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The Ucf Report, Vol. 10 No. 16, February 10, 1988, University Of Central Florida

The UCF Report

Toward 'equal funding for equal work': BOR's new funding formula helps faculty pay, work load; highway to everything: Alafaya: Bridge bids Feb. 26; six-laning in 1989.

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).

Central Florida Future, Vol. 20 No. 39, February 4, 1988

Central Florida Future

Millions in building projects planned; Cheating still a problem-dean; UCF fighting ivory tower image with new project; News clips; [UCF] Police: no takers on pot ad yet; [The Small Business] Institute keeps UCF in touch; Opinion: A hero and a villain, both help improve UCF's public image; Voice from the wilderness: 'Church A' is not Church B' (by Andy Campanaro); Sports; Confetti: The entertainment and feature supplement of the Central Florida Future.

Central Florida Future, Vol. 20 No. 38, February 2, 1988

Central Florida Future

Student smashes record Ouch! Wooley busts six bricks with head for charity; Faculty supports student union; Band to play tunes in Switzerland, photo of Cynthia Moore, Miss UCF 1988; News clips; Administration has plan to fix parking woes; No college means hard times; Opinion: America's envied education system exposes its stupidity; The other side of nowhere: A root beer for some guts (by Tim Ball); Health Bolt (presented by the UCF Student Health and Wellness Center); Sports.

Background Material For Leisure Park In Gold Coast, Queensland, Harrison Price Company

Harrison "Buzz" Price Papers

This document is background information for the charrette related to the proposed Burleigh West Leisure Park development. The document is divided into the following five sections: 1) Summary of proposed Burleigh West Leisure Park Development Program, 2) Overview of the market environment, 3) Inventory of existing and proposed attractions in the Brisbane-Gold Coast Region, 4) Supplementary data on the Gold Coast Economy and tourist industry, and 5) News articles of interest.

Central Florida Future, Vol. 20 No. 37, January 28, 1988

Central Florida Future

Honoring a professor [Dr. Gordon Paul Scholarship Fund]; Admissions game misleading, UCF becoming first choice for more HS students; Student trying to bust record by breaking bricks; News clips: Library Fines; U.S. starts to get tough; Fuss over hair stirring 60s-like sentiments in Lakeland; Opinion: Kids learning lesson left behind by Bias, Rogers: drugs kill; Voice from the wilderness: What path of doom are we taking? (by Andy Campanaro); Sports: 'Sweathog' DeFranco comes back, Just like TV character, former UCF tennis star returns to stomping ground (with photo of Mike DeFranco); Confetti: The entertainment and feature supplement of the Central …

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. 36, January 26, 1988

Central Florida Future

How far is too far? Student says church harassing her; Not enough workers to fix bugs [439 fire code violations]; Cashier's office to take over collection of book fines; New magazine coming to UCF [The Florida Leader]; Getting dibs at registration; Office offers many programs [Office of Student Affairs]; Nicaragua moves to Asia, college students say; News clips: Library fines; Opinion: Degree sometimes just B.S., but it's better than alternative; Future world: I think I'll blame it on the moon (by Chris Richcreek); Health Bolt (presented by the UCF Student Health and Wellness Center); Sports: The First Ladies of UCF …

Central Florida Future, Vol. 20 No. 35, January 21, 1988

Central Florida Future

Colleges cry censorship, Supreme Court decision stifles high school press; Parking problem still denied; [Computer] Virus plagues UCF; Unavailable classes cause problems; [UCF Police Chief, Ronald] Seacrist resigns with smile; News clips: Library fines; Opinion: Supreme Court cripples students' freedoms of press; The voice from the wilderness: The silent generation sounds out (by Andy Campanaro); Sports: "Big" Ben Morton sparks Knights basketball Ben Morton (with photo); Beverly Knight leads lady knights to a hopeful future; Confetti: The entertainment and feature supplement of the Central Florida Future.

Central Florida Future, Vol. 20 No. 34, January 19, 1988

Central Florida Future

Police director resigns (with of photo of Chief Ronald Seacrist); Alumni Trust at $300,000; Vending profits come back to school; News clips: Library fines; Opinion: The good and bad from UCF, the state, and even the world; The other side of nowhere: Beating the lottery sort of (by Tim Ball); Health Bolt (presented by the UCF Student Health and Wellness Center); Sports.

The Ucf Report, Vol. 10 No. 14, January 13, 1988, University Of Central Florida

The UCF Report

UCF pioneers new approach to 'real life' audit experiences: Sponsor Coopers & Lybrand bets $8 million on 'Excellence in Audit Education' program; Taiwan educators to use UCF's hotel during Florida visit; Citizen advisory board to help guide Daytona Beach campus; Soviet educators to visit campus on weekend tour; Handbook rates UCF's research park in top 10; Art lecture; Show ends today; Resignation.

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.

The Author In The Classroom: The "Cross Creek" Trial Of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Patricia Nassif Acton

The Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Journal of Florida Literature

No abstract provided.

A Tea With Zora And Marjorie, Barbara Speisman

The Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Journal of Florida Literature

No abstract provided.

Knowing Marjorie: An Interview With Gordon Bigelow, Jake Glisson, And Idella Parker, Anne G. Jones

The Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Journal of Florida Literature

No abstract provided.

Investigation Of Wear Of Materials By Laser Speckle Photography, Mohamed A. Seif

Retrospective Theses and Dissertations

This study utilizes a non-contact technique, laser speckle photography, to measure deformations associated with sliding wear. These deformations are those which occur on the "side" of a rectangular-section pin which is in sliding contact against a counterface disc. The "side" of the pin is illuminated by a pulsed ruby laser beam, and a double exposure specklegram is made to obtain deformations which occur between laser pulses. So, by appropriately sequencing pulses, deformation histories can be obtained, in situ. Since the exposed "side" of the thin pin specimen represents the "cover" layer under which subsurface sections lie, the deformation history observable …

The Relationship Of Sources Of Job Stress And Role Constructs To Coping Behaviors, Valerie June Moser

Retrospective Theses and Dissertations

Job Pressure and Lack of Support, two factors of job stress, were correlated with the role constructs, Role Ambiguity, Role Conflict, and Role Overload, and then entered into a multiple regression study to predict two distinct coping strategies, control and escape. The Job Stress Survey was used to obtain Job Presssure and Lack of Support scores, and the role constructs were obtained from several questionnaires. Data were obtained from 105 employees, 61.2% male, 38.8% female, from different levels of several oganizations. Bivariate correlations, carried out to determine the relationship between the job stress factors and the role constructs, showed positive …

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 …

Saw Draw: An Interactive Graphical Layout System For Surface Acoustic Wave Devices, Jeffrey Blair Abbott

Retrospective Theses and Dissertations

This thesis introduces a solution to the problem of time and memory space requirements associated with the manipulation/creation of solid state device layout. Through the use of a hierarchical organization of data and a tailored indexing technique, the software described here, referred to as Saw Draw, is capable of manipulating huge amounts of data in a short period of time. This program was written for surface acoustic wave (SAW) device layout but works for a broad range of devices to include semiconductors, microstrip and others.

Due to the large number of details which must be stored for each SAW structure, …

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 …

The Time Slot Interchange In A Digital Central Office, Khalil George Al-Maalouf

Retrospective Theses and Dissertations

The invention of the telephone and the telegraph opened the door to worldwide corrmunications. Over the years, complex and versatile corrmunication systems have evolved involving many devices and technologies. Switching protocols between switching offices have been established in accordance with the nature of the machines and with the capabilities of the transmission medium and its environment. Switching systems are now stored program oriented, providing a more generalized and digitally oriented internal switching capability. This report will discuss the Time Slot Interchange ( TSI), an important component of the Digital Central Office (DCO). The operation of the send section and the …

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 …