Speaking Differences: The Rules and Relationships of Litigants\u27 Discourses

A Review of Rules Versus Relationships: The Ethnography of Legal Discourse by John M. Conley and William M. O\u27Bar

Online Store Locator: An Essential Resource for Retailers in the 21st Century

Most retailers use their websites and social media to increase their visibility, while potential customers get information about these retailers using the Internet on electronic devices. Many papers have previously studied online marketing strategies used by retailers, but little attention has been paid to determine how these companies provide information through the Internet about the location and characteristics of their stores. This paper aims to obtain evidence about the inclusion of interactive web maps on retailers’ websites to provide information about the location of their stores. With this purpose, the store locator interactive tools of specialty retailers’ websites included in the report “Global Powers of Retailing 2015” are studied in detail using different procedures, such as frequency analysis and word clouds. From the results obtained, it was concluded that most of these firms use interactive maps to provide information about their offline stores, but today some of them still use non-interactive (static) maps or text format to present this information. Moreover, some differences were observed among the search filters used in the store locator services, according to the retailer’s specialty. These results provided insight into the important role of online store locator tools on retailers’ websites

Hearing the Hidden Agenda: The Ethnographic Investigation of Procedure

Laser Doppler flowmetry (LDF) is virtually the only non-invasive technique, except for other laser speckle based techniques, that enables estimation of the microcirculatory blood flow. The technique was introduced into the field of biomedical engineering in the 1970s, and a rapid evolvement followed during the 1980s with fiber based systems and improved signal analysis. The first imaging systems were presented in the beginning of the 1990s. Conventional LDF, although unique in many aspects and elegant as a method, is accompanied by a number of limitations that may have reduced the clinical impact of the technique. The analysis model published by Bonner and Nossal in 1981, which is the basis for conventional LDF, is limited to measurements given in arbitrary and relative units, unknown and non-constant measurement volume, non-linearities at increased blood tissue fractions, and a relative average velocity estimate. In this thesis a new LDF analysis method, quantitative LDF, is presented. The method is based on recent models for light-tissue interaction, comprising the current knowledge of tissue structure and optical properties, making it fundamentally different from the Bonner and Nossal model. Furthermore and most importantly, the method eliminates or highly reduces the limitations mentioned above. Central to quantitative LDF is Monte Carlo (MC) simulations of light transport in tissue models, including multiple Doppler shifts by red blood cells (RBC). MC was used in the first proof-of-concept study where the principles of the quantitative LDF were tested using plastic flow phantoms. An optically and physiologically relevant skin model suitable for MC was then developed. MC simulations of that model as well as of homogeneous tissue relevant models were used to evaluate the measurement depth and volume of conventional LDF systems. Moreover, a variance reduction technique enabling the reduction of simulation times in orders of magnitudes for imaging based MC setups was presented. The principle of the quantitative LDF method is to solve the reverse engineering problem of matching measured and calculated Doppler power spectra at two different source-detector separations. The forward problem of calculating the Doppler power spectra from a model is solved by mixing optical Doppler spectra, based on the scattering phase functions and the velocity distribution of the RBC, from various layers in the model and for various amounts of Doppler shifts. The Doppler shift distribution is calculated based on the scattering coefficient of the RBC:s and the path length distribution of the photons in the model, where the latter is given from a few basal MC simulations. When a proper spectral matching is found, via iterative model parameters updates, the absolute measurement data are given directly from the model. The concentration is given in g RBC/100 g tissue, velocities in mm/s, and perfusion in g RBC/100 g tissue × mm/s. The RBC perfusion is separated into three velocity regions, below 1 mm/s, between 1 and 10 mm/s, and above 10 mm/s. Furthermore, the measures are given for a constant output volume of a 3 mm3 half sphere, i.e. within 1.13 mm from the light emitting fiber of the measurement probe. The quantitative LDF method was used in a study on microcirculatory changes in type 2 diabetes. It was concluded that the perfusion response to a local increase in skin temperature, a response that is reduced in diabetes, is a process involving only intermediate and high flow velocities and thus relatively large vessels in the microcirculation. The increased flow in higher velocities was expected, but could not previously be demonstrated with conventional LDF. The lack of increase in low velocity flow indicates a normal metabolic demand during heating. Furthermore, a correlation between the perfusion at low and intermediate flow velocities and diabetes duration was found. Interestingly, these correlations were opposites (negative for the low velocity region and positive for the mediate velocity region). This finding is well in line with the increased shunt flow and reduced nutritive capillary flow that has previously been observed in diabetes

Professional Staff, Grace Hospital, New Haven, Conn., 1934

https://elischolar.library.yale.edu/grace_hospital_annual_reports/1015/thumbnail.jp

Commencement Program 1972

The 59th annual commencement program of Olivet Nazarene College, Bourbonnais, IL, May 21-22, 1972

Implementasi Blue Ocean Strategy Pada Amstirdam Coffee (Studi Kasus Pada CV. Pemenang Sejati Kabupaten Malang)

The purpose of this study is to describe: the formulation of blue ocean strategy; the implementation of blue ocean strategy; and to analyse the perspective of red ocean traps in Amstirdam Coffee. This research applies the case study type with qualitative approach. There are 4 informants in this research. Indepth interview and non-participant observation are used to collect data. The data analysis uses Miles and Huberman Model. It is verificated by longer period of research, triangulation of data, and referential adequacy. The result of this research shows that: Formulation of blue ocean strategy has been well-applicated by Amstirdam Coffee, especially the effort of new market creation which is done by reconstruct market boundaries, ERRC Grid, 3 Tiers of Noncustomers, and strategic sequence, ; Implementation of blue ocean strategy has an excellent application by Amstirdam Coffee not only because its ability to overcome organization hurdles such as resource and motivation but also its integration of strategic implementation ; Some point of red ocean traps is inevitably although it tends to partially. Amstirdam Coffee should consider to renew their blue ocean strategy formulation. It also should learning about red ocean traps holistically in order to avoid red ocean competition

Commencement Program 1995

The 82nd annual commencement program of Olivet Nazarene Uniiversity, Bourbonnais, IL, May 4-6, 1995

The BG News October 29, 2004

The BGSU campus student newspaper October 29, 2004. Volume 95 - Issue 48https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news/8344/thumbnail.jp

Oral History Interview: Houston G. Young

Mr. Young, reared in Harrison County near the Lost Creek community, discusses various aspects of his life in this interview. Among the topics covered are his childhood and education, his two terms as Secretary of State from 1917 to 1925, his unsuccessful campaign for the Republican gubernatorial nomination in 1924, his role with the State Sinking Fund, and the appointment of Cass Gilbert as the architect for the West Virginia State Capitol.https://mds.marshall.edu/oral_history/1136/thumbnail.jp