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Polymer Research In Austria. I: Introduction And The Facilities, Otto Vogl, Josef Schurz, Bernd Thrattnigg, Klaus Hummel, Wolfgang Daimler, Klaus Lederer

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No abstract provided.

Japan-U.S. Seminar On Polymer Synthesis, Otto Vogl, Hiroyuki Nishide

Emeritus Faculty Author Gallery

No abstract provided.

Test 1656: Ford 5640 (16x4) Diesel 16-Speed, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab

Nebraska Tractor Tests

EXPLANATION OF THE TEST PROCEDURE General Tractors are tested at the University of Nebraska according to the Agricultural Tractor Test Code approved by the American Society of Agricultural Engineers and the Society of Automotive Engineers or official Nebraska test procedure. The manufacturer selects the tractor to be tested and certifies that it is a stock model. Each tractor is equipped with the common power consuming accessories such as power steering, power lift pump, generator, etc., if available. Power consuming accessories may be disconnected only when the means for disconnecting can be reached from the operating station. An official representative of …

1991 Scholars And Artists Bibliography, Michael Schwartz Library, Cleveland State University, Friends Of The Michael Schwartz Library

Scholars and Artists Bibliographies

This bibliography was created for the annual Friends of the Michael Schwartz Library Scholars and Artists Reception, recognizing scholarly and creative achievements of Cleveland State University faculty, staff and emeriti

Dna Mapping Algorithms: Clone Sequencing, Judith H. Lewis, Will Gillett

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The DNA restriction mapping problem can be abstracted to the Shortest Common Matching String problem by viewing the restriction fragment lengths as symbols and the clones as bags. The Shortest Common Matching String problem can be decomposed into the Bag Sequencing problem and the Symbol Sequencing problem. All three of these problems have bene shown to be NP-hard. Rhee has proposed a family of greedy algorithms to compute polynomial time approximations to the Bag Sequencing problem, which produced surprisingly good performance results on abstracted data. In the test data generated by Rhee for pragmatic analysis, the symbols in bags represented …

An Access Protection Solution For Heavy Load Unfairness In Dqdb, Lakshmana N. Kumar, Andreas D. Bovopoulos

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This paper discusses the unfairness issue arising in a 802.6 DQDB network at high loads-- when the traffic demand to a bus exceeds the capacity of that bus. As per the 802.6 protocol, at heavy loads, the end nodes along a bus experience longer delays than the other nodes. The origin and remedy of this heavy load unfairness is discussed. An access control scheme is proposed as a solution. The comparison of the proposed scheme with 802.6 protocol is presented. The simulation results and performance characteristics are discussed under several types of loads. With symmetric load conditions under the proposed …

Converting Binary Thresholds Networks Into Equivalent Symmetric Networks, Gadi Pinkas

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We give algorithms to convert any network of binary threshold units (that does not oscillate) into an equivalent network with symmetric weight matrix (like Hopfield networks [Hopfield 82] or Boltzmann machines [Hinton, Sejnowski 88]). The motivation for the transformation is dual: a) to demonstrate the expressive power of symmetric networks; i.e. binary threshold networks (that do not oscillate) are subsumed in the energy minimization paradigm; 2) to use network modules (developed for the spreading activation paradigm for example), within the energy minimization paradigm. Thus optimization [Tank, Hopfield 88] and approximation of hard problems can be combined with efficient modules, that …

Composition, Superposition, And Encapsulation In The Formal Specification Of Distributed Systems, Kenneth J. Goldman

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Composition, superposition, and encapsulation are important techniques that work well together for designing large distributed software systems. Composition is a symmetric operator that allows system components to communicate with each other across module boundaries. Superposition is an asymmetric relationship that allows one system component to observe the state of another. Encapsulation is the ability to define the reason about the behavior of a module in terms of a well-defined boundary between that module and its environment, while hiding the internal operations of that module. In this paper, the I/O automation model of Lynch and Tuttle is extended to permit superposition …

The Spectrum Simulation System: A Formal Approach To Distributed Algorithm Development Tools, Kenneth J. Goldman

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We present the Spectrum Simulation System, a new research tool for the design and study of distributed algorithms. Based on the formal Input/Output Automation model of Lynch and Tuttle, Spectrum allows one to express distributed algorithms as collections of I/O automata and simulate them directly in terms of the semantics of that model. This permits integration of algorithm specification, design, debugging, analysis, and proof of correctness within a single formal framework that is natural for describing distributed algorithms. Spectrum provides a language for expressing algorithms as I/O automata, a simulator for generating algorithm executions, and a graphics interface for constructing …

Rapid Display Of Radiographic Images, Jerome R. Cox Jr., Stephen M. Moore, Robert A. Whitman, G. James Blaine, R. Gilbert Jost, L. Magnus Karlsson, Thomas L. Monsees, Gregory L. Hansen, Timothy C. David

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The requirements for the rapid display of radiographic images exceed the capabilities of widely available display, computer and communication technologies. Computed radiography captures data with a resolution of about four megapixels. Large format displays are available that can present over four megapixels. One megapixel displays are practical for use in combination with large format displays and in areas where the viewing task does not require primary diagnosis. This paper describes an electronic radiology system that approximates the highest quality systems, but through the use of several interesting techniques allows the possibility of its widespread installation throughout hospitals. The techniques uses …

Investigation Of Real-Time Optical Scanning Holography, Bradley D. Duncan

Electro-Optics and Photonics Faculty Publications

Real-time holographic recording using an optical heterodyne scanning technique was proposed by Poon in 1985. The first part of this dissertation provides a detailed theoretical treatment of the technique, based on a Gaussian beam analysis. Topics to be addressed include the derivations of the optical transfer function (OTF) and impulse response of the scanning holographic recording system, reconstructed image resolution and magnification, methods of carrier frequency hologram generation and experimental verification of the recording technique based on careful measurements of a hologram corresponding to a simple transmissive slit. Furthermore, computer simulations are presented pertaining to the incoherent nature of the …

The Difficulty Of Random Attribute Noise, Sally A. Goldman, Robert H. Sloan

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This paper studies the robustness of pac learning algorithms when the instance space is {0,1}n, and the examples are corrupted by purely random noise affecting only the instances (and not the labels). In the past, conflicting results on this subject have been obtained-- the "best agreement" rule can only tolerate small amounts of noise, yet in some cases large amounts of noise can be tolerated. We show the truth lies somewhere between the two alternatives. For uniform attribute noise, in which each attribute is flipped independently at random with the same probability, we present an algorithm that pac learns monomial …

Computational Learning Theory Lecture Notes For Cs 582 Spring Semester, 1991, Sally A. Goldman

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This manuscript is a compilation of lecture notes from the graduate level course CS 582, "Computational Learning Theory," I taught at Washington University in the spring of 1991. Students taking the course were assumed to have background in the design and analysis of algorithms as well as good mathematical background. Given that there is no text available on this subject, the course material was drawn from recent research papers. I selected the first twelve topics and the remainder were selected by the students from a list of provided topics. This list of topics is given at the end of these …

Dna Mapping Algorithms: Abstract Data Types - Concepts And Implementation, Will Gillett, Liz Hanks

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The conceptual aspects of and the implementation details of a set of self-identifying abstract data types (ADT) are described. Each of the ADTs constitutes a specific class of object, upon which a set of well-defined access functions is available. The intent of these ADTs is to supply a paradigm in which a class of object is available for manipulation, but in which the underlying implementation is hidden from the application programmer. Specific ADTs are the described in some detail. The tagged architecture used to achieve the self-identifying property of the ADTs is presented, and a set of required system-backbone access …

The Fracture Of Ice On Scales Large And Small: Arctic Leads And Wing Cracks, E. M. Schulson, W. D. Hibler

Dartmouth Scholarship

From observations and calculations of crack patterns in ice, it is suggested that a similar mechanism may account for cracking over a wide range of scales.

General Phase Modulation Method For Stored Waveform Inverse Fourier Transform Excitation For Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance Mass Spectrometry, Shenheng Guan, Patrick R. Jones

Pacific Patents

A method for reducing the dynamic range of FT-ICR signal generated by the SWIFT technique includes the step of time shifting wave packets corresponding to segments of the Fourier spectral magnitude function to prevent coherent summing of the various frequency components of the excitation signal.

Applying Formal Verification Methods To Pure Rule-Based Programs, Rose F. Gamble, Gruia-Catalin Roman, William E. Ball, H. Conrad Cunningham

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Reliability, defined as the guarantee that a program satisfies its specifications, is an important aspect of many applications for which rule-based expert systems are suited. Verification refer to the process used to determine the reliability of the rule-based program. Because past approaches to verification are informal, guarantees of reliability cannot fully be made without severely restricting the system. On the other hand, by constructing formal specifications for a program and showing the program satisfies those specifications, guarantees of reliability can be made. This paper presents an assertional approach to the verification of rule-based programs. The proof logical needed for verification …

The Thermal Response Of Downhill Skis, S. C. Colbeck, G. C. Warren

Dartmouth Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Removal Of Chlorine From Chlorine-Nitrogen Mixture In A Film Of Liquid Water, Sarwan S. Sandhu

Chemical and Materials Engineering Faculty Publications

In industry there are many examples of absorption of a gas with or without chemical reaction in the liquid phase. In physical absorption, a particular gaseous component is removed from a gas mixture due to its larger solubility in the liquid phase solvent. The removal of butane and pentane from a refinery gas mixture by a heavy oil in the liquid phase is an example of physical absorption. In absorption with chemical reaction, the gaseous component to be removed transfers across the gas-liquid interface due to a difference in the bulk chemical potentials or concentrations in the two phases. The …

Model Calculational Approach To The Conformation Of Adsorbed Polypeptide Fragments, Timothy J. Mckeon

Opportunities for Undergraduate Research Experience Program (OURE)

The focus of the paper is to examine possible conformational changes of peptides when placed in the presence of a poly-synthetic material. A major concern in the pharmaceutical industry is the loss of potency of polypeptide drug products during processing, packaging and storage. An example of this is polymer syringes being used in place of glass ones. The effect is that some protien-derived products experience structural changes due to contact with the polymer. This is otherwise known as surface denaturation. In order to understand the energetics of interfacial polypeptide systems, a calculational approach was used via the program Alchemy. The …

Computer Visualization Of Irrotational Flow Over Bluff And Streamlined Bodies, Nora Okong' O

Opportunities for Undergraduate Research Experience Program (OURE)

Computer programs were developed to visualize irrotational flow over bluff bodies (circular cylinders and half-bodies) and streamlined bodies (elliptical cylinders and airfoils). The method of superposition of flows was used, with stream functions or complex velocity potentials for fundamental flows being added to obtain the flows over the bodies. For the flow over the circular cylinders, half-bodies and elliptical cylinders, the stream function was calculated directly. The flow over the airfoil was obtained by Joukowski mapping of the imaginary part of the complex velocity potential for flow over a circular cylinder.

The programs developed will be valuable learning tools for …

Fourier Transform Infrared (Ftir) Spectroscopy Analysis Of Combustion Aerosol, Gary Jacquin

Opportunities for Undergraduate Research Experience Program (OURE)

In conjunction with my co-op program at McDonnell-Douglas, my current OURE project is the analysis of combustion aerosols using Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) Spectroscopy. Aerosol science is a very important field as it is concerned with atmospheric chemistry, atmospheric physics, climate, public health, and environmental issues.

In the Cloud and Aerosol Sciences Laboratory (CASL) at UMR, combustion aerosols are generated by an in-house designed torch or burner. The fuels, JP4 and JP5, are provided by McDonnell-Douglas. Some other commercial fuels are also used. The primary objective of my OURE project was to generate and collect combustion aerosols for chemical analysis. …

A Computer Graphics Program For Displaying Water Molecules On A Dn3500 Apollo Workstation, Michael A. Stuller

Opportunities for Undergraduate Research Experience Program (OURE)

A computer graphics program is developed for displaying water molecule configurations on the screen of a DN3500 Apollo workstation. The motivation was to generate a fast display of output from molecular dynamics or Monte Carlo computer simulations. Input to the program consists of a listing of the Cartesian coordinates of the atomic constituents of the molecules. Options in the program include: 1) number of molecules; 2) plot size; 3) atomic radii; 4) superposition of substrate atomic positions; 5) viewing angle; and 6) color-coded and/or numbered atoms. The program is written in Fortran.

Dna Mapping Algorithms: Topological Mapping, Kenneth Moorman, Paul Poulosky, Will Gillett

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There are several basic approaches that can be used in attempting to produce high-resolution DNA restriction maps. A standard approach is the match/merge approach in which first the topology of the map units being mapped together is suppressed and lists of potential matches between fragments are generated, and second the topology is introduced to eliminate matchlists which are inconsistent with the topology. This technical report documents a different approach to DNA mapping, known as topological mapping. In topological mapping the precedence of the two criteria are reversed, i.e., the topology of the two map units is used as the primary …

Saam: The Strategic Asset Allocation Model, Judy Lewis, Todd Gamble, John Tai

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Asset Allocation has become a dominant factor for investment strategies in recent years. It has found that by holding a strategically diversified portfolio, a high total return on investments can be maintained while, at the same time, reducing portfolio volatility. With recent federal regulations mandating pension investment responsibilities, appropriate asset allocation has become more important than ever. SAAM is a software package specifically designed to be used as a tool to aid the investment professional in determining pension portfolio allocations. SAAM uses the expect system shell CLIPS, has a user-friendly interface, displays output graphically, and runs within the confines of …

Performance Analysis Of The Ethernet Under Conditions Of Bursty Traffic, Tony Y. Mazraani, Gurudatta M. Parulkar

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In this paper we present a simulation study of the Ethernet performance under conditions of bursty traffic. This study is motivated by two observations: Ethernet will continue to be a widely used Local Area Network (LAN), especially as an access LAN for future high speed internet (or Broadband ISDN); and future high speed applications can best be modeled as bursty sources. Bursty traffic in this study is specified using three parameters: peak bandwidth, average bandwidth, and burst factor. The simulation study shows that the inherent behavior of the Ethernet does not change with bursty traffic. That is, as long as …

Performance Evaluation Of A Traffic Control Mechanism For Atm Networks, Andreas D. Bovopoulos

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Future ATM networks will be required to support a plethora of services, transaction types and cell sequence behaviors with performance guarantees. Before this goal can be realized, however, some basically problems related to bandwidth allocation and traffic control in the ATM layer must be resolve. Such problems will in all likelihood defy solution as long as they studied in isolation without a unifying traffic characterization and traffic control framework. This work presented in this paper is part of an ongoing effort directed at the development of an integrated traffic characterization and control infrastructure for ATM networks. In this paper a …

72. Professor Cristofor I. Simionescu On His 70th Birthday, Otto Vogl, Ioan I. Negulescu

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No abstract provided.

Shadow Casting Phenomena At Newgrange, Frank Prendergast

Articles

A digital model of the Newgrange passage tomb and surrounding ring of monoliths known as the Great Circle is used to investigate sunrise shadow casting phenomena at the monument. Diurnal variation in shadow directions and lengths are analysed for their potential use in the Bronze Age to indicate the passage of seasonal time. Computer-aided simulations are developed from a photogrammetric survey to accurately show how three of the largest monoliths, located closest to the tomb entrance and archaeologically coded GC1, GC-1 and GC-2, cast their shadows onto the vertical face of the entrance kerbstone, coded K1. The phenomena occur at …

Effects Of Sample Orientation On The Corrosion Of Zinc In Ammonium Sulfate And Sodium Hydroxide Solutions, D. Abayarathna, Edward Boyd Hale, Thomas J. O'Keefe, Y. M. Wang, D. Radovic

Physics Faculty Research & Creative Works

The corrosion and electrochemical properties of three zinc single crystal surfaces with different orientations have been investigated. In near-neutral 1 M (NH₄)₂SO₄, the corrosion rates on all three surfaces were found to be similar. However, the SEM morphologies of the corresponding corroded surfaces were markedly different from each other, but consistent with preferential attack of {1120} surfaces. In alkaline 0.5 N NaOH solution, the three sample orientations showed significantly different reactivities, with the (1120) surface exhibiting the highest reactivity and corrosion rate. Here, passivation ultimately occurred and the difference in the corrosion performance of …