The investigation of repeat and near-repeat (RNR) patterns of sub-categories of burglary crimes is of great importance to law enforcement since a distinct intervention strategy may be suitable in the application to a different sub-category. In this study, the Knox test is used to investigate the RNR patterns within the data set of three different subcategories of burglary crime in relation to t...

was provided by Sheri Meland, Shauna Morimoto, and Sara Wakefield (University of Wisconsin) and Christine Schwartz (UCLA). Administrative data used were constructed under the supervision of Patricia Brown, CSDE Data Manager; survey data are from the Survey of Wisconsin Works Families, Margaret Krecker, Survey Manager. Steven Cook provided expert help with administrative data on child support pa...

“The country being wholly his, the king farms out his land not for money but for service, and the people enjoy portions of land from the king and instead of rent they have their several appointments, some are to serve the king in his wars, some in their trades, some serve him for labourers and others are as farmers to furnish his house with the fruits of the ground; and so all things are done w...

Today’s consumers value the knowledge and opinions of others (Lawer and Knox 2006); indeed it is argued that word-of-mouth is replacing traditional mass media in influencing consumer attitudes and brand choice (Urban 2004). Research has suggested that word-ofmouth (WOM) plays an important role in shaping attitudes and behaviours of consumers (Herr et al. 1991). Day (1971) found that WOM was nin...

A packing of a graph G with Hamilton cycles is a set of edgedisjoint Hamilton cycles in G. Such packings have been studied intensively and recent results imply that a largest packing of Hamilton cycles in Gn,p a.a.s. has size bδ(Gn,p)/2c. Glebov, Krivelevich and Szabó recently initiated research on the ‘dual’ problem, where one asks for a set of Hamilton cycles covering all edges of G. Our main...

Title of Document: AN AGENT-BASED MODEL TO EXAMINE HOUSING PRICE, HOUSEHOLD LOCATION CHOICE, AND COMMUTING TIMES IN KNOX COUNTY, TENNESSEE Matthew C. Mulbrandon, Master of Science, 2007 Directed By: Professor, Kelly Clifton, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Department of Urban Planning The research conducted for this thesis uses an agent-based model (ABM) to simulate housin...

An extensive finite element analysis of stability of mining openings at the uranium mine GEAM D. Rož́ınka was firstly performed in the years 1996-2002, see Fig. 1. The final conclusions of this analysis advocate the use of a new mining technology (underhand stoping) and safety of mining in greater depths 950-1100 meters under the surface. At present, due to the price increase of the uranium, the...

The mining industry is among the top ten industries nationwide with high occupational injury and fatality rates, and mine rescue response may be considered one of the most hazardous activities in mining operations. In the aftermath of an underground mine fire, explosion or water inundation, specially equipped and trained teams have been sent underground to fight fires, rescue entrapped miners, ...

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