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A New Distributed Constant False Alarm Rate Detector, Hamid Amirmehrabi, R. Viswanathan Jan 1997

A New Distributed Constant False Alarm Rate Detector, Hamid Amirmehrabi, R. Viswanathan

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A new constant false alarm rate (CFAR) test termed signal-plus-order statistic CFAR (S+OS) using distributed sensors is developed. The sensor modeling assumes that the returns of the test cells of different sensors are all independent and identically distributed. In the S+OS scheme, each sensor transmits its test sample and a designated order statistic of its surrounding observations to the fusion center. At the fusion center, the sum of the samples of the test cells is compared with a constant multiplied by a function of the order statistics. For a two-sensor network, the functions considered are the minimum of the order …


Psychophysical Evaluation Of Gamut Mapping Techniques Using Simple Rendered Images And Artificial Gamut Boundaries, Ethan Montag, Mark Fairchild Jan 1997

Psychophysical Evaluation Of Gamut Mapping Techniques Using Simple Rendered Images And Artificial Gamut Boundaries, Ethan Montag, Mark Fairchild

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Using a paired comparison paradigm, various gamut mapping algorithms were evaluated using simple rendered images and artificial gamut boundaries. The test images consisted of simple rendered spheres floating in front of a gray background. Using CIELAB as our device-independent color space, cut-off values for lightness and chroma, based on the statistics of the images, were chosen to reduce the gamuts for the test images. The gamut mapping algorithms consisted of combinations of clipping and mapping the original gamut in linear piecewise segments. Complete color space compression in RGB and CIELAB was also tested. Each of the colored originals (R,G,B,C,M,Y, and …


Low Resistance Ohmic Contacts To P-Ge/Sub 1-X/C/Sub X/ On Si, Xiaoping Shao, Sean Rommel, B. Orner Jan 1997

Low Resistance Ohmic Contacts To P-Ge/Sub 1-X/C/Sub X/ On Si, Xiaoping Shao, Sean Rommel, B. Orner

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We report on ohmic contact measurements of Al, Au, and W metallizations to p-type epitaxial Ge0:9983C0:0017 grown on a (100) Si substrate by molecular beam epitaxy (MBE). Contacts were annealed at various temperatures, and values of specific contact resistance have been achieved which range from 10/super-5/ Ω cm2 to as low as 5:6 X 10/super-6/ Ω cm2. Theoretical calculations of the contact resistance of metals on Ge/sub1-x/C/x/ with small percentages of carbon, based on the thermionic field emission mechanism of conduction, result in good agreement with the experimental data. We conclude that Al and Au are suitable ohmic contacts to …


Simplified Realisation Of Delta-Sigma Decoder, D. Zrilic, G. Petrovic, Bo Yuan Jan 1997

Simplified Realisation Of Delta-Sigma Decoder, D. Zrilic, G. Petrovic, Bo Yuan

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A simplified structure of the ordinary delta-sigma decoder is described. The basic algorithm is derived and circuit diagrams for analogue and digital implementations are proposed.


Real Estate 20:20, John Ratcliffe Jan 1997

Real Estate 20:20, John Ratcliffe

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This paper seeks to establish a framework for studying real estate futures. In doing so, it explores the general climate of change within which property decisions will have to be made, and examines the specific real estate opportunities that might emerge as a result of that change. For the purpose of appraisal, the forces of change are grouped into six sectors - cultural, demographic, economic, environmental, governmental and technological. Property perspectives are then portrayed for each of these sectors, and some conclusions drawn regarding the likely directions of change in the fields of real estate investment, development and management. Above …


The 1997 Water Rights Settlement Between The State Of Montana And The Chippewa Cree Tribe Of The Rocky Boy's Reservation: The Role Of Community And Of The Trustee, Barbara Cosens Jan 1997

The 1997 Water Rights Settlement Between The State Of Montana And The Chippewa Cree Tribe Of The Rocky Boy's Reservation: The Role Of Community And Of The Trustee, Barbara Cosens

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Externalities Everywhere: Morals And The Police Power, Richard A. Epstein Jan 1997

Externalities Everywhere: Morals And The Police Power, Richard A. Epstein

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Comment: Accounting For Norms, Richard H. Mcadams Jan 1997

Comment: Accounting For Norms, Richard H. Mcadams

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Externalities Everywhere? Morals And The Police Power, Richard A. Epstein Jan 1997

Externalities Everywhere? Morals And The Police Power, Richard A. Epstein

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The Future Of Law And Economics: Looking Forward, Richard A. Posner Jan 1997

The Future Of Law And Economics: Looking Forward, Richard A. Posner

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The Rise And Fall Of Administrative Law, Richard A. Posner Jan 1997

The Rise And Fall Of Administrative Law, Richard A. Posner

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The Future Of Law And Economics: Looking Forward, Douglas G. Baird Jan 1997

The Future Of Law And Economics: Looking Forward, Douglas G. Baird

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Judges And Economics: Normative, Positive, And Experimental Perspectives, Saul Levmore Jan 1997

Judges And Economics: Normative, Positive, And Experimental Perspectives, Saul Levmore

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Generalist Judges In A Specialized World, Diane P. Wood Jan 1997

Generalist Judges In A Specialized World, Diane P. Wood

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Before Cyberspace: Legal Transitions In Property Rights Regimes, Richard A. Epstein Jan 1997

Before Cyberspace: Legal Transitions In Property Rights Regimes, Richard A. Epstein

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Foreword: Under Construction- Latcrit Consciousness, Community, And Theory, Francisco Valdes Jan 1997

Foreword: Under Construction- Latcrit Consciousness, Community, And Theory, Francisco Valdes

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Official Imaginations: Globalization, Difference, And State-Sponsored Immigration Discourses, Kunal M. Parker Jan 1997

Official Imaginations: Globalization, Difference, And State-Sponsored Immigration Discourses, Kunal M. Parker

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Incommensurability, Welfare, Economics, And The Law, Richard Craswell Jan 1997

Incommensurability, Welfare, Economics, And The Law, Richard Craswell

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Protecting And Promoting Wildlife And Habitat On State And Private Land In Washington's Arid Interior, Gregory A. Hicks Jan 1997

Protecting And Promoting Wildlife And Habitat On State And Private Land In Washington's Arid Interior, Gregory A. Hicks

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The object of this paper is to describe efforts now under way in the interior uplands of Washington State's Columbia Plain to restore and protect upland wildlife habitat and wildlife species in a busy and intensively used agricultural and range landscape. It is a landscape of greatly diminished ecological integrity, dominated by private land holdings, and where the remaining public lands are recovering from earlier periods of farming or grazing or still dedicated to productive use under lease or permit. Recent ecosystem assessments make clear that there are few areas of the Columbia Plain's original grass and shrub land which …


The Short-Term Effects Of Mortars On Salt Movement In Stone, Simon H. Perry, Aidan Duffy Jan 1997

The Short-Term Effects Of Mortars On Salt Movement In Stone, Simon H. Perry, Aidan Duffy

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Salt-induced decay processes are one of the most important reasons for the decay of many stone buildings and monuments. This paper investigates the role played by masonry mortars in the movement of salts within Baumberger sandstone and Portland limestone. The methodology used involved the monitoring of stone units containing mortar joints which were exposed to a city-centre environment. Rain-water run-off was collected from the stone/mortar units during the exposure period; the units were subsequently destructively analysed. The methods of run-off and destructive sample analysis used included ion chromatography and atomic absorption spectrophotometry; stone and mortar samples were also analysed petrographically. …


Distributed Detection With Multiple Sensors: Part I—Fundamentals, Ramanarayanan Viswanathan, Pramod K. Varshney Jan 1997

Distributed Detection With Multiple Sensors: Part I—Fundamentals, Ramanarayanan Viswanathan, Pramod K. Varshney

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In this paper, basic results on distributed detection are reviewed. In particular, we consider the parallel and the serial architectures in some detail and discuss the decision rules obtained from their optimization based on the Neyman–Pearson (NP) criterion and the Bayes formulation. For conditionally independent sensor observations, the optimality of the likelihood ratio test (LRT) at the sensors is established. General comments on several important issues are made including the computational complexity of obtaining the optimal solutions, the design of detection networks with more general topologies, and applications to different areas.


Defeating Environmental Law: The Geology Of Legal Advantage, William H. Rodgers, Jr. Jan 1997

Defeating Environmental Law: The Geology Of Legal Advantage, William H. Rodgers, Jr.

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My talk today will: (1) introduce the metaphor of geology, (2) suggest to you that complexity has "gainers" as well as "losers," and (3) show you how environmental laws can be defeated by these twin engines of complexity and clever human adversaries.

[Third Annual Lloyd K. Garrison Lecture on Environmental Law.]


Computer Science Concepts In Copyright Cases: The Path To A Coherent Law, Marci A. Hamilton, Ted Sabety Jan 1997

Computer Science Concepts In Copyright Cases: The Path To A Coherent Law, Marci A. Hamilton, Ted Sabety

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Why Universities Are Morally Obligated To Strive For Diversity: Restoring The Remedial Rationale For Affirmative Action Affirmative Action: Diversity Of Opinions, Richard Delgado Jan 1997

Why Universities Are Morally Obligated To Strive For Diversity: Restoring The Remedial Rationale For Affirmative Action Affirmative Action: Diversity Of Opinions, Richard Delgado

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Towards A Theory Of Law And Entrepreneurship, Steven H. Hobbs Jan 1997

Towards A Theory Of Law And Entrepreneurship, Steven H. Hobbs

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Ethics In The Age Of Entrepreneurship Symposium: Ethical Obligations And Liabilities Arising From Lawyers' Professional Associations, Steven H. Hobbs Jan 1997

Ethics In The Age Of Entrepreneurship Symposium: Ethical Obligations And Liabilities Arising From Lawyers' Professional Associations, Steven H. Hobbs

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The People: The Least Accountable Branch, Marci A. Hamilton Jan 1997

The People: The Least Accountable Branch, Marci A. Hamilton

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Juno Moneta: On The Erotics Of The Marketplace, Jeanne L. Schroeder Jan 1997

Juno Moneta: On The Erotics Of The Marketplace, Jeanne L. Schroeder

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The article explores how property and the feminine, as legal fictions, facilitate the creation of subjectivity through the lens of Hegelian philosophy and Lacanian psychoanalysis. It critiques the liberal individual as an insufficient concept for subjectivity, arguing that subjectivity is constructed, not natural. The analysis examines how legal frameworks privilege masculine metaphors, such as possession, while repressing feminine ones, and posits that the pursuit of a perfect market represents a destructive ideal that undermines freedom and subjectivity.


Observation And Investigation Of The Ferrielectric Subphase With High Qt Parameter., Yuri Panarin, O. Kalinovskaya, D.J. Vij, J.W. Goodby Jan 1997

Observation And Investigation Of The Ferrielectric Subphase With High Qt Parameter., Yuri Panarin, O. Kalinovskaya, D.J. Vij, J.W. Goodby

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Dielectric relaxation processes in an antiferroelectric liquid crystal ~AFLC! have been investigated over a wide range of frequencies from 1 Hz to 1 GHz. The AFLC under investigation possesses a variety of different ferrielectric, ferroelectric, and antiferroelectric phases. Dielectric and polarization measurements under direct bias voltage have been made with a view to clarifying the origin of the high-temperature ferrielectric phase, which appears between the AF and smectic-C* phases. This phase is assigned to an unstable ferrielectric phase with qT parameter greater than 1/2 ~according to the Ising model! or a doubly modulated incommensurate phase ~according to the expanded Landau …


Observation And Investigation Of The Ferrielectric Subphase With High Qt Parameter, Yuri Panarin, O. Kalinovskaya, J.K. Vij, J.W. Goodby Jan 1997

Observation And Investigation Of The Ferrielectric Subphase With High Qt Parameter, Yuri Panarin, O. Kalinovskaya, J.K. Vij, J.W. Goodby

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Dielectric relaxation processes in an antiferroelectric liquid crystal (AFLC) have been investigated over a wide range of frequencies from 1 Hz to 1 GHz. The AFLC under investigation possesses a variety of different ferrielectric, ferroelectric, and antiferroelectric phases. Dielectric and polarization measurements under direct bias voltage have been made with a view to clarifying the origin of the high-temperature ferrielectric phase, which appears between the AF and smectic-C phases. This phase is assigned to an unstable ferrielectric phase with qT parameter greater than 1/2 (according to the Ising model) or a doubly modulated incommensurate phase (according to the expanded Landau …