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Cybertext/Cyberspeech: Writing Centers And Online Magic, Sara Kimball

The Writing Center Journal

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Review: A Life In School, Byron Stay

The Writing Center Journal

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Announcements

The Writing Center Journal

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Automating Field Data Collection In Maintenance Operations, Bob G. Mccullouch

JTRP Technical Reports

Field data collection and management in DOT organizations requires a considerable amount of resources in the form of personnel and management systems. Recent studies performed by the researcher revealed that an average of 30-50% of some field supervisory personnel's time is spent on processing field data paperwork. This is a considerable amount of time spent on an undesirable task and is taking these employees away from more important job duties. This project automated two maintenance field data collection functions. One was a Crew Day Card, which is a card used by a maintenance crew to document the activity performed. Information …

Study Of Side Ditch Liners For Highway Application, Anthony S. Calderon, Philippe L. Bourdeau

JTRP Technical Reports

Over the past few years, the INDOT new materials department has received numerous erosion control products (mostly geosynthetics) to evaluate as alternatives to riprap and concrete in ditch liners. Potential benefits include lower construction costs and better aesthetics over current products. Unfortunately, no specification, design methodology, or classification system currently exists for these erosion control blankets.

In this project's phase I, existing information and knowledge on erosion control materials used to line highway side drainage ditches were investigated. From the available technical1iterature (journal and conference publications, other DOTs specifications, manufacturer documentation, independent test laboratory test data), design methodologies, classification system, …

Freeway Incident Likelihood Prediction And Response Decision-Making, Samer Madanat, Hongyu Pan, Pen-Chi Liu, Hualiang Teng

JTRP Technical Reports

This research project consisted of two parts. The first part developed a set of real-time incident likelihood prediction models. The second part developed a freeway incident response decision-making methodology based on sequential hypothesis testing methods. The freeway incident likelihoods predicted by the real-time prediction models act as prior probabilities for the freeway incident response decision-making system. The products of this research project will be incorporated in the Advanced Traffic Management System that is being implemented on the Borman Expressway, a 16-mile segment of I-80 in northwest Indiana. The decision-making system can be used by traffic management personnel to assist in …

A Cscw Framework For Networked Multimodal Synthetic Environments, Chandrajit L. Bajaj, Fausto Berardini, Steven Cutchin, Raimund Merket

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

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Misplaced Trust: Kerberos 4 Session Keys, Bryn Dole, Steve Lodin, Eugene H. Spafford

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

Dynamic Scheduling Of Process Groups, Kuei Yu Wang, Dan C. Marinescu, Octavian F. Carbunar

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

Secure Outsourcing Of Some Computations, Mikhail J. Atallah, Konstantinos N. Pantazopoulos, Eugene H. Spafford

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

Knowledge Discovery In Computational Science: A Case Study In Algorithm Selection, N. Ramakrishnan, John R. Rice

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

Back To The Issue-What Do You Do With Your Duplicate Journals?, Don Jaeger

Against the Grain

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The Effect Of Edge Constraints On The Surface Normal Impedance Of Layers Of Elastic Porous Materials, N.-M. Shiau, W. Desmet, J Stuart Bolton

Publications of the Ray W. Herrick Laboratories

A two-dimensional model for wave propagation in elastic porous materials has been used to investigate the effects of edge constraints on the surface normal impedance of elastic porous materials when placed in standing wave tubes. The elastic porous material model used was based on the Biot theory and takes into account the three wave-types known to propagate within elastic porous materials. Previous work has indicated that the acoustical behavior of typical noise control foams can be very sensitive to small mounting details. Consequently, it is reasonable to expect that the surface normal impedance measured by placing foam in a standing …

Quality Of Service Test By Codec Performance, Shunge Li, Bharat Bhargava, Dawei Wang

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

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Shape Reconstruction By A Binocular Fixating System, Moses Chan, Zygmunt Pizlo, David Chelberg

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Technical Reports

In this paper, we present an algorithm which is a possible model of the human biriocular shape reconstruction. In this new model, the shape of an object can be re(-onstructed from two perspective views with as few as three points, without explicitly estimating the object's pose. Simulation experiments show that the algorithm provides reliable results in the presence of noise. The psychological plausibility of this algorithm has been tested in a psychophysical experiment on shape constancy. Results of this experiment contradict prior models of human shape perception and are consistent with some (but not all) properties of our new alg~rit~hm.

Finanzia: An Option Valuation Library, Konstantinos N. Pantazopoulos, Elias N. Houstis

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

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Procuring An Online, Fulltext Journal Resource, John A. Wening

Against the Grain

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Pattern Matching Image Compression With Predication Loop: Preliminary Experimental Results, Denis Arnaud, Wojciech Szpankowski

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

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Parallel (//) Ellpack: A Problem Solving Environment For Pde Based Applications On Multicomputer Platforms, Elias N. Houstis, John R. Rice, S. Weerawarana, A. C. Catlin, P. Papachiou, M. Gaitatzes

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

An Algorithm For Estimating All Matches Between Two Strings, Mikhail J. Atallah, Frédéric Chyzak, Philippe Dumas

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

Scene Change Detection For Video Database Management Systems-A Survey, Haitao Jiang, Abdelsalam (Sumi) Helal, Ahmed K. Elmagarmid, Anupam Joshi

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

Analysis Of An Asymmetric Leader Election Algorithm, Svante Janson, Wojciech Szpankowski

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

Multi-Pass Transmission Policy: An Effective Method Of Transmitting Large Multimedia Objects In The Wide-Area Network, Sheng-Yih Wang, Bharat Bhargava

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

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Parallel Reuse Methodologies For Elliptic Boundary Value Problems, S. Markus, Elias N. Houstis

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

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Between Pets And People: The Importance Of Animal Companionship, Alan M. Beck, Aaron Katcher

New Directions in the Human-Animal Bond

Pets play a greater role in our emotional and physical health than ever before, says the Purdue University professor who is co-author of his revised edition of Between Pets and People: The Importance of Animal Companionship. The book offers conclusive evidence from the two foremost researchers in the field, Alan M. Beck and Aaron H. Katcher, that animals have a significant influence on human life and health. Dealing with such varied topics as pet ownership and gender differences, the pet’s freedom from social taboos, and pets’ taking on roles of family members, the authors show that animal companionship affects, …

Greedy Algorithms For The Shortest Common Superstring That Are Asymptotically Optimal, Alan Frieze, Wojciech Szpankowski

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

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Liberalization And Capital Accumulation In The Gtap Model, Joseph Francois, Brad Mcdonald

GTAP Technical Papers Archive

This paper explores trade policy and investment linkages in the GTAP model. This is done under alternative steady-state closure rules linking trade to consumption, production, and investment, and emphasizing the general equilibrium nature of capital accumulation mechanisms.

When policy shocks are capital friendly, induced investment may be greater than suggested by current savings rates. As a result, multiplier-type analysis can be very misleading.

The importance and direction of this magnification hinges critically on the sensitivity of savings rates with respect to real returns. As illustration, we offer a numerical assessment of the Uruguay Round, highlighting such linkages.

Numerical Methods For Derivative Securities Models, Konstantinos N. Pantazopoulos, Elias N. Houstis

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

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On Mobile Systems And Disconnected Browsing Of Distributed Information, Anupam Joshi, Sanjiva Weerawarana, Elias N. Houstis

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

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Automatic Identification Of Icosahedral Virus Particles In Electron Micrographs, Ioana Maria Martin, Dan C. Marinescu

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.