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Some of the Current Methods of Assessing Railroad Companies Operating Properties for Property Tax Purposes by State Assessing Bodies
No full textThis independent study into the current methods of assessing railroad companies operating properties for ad valorem property tax purposes by State Assessing Bodies is by no means complete study in this field. However, many hours have been spent by the writer reading and studying from available sources prior to developing and writing on this subject. This survey does, I believe, bring to light the most current methods of assessing a railroad’s operating properties on a state level. It appears that some of the state appraisers are meeting together, comparing their assessment problems, and tending towards more uniformity in their railroad property tax assessing formulas. A survey has also been made of the results of assessing methods with respect to one railroads ad velorem property tax obligation the past several years. I assume the results shown for this company would be common, generally speaking, for the railroad industry as a whole. Some very valuable data has been obtained from many unpublished official records of the Union Pacific Railroad Company. Acknowledgments are due to them for kind permission to use some of their records and from numerous other studies prepared by other railroad companies. As with all other studies, the analysis and conclusions are those of the author, who alone assumes responsibility therefor.ProQuest Traditional Publishing Optio
Investigation of sine-wave inputs for an FDM EIT system
No full textIncludes bibliographical references.This thesis project report describes the research done by the author under the supervision of Prof. J. Tapson. The area of research is an investigation of sine-wave drive for a frequency division multiplexing (FDM) electrical impedance tomography (EIT) system. This thesis was commissioned by Prof. J. Tapson, on the 1 st of November 200 1. The goals were as follows: 1. Investigate the research done on this project by previous researchers. 2. Investigate the current applications in which capacitance, resistance and impedance tomography are used in research level and in industry. 3. Design and develop a working 8-electrode impedance tomography system. Also, make provisions for a possible upgrade of the 8-electrode system to a 16-electrode (16 capacitance and 16 resistance electrodes) system employing FDM and using sine-wave excitation. 4. VerifY and compare the performance of the 8-electode impedance tomography system to the previous research done by Teague [53], for static configurations of multi-phase air-gravel-seawater mixtures. 5. Evaluate the ability of the system to differentiate between air and gravel mass in static situations. 6. Draw conclusions regarding the performance, effectiveness and limitations of the system. 7. Make recommendations for future project developments. 8. Submit the thesis by the 28th of March 2003
Reintegration and Transition Following Active Duty: Identifying the Challenges for Veterans Returning From Deployment in Afghanistan and Iraq
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Date Presented 4/1/2017
A thematic synthesis of 65 articles on veteran transitions following deployment revealed four themes to explain the dynamic veteran population and associated challenges with transition back into civilian life. Results indicate how practitioners can play a larger role in the reintegration process.
Primary Author and Speaker: Beth Ann Walker
Additional Authors and Speakers: Jessica Bramstedt, Kathryn J. Cleary, Sara T. Greer, Drew A. Teague</jats:p
A longitudinal study of Neospora caninum infection on a dairy farm in New Zealand
No full textA 600-cow New Zealand dairy herd experienced an abortion storm in 1997 and was monitored (blood sampling at about 3-month intervals) from May 1997 until January 1999. Abortion risk reached 9% in 1997 and was highest in heifers at 19%. The abortion risk decreased in 1998 to 3.2% (still somewhat higher than during the years prior to the outbreak). The serological reaction pattern for Neospora caninum showed an association with abortion risk only around the time of the 1997 outbreak when seropositive cows were 4.2 times more likely to abort than negative ones. Over the whole study period, only 27% of cows that were sampled on all nine visits always tested negative. Offspring from dams which had positive tests for Neospora caninum were 2.4 times more likely to abort than those from dams testing consistently negative. Controlling for age and breed, seropositive cows produced more milk than those that were consistently negative. Infection might have been present endemically within this herd prior to the epidemic, but in 1997 an additional factor appeared to have triggered the outbreak.LR: 20061115; PUBM: Print; JID: 8217463; ppublishSource type: Electronic(1
Between convergence and divergence:possibilities for a European Community system of labour market regulation
No full textThe idea of a social dimension to European union has had a troubled ride. This paper argues that achieving such a goal in a coherent and fully-fledged form will be difficult. There are a number of forces working in favour of convergence; but they are counterbalanced by forces tending towards fragmentation. After outlining the various influences at play the author concludes that a new social dimension to the European Community will not emerge as a comprehensive system of labour market regulation but will continue in its present fragmented form. The social dimension will grow in importance only step by step. -Author</p
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Growing Number of Leadership Programs and Courses Supports Professional Identity Formation
No full textThrough service and leadership, lawyers influence people and impact organizations and communities. Law students need to be aware of their opportunity for influence as part of their professional identity and they need to be prepared for the obligations of service that accompany the privilege of acquiring a law degree. The number of law schools with leadership development courses and programs has grown rapidly over the last ten years to: encourage law students to embrace their obligation to serve clients and society; better equip law students for positions of leadership and influence (including building relationships with clients); and inspire them to boldly seek opportunities to be difference-makers in their communities and the world. The movement to increase the development of lawyers’ professional identity also has grown during that time and will continue to advance with the proposed revisions to ABA Standard 303. The author discusses the important role of lawyers as leaders in society, examines the growth of the leadership-development movement, and offers thoughts about its relationship with the professional-identity movement. The author advocates that both professional identity and leadership development complement professional responsibility efforts and are essential to the education and training of modern law students
Growing Number of Leadership Programs and Courses Supports Professional Identity Formation
No full textThrough service and leadership, lawyers influence people and impact organizations and communities. Law students need to be aware of their opportunity for influence as part of their professional identity and they need to be prepared for the obligations of service that accompany the privilege of acquiring a law degree. The number of law schools with leadership development courses and programs has grown rapidly over the last ten years to: encourage law students to embrace their obligation to serve clients and society; better equip law students for positions of leadership and influence (including building relationships with clients); and inspire them to boldly seek opportunities to be difference-makers in their communities and the world. The movement to increase the development of lawyers’ professional identity also has grown during that time and will continue to advance with the proposed revisions to ABA Standard 303. The author discusses the important role of lawyers as leaders in society, examines the growth of the leadership-development movement, and offers thoughts about its relationship with the professional-identity movement. The author advocates that both professional identity and leadership development complement professional responsibility efforts and are essential to the education and training of modern law students
Measuring implementation strength: Literature review draft report 2012
No full textMeasuring implementation strength (sometimes referred to as implementation intensity) is an important programme evaluation process which helps to understand why some programmes are successful and some fail, attribute outcomes to a programme, and anticipate outcomes of future programmes. Implementation data can also help in evaluating and improving progress toward specific outcomes and intervention strategies. In developing a new approach, the ‘District Evaluation Platform’, to evaluate large-scale effectiveness for proven interventions at a national level it is important to measure implementation strength as “insufficient implementation is a common reason for absence of impact”. Nevertheless, despite the importance of evaluating implementation strength of complex, multidimensional interventions, scientific evidence devoted to this issue is limited, especially in low income countries
A follow up survey of graduates of child psychiatric nursing programs
No full textThesis (M.S.)--Boston UniversityPLEASE NOTE: Boston University Libraries did not receive an Authorization To Manage form for this thesis or dissertation. It is therefore not openly accessible, though it may be available by request. If you are the author or principal advisor of this work and would like to request open access for it, please contact us at [email protected]. Thank you.2999-01-0
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