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Wrestling And Popular Culture, Dalbir S. Sehmby Mar 2002

Wrestling And Popular Culture, Dalbir S. Sehmby

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

In his article "Wrestling and Popular Culture" Dalbir S. Sehmby investigates a phenomenon of television culture. Wrestling has been for a long time now a main feature of television with a sizable audience. However, scholars in popular culture, audience studies, or television studies have paid little attention to this phenomenon and Dalbir argues that the study of wrestling in popular culture ought to be of interest to scholars of culture. In his discussion, Dalbir addresses notions of high art versus low art along with notions of high television versus low television. He continues with a discussion of the recent history …


Comparative Literature As A Messenger Of Diversity: New Books By Cassola, Durisin And Gnisci, And Kushner And Pageaux, Nicoletta Pireddu Mar 2002

Comparative Literature As A Messenger Of Diversity: New Books By Cassola, Durisin And Gnisci, And Kushner And Pageaux, Nicoletta Pireddu

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

No abstract provided.


Inside Pandora's Box -- Suggestions For Improving Customer Service Today, Michael Steinmacher Feb 2002

Inside Pandora's Box -- Suggestions For Improving Customer Service Today, Michael Steinmacher

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.


Applied Ethics In Animal Research: Philosophy, Regulation, And Laboratory Applications, John P. Gluck, Tony Dipasquale, F. Barbara Orlans Jan 2002

Applied Ethics In Animal Research: Philosophy, Regulation, And Laboratory Applications, John P. Gluck, Tony Dipasquale, F. Barbara Orlans

Purdue University Press Books

This volume is a collection of chapters all contributed by individuals who have presented their ideas at conferences and who take moderate stands with the use of animals in research. Specifically the chapters bear of the issues of: notions of the moral standings of animals, history of the methods of argumentation, knowledge of the animal mind, nature and value of regulatory structures, how respect for animals can be converted from theory to action in the laboratory. The chapters have been tempered by open discussion with individuals with different opinions and not audiences of true believers. It is the hope of …


Announcements Jan 2002

Announcements

The Writing Center Journal

No abstract provided.


Review: The Politics Of Writing Centers, Jill Pennington Jan 2002

Review: The Politics Of Writing Centers, Jill Pennington

The Writing Center Journal

No abstract provided.


Announcements Jan 2002

Announcements

The Writing Center Journal

No abstract provided.


Performance-Related Specifications For Concrete Bridge Superstructures, Volume 2: High-Performance Concrete, J. Olek, Aijsing Lu, Xiuping Feng, Bryan Magee Jan 2002

Performance-Related Specifications For Concrete Bridge Superstructures, Volume 2: High-Performance Concrete, J. Olek, Aijsing Lu, Xiuping Feng, Bryan Magee

JTRP Technical Reports

This is Volume 2 of the Final Report for the project titled “Performance-Related Specifications for Concrete-Bridge Superstructures” dealing with the topic of High-Performance Concrete (HPC). The investigation of high-performance concrete included the development of optimized concrete mixtures and identifying their performance characteristics related to durability for the purpose of using these characteristics in performance–related specifications in the state of Indiana. The research effort described in this report was divided in two phases. Phase I was focused on development of concrete mixtures optimized with respect to selected performance-related parameters. During this phase, ten optimum concrete mixes have been identified from 45 …


Front Matter Jan 2002

Front Matter

The Writing Center Journal

No abstract provided.


Collaborating With A Difference: How A South African Writing Center Brings Comfort To The Contact Zone, Twila Yates Papay Jan 2002

Collaborating With A Difference: How A South African Writing Center Brings Comfort To The Contact Zone, Twila Yates Papay

The Writing Center Journal

No abstract provided.


Fatigue Behavior Of Beam Diaphragm Connections With Intermittent Fillet Welds, Part I, Volume 2, Laboratory Fatigue Evaluation, Amy S. Barth, Mark D. Bowman Jan 2002

Fatigue Behavior Of Beam Diaphragm Connections With Intermittent Fillet Welds, Part I, Volume 2, Laboratory Fatigue Evaluation, Amy S. Barth, Mark D. Bowman

JTRP Technical Reports

This report is the second of a two-part, three volume final report presenting the findings of the research work that was undertaken to evaluate the behavior of Indiana highway bridges with diaphragm members welded directly to the web of the primary beams and girders. Fatigue cracks have been observed at several bridges that utilize the welded diaphragm connection. The seriousness of the cracking and the corresponding potential risk on the integrity of the bridge superstructure were assessed. Inspection and repair guidelines for bridges with the welded diaphragm connections were also developed as part of the research effort. This volume presents …


Modeling Compressor Start Up , H. Bukac Jan 2002

Modeling Compressor Start Up , H. Bukac

International Compressor Engineering Conference

No abstract provided.


The Uniform Soybean Tests: Northern Region 2002, Wad D. Crochet Jan 2002

The Uniform Soybean Tests: Northern Region 2002, Wad D. Crochet

Uniform Soybean Tests Northern Region

United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service Cooperating with State Agricultural Experiment Stations


2002 Rosabeth Moss Kanter Award For Excellence In Work-Family Research Publication, Center For Families, Center For Work And Families Jan 2002

2002 Rosabeth Moss Kanter Award For Excellence In Work-Family Research Publication, Center For Families, Center For Work And Families

Center for Families Publications

No abstract provided.


Working With Wildlife: Urban Canada Goose Management, Brian J. Macgowan, Judy S. Loven, Fred Whitford Jan 2002

Working With Wildlife: Urban Canada Goose Management, Brian J. Macgowan, Judy S. Loven, Fred Whitford

Historical Documents of the Purdue Cooperative Extension Service Archive

Warmer temperatures and longer days of spring also bring an increase in the activities of many species of wildlife, including Canada geese (Branta canadensis). At the turn of the 20th century, Canada geese were almost extirpated from most parts of North America. However, populations of Canada geese have rebounded dramatically, primarily due to the concerted efforts of wildlife mangers across the country and the ability of Canada geese to adapt to habitats found in urban and suburban areas. As human populations increase, so do the conflicts associated with urban/suburban sprawl; and because of this, complaints of goose droppings, lawn damage, …


Verticillium Wilt Of Shade Trees, Paul C. Pecknold Jan 2002

Verticillium Wilt Of Shade Trees, Paul C. Pecknold

Historical Documents of the Purdue Cooperative Extension Service Archive

No abstract provided.


Metal–Insulator–Semiconductor Electrostatics Of Carbon Nanotubes, Jing Guo, Sebastien Goasguen, Mark S. Lundstrom, Supriyo Datta Jan 2002

Metal–Insulator–Semiconductor Electrostatics Of Carbon Nanotubes, Jing Guo, Sebastien Goasguen, Mark S. Lundstrom, Supriyo Datta

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Publications

Carbon nanotube metal-insulator-semiconductor capacitors are examined theoretically. For the densely packed array of nanotubes on a planar insulator, the capacitance per tube is reduced due to the screening of the charge on the gate plane by the neighboring nanotubes. In contrast to the silicon metal-oxide-semiconductor capacitors, the calculated C-VC-V curves reflect the local peaks of the one-dimensional density-of-states in the nanotube. This effect provides the possibility to use C-VC-V measurements to diagnose the electronic structures of nanotubes. Results of the electrostatic calculations can also be applied to estimate the upper-limit on-current of carbon nanotube field-effect transistors.


Quantitative Risk Assessment Of Flammable Refrigerants In Room Air Conditioners, D. Colbourne, T. J. Ritter Jan 2002

Quantitative Risk Assessment Of Flammable Refrigerants In Room Air Conditioners, D. Colbourne, T. J. Ritter

International Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Conference

No abstract provided.


An Overview Of The Properties And Applications Of Hfc-245fa, G. J. Zyhowski, M. M. Spatz, S. Y. Motta Jan 2002

An Overview Of The Properties And Applications Of Hfc-245fa, G. J. Zyhowski, M. M. Spatz, S. Y. Motta

International Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Conference

No abstract provided.


Measurement And Application Of Performance Characteristics Of A Free Piston Stirling Cooler, M. Janssen, P. Beks Jan 2002

Measurement And Application Of Performance Characteristics Of A Free Piston Stirling Cooler, M. Janssen, P. Beks

International Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Conference

No abstract provided.


Combined Refrigerant Volume Control Through An Electronic Expansion Valve With The Self-Tuning Fuzzy Algorithm Applied, R. Zhu, D. Li, Y. Kan Jan 2002

Combined Refrigerant Volume Control Through An Electronic Expansion Valve With The Self-Tuning Fuzzy Algorithm Applied, R. Zhu, D. Li, Y. Kan

International Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Conference

No abstract provided.


Representation Of The Boundary Conditions For Refrigerant Mixtures With The Lemmon-Jacobsen Equation Of State, G. Artico, S. Bobbo, L. Fedele, R. Camporese Jan 2002

Representation Of The Boundary Conditions For Refrigerant Mixtures With The Lemmon-Jacobsen Equation Of State, G. Artico, S. Bobbo, L. Fedele, R. Camporese

International Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Conference

No abstract provided.


Size Matching Consideration During Replacement Of The Condensing Unit, L. Rajapaksha, D. Colbourne, K. O. Suen Jan 2002

Size Matching Consideration During Replacement Of The Condensing Unit, L. Rajapaksha, D. Colbourne, K. O. Suen

International Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Conference

No abstract provided.


Numerical Simulation Of The Flow Of Natural Refrigerants In A Capillary Tube, G. Yan, X. Cao, Y. Wu, J. Cui, Z. Ma Jan 2002

Numerical Simulation Of The Flow Of Natural Refrigerants In A Capillary Tube, G. Yan, X. Cao, Y. Wu, J. Cui, Z. Ma

International Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Conference

No abstract provided.


Simulation Of A Working Cycle Of Micro Reciprocating Compressors , C. Zhao, K. T. Ooi Jan 2002

Simulation Of A Working Cycle Of Micro Reciprocating Compressors , C. Zhao, K. T. Ooi

International Compressor Engineering Conference

No abstract provided.


An Experimental And Numerical Investigation Of The Bridgman Growth Of A Transparent Material, J E. Simpson, S V. Garimella, H C. De Groh Iii Jan 2002

An Experimental And Numerical Investigation Of The Bridgman Growth Of A Transparent Material, J E. Simpson, S V. Garimella, H C. De Groh Iii

CTRC Research Publications

No abstract provided.


Performance Projections For Ballistic Carbon Nanotube Field-Effect Transistors, Jing Guo, Mark S. Lundstrom, Supriyo Datta Jan 2002

Performance Projections For Ballistic Carbon Nanotube Field-Effect Transistors, Jing Guo, Mark S. Lundstrom, Supriyo Datta

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Publications

The performance limits of carbon nanotube field-effect transistors (CNTFETs) are examined theoretically by extending a one-dimensional treatment used for silicon metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFETs). Compared to ballistic MOSFETs, ballistic CNTFETs show similar I-VI-V characteristics but the channel conductance is quantized. For low-voltage, digital applications, the CNTFET with a planar gate geometry provides an on-current that is comparable to that expected for a ballistic MOSFET. Significantly better performance, however, could be achieved with high gate capacitance structures. Because the computed performance limits greatly exceed the performance of recently reported CNTFETs, there is considerable opportunity for progress in device performance.


Concentration Fields In The Solidification Processing Of Metal Matrix Composites, B Moussa, J E. Simpson, S V. Garimella Jan 2002

Concentration Fields In The Solidification Processing Of Metal Matrix Composites, B Moussa, J E. Simpson, S V. Garimella

CTRC Research Publications

A numerical investigation of the solidification of a binary alloy (Al-1.0 wt.% Cu) around cylindrical fibers with different fiber layouts and thermophysical properties was undertaken to gain insight into the processing of fiber-rein- forced metal matrix composites. The focus of this study was on solute transport and redistribution during the solidi-fication process, and the resulting concentration fields in the solidified alloy matrix. Change of phase in the alloy was formulated using a modified version of the temperature-transforming method for the energy equation. A source term that accounts for the solute rejection at the interface was incorporated into the solute concentration …


Semidefinite Programming Duality And Linear Time-Invariant Systems, Venkataramanan Balakrishnan, Lieven Vandenberghe Jan 2002

Semidefinite Programming Duality And Linear Time-Invariant Systems, Venkataramanan Balakrishnan, Lieven Vandenberghe

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Technical Reports

Several important problems in control theory can be reformulated as semidefinite programming problems, i.e., minimization of a linear objective subject to Linear Matrix Inequality (LMI) constraints. From convex optimization duality theory, conditions for infeasibility of the LMIs as well as dual optimization problems can be formulated. These can in turn be re-interpreted in control or system theoretic terms, often yielding new results or new proofs for existing results from control theory. We explore such connections for a few problems associated with linear time-invariant systems.


Fluid-Solid Interaction In Screw Compressors , A. Kovacevic, N. Stosic, I. K. Smith Jan 2002

Fluid-Solid Interaction In Screw Compressors , A. Kovacevic, N. Stosic, I. K. Smith

International Compressor Engineering Conference

No abstract provided.