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Panoramic Images For Situational Awareness In A 3d Chart-Of-The-Future Display, Matthew D. Plumlee, Colin Ware, Roland J. Arsenault, Rick Brennan

Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping

Many early charts featured sketches of the coastline, providing a good picture of what the shore looked like from the bridge of a ship. These helped the mariner to distinguish one port from another during an approach and establish their rough position within that approach. More recent experimental 3D chart interfaces have incorporated 3D models of land topography and man-made structures to perform the same function. However, topography is typically captured from the air, by means of stereophotogrammetry or lidar and fails to present a good representation of what is seen from a vessel’s bridge. We have been conducting an …

Probabilistic Modeling Of One Dimensional Water Movement And Leaching From Highway Embankments Containing Secondary Materials, Defne S. Apul, Kevin H. Gardner, T. Taylor Eighmy, Ernst Linder, Tara Frizzell, Ruth Roberson

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Predictive methods for contaminant release from virgin and secondary road construction materials are important for evaluating potential long-term soil and groundwater contamination from highways. The objective of this research was to describe the field hydrology in a highway embankment and to investigate leaching under unsaturated conditions by use of a contaminant fate and transport model. The HYDRUS2D code was used to solve the Richards equation and the advection–dispersion equation with retardation. Water flow in a Minnesota highway embankment was successfully modeled in one dimension for several rain events after Bayesian calibration of the hydraulic parameters against water content data at …

First Ever Estimate Of Cod Fishery In 1850s By Unh Researchers Reveals 96 Percent Decline On Scotian Shelf, Erika Mantz

Media Relations

No abstract provided.

U.S. Law Of The Sea Cruise To Map The Foot Of The Slope And 2500-M Isobath Of The U.S. Arctic Ocean Margin. Cruise Report For 2004, Larry A. Mayer

Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping

U.S. Law of the Sea cruise to map the foot of the slope and 2500-m isobath of the US Arctic Ocean margin

CRUISES HE-0405

October 6 to October 26, 2004

Nome, AK to Barrow, AK

2004 Performance And Progress Report: Unh/Noaa Joint Hydrographic Center, Larry A. Mayer, Noaa-Unh Joint Hydrographic Center (Jhc/Ccom)

Progress Reports

Report Period: 01/01/2004 – 12/31/2004

Unh Student From Berlin Goes From Building Racecars To Space-Based Detectors, David Sims, Robert Emro

Media Relations

No abstract provided.

2004 Town Of Boscawen Annual Report., Boscawen Town Representatives

Boscawen, NH Annual Reports

This is an annual report containing vital statistics for a town/city in the state of New Hampshire.

Town & School Reports. Exeter, N.H. Town Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 2004 & School Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2004., Exeter Town Representatives

Exeter, NH Annual Reports

This is an annual report containing vital statistics for a town/city in the state of New Hampshire.

Plasmoid In The High Latitude Boundary/Cusp Region Observed By Cluster, Q. G. Zong, T. A. Fritz, Harlan E. Spence, H. Zhang, Z. Y. Huang, Z. Y. Pu, K. Glassmeier, A. Korth, P. W. Daly, A. Balogh, H. Reme

Physics & Astronomy

[1] A plasmoid-like structure without a core magnetic field has been observed by Cluster spacecraft in the high latitude magnetopause region when the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) is northward and has a dominant duskward component. Bursty electrons and ions are found to be well confined in this plasmoid-like structure. The structure possesses a bipolar signature in the BN component. The structure is associated with a dramatic change of the plasma flow direction from tailward to dawnward. The plasma density in this structure is slightly enhanced whereas the ion temperature is twice as large as that of the ambient plasma. The …

Poetry And Mystical Heterodoxies: Leopoldo Panero, Manuel Asensi, Scott Weintraub

Languages, Literatures & Cultures

Translation of “Leopoldo Panero: Escrito a cada instante”. By Manuel Asensi. In Cien años de poesía—72 poemas españoles del siglo XX: estructuras poéticas y pautas críticas”. Bern: Peter Lang, 2001

Virtuous Globalization: A Dialogue For The University Of New Hampshire Discovery Program, Tom Kelly

The University Dialogue

No abstract provided.

Eos Spheres, Vol. 4, Issue 3 (Fall 2005), University Of New Hampshire. Institute For The Study Of Earth, Oceans And Space

EOS Spheres

Newsletter of the Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, at the University of New Hampshire.

On The Optimization Of Visualizations Of Complex Phenomena, Donald H. House, Althea D. Bair, Colin Ware

Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping

The problem of perceptually optimizing complex visualizations is a difficult one, involving perceptual as well as aesthetic issues. In our experience, controlled experiments are quite limited in their ability to uncover interrelationships among visualization parameters, and thus may not be the most useful way to develop rules-of-thumb or theory to guide the production of high-quality visualizations. In this paper, we propose a new experimental approach to optimizing visualization quality that integrates some of the strong points of controlled experiments with methods more suited to investigating complex highly-coupled phenomena. We use human-in-the-loop experiments to search through visualization parameter space, generating large …

Mapping Near-Surface Gas With Acoustic Remote Sensing Methods, Examples From Eel River Margin, Ca And Skjalfandi Bay, Iceland, Luciano E. Fonseca, Larry A. Mayer

Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping

No abstract provided.

Why Isn't Globalization As Good For People As Its Marketed Image Suggests It Is?, Filson H. Glanz

The University Dialogue

No abstract provided.

Unh: The Magazine Of The University Of New Hampshire, Winter 2005, Unh Magazine

UNH Magazine

Archived version of web content originally found at https://unhmagazine.unh.edu/pastissues.html

Town Of Sullivan Annual Report 2004., Sullivan Town Representatives

Sullivan, NH Annual Reports

This is an annual report containing vital statistics for a town/city in the state of New Hampshire.

City Of Berlin, New Hampshire Annual Report July 1, 2004 To June 30, 2005., Berlin Town Representatives

Berlin, NH Annual Reports

This is an annual report containing vital statistics for a town/city in the state of New Hampshire.

A Hard X-Ray Polarimeter Designed For Transient Astrophysical Sources, Mark L. Mcconnell, Peter F. Bloser, Jason S. Legere, John R. Macri, T Narita

Space Science Center

— This paper discusses the latest progress in the development of GRAPE (Gamma-Ray Polarimeter Experiment), a hard X-ray Compton Polarimeter. The purpose of GRAPE is to measure the polarization of hard X-rays in the 50-300 keV energy range. We are particularly interested in X-rays that are emitted from solar flares and gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). Accurately measuring the polarization of the emitted radiation from these sources will lead, to a better understating of both the emission mechanisms and source geometries. The GRAPE design consists of an array of plastic scintillators surrounding a central high-Z crystal scintillator. We can monitor individual Compton …

Atmospheric Neutron Measurements With The Sontrac Science Model, U Bravar, E O. Fluckiger, Kevin Godin, Zachary C. Hansen, John R. Macri, Mark L. Mcconnell, R S. Miller, M R. Moser, James M. Ryan

Space Science Center

–The SOlar Neutron TRACking (SONTRAC) telescope was originally developed to measure the energy spectrum and incident direction of neutrons produced in solar flares, in the energy range 20 - 250 MeV. While developed primarily for solar physics, the SONTRAC detector may be employed in virtually any application requiring both energy measurement and imaging capabilities. The SONTRAC Science Model (SM) is presently being operated at the University of New Hampshire (UNH) as a ground-based instrument to investigate the energy spectrum, zenith and azimuth angle dependence of the cosmic-ray induced sea-level atmospheric neutron flux. SONTRAC measurements are based on the non-relativistic double …

Continued Studies Of Single-Sided Charge-Sharing Czt Strip Detectors, B Donmez, John R. Macri, Mark L. Mcconnell, James M. Ryan, Mark Widholm, L A. Hamel, T Narita

Space Science Center

In this paper, we report progress in the study of thick single-sided charge-sharing cadmium zinc telluride (CZT) strip detector modules designed to perform gammaray spectroscopy and 3-D imaging. We report on continuing laboratory and simulation measurements of prototype detectors with 11×11 unit cells (15×15×7.5mm3 ). We report preliminary measurements of the 3-D spatial resolution. Our studies are aimed at developing compact, efficient, detector modules for 0.05 to 1 MeV gamma measurements while minimizing the number and complexity of the electronic readout channels. This is particularly important in space-based coded aperture and Compton telescope instruments that require large area, large volume …

Development Of The Fast Neutron Imaging Telescope, U Bravar, P J. Bruillard, E O. Fluckiger, John R. Macri, A L. Mackinnon, Mark L. Mcconnell, M R. Moser, James M. Ryan, R S. Woolf

Space Science Center

We report on the development of a next generation neutron telescope, with imaging and energy measurement capabilities, sensitive to neutrons in the 2-20 MeV energy range. The Fast Neutron Imaging Telescope (FNIT) was initially conceived to study solar neutrons as a candidate instrument for the Inner Heliosphere Sentinels (IHS) program under formulation at NASA. This detector is now being adapted to locate Special Nuclear Material (SNM) for homeland security purposes by detecting fission neutrons and reconstructing the image of their source. In either case, the detection principle is based on multiple elastic neutron-proton scatterings in organic scintillator. By reconstructing the …

Eos Spheres, Vol. 4, Issue 2 (Spring 2005), University Of New Hampshire. Institute For The Study Of Earth, Oceans And Space

EOS Spheres

Newsletter of the Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, at the University of New Hampshire.

Annual Report Of The Town Officers Of Stark, New Hampshire For The Year Ending December 31, 2004., Stark Town Representatives

Stark, NH Annual Reports

This is an annual report containing vital statistics for a town/city in the state of New Hampshire.

In-Situ Calorimetric Measurements For Space Exploration, Charles Hays, Shawna M. Hollen, M. Barmatz, Talso Chui

Physics & Astronomy

No abstract provided.

Evaluating The Middle School Mathematics Teacher Preparation Program At Riyadh Teachers' College, Maher M. Alghanem

Doctoral Dissertations

Continuous evaluation and feedback are essential to improving the quality of teacher preparation programs. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the perceptions of various aspects of the preparation of preservice middle school mathematics teachers at Riyadh Teachers' College, Saudi Arabia, from the perspective of both preservice middle school mathematics teachers and mathematics department faculty members. The focus of this study was on the mathematics department's theoretical framework, its governance and resources, faculty qualifications and performance, courses and field experiences, approaches of teaching, and assessment forms. Two research questionnaires were developed for the purpose of collecting research data: one …

Interstellar Helium Pickup Ion Flux Variations Observed With Soho/Celias, Lukas A. Saul

Doctoral Dissertations

Interstellar pickup ions are formed when neutral atoms freely enter the heliosphere and are subsequently ionized. Once these particles are charged they become a component of the interplanetary plasma and are transported outward with the solar wind (SW). Measurements of these particles give information about the local interstellar gas in which our sun resides. However, fluxes of pickup ions in the solar wind are observed to vary substantially in both magnitude and energy spectrum.

Hypothesized is that the main causes of these variations are transport phenomenon in the solar wind, determined by the solar wind and the interplanetary magnetic field. …

Burnside Factors, Amenability Defects And Transitive Families Of Projections In Factors Of Type Ii(1), Jon P. Bannon

Doctoral Dissertations

We introduce a notion of transitive family of projections in a type II1 factor and prove that there exists (i) a 5 element transitive family in the hyperfinite II1 and (ii) a 12 element free transitive family. We then prove that the group von Neumann algebras of the known infinite free Burnside groups are all type II1 factors. Our investigation of weak-amenability properties of Burnside groups leads us to consider the Connes theory of correspondences. From this investigation we are able to define a new Folner invariant for type II1 factors. We prove a monotonicity result and find a positive …

Third Graders Speak: Experiences And Perspectives Of Reading And Writing In Urban Public Schools, Kimberly A. Boothroyd

Doctoral Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to examine the experiences and perspectives of reading and writing among third grade students attending urban public schools. The study took place in a large urban district in the Northeastern United States and included two elementary schools, four classrooms, and 24 students. The study was designed and conducted as qualitative research. 24 students were interviewed at two different times in the school year using (1) a picture protocol for the first interview and (2) a semi-structured interview protocol for the second interview. Analysis of the 48 interviews yielded findings in three areas: (1) The …

Chemical Sensors Based On Swelling Polymer Microspheres And Uncrosslinked Fluorescently-Labelled Molecularly Imprinted Polymers, George K. Mwangi

Doctoral Dissertations

Polymer swelling can be achieved by derivatizing a functional group onto the polymer that selectively binds a particular analyte. For example, at low pH, the particles in a hydrogel membrane swell in response to the increased hydrogen ion concentration and the membrane reflects less light. When the refractive index of the membrane is less than that of the particles, swelling decreases the refractive index of the particles. This brings it closer to the refractive index of the membrane, and decreases the scattering of light making the membrane more transparent.

On the other hand if the refractive index of the membrane …