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The Gamma-Ray Burst Of 3 May 1991 Observed By Comptel On Board Gro, C Winkler, K Bennett, H Bloemen, W Collmar, A Connors, R Diehl, J W. Den Herder, W Hermsen, R M. Kippen, L Kuiper, G G. Lichti, J Lockwood, Mark L. Mcconnell, D Morris, James M. Ryan, V. Schonfelder, J G. Stacy, H Steinle, A W. Strong, B Swanenburg, B G. Taylor, M Varendorff, C De Vries

Physics & Astronomy

The Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory was launched on April 5, 1991, carrying the imaging Compton telescope COMPTEL. Since its activation on April 25, 1991, COMPTEL has observed several gamma-ray bursts in its 1-sr field of view. The strongest of these bursts was observed on May 3, 1991. Event data over 0.8 MeV to 30 MeV as well as time resolved spectra over 0.1 MeV to 10 MeV have been recorded. For the first time, a direct single-telescope MeV image of a cosmic gamma-ray burst has been produced. The burst is located at (l,b) = (171.8 deg, 6.4 deg) with a statistical …

Town Of Auburn, 1992 Town Warrant & Budgets, 1991 Annual Town Reports. Auburn Village School, 1992-93 School Warrants & Budget, 1990-91 Annual School Reports., Auburn Town Representatives

Auburn, NH Annual Reports

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

Reply To Valverde, Paul B. Thompson

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

Professor Thompson responds to Valverde's argument, in the last issue, that his approach to Risk puts too much emphasis on the distinction between Risk subjectivism and Risk objectivism. In doing so, he asserts, inter alia, that anchoring Risk judgments in a probabilistic framework does not go far enough in rejecting reigning Risk-analysis notions of "real Risk."

Town Of Landaff, New Hampshire Annual Report Of The Town Officers Year Ended December 31, 1991., Landaff Town Representatives

Landaff, NH Annual Reports

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

Annual Report Newington, New Hampshire Fiscal Year 1991., Newington Town Representatives

Newington, NH Annual Reports

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

Marine Sediment Classification Using The Chirp Sonar, Lester R. Leblanc, Larry A. Mayer, Manuel Rufino, Steven G. Schock, John King

Affiliate Scholarship

The chirpsonar is a calibrated wideband digital FMsonar that provides quantitative, high‐resolution, low‐noise subbottom data. In addition, it generates an acoustic pulse with special frequency domain weighting that provides nearly constant resolution with depth. The chirpsonar was developed with the objective of remote acoustic classification of seafloor sediments. In addition to producing high‐resolution images, the calibrated digitally recorded data are processed to estimate surficial reflection coefficients as well as a complete sediment acoustic impulse profile. In this paper, surficial sediments in Narragansett Bay, RI are used to provide ground truth for an acoustic model. Quantitative acoustic returns from the chirpsonar …

Seabeam And Seismic Reflection Surveys On The Ontong Java Plateau, Larry A. Mayer, Tom H. Shipley, Edward L. Winterer, David Mosher, Rick A. Hagen

Affiliate Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Town Of Benton, New Hampshire. Annual Report Of Town Officers, Year Ended December 31, 1991., Benton Town Representatives

Benton, NH Annual Reports

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Town Of Middleton, New Hampshire Annual Reports Of The Selectmen, Town Clerk, Tax Collector, Town Treasurer, Trustees Of Trust Funds And The School District Sunrise Lake District For The Fiscal Year Ending December 31st, 1991., Middleton Town Representatives

Middleton, NH Annual Reports

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

Berlin, New Hampshire Annual City Report Fiscal Year July 1, 1991 - June 30, 1992., 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.

Faculty Excellence, University Of New Hampshire

Faculty Excellence Awards

Each year, the University of New Hampshire selects a small number of its outstanding faculty for special recognition of their achievements in teaching, scholarship and service. Awards for Excellence in Teaching are given in each college and school, and university-wide awards recognize public service, research, teaching and engagement. This booklet details the year's award winners' accomplishments in short profiles with photographs and text.

Bulletin Of The University Of New Hampshire Undergraduate Catalog, 1992-1993, University Of New Hampshire

Undergraduate Catalog

No abstract provided.

Gamma-Ray Emission From Cygnus-X-1 - Emission Mechanisms And Implications For The Standard Model, A Owens, Mark L. Mcconnell

Physics & Astronomy

No abstract provided.

On The Standing Wave Mode Of Giant Pulsations, K. Takahashi, N. Sato, J. Warnecke, H. Luhr, Harlan E. Spence, Y. Tonegawa

Physics & Astronomy

Both odd-mode and even-mode standing wave structures have been proposed for giant pulsations. Unless a conclusion is drawn on the field-aligned mode structure, little progress can be made in understanding the excitation mechanism of giant pulsations. In order to determine the standing wave mode, we have made a systematic survey of magnetic field data from the AMPTE CCE spacecraft and from ground stations located near the geomagnetic foot point of CCE. We selected time intervals when CCE was close to the magnetic equator and also magnetically close to Syowa and stations in Iceland, and when either transverse or compressional Pc …

Crime And Punishment In New Hampshire, 1812-1914 (Volumes I And Ii), Timothy Dodge

Doctoral Dissertations

Changing definitions of crime accompanied the economic transformation of seacoast New Hampshire from a predominently agricultural, and rural society in 1812 to one that was mainly industrial, commercial, and urban by 1914. This dissertation analyzes a sample of 820 felony incarcerations (19.5%) of the total 4154 incarcerations recorded at the New Hampshire State Prison for the period 1812-1914. Court bills and indictments of Rockingham and Strafford County, New Hampshire are used to analyze felony convictions. Quantitative analysis involving 17 variables reveals that property crime was the most common conviction. Felony conviction rates per 100,000 population nearly doubled between 1812 and …

Beliefs, Autonomy, And Mathematical Knowledge, Judy Ann Rector

Doctoral Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to investigate the apparent effects of students' beliefs about mathematics and autonomy on their learning of mathematics. The study utilized a multiple-case study design with analysis by and across cases. The cases represented six high school students enrolled in either Algebra II or Algebra II/Trigonometry. Data was collected in three phases: (a) classroom observations and assessment of the teacher's perception of her role in the learning process, (b) an assessment of students' beliefs about mathematics and autonomy, and (c) an assessment of students' newly formed mathematical constructs on functions.

The beliefs' assessment included observing …

Resonance Absorption Of Mhd Surface Waves With Applications To The Solar Atmosphere, Guang Yang

Doctoral Dissertations

This thesis studies the physics of resonance absorption of MHD surface waves and examines the effects of velocity shear on the rate of resonance absorption. Theoretical analyses and numerical calculations demonstrate that resonance absorption of MHD surface waves is a viable mechanism for heating of the solar corona.

It is shown that resonance absorption has a very simple physical interpretation in terms of driven harmonic oscillators. This insight greatly simplifies the mathematics and allows a thorough discussion of the solar coronal heating. It is found that resonance absorption of MHD surface waves can occur rapidly enough to heat the solar …

Finite Groups As A Generalization Of Vector Spaces Through The Use Of Splitting Systems, Joseph Kirtland

Doctoral Dissertations

The structure of a finite group is investigated through a geometry induced by the splitting systems of the group. The method is based on the one used to induce a geometry on a finite dimensional vector space over a finite field and as a result, concepts related to the special and projective linear group are extended to arbitrary groups. One major by-product is the classification of solvable multiprimitive groups of arbitrary derived length. This leads to a necessary and sufficient condition for a solvable nC-group to be multiprimitive.

A Neural Network-Based Trajectory Planner For Redundant Systems Using Direct Inverse Modeling, Franklin J. Rudolph

Doctoral Dissertations

Redundant (i.e., under-determined) systems can not be trained effectively using direct inverse modeling with supervised learning, for reasons well out-lined by Michael Jordan at MIT. There is a "loop-hole", however, in Jordan's preconditions, which seems to allow just such an architecture. A robot path planner implementing a cerebellar inspired "habituation" paradigm with such an architecture will be introduced. The system, called ARTFORMS, for "Adaptive Redundant Trajectory Formation System" uses on-line training of multiple CMACS. CMACs are locally generalizing networks, and have an a priori deterministic geometric input space mapping. These properties together with on-line learning and rapid convergence satisfy the …

Plainfield, New Hampshire 1991 Annual Report Of The Officers And Selectmen And The School District., Plainfield Town Representatives

Plainfield, NH Annual Reports

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Bedford, New Hampshire 1992 School District Annual Report., Bedford Town Representatives

Bedford, NH Annual Reports

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Table Of Contents, Volume Three, Number One, Winter 1992, Risk Editorial Board

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

Table of contents for the journal Risk: Issues in Health & Safety (ISSN: 1073-8673).

The Granite, 1992, University Of New Hampshire

The Granite – Yearbook

The yearbook of the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts, 1909-1922, the University of New Hampshire, 1923-

Remote Estimation Of The Diffuse Attenuation Coefficient In A Moderately Turbid Estuary, Richard P. Stumpf, Jonathan Pennock

School of Marine Science and Ocean Engineering

Abstract

Oil Spill Response Engineering And Planning, M. Robinson Swift, Barbaros Celikkol, Chris E. Goodwin, Robert Carrier, Sean P. Mcdonald, John Chadwick

NH Water Resources Research Center Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Dmsp F7 Observations Of A Substorm Field‐Aligned Current, R. E. Lopez, Harlan E. Spence, C. Meng

Physics & Astronomy

In this paper we present observations of a substorm field-aligned current (FAC) system that DMSP F7 traversed just after 0300 UT on April 25, 1985. Ground magnetometer data show that a major substorm was in progress at that time and that DMSP F7 flew through a region of predominantly upward FAC. The DMSP F7 magnetic field data are consistent with this interpretation. The precipitating particle data suggest that there were three distinct large-scale FAC systems. In ascending latitude these were a downward current, an upward current, and a paired upward/downward current system. We identify the first current, which was coincident …

Sidescan Sonar Image Enchancement Using A Decomposition Based On Orthogonal Functions. Applications With Chebyshev Polynomials, Pierre Cervenka, Christian De Moustier

Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping

A method is presented to remove from sidescan sonar images of the seafloor, artifacts that are clearly unrelated to the backscattering properties of the seafloor. A spectral analysis performed on a ping by ping basis proved to be well suited to the problem. The technique relies on a decomposition using Chebyshev polynomials. This stochastic method does not require a priori knowledge of deterministic parameters. It deals with the low spatial frequency components of the image whose wavelengths are not very small compared to the swath width. Applications to sidescan sonar images obtained with the SeaMARC LI system are presented.

The New Hampshire, Vol. 82, No. 05 (Sep. 24, 1991), The New Hampshire

The New Hampshire Print Edition

An independent student produced newspaper from the University of New Hampshire.

The New Hampshire, Vol. 82, No. 03 (Sep. 17, 1991), The New Hampshire

The New Hampshire Print Edition

An independent student produced newspaper from the University of New Hampshire.

The Cognitive Status Of Risk: A Response To Thompson, L. James Valverde

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

Discussing the role that probability theory should play in Risk analysis and management, Dr. Valverde argues that Thompson's approach puts too much emphasis on the distinction between Risk subjectivism and Risk objectivism in addressing the question, "When are Risks real?"