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    The Little League World Series

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    This is a comprehensive study assessing Little League Baseball and the Little League World Series. Founded in 1939, Little League Baseball has become the world\u27s largest organized youth sports program. In the span of 60 years, Little League Baseball has grown from three teams to nearly 200,000 teams, covering all 50 U.S. states and more than 80 countries. Despite being a non-profit organization, Little League Baseball must still place a high priority on generating revenue. The more revenue Little League Baseball can produce, the more affordable they can make programs to participants. Keeping these program costs low will aid in increased participation around the world. This paper covered strategies regarding marketing, volunteer retention, risk management, and ethical situations involved in increasing participation in Little League Baseball

    Image transfer protocol in progressively increasing resolution

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    A method of transferring digital image data over a communication link transforms and orders the data so that, as data is received by a receiving station, a low detail version of the image is immediately generated with later transmissions of data providing progressively greater detail in this image. User instructions are accepted, limiting the ultimate resolution of the image or suspending enhancement of the image except in certain user defined regions. When a low detail image is requested followed by a request for a high detailed version of the same image, the originally transmitted data of the low resolution image is not discarded or retransmitted but used with later data to improve the originally transmitted image. Only a single copy of the transformed image need be retained by the transmitting device in order to satisfy requests for different amounts of image detail

    Comparing the Approaches of the Presidential Candidates

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    This is a panel discussion between Pierre Prosper, attorney at Arent Fox LLP and William Burke White, Deputy Dean at the University of Pennsylvania School of Law, comparing the approaches and priorities of U.S. presidential candidates Barack Obama and Mitt Romney regarding foreign policy

    The value of caecanometry in charting blind spot restrictions for the diagnosis of infections in the head and neck region

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    The value of caecanometry in charting blind spot restrictions for the diagnosis of infections in the head and neck regio

    A study of the relationship between mental health and residential environment

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    Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1957.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 121-128).by Richard W. White.M.C.P

    Affective organizational commitment and organizational citizenship behavior: examining the relationship through the lens of equity sensitivity

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    The main purpose of this study was to test the relationship between affective organizational commitment (AOC), organizational citizenship behavior (OCB), and equity sensitivity, which heretofore has not been examined. Results revealed an interaction between AOC and equity sensitivity such that persons with an entitled orientation exhibited higher levels of OCB as their degree of AOC increased. Individuals with an entitled orientation and lower levels of AOC exhibited the lowest levels of OCB. This research suggests that organizations should focus on improving the level of AOC in order to increase the citizenship behavior of their entitled members. The moderating effect of equity sensitivity may help to explain why the relationship between AOC and OCB has been characterized as modest or weak in previous research studies

    Approximation Model Building for Reliability & Maintainability Characteristics of Reusable Launch Vehicles

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    This paper describes the development of parametric models for estimating operational reliability and maintainability characteristics for reusable launch vehicle concepts, based on vehicle size and technology support level. A reliability and maintainability analysis tool (RMAT) and response surface methods are utilized to build parametric approximation models for rapidly estimating operational reliability and maintainability characteristics such as mission completion reliability. These models that approximate RMAT, can then be utilized for fast analysis of operational requirements, for lifecycle cost estimating and for multidisciplinary design optimization
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