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Central Florida Future, Vol. 20 No. 50, March 15, 1988

Central Florida Future

Students dance for free; Big budget gets too big for SG, SG hires business manager to oversee million-dollar budget; Libertarian stumps for limited government, The Central Florida Future Sex Survey.

Central Florida Future, Vol. 20 No. 49, March10, 1988

Central Florida Future

Board selects new editor for newspaper; Bikes, spokes only business for this campus attraction; GSL deadbeats would like to pay, but can't; Computer viruses spreading Malignant programs eating up memories across U.S. schools.

The Ucf Report, Vol. 10 No. 18, March 9, 1988, University Of Central Florida

The UCF Report

UCF's role in Florida into Century 21: To meet developing needs of mid-Florida; Alafaya bridge a year off--low bid nearly $2.5 million; Major 1988 events to highlight UCF's 25th anniversary theme.

Central Florida Future, Vol. 20 No. 48, March 8, 1988

Central Florida Future

Working the road for Dad; University should try to mirror Orlando area growth; Students "stop out" Many drop semesters to raise money.

Central Florida Future, Vol. 20 No. 47, March 3, 1988

Central Florida Future

UCF 4th and rising in school tag game; Campus Democrats favor Durakis, Jackson on Tuesday; Time has passed to register for primary; Guest walks with loot Dorm thief claimed to be SAC performer.

Central Florida Future, Vol. 20 No. 46, March 1, 1988

Central Florida Future

UCF union leaving dorm issue lonely for attention; They're not just Book Exchange, this frat is into helping all sorts; Navy coming in May; Arizona blacks recall injustice Students pass out 1962 literacy test given to Miss, blacks; Grads of '88 doing better in job market.

Central Florida Future, Vol. 20 No. 45, February 25, 1988

Central Florida Future

Students' choice for president? 'Nobody' Many say no Democrats or Republicans impress them; say they wouldn't vote at all; UCF more than foreign land to international students; Psychology Dept. gets new doctorate program;

Central Florida Future, Vol. 20 No. 44, February 23, 1988

Central Florida Future

Communicating; [Wellness] Center offering help for adults raised by alcoholic parents; Fewer students think they need escorts at night; Pipe near Health Center cause of 'slimy' water; SG election season coming soon; News clips; Grads finding more jobs despite market crash; Opinion: When people die, it's OK to point out Greek system's bad apples; Voice from the wilderness: The decadence-of America (by Andy Campanaro); Health Bolt (presented by the UCF Student Health and Wellness Center); Sports.

Central Florida Future, Vol. 20 No. 43, February 18, 1988

Central Florida Future

Reid working to keep promises (photo of student government president Roy Reid); University conducting Star Wars' research?; UCF has scholarships to spare; News clips; Opinion: SG is in the right, feds are in wrong, and much more; Sports: UCF's Bernard Ford blazes Way through NFL combine; Confetti: The entertainment and feature supplement of the Central Florida Future.

Central Florida Future, Vol. 20 No. 42, February 16, 1988

Central Florida Future

Congress' inaction means lower Pell Grants next year; What 1 in 5 graduates can look forward to; SG says jazz club will have to earn funding; CEBA II coming in under cost, ahead of schedule; SG looks for new ways to fund student union, Students go to legislators to ask for more money, say $2.3 million isn't enough for project; News clips; Ethics debate over killing animals in the classroom getting professors fired; Opinion: Koop has right idea with AIDS testing, colleges being selfish; A voice from the wilderness: The Presidency, Art and the question why?' (by Andy Campanaro); Health …

Central Florida Future, Vol. 20 No. 41, February 11, 1988

Central Florida Future

Koop wants all university students tested for AIDS; Percentage of UCF students who have tried drugs or alcohol; Former student honored; Court: students don't need due process; Students plant tree on green (photo); Fuji, Kodak Still Fighting on College Campuses; 13 beagles kidnapped; CC [community college] leaders urge higher minority recruitment; Med school tries lower tuition; Judaic Studies offers more than classes; News clips; Opinion: Look at home· before accusing paper of racism; Confetti: The entertainment and feature supplement of the Central Florida Future.

Central Florida Future, Vol. 20 No. 40, February 9, 1988

Central Florida Future

[ Student Wellness] Center working to help students deal with stress; SG might loan students money; System gives quick look at picture; News clips; Parents to get new incentive to save; Dangerous drug XTC still· popular on U.S. campuses; Opinion: Reality, nonsense both have place in U.S. education; Health Bolt (presented by the UCF Student Health and Wellness Center); Sports: Four football· players named AH-American Ford, O'Brien, Slack and Coad receive honors; UCF only team with 4 players named (photos of Mike Coad, Ed O'Brien, Bernard Ford, Darin Slack).

The Ucf Report, Vol. 10 No. 15, January 27, 1988, University Of Central Florida

The UCF Report

Human factors, film degrees due BOR approval this week; Search starts for replacement of Ron Seacrist; Faculty Senate resolution for full-size Student Union ready for vote tomorrow; Coordinator hired to handle loans for Black businesses; 16th Recital; Simon talk.

Central Florida Future, Vol. 20 No. 32, January 12, 1988

Central Florida Future

No wait for dough this time, Financial aid system bugs fixed, director says; Workshops help students get aid; She's here for the victim; Health center extending hours to 11 p.m.; 'Millionaire' begins reign over Florida today, Lottery officials say about $145 million will be raised for education by June 30; News clips: Library Fines; Market crash dulls otherwise promising job market; Phone registration successful; Opinion: Titusville's secession extreme at best, ridiculous at worst; Future world: Samplings from 'Future World' (by Chris Richcreek); Health Bolt (presented by the UCF Student Health and Wellness Center); Sports: Crawford has tools Knights b-ball needs …

Central Florida Future, Vol. 20 No. 31, January 7, 1988

Central Florida Future

Campus flasher [Patrick Dodenhoff] out of the woods; SG prepares for new semester; Book exchange connects buyers to sellers; UCF gears up for Birthday; Opinion: CIass started early much to the surprise of students; The other side of nowhere: Welcome back and all that stuff (by Tim Ball); Health Bolt (presented by the UCF Student Health and Wellness Center); Sports: UCF players shine on US National team [Michelle Akers, Amy Allman, and Kim Wyant]; Confetti: The entertainment and feature supplement of the Central Florida Future.

Central Florida Future, Vol. 20 No. 33, January 14, 1988

Central Florida Future

Eating disorder afflicts women; College starts making money; CEBA II to fix space problem; $1.3 million for film department; News clips: Library fines; Opinion: Tough-guy practice works, let principal do what he does best; The Voice from the wilderness: And they didn't even try the lottery (by Andy Campanaro); Confetti: The entertainment and feature supplement of the Central Florida Future.

Development Of A Bi-Directional Inference Engine Using An Object-Oriented Approach, Taha A. Sidani

Retrospective Theses and Dissertations

An inference engine is the mechanism by which an expert system program uses the domain specific information in the knowledge base to solve a problem at hand. Most of the current systems apply one of three control strategies to perform the reasoning process. These strategies are better known as forward chaining, backward chaining, and hybrid control. However, some of these systems restrict the user by confining him/her to use only the type of control provided. Hybrid systems infer using both forward and backward chaining. In either case, the user is limited to the method in which the knowledge engineer represented …

Heavy Metal Removal By Sedimentation Of Street Sweepings In Stormwater Runoff, Mary Elizabeth Brabham

Retrospective Theses and Dissertations

ABSTRACT Continuous flow column studies were conducted to characterize suspended sol ids and heavy metal reduct ions through sedimentation with varying overflow rates. The heavy metals tested were cadmium, zinc, copper, iron, lead, nickel and chromium. Stormwater derived samples spiked with street sweepings categorized into particle size ranges less than 500 microns in diameter were utilized in the research. Overflow rates investigated ranged from 28 to 3600 gallons per day per square foot. Theoretical predictions of suspended solids reductions with the application of Stoke's Law exceeded observed reductions for the continuous flow system. Performance curves for all reductions over the …

Using Combined Integration Algorithms For Real-Time Simulation Of Continuous Systems, Larry Keith Harbor

Retrospective Theses and Dissertations

At many American colleges and universities, efforts to enhance the retention of a diverse group of students have become a priority. This study represents part of this effort at the University of Central Florida, a large public suburban state university in the South. Specifically, this investigation evaluated Pegasus '95 and the Academic Mentoring Program offered in the Summer and Fall Semesters of 1995 to specially-admitted students who fell short of regular admissions requirements. During the summer, Pegasus '95 provided testing, orientation, guided course work, study skills workshops, and mentoring, both individually and in the context of cohesive socialization groups of …

Multiple Signal Relative Entropy Spectral Estimation, David Martin Gregory

Retrospective Theses and Dissertations

Presented is a generalized derivation of the Tzannes et al. algorithm (1985) to accommodate multiple signals and also a new algorithm for implementing the Relative Entropy method for estimating the spectral densities of multisignal input data.

Chapter 2 presents several of the current methods of Relative Entropy spectral estimation which involve solving N non-linear equations simultaneously. Chapter 3 presents the multisignal derivation for the Tzannes et al. method and develops the new algorithm which solves for one unknown at a time in an iterative fashion.

The performance of this new method is compared with the Maximum Entropy and Minimum Relative …

Research And Applications Of Expert Systems In Military Training, Philip Irwin Green

Retrospective Theses and Dissertations

This report surveys recent research and applications of Expert Systems in the military training and simulation community. The report reviews twenty-one recent papers covering this subject. Each paper reviewed has been assigned a class which establishes the phase of development of the system or activities described. For each paper the abstract is given, followed by comments which summarize in more detail significant parameters of the activities reported. This is then followed by a listing of the specific Expert System "areas of interest" described in the paper.

Finite Impulse Response Filter Design Using Cosine Series Functions, Carlton Delos Bishop

Retrospective Theses and Dissertations

Window functions have been extensively used for the design of SAW filters. The classical truncated cosine series functions, such as the Hamming and Blackmann functions, are only a few of an infinite set of such functions. The derivation of this set of functions from orthonormal basis sets and the criteria for obtaining the constant coefficients of the functions are presented. These functions are very useful because of the closed-form expressions and their easily recognizable Fourier transform. Another approach to the design of Gaussian shaped filters having a desired sidelobe level using a 40 term cosine series will be presented as …

Phase Noise Analysis And Basic Measuring Techniques, James A. Ferrell

Retrospective Theses and Dissertations

Oscillators are important elements of RF and microwave communications systems. The increased use of the electromagnetic spectrum requires the use of better and cleaner oscillators. Local oscillators in RF to IF converters play a big role in the overall performance of the receiver systems because phase noise in the local oscillator can drastically reduce the signal to noise ratio at the output of the receiver, especially if the converter is at the front end. Phase noise is the parameter used to describe oscillator stability. The analysis and basic measurement techniques of phase noise are performed in this report.

This research …

Significant Measurements Of A Multiple Target Tracking System Utilizing Munkre's Algorithm As A Correlation Scheme, Nathalie Anna Day

Retrospective Theses and Dissertations

This thesis presents and discusses the principles of multiple target tracking. A simulation written in Turbo Pascal provides the results of using a modified version of Munkre's algorithm for correlating targets with observations. The number and types of measurements necessary to obtain acceptable results are examined. The measurements under scrutiny are range, range rate, azimuth angle and elevation angle. A track-while-scan system is assumed and the nearest neighbor correlation scheme as well as rectangular gating are used for association.

Uniformity Correction For A Scanned Long Wavelength Infrared Focal Plane Array, George C. Heinold

Retrospective Theses and Dissertations

This paper presents an alternative approach in providing uniformity correction for an infrared focal plane array by utilizing analog MOSFET circuitry. This technology is compatible with modern VLSI production and is capable of enhanced operation at cryogenic temperatures. The method presented here is a potential contribution to the growing list of special analog circuit configurations which may be incorporated for on-chip signal processing, inside the cryogenic dewar assembly. Electronic packaging of current thermal systems could be significantly reduced in size and weight by trading some of the cumbersome digital algorithms and complex post-processing circuitry for implementation in VLSI form.

The …

Geographic Information Systems: The Developer's Perspective, Johnn B. Henris

Retrospective Theses and Dissertations

Geographic information systems, which manage data describing the surface of the earth, are becoming increasingly popular. This research details the current state of the art of geographic data processing in terms of the needs of the geographic information system developer. The research focuses chiefly on the geographic data model--the basic building block of the geographic information system. The two most popular models, tessellation and vector, are studied in detail, as well as a number of hybrid data models.

In addition, geographic database management is discussed in terms of geographic data access and query processing. Finally, a pragmatic discussion of geographic …

Uniform Energy Discharge For Pulsed Lasers, Eric Calvin Koschmann

Retrospective Theses and Dissertations

The art of achieving a large energy discharge in a controlled manner with relative ease is to use a pulse forming network. Historically the design of such networks generally used a single inductor and capacitor. Although easy to design and implement, this practice does not provide optimum performance in all cases. In particular, most laser welding requires a uniform energy discharge in a pulse to produce a high quality weld. Analysis has shown that when the pulse forming network approximates a lumped constant transmission line a maximum flat pulse is produced with minimal degradation of the pulse rise time. This …

Three-Level Block Truncation Coding, Deborah Ann Lee

Retrospective Theses and Dissertations

Block Truncation Coding (BTC) techniques, to date, utilize a two-level image block code. This thesis presents and studies a new BTC method employing a three-level image coding technique. This new method is applied to actual image frames and compared with other well-known block truncation coding techniques.

The method separates an image into disjoint, rectangular regions of fixed size and finds the highest and lowest pixel values of each. Using these values, the image block pixel value range is calculated and divided into three equal sections. The individual image block pixels are then quantized according to the region into which their …

Computerized Data Acquisition In Experimental Applications, Jay A. Meyer

Retrospective Theses and Dissertations

This thesis project was intended to provide the University of Central Florida Mechanical Engineering and Aerospace Sciences Department with computerized data acquisition (CDA) capabilities. The data acquisition system has been designed for use in laboratory instruction and research experimentation. The development of the CDA system began in the spring of 1987. This development included the acquisition of system hardware and the design of software. The expertise required to carry out this project was obtained by many hours of laboratory experience. This experience was gained not only in university laboratories but also in international studies at the Euratom laboratory in Italy. …

Computer Aided Design Of Linear Phase Finite Impulse Response Digital Filters, Wentao Lyou

Retrospective Theses and Dissertations

This research report is an investigation of techniques for designing linear phase finite-duration impulse response (FIR) filters. The software package, CADFIR, developed for this project can be used to design linear phase FIR digital filters via three well-known design techniques: the window method, the frequency sampling method, and the optimal filter design method. CADFIR has options for designing such standard filters as lowpass, highpass, bandpass, and bandstop filters as well as multipassband-stopband filters. The fundamental properties of FIR filters are discussed and design algorithms associated with the three FIR filter design techniques are developed. Design examples are included and the …