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Library Skills And Resources For Business Research., Stanley P. Lyle, Donald L. Ashbaugh

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This independent study module is intended to introduce business administration students and managers to business information available in books; periodicals; and other library sources; and to teach library search strategies for the acquisition of needed information with a minimum expenditure of time. The module consists of six parts. The first three begin with specific objectives and end with exercises on locating books on business topics using (1) the card catalog; (2) indexes and abstracts; and (3) general business reference works. Exercises at the end of part three are intended to illustrate the types of questions such sources can answer and …

Archeological Resource Preservation: The Role Of State And Local Government, Ronald H. Rosenberg

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Proton Induced X-Ray Emission Analysis - A Complement To Analytical Methods Used In Environmental Studies, N. F. Mangelson, D. J. Eatough, N. L. Eatough, L. D. Hansen, M. W. Hill, M. L. Lee, L. R. Phillips, M. E. Post, B. E. Richter, J. F. Ryder

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Particle induced X-ray emission (PIXE) analysis is a highly versatile method of element analysis. Thus it is well suited for use as a complement to other methods of analysis in experimental programs requiring both chemical and elemental analyses. This paper reports some results of two projects where PIXE was used in conjunction with titration calorimetry, ion chromatography, atomic absorption spectroscopy, gas chromatography/mass spectrometry, X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy and some other methods. The first is a study of sulfur chemistry in a copper smelter plume. Arsenic was found to be a conservative tracer of the plume and was used for calculation of …

Multiple Scattering Of Protons And Deuterons By Thick Foils, D. R. Dixon, G. L. Jensen, S. M. Morrill, C. J. Connors, R. L. Walter, C. R. Gould, P. M. Thambiduria

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Protons and deuterons from the Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory (TUNL) tandem Van de Graaff of energies 3.0, 4.0, and 5.0 MeV were scattered from foils of Al, Ni, Mo, and Ta having thicknesses of 6.14 to 47 mg/cm2. Multiple scattering angular distributions were measured using a position-sensitive detector to collect data at nine different angles simultaneously. Gaussian curves were fitted to the central points of the distributions and the Θ1/e angles thus derived are presented graphically. The data points are compared with calculations using a common method of determining multiple scattering angles. An empirical correction for extending this method into …

Effect Of Backup Roll Length And Roll Neck Length On Profile For 4-H Mills, T. Ohto, Guna S. Selvaduray

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Developments In Patent Law, Ramon A. Klitzke

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The Ohio Rules Of Evidence: Part V, Paul C. Giannelli

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State Regulation Of Social Services Ministries Of Religious Organizations, Carl H. Esbeck

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Religiously motivated civil disobedience in the area of social and human services ministries of religious organizations has become increasingly widespread. With growing governmental involvement in the lives of citizens and moves by federal and state agencies to narrowly confine and define religious activities, it comes as no surprise that conflict over the proper role of the state has crept as well into the arena of social and human services conducted from religious motivation. The current litigation and legislation is principally focused on state regulation by certification or licensing requirements that are expanding from health, fire, and safety concerns into the …

Recovery In Tort For Educational Malpractice: Problems Of Theory And Policy, Robert H. Jerry Ii

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This Article considers whether denial of a cause of action for educational malpractice is consistent with recognized tort principles and the general policy considerations underlying those principles. After briefly summarizing three lawsuits in which the cause of action has been advocated and rejected, it explores the collision between theory and policy that permeates the decisions. The Article suggests that refusal to recognize the cause of action is incompatible with accepted tort principles, and that a cogent theory supporting nonrecognition cannot be articulated within the confines of the accepted principles and the general policies upon which those principles are based. If …

The Decline And Fall Of Taxable Income, Glenn E. Coven

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Channel Instability In A Braided Sand Bed River, William L. Graf

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The Gila River of central Arizona is representative of braided, sand bed rivers in alluvial valleys that have inherent unstable behavior and destructive channel migration. The 112-year record of channel conditions along a portion of the Gila River provides data for the construction of locational probability maps for main flow channels. Zones of stability and hazardous instability alternate with each other at 3.2 km (2 mi) intervals. During the past century the overall sinuosity of the main flow channel has remained close to 1.18, despite numerous changes in actual location. Spatial and temporal variation of sinuosity have occurred in subreaches …

Model For Coal-Fired Reactors, Philip J. Smith, Thomas H. Fletcher, L. Douglas Smoot

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An axisymmetric, elliptic model has been developed for analysis of confined, turbulent coal-laden diffusion flames. The scheme is Eulerian for gases and Lagrangian for particles. The approach emphasizes the turbulent fluid mechanics of the mixing-limited gas phase reaction processes. The two-equation (k-─ e) turbulence model is used for closure. Particle drag and turbulent particle diffusion are also modeled. Gaseous combustion is modeled with a probability density function for the mixture fraction. Fluctuations in mixing of inlet streams and coal off-gas are considered. Coal pyrolysis and oxidation reaction processes are assumed to be slow with respect to the turbulent time scale. …

Products Liability: Substantive Developments, David G. Owen

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Federal Protection For Archaeological Resources, Ronald H. Rosenberg

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Changes In The Submerged Macrophytes Of Lake Pontchartrain (Louisiana): 1954-1973, R. Eugene Turner, Rezneat M. Darnell, Judy Bond

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How To Be Good And Angry, Arnold Kurtz

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The Recrudescence Of Property Rights As The Foremost Principle Of Civil Liberties: The First Decade Of The Burger Court, William W. Van Alstyne

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Rethinking The Policies Of Strict Products Liability, David G. Owen

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Antitrust Liability Of Municipal Corporations: The Per Se Rule Vs. The Rule Of Reason - A Reasonable Compromise, Ramon A. Klitzke

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Note, United States V. Progressive, Inc.: The Faustian Bargain And The First Amendment, Jonathan L. Entin

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Note discussing United States v. Progressive, Inc.

The Effect Of Dam Closure On Downstream Rapids, William L. Graf

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The force of flowing water and the resistance of the largest boulder provide a means of evaluation of the stability of rapids in canyon rivers. Field measurements and calculations show that the closure of Flaming Gorge Dam, Utah, has had a significant effect on the stability of rapids in the canyons of the Green River in Dinosaur National Monument 68 km (42 mi) downstream from the dam. The reduction in peak flows by the dam has limited the competence of the river to move boulders deposited in the main channel by tributary processes, landslides, and prehistoric floods. Before the dam …

Federal Protection Of Unique Environmental Interests: Endangered And Threatened Species, Ronald H. Rosenberg

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Endangered species protection has long been favored by many Americans, who watched regretfully as the numbers of American eagles, buffaloes and other species dwindled toward extinction. Only recently, however, has species protection become a matter of public controversy, subsumed in the more general "development v. environment" debate. In this Article, Professor Rosenberg surveys the federal government's role in species protection, with a special focus on the Endangered Species Act of 1973. Prompted by the much-publicized Supreme Court decision in the "snail darter case"--TVA v. Hill-Congress extensively amended the Act in 1978. After a detailed analysis of these amendments, Professor Rosenberg …

Water Use In Agriculture Now And For The Future, B. Gardner Delworth

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Water is the primary limiting factor in agriculture in the United States and the world. The western states have gained importance in agricultural production only through extensive use of irrigation from surface and groundwater sources. With the increase in population, these water supplies are facing new pressures for reallocation. Accurate scientific information concerning water availability, behavior, management, and value is essential in optimizing water allocation on farms, in agriculture, and among agriculture and the various other uses. This report is an overview of the physical, institutional, economic, and sociological aspects of the water issue from the standpoint of agriculture. It …

The Dufour Effect. Iii. Direct Experimental Determination Of The Heat Of Transport Of Carbon Tetrachloride-Cyclohexane Liquid Mixtures, Richard L. Rowley, Frederick H. Horne

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The heat of transport of carbon tetrachloride-cyclohexane liquid mixtures has been determined directly by Dufour effect experiments. The technique employs a withdrawable ''liquid gate'' to create a nonturbulent, sharp diffusional interface. The partial differential equations governing the barycentric velocity, composition, and temperature distributions are solved with a Crank-Nicholson implicit numerical scheme. This allows inclusion of the composition and temperature dependence of the thermodynamic and transport parameters. For mean mole fraction of carbon tetrachloride x1 between 0.34 and 0.55 and for mean temperature T between 295.13 and 296.43 degreesK, the best least squares fit of the data for the heat of …

Proliferation Resistant Reprocessing Methods, Guna S. Selvaduray, L. Heising

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Finding A Site To Store Spent Fuel In The Pacific Basin, Guna S. Selvaduray, M. Goldstein, R. N. Anderson

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Role Of Misuse In Products Liability Litigation, David A. Fischer

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Misuse is puzzling. Sometimes it cuts off liability and sometimes it does not, but courts have failed to clarify exactly what sort of conduct qualifies as the type of misuse that bars recovery. Generally speaking misuse takes two forms, abnormal use and mishandling. Abnormal use comes about when a product is used for an improper purpose; mishandling comes about when a product is used for a proper purpose but in an improper manner. Under this definition defendants can claim that virtually any unusual handling or use of a product constitutes misuse. Yet courts will not always accept this characterization. They …

A Methodology For Nurse Staffing, Bruce M. Meglino

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Increases in both staff salaries and in the number of personnel per patient have been prime factors in the rapid rise of hospital costs. This is particularly true in the nursing area, which is responsible for the greatest portion of these costs. Limited information has been available to aid hospital managers in the efficient utilization of the nursing staff. This article presents guidelines for determining patient load and a systematic procedure for allocating nursing personnel.

Land Loss In Coastal Louisiana (U.S.A.), N. J. Craig, R. Eugene Turner, J. W. Day Jr.

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This paper examines causes and consequences of wetland losses in coastal Louisiana. Land loss is a cumulative impact, the result of many impacts both natural and artificial. Natural losses are caused by subsidence, decay of abandoned river deltas, waves, and storms. Artificial losses result from flood-control practices, impoundments, and dredging and subsequent erosion of artificial channels. Wetland loss also results from spoil disposal upon wetlands and land reclamation projects.

Total land loss in Louisiana's coastal zone is at least 4,300 ha/year. Some wetlands are converted to spoil banks and other eco-systems so that wetland losses are probably two to three …

Air Quality And Industrial Growth: The Location Of New Industiral Sources Of Pollution In Non-Attainment Areas, Ronald H. Rosenberg, Bruce A. Friedman

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