair highlights, University faculty in print, University alumni in print, Fall break Library hours

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Denison Vs. Cedarville, Cedarville University

Men's Soccer Statistics

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Cearville Vs Dension, Cedarville University

Men's Soccer Programs

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Public Spheres, Networked Publics, Networked Public Spheres?: Tracking The Habermasion Public Sphere In Recent Discourse, Minna Aslama, Ingrid Erikson

McGannon Center Research Resources

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Participation As Position And Practice: Rethinking Media Diversity And Policy In The Web 2.0 Era, Minna Aslama

McGannon Center Research Resources

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Making Biomass Pay: Obstacles And Opportunities, Gail Wells

Joint Fire Science Program Digests

Removing hazardous fuels to reduce the risk of wildfire has become a priority for land managers across the United States. Utilizing biomass taken from forests to cover the cost of fuel reduction is an attractive ideal. Effective utilization could also address important national challenges such as improving forest health, increasing domestic energy supplies, reducing carbon emissions, and revitalizing rural economies. However, getting woody biomass from the forest to the consumer is economically and logistically difficult, and efforts to make biomass utilization profitable have been disappointing so far. JFSP-funded researchers have found that, while there is no recipe for building a …

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Incentives For Experimenting Agents, Johannes Hörner, Larry Samuelson

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

We examine a repeated interaction between an agent, who undertakes experiments, and a principal who provides the requisite funding for these experiments. The agent’s actions are hidden, and the principal, who makes the oﬀers, cannot commit to future actions. We identify the unique Markovian equilibrium (whose structure depends on the parameters) and characterize the set of all equilibrium payoﬀs, uncovering a collection of non-Markovian equilibria that can Pareto dominate and reverse the qualitative properties of the Markovian equilibrium. The prospect of lucrative continuation payoﬀs makes it more expensive for the principal to incentivize the agent, giving rise to a dynamic …

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Incentives For Experimenting Agents, Johannes Hörner, Larry Samuelson

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

We examine a repeated interaction between an agent, who undertakes experiments, and a principal who provides the requisite funding for these experiments. The repeated interaction gives rise to a dynamic agency cost — the more lucrative is the agent’s stream of future rents following a failure, the more costly are current incentives for the agent, giving the principal an incentive to reduce the continuation value of the project. We characterize the set of recursive Markov equilibria. We also ﬁnd that there are non-Markov equilibria that make the principal better oﬀ than the recursive Markov equilibrium, and that may make both …

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Incentives For Experimenting Agents, Johannes Hörner, Larry Samuelson

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

We examine a repeated interaction between an agent, who undertakes experiments, and a principal who provides the requisite funding for these experiments. The repeated interaction gives rise to a dynamic agency cost — the more lucrative is the agent’s stream of future rents following a failure, the more costly are current incentives for the agent, giving the principal an incentive to reduce the continuation value of the project. We characterize the set of recursive Markov equilibria. We show that there are non-Markov equilibria that make the principal better oﬀ than the recursive Markov equilibrium, and that may make both players …

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Has Macro Progressed?, Ray C. Fair

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

There have been a number of recent papers arguing that there has been considerable convergence in macro research and to the good. This paper considers the question whether what has been converged to is good. Has progress been made in understanding how the macro economy works?

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New Library Fees; Updated Database And Journal Cancellations, Houston Academy Of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library

Insider Express (2003-2013)

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Library Newsletter Volume 5, Issue 2

Library Newsletters

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Automatic Recognition Of Frog Calls Using A Multi-Stage Average Spectrum, Wen-Ping Chen, Song-Shyong Chen, Chun-Cheng Lin, Ya-Zhung Chen, Wen-Chih Lin

Bioacoustics Collection

The automatic recognition of animal sounds is one of the powerful techniques for replacing the traditional ecological survey method that mainly depends on manpower, which is hence both costly and time consuming. This study developed an automatic frog call recognition system based on the combination of a pre-classification method of the syllable lengths and a multi-stage average spectrum (MSAS) method. In this system, the input frog syllables are first classified into one of the four groups determined by the pre-classification method according to syllable length. Then the proposed MSAS method is used to extract the standard feature template to analyze …

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A Bottom-Up Definition Of Self-Sufficiency: Voices From Low-Income Jobseekers., Philip Young P. Hong, Vamadu A. Sheriff, Sandra R. Naeger

Social Work: School of Social Work Faculty Publications and Other Works

Self-sufﬁciency (SS) is the epitome of America’s ‘reluctant’welfare state. It is generally accepted in social welfare policycircles as a concept related to independence and ﬁnancialstability. Nevertheless, SS is not a term agreed upon inpractice by policymakers, researchers, or service providersand is frequently used without a clear common deﬁnition.In this sense, the purpose of this study is to explore the extentto which the top-down deﬁnition of ‘economic’ SS as thesocial policy goal is consistent with how the clients of job training programs perceive the term. Using a groundedtheory approach, a bottom-up deﬁnition of SS was derivedfrom a focus group of low-income …

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The Scher Report On Non-Human Primate Research — Biased And Deeply Flawed, Jarrod Bailey, Katy Taylor

Experimentation Collection

The European Commission’s Scientific Committee on Health and Environmental Risks (SCHER) recently issued an Opinion on the need for non-human primate (NHP) use in biomedical research, and the possibilities of replacing NHP use with alternatives, as part of the Directive 86/609/EEC revision process. Here, we summarise our recent complaint to the European Ombudsman about SCHER’s Opinion and the entire consultation process. It is our opinion that the Working Group almost entirely failed to address its remit, and that the Group was unbalanced and contained insufficient expertise. The Opinion presumed the validity of NHP research with inadequate supporting evidence, and ignored …

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@Brunning: People And Technology -- At The Only Edge That Means Anything/How We Understand What We Do, Dennis Brunning

Against the Grain

Building Library Collections In The 21st Century -- Writing An Acquistions Procedure Manual, Arlene Sievers-Hill

Against the Grain

Acquisitions Archaeology -- Back To The Beginning (Vol. 1, No. 1, March 1989), Jesse Holden

Against the Grain

Issues In Vendor/Library Relations -- Infrastructure, Bob Nardini

Against the Grain

I Hear The Train A Comin' -- "Fishes, Ponds, And Gilligan's Island", Greg Tananbaum

Against the Grain

Pelikan's Disambiguation -- The Price Of Prevarication, Michael P. Pelikan

Against the Grain

Under The Hood -- The Library Ecosystem, Xan Arch

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International Dateline -- "In The Gap", Robert E. Lee

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International Dateline -- Adventurers All, Rita Ricketts

Against the Grain

Charleston Conference Future Dates, Editor

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Toc, Editor

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Oliver Theodor Sitea Obituary, Editor

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Full Page Ads, Editor

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Xenophobia, International Migration And Human Development, Jonathan Crush, Sujata Ramachandran

Southern African Migration Programme

The Effect Of Frequent Managerial Turnover On Organizational Performance: A Study Of Professional Baseball Managers, Gregory C. Hill

Public Policy and Administration Faculty Publications and Presentations

Centennial Library E-News, September/October 2009, Cedarville University

Centennial Library Shelf Life

Denison Vs. Cedarville, Cedarville University

Men's Soccer Statistics

Cearville Vs Dension, Cedarville University

Men's Soccer Programs

Public Spheres, Networked Publics, Networked Public Spheres?: Tracking The Habermasion Public Sphere In Recent Discourse, Minna Aslama, Ingrid Erikson

McGannon Center Research Resources

Participation As Position And Practice: Rethinking Media Diversity And Policy In The Web 2.0 Era, Minna Aslama

McGannon Center Research Resources

Making Biomass Pay: Obstacles And Opportunities, Gail Wells

Joint Fire Science Program Digests

Incentives For Experimenting Agents, Johannes Hörner, Larry Samuelson

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

Incentives For Experimenting Agents, Johannes Hörner, Larry Samuelson

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

Incentives For Experimenting Agents, Johannes Hörner, Larry Samuelson

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

Has Macro Progressed?, Ray C. Fair

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

New Library Fees; Updated Database And Journal Cancellations, Houston Academy Of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library

Insider Express (2003-2013)

Library Newsletter Volume 5, Issue 2

Library Newsletters

Automatic Recognition Of Frog Calls Using A Multi-Stage Average Spectrum, Wen-Ping Chen, Song-Shyong Chen, Chun-Cheng Lin, Ya-Zhung Chen, Wen-Chih Lin

Bioacoustics Collection

A Bottom-Up Definition Of Self-Sufficiency: Voices From Low-Income Jobseekers., Philip Young P. Hong, Vamadu A. Sheriff, Sandra R. Naeger

Social Work: School of Social Work Faculty Publications and Other Works

The Scher Report On Non-Human Primate Research — Biased And Deeply Flawed, Jarrod Bailey, Katy Taylor

Experimentation Collection