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Publications from 2009

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No Room Left for Doubt: New Revelation About Guantánamo, Marc D. Falkoff, College of Law

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Torture and Habeas Corpus as Information-Forcing Devices, Marc D. Falkoff, College of Law

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Business process improvement in equipment finance, Charles R. Gowen II and James M. Johnson,

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Beyond Mediation: Thinking the Computer Otherwise, David J. Gunkel, Department of Communication

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Terra Nova 2.0 - The New World of MMORPGs, David J. Gunkel and Ann Hetzel Gunkel, Department of Communication

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Predictors of Comforting Communication in Romantic Relationships, David D. Henningsen, Mary Claire Morr Serewicz, and Christopher Carpenter, Department of Communication

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A Novel Phase Variation Mechanism in the Meningococcus Driven by a Ligand-Responsive Repressor and Differential Spacing of Distal Promoter Elements, Stuart A. Hill, Matteo M.E. Metruccio, Eva Pigozzi, Davide Roncarati, Francesco Berlanda Scorza, Nathalie Norais, Vincenzo Scarlato, and Isabel Delany, Department of Biological Sciences

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Rapid Recovery of Damaged Ecosystems, Holly P. Jones and O.J. Schmitz, Department of Biological Sciences

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Active Vibration Control of Essential tremor, Sri Sitaram Chowdary Lavu and Abhijit Gupta, Department of Mechanical Engineering

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Effects of R-Alpha Lipoic Acid on HbA1c, Lipids and Blood Pressure in Type-2 Diabetics: A Preliminary Study, Judith Lukaszuk, Aimee Prawitz, Theresa M. Schultz, and Elisa Hoffman,

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Computer-generated global map of valley networks on Mars, W. Luo and T.F. Stepinski, Department of Geographic and Atmospheric Sciences

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Biosynthesis of Menaquinone (Vitamin K2) and Ubiquinone (Coenzyme Q)., R. Meganathan and Ohsuk Kwon, Department of Biological Sciences

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Greater Employment Equalities in the New South Through New Constitutional Guarantees, Jeffrey A. Parness, College of Law

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Inequalities in Illinois Constitutional Equality, Jeffrey A. Parness and Laura Lee, College of Law

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Monetary Remedies for Victims During Illinois Criminal Cases, Jeffrey A. Parness, Laura Lee, and Karen Blouin, College of Law

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Lobbying and Litigating Against "Legal Bootleggers"- The Role of the Organized Bar in the Expansion of the Courts' Inherent Powers in the Early Twentieth Century, Laurel A. Rigertas, College of Law

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The Use of the Talmudic Format for the Presentation of Qualitative Work, Diane Rodgers,

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Association of DRG1 and DRG2 with Ribosomes from Pea, Arabidopsis and Yeast, Joel P. Stafstrom, B.J. Nelson, K.J. Maas, and J.L.M. Dekeyser, Department of Biological Sciences

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Donor Relations 2.0: Using Web 2.0 to Connect with Donors, Lynne M. Thomas, University Libraries

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The Cellulose Synthase Superfamily in Fully Sequenced Plants and Algae, Yanbin Yin, Jinling Huang, and Ying Xu, Department of Biological Sciences

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Synergy For Science Learning: An Interdisciplinary Partnership to Improve the Quality of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education, Alan Zollman, Kathleen Kitts, Mansour Tahernezhadi, and Penny Billman,

Publications from 2008

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Comments on Brad Skow's paper: "Why Does Time Pass?'', Valia Allori, Department of Philosophy

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Comments on Counterfactual Dependence, Thermodynamics and the Special Sciences, Valia Allori, Department of Philosophy

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Comments on Gregory Landini's paper: "Yablo’s Paradox and Russellian Propositions.'', Valia Allori, Department of Philosophy

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On the Common Structure of Bohmian Mechanics and the Ghirardi–Rimini–Weber Theory, Valia Allori, Sheldon Goldstein, Roderich Tumulka, and Nino Zanghì,

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The Storm Morphology of Deadly Flooding Events in the United States, Sharon T. Ashley and Walker S. Ashley, Department of Geographic and Atmospheric Sciences

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Flood Fatalities in the United States, Walker S. Ashley and Sharon T. Ashley, Department of Geographic and Atmospheric Sciences

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Fatalities Associated with Nonconvective High-wind Events in the United States, Walker S. Ashley and A.W. Black, Department of Geographic and Atmospheric Sciences

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Effects of Urban Sprawl on the Vulnerability to a Significant Tornado Impact in Northeastern Illinois, Walker S. Ashley and Soren G. Hall, Department of Geographic and Atmospheric Sciences

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Vulnerability Due to Nocturnal Tornadoes, Walker S. Ashley, Andrew Krmenec, and Rick Schwantes, Department of Geographic and Atmospheric Sciences

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Concurrent cloud-to-ground lightning and precipitation enhancement in the Atlanta, Georgia (USA) urban region, M.L. Bentley, L.S. Rose, and J.A. Stallins, Department of Geographic and Atmospheric Sciences

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Synoptic evolution of midwestern U.S. extreme dew point events, M.L. Bentley and J.A. Stallins, Department of Geographic and Atmospheric Sciences

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Physiological Characterization of Stolon Regression in a Colonial Hydroid, Neil W. Blackstone, Kimberly S. Cherry Vogt, Gabrielle Geddes, and Lori Bross, Department of Biological Sciences

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Establishing a high-technology knowledge transfer network: The practical and symbolic roles of identification, Edward U. Bond III, Mark B. Houston, and Yihui Tang,

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Speculation Disguised as Results, David J. Buller, Department of Philosophy

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Linking justice, performance, and citizenship via Leader-Member Exchange, James P. Burton, Chris J. Sablynski, and Tomoki Sekiguchi,

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Representations of the Interregnum and Restoration in English Drama of the Early 1660s, David Bywaters, Department of English

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An Efficiency Wage Approach to Reconciling the Wage Curve and the Phillips Curve, Carl M. Campbell III, Department of Economics

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Climatology of Surface Cyclone Tracks Associated with Large Central and Eastern U.S. Snowstorms, 1950–2000, David Changnon, Chad Merinsky, and Michael Lawson, Department of Geographic and Atmospheric Sciences

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Bong Hits 4 Jesus: Making Sense of Free Speech in High Schools, Mark W. Cordes, College of Law

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Religion as Speech: The Growing Role of Free Speech Jurisprudence in Protecting Religious Liberty, Mark W. Cordes, College of Law

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Interaction Study of MADS-Domain Proteins in Tomato, Melvin R. Duvall, Charles H. Leseberg, Christie Eissler, Xiang Wang, Mitrick A. Johns, and Long Mao, Department of Biological Sciences

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Phylogenetic Analyses of Two Mitochondrial Metabolic Genes Sampled in Parallel from Angiosperms Find Fundamental Interlocus Incongruence, Melvin R. Duvall, J.W. Robinson, J.G. Mattson, and A. Moore, Department of Biological Sciences

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Guantánamo in the Supreme Court: Welcome Back, Welcome Back, Welcome Back, Marc D. Falkoff, College of Law

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This Is To Whom It May Concern: A Guantánamo Narrative, 1 DePaul J. Soc. Just. 153 (2008)., Marc D. Falkoff, College of Law

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Rethinking the Digital Remix: Mashups and the Metaphysics of Sound Recording, David J. Gunkel, Department of Communication

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The Matrix Reconsidered: Thinking Through Binary Logic in Science Fiction and Social Reality, David J. Gunkel, Department of Communication

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Žižek and the Real Hegel, David J. Gunkel, Department of Communication

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Appropriating the city: space, theory, and bike messengers, Jeffrey L. Kidder,

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White Settler / Big City: Mimicry in the Metropolis in Fergus Hume’s The Mystery of a Hansom Cab, Mark Kipperman, Department of English

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Computer simulation of the role of groundwater seepage in forming Martian valley networks, W. Luo and A.D. Howard, Department of Geographic and Atmospheric Sciences

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Thickness Induced Structural Changes in Polystyrene Films, Laurence Lurio, M.K. Mukhopadhyay, X. Jiao, Zhang Jiang, J. Stark, Michael Sprung, S. Narayanan, A.R. Sandy, and S.K. Sinha,

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Systemically Screwing Dads: Out of Control Paternity Schemes, Jeffrey A. Parness, College of Law

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Expression Patterns of Arabidopsis DRG Genes: Promoter-GUS Fusions, Quantitative RT-PCR and Patterns of Protein Accumulation in Response to Environmental Stresses, Joel P. Stafstrom, Department of Biological Sciences

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Ex Parte Domestic Violence Orders of Protection: How Easing Access to Judicial Process Has Eased the Possibility for Abuse of the Process, David H. Taylor, College of Law

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Building a New Generation of Online Public History Resources: Promise and Problems Identified in the Development of the Abraham Lincoln Historical Digitization Project, Drew VandeCreek, University Libraries

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Identification and Investigation of ORFans in the Viral World, Yanbin Yin and Daniel Fischer, Department of Biological Sciences

Publications from 2007

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Metaphysics Meets Physics on the Banks of the Raritan, Valia Allori, Department of Philosophy

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Primitive Ontology and the Structure of Fundamental Physical Theories, Valia Allori, Department of Philosophy

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O Brave New World? Electronic Voting Machines and Internet Voting: An Annotated Bibliography, Therese A. Clarke Arado and Susan M. Boland, College of Law

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Spatial and Temporal Analysis of Tornado Fatalities in the United States: 1880-2005, Walker S. Ashley, Department of Geographic and Atmospheric Sciences

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An extensive episode of derecho-producing convective systems in the United States during May and June 1998: A multi-scale analysis and review, Walker S. Ashley, Thomas L. Mote, and M.L. Bentley, Department of Geographic and Atmospheric Sciences

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The Dual Career of “Arirang”: The Korean Resistance Anthem That Became a Japanese Pop Hit, E. Taylor Atkins, Department of History

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Varieties of Evolutionary Psychology, David J. Buller, Department of Philosophy

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Multicellular Redox Regulation in an Early-Evolving Animal Treated with Glutathione, Joseph Doolen, Gabrielle Geddes, and Neil W. Blackstone, Department of Biological Sciences

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Conspiracy to Commit Poetry: Empathetic Lawyering at Guantánamo Bay, Marc D. Falkoff, College of Law

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Litigation and Delay at Guantánamo Bay, Marc D. Falkoff, College of Law

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Toward a Limited-Government Theory of Extraterritorial Detention, Marc D. Falkoff, College of Law

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Imagining Mexico in 1910: Visions of the Patria in the Centennial Celebration in Mexico City, Michael J. Gonzales, Center for Latino and Latin American Studies

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Balancing Ambition and Gender Among Decision Makers, Rebecca Hannagan, Christopher W. Larimer, and Kevin B. Smith,

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Fugitive women: Slavery and social change in early modern Southeast Asia, Eric A. Jones, Department of History

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Finishing a Friendly Argument: The Jury and the Historical Origins of Diversity Jurisdiction, Robert L. Jones, College of Law

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Lost Paternity in the Culture of Motherhood, Jeffrey A. Parness, College of Law

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Safe Haven, Adoption and Birth Record Laws: Where are the Daddies?, Jeffrey A. Parness and Therese A. Clarke Arado, College of Law

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Religious Diversity and Cooperation on Campus, Eboo Patel,

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Digital History and the Public: Envisioning the Mississippi Valley of the Nineteenth Century, Drew VandeCreek, University Libraries

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Webs of Significance: The Abraham Lincoln Historical Digitization Project, New Technology, and the Democratization of History, Drew VandeCreek, University Libraries

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U-series Disequilibria in Guatemalan Lavas, Crustal Contamination, and Implications for Magma Genesis Along the Central American Subduction Zone, James A. Walker, J. Erik Mickelson, Rebecca B. Thomas, Lina C. Patino, Barry Cameron, Michael J. Carr, Mark D. Feigenson, and R. Lawrence Edwards, Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences

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Do The Sick Retire Early? Chronic Illness, Asset Accumulation, and Early Retirement., Virginia Wilcox-Gök and M. Solaiman Miah, Department of Economics

Publications from 2006

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Sacred Swing: The Sacralization of Jazz in the American Bahá'í Community, E. Taylor Atkins, Department of History

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Zirkussklaven, Sinclair Bell,

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Cloud-to-ground flash characteristics for Atlanta, Georgia (USA), M.L. Bentley, Department of Geographic and Atmospheric Sciences

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A Model of the Determinants of Effort, Carl M. Campbell III, Department of Economics

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Determination of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients by Heteroatom Selective Detection Using Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry with Ultrasonic Nebuilization and Membrane Desolvation Sample Introduction, Jon W. Carnahan, Kaho Kwok, John E. Carr, and Gregory K. Webster, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

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Temporal and Spatial Characteristics of Snowstorms in the Contiguous United States, David Changnon, Stanley A. Changnon, and Thomas R. Karl, Department of Geographic and Atmospheric Sciences

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Takings Jurisprudence as Three-Tiered Review, Mark W. Cordes, College of Law

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The influence of flaws on joint spacing and saturation: results of one-dimensional mechanical modeling, Mark P. Fischer and A. Polansky, Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences

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Using dew points to estimate savings during a planned cooling shutdown, Matthew Friedlein, David Changnon, Eric Musselman, and Jeff Zielinski, Department of Geographic and Atmospheric Sciences

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The Virtual Dialectic: Rethinking The Matrix and its Significance, David J. Gunkel, Department of Communication

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Crucible of Andean Civilization: The Peruvian Coast from 3000 to 1800 B.C., Jonathan Haas and Winifred Creamer, Department of Anthropology

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Self-Determination and International Order, Tomis Kapitan,

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Bike Messengers and the Really Real: Effervescence, Reflexivity, and Postmodern Identity, Jeffrey L. Kidder,

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The Temporal and Spatial Scale of Microevolution: Fine-scale Color Pattern Variation in the Lake Erie Watersnake, Richard B. King and J.M. Ray, Department of Biological Sciences

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The Origins of Monumental Architecture in Ancient Hawai'i, Michael Kolb, Department of Anthropology

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Morphometric Analysis of Martian Valley Network Basins Using a Circularity Function, W. Luo and A.D. Howard, Department of Geographic and Atmospheric Sciences

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Topographically derived maps of valley networks and drainage density in the Mare Tyrrhenum quadrangle on Mars, W. Luo and T.F. Stepinski, Department of Geographic and Atmospheric Sciences

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A graph-theoretic method for detecting potential Turing bifurcations, Maya Mincheva and Marc R. Roussel,

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`Died in the Service of Portugal': Legitimacy of Authority and Dynamics of Group Identity among the Atsabe Kemak in East Timor, Andrea Molnar, Department of Anthropology

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American General Jurisdiction Trial Courts: New Visions, New Guidelines, Jeffrey A. Parness, College of Law

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Deserting Mothers, Abandoned Babies, Lost Fathers: Dangers in Safe Havens, Jeffrey A. Parness, College of Law