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Computer Use In Educational Presentation Systems, Randy J. Malta

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Computer based Interactive Multi-Media has many uses in creating educational presentations. Apple's HyperCard has unlimited applications for use in Interactive Video presentations. Basic Interactive Video terminology and the five levels of Inter active Video Programs are defined. The process of producing an Interactive Videodisc, as well as the necessary production equipment is described. Interactive computer programs have an exciting future of use and expansion in the many and varied aspects of education.

Benchmarks: A Collection Of Short Stories, Frank Wesley Meyers

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Discounting Undivided Minority Interests, John J. Schlueter Iii

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The thesis explores how real estate ownership, when held as undivided minority interests (i.e., shared ownership where individual shares are not physically divided), leads to valuation challenges. Schlueter argues that such interests are typically worth less than a simple proportional share of the full property’s value due to factors like lack of control, marketability issues, and limited access to financing. He supports his case with legal definitions, historical context, valuation theory, interviews with real estate professionals, and analysis of real market data—including discounted sales of partial interests. Ultimately, the thesis concludes that discounting is necessary to reflect the real-world limitations …

Functional Priorities Within Marriage: Moral Values, Spouse, Children, And Occupation, John Paul Splinter

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There are many components involved in creating healthy marriages. This search examined one of these components: Establishing functional priorities within marriage. Therefore, this research was a study of the priorities in marriage, priorities which will provide moral direction, a certain amount of structure, and a balanced approach to handling activities and relationships.

These priorities were, in order of importance: (a) Moral or spiritual values; (b) the dyadic (husband-wife) relationship; (c) the triadic (husband-wife/child) relationship; and (d) occupation. It was the thesis of this study that these priorities offered most to a marriage unit when maintained in the order prescribed here. …

Modern Black Psychological Theories Versus European Methodology And How They Relate To Corporate Savvy, Lynda Williams Smith

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There has been extensive research done on Black Theoretical Constructs versus European Constructs. It is the intent of this project to provide its readers with an insight into the problems that exist with racist and oppressive theories and their applications and methodologies (past and present); I will also explore the "Afrocentric Model" (a black frame of reference), and how that model of Black personality theories can be developed to "deal with" White corporate situations.

Racism and oppression are two critical problems of our time for which some have theories, but no one has an answer. Every man, in a sense, …

Growth Of An Artist, Grant Allan Kniffen

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One ' s growth as an artist is influenced by many things. Upbringing, values , experience and skill development are among those influences. They combine to shape and mold the identity of the artist . This gradual shaping of the artist's identity eventually results in what is termed a mature style.

This Masters Exhibition is the culminating product of graduate studies in art. The accompanying thesis discusses the artist ' s growth and development.

A Survey Of Psychotherapists Conceptions Of Self-Actualization, Constance C. Jones

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Therapists views of the nature, function, and effect of the self-actualizing capacity in their clients were investigated. Variation in views as a function of therapists ' gender, experience, and theoretical orientation was also examined. The researcher gathered the information by randomly selecting psychologists from the American Psychological Association's Register and as king 35 men and 25 women to respond to a 12-quest ion self -administered questionnaire.

The results from the questionnaires were coded and grouped into general categories . The responses seemed to fall naturally into two broad groupings of (a) psychological and physical (internal phenomena) effects or (b) factors …

Apocalypse And Fortune - Digest, Lila M. Held

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The premise upon which this study is based is that German Expressionist art has undergone an expansion in marketability, and aesthetic recognition during the past decade. German Expressionism is defined as an art of protest, an art that expressed its fundamental precepts visually through distortion, brutal images, and the emotive use of color and form.

I chose to use Ludwig Meidner to exemplify the characteristics of the movement. The basic tenets of Expressionism are apparent in both Meidner's visual and literary endeavors. Ten years ago, this artist's name and work were obscure. Today, his art appears in galleries, his name …

Effects Of Irradiation On The Rate Of Water Vapor Transmission Of Food Packaging Materials, Reginald L. A. Vas

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Food can be preserved by irradiation which is the exposure of food to ionising radiation, high energy electron from electron beams or X-rays or gamma rays from Cobalt-60 or Cesium-137 radioisotopes. Irradiation does not leave a residue in the food and it does not make it radioactive. The low level energy levels of Cobalt and Cesium isotopic gamma rays does not induce any radioactivity. Irradiation has the same preservative effect on food as heat treatment, but because irradiation does not appreciably raise the temperature of the food, it is known as 'cold sterilization'.

Irradiation can potentially be used to preserve …

Intelligent Knowledge Acquisition System, Bong-Soo Youn

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IKAS (Intelligent Knowledge Acquisition System) is an expert system building shell with a machine-assisted concept checker for easy integrated rule-entry. Unlike most expert system shells currently available, IKAS not only performs rule syntax checking, but also maintains semantic integration of the knowledge base by using a Concept Base. The Concept Base is incrementally grown during the cycle of expert system application development and safeguards the whole domain from conceptually conflicting rules by finding possible inconsistencies or duplications of concepts and giving recommendations for possible solutions. Also automatic generalized concept forming using the Inductive Extension Generalization method gives IKAS a capability …

Integration Of Computer-Aided Design Techniques Into The Mechanical Product Development Process, Gerard R. Sturnick

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Computer-Aided Design (CAD) has been called the most significant advance since the development of electricity. CAD is regarded as being the greatest breakthrough of modern times in the search for ways to improve the Product Development Process. This improvement is provided in terms of bringing to market better quality and higher performance products in a significantly shorter design/development cycle and at a lower cost. A survey of the various computer-aided design techniques is presented as they are currently being applied in the mechanical product development process. The research of these techniques includes the basic system operation from a user's perspective, …

A Compilation Of Information About The Life Of Robert Kates Bonine 1862 - 1923, Kenneth E. Nelson

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Gsd - An Interactive Window Oriented Debugger, Gary Bricault S.

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Each computer program, no matter how carefully designed, may contain code entry mistakes, errors in logic, and/or anomalies that can result in unexpected outcome (also known as bugs). In order to find and correct these problems, a software tool known as a debugger can be utilized by a programmer as an aid in isolating and correcting computer programs. The purpose of this thesis is to design and create such a tool for the AT&T UNIX-PC CU that will allow the user to function interactively within a window-oriented environment. This new debugger will be referred to as GSD (Graphic Symbolic Debugger). …

Enhancements To The Frame Virtual Machine, Archna Bhandari

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The Enhanced Frame Package is a tool to build Expert Systems. It is a frame based system, that initially was developed in C-Prolog by LaMora S. Hiss at Rochester Institute of Technology in 1987 for her master's thesis. It was enhanced in the current thsis to provide much larger expressive power andgreater ease of use. Several operators were modified/enhanced, and several new operators were added, while providing the user a balance of computational tractability, expressive power and consistency. Major concepts provided in the Enhanced Frame Package include - local consistency checking as opposed to global consistency checking and how the …

False Illusions: Animals, Nature And Consumerism, Jo-Anne Landriaux

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Multi-Image Animation: "Super Hero", Jeannette M. Achurra

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A Statistical Approach To Formant Tracking, Robert T. Gayvert

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This thesis investigates a statistical approach to tracking formant trajectories in continuous speech. In this approach a probability measure is applied to a set of features extracted from each analysis frame of the speech signal, and a conditional mean estimate is used to determine formant frequency values. The features used can be vector quantization symbols, spectrum levels, or other sets of features related to formant frequencies. Continuity constraints can be applied via either simple smoothing algorithms or hidden Markov models. An example of this technique using a multivariate probability measure on LPC spectral values is examined in detail. A second …

Three Dimensional Study Of Macromolecular Leakage Patterns Using Video Image Analysis, Nikhil V. Khimani

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It has long been known that blood - tissue transport of macromolecules in the microcirculation is driven by diffusion. Although two dimensional models fit the experimental data well, the diffusion process is three dimensional.The objective of this research was to establish a three dimensional unsteady state mathematical model for intravascular transport of macromolecules, and suppoi t the theoretical establishment by experimental results.

Three dimensional diffusion of macromolecules through the interstitial space in the hamster cheek pouch was studied, with intravital fluorescence microscopy. After application of bradykinin, the movement of Fluorescein isothiocynate (F.I.T.C.) - labeled Dextrans of average molecular weight 150,000 …

Lf Pulse Magnetic Field Generation And Uniformity Studies, Shun-Wen Tan

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This thesis dealt with the design and construction of a pulsed magnetic field (PMF) generation circuit. The spatial variations of the generated PMF are also studied The generated PMF is intended to be used for two purposes (a) in hospitals, for its healing effect of broken bones, and (b) to study the effects of PMF on industrial bacteria and their activity in transforming toxic waste to benign waste

A square coil made of two sections is constructed and the associated circuitry for the PMF generation is designed and built The circuitry is divided into two parts. the control circuit and …

Co-Metabolism Of Pentachlorophenol With Glucose Using Two-Stage Anaerobic Activated Carbon Fluidized Beds, Zen Wang

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Abstract - Detoxification of pentachlorophenol by using a two-stage anaerobic biological activated carbon fluidized bed has been investigated. Glucose was introduced as a cosubstrate to determine the relationship between the glucose/PCP ratio and the extent of PCP detoxification in such a system. This system has been proved to be effective in the removal of both PCP and COD. Ratio of glucose to PCP predominates the performance of the system throughout the whole course of this experiment. At a glucose/PCP ratio of 0.33, the system has a highest reduction of both PCP and COD. Addition of glucose to the highly PCP …

An Automated System For Optimal Synthesis Of Planar Linkages, Daming Wang

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This thesis addresses the fundamental weakness of the current CAD capabilities and develops a new CAD system with optimization capability. A computer-aided mechanism design system is developed for general problems of optimal kinematic synthesis of planar four-bar mechanisms. The new system is made as user-friendly as possible and it is unique in that it combines Graphics capability, general Analysis capabilities, and Optimization capability into one system. Related background theory in IMP, optimization and optimal synthesis of mechanisms are discussed. The problems and methods in developing the new system are addressed. New routines and modifications made to the original systems are …

Anaerobic Biodegradation Of Trichloroethylene By Activated Carbon Fluidized-Bed, Jiunn-Horng Chern

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The synthetic wastewater containing trichloroethylene (TCE) was anaerobically degraded with glucose using activated carbon fluidized-bed.

The range of TCE concentration from 26 ppb to 10.8 ppm was examined. The ratio of glucose to TCE in the influent wastewater was ranged from 26 to 805, while the TCE loading ranged from 0.025 to 1.510 mg/hr-L.

The TCE removal efficiency under these treatment conditions was found to be of 99.4%. However, the reduction of chemical oxygen demand (COD) decreased when the TCE loadings was over 0.38 mg/hr-L.

My Spirit, Kathy Clem

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The Nature Of Realism, Lauren Anne Maines

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Furniture For Children, Sooyun Ahn

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Spine Preparation: Factors Affecting Optimum Linkage Of Paper And Adhesive In Adhesive Bookbinding, Richard Adams

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Adhesive bookbinding, a method of holding trimmed pages together in a book using hotmelt glue, offers rapid binding and curing time, but has the disadvantage of poor glue penetration into the paper edges. A weak binding will result unless good linkage can be made between paper and glue, which is the objective of spine-roughening treatments. Eight spine-roughening treatments from three manufacturers were compared on an uncoated and a coated paper stock, against a control treatment of trimmed paper. Treatments were studied by light- and scanning electron microscopic examination of paper edges and by measurement of the mean page-pull values based …

Nexus, Robert Reichhardt

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A Visual Programming Language For Data Flow Systems, Timothy J. Wilson

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The concept of visual programming languages is described and some necessary terms are defined. The value of visual languages is presented and a number of different visual languages are described. Various issues, such as user interface design, are discussed. As an example of a visual programming language, a graphical data flow programming environment is developed for the Macintosh workstation which functions as a preprocessor to a data flow simulator developed at RIT. Examples are presented demonstrating the use of the language environment. Issues related to the development of the programming environment are described and conclusions regarding the development of visual …

A Study On The Relationship Of The Moisture Content Of Paper And The Setoff Rate Of Drying Oil Lithographic Ink And Its Application To Thermographic Printing, Daniel Gibbons

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The focus of this study was to determine the specific moisture content of several different papers that were exposed to four different relative humidity environments at approximately 30 degrees centigrade. This was done in order to see if the amount of water present in a sheet of paper affects the drying rate of drying oil inks. This in turn was done so that we would be able to determine if the rate at which this ink dries and its corresponding increase in viscosity affected the tack or "stickiness" which is vital to thermographic printing applications. The addition of moisture to …

An Intelligent Computerized Pulse-Duplicator For The In-Vitro Evaluation Of Prosthetic Heart Valves, John F. Andrews

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A computerized data acquisition system is presented for the in-vitro determination of the hydrodynamic performance of prosthetic heart valves. High speed data acquisition and ensemble averaging techniques are employed to minimize error and provide a standard for data collection and analysis across a wide range of simulated physiologic conditions. Processing algorithms automatically divide the cardiac cycle into phases based on landmarks in the pressure and flow waveforms, with minimal variability and without operator intervention. The contributions of valve resistance, regurgitation, ejection, leakage, and power loss to hydrodynamic performance are isolated for investigation. Phasic power loss analysis is reviewed as a …