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On the spectrum of oscillations of a Schwarzschild black hole
(American Institute of Physics, 1996)
The spectral properties of the resonant oscillations of a Schwarzschild black hole are studied. The analogy with the Coulomb wave equation is developed, and it is shown that the high-overtone quasi-normal modes are intimately ...
A poet on the Achaean wall
(1995-03)
Grading Approaches for Music Performance Classes: A Sample System for High School Choir
(1992)
The purpose of this study was to design a sample grading
system for high school choir. Problems specific to
grading music performance groups were investigated.
Related literature was reviewed to find sample grading
systems ...
The Vicissitudes of Common-Sense Virtue Ethics, Part I: From Aristotle to Slote
(Kluwer, 1998)
by philosophers to resolve practical issues of great concern to the public such as abortion, physician assisted suicide, our obligations to nature and future generations, and capital punishment have resulted in stalemates among members of the same schools...
Farm-level production effects related to the adoption of genetically modified cotton for pest management
(AgBioForum, 1999)
Herbicide-tolerant and Bt cotton varieties may offer farmers many benefits, including decreased pesticide use, increased yields, and greater planting flexibility. Farmer benefits appear to outweigh costs, translating into ...
A Study of the Use of Sacred Choral Literature in Selected Missouri Public High Schools
(1991)
This study was designed to investigate the use of sacred choral music in Missouri public high schools and the influence of various factors on high school choral directors when selecting sacred choral literature for the ...
Women in Context : Eight Statuettes from the Roman Period
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 1995)
. They constitute a valuable addition to the corpus of small-scale Roman sculpture from Asia Minor and are of interest to scholars not only as artifacts or works of art but as importantand underused evidence for the social and cultural history of the Roman empire...
"Ouch!" Inscribed Greek Sling Bullets in Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 1999)
Elasticity of an electron liquid
(American Physical Society, 1999)
-field factors” GL(T)(q,ω), which are widely used to describe exchange-correlation effects in electron liquids. We present several exact results for μ, including its expression in terms of Landau parameters, and practical approximate formulas for μ, η, and ζ...
Gravitational ionization: periodic orbits of binary systems perturbed by gravitational radiation.
(arXiv, 1995)
The long term perturbation of a Newtonian binary system by an incident gravitational wave is discussed in connection with the issue of gravitational ionization. The periodic orbits of the planar tidal equation are investigated ...
Contracts and the Institutional Environment for Electricity Reform
(Elsevier, 1999-12)
Recent law and economics literature suggests that courts and administrative agencies should allow utilities to renegotiate supply contracts signed prior to restructuring, as an attractive alternative to continued regulatory ...
Gravitomagnetism and the Clock Effect
(arXiv, 1999)
The main theoretical aspects of gravitomagnetism are reviewed. It is shown that the gravitomagnetic precession of a gyroscope is intimately connected with the special temporal structure around a rotating mass that is ...
A Pair of Cymbals and a Metalworker
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 1997)
Technique and Composition of the Tel Anafa Stucco
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 1999)
Deflationism and the Normativity of Truth
(1998)
Deflationist theories of truth, some critics have argued, fail to account for the normativity of truth. This is one of the more promising, if also more elusive, objections to deflationism. Here I will consider and answer ...
Feeding a world of six billion
(AgBioForum, 1999)
There has been a massive increase in food production in the past few decades - not only in the world's granaries like the United States (U.S.), Canada or Australia, but also in China and India. This increase has been spurred by science-based crop...
Justifying the Study and Performance of Sacred Choral Music in Secondary Public Education
(1991)
The selection of performance literature is one of the most
important tasks a choral conductor undertakes. When the quality of the
music is high, the potential for teaching (and learning) is unlimited.
Each new musical ...
Reforming Teacher Training and Recruitment: A Critical Appraisal of the Recommendations of the National Commission on Teaching and America's Future
(Government Union Review, 1999)
The author discusses the prolonged debate about education quality in the United States. Too many teachers had poor academic records and received low scores on tests of cognitive ability. Teacher education programs were ...