Occasional Publications of the Bounds Law Library, Number Six: A Journey in Brazil: Henry Washington Hilliard and the Brazilian Anti-Slavery Society

Occasional Publications of the Bounds Law Library, Number Six contains essays from the editors and a collection of edited and introduced documents relating to Henry Washington Hilliard’s experience in Brazil. Hilliard was a former United States congressman from Alabama, as well as a diplomat, lawyer, professor, and author. He traveled to Brazil as an appointee of Rutherford Hayes’ administration to facilitate trade between the United States and Brazil. A Journey in Brazil: Henry Washington Hilliard and the Brazilian Anti-Slavery Society explores the nature of one American’s experience in the late-nineteenth century as it relates to Brazilians’ attempt to eliminate the institution of slavery from their country.https://scholarship.law.ua.edu/occasional_publications/1005/thumbnail.jp

Occasional Publications of the Bounds Law Library, Number One: A Guide to The Howell Thomas Heflin Collection

Occasional Publications of the Bounds Law Library, Number One contains a biography of United States Senator Howell Thomas Heflin as well as an overview of the Howell Thomas Heflin Collection maintained by the University of Alabama School of Law\u27s Bounds Law Library. Heflin deposited his papers with the University of Alabama School of Law in December 1996. The collection comprises more than 1000 cubic feet of documents, printed materials, and artifacts which are stored in and maintained by the Bounds Law Library’s John C. Payne Special Collections facility. Representing the Payne facility’s largest single collection, the Heflin Papers document Heflin’s years as legal reformer and State Supreme Court Chief Justice, as well as his tenure as United States Senator, offering a rich resource for historical, political, and legal research.https://scholarship.law.ua.edu/occasional_publications/1000/thumbnail.jp

Process-Based Statistical Models Predict Dynamic Estuarine Salinity

Climate change is increasing variation in freshwater input and the intensity of this variation in estuarine systems throughout the world. Estuarine salinity responds to dynamic meteorological and hydrological processes with important consequences to physical features, such as vertical stratification, as well as living resources, such as the distribution, abundance and diversity of species. We developed and evaluated two space-time statistical models to predict bottom salinity in Pamlico Sound, NC: (i) process and (ii) time models. Both models used 20-years of observed salinity and contained a deterministic component designed to represent four key processes that affect salinity: (1) recent and long-term fresh water influx (FWI) from four rivers, (2) mixing with the ocean through inlets, (3) hurricane incidence, and (4) interactions among these variables. Freshwater discharge and distance from an inlet to the Atlantic Ocean explained the most variance in dynamic salinity. The final process model explained 89% of spatiotemporal variability in salinity in a withheld dataset, whereas the final time model explained 87% of the variability within the same withheld data set. This study provides a methodological template for modeling salinity and other normally-distributed abiotic variables in this lagoonal estuary

Occasional Publications of the Bounds Law Library, Number Two: Wade Keyes\u27 Introductory Lecture to the Montgomery Law School: Legal Education in Mid-Nineteenth Century Alabama

Occasional Publications of the Bounds Law Library, Number Two contains a biography of Wade Keyes (1821-1979) - Alabama chancellor, scholar, and teacher, a brief history of the Montgomery Law School, and the lecture given by Keyes in March 1860 to the Montgomery Law School class on their first day. Keyes\u27 founded the Montgomery Law School as an expansion of his classes on property law, which he began teaching during his stint as Chancellor of the Southern Division of the Court of Chancery between 1853 and 1859. The school was incorporated into the University of Alabama in 1860.https://scholarship.law.ua.edu/occasional_publications/1001/thumbnail.jp

Occasional Publications of the Bounds Law Library, Number Three: The Private Life of a New South Lawyer: Stephens Croom\u27s 1875-1876 Journal

Occasional Publications of the Bounds Law Library, Number Three contains a biographical and critical introduction to Stephens Croom (1839-1883) and the memoir/journal kept by Croom from 1875-1876. Cicero Stephens Croom was an attorney who lived and worked in Mobile, Alabama. His descriptions of the practice of law in Alabama state and federal courts and commentary of contentious issues shines a light on Alabama\u27s legal history during one of the state\u27s most difficult periods.https://scholarship.law.ua.edu/occasional_publications/1002/thumbnail.jp

Resource allocation planning with international components

Dumas, Briggs, Reid and Smith (1989) describe the need for identifying mutually acceptable methodologies for developing standard agreements for the exchange of tracking time or facility use among international components. One possible starting point is the current process used at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in planning the use of tracking resources. While there is a significant promise of better resource utilization by international cooperative agreements, there is a serious challenge to provide convenient user participation given the separate project and network locations. Coordination among users and facility providers will require a more decentralized communication process and a wider variety of automated planning tools to help users find potential exchanges. This paper provides a framework in which international cooperation in the utilization of ground based space communication systems can be facilitated

The state of the art in evaluating the performance of assistant and associate deans as seen by deans and assistant and associate deans.

This study explores the little-understood process of evaluating the performance of assistant and associate deans at dental colleges in the United States and Canada. Specifically, this research aimed to identify the methods, processes, and outcomes related to the performance appraisals of assistant/associate deans. Both deans and assistant/associate deans were surveyed. Forty-four of sixty-six deans (66.7 percent) and 227 of 315 assistant/associate deans (72.1 percent) completed surveys with both close-ended and open-ended questions. In addition, ten individuals from each group were interviewed. Results indicate that 75-89 percent of assistant/associate deans are formally evaluated, although as many as 27 percent may lack formal job descriptions. Some recommended best practices for performance appraisal are being used in a majority of colleges. Examples of these best practices are having at least yearly appraisals, holding face-to-face meetings, and setting specific, personal performance objectives/benchmarks for assistant/associate deans. Still, there is much room to improve appraisals by incorporating other recommended practices. Relatively high levels of overall satisfaction were reported by both assistant/associate deans and deans for the process and outcomes of appraisals. Assistant/associate deans rated the value of appraisals to overall development lower than did deans. Qualitative data revealed definite opinions about what constitutes effective and ineffective appraisals, including the use of goal-setting, timeliness, and necessary commitment. Several critical issues related to the results are discussed: differences in perspectives on performance reviews, the importance of informal feedback and job descriptions, the influence of an assistant/associate deans\u27 lack of tenure, and the length of service of deans. Lastly, recommendations for enhancing performance evaluations are offered