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Computer Information Systems Bachelor's Degree Programs To Advance Your Career 1983-1984, Nova University

College of Engineering and Computing Course Catalogs

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Computer Science Master's Degree Programs To Advance Your Career 1983-1984, Nova University

College of Engineering and Computing Course Catalogs

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Multidimensional Graphical Representations By Chernoff-Type Faces In Color: Assigning Data Coordinates To Face Parameters Through Principal Component Analysis, Hendrik Johannes Beaujon

MUSC Theses and Dissertations

A new Chernoff-type face in color has been developed for purposes of representing and analyzing multidimensional data. This cartoon-like but fairly realistic face is defined by 20 parameters, including 4 color parameters. The programming was done in extended BASIC on the Hewlett-Packard 9845C color graphics computer. A method based on the mean pooled variances of parameter values within observed clusters was developed in order to establish an empirical rank order of importance among the face parameters. It was found experimentally that the smile, the outline of the face, and certain eye parameters were among the most important. Using a model …

Identification And Characterization Of Three Glacial Tills In Kandiyohi County, Minnesota, Allan G. Giencke, Richard O. Paulson, James R. Crum

Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science

During the course of the Kandiyohi Co., Minnesota, soil survey, three different glacial tills were recognized and separated from what was formerly thought to be one homogeneous glacial till. Tile first glacial till is from the Des Moines Lobe ice advance. It has a fine-loamy particle size, friable consistency, and appreciable amounts of Cretaceous shale fragments. The oven-dry bulk density ranges from 1.3 to 1.5 glee. The second glacial till is from the Wadena Lobe ice advance. It has a coarse-loamy particle size, friable consistency, oven-dry bulk density of 1.5 to 1.7 glee, and small amounts of Cretaceous shale fragments. …

Some Design Considerations For Picture Archiving And Communication Systems, J. R. Cox, G. J. Blaine, R. L. Hill, R. G. Jost, C. D. Shum

All Computer Science and Engineering Research

Design considerations for picture archiving and communication systems are reviewed with special emphasis on those issues that differ from conventional network architectures. Design equations for three layers of a picture network are developed and discussed in the context of preliminary estimates of the flow of digital images between a multiplicity of picture sources, picture archives and picture viewing stations. Discussions of differences from conventional networks focuses on the local nature of the net, the availability of a wide-band transmission media with low error rates, the relative costliness of network equipment capable of taking advantage of the wide-band transmission media and …

Universal Stationary-Phase Treatment Of Far-Wing And Excimer Spectral Line Shapes, Ronald James Bieniek, T. J. Streeter

Physics Faculty Research & Creative Works

When two atoms are in proximity, their resonance lines are broadened because of the formation of molecular potentials, between which photon transitions can occur. The level of experimental refinement in measuring excimer and collisional far-wing spectra calls for interpretive theoretical methods that accurately treat the observed structure in line shapes. Of particular interest are satellites and undulations, for they can give much information on intermolecular potentials. We derive an expression for T-matrix elements, based on JWKB wave functions and stationary-phase techniques, that is universally applicable to situations with one, two, or more Condon points. Each transition point is treated individually, …

Ion Scattering From State-Selected Rydberg Atoms, G. A. Kohring, A. E. Wetmore, Ronald E. Olson

Physics Faculty Research & Creative Works

Classical-trajectory Monte Carlo calculations have been performed for collisions of protons with state-selected hydrogenic Rydberg atoms. The examples investigated were Rydberg atoms in the n=10, l=9 level with ml=0 and 9. The collision velocity range was 0.1 to 1.0 a.u. (2.2x107 to 2.2x108 cm/s). The ionization cross sections were found to be relatively insensitive to changes in the ml levels. However, the charge-transfer cross sections showed considerable enhancement if the Rydberg electron is orientated in a plane which is parallel to the direction of the incident projectile. © 1983 The American Physical Society.

Homogeneous Nucleation Of Toluene, John L. Schmitt, R. A. Zalabsky, G. W. Adams

Physics Faculty Research & Creative Works

The authors have used a fast expansion chamber to measure the homogeneous nucleation rate of toluene as a function of temperature and supersaturation. The measured nucleation rate ranges from 102 to 105 drops/cm3 s over a temperature range of 215-267 K. The measurements are compared with the "classical" nucleation theory and with the RKC theory. The inclusion of the RKC replacement factor brings the data into good agreement with theory using physically realistic values of the surface tension and the sticking coefficient. An empirical curve fit to the data is presented as well as a full listing of the thermodynamic …

New Relativistic Paradoxes And Open Questions, Florentin Smarandache

Branch Mathematics and Statistics Faculty and Staff Publications

Following the Special Theory of Relativity, Florentin Smarandache generalized the Lorentz Contraction Factor to an Oblique-Contraction Factor, which gives the contraction factor of the lengths moving at an oblique angle with respect to the motion direction. He also proved that relativistic moving bodies are distorted, and he computed the Angle-Distortion Equations.

He then showed several paradoxes, inconsistencies, contradictions, and anomalies in the Theory of Relativity.

According to the author, not all physical laws are the same in all inertial reference frames, and he gives several counter-examples. He also supports superluminal speeds, and he considers that the …

Quantitative Estimates For Lp Approximation With Positive Linear Operators, J. J. Swetits, B. Wood

Mathematics & Statistics Faculty Publications

Quantitative estimates for approximation with positive linear operators are derived. The results are in the same vein as recent results of Berens and DeVore. Two examples are provided.

Mineralogy And Chemistry Of The Tuff On Pritchards Station, East-Central Nevada, Stanley Christopher Hatfield

Masters Theses

"The Tuff of Pritchards Station in east-central Nevada is a little-known ash-flow tuff of limited areal extent. A detailed study of this tuff was conducted to determine if it is a distinctive unit which can be correlated from one locality to another.

Mineralogical and chemical data indicate that the Tuff of Pritchards Station displays significant lateral variability. Lateral variations in mineralogy include changes in total crystal content and the amount and grain size of individual minerals present over the area studied. Chemically, the tuff is a quartz latite to rhyodacite in composition. However, certain elements, most noteably titanium, show considerable …

Glacial Deposits, Vol. 11, 1982-1983, Department Of Geography-Geology

Glacial Deposits

Newsletter of the Department of Geography-Geology

An Assessment Of Wisalts Banks At Dangin, C J. Henschke, J A. Bessell-Browne

Resource management technical reports

This report compares two alternative approaches for the treatment and management of salt affected land at Dangin, Western Australia by determining whether there are benefits from a WISALTS bank system which would not accrue from standard soil conservation recommendations; comparing the costs and benefits of the two systems; and determining the nature of the effects of the two systems, particularly with respect to soil salinity.

Modeling Multimicrocomputer Networks, Daniel A. Reed

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

Interface Issues In A Software Parts Technology, John R. Rice, Herbert D. Schwetman

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

The String-To-String Correction Problem With Block Moves, Walter F. Tichy

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

Transparent Integrated Local And Distributed Environment (Tilde) Project Overview, Douglas E. Comer

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

Small Systems, Dirk Siefkes

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

Conversation-Based Mail, Douglas E. Comer, Larry J. Peterson

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

A Model For Coherent Distributed Systems, Robert L. Brown, Peter J. Denning, Walter F. Tichy

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

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Miocene Burrows Of Extinct Bear Dogs: Indication Of Early Denning Behavior Of Large Mammalian Carnivores, Robert M. Hunt Jr., Xue Xiang-Xu, Joshua Kaufman

Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences: Faculty Publications

Partial skeletons off our species of extinct carnivores have been found in their dens excavated in the floodplain of an early Miocene ephemeral braided stream at Agate Fossil Beds National Monument, Nebraska. Bear dogs (Carnivora: Amphicyonidae) were the principal occupants; their den dimensions and body size are similar to those of living wolves and hyenas. Discovery of this predator community extends the record of denning behavior of large mammalian carnivores to the early Miocene, 20 million years ago.

In Situ Studies Of Velocity In Fractured Crystalline Rocks, Daniel Moos, Mark D. Zoback

United States Geological Survey: Staff Publications

A study of the effects of macroscopic fractures on P and S wave velocities has been conducted in four wells drilled in granitic rock to depths between 0.6 and 1.2km. The effect of macroscopic fractures is to decrease both V_p, and V_s and increase V_p/V_s. In wells with a relatively low density of macroscopic fractures, the in situ velocitiys similar to that of saturated core samples under confining pressure in the laboratory, and there is a clear correlation between zones with macroscopic fractures and anomalously low velocities. In wells with numerous macroscopic fractures, …

Index Construction For Multiple Objective Analysis Of Land And Water Use In A High Mountain Watershed, L. Douglas James, Dean T. Larson, Mac Mckee, Jay J. Messer, Thomas M. Twedt, Randy Sperger, Barbara D. Campion, Frank J. Nemanich, Donald B. Porcella, Herbert H. Fullerton

Reports

Comprehensive planning is an elusive ideal. The practical planner must sort the relevant information from the vast amounts of data that modern technology can collect. The objective of this study was to use the Upper Blackfoot watershed in the mountains of Southeastern Idaho as an arena for developing methods for construction, refinement, and application of indices needed to design land and water management schemes, compare alternatives, and influence the public in their uses of the area. A total of 21 uses were examined on 242 land units of a 160 square-mile area ranging in elevation from 6300 to 9000 feet …

A Preliminary Quantification Of The Impacts Of Aspen To Conifer Succession On Water Yield Within The Colorado River Basin (A Process Aggravating The Salt Pollution Problem), Gerald F. Gifford, William Humphries, Richard A. Jaynes

Reports

Heat pulse velocity techniques were developed for effectively monitoring water movement in aspen (Populus ttremuloides), subalpine fir (Abies lasiocarpa), and Englemann spruce (Picea engelmannii). Once the techniques were perfected, transpiration was monitored in replicated trees of each species for one year. This data was used to modify the plant activity index and the crop coefficient for each species within the model ASPCON, a deterministic, lumped-parameter model describing the hydrology of aspen to conifer succession. Results of the modeling indicate 18.5 cm(7.3 in) net loss of moisture available for stream flow when spruce replace aspen, and a loss of 7.1 cm …

Conjunctive Water Use Planning With Water Quality Constraints In Tooele Valley, Utah, Bhasker Rao K., Calvin G. Clyde, Rangesan Narayanan

Reports

The need for more efficient water management is gaining recognition due to the increased cost of water supply, the growth in the demand for water, and greater environmental and social impacts of water programs. "Conjunctive use" of surfact and groundwater resources provides opportunities for increasing net benefits to the water users. Past "conjunctive use" studies, however, have usually not included water quality constraints. In Tooele valley, Utah, spatial variation of groundwater qualtity (total dissolved solids) is significant. The areas of good (400-500 mg/1), fair (500-1,000 mg/1), and poor (1,000-3,000 mg/1) quality groundwaters were identified in an earlier study by the …

Reconnaissance Of Sediment-Phosphorus Relationships In Some Utah Reservoirs, Jay J. Messer, Jean M. Ihnat

Reports

Introduction: Phosphorus inputs to lakes and reservoirs from tributary streams and non-point sources are well-known contributors to nuisance algal growths that degrade water quality for potable and recreational uses in lakes and reservoirs. However, phosphours inputs to the euphotic zone may also occur from within the lake itself, as a result of releases from both oxic and anoxid sediments. Such releases may originate from phosphorus inputs to a lake or reservoir during high runoff periods in the previous winder or spring, or they may represent phosphorus trapped in the sediment many years earlier, when phosphorus contributions from natural or anthropogenic …

Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons: Are They A Problem In Processed Oil Shales?, David L. Maase, V. Dean Adams

Reports

Organic residues from processed oil shales were characterisized with specific attention to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH). Oil shale development in the White River Basin (Utah and Colorado) was projected and hydrological and geological parameters pertinent to estimations of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) flux were focused. Oil shale samples from the Union B, Paraho, and Tosco II processes were extracted by using organic solvents in a soxhlet apparatus and by mixing shale samples with water (characterization in

Impediments To Effective Interactions Between Multipurpose Water Districts And Other Governmental Institutions In Urbanizing Areas, Jay M. Bagley, Frank W. Haws, Wendell B. Anderson, Daniel H. Hoggan, Lee Kapaloski

Reports

Water institutions are highly diffused throughout society. These institutions interact with one another in various ways. As water needs and services expand, collaborative and cooperative arrangements are commonly sought as a means of meeting common goals of providing a safe, dependable adn least cost water supply to particular constituencies. Of the many different institutions involved in the development, managment, distribution, and use of water, perhaps the most significant in terms of extensive interactions with other institutions is the kind that is typified by Water Conservancy Districts and Metropolitan Water Districts in Utah. The statutory and operating framework of counterpart organizations …

Aquatic Resources Management Of The Colorado River Ecosystem, V. Dean Adams, Vincent A. Lamarra

Reports

The Colorado River system has often been referred to as "the most regulated river system in the world." The Colorado River Basin serves millions of people through agricultural, energy, municipal and industrial uses, fish and wildlife activities, and recreation. The symposium was conceived and organized to allow researchers, private industry, consultants, water users, regulatory agencies, and concerned citizens the opportunity to express needs, desires, and concerns about the vast resources of the Colorado River. We found that there were a diverse number of problems confronting the individuals who are involved in the management of this important ecosystem. A variety of …

Hydrologic Evaluation Of The Coastal Belt Water Project Sarir And Tazerbo Well Fields, Libya, Edward P. Fisk, Christopher J. Duffy, Calvin G. Clyde, Roland W. Jeppson, Phillip H. Degroot, Bhasker Rao K., Win-Kai Liu

Reports

Executive Summary: The basic purpose of this study was to conduct a finite-element computer model and give an dindependent appraisal of the reliability of the groundwater supply for the proposed Coastal Belt Water Project (CBWP_ Well Fields at Sarir and Tazerbo. There is no doubt that ample quantities of groundwater of acceptable quality occur at the sites selected for these well fields for the estimated 50-year life of the project and longer. Of major concern is the predicted drawdown of wells and total pumping lifts throughout the 50-year period. Excessive drawdowns could cause operating costs to become prohibitibely expensive. Average …