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Unm News Minute 12/20/2000, University Of New Mexico Communication And Marketing Department Dec 2000

Unm News Minute 12/20/2000, University Of New Mexico Communication And Marketing Department

UNM News Minute 2000

No abstract provided.


An Evaluation Of The S2ia Switched-Current Architecture For (Delta)(Sigma) Modulator Adcs, Andre Botha Dec 2000

An Evaluation Of The S2ia Switched-Current Architecture For (Delta)(Sigma) Modulator Adcs, Andre Botha

Theses

Switched-Current (SI) is a design methodology by which discrete time, current mode, analog circuits can be implemented using standard digital CMOS processes, allowing the addition of analog signal processing circuits, analog to digital converters (ADCs), digital to analog converters (DACs) and other analog and mixed-signal circuits to otherwise digital only microchips without the need and expense of any extra fabrication steps. SI circuits operate by employing a secondary effect in CMOS circuits, a transistor's gate capacitance, to store charge and thus form a current memory cell. A current memory cell is one of the basic building blocks found in most …


Unm News Minute 12/13/2000, University Of New Mexico Communication And Marketing Department Dec 2000

Unm News Minute 12/13/2000, University Of New Mexico Communication And Marketing Department

UNM News Minute 2000

No abstract provided.


University Of New Mexico Board Of Regents Minutes For December 12, 2000, University Of New Mexico Board Of Regents Dec 2000

University Of New Mexico Board Of Regents Minutes For December 12, 2000, University Of New Mexico Board Of Regents

Board of Regents Meeting Minutes

Minutes from the December 12, 2000 Board of Regents Meeting


From Joe Waller To Omali Yeshitela: How A Controversial Mural Changed A Man, Anita Richway Cutting Dec 2000

From Joe Waller To Omali Yeshitela: How A Controversial Mural Changed A Man, Anita Richway Cutting

USF St. Petersburg campus Honors Program Theses (Undergraduate)

Shortly before noon on December 29, 1966, Joseph Waller Jr., the twenty-five year old vice chairman of the local chapter of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating committee (SNCC), led seven African-American men on a protest march to city hall. They marched in unison, marking their steps with a loud rhythmic chant that bolstered their confidence and demonstrated their solidarity, occasionally breaking their cadence to invite other African Americans to join their procession. Many onlookers were reluctant to join the group, intimidated by the fact that conservative black community leaders had recently condemned SNCC's efforts and accused the group of seeking nothing …


Unm News Minute 12/7/2000, University Of New Mexico Communication And Marketing Department Dec 2000

Unm News Minute 12/7/2000, University Of New Mexico Communication And Marketing Department

UNM News Minute 2000

No abstract provided.


Correction 12/7/2000, University Of New Mexico Communication And Marketing Department Dec 2000

Correction 12/7/2000, University Of New Mexico Communication And Marketing Department

UNM News Minute 2000

No abstract provided.


Governance And Political Stability For Economic Development: Lessons Of Experience., Mike Kwanashie Dec 2000

Governance And Political Stability For Economic Development: Lessons Of Experience., Mike Kwanashie

Economic and Financial Review

The paper looks at the interplay of politics and the economy as been recognized for long as a major factor influencing the growth of nations. It goes ahead to examine the extent to which the various regime types have influenced the development process in Nigeria.


The Role Of The Central Bank Of Nigeria In The Effective Implementation Of The Imf Code Of Good Practices On Transparency In Monetary And Financial Policies., J.O. Aderibigbe Dec 2000

The Role Of The Central Bank Of Nigeria In The Effective Implementation Of The Imf Code Of Good Practices On Transparency In Monetary And Financial Policies., J.O. Aderibigbe

Economic and Financial Review

The objectives of this paper are essentially twofold: to familiarize seminar participants with the code of good practices as it relates to transparency in the conduct of monetary and financial policies; and to examine the role of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in ensuring the effective implementation of the Code in Nigeria particularly against the backdrop of the international acceptability of the Code as a standard for gauging how transparent monetary and financial policies are In the member countries of the International financial community. For ease of exposition, the paper is divided into four parts. Following this introduction, part …


Transparency, Probity And Accountability In Fiscal Operations As Panacea For Economic Development., T. O. Okunrounmu Dec 2000

Transparency, Probity And Accountability In Fiscal Operations As Panacea For Economic Development., T. O. Okunrounmu

Economic and Financial Review

The view of the paper is that the experience of public sector failure in Nigeria is not an indictment of fiscal management theory but a reflection of the political and economic environment resulting from the absence of fiscal transparency and probity in management of government finances. This position was corroborated in the report of the collaborative review of Federal Government Expenditure by the officials of the Federal Government and the World Bank (March 1996). It was observed that Nigeria's tremendous potential for growth and poverty reduction has yet to be fulfilled. A key constraint has been the recent conduct of …


Review And Harmonisation Of Framework Of Fiscal And Monetary Policies For Effective Economic Management In Nigeria., B.A. Oke Dec 2000

Review And Harmonisation Of Framework Of Fiscal And Monetary Policies For Effective Economic Management In Nigeria., B.A. Oke

Economic and Financial Review

The objective of this paper, is to review the framework of monetary and fiscal policies with a view to forging a framework for harmonising them for effective economic management. The rest of the paper is divided into six parts. Part 2 is a theoretical overview of some fiscal policy concepts, especially those related to fiscal deficit size and financing. Part 3 examines the macroeconomic policy framework which forms the common basis for the design of fiscal and monetary policies. Parts 4 and 5 analyse in greater details, the framework for fiscal policy and monetary policy, respectively. Part 6 is a …


Capacity Building, Improving Work Ethics And Enhancing Productivity In The Nigerian Civil Service., O. Ajakaiye Dec 2000

Capacity Building, Improving Work Ethics And Enhancing Productivity In The Nigerian Civil Service., O. Ajakaiye

Economic and Financial Review

This paper examines issues that are of great concern to capacity building, improving work ethics and productivity enhancement in the Nigerian civil service with the ultimate objectives of proposing informed ways and means of improving the human capacity for analysing and managing development in a rapidly changing world. The rest of the paper is organised as follows: The next section discusses conceptual issues where the concepts of capacity building, work ethics and productivity are defined in order for us to focus on the essential attributes of the concepts with special reference to the Nigeria civil service. The contemporary situation in …


Keynote Address At The Eighth Cbn Executive Policy Seminar., S. Usman Dec 2000

Keynote Address At The Eighth Cbn Executive Policy Seminar., S. Usman

Economic and Financial Review

The keynote address on the occasion of the eighth annual Policy Seminar for Executive Staff of the Central Bank of Nigeria with the theme "Governance and the Economic Policy Environment".


Remarks By Dr. M.O. Ojo., M. O. Ojo Dec 2000

Remarks By Dr. M.O. Ojo., M. O. Ojo

Economic and Financial Review

The special remarks at the opening ceremony of the eighth edition of the CBN Executive Policy Seminar organised by the Research Department in collaboration with the Personnel Department. The theme for the year's Seminar was "Governance and the Economic Policy Environment: Nigeria's Experience" intended to strengthen the capacity and expertise of executive staff of the Bank.


Address At The Eight Central Bank Of Nigeria (Cbn) Executive Policy Seminar., Personnel Department Director Personnel Dec 2000

Address At The Eight Central Bank Of Nigeria (Cbn) Executive Policy Seminar., Personnel Department Director Personnel

Economic and Financial Review

The welcome address at the eight CBN Executive Policy Seminar with the theme: "Governance and the Economic Policy Environment: Nigeria's Experience". As the theme implies, this year's Seminar is aimed at examining and reviewing the whole gamut of economic policy formulation processes with a view to aligning them with the current thinking and spirit of the international code of good practices, transparency and accountability in economic management.


Improved Sample Complexity Estimates For Statistical Learning Control Of Uncertain Systems, Chaouki T. Abdallah, V. Koltchinskii, M. Ariola, P. Dorato, D. Panchenko Dec 2000

Improved Sample Complexity Estimates For Statistical Learning Control Of Uncertain Systems, Chaouki T. Abdallah, V. Koltchinskii, M. Ariola, P. Dorato, D. Panchenko

Electrical & Computer Engineering Faculty Publications

Probabilistic methods and statistical learning theory have been shown to provide approximate solutions to “difficult” control problems. Unfortunately, the number of samples required in order to guarantee stringent performance levels may be prohibitively large. This paper introduces bootstrap learning methods and the concept of stopping times to drastically reduce the bound on the number of samples required to achieve a performance level. We then apply these results to obtain more efficient algorithms which probabilistically guarantee stability and robustness levels when designing controllers for uncertain systems.


Statistical-Learning Control Of An Abr Explicit Rate Algorithm For Atm Switches, Chaouki T. Abdallah, M. Ariola, R. Byrne Dec 2000

Statistical-Learning Control Of An Abr Explicit Rate Algorithm For Atm Switches, Chaouki T. Abdallah, M. Ariola, R. Byrne

Electrical & Computer Engineering Faculty Publications

Illustrates the application of statistical-learning control results for the design of an available bit rate (ABR) congestion control algorithm. The proposed methodology allows us to take into account the nonlinearities of the model and the uncertainty of the parameters in the design phase. Some simulation results are shown.


Employment-Based Health Insurance In New Mexico: An Analysis Of The 2000 Health Policy Commission Statewide Employer Survey Of Health Insurance, Lee A. Reynis, Dolores Busch-Demarcus, Tony Sylvester Dec 2000

Employment-Based Health Insurance In New Mexico: An Analysis Of The 2000 Health Policy Commission Statewide Employer Survey Of Health Insurance, Lee A. Reynis, Dolores Busch-Demarcus, Tony Sylvester

BBER Publications

This report presents and analyzes the results of the 2000 Health Policy Commission Statewide Employer Survey. A statewide telephone survey of New Mexico businesses was conducted by the Gilmore Research Group, and a mail-out survey of New Mexico public sector employers was conducted by BBER. The surveys were designed to collect information on employer characteristics, employee benefits, health insurance plans with the largest enrollment, and recent changes in employee health insurance plans and programs. In addition, the private sector survey gathered employers opinions, including policy preferences and factors for employee insurance availability. Illustrated with tables. Appendices include the survey methodology, …


An Investigation Into The Effect Of Plate Hardness, And Surface Speed Differential On Flexographic Gear Marking, Wisit Wirojrungson Dec 2000

An Investigation Into The Effect Of Plate Hardness, And Surface Speed Differential On Flexographic Gear Marking, Wisit Wirojrungson

Theses

Gear marking is a print defect in flexography. It appears as a uniformly spaced pattern of lateral alternating dark and light bands along the web length corresponding to the distance between gear teeth. A comprehensive definition characterizes gear marking as a regular pattern attributable to metal burrs, nicks, debris, or other flaws that lead to unsmooth movement somewhere in the mechanical system of the press. Gear marking can be caused by a multitude of different factors. In most cases, gear marking results from more than one phenomenon. The objective of this study was to investigate some factors that were expected …


Synthesis And Characterization Of Functionalized Zirconium Pendent Polyamic Acids And Polyimides Based On 3,4'-Oda And Odpa, Wei Wang Dec 2000

Synthesis And Characterization Of Functionalized Zirconium Pendent Polyamic Acids And Polyimides Based On 3,4'-Oda And Odpa, Wei Wang

Theses

The objective of this thesis is to synthesize functionalized zirconium complex pendent polyamic acids and polyimides, then compare their characteristics, e.g. thermal properties, atomic oxygen resistance, and film properties (adhesion, flexibility, and solvent resistance). Towards this end, five different zirconium complexes were attached to the polyamic acid, which is based on 3,4'-oxydianiline (3,4'-0DA), 4,4'-oxydiphthalic anhydride (ODPA), and mellitic dianhydride (MADA), in the presence of dicyclohexylcarbodiimide (DCC). The resulting zirconium complex pendent polyamic acids and the parent polyamic acid were cast onto glass substrates, then thermally imidized by heating at 100C, 200C, and 300C for one hour each. The synthesized zirconium …


An Investigation Into The Relationship Between Contrast And Resolution Of A Printing System Using The Rit Contrast Resolution Test Target, Eliot Harper Dec 2000

An Investigation Into The Relationship Between Contrast And Resolution Of A Printing System Using The Rit Contrast Resolution Test Target, Eliot Harper

Theses

A problem arises when different printing systems are used to print images. Different systems have considerably different contrast and resolution capabilities while an individual printing system might have a low resolution capability, the system may have the ability to render low contrast detail. Similarly, if a printing system has a high resolution capability, it does not necessarily mean that such a system has the ability to render low contrast detail well. Such contrast and resolution restrictions may be attributed to the capabilities of the PostScript interpreter, the screening method used by the RIP, the image transfer method of the output …


Evolutionary Psychology, Meet Developmental Neurobiology: Against Promiscuous Modularity, David J. Buller, Valerie Gray Hardcastle Dec 2000

Evolutionary Psychology, Meet Developmental Neurobiology: Against Promiscuous Modularity, David J. Buller, Valerie Gray Hardcastle

Faculty Peer-Reviewed Publications

Evolutionary psychologists claim that the mind contains “hundreds or thousands” of “genetically specified” modules, which are evolutionary adaptations for their cognitive functions. We argue that, while the adult human mind/brain typically contains a degree of modularization, its “modules” are neither genetically specified nor evolutionary adaptations. Rather, they result from the brain's developmental plasticity, which allows environmental task demands a large role in shaping the brain's information-processing structures. The brain's developmental plasticity is our fundamental psychological adaptation, and the “modules” that result from it are adaptive responses to local conditions, not past evolutionary environments. If different individuals share common environments, however, …


Unm News Minute 11/29/2000, University Of New Mexico Communication And Marketing Department Nov 2000

Unm News Minute 11/29/2000, University Of New Mexico Communication And Marketing Department

UNM News Minute 2000

No abstract provided.


Unm News Minute 11/22/2000, University Of New Mexico Communication And Marketing Department Nov 2000

Unm News Minute 11/22/2000, University Of New Mexico Communication And Marketing Department

UNM News Minute 2000

No abstract provided.


Unm News Minute 11/15/2000, University Of New Mexico Communication And Marketing Department Nov 2000

Unm News Minute 11/15/2000, University Of New Mexico Communication And Marketing Department

UNM News Minute 2000

No abstract provided.


University Of New Mexico Board Of Regents Minutes For November 14, 2000, University Of New Mexico Board Of Regents Nov 2000

University Of New Mexico Board Of Regents Minutes For November 14, 2000, University Of New Mexico Board Of Regents

Board of Regents Meeting Minutes

Minutes from the November 14, 2000 Board of Regents Meeting


A Descriptive Study Of School-Based Intervention Teams In New York State, Sean Croft Nov 2000

A Descriptive Study Of School-Based Intervention Teams In New York State, Sean Croft

Theses

This study examined the current practices of school-based intervention teams (SBIT) in New York State. SBIT are designed to provide immediate assistance to students and teachers, to enhance the ability of teachers to serve difficult-to-teach students within regular education classrooms, and to reduce the number of inappropriate referrals to special education. A mail questionnaire (N=T74; return rate=43%) found that a majority of teams meet once a week, during school hours, and consist of about nine members. SBIT members favor teacher intuition and classroom performance over data-based progress monitoring in deterrnining the effectiveness of interventions. The lack of personnel to perform …


Unm News Minute 11/8/2000, University Of New Mexico Communication And Marketing Department Nov 2000

Unm News Minute 11/8/2000, University Of New Mexico Communication And Marketing Department

UNM News Minute 2000

No abstract provided.


Act No. 61 Of 2000 - An Act To Regulate Mining, Parliament Of The Republic Of Trinidad And Tobago Nov 2000

Act No. 61 Of 2000 - An Act To Regulate Mining, Parliament Of The Republic Of Trinidad And Tobago

Latin American Energy Policies

This act aims to regulate mining and to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. It covers matters of administration, licensing, enforcement and regulation, rights and duties of licensees, health, safety and welfare of workers, and protection of the environment.


Unm News Minute 11/1/2000, University Of New Mexico Communication And Marketing Department Nov 2000

Unm News Minute 11/1/2000, University Of New Mexico Communication And Marketing Department

UNM News Minute 2000

No abstract provided.