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    Why Section 530 of the Revenue Act of 1978 Applies to the States

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    Ordered Conflict Resolution

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    Ordered conflict resolution: understanding her tenets cost Keynes his life and Arrow to live under extortionate threat. Now that the Supreme Court of the United States has conquered the Informal Capital Market Cartelā€™s stranglehold on academic freedom, the literature can now vindicate impossibility- resolved social choice theory in the venue of a marriage between ethics and economics; as Sen has pled need be the case. This paper introduces ordered conflict resolution and her two impossibility-resolving axioms in effecting (individual: societal) well-being transitivity.ReĢsolution ordonneĢe de conflit: comprendre les principes qui ont couĢ‚teĢ la vie aĢ€ Keynes et fait vivre Arrow sous des menaces exorbitantes. Maintenant que la Cour SupreĢ‚me des Etats-Unis a vaincu le cartel informel du marcheĢ des capitaux eĢtranglant la liberteĢ acadeĢmique, la litteĢrature peut deĢsormais revendiquer la reĢsolution-lā€™impossibiliteĢ de la theĢorie du choix social dans lā€™ideĢe dā€™un mariage entre lā€™eĢthique et lā€™eĢconomie, comme Sen le plaide. Ce papier introduit une reĢsolution ordonneĢe du conflit et ces deux axiomes dā€™impossibiliteĢ en effectuant une transitiviteĢ du bien-eĢ‚tre (individuel : social)

    Ordered Model Processes, Reference Declaration And The Economic Organization: Implications For A Balanced Scorecard Contextual Framework

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    Les Tableaux de Bord de la Performance ont eĢteĢ acclameĢs avec raison depuis leur introduction en 1992, mais les intellectuels continuent encore aĢ€ eĢtudier leurs aspects pragmatiques. Ce papier contribue aĢ€ la litteĢrature sur les Tableaux de Bord de la Performance, tout dā€™abord, en offrant une explication logique quant aĢ€ leur succeĢ€s et ensuite, en preĢsentant un cadre de travail contextuel de tableaux de bord de la performance pour une structure de gestion hieĢrarchiseĢe. Le cadre de travail contextuel reĢforme la perspective dā€™apprentissage et de croissance du tableau de bord de la performance (i) en effectuant la transition de reĢfeĢrence (subjective/objective), et (ii) en reconnaissant que la Perspective dā€™Apprentissage et de Croissance implique avant tout une incidence de formulation strateĢgique dā€™une extra-entiteĢ. Le transfert de lā€™incidence (intra-entiteĢ/extra-entiteĢ) reĢconcilie lā€™eĢvolution de la position de politique de gestion non ordonneĢe [Contenu: (Contenu: Contexte): Contexte] quā€™est la Perspective dā€™Apprentissage et de Croissance Concomitante. Le cadre de travail supplante eĢgalement les Perspectives des Tableaux de Bord de la Performances deĢveloppeĢs par Kaplan et Norton en ajoutant la perspective de politique sociale qui manquait. La perspective manquante implique une transition de reĢfeĢrence objective [(position endogeĢ€ne, perspective exogeĢ€ne): (position exogeĢ€ne, perspective exogeĢ€ne)]. De tels signaux de transition [Contenu: (Contenu: Contexte): Contexte] ordonnent lā€™eĢvolution de la position de politique de gestion.Since its 1992 introduction, the Balanced Scorecard has received deserving accolades while academics continue investigating its pragmatic aspects. This paper contributes to the Balanced Scorecard literature, first, by proffering a logical explanation for its successful acclaim and, second, by setting forth an ordered management structure Balanced Scorecard contextual framework. The contextual framework reforms the Balanced Scorecardā€™s Learning and Growth Perspective by (i) effecting (subjective: objective) reference transition, and (ii) recognizing that the Learning and Growth Perspective involves first instance extra-entity strategy formulation incidence. The (intra-entity: extra- entity) incidence shift reconciles unordered [Content: (Content: Context): Context] management policy position progression that is Learning and Growth Perspective concomitant. The framework also supplants the Kaplan and Norton Balanced Scorecard Perspectives with the missing social policy perspective. The missing perspective involves [(endogenous-position, exogenous- perspective): (exogenous-position, exogenous-perspective)] objective reference transition. Such a transition signals ordered [Content: (Content: Context): Context] management policy position progression

    Heavy Meson Masses in Chiral Perturbation Theory with Heavy Quark Symmetry

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    The SU(3)SU(3) and hyperfine mass splittings of mesons containing a single heavy quark are computed to one-loop order in chiral perturbation theory with heavy quark spin symmetry. Electromagnetic contributions of order Ī±em\alpha_em are included. The observed values of the mass splittings are consistent with the one-loop chiral perturbation theory calculation. The dāˆ’ud-u hyperfine splitting (Dāˆ—+āˆ’D+)āˆ’(Dāˆ—0āˆ’D0)(D^{* +} - D^+) - (D^{*0} - D^0) is equal to (mdāˆ’mu)/ms(m_d - m_u)/ m_s times the sāˆ’ds-d hyperfine splitting (Dsāˆ—+āˆ’Ds+)āˆ’(Dāˆ—+āˆ’D+)(D_s^{* +} - D_s^+) - (D^{*+} - D^+) upto electromagnetic contributions. The small observed value of the sāˆ’ds-d hyperfine splitting implies that the dāˆ’ud-u hyperfine splitting is completely dominated by electromagnetic mass contributions.Comment: (28 pages, 2 figures included using uufiles, uses harvmac), CERN-TH.6765/9

    Developing the Skills of Principals in Low-Performing Schools

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    A capstone submitted in partial fulfillment of the Requirements for the degree of Doctor of Education in the College of Education at Morehead State University by Stephen R. Jenkins and Randall D. Peffer on March 20, 2017

    Heavy Meson Hyperfine Splittings: A Puzzle for Heavy Quark Chiral Perturbation Theory

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    We show that there is a large discrepancy between the expected light flavor dependence of the heavy pseudoscalar--vector mass splittings and the measured values. We demonstrate that the one--loop calculation is unreliable. Moreover, agreement with experiment requires the leading dependence on SU(3) symmetry breaking to be nearly cancelled, so that the heavy quark mass dependence is unknown and the expected dependence on the light quark mass is not realized.Comment: 11 pages (LaTeX, 2 PS figures available upon request), MIT-CTP#216

    Reducing Toxic Phthalate Exposures in Premature Infants

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    Phthalates are a ubiquitous group of industrial compounds used as industrial solvents and as additives to plastics to make products softer avnd more flexible. Phthalates are found in a variety of products including medical devices, personal care products, flooring, and food packaging. Infants in the neonatal intensive care unit are exposed to phthalates both in the building materials, but more importantly in the medical supplies and devices. Toxicity from phthalates has been of concern to researchers for many decades. Toxicity concerns to neonates includes male reproductive toxicity, hepatotoxicity, cardiotoxicity (including hypertension), neurotoxicity, and neurodevelopmental abnormalities. Limited recommendations have been given for reducing phthalate exposures to premature infants. These include avoiding infusing lipids or blood products through intravenous tubing containing phthalates. Storage of blood in containers made with phthalates has been a strong recommendation and has largely been accomplished. A comprehensive plan for phthalate reduction has heretofore been missing. This chapter has the goal of identifying the problem of phthalate exposure in premature infants, with some practical solutions that can be done today, as well as suggestions for manufacturers to complete the work

    Benefit Transfer And Ecosystem Services: Linking Water Quality And Recreation In North Carolina

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    Nitrogen concentrations are a prominent indicator of water pollution, frequently leading to algal blooms which in turn cause fish kills and unappealing odors and appearance. As such, water quality may influence the water recreation decisions of individual recreators, who tend to prefer higher water quality and are willing to pay for it. This paper employs the benefit transfer method to estimate the economic benefits of freshwater-based recreation in response to changes in ambient water quality

    Chiral and Heavy Quark Symmetry Violation in B Decays

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    The most general Lagrangian consistent with chiral, heavy quark, and strong interaction symmetries to order 1/M1/M and to linear order in the SU(3) vector and axial currents is presented. Two new dimensionful and five dimensionless couplings arise at this order. The heavy to light flavor changing current is derived to the same order, giving rise to two additional dimensionful constants and six dimensionless ones. The dimensionless parameters are shown to be irrelevant at \ord. The leading nonanalytic heavy quark and chiral symmetry violating corrections to heavy meson decay constants are computed, and implications to B decays are discussed; measurements of the experimentally accessible form factors for Dā†’Ļ€lĪ½D \to \pi l \nu and Bā†’Ļ€lĪ½B \to \pi l \nu, along with knowledge of the Dāˆ—DĻ€D^* D \pi coupling, determine the eight decay constants fDf_D, fDsf_{D_s}, fDāˆ—f_{D^*}, fDsāˆ—f_{D_s^*}, fBf_B, fBs f_{B_s}, fBāˆ—f_{B^*}, and fBsāˆ—f_{B_s^*}, as well as one relation among the Bā†’Ļ€lĪ½B \to \pi l \nu form factors, to \ord~. The ratio R1=fBsfB/fDsfDR_1 = \frac{f_{B_s}}{f_B}/\frac{f_{D_s}}{f_D} is expressed in terms of two dimensionful couplings.Comment: 22 pages, harvmac, 5 eps figs, resubmitted for automated postscrip
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