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The Dynamic Balance Between Experts And The Public In The Assessment Of Hazards: Ocean Incineration - The U.S. Experience, Sally J. Spadaro

Marine Affairs Theses and Major Papers

Understanding environmental threats posed as a byproduct of technology has become an important role for our federal governmental agencies. This study examined environmental hazard assessment in theory and in practice. Discussion established the unique nature of environmental hazard assessment as compared to financial or natural hazard assessment. This first section examined advantages and shortcomings of four methods to judge the tolerability of environmental hazards: Natural Baselines, Risk/Cost/Benefit Analysis, Revealed Preferences, and Expressed Preferences. The differences in perspectives between expert risk assessors and the lay public was highlighted. For the case of ocean incineration of hazardous wastes the dilemma faced by …

Iowa Academy Of Science Directory, 1988-89: Officers, Committees, And Membership Roster, Iowa Academy Of Science

Iowa Academy of Science Documents

Contents:

Board of Directors ... 5
Program Directors ... 6
Editors ... 7
Committees ... 9
Sections ... 24
Award Recipients ... 54
Past Presidents ... 56
Membership Roster ... 57
Constitution and Bylaws ... 70

Dual Pricing: Theory And Applications., Shikha Jha Dr.

Doctoral Theses

Even after thirty five yaara of planned economic develogment a large fraction of people in India cannot afford to have the basic necessities Like food, clothing and shelter. To quote from the Econonic Survey [1984-85), Buoyant agricultural parformance thus far has dependad mainly upon production gains in wheat and rice. Performance with raspect to other critical crops, such as pulser and oilseeds, and dryland farning generally, remains veak. The rate of growth of industry, although somewhat higher than in the ten years preceding the sixth Plan, remains low... population continues to grow at about 2 percent per year. At this …

An Application Of Stochastic Learning Automata To Queueing Disciplines, Tearesa Lynn Wegscheid

Masters Theses

There has been extensive research in the area of Stochastic Learning in both Psychology and Computer Science. This thesis examines the literature of Stochastic Learning automata with respect to operation control. It traces the development of an optimal reinforcement scheme, and examines the applications of Stochastic Learning automata in routing. The paper simulates M/M/3 and M/M/5 queueing systems similar to the system described by Glorioso and Osorio. The simulation implements L_r-p, L_i-p, and L_r-i learning models and compares their performance to Teller Window and Jockeying. A blocking factor is developed to provide more information for …

Deer Damage Control Preferences And Use Decisions Of New York Orchardists, K.G. Purdy, W.F. Siemer, G.A. Pomerantz, T.L. Brown

Eastern Wildlife Damage Control Conference: 3rd (1987)

Previous studies in New York, the nation's second leading state in apple production, have contributed much to deer management decisions that give consideration to orchardists' concerns about crop damage. Little information, however, has been reported about orchardists' reasons for adopting or not adopting particular types of deer damage controls or their preference for various forms of possible damage control assistance. Two complementary studies, conducted in early 1987 by the Human Dimensions Research Unit, Department of Natural Resources, Cornell University, have addressed these information needs. A mail survey of orchardists in an important fruit-producing region of southeastern New York indicated that …

Student Profile, Fall 1987, Division Of Student Affairs, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio, Office Of Student Information Systems, Wright State University

Wright State University Student Fact Books

The student profile fact book has general demographic information on all students enrolled at Wright State University for Fall Quarter, 1987.

Partitioning The Process Of Interaction: An Abstract View, Balachander Krishnamurthy

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

The Probe, Issue 75 - September 1987

The Probe: Newsletter of the National Animal Damage Control Association

THE PROBE
National Animal Damage Control Association
SEPTEMBER, 1987
The Transfer of the ADC to the USDA
APHIS Activity Reports
M-44 Alert
A record-breaking attempt to stuff a man and 250 rattlesnakes into a sleeping bag.
Personnel
The APHIS Fight Song
Letters to Ye Ed

The Prairie Naturalist Volume 19, No. 3. September 1987

The Prairie Naturalist

Paul B. Kannowski, Editor

Nikki R. Seabloom, Assistant Editor

Douglas H. Johnson, Book Review Editor

TABLE OF CONTENTS

DISTRIBUTION AND POPULATION TREND OF WESTERN MEADOWLARKS IN ILLINOIS ▪ R. D. Applegate and A. G. Willms

EFFECT OF DISRUPTIVE BACKGROUND ON PREDATION OF ARTIFICIAL NESTS BY AMERICAN CROWS ▪ L. G. Sugden

AVIAN HABITAT OCCUPANCY FOLLOWING FIRE IN A MONTANA SHRUB STEPPE ▪ C. E. Bock and J. H. Bock

ACTIVITY OF A WILD BLACK-FOOTED FERRET LITTER ▪ R. Paunovich and S. C. Forrest

EGG-DIAMETER DEVELOPMENT OF GIZZARD SHAD COLLECTED FROM A GREAT PLAINS RESERVOIR ▪ C. A. Cox and D. …

The Law Of Wildlife Protection In The United States, David H. Getches

Proceedings of the Sino-American Conference on Environmental Law (August 16)

27 pages.

Contains 12 pages of endnotes.

The Probe, Issue 74 - August 1987

The Probe: Newsletter of the National Animal Damage Control Association

THE PROBE
National Animal Damage Control Association
AUGUST, 1987
The Poison Control
Extension vs APHIS-ADC
California Vertebrate Pest Control Conference
Letters to Ye Ed
Third Eastern Wildlife Damage Conference

A Quantitative Analysis Of Poverty, Inequality And Consumer Behaviour: The Case Of The Schedule Casts And Tribes Of Karnataka., Shailaja Raghuprasad Dr.

Doctoral Theses

The concept of growth with social justice is basic to the philosophy of development underlying Indian economic Planning. This philosophy is reflected in our former Prime Minister Mrs Indira Gandhi's foreword to the sixth Plan (1980-85) document where she wrote, Economic Growth must be balanced, it must ensure self - reliance, stability and social justice. All sections should be assured that there will be no discrimination'.It is with those weaker sections - rather a segment of them that this study is concerned, Our study is an attempt to look closely at the levels of living and the consumer behaviour of …

Patterns Of Emotion Within Mathematics Problem-Solving, Frances A. Rosamond

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

There is often a divide between the experience of positive emotions toward math on the part of mathematical educators and negative emotions toward math on the part of students. This paper utilizes psychologist Richard Lazarus's work on the effects of positive emotions in order to highlight their benefits for mathematical pedagogy, to explain the author's experiment applying Lazarus's theory, and to suggest ways this application might support and foster positive emotions in students.

Agenda: Water As A Public Resource: Emerging Rights And Obligations, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center

Water as a Public Resource: Emerging Rights and Obligations (Summer Conference, June 1-3)

Conference organizers and/or faculty included University of Colorado School of Law professors Lawrence J. MacDonnell, David H. Getches, and Charles F. Wilkinson.

This conference focused on the legal rights associated with a broad range of public uses and interests in water including recreation, fish and wildlife protection, and water quality. Evolving legal areas such as the public trust doctrine, instream flow laws, federal reserved rights, and wetlands protection were discussed.

Water as a Public Resource: Emerging Rights and Obligations considered the extension of the public trust doctrine to areas previously not covered by this concept, as well as developments in …

The I.A.S Bulletin, V21n1, June 1987, Iowa Academy Of Science

IAS Bulletin

In this issue:

--- A Note from the Editor
--- Annual Meeting Address by Paul Walte
--- Lenore Durkee Assumes Presidency
--- Iowa Science Foundation Grants Awarded 1987-88
--- Iowa Academy of Science Recognizes Outstanding Science Students
--- 1986-87 Committee Reports
--- Membership Facts

A Rank Correlation Coefficient Resistant To Outliers, Rudy Gideon, Robert Ashley Hollister

Mathematical Sciences Faculty Publications

In this article, a nonparametric correlation coefficient is defined that is based on the principle of maximum deviations. This new correlation coefficient, RgB is easy to compute by hand for small to medium sample sizes. In comparing it with existing correlation coefficients, it was found to be superior in a sampling situation that we call "biased outliers," and hence appears to be more resistant to outliers than the Pearson, Spear- man, and Kendall correlation coefficients. In a correlational study not included in this article of some social data consisting of five variables for each of 51 observations, Rg was compared …

Social Traps And Environmental Policy, Robert Costanza

Institute for Sustainable Solutions Publications and Presentations

In recent years, scientific understanding and public awareness of environmental problems have increased tremendously. Yet our ability to manage these problems effectively has in too many cases gotten worse, not better. By studying real-world social traps and laboratory examples, we can learn effective escapes.

Rise To Power Of Senator Joseph R. Mccarthy: Reflections Of The Cold War Mccarthy Era In American Film, Scott Lainer

Honors Theses

The common bond between much of the film industry and Joseph McCarthy was insecurity and the drive for national approval. If one grasps the specific characteristics of McCarthy the man, and the methods of these politically "inspired" movies, we can to better place the period into context and acknowledge the fact that, if the citizenry is not aware, and is again caught by an ever-building wave of trickle down sentiment, the 1950s might not prove to be an isolated period in American history. Insecurity was not a fifties novelty. It still exists, and could potentially escalate anti-Communist policy and sentiment …

Comparative Instructor Attitudes Toward College Level English And Mathematics Experiences For Gifted High School Students, Bruce Vickers

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Samples derived from a mailed questionnaire were compared. The sample represented high school, community college and university instructors of mathematics and English. The Kentucky public schools sampled were equally represented among high school, community colleges and universities. The research indicated that of those instructors sampled a very high percentage (97.7%) feel that those high school students shown to be academically gifted would benefit from a college experience before high school graduation. The attitudes of those instructors sampled indicated that multiple criteria – grades, recommendations, standardized test scores and personal interview – were considered the preferred method of selection (82.5%). The …

Logic And Proof For Mathematicians: A Twentieth Century Perspective, Calvin Jongsma

Faculty Work Comprehensive List

If there is one aspect of mathematics education that frustrates both students and teachers alike, it has got to be learning how to do valid proofs. Students often feel they really know the mathematics they're studying but that their teachers place some unreasonably stringent demands upon their arguments. Teachers, on the other hand, can't understand where their students get some of the wacky arguments they come up with. They argue in circles, they end up proving a different result from what they claim, they make false statements, they draw invalid inferences - it can be quite exasperating at times! Unfortunately, …

The Annual Meeting Of The Iowa Academy Of Science April 24-25, 1987 [Program, 99th Meeting], Iowa Academy Of Science

Iowa Academy of Science Documents

Program Contents:

Program Summary --- 4
General Session Speakers --- 9
Awards --- 12
Distinguished Fellow --- 12
Distinguished Iowa Scientist --- 13
Distinguished Service --- 14
Symposia Programs --- 15
Workshops/Discussions --- 20
Meetings --- 23
Tours/Demonstrations/Field Trips --- 24
Video Film Preview --- 25
Poster Papers --- 26
Campus Map --- Centerfold
Section Programs --- 29
Agricultural Sciences --- 30
Anthropology --- 32
Biotechnology --- 33
Botany --- 36
Chemical Education --- 41
Chemistry, Inorganic --- 42
Chemistry, Organic --- 45
Conservation --- 46
Elementary Science --- 47
Engineering --- 48
Geology --- 52
Linguistics --- 55
Nursing …

Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 29 Number 3, Spring 1987, Santa Clara University

Santa Clara Magazine

10 - AROUND THE WORLD IN 500 DAYS How and why Mike Brozda stepped off the treadmill and onto the "road less traveled." By Mike Brozda

16 - TURNING OFF TV's MIND-SET Confessions of a "cultural heretic" who turned off TV and selected a different channel. By Mitch Finley

19 - ADVOCATE FOR THE UNDERDOG Peter Conk '71, as seen through the eyes of faculty friend and mentor, Father Tenny Wright, S.J. By Tennant C. Wright, S.J.

24 - LETTING GO A three-step lesson in the fine art of delegation on the way to becoming a leader. By Timothy W. …

The Probe, Issue 71 - March/April 1987

The Probe: Newsletter of the National Animal Damage Control Association

Contents:
EPA audit of the Denver Wildlife Research Center
APHIS Activity Report
Golf Handicaps
APHIS Wins Award
Great Plains Workshop
Letters to the Editor
"Home Free," ultrasonic pest control devices
Trapping in Wilderness Areas
Fur and Beauty Pageants

An Essay On The Formation And Dynamics Of The Marketed Surplus And Price Of Foodgrains., Vathsala Narasimhan Dr.

Doctoral Theses

The the sde is baadcally a methodological exploration of the field we have Celled the ti end d eted and price of foodgrains. The object ie basically to develop a framework of thought, developing alongaide the toola, concepte and methods necessary for the purpose. In doing this we keep entirely to the baaic structure of the field as ve see it, which is defined in reference to a few bare elenentary facts pertaining to our general context of reference the rest is simply abstracted from. Our whole approach 1a thus 8crictiy anRALA mothodology is oxplored within boundaries that we ourselves …

Perception Of A Quadrilaleral, Chia-Hoang Lee

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

An Attribute-Grammar Implementation Of Government-Binding Theory, Nelson Correa

Electrical Engineering and Computer Science - All Scholarship

The syntactic analysis of languages with respect to Government binding (GB) grammar is a problem that has received relatively little attention until recently. This paper describes an attribute grammar specification of the Government binding theory. The paper focuses on the description of the attribution rules responsible for determining antecedent trace relations in phrase-structure trees, and on some theoretical implications of those rules for the GB model. The specification relies on a transformation-le variant of Government "binding theory, briefly discussed by Chomsky (1981), in which the rule move-a is replaced by an interpretive rule. Here the interpretive rule is specified by …

Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 29 Number 2, Winter 1987, Santa Clara University

Santa Clara Magazine

9 - CAMPAIGN FINANCING A look at what's wrong with modern campaigns and a creative, alternative approach to financing them. By Timothy J. Lukes

13 - TRADITION SHATTERED One hundred women broke the all male tradition at SCU 25 years ago. They returned to the campus to celebrate. By Barbara Wyman

18 - PAUL AQUINO: 0 & A Paul Aquino '65 talks about his famous sister-in-law, Cory, his family, and life in the Philippines.

21 - A YEAR FOR OTHERS Seven 1986 graduates chose to spend this year with the ·Jesuit Volunteers. They talk about what it's like. By Julie …

Ua35/11 Student Honors Research Bulletin, Wku Honors Program

WKU Administration Documents

The WKU Student Honors Research Bulletin is dedicated to scholarly involvement and student research. These papers are representative of work done by students from throughout the university.

• Baum, Carole. A Glance at Phenomenology and Its Approach to Literary Criticism, 1987
• Coble, Terrell. Personality Determinants: Research Results and Implications for Intervention, 1987
• Crase, Kim. Recent Developments in Products Liability, 1987
• Flora, Joan. Simms's Frontier Characters, 1987
• Ford, Doug, David Gray and Nick Nauman. Right-to-Work Laws, 1987
• Gray, Michael. Through Pontormo's Eyes, 1987
• Jackson, Jewel. Is Creativity Teachable? 1987
• Logsdon, Doug. James I as King Lear, 1987
• Schneringer, Joseph. Weather Stations in …

Ua56/1 Fact Book, Wku Institutional Research

WKU Administration Documents

Statistical and demographic profile of WKU.

Proof And Intuition, Michael Detlefsen

ACMS Journal 2004

This paper aims to give a clear exposition of two critiques of logicism. The intuitionist, Brouwer, is best known for rejecting the law of the excluded middle (his "special critique.") The paper argues that Brouwer's "general critique" is deeper and more extensive than this. That is, Brouwer is arguing that mathematical knowledge requires a kind of direct mathematical experience, analogous to sensory experience and this cannot be attained simply by linguistic operations independently of experience. It also discusses Poincare's critiques - that there is a huge difference between genuine mathematical insight and an ability to logically manipulate mathematical truths and …