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Molecular Viewer Using Spiegel, Pavani Baddepudi Jan 2006

Molecular Viewer Using Spiegel, Pavani Baddepudi

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Study of nucleic acids and proteins has evoked great interest for its role in research involving areas such as human genome and drug design. Understanding the core structure and behavior of these protein molecules requires reading and analyzing large amounts of data about atoms derived from a plethora of experiments. In recent years, computer graphics has gained popularity for its ability to translate these large datasets into three dimensional structures providing easy visualization. This project has implemented one such 3-D molecular viewer to display different models of molecules and study their properties. The project was developed in Java3D using the …

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The Temporal And Spatial Scale Of Microevolution: Fine-Scale Color Pattern Variation In The Lake Erie Watersnake, Richard B. King, J.M. Ray Jan 2006

The Temporal And Spatial Scale Of Microevolution: Fine-Scale Color Pattern Variation In The Lake Erie Watersnake, Richard B. King, J.M. Ray

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Question: What is the temporal and spatial scale of microevolution? Hypotheses: The combined effects of natural selection and gene flow result in variation in heritable traits on fine spatial and geographic scales. Organism: The Lake Erie watersnake, Nerodia sipedon insularum. Field site: US and Canadian islands in western Lake Erie. Methods: We tested for variation in colour pattern frequency within islands, among islands, and over time using data from nearly annual censuses conducted since 1980, museum specimens, and published sources. We compared FST for a presumptive major colour pattern locus to FST for allozyme loci to determine whether spatial variation …

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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, Gregory K. Webster Jan 2006

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, Gregory K. Webster

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The combination of ultrasonic nebulization with membrane desolvation (USN-MD) is utilized to determine active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) by heteroatom inductively coupled mass spectroscopy (ICP-MS) detection. Ultrasonic nebulization provides efficient sampling while use of the membrane desolvator acts to reduce solvent-based interferences. This approach reduces interferences sufficiently so that a standard argon ICPquadrupole MS can be utilized. Examined APIs and associated heteroatoms included: phosphomycin (P), amoxicillin (S), chlorpropamide (Cl), and ofloxacin (F). The optimum plasma r.f. powers for P, S, and Cl were in the 1000 to 1200 watts range. The high ionization energy of F required that the plasma be …

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The Virtual Dialectic: Rethinking The Matrix And Its Significance, David J. Gunkel Jan 2006

The Virtual Dialectic: Rethinking The Matrix And Its Significance, David J. Gunkel

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Morphometric Analysis Of Martian Valley Network Basins Using A Circularity Function, W. Luo, A.D. Howard Jan 2006

Morphometric Analysis Of Martian Valley Network Basins Using A Circularity Function, W. Luo, A.D. Howard

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This paper employs a circularity function to quantify the internal morphology of Martian watershed basins in Margaritifer Sinus region and to infer the primary erosional processes that led to their current geomorphologic characteristics and possible climatic conditions under which these processes operated. The circularity function describes the elongation of a watershed basin at different elevations. We have used the circularity functions of terrestrial basins that were interpreted as having been modified by (1) erosion related to primarily groundwater sapping and (2) erosion related to primarily rainfall and surface run-off, as well as the circularity functions of cratering basins on the …

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Topographically Derived Maps Of Valley Networks And Drainage Density In The Mare Tyrrhenum Quadrangle On Mars, W. Luo, T.F. Stepinski Jan 2006

Topographically Derived Maps Of Valley Networks And Drainage Density In The Mare Tyrrhenum Quadrangle On Mars, W. Luo, T.F. Stepinski

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A novel, automated technique for delineating Martian valley networks from digital terrain data is applied to the Mare Tyrrhenum quadrangle on Mars, yielding a detailed map for the entire quadrangle. The resultant average value of drainage density for the Noachian part of the quadrangle is D 0.05 km 1, an order of magnitude higher than the value inferred from a global map based on Viking images, and comparable to the values inferred from the precision mapping of selected focus sites. Valleys are omnipresent in Noachian terrain even outside the ‘‘highly dissected’’ Npld unit. This suggests fluvial erosion throughout the Noachian, …

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Tracing Nitrogen In Volcanic And Geothermal Volatiles From The Nicaraguan Volcanic Front, James A. Walker, L.J. Elkins, T.P. Fischer, D.R. Hilton, Z.D. Sharp, S. Mcknight Jan 2006

Tracing Nitrogen In Volcanic And Geothermal Volatiles From The Nicaraguan Volcanic Front, James A. Walker, L.J. Elkins, T.P. Fischer, D.R. Hilton, Z.D. Sharp, S. Mcknight

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We report new chemical and isotopic data from 26 volcanic and geothermal gases, vapor condensates, and thermal water samples, collected along the Nicaraguan volcanic front. The samples were analyzed for chemical abundances and stable isotope compositions, with a focus on nitrogen abundances and isotope ratios. These data are used to evaluate samples for volatile contributions from magma, air, air-saturated water, and the crust. Samples devoid of crustal contamination (based upon He isotope composition) but slightly contaminated by air or air-saturated water are corrected using N2/Ar ratios in order to obtain primary magmatic values, composed of contributions from upper mantle and …

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Body Image And Expected Future Interaction, Alecia M. Santuzzi, P.L. Metzger, J.B. Ruscher Jan 2006

Body Image And Expected Future Interaction, Alecia M. Santuzzi, P.L. Metzger, J.B. Ruscher

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This study examined impression formation as a function of anticipated future social interaction among women with varying body image perceptions. Seventy-four women participated in a getto- know-you interview with a female confederate, and either did or did not anticipate additional interaction. When participants anticipated future interaction, more negative body image predicted less positive relationship expectations. However, when not expecting future interaction, negative body image predicted positive relationship expectations. This effect was partially mediated by an increased focus on the self and partner as a collective unit. Results suggest a qualification to previous research conclusions about negative interpersonal perceptions among stigmatized …

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Bike Messengers And The Really Real: Effervescence, Reflexivity, And Postmodern Identity, Jeffrey L. Kidder Jan 2006

Bike Messengers And The Really Real: Effervescence, Reflexivity, And Postmodern Identity, Jeffrey L. Kidder

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Out of more than two thousand bike messengers in New York City, a few hundred participate in alleycats—illegal races held in open traffic. Surrounding this racing scene is a vibrant messenger community. Messengers who race in or attend alleycats carry their messenger identity into all aspects of their lives. Through direct participant observation, this article proposes that alleycats function as Durkheimian rituals for these messengers. Alleycats express the central values of the social world. Lost in collective effervescence, the individual confronts these values as objectified truths, which allow messengers to form stable identities. Further, bicycles, messenger bags, and other objects …

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Zirkussklaven, Sinclair Bell Jan 2006

Zirkussklaven, Sinclair Bell

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American General Jurisdiction Trial Courts: New Visions, New Guidelines, Jeffrey A. Parness Jan 2006

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

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Today, American trial courts are trying less and managing more private civil cases. They are also losing many private claims to other dispute resolvers. The traditional role of the trial judge as a neutral, detached, and passive adjudicator for private civil cases has given way to the trial judge who is a more active case manager, a more aggressive settlement facilitator, and an appellate-type reviewer of case decisions first made elsewhere. Unfortunately, contemporary written civil procedure laws do not reflect this new reality, increasingly reflecting only legend. New general visions of contemporary trial court decision making would help civil procedure …

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Deserting Mothers, Abandoned Babies, Lost Fathers: Dangers In Safe Havens, Jeffrey A. Parness Jan 2006

Deserting Mothers, Abandoned Babies, Lost Fathers: Dangers In Safe Havens, Jeffrey A. Parness

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Safe Haven laws allow genetic mothers to abandon their newborns with no questions asked. Newborns are then protected from potential abuse or neglect and can be adopted at an early age into loving and welcoming families. Mothers are free to go on with their lives knowing that the best interests of their children have been secured. So what is wrong? The problem lies with the law's neglect of the genetic fathers. Seemingly, the parenthood opportunities often are lost without anyone asking the genetic fathers if they care. Furthermore, no matter how much better the children's lives, proper social policy demands …

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Improving Judicial Settlement Conferences, Jeffrey A. Parness Jan 2006

Improving Judicial Settlement Conferences, Jeffrey A. Parness

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Professors Molot, Fuller, Fiss, and Resnik, among others, have expressed concerns about the unbounded, unchecked, unbridled, and virtually unfettered judicial discretion of American trial court judges who preside over civil case settlement conferences. I am also concerned. But the best response is not to abolish or severely restrict judicial settlement conferences. Rather, it is to add more formality and more written guidelines. New guidelines would discourage each trial court judge from marching to the beat of her own drummer. These guidelines should involve, as suggested by Professor Fuller, both more adversary control and more detailed and written criteria. In addition, …

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New Federal Paternity Laws: Securing More Fathers For Children Of Unwed Mothers, Jeffrey A. Parness Jan 2006

New Federal Paternity Laws: Securing More Fathers For Children Of Unwed Mothers, Jeffrey A. Parness

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Public policy demands that American lawmakers, both federal and state, more vigorously promote the early, accurate, informed, and conclusive designations of fathers in law around the time children are born. There is, in particular, an urgent need today to develop legal standards that better promote more birth certificate designations of paternity for children born to unwed mothers. Public policy also demands that where paternity designations do not accurately reflect the requisite genetic ties with children, paternity laws should be more fair and just in allowing paternity disestablishment. This Article reviews the federal mandates within the Social Security Act both on …

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No Genetic Ties, No More Fathers: Voluntary Acknowledgment Recissions And Other Paternity Disestablishments Under Illinois Law, Jeffrey A. Parness Jan 2006

No Genetic Ties, No More Fathers: Voluntary Acknowledgment Recissions And Other Paternity Disestablishments Under Illinois Law, Jeffrey A. Parness

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This paper begins by examining federal paternity standards involving voluntary paternity acknowledgments of children born to unmarried women. These standards are increasingly important as voluntary acknowledgments are now typically required for birth certificate recognitions of paternity for children born to unmarried women and as the number of births to unmarried women in the United States has doubled in the past two decades. The paper then explores the confusion in Illinois over these standards arising from the 2004 Illinois Supreme Court decision in People v. Smith. It then illustrates that there is similar confusion nationwide. For example, there is much doubt …

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Takings Jurisprudence As Three-Tiered Review, Mark W. Cordes Jan 2006

Takings Jurisprudence As Three-Tiered Review, Mark W. Cordes

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Takings jurisprudence has long been and remains, in the opinion of many, a constitutional quagmire, with little in the way of predictable results or coherent principles. The Supreme Court itself has acknowledged the largely ad hoc nature of its takings analysis, emphasizing the fact-sensitive nature of takings decisions and its reluctance to articulate precise formulae in this area. Moreover, although articulating a variety of standards and tests, such as “investment-backed expectations” and “economic viability,” the Court has not clearly stated their relation to each other or their precise meanings. This has led a number of commentators to lament these unclear …

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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 Jan 2006

`Died In The Service Of Portugal': Legitimacy Of Authority And Dynamics Of Group Identity Among The Atsabe Kemak In East Timor, Andrea Molnar

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The paper examines the metaphors and dynamics of Atsabe Kemak group identity construction, with a strong emphasis on local cultural `remembering' of Atsabe history via-a-vis relations of power. The analysis utilizes the analytical frameworks of Foucault's notion of discourse and Bourdieu's concept of habitus. The secondary burial of a former chieftain highlights the dynamics of Atsabe Kemak responses to new nation-building processes and to international influences that have appeared during the United Nations' transitional administration.

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Crucible Of Andean Civilization: The Peruvian Coast From 3000 To 1800 B.C., Jonathan Haas, Winifred Creamer Jan 2006

Crucible Of Andean Civilization: The Peruvian Coast From 3000 To 1800 B.C., Jonathan Haas, Winifred Creamer

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The focus of the development of the first complex, centralized societies on the coast of Peru between 3000 and 1800 BC was a portion of the coast known as the Norte Chico, where more than 30 large Late Archaic sites with monumental platform mounds, ceremonial plazas, and residential architecture have now been identified. Differing theories have been offered to explain the emergence of complex polities in this region. New settlement and radiocarbon data suggest an alternative theoretical model that posits a regional sphere of interaction with a dominant political nexus in the Norte Chico region and participation by maritime fishing …

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The Origins Of Monumental Architecture In Ancient Hawai'i, Michael Kolb Jan 2006

The Origins Of Monumental Architecture In Ancient Hawai'i, Michael Kolb

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At the time of European contact in AD 1778, chiefs in the Hawaiian archipelago had implemented a temple network that helped reaffirm an ideology of kingship, feudalize land ownership, impose ritual control over labor and production, and facilitate internecine warfare over territory. A corpus of 90 14C dates from 40 temples on the island of Maui indicates that this temple system originated AD 1200 and developed over four phases that correlate with some general sociopolitical trends distilled from ethnohistory. An important shift in temple construction and use is noted for AD 14521625, a time of island unification and changing land …

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Preserving Madagascar’S Natural Heritage: The Importance Of Keeping The Islands’S Fossils In The Public Domain, Karen E. Samonds, D.W. Krause, P.M. O'Connor, A.H. Rasoamiaramanana, G.A. Buckley, P.S. Chatrath, D.A. Burney, M.T. Carrano, J.J. Flynn, C.A. Forster, Laurie R. Godfrey, W.L. Jungers, R.R. Rogers, E.L. Simons, A.R. Wyss Jan 2006

Preserving Madagascar’S Natural Heritage: The Importance Of Keeping The Islands’S Fossils In The Public Domain, Karen E. Samonds, D.W. Krause, P.M. O'Connor, A.H. Rasoamiaramanana, G.A. Buckley, P.S. Chatrath, D.A. Burney, M.T. Carrano, J.J. Flynn, C.A. Forster, Laurie R. Godfrey, W.L. Jungers, R.R. Rogers, E.L. Simons, A.R. Wyss

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Article argues for the development of adequate repositories and support infrastructure in Madagascar to safeguard and display the country’s vertebrate fossil collections; doing so would ensure the preservation and appreciation of Madagascar’s rich natural heritage for future generations of scientists and Malagasy citizens alike.

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The Effects Of Focused Deterrence On Gang Homicide: An Evaluation Of Rochester's Ceasefire Program, Christopher Delaney Jan 2006

The Effects Of Focused Deterrence On Gang Homicide: An Evaluation Of Rochester's Ceasefire Program, Christopher Delaney

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In the late 1990’s, a problem-oriented policing initiative in Boston, “Operation: Ceasefire”, achieved significant reductions in youth homicide by focusing on gang behavior. The program was driven by a concept known as “Focused Deterrence”. Gang members are typically frequent offenders for whom general deterrence mechanisms have little effect. Additionally, the social norms of gangs often encourage offending behavior, making typical attempts to deter futile. Focused deterrence attempts to modify individual behavior and group norms with a credible and severe threat of collective punishment for an individual offending behavior. In “Operation Ceasefire”, when a gang member committed a homicide, his gang …

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Horn Formula Minimization, Tom Chang Jan 2006

Horn Formula Minimization, Tom Chang

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Horn formulas make up an important subclass of Boolean formulas that exhibits interesting and useful computational properties. They have been widely studied due to the fact that the satisfiability problem for Horn formulas is solvable in linear time. Also resulting from this, Horn formulas play an important role in the field of artificial intelligence. The minimization problem of Horn formulas is to reduce the size of a given Horn formula to find a shortest equivalent representation. Many knowledge bases in propositional expert systems are represented as Horn formulas. Therefore the minimization of Horn formulas can be used to reduce the …

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Efficient Encryption On Limited Devices, Roderic Campbell Jan 2006

Efficient Encryption On Limited Devices, Roderic Campbell

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Encryption algorithms have been used since the dawn of time to ensure secure communication over insecure communication channels. Once a secret encryption key is established and as long as the key remains secret, two parties can communicate freely over open channels. The question of how to obtain such a secret key is a large dilemma. Many methods of obtaining such keys have been tried from the most basic form of a one-on-one encounter to more advanced techniques like Diffie-Hellman. This paper compares three versions of the Diffie-Hellman key exchange protocol -- using arithmetic in the field of integers modulo a …

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Web Based Monitoring System In Wireless Sensor Networks, Kanishk Panwar Jan 2006

Web Based Monitoring System In Wireless Sensor Networks, Kanishk Panwar

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Goal of the project is to develop a scalable web application to monitor a wireless sensor network. Wireless sensor network, an upcoming technology, is comprised of multiple data sensors that send back packets of information back to the base station. The sensor network runs on a real time operating system called TinyOS and the application is implemented using Moteiv Telos Revision B wireless sensors. The web application collects the reading from the base station and generates graphical representation of the readings for the front end and creates PDF reports when readings are not within defined thresholds. This application incorporates various …

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Acoustic Classification Using Independent Component Analysis, James Brock Jan 2006

Acoustic Classification Using Independent Component Analysis, James Brock

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This thesis research investigates and demonstrates the feasibility of performing computationally efficient, high-dimensional acoustic classification using Mel-frequency cepstral coefficients and independent component analysis for temporal feature extraction. A process was developed to calculate Mel-frequency cepstral coefficients from samples of acoustic data grouped by either musical genre or spoken world language. Then independent component analysis was employed to extract the higher level temporal features of the coefficients in each class. These sets of unique independent features represent themes, or patterns, over time that are the underlying signals in that class of acoustic data. The results obtained from this process clearly show …

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Xpoint: Xml, Css, And Html-Based Presentation Graphics System, Sudhanshu Sood Jan 2006

Xpoint: Xml, Css, And Html-Based Presentation Graphics System, Sudhanshu Sood

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Graphical Power Point presentations, when converted to Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML) have a defined graphical format, and are not portable to other browsers. Xpoint is an ongoing development work by Dr. Schreiner. It is a simple presentation graphical system [1]. The presentation is specified in Extensible Markup Language (XML) and is converted to well navigable HTML for browsing, appearance is controlled using Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). The presentation can also be converted to Portable Document Format (PDF) format which provides more flexibility. The project will extend the styles and capabilities of the existing Xpoint graphical presentation system. XML presentation …

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Cooperative Learning Incorporating Computer-Mediated Communication: Participation, Perceptions, And Learning Outcomes In A Deaf Education Classroom, Michelle Pandian Jan 2006

Cooperative Learning Incorporating Computer-Mediated Communication: Participation, Perceptions, And Learning Outcomes In A Deaf Education Classroom, Michelle Pandian

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Many researchers have documented deaf students' struggles with reading, writing, and communication in the classroom over the last twenty years Fang & Beil, 2005; Antia, et al., 2005; Mallory & Long, 2002; Mallory et al., 2006, Johnson & Johnson, 1986; Karchmer & Mitchell, 2003). With the advent of email and text pagers, students today need to be exposed to the communication technologies of the future (Marschark et al., 2002; Bruce & Levin, 2003); especially deaf students, who will more typically rely on technology in the workplace for communication than hearing people (Wood, 2002). This exploratory research study with deaf undergraduate …

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Event Driven Dynamic Web Pages, Kan Yi Jan 2006

Event Driven Dynamic Web Pages, Kan Yi

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Web technologies are among the most rapid developing areas. They continue to evolve from HTML, DHTML, JavaScript to CGI, ASP, JSP, Servlet. However the life of web developers is still not so easy as traditional GUI programmer. The web developers should very clear about communications between browsers and web servers, which puts a great burden on the web developers. In the project, an Event Driven Model is extended to web servers based on Servlet technology. With this Event Driven Model, the web developers are totally transparent to the communication details. The development of web pages becomes similar as GUI programming, …

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Making Presentations Web Ready, Binil Kurian Jan 2006

Making Presentations Web Ready, Binil Kurian

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Presenting sound along with slides to convey more information about a presentation is not easy. Capturing the sound is easy, but giving the user random access to the sound bytes to match the slide he is viewing is difficult. If the sound bytes are sliced at the appropriate interval, and a menu is provided so that the user can navigate to any slide he wants, the presentation becomes more effective. Doing this would allow distributing the presentation for a wider audience and also for distribution using high capacity optical media. This project tries to solve this problem in a generic …

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Object-Oriented Lr(1) Parser Generation, Christopher Luckett Jan 2006

Object-Oriented Lr(1) Parser Generation, Christopher Luckett

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The LR parser has been around for a long time, and its workings, especially with respect to table compaction and use of the lookahead sets, have puzzled students who are new to the area of study. The aim of this project therefore is to provide an object oriented approach and discoverable algorithm to ease the difficulty of mastering these concepts. This will be accomplished by distributing the table interpreter across objects whose inter-relationships create an analogue to the state table. Hopefully this will provide a greater degree of readability and ease of trace throughout the parser generation process.

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