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The Problem of Arbitrariness in American Jurisprudence
The debate over how to interpret the United States Constitution continues to be the most controversial one in the area of constitutional law. In recent years, with the rise of the New Right and its so-called original intent ...
The Impact of Monetary Volatility on Investment in Classical and Keynesian Models: Theory and Evidence
In the past several decades, monetary policy has gained increased popularity as a means for affecting the direction of the economy. For example, in the early 1980's the Federal Reserve's active intervention in the economy ...
Compressing Operators to Obtain Single-Point Numerical Ranges
We are all familiar with vector spaces and their basic properties. We understand linear operators, dot products, and maybe even norms. What the reader may not be as familiar with, however, is the concept of numerical range. ...
An Empirical Attack on the Traditional A Priori
Does this mean we should discard the entire methodology of a priori philosophy? If a priori examination requires a propositional conception of knowledge, then I would argue yes. Conceptual analysis is not a completely ...
Rawlsian Liberalism and Its Moral Support for Gay Rights
In this paper, I will examine the various objections to same-sex marriage and homosexuality. I will include traditional moral arguments against rights to homosexual marriage and other family rights denied to homosexuals. ...
An Examination of the Concept of Faith as Contained in Kierkegaard's Fear and Trembling
The problem that interests me and that will be the subject of this paper can be stated briefly as the relationship between 'faith' and 'reason'. I will not offer a precise definition or way
of characterizing faith at first, ...
Effectiveness of Genetic Algorithms in Finding Steinhaus Graphs with Maximal Clique Size
The goal of this research was to study the effectiveness of genetic algorithms (GA) in finding Steinhaus graphs of a given size whose maximal cliques were as large as possible. This investigation was based on the results ...
An Investigation of the Effects of Acute vs. Chronic Ethanol Exposure on the Embryonic Chick Brain: A Model of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome-Associated Brain Damage
The chick embryo was used as a model for Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) to perform a dose-response study of brain damage. Two common maternal drinking patterns were compared. Chronic drinking was simulated by administering ...