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Nomographs And Tables For Simplified Thermal Analysis Of Power Piping, Dhanjibhai N. Patel

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This Thesis develops Nomographs and Tables for simplified thermal analysis of " Power Piping." It gives the length of required Thermal Relieve Leg when a set of piping parameters such as, pipe size, pipe material, operating temperature and pipe length are given.

The Nomographs and Tables developed here can be used

1. to determine the primary piping layout, piping route, support location etc. before vigorous conputer analysis is performed.

2. to help the Field Engineer on the plant site to make " on the spot " decisions on pending piping route changes.

Two Nomographs are developed in this Thesis. One …

Criteria Measurement In Edp Auditing, Eugene Alexander Ottaviano

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Criteria Measurement in EDP Auditing is a planning technique to assist the Internal Audit function in systematically selecting software applications for budgeted audit reviews. The objective is to develop a risk analysis method, which is not time and labor intensive, that will minimize risk to the corporation and maximize audit effectiveness. The methodology does not consider probabilities or occurrence rates because risks to the EDP environment are extremely difficult to forecast with traditional techniques. The method provides for both objective and subjective risk determinations.

The approach is to measure software risk criteria for a specific data processing environment. Risk concerns …

The Hydroxide-, Chymotrypsin-, And Blood-Catalyzed Hydrolysis Of A Series Of Sodium 4-Acyloxy-3-Nitrobenzene Sulfonates, Louis E. Rinaldi

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The kinetics of the hydrolysis of a series of water-soluble aromatic esters (sodium 4-acyloxy-3-nitrobenzene sulfonates) were analyzed in order to determine the effect of a variety of substitutions (on the α-carbon of the acid group) upon the rate of reaction.

The following was observed. That (a), the hydroxide catalyzed and water dependent hydrolyses of these esters are slower for larger substituents and faster for smaller ones. That (b), the chymotrypsin catalytic hydrolysis of these esters shows an acylation reaction step which occurs at a rate greater than deacylation for larger substituents, and at approximately equal rates for smaller ones. Furthermore, …

Kinetics And Reactivity Of The 2,4-Tolyene Diiscoyanate With 2-Hydroxyethyl Methacrylate Reaction, Menq-Fong Shieh

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The kinetics of the addition of 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate(HEMA) to 2,4-Tolyene diisocyanate(2,4-TDI) were studied at the temperature of 25°C, 30°C and 38°C. Reactant and product concentrations were monitored by liquid chromatography.

The rate equations for the series-parallel second order reaction have been developed and integrated by the Runge Kutta-Gill method. The results show that the para

group is about 12 times more reactive than that of the corresponding ortho group with the HEMA hydroxyl group at 25°C, and small amount of HEMA diadduct invariably produced.

Designing Cost Effective Pump Suction Systems Using Statistical Correlation Techniques To Estimate Vessel Elevation Costs, Neil J. Bernstein

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In order to minimize total costs (investment plus operating costs) when elevating process equipment to meet hydraulic requirements, it is essential to establish cost effective and energy efficient pump suction systems. During the early stages of design of such systems it is most critical that preliminary costs be determined in a timely manner to avoid job delays. One method of accomplishing this is through the use of a cost estimating relationship for defining the price behavior of alternative pump suction systems. This thesis describes the procedure used to develop a mathematical model to predict the cost of elevating vertical drums. …

Industrial Parameters For Applying New Technology, Michael Cimino

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Industrial Parameters for Applying New Technology is a paper devoted to the study of the role 'of' robots in today's manufacturing environment. Industry looks forward to robotic technology to solve, its declining productivity dilemma. The purpose of this paper is to' aid a Prospective robot buyer in selecting the appropriate application and in particular a suitable robot for that application. A listing of robot performance characteristics, criteria chart, and evaluation table were developed to guide the engineer through the necessary steps required in selecting a successful robot application.

The history of robotics is discussed briefly along with an explanation of …

A Study Of Personal Conflict And Stress Among Engineering Personnel As Influenced By Corporate Policy, Stated And Unstated, Richard Brian Gordon

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The following concepts are being challenged: That organizations are efficient, well-managed, and intelligent: that if one is to believe in any sort of authority, one must first accept the notion that it truly knows best and that it is not only competent, but well-intentioned; that organizations exist for the benefit of their employees and customers; that organizations reward dedication, competence, and performance: that if the organization is to grow it needs loyal sacrificing people; that organizations are dynamic and receptive to change; that if the employee is discouraged, do not worry, for tomorrow will be better; that to be useful …

Designing A Data Management System To Support A Quality Control Mission, Erastus Runji Muchioki

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This thesis is concerned with the design of a Data Management System to support a Quality Control Mission particularly within the writer's organization. It defines the term quality, with respect to his company's needs, followed by an outline of quality control management's responsibilities. Problems of quality Control from product design, assembly to the finished product are discussed. The organization's current quality control procedures are analyzed. Problems in establishing the data base are discussed. This data is then organized to form the new Data Management System that will support a Quality Control Mission properly. In the discussion, the author tries to …

Managing In The Technical Sales Arena, Robert Munro

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The major objective of this thesis is to portray the role of a Field Engineer for a major manufacturer of electrical distribution and control equipment. In so doing, it should represent a reasonable facsimile of what a sales manager of a large Field Office, comprised of approximately twelve Field Engineers, would encounter in his supervisory capacity. As such, it should provide information for those interested in entering and hoping to manage in technical sales career.

While much of the information was derived from books, periodicals, and conversations with people associated with the electrical industry, the major portion of the work …

Gallium Nitride Film Deposition By Ionized Cluster Beam Epitaxy, Ghulum Bakiri

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An experimental Ionized Cluster Beam System similar in design to the one developed at Kyoto University in Japan was. designed and constructed in the Microelectronics Laboratory at NJIT. This involved making the working drawings, having the parts machined and then assembling the system in a vacuum system together with the necessary variable power supplies, meters, controls, gas inlets, cooling water connections, etc.

Eleven deposition runs were then attempted to grow gallium nitride utilizing the system constructed. In a typical deposition run, gallium was vaporized from a boron nitride crucible at 1000° C and allowed to expand through a 0.5 mm …

Managing And Controlling The Manufacturing Operations, Harish Doshi

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The Right Mood, Mary Pat O'Brien

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Through this supportive documentation of my thesis work, I hope to verbally clarify the intentions mentioned in my proposal. Due to the subjective nature of abstract paintings, it is nearly impossible to conclusively prove a point. By referring to observations made by and about other artists and their work, I have been able to substantiate and complement my own ideas. I found evidence of what I interpreted to be the underlying attitude that is developed individually but shared collectively by artists. It seems this "shared attitude" has no geographic or time boundaries. It is remarkable to note parallels between the …

The Complexity Of Simplicity, Jette Whitely

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Book Design: A Study In Communicating Information Within The Field Of Music, Leith A. Harbold

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A Proposed Study Of The Value Of An Exercise And Nutrition Program For Obese Children In A Public School Setting, Barbara Mcdougal

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This proposed study addresses the question: Will a daily exercise and nutrition program help increase the level of fitness for children determined to be obese?

A plan of classifying students as being obese is included as well as a recommended program of exercise and nutrition. The program consists of student participation for 24 weeks for 30 minutes daily in addition to their regular physical education class.

Obese students would be divided into two groups. One group would continue their normal daily schedule and the second group would participate in the exercise and nutrition program.

Because this author is enrolled in …

A Science Curriculum Incorporating Process Skill Activities Into Content-Oriented Science Programs, Holly Richards

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This curriculum of science activities was developed to be used with a content-oriented text in the intermediate grades of elementary school. It was specifically designed to give students additional practice in using the process skills in the various units of science, The author felt the need for this curriculum after teaching both content- and process-oriented programs, as each left much to be desired when taught in isolation.

This researcher believes that children learn best by doing, and that science is an ideal area in which to develop the skills that produce independent learners and critical thinkers. However, as research shows, …

Development Of Syntax-Directed Editor For Pascal, Chintana Promphan

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A syntax-directed editor for Pascal is created by using an ALOE (A Language Oriented Editor) implementation tool running under the UNIX* Operating System. An ALOE supports the construction and manipulation of language structures while guaranteeing syntactic correctness. Instantiations of an ALOE for Pascal are generated from a grammatical description of a language. Trees are represented internally by ALOE as an abstract syntax trees that the user manipulates directly, and then maps this internal representation to a concrete representation for display to the user.

*UNIX is a Trademark of Bell Laboratories.

Natural Shelters, Habitable Landscapes, Joseph Vitone

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The purpose of this thesis will be to try to share with you an energy and character that I find in trees, in the earth, in the qualities of light, in the intimacy of houses and yards. There is a simple yet deep-running link between our created spaces (our homes) and the spirit and body of the woods. I feel a strong kinship between myself and the land that produced me- -a super-blood tie, a joining from long ago--that transcends anthropocentric thought and concern. I want to know that link, to be at ease with the earth and to extend …

Micro-Circuit Reticle Fabrication: An Investigation Of A Silver Halide Emulsion As A Portable Conformable Mask, Patrick St. Cin

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An investigation of the possibility of spin-coating a silver halide emusion similar to that used on Kodak HRP plates onto a positive resist coating reticle blank was made. By changing the cating weight and temperature of the emulsion it was found that the emulsion could be coated onto the reticle without harm to the positive resist material. A five micron width line was imaged successfully and measured in the final chrome sub-layer of the reticle.

Determining Spectral Sensitivity Of Kodak Micro Positive Resist 820, Matthew L. Huck

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The spectral sensitivity of KODAK Micro Positive Resist 820 has been determined for the spectral range of 300nm to 500nm. A xenon-source monochrometer was used in a hard contact exposing system. Se/isitivity is defined as the inverse of the exposure (mj/cm ) needed to produce an image in a photoresist coated plate having walls of 70 normal slope. Low intensity reciprocity law failure has been conclusively shown to exist in this resist with exposure intensities of 100 mw/cm and below. Guide lines have been drawn up, based on the procedures and results of the experimentation, to assist photoresist users in …

Evaluation Of The Photographic Characteristics Of Emulsions With Different Iodide Percentages, Joseph M. Sharp

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Ammonia-converted iodobromide emulsions with 0, 1, and 5 mole% iodide were prepared with a single-jet precipitation procedure to the same grain-size distribution. After development to gamma-infinity with high-solvent and low-solvent type developers, photographic characteristics were determined and are reported here. Iodide affects absorption of light in an emulsion, but when corrections are made for this change in absorption, iodide does not change the basic sensitivity of sulfur-sensitized emulsions.

Derivation Of The Transformation Relationship Of Pseudo-Invariant Features Of Two Landsat Images, Jeffrey R. Sefl

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The purpose of this effort was to determine the relationships of the spectral radiance distributions of pseudo-invariant features for a selected pair of Landsat images. The relationships for the four bands (band 4 through band 7) were determined to be linearly related. The transformation equations will map one images brightness values on to a second images brightness values.

A Decision Theory Approach To Tone Reproduction, Kevin E. Spaulding

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The concepts of statistical decision theory were applied to the photographic tone reproduction system to develop an objective measurement of tone reproduction accuracy called the "expected loss" of the system. Reproductions were made of four scenes using systems with a wide range of tone reproduction characteristics. The expected loss for each system/scene combination was calculated, and the perceived tone reproduction accuracy was determined using the psychophysical scaling method of magnitude estimation. A statistically significant correlation was found between the subjectively determined accuracy, and system expected loss, but the degree of correlation was not high enough for the merit function to …

Variations In Image Magnification Due To Mask Repositioning In A 1:1 Projection Printer, Sarah M. Dolan

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A Perkin-Elmer Micralign 230 Exposure Tool was used in an analysis of magnification variation. In the analvsis, all elements were kept constant except for the repositioning of the mask between sets of wafers that were exposed. Repositioning was initiated by removal and replacement of the mask from the exposure tool and the mask holder. Overlay measurements were then taken from the exposed wafers. These measurements were used to calculate the amount of magnification error of the images found on the wafers. These magnification values verified the hypothesis that repositioning of the mask has a significant effect on magnification values.

Industrial Art Materials, Frank S. Defrancis

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Anyone, who has ever tried to paint has become well acquainted with the fact that huge sums of money too often buy the meagerest amounts of supplies. Faced with the possibility of either breaking into art supply stores at night or learning to vent my hostilities elsewhere I traded my studio supplies for their industrial counterparts and gratefully have never looked back. The following report will document the advantages as well as the disadvantages that I have encountered in working exclusively with industrial art materials. The first half will deal the materials themselves while the second half will offer a …

Determining Techniques And Alternatives For Pupil Recruitment For Enrollment In The Head Start Program, Nancy Vanzant

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This report examines strategies for improving recruitment and enrollment in Head Start programs serving low-income families in St. Louis. Head Start is a federally funded initiative designed to provide early childhood education, health services, and family support to children from disadvantaged backgrounds. Despite the program’s benefits, many eligible families remain unenrolled, highlighting a persistent gap between available resources and community participation.

The study identifies multiple barriers to enrollment, including limited awareness of Head Start, transportation difficulties, and misconceptions about eligibility. Families often perceive Head Start as a program for others rather than as an opportunity for their own children, while …

Integrating Children's Literature Into The Teaching Of Multicultural Education, Carolyn Vaccaro-Sipes

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A multicultural curriculum reflects and is sensitive to the ethnic diversity among the peoples of various cultures. In this type of curriculum ethnic content regarding diverse ethnic groups is incorporated into the area of social studies through the use of children's literature for the fifth grade. Four goals are considered: (1) developing an understanding of cultural diversity within the 1 society, (2) apply thinking and decision making processes to ethnic issues through activities, (3) developing skills needed for participating in different ethnic groups, for resolving conflicts and for taking action to improve current conditions, and (4) develop attitudes, values, and …

Design Of A High Ratio Gear Reduction Unit, Jean Xydias

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This is a right angle gear drive design where helical and spiral bevel gears are being used. Because of the high speed ratio (1800/18 , input/output), three reductions were applied. Two helical gear sets were used in the first and second reductions (one each), and a spiral bevel set was used at the final reduction. The gears were mounted on four shafts, with the first and last shafts (output and input shafts) carrying one gear each straddle mounted, and the second and third shafts carrying two gears each, overhung mounted. The design was based on a criterion that was set …

The Effect Of Developer Composition On Adjacency Effects In Black And White Photography: Metol Vsl Phenidone, Paul L. Zengerle

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Increased chemical adjacency effects in black and white photography can be obtained using certain Metol and Phenidone developers. Four different effects are described: 1) development inhibition by iodide ion 2) development inhibition by bromide ion 3) exhaustion of Metol 4) development inhibition by oxidized Phenidone Edge effects produced by Metol exhaustion and by Phenidone development are enhanced by moderate increases in pH. They are reduced by: the addition of hydroquinone, high levels of sodium sulfite, and high fog levels. Developers designed to increase adjacency effects also increase granularity. The trade-off betv/een acutance and granularity is approximately linear for the film-developer …

Garbage Collection Of Linked Data Structures: An Example In A Network Oriented Database Management System, Delphine T H Kung

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A unified view of the numerous existing algorithms for performing garbage collection of linked data structure has been presented. An implementation of a garbage collection tool in a network oriented database management system has been described.