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Central Florida Future, Vol. 19 No. 46, February 24, 1987

Central Florida Future

UCF programmers log impressive win; Lecture on Judaism's history (with photo of Dr. Barry Mesch); News: New Mexico's tuition plan: a surcharge on skills? Financial problems kill college assassin game; Slightly off campus; Opinion: Consequences make choices much easier; The Kamikaze columnist: Ethics? It's all Greek to this student (by Don Wittenkind); Health Bolt (presented by the UCF Student Health and Wellness Center); Sports.

Central Florida Future, Vol. 19 No. 45, February 19, 1987

Central Florida Future

Police a hard working bunch (with photos of UCF Officer Jay Padgett ); Violent crimes committed on the UCF Campus; News: Liquor flows a bit more freely on campuses; UCF cadets train for ROTC Challenge (with photo); Opinion: The computer apple of our eye: our new system has arrived; The other side of nowhere: Just who is this Phil guy, anyway?(by Tim Ball); Future world: Ode to the old computer system (by Chris Richcreek); Health Bolt (presented by the UCF Student Health and Wellness Center); Sports: Increase in athletic fees provide hope; The [UCF] Athletic Department's Budget; Confetti: The entertainment …

Central Florida Future, Vol. 19 No. 44, February 17, 1987

Central Florida Future

Sinkhole seminar draws scientists from 9 nations (with photos); Concerts change UCF's style (with photos of The Beach Boys performing at UCFs 1986 homecoming); Omega Beta Beta: new frat on UCF campus; News: Activist's divestiture guidelines; Apartheid's foes reach crossroads; Editorial: Charity in Trouble: Not even gumballs are safe these days; Future world: Back to the past with The Future (by Chris Richcreek); Letters: Where do I go? (by Anna Swartz)

Central Florida Future, Vol. 19 No. 43, February 12, 1987

Central Florida Future

New rules for GSL aid change student eligibility; Conference centers on disaster aid; Newly crowned Miss UCF uses prize money for school (with photo of Miss UCF, Traci Wixon); News: "Laboratory" newspapers fight censors; Workshops help with new [financial] aid rules; News clips: Appointment [Dr. J. Edward Neighbor]; Miami U. student paper says ad by Playboy photographer is offensive; Athletic's budget spending to exceed $1.7 million; McDowell views debt as a mortgage; Opinion: Elevators, copiers and other problems that students face; The other side of nowhere: Look out, the animals are mad (by Tim Ball); Valentine hints for one and …

The Ucf Report, Vol. 09 No. 16, February 11, 1987, University Of Central Florida

The UCF Report

Academic Affairs offers close harmony with Senate; Scientist to give German outlook on space policies; Dedication set for new building at UCF/Daytona; UCF computer team seeks glory in world competition; Growth headlines CU report.

Central Florida Future, Vol. 19 No. 42, February 10, 1987

Central Florida Future

Knight merchandise still a dark subject; Foreign study program examines exotic culture; Army ROTC upgrades UCF program; News: Critic choose to chastise "Amerikan" propaganda; Tuition grows with computers; Health Bolt (presented by the UCF Student Health and Wellness Center); Opinion: Police to spare, the photo was run 'cause it was cute; Future world: A trial experience in Orlando (by Chris Richcreek); Hoopla: Put blame on the boss (by Al McGuire); Sports.

Central Florida Future, Vol. 19 No. 41, February 5, 1987

Central Florida Future

66 percent of tickets issued on Libra Drive; Texas corporation [Rediffusion Simulations] helps fund UCF engineering chair; News: Gov't. budget cuts may affect enrollment; College kids pay earlier; Black scholars become "raceless" at predominantly white schools; Opinion: Philippine islands are heading towards success; The other side of nowhere: [Tim] Ball visits Oviedo's hot dog man (by Tim Ball) Future world: The honest police department? (by Chris Richcreek); Confetti: The entertainment and feature supplement of the Central Florida Future.

Central Florida Future, Vol. 19 No. 40, February 3, 1987

Central Florida Future

CEBA II will be high-tech center; New funds for [Student Escort Patrol Service] SEPS service; Teacher shortage unlikely: Labor Department stats; News: College fights to bar theory of creation; Colleges battle violent crime; College women's group, sex discrimination subtler; Insulation inadequate in older homes (by Florida Solar Energy Center); Insulation inadequate in older homes; Globetrotting illusionist to appear in Orlando; Opinion: Open minds now prevent closed doors tomorrow; Health Bolt (presented by the UCF Student Health and Wellness Center); Sports.

A Survey Of Hiring Practices In The Communication Arts And Sciences, Robert F. Ross, Philip Emmert

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This study reports findings from a national survey examining faculty hiring practices in communication departments across the United States. Questionnaires were distributed at the 1985 Speech Communication Association Convention Placement Center to three respondent groups: department chairs, search committee members, and job applicants. Results from 99 returned surveys provide quantitative data on departmental structures, search procedures, evaluative criteria, and interview formats. Most departments reported frequent searches and high proportions of tenure-track openings, indicating an active job market. Analyses of hiring roles showed that department chairs are centrally involved throughout the process, from forming committees to final salary negotiation. Across institutions, …

Central Florida Future, Vol. 19 No. 39, January 29, 1987

Central Florida Future

CLAST center opens at UCF; SAGA provides special services; Abraham lectures at UCF on Constitutional Law (with photo of Dr. Henry J. Abraham); Corporate giving may drop; Abortionists in Orlando protest; College freshmen challenge stereotypes; Opinion: Telepathic man gives new meaning to unusual story; Knight of the Day: Pat Crocklin; Sports; Confetti: The entertainment and feature supplement of the Central Florida Future.

The Ucf Report, Vol. 09 No. 15, January 28, 1987, University Of Central Florida

The UCF Report

House communities to visit campus; Regents to hear funding proposal to help upper, graduate programs; For greater student service: UCF and Valencia enter 'new era of cooperation'; Annual Credit Union luncheon on Feb. 25; Kennel club slates annual Knights benefit on Feb. 3.

Central Florida Future, Vol. 19 No. 38, January 27, 1987

Central Florida Future

Summer bummer: tuition fees rise; Parking problems focus of a new study; News: UCF archeologists exhibit artifacts (photo); Fall ·enrollment beats odds; Falling enrollment means new breed of student; Solar systems faithful but not perfect (by Florida Solar Energy Center); Desperation hits state run schools; Opinion: One year later: shuttle must take off again; Future world: Challenger a blessing in disguise (by Chris Richcreek); Behind the scenes: Shuttle accident leaves her speechless (by Victoria Sorzano); Health Bolt (presented by the UCF Student Health and Wellness Center)

Central Florida Future, Vol. 19 No. 37, January 22, 1987

Central Florida Future

Reagan budget to slash funding; New loan program escapes Reagan's budget axe; Vandals hit signs, students appalled; News: States continue struggle for adequate funding; Vandals hit signs; students appalled (with photo); Fireplace adds atmosphere, romance, not warmth (Florida Solar Energy Center); Opinion: Traveling preachers may have a lesson for college students; The other side of nowhere: Tim the bulldog is back in the ring (by Tim Ball); Behind the scenes: Three plays in search of an audience (by Victoria Sorzano); [Brian] Ahern, the golden arm at the end of the rainbow; [Wyatt ] Bogan; Knight of the Day: DeAnn Craft …

Central Florida Future, Vol. 19 No. 36, January 20, 1987

Central Florida Future

UCF's Student Affairs offers ways to grow; BOR ranks UCF, eight other state schools; News: Close cracks and save money (Florida Solar Energy Center); [Ross] Wolf elected ProTem in close senate race; Opinion: Destroying signs a childish act by "adult" students; Future world: Georgia, America's Cup on his mind (by Chris Richcreek); Sports: Rollins [basketball] rivalry to rock UCF's gym Wed. night; Carter's Corner: Carter: "Feather Tars" (by Coach Carter).

Central Florida Future, Vol. 19 No. 35, January 15, 1987

Central Florida Future

Concession stand offers alternative; Kalifeh to speak at UCF; noted Arabic writer; Playboy magazine announces Top 40 list of biggest partiers [party universities]; News: Students face job shortage; Foreign grad teachers face English testing; Opinion: OPEC agreement should make U.S. try even harder; Behind the scenes: Taking a look inside the student senate (by Victoria Sorzano); Future world: NBA policy tough but fair (by Chris Richcreek); Carter's Corner (by Coach Carter); Confetti: The entertainment and feature supplement of the Central Florida Future.

Central Florida Future, Vol. 19 No. 34, January 13, 1987

Central Florida Future

Cancel the Countdown to stop Trident II missile; Pro Tempore resigns others vie for slot; Campus Run positive step (with photo); News: Efficient appliances provide new comfort and savings (by Florida Solar Energy Center); ROTC elevated to host; New tax laws take effect many changes in 1987; Opinion: Ramblings from the desk of a broken editor; The other side of nowhere: He's not so progressive after all (by Tim Ball); Health Bolt (presented by the UCF Student Health and Wellness Center); The Central Florida Future: Help Wanted!!! "We really need people bad," editor says.

Central Florida Future, Vol. 19 No. 33, January 8, 1987

Central Florida Future

Indians Stearman's specialty; Area libraries help students; New [graduate] program sparks debate; News: Reducing glare can improve moods (by Florida Solar Energy Center); Opinion: Registration not as painful with UCF's new system; Behind the scences: One of the world's greatest zoos (by Victoria Sorzano); Confetti: The entertainment and feature supplement of the Central Florida Future.

Central Florida Future, Vol. 19 No. 32, January 6, 1987

Central Florida Future

Algebra stumps UCF students; Cheerleading dangerous; Overrides mandatory for some ad-pr classes; News: Revamp in store for federal aid; Campuses start to protest new anti drug policies; Phi Delta Theta reorganizing; Careful use of appliances can save money (Florida Solar Energy Center); LUIS helps access university libraries; Opinion: '87 brings changes, improvements in UCF student paper; The other side of nowhere: How to speak geek and act like a Texan (by Tim Ball); Future World: North moves South, East-West stands still (by Chris Richcreek); Sports: The main event: Richcreek's bowl wrap-ups (by Chris Richcreek).

Patrick Air Force Base Branch Brevard Campus Catalogues, Rollins College

Text Materials of Central Florida

Rollins College catalogue with list of faculty and students and courses by department.

Selected Client Characteristics And Their Relationship To Successful Outcome In A Vocational Rehabilitation Program, Helen Harmon

Retrospective Theses and Dissertations

Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) had its beginning in 1918, when Congress granted to the Federal Board of Vocational Education the power to provide for the training of "any disabled veteran who was unable to carry on a gainful occupation, to resume his former occupation, or to enter upon some other occupation, or having resumed or entered upon such occupation was unable to continue the same successfully." (U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1972). Called the Soldiers Rehabilitation Act, this measure made clear the basic goals of vocational rehabilitation. In 1943, a milestone year, services were extended to all disabled individuals …

The Implementation Of Quality Control Circle Concepts Into American Industry, John R. Hunt

Retrospective Theses and Dissertations

In light of the growing worldwide competition among industrial manufacturers as developing nations become more technologically viable, it becomes imperative that we, as a nation, become more conscious than ever of quality and productivity.

Our most serious competitors, the Japanese, have developed a nationwide sense of quality consciousness and have evolved a management and manufacturing system to achieve their goals of superior quality that is currently unrivaled.

One important element of their productive system is the concept of Quality Control (QC) circles; generally described as a problem solving group of working people, who as members of a team, identify, solve, …

Computer Simulation Of Dynamic Systems, Charles G. Smith

Retrospective Theses and Dissertations

Computer simulation of a control system is a valuable tool in design or performance evaluation. This is especially true when non-linear elements cannot be ignored and must be included within the model. A general purpose block diagram oriented simulation program will be developed which can utilize continuous, discrete and non-linear building blocks. The software tool will be demonstrated by means of an example.

The Creation Of An Expert System For Teaching Piano Lessons, Carol Chew

Retrospective Theses and Dissertations

Combining the arts with science and technology has had many beneficial results. Computers and music have been connected for many years. Computers have been used in music composition, electronic keyboards, music publishing and digital sound processing. Artificial intelligence has been used in creating expert systems for training people in various fields. An attempt will be made to tie together expert systems for training with current computerized music technology.

This research report proposes that an expert system be developed to teach piano lessons. The fields of music and artificial intelligence will be drawn upon in developing this expert system structure. While …

Edge Direction Confidence Estimation For Improvement Of Hough Accumulation, Eric J. Grajales

Retrospective Theses and Dissertations

The Hough transform silhouette identification method requires a consistency of edge direction in the identification of similar silhouettes. Many gradient operators used in Hough preprocessing require a thresholding and a non-maxima suppression routine to aid the localization process. These routines may delete edges or cause edge fragmentation. These anomalies degrade the Hough performance due to the lack of accurate silhouette extraction, and reduce the correct localization in the Hough accumulator. Noise or sampling errors can be removed by several enhancement routines presented. They are mean, median, symmetric nearest neighbor, hi pass, and low pass filters.

An edge detection process is …

Implementation Of A 35 Ghz Microstrip Antenna System, Rachel S. Albritton

Retrospective Theses and Dissertations

Millimeter waves, corresponding to the frequency range 30 to 300 GHz, have characteristics which make them ideal for many applications. Antennas at these frequencies have the advantage of reduced size and weight and can be fabricated as an integral part of the system they are used in. Millimeter wave microstrip antennas have been extensively researched over the past decade. The purposed of this report was to build and test 35 GHz microstrip antennas as well as put into operation a high voltage klystron power supply, Micro-Now Model 756. The antennas were fabricated and tested in the lab and the results …

Intelligent Robots, Abol H. Moulavi

Retrospective Theses and Dissertations

There is an increasing need for integrating sensory feedback into the robot system. This will provide better flexibility and will improve the capacity of the robot to reason and make decisions in real time.

This report discusses the current issues related to the development and application of intelligent robots. The report surveys the essential features of an intelligent robot. These features are sensing, off-line programming, task level programming, adaptive control and knowledge representation.

Such a robot should be knowledge driven. It should "know" about objects and work plans, this knowledge should provide the capability for the robot to handle uncertainty …

A New Relative Entropy Based Method For Probability Mass Function Estimation, William A. Marinelli

Retrospective Theses and Dissertations

Presented is a new algorithm for implementing the Relative Entropy method for estimating the probability density function of a process. The Relative Entropy principle can also be used to estimate the power spectrum of a random process as presented in Appendix A.

Chapter 2 presents the current method of pdf estimation using the Relative Entropy method. In this method a set of Lagrange multipliers are solved for simultaneously. The new algorithm, discussed in Chapter 3, presents a new, efficient method for solving for one Lagrange multiplier at a time, iteratively. The procedure presented allows one to estimate the probability density …

Speech Signal Representation Through Digital Signal Processing Techniques, Debbie A. Kravchuk

Retrospective Theses and Dissertations

This paper addresses several different signal processing methods for representing speech signals. Some of the techniques that are discussed include time domain coding which uses pulse-code, differential, or delta modulating methods. Also presented are frequency domain techniques such as sub-band coding and adaptive transform coding. In addition, this paper will discuss representing speech signals through source coding techniques via vocoders. A comparison of these different signal representation methods is included.

Spectral Shaping For The Hearing Impaired, Brian D. Mclean

Retrospective Theses and Dissertations

Presented is a method for shaping the audio spectrum in order to improve speech intelligibility for the hearing impaired. Audiological data is used to design a finite impulse response (FIR) digital filter using the frequency sampling method. Cubic spline interpolation is used to generate any number of frequency samples from the limited number available from audiological data. The computer aided design procedure presented allows the filter designer to specify hearing threshold levels and threshold of discomfort levels at audiogram frequencies. The algorithm uses cubic spline interpolation to generate a smooth curve of gain versus frequency. Next, root-mean-square (RMS) error is …

The Use Of A Portable Microcomputer As A Data Collection Tool To Support Integrated Simulation Support Environments: A Concept, James E. Wilkinson

Retrospective Theses and Dissertations

Advances in simulation methodology, and the computer support systems to implement these methodologies, have led to the development of integrated simulation support environments. These environments, or collection of software tools, seek to aid the analyst in developing models, data management and analysis, and data presentation.

While an integrated simulation environment provides a more organized structure for managing and performing simulation projects, and provides a database management structure for storing, manipulating, and analyzing data, they do not address the actual process of going out and obtaining the data. As a result, many of the common problems associated with poor problem and …