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Evaluation Of The Acoustic Doppler Velocimeter (Adv) For Turbulence Measurements, George Voulgaris, John H. Trowbridge Jan 1998

Evaluation Of The Acoustic Doppler Velocimeter (Adv) For Turbulence Measurements, George Voulgaris, John H. Trowbridge

Faculty Publications

Accuracy of the acoustic Doppler velocimeter (ADV) is evaluated in this paper. Simultaneous measurements of open-channel flow were undertaken in a 17-m flume using an ADV and a laser Doppler velocimeter. Flow velocity records obtained by both instruments are used for estimating the true (‘‘ground truth’’) flow characteristics and the noise variances encountered during the experimental runs. The measured values are compared with estimates of the true flow characteristics and values of variance (^u92&, ^w92&) and covariance (^u9w9&) predicted by semiempirical models for open-channel flow. The analysis showed that the ADV sensor can measure mean velocity and Reynolds stress within …

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Implicit Feedback For Recommender Systems, Douglas W. Oard, Jinmook Kim Jan 1998

Implicit Feedback For Recommender Systems, Douglas W. Oard, Jinmook Kim

Faculty Publications

Can implicit feedback substitute for explicit ratings in recommender systems? If so, we could avoid the difficulties associated with gathering explicit ratings from users. How, then, can we capture useful information unobtrusively, and how might we use that information to make recommendations? In this paper we identify three types of implicit feedback and suggest two strategies for using implicit feedback to make recommendations.

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Gifted Students And The Right To An Ability-Appropriate Education, Anne Scholtz Heim Jan 1998

Gifted Students And The Right To An Ability-Appropriate Education, Anne Scholtz Heim

The Journal of Law and Education

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School District Employment Practices Regarding School Attorneys, Suzanne Painter Jan 1998

School District Employment Practices Regarding School Attorneys, Suzanne Painter

The Journal of Law and Education

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Mandatory Community Service Requirements In Public High Schools: Are They Constitutional, Michael Ferraraccio Jan 1998

Mandatory Community Service Requirements In Public High Schools: Are They Constitutional, Michael Ferraraccio

The Journal of Law and Education

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Getting Off The Bus: Why Many Black Parents Oppose Busing, John M. Vickerstaff Jan 1998

Getting Off The Bus: Why Many Black Parents Oppose Busing, John M. Vickerstaff

The Journal of Law and Education

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"To Gloss Or Not To Gloss": An Investigation Of Reading Comprehension Online, Lara Lomicka Jan 1998

"To Gloss Or Not To Gloss": An Investigation Of Reading Comprehension Online, Lara Lomicka

Faculty Publications

This pilot study investigated the effects of multimedia reading software on reading comprehension. Specifically, the study aimed to explore how multimedia annotations influence the level of comprehension. Twelve college students enrolled in a second semester French course were instructed to think aloud during the reading of text on the computer screen. Participants read the text under one of three conditions: full glossing, limited glossing, or no glossing. In addition, a tracker was set up in the software to record the amount and type of glosses, and length of time that each was consulted. The raw data clearly indicate an increase …

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Cognitive Agents, Michael N. Huhns, Munindar P. Singh Jan 1998

Cognitive Agents, Michael N. Huhns, Munindar P. Singh

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Several researchers have proposed using cognitive concepts as a semantic basis for agent communications (M.N. Huhns and M.P. Singh, 1997). One of the leading candidates for such a semantics is based on Arcol, the communication language used within Artimis. Interestingly, this application (not only of Arcol, but also in general) appears extremely misguided. The intentional concepts are well suited to designing agents, but are not suited to giving a basis to a public, standardizable view of communication. A challenge for using the cognitive concepts is that although they are natural in several respects and can guide implementations, full blown implementations …

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Personal Assistants, Michael N. Huhns, Munindar P. Singh Jan 1998

Personal Assistants, Michael N. Huhns, Munindar P. Singh

Faculty Publications

Already there are simple personal agents to help with some of our shopping. There are agents to track stocks in our portfolios, advise us on how to use particular software products, and arrange meetings within corporate workgroups. However, none of these agents takes more than one aspect of our activities into account, nor do they adapt easily to our preferences. Personal assistants, on the other hand, are agents that can represent individuals on the Web. They help users in their day-to-day activities, especially those involving information retrieval, negotiation, or coordination. A personal assistant might schedule a meeting and then, based …

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Workflow Agents, Michael N. Huhns, Munindar P. Singh Jan 1998

Workflow Agents, Michael N. Huhns, Munindar P. Singh

Faculty Publications

Software agents as user agents, resource agents, and brokers may be able to enhance usefulness of workflow applications. Workflow technology is important to network computing because workflows exist naturally wherever distributed resources are interrelated. The problem with current workflow technology is that it is often too rigid. The lack of freedom accorded to human participants causes workflow management systems to appear unfriendly. As a result, they are often ignored or circumvented. This rigidity also causes productivity losses by making it harder to accommodate the flexible, ad hoc reasoning of human intelligence. Another challenge is that system requirements are rarely static. …

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All Agents Are Not Created Equal, Michael N. Huhns, Munindar P. Singh Jan 1998

All Agents Are Not Created Equal, Michael N. Huhns, Munindar P. Singh

Faculty Publications

As the technology advances, we can expect the development of specialized agents to be used as standardized building blocks for information systems. Two trends lend credence to such a prediction. First, software systems in general are being constructed with larger components, such as ActiveX and JavaBeans, which are becoming closer to being agents themselves. They have more functionality than simple objects, respond to events autonomously, and, most importantly, respond to system builders at development time, as well as to events at runtime. Moreover, there is a move toward more cooperative information systems, in which the architecture itself plays an important …

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Anthropoid Agents, Michael N. Huhns, Munindar P. Singh Jan 1998

Anthropoid Agents, Michael N. Huhns, Munindar P. Singh

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In the study of agents on the Internet, we often ascribe to them human qualities, such as beliefs and intentions. These qualities are best understood as metaphors that give developers a way to talk about and design the capabilities and applications of agents. Despite all the progress in computing, users have been slow to accept the technology. They have often accepted what was thrown at them, but only under economic duress. Bringing the technology closer to their emotional needs might ease this resistance. So how can we put a human face on computing? Maybe by putting an animated face on …

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Some Reflections On Burns's Command Of English, Dietrich Strauss Jan 1998

Some Reflections On Burns's Command Of English, Dietrich Strauss

Studies in Scottish Literature

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Moral Sentiment From Adam Smith To Robert Burns, Donald Wesling Jan 1998

Moral Sentiment From Adam Smith To Robert Burns, Donald Wesling

Studies in Scottish Literature

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1786 And 1996: Ideals, Prejudices And Burns The Writer, Donald A. Low Jan 1998

1786 And 1996: Ideals, Prejudices And Burns The Writer, Donald A. Low

Studies in Scottish Literature

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Hamish Henderson And The Modem Folksong Revival, Alec Finlay Jan 1998

Hamish Henderson And The Modem Folksong Revival, Alec Finlay

Studies in Scottish Literature

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Contributors Jan 1998

Contributors

Studies in Scottish Literature

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Characterization Of Sol-Gel-Derived Cobalt Oxide Xerogels As Electrochemical Capacitors, Chuan Lin, James A. Ritter, Branko N. Popov Jan 1998

Characterization Of Sol-Gel-Derived Cobalt Oxide Xerogels As Electrochemical Capacitors, Chuan Lin, James A. Ritter, Branko N. Popov

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Very fine cobalt oxide xerogel powders were prepared using a unique solution chemistry associated with the sol-gel process. The effect of thermal treatment on the surface area, pore volume, crystallinity, particle structure, and corresponding electrochemical properties of the resulting xerogels was investigated and found to have significant effects on all of these properties. The xerogel remained amorphous as Co(OH)2 up to 160°C, and exhibited maxima in both the surface area and pore volume at this temperature. With an increase in the temperature above 200°C, both the surface area and pore volume decreased sharply, because the amorphous Co(OH)2 decomposed …

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A Nonisothermal Nickel‐Hydrogen Cell Model, Pauline De Vidts, Javier Delgado, B. Wu, D. M. See, K. Kosanovich, Ralph E. White Jan 1998

A Nonisothermal Nickel‐Hydrogen Cell Model, Pauline De Vidts, Javier Delgado, B. Wu, D. M. See, K. Kosanovich, Ralph E. White

Faculty Publications

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Burns, Macdiarmid And Beyond: Transformations Of The Love Lyric And Its National Context, Margery Palmer Mcculloch Jan 1998

Burns, Macdiarmid And Beyond: Transformations Of The Love Lyric And Its National Context, Margery Palmer Mcculloch

Studies in Scottish Literature

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Sr‐ And Ni‐Doped Lacoo3 And Lafeo3 Perovskites: New Cathode Materials For Solid‐Oxide Fuel Cells, Kevin Huang, Hee Y. Lee, John B. Goodenough Jan 1998

Sr‐ And Ni‐Doped Lacoo3 And Lafeo3 Perovskites: New Cathode Materials For Solid‐Oxide Fuel Cells, Kevin Huang, Hee Y. Lee, John B. Goodenough

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An improved cathode material for a solid‐oxide fuel cell would be a mixed electronic and oxide‐ion conductor with a good catalytic activity for oxygen reduction at an operating temperature T op ≥ 700°C and a thermal expansion matched to that of the electrolyte and interconnect. We report on the properties of Sr‐ and Ni‐doped LaCoO3 and LaFeO3 perovskites that meet these criteria. Single‐phase regions were determined by X‐ray diffraction, and thermogravimetric analysis measurements were used to obtain the temperatures above which oxygen loss, and hence oxide‐ion conductivity, occurs. The conductivity and Seebeck measurements indicate the coexistence of both …

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December 3, 1997 Faculty Senate Minutes, University Of South Carolina Dec 1997

December 3, 1997 Faculty Senate Minutes, University Of South Carolina

Faculty Senate

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November 5, 1997 Faculty Senate Minutes, University Of South Carolina Nov 1997

November 5, 1997 Faculty Senate Minutes, University Of South Carolina

Faculty Senate

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News And Views Of The South Carolina Library Association V.18 N.6 11/1997 Nov 1997

News And Views Of The South Carolina Library Association V.18 N.6 11/1997

South Carolina Libraries

News and Views of the South Carolina Library Association v.18 n.6 11/1997

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Preparing For The Worst - And Striving For The Best: Training University Employees To Respond Clearly, Constructively, And Constitutionally To Hateful Speech On Campus, Charles R. Calleros Oct 1997

Preparing For The Worst - And Striving For The Best: Training University Employees To Respond Clearly, Constructively, And Constitutionally To Hateful Speech On Campus, Charles R. Calleros

The Journal of Law and Education

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Peer Mediation Programs In Schools: Resolving Classroom Conflict But Raising Ethical Concerns, Kelly Rozmus Oct 1997

Peer Mediation Programs In Schools: Resolving Classroom Conflict But Raising Ethical Concerns, Kelly Rozmus

The Journal of Law and Education

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Universities And Other Institutions Of Higher Learning - Recent Developments In The Law Oct 1997

Universities And Other Institutions Of Higher Learning - Recent Developments In The Law

The Journal of Law and Education

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October 1, 1997 Faculty Senate Minutes, University Of South Carolina Oct 1997

October 1, 1997 Faculty Senate Minutes, University Of South Carolina

Faculty Senate

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Water Wars: A Discussion Of The Edwards Aquifer Water Crisis, Matthew Carson Cottingham Miles Oct 1997

Water Wars: A Discussion Of The Edwards Aquifer Water Crisis, Matthew Carson Cottingham Miles

Southeastern Environmental Law Journal

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Televised Trials: Can The Government Market Electronic Access, William L. Howard Oct 1997

Televised Trials: Can The Government Market Electronic Access, William L. Howard

South Carolina Law Review

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