Lantana macropoda Torr.

https://thekeep.eiu.edu/herbarium_specimens_byname/18907/thumbnail.jp

Verbena ciliata Benth.

https://thekeep.eiu.edu/herbarium_specimens_byname/19380/thumbnail.jp

Lantana macropoda Torr.

https://thekeep.eiu.edu/herbarium_specimens_byname/18907/thumbnail.jp

Regenerating the rangelands

Parts of Western Australia\u27s rangelands have been degraded by inappropriately high stocking rates, often associated with large numbers of native or feral animals, poor seasonal plant growth, or the ravages of cyclones, floods or fire. Today, most pastoralists are keen to rehabilitate the degradation of the past, as indicated by the proliferation of Land Conservation Districts (LCDs) throughout the pastoral zones. There is no \u27quick fix\u27 to regenerating the rangelands. It may take many years to achieve the desired result

10. The Academic Departments

Includes: Collective Bargaining, Labor Law, and Labor History: The Department of Economic and Social Statistics; Labor Economics and Income Security Department: A Parent Department: Human Resources and Administration; The Organizational Behavior Department; Evolution of the Human Resources and Administration Department

Paper Session I-B - Development and Operational Applications of a Real-time Range Data Simulator

Whenever a rocket is launched at any U .S. Space Launch Range, safety systems are in place to ensure that human life, health, and property are protected. These range safety systems rely on accurate knowledge of where flight vehicle debris would land in the event of a mishap. They must precisely process and display data from the rocket and ground sensors, and not react in an unpredictable manner to non-nominal or erroneous data. ENSCO has developed the Real-time Instrumentation Simulation Environment (RISE) to evaluate and operationally certify real-time range safety critical systems at space launch facilities. Various RISE configurations thoroughly test range safety critical systems by simulating, injecting, and recording up to 40 simultaneous real-time links of nominal and non-nominal vehicle tracking data, including ground sensor outputs and full-rate telemetry data. RISE simulators include options for the introduction of noise, data dropouts, quality defects, divergent trajectories, single or multiple source latencies, and numerous other data perturbations. By overlaying current timing in the data stream and computing and inserting checksums in real-time, RISE data is indistinguishable from operational mission data. With RISE, launch ranges have the ability to simulate a complete vehicle launch for both nominal and non-nominal conditions. Tests can be ·carefully controlled to validate range safety display systems, identify defects, or support training of operations personnel

Understanding and Taming Public and Private Corruption in the Twenty-First Century

We are pleased to present these articles that were originally presented at a symposium held at Osgoode Hall Law School on 6–7 November 2014.1 Our objective was to offer a symposium that looked at corruption from diverse perspectives, with a broad national and international focus on business, financial, governmental, private sector, and enforcement corruption. Both the Symposium and the compilation of this special issue of the Journal were unique. They required an interplay between contributions from professionals working on the ground in various countries around the world (such as practitioners working in the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, and Transparency International Canada, as well as police policy analysts and investigators working with various non-governmental organizations, partners in law firms, and investigative journalists) and academics who submitted scholarly articles based on their research pertaining to the phenomenon of corruption. Four academic articles form the body of this special issue. In addition, several professionals share their experiences and knowledge of the lived impact of corruption around the world; their contributions are found in the section entitled Supplement: Practitioners’ Perspectives. In this manner, we were able to incorporate not only scholarly peer-reviewed contributions but also, and of equal significance, the more practical knowledge and experiences of professionals working in the field

Understanding and Taming Public and Private Corruption in the Twenty-First Century

We are pleased to present these articles that were originally presented at a symposium held at Osgoode Hall Law School on 6–7 November 2014.1 Our objective was to offer a symposium that looked at corruption from diverse perspectives, with a broad national and international focus on business, financial, governmental, private sector, and enforcement corruption. Both the Symposium and the compilation of this special issue of the Journal were unique. They required an interplay between contributions from professionals working on the ground in various countries around the world (such as practitioners working in the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, and Transparency International Canada, as well as police policy analysts and investigators working with various non-governmental organizations, partners in law firms, and investigative journalists) and academics who submitted scholarly articles based on their research pertaining to the phenomenon of corruption. Four academic articles form the body of this special issue. In addition, several professionals share their experiences and knowledge of the lived impact of corruption around the world; their contributions are found in the section entitled Supplement: Practitioners’ Perspectives. In this manner, we were able to incorporate not only scholarly peer-reviewed contributions but also, and of equal significance, the more practical knowledge and experiences of professionals working in the field

Paper Session I-A - Use of Neural Networks as a Range Safety Decision Support System

Current range safety processing and display systems are generally limited to presenting the Range Safety Officer with a display of flight vehicle position, impact, and performance data in conjunction with off-nominal performance destruct criteria. The decision to take any flight termination action, based on the presented data, is primarily left to the Range Safety Officer. While still maintaining the man-in-the-loop concept, neural network based artificial intelligence systems could be employed as Decision Support Systems (DSS) to assist the decision making process of the Range Safety Officer. The adaptive nature of a neural network allows it to learn from the data it is presented with and, over time, become an increasingly intelligent DSS. This paper describes ENSCO, lncorporated\u27s investigation of where and how neural networks could be employed as real-time DSS tools in the range safety decision making process. This paper will detail an ENSCO, Inc. investigation of how a neural network approach can be a viable asset to the range safety decision making process. The use of neural networks as tools to increase public safety is a feasible methodology that should be further investigated as a potential way ahead for future range safety technology programs at spaceports and launch ranges