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Journal Of Engineering Education Round Table: Reflections On The Grinter Report, James G. Harris, Eugene M. Deloatch, William R. Grogan, Irene C. Peden, John R. Whinnery

Electrical Engineering

The Round Table is a new presentation format for the Journal of Engineering Education. The purpose of the Round Table is to present the comments of several distinguished individuals about a topic as well as their responses to the comments offered by their colleagues. For the initial Journal of Engineering Education Round Table we asked for reflections about the Grinter Report, published in September 1955.

After a brief introduction to the topic of discussion, the invited participants present their views, and, then, respond to the remarks of their colleagues. The goal is two-fold: to present a spectrum of views on …

Chinese American Habitation: From Dwelling To Home, Christopher L. Yip

Architecture

No abstract provided.

Ignition And Combustion Properties Of Pulverized Coal Suspended In Laminar Upward Flow Under High Heating Rate Condition, Masayuki Taniguchi, John C. Chen, Kiyoshi Narato, Kazuyuki Ito, Hiroshi Miyadera, Kazuhiko Kudo

Mechanical Engineering

Ignition and combustion behaviors were observed for pulverized coal particles which were suspended in a laminar upward flow and were heated by a single pulse Nd : YAG laser. The surface temperature of the particles was estimated to increase at a rate of about 10⁶K/s. For a bituminous coal, observations with high-speed video revealed that the coal particles ignited heterogeneously 1-2ms after the laser pulse operation and this was followed by the evolution of volatile materials and their combustion in the gas phase. A rate constant of surface oxidation reaction of the bituminous coal at a temperature range …

Effect Of Somatotropin And/Or Equine Chorionic Gonadotropin On Serum And Follicular Insulin-Like Growth Factor I And Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Proteins In Cattle, R. L. Stanko, W. S. Cohick, D. W. Shaw, R. W. Harvey, D. R. Clemmons, M. D. Whitacre, Jeffrey D. Armstrong

Office of the President Scholarship

We investigated the effect of administration of somatotropin (ST) and/or eCG on insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) and IGF-binding proteins (IGFBP) in serum and follicular fluid (FFL) of cattle actively immunized against growth hormone-releasing factor (GRF). Cyclic beef cattle, previously immunized against GRF-( 1-29)-Gly-Gly-Cys-NH₂ conjugated to human serum albumin (synthesized and provided by Hoffmann-LaRoche, Inc., Nutley, NJ; GRFi, n = 31) or to human serum albumin alone (HSAi, n = 26), received (i.m.): 1) 25 mg recombinantly derived methionyl somatotropin (rbST, n = 14; sometribove provided by Monsanto Co., St. Louis, MO); 2) 1100 IU eCG (n = 10); …

Amelioration Of Subsurface Acidity In Sandy Soils In Low Rainfall Regions. Ii. Changes To Soil Solution Composition Following The Surface Application Of Gypsum And Lime, C. D. A. Mclay, G. S.P. Ritchie, W. M. Porter, A. Cruse

Food Science and Nutrition

Two field trials were sampled to investigate the changes to soil solution chemical properties of a yellow sand plain soil with an acidic subsoil following the application of gypsum and lime to the soil surface in 1989. The soils were sandy textured and located in a region of low annual rainfall (300-350 mm). Soil was sampled annually to a depth of 1 m and changes in soil solution composition were estimated by extraction of the soil with 0.005 M KCl.
Gypsum leaching caused calcium (Ca), sulfate (SO₄) and the ionic strength to increase substantially in both topsoil and …

December 9, 1993 Cal Poly Report, Public Affairs Office

Cal Poly Report

No abstract provided.

Executive Committee - Agenda, 12/7/1993, Academic Senate

Academic Senate Agendas

No abstract provided.

Executive Committee - Meeting Minutes, 12/7/1993, Academic Senate

Academic Senate Minutes

No abstract provided.

Mustang Daily, December 3, 1993

Cal Poly Student Newspaper

Student newspaper of California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA.

Mustang Daily, December 2, 1993

Cal Poly Student Newspaper

Student newspaper of California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA.

December 2, 1993 Cal Poly Report, Public Affairs Office

Cal Poly Report

No abstract provided.

Mustang Daily, December 1, 1993

Cal Poly Student Newspaper

Student newspaper of California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA.

The Dynamic Effects Of Agricultural Subsidies In The United States, Harry De Gorter, Eric O'N. Fisher

Economics

This article analyzes the dynamic effects of the farm subsidies in the United States. The subsidies a farmer receives are based upon historical plantings, also called base acreage. It is sometimes optimal for a farmer temporarily not to participate in a program in order to increase future subsidies. The farmer's optimal policy is the solution to a deterministic dynamic program. Farmers with low base acreage opt out of these programs, whereas those with high base acreage participate in them. The article examines aggregate data involving corn, cotton, rice, and wheat during 1987. It shows that these programs increase the output …

Review Of Constitutional Environments And Economic Growth By Gerald W. Scully, Michael L. Marlow

Economics

No Abstract

Rock Magnetic Criteria For The Detection Of Biogenic Magnetite, Bruce M. Moskowitz, Richard B. Frankel, Dennis A. Bazylinski

Physics

We report results on the magnetic properties of magnetites produced by magnetotactic and dissimilatory iron-reducing bacteria. Magnetotactic bacterial (MTB) strains MS1, MV1 and MV2 and dissimilatory iron-reducing bacterium strain GS-15, grown in pure cultures, were used in this study. Our results suggest that a combination of room temperature coercivity analysis and low temperature remanence measurements provides a characteristic magnetic signature for intact chains of single domain (SD) particles of magnetite from MTBs. The most useful magnetic property measurements include: (1) acquisition and demagnetization of isothermal remanent magnetization (IRM) using static, pulse and alternating fields; (2) acquisition of anhysteretic remanent magnetization …

Quantile-Locating Functions And The Distance Between The Mean And Quantiles, D. Gilat, Theodore P. Hill

Research Scholars in Residence

Given a random variable X with finite mean, for each 0 < p < 1, a new sharp bound is found on the distance between a p-quantile of X and its mean in terms of the central absolute first moment of X. The new bounds strengthen the fact that the mean of X is within one standard deviation of any of its medians, as well as a recent quantile-generalization of this fact by O'Cinneide.

Academic Senate - Agenda, 11/30/1993, Academic Senate

Academic Senate Agendas

No abstract provided.

Mustang Daily, November 30, 1993

Cal Poly Student Newspaper

Student newspaper of California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA.

Academic Senate - Meeting Minutes, 11/30/1993, Academic Senate

Academic Senate Minutes

No abstract provided.

Mustang Daily, November 29, 1993

Cal Poly Student Newspaper

Student newspaper of California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA.

Mustang Daily, November 23, 1993

Cal Poly Student Newspaper

Student newspaper of California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA.

Executive Committee - Meeting Minutes, 11/23/1993, Academic Senate

Academic Senate Minutes

No abstract provided.

Executive Committee - Agenda, 11/23/1993, Academic Senate

Academic Senate Agendas

No abstract provided.

Mustang Daily, November 22, 1993

Cal Poly Student Newspaper

Student newspaper of California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA.

Mustang Daily, November 19, 1993

Cal Poly Student Newspaper

Student newspaper of California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA.

November 18, 1993 Cal Poly Report, Public Affairs Office

Cal Poly Report

No abstract provided.

Mustang Daily, November 18, 1993

Cal Poly Student Newspaper

Student newspaper of California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA.

Mass Media Messages, Myths And Martyrs: Analyzing "American Responds To Aids" Public Service Announcements, 1987-1992, Douglas J. Swanson

Journalism

A brief narrative description of the journal article, document, or resource. Focusing on the federal government's efforts to educate the public to the dangers of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), a study examined "America Responds to AIDS" public service announcements (PSA's) through a traditional rhetorical analysis (PSA characters, plot, pace, tone, and message design). Forty-four English-language television and radio PSA's produced under the "America Responds to AIDS" campaign were examined. Results indicated that the PSA's: (1) support cultural stereotypes of male carriers and female victims; (2) used inexplicit terminology; (3) employed fear appeals; (4) blocked access to helpful information with …

Fe304 And Fe3S4 In A Bacterium, Dennis A. Bazylinski, Brigid R. Heywood, Stephen Mann, Richard B. Frankel

Physics

No abstract provided.

Mustang Daily, November 17, 1993

Cal Poly Student Newspaper

Student newspaper of California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA.