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A Faster Way: A Recommendation To Machinery And Equipment Appraisers, Gerald L. Huether

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Development Of Thinking Skills Through Historical Fiction With Intermediate And Middle School Students: A Book Manuscript, Rebecca Hicks

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The purpose of this study was to develop a book manuscript incorporating higher-order thinking skill development with the reading of American historical fiction . Current literature showed the necessity for promoting higher-order thinking skills among today's students. It was found that current textbooks did not sufficiently address higher-order thinking questioning. It was also found that many thinking skill materials did not integrate those skills with academic content. The information gathered was then used to formulate a book integrating higher-order thinking skills with read- aloud American historical fiction. The book manuscript was to be utilized by intermediate and middle school teachers.

Building Knowledge Systems For The Manufacturing Support Environment: A User's Approach, Vernon Joseph Tracy Jr.

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Knowledge systems provide a largely untapped resource for accomplishing productivity gains in the manufacturing support disciplines. Major corporations, usually under the guidance of newly formed Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) departments, are rushing to develop large knowledge systems. These large systems offer the promise of a considerable payback and therefore deserve their current attention. There also exists a wealth of smaller projects that if identified and developed, could contribute to improved corporate performance. The shortage of knowledge engineers has been the major reason why small knowledge system applications in the manufacturing support areas are not being vigorously pursued. This paper presents an …

The Effects Of Motor Carrier Deregulation, Michael J. Scannell

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The Motor Carrier Deregulation Act was brought about by consumer groups that created pressure on Congress to deregulate several protected industries. The airline, telephone, and motor carrier industries that were regulated or governed by Federal Departments were deregulated approximately at the sane time due to the national consumerism of the late 1970's.

The Motor Carrier Deregulation Act appears to have been successful on the surface by lowering the price of transportation; however, in reality it has had a negative impact in certain smaller communities where the lack of service and higher cost has deterred future growth of the community. Smaller …

Research And Development Of An Abc Book Of Thinking Skills With Caldecott Books For Primary Students, Edythe Bernhardt

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The goal of A1erican education today is to develop the thinking ability of children to enable them to learn even after leaving school. Because of an increasingly complex, ever-changing, problem-ridden world, creative thinkers and problem solvers are needed today more than ever before.

The purpose of the project was to research and prepare appropriate materials to develop thinking skills in primary aged children, kindergarten through grade three. The thinking skills were combined with quality children's literature, the Caldecott Award winning books, in activities which teach children to think and motivate them to read excellent children's literature . These activities were …

Implementation Of An Activity Coordinator For An Activity-Based Distributed System, Robert Shaw

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Distributed computing systems offer a number of potential benefits, including: - improved fault-tolerance and reliability - increased processor availability - faster response time - flexibility of system configuration - effective management of geographically distributed resources - integration of special purpose machines into applications In order to realize this potential, support systems that aid in the development of distributed programs are needed. An Activity System facilitates the design and implementation of distributed programs: (1) By allowing the programmer to group functionally related objects into an activity (or job) which is recorded within the system. The information stored concerning relationships between objects …

The Representation Of Symmetric Patterns Using The Quadtree Data Structure, Lucia Lodolini

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Hierarchical data structures for image representation have been widely explored in recent years. These data structures are based on the principle of "recursive decomposition" of an image region. The most commonly mentioned picture data structure for two-dimensional data is referred to as a "quadtree". The purpose of this thesis is to investigate the use of a general quadtree scheme as a means of representing symmetric images. Specifically, images are generated according to the rules of selected two-dimensional plane symmetry groups.

Ada As A Design Specification Language, Barbara Brunner Gibson

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The primary thesis objective is research into current approaches to design specification languages, emphasizing Ada. Requirements specification is touched upon. Design specification is explored and related to requirements and implementation. The role of language in design is discussed, as well as objectives of the design specification and features that a specification language should provide in order to meet those objectives. Formal language is contrasted with natural language. Some formal specification languages are described, both Ada related and not Ada related. The secondary objective, the thesis project, is to illustrate a design specification in a formal language, Ada. The purpose of …

A Knowledge Acquisition Assistant For The Expert System Shell Nexpert-Object, Florence Perot

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This study addresses the problems of knowledge acquisition in expert system development examines programs whose goal is to solve part of these problems. Among them are knowledge acquisition tools, which provide the knowledge engineer with a set of Artificial Intelligence primitives, knowledge acquisition aids, which offer to the knowledge engineer a guidance in knowledge elicitation, and finally, automated systems, which try to replace the human interviewer with a machine interface. We propose an alternative technique to these approaches: an interactive syntactic analyzer of an emerging knowledge base written with the expert system shell called Nexpert Object. This program intends to …

Application Of Computer Techniques In Groundwater Contamination Studies, Komratchi Raman

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A study has been undertaken to provide insight into two related aspects of groundwater contamination studies - contaminant transport behavior and its analysis by modeling techniques. The study reviews recent research that explains some of the uncertainties in the transport and fate of chemical contaminants in groundwater. Approaches to modeling techniques and data reduction are developed to illustrate their usefulness in analysing existing groundwater data, and to make predictions on the future water chemical characteristics. Three types of study areas have been chosen for this purpose, each representing a different type of groundwater contamination problem. The first study area has …

Visual Organizational Systems For The Graphic Designer, Michael P. Agoston

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Wire Water Wood, Agnes Stokes

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A Theoretical Investigation Of The Possibility Of Coexistence Of Three Microbial Populations Competing Purely And Simply In Configurations Of Three Interconnected Chemostats, Shiuan-Wu Chang

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It is known from the literature that out of any number of microbial populations competing purely and simply in an environment which is homogeneous and has time invariant inputs (e.g. in an ideal chemostat) only one population can survive in a steady state under any conditions. However it has been proven possible for two competitors to coexist in two interconnected chemostats, which indicates that spatial heterogeneities may lead to coexistence of pure and simple competitors. The present study investigates whether the spatial heterogeneities created by three interconnected bioreactors may lead to a mixed culture (i.e. coexistence) of three pure and …

Reactions Of Atomic Hydrogen With Dichloromethane In A Flow System, Shun-Hsien Huang

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The reaction kinetics of atomic hydrogen with dichloromethane were studied in a tubular flow reactor with 2.6 cm I.D. Pyrex tube at pressure of 2.1 to 2.7 torr absolute and room temperature . Hydrogen atoms were generated by a microwave discharge plasma. Atomic hydrogen concentration were measured by chemiluminescence titration with nitrogen dioxide. The concentrations of hydrogen atom ranged from 2.0 * 10¹⁴ to 5.0 * 10¹⁵ atoms per cm³. Chlorocarbon reagent and products were monitored by online gas chromatography (FID).

Major products observed were hydrogen chloride and methane. The conversion of dichloromethane increases first to …

Land Cover Classification Of Landsat Thematic Mapper Images Using Pseudo Invariant Feature Normalization Applied To Change Detection, Tim Hawes

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A radiometric normalization technique for compensating illumination and atmospheric differences between multi-temporal images should allow classification of the images with a single classification algorithm. This allows a simpler approach to land cover change detection. Land cover classification of Landsat Thematic Mapper Imagery with and without Pseudo Invariant Feature Normalization was performed to demonstrate the effect on classification and change detection accuracy. A post-classification change detection method using two separate classification algorithms, one for each date, was performed as a baseline comparison. Land cover classification using one classification algorithm was attempted with and without gain and offset correction to serve as …

Post-Cracking And Nonlinear Microcomputer Analysis In Reinforced Concrete Beams, Pedro Ricardo Munoz Arias

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The main objective of this Thesis work is to study a non-linear behavior of reinforced concrete structures using the Finite Element Method and an incremental load strategy.

Bond between steel and concrete is simulated using linkage spring elements. The proposed model has a generalized crack propagation capability and it accounts for nonlinearities due to cracking and material properties.

Load-displacement relationships describing the aggregate interlock along the crack and the dowel action at the level of reinforcement are incorporated into a computer program.

A simply supported reinforced concrete beam is analyzed from zero load until failure. Contributions to the shear capacity …

Awakening The Spirit, Jane Emily Dalton

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I have chosen to create a series of woven rugs and handwoven panels which reflect a personal vision. I choose to think metaphysically about the world I live in and about the objects that surround me. Life represents a spiritual journey in which each of us is involved. The Bible says that, "Many are called, but few are chosen." However, I tend to agree more with the following statement: "We all are called and we are all chosen if we simply have the courage to step into the unknown." Many things could cause a person to begin an internal evaluation …

A Functional Reading Curriculum For Severely Handicapped Students, Marie Sassenrath

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In Missouri, the State School System serves the majority of severely handicapped students aged five to twenty-one and strives to facilitate their integration into community environments. The State Schools' most recent curriculum was developed in 1975. This guide cannot adequately prepare handicapped students for survival in a least restrictive environment because much of the guide's content is nonfunctional and taught in objectives simulated (classroom) settings . Its are not stated behaviorally, nor do they provide criterion levels new type of curriculum for is evaluation; needed. A clearly, a functional reading curriculum would equip the severely handicapped student with some degree …

Society Bits, Jose Enrique Lorca

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An Interpreter For Parallel Prolog, A Study And Implementation, Morad Benyoucef

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In April 1982, a new institute named ICOT (Institute for New Generation Computer Technology ) was created in Japan. The institute was to support the FGCS ( Fifth Generation Computer Systems ) project. The project is a tremendous effort to enter the fifth generation of computing. The idea is to have a Logic Programming Language as a base language for the project. "The goal is to develop basic computer technology to build an intelligent computer system and its prototype which will have an inference function and an intelligent interface function." [18] The inference machine to be developed will be a …

An Exploration Of Conscious And Instinctive Concepts Within Ceramic Sculpture, Pamela Jayne Fayer

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This thesis report describes the driving force behind my ceramic sculpture, a pursuit of form reflecting conscious and instinctive concepts in art. Each piece, a created situation removed somewhat from the context of the visual and expected, calls attention to the processes by which the human species functions. The environments created program a controlled ituation that evokes viewer response as they add to and heighten the illusions of real situations. The drama of these sculptural realities is further intensified by being life-sized. An intention of the work is not to function as the object it visually represents, but to explore …

Dye Image Stability Of Polaroid Time Zero Supercolor Prints, Anthony Zych

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This paper discusses research on an automatic focusing system for IC-linewidth measuring instruments. The instrument incorporates a collimated light source, a device to move a sample in small, precise increments, and a charge-coupled device. The autofocusing model would measure the step-height to a focus position. Thickness of samples on an enlarged scale were measured to verify the feasibility of this device.

Music And Art : An Analogical Approach, Donald Groscost

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Automatic Differentiation: Implementation In The Ada Programming Language, Robert P. Herloski

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This thesis describes the characteristics of a novel computational technique called automatic differentiation, and gives an implementation of this technique in the Ada® programming language. Automatic differentiation is a technique with which one can directly calculate the value of any partial derivative of nearly any function that has been programmed into a computer (at any point of interest), without requiring the algebraic derivation of the desired partial derivative of the function of interest. It is closely related to the technique of power series manipulation, with which one can find, for example, the sum, product, square root, etc., of given power …

Office Automation, Nanda Kishore Krishnaiah

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This thesis gives an overview of the technology available to management for implementing office automation. It explores the methodology for creating an integrated automated office. It discusses methods for linking automated offices through the concept of networking and it addresses the major behavioral aspects associated with the implementation of automation in the office. The most significant part of this thesis is that the conceptual design model is illustrated by the application to an actual case study. The author was involved as a team member in an automation project with the Center for Information Age Technology, at New Jersey Institute of …

Reliability Evaluation Of Liquid Crystal Displays Under Accelerated Life Conditions, Rajkumar Krishnamoorthy

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This Thesis shows method of comparing the reliability of Liquid Crystal Display Devices by means of accelerated life testing at elevated temperature and relative humidity for two different vendors.

The tests were carried out at three different combinations of temperature and humidity.

1. 77°±1° C and no added humidity.

2. 85°±1° C and no added humidity

3. 98°±1° C and 98+2% relative humidity.

Leakage current measurements were carried out after every 1000 hours for up to 5000 hours for vendor no.l. Measurements were carried at 0, 500, 1000, 2000, 3000 and 5000 hours for vendor no.2. A DC bias of …

Implementation Of Case (Common Application Service Element) And Application Interface For Manufacturing Automation Protocol, Amit Limaye

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In 1980 General Motors formed a task force committee to explore solution to incompatibility of computer network on machine floor which control programmable devices, Robots etc. After receiving the various existing standards, the committee came up with first draft of Manufacturing & Automation Protocol (MAP 1.0) in April 1984. Further reviews resulted in different versions of MAP standards and presently, efforts are being made to come up with MAP 3.0.

MAP enables information to be readily transferred between computers, people and equipment and thus truely interconnecting open systems. The ultimate goal of these efforts is to be able to produce …

Hardware Based Data Compression System Using Sliding Dictionary Algorithm, Hemant L. Nerurkar

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Popular data compression schemes found in the literature are software based and present innumerable difficulties in hardware implementation. A data compression scheme, which can be directly implemented in hardware using systolic arrays, has been described. The scheme has a remarkable ability to 'adapt' itself to the changing statistics of the source file. Results generated after a comprehensive study and simulations of the algorithm have been presented. The scheme is inherently suitable for parallel processing. It can be incorporated in transmitting devices since it can be fabricated on a single VLSI chip. Comparison has been made with the LZW scheme. A …

Flexural Behavior Of Portland Cement Based Composites Subjected To High Strain Rates, Edward Roland

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This investigation studied the modulus of rupture and energy of rupture of mortar, concrete, and steel fiber reinforced mortar at various rates of flexural straining. The strengths of the composites were varied by changing the water cement ratios. Single point flexural loading tests were conducted on 4" x 4" x 20" specimens using a weight dropped from a height of 30" to produce the dynamic loading. Strain rates were varied between 0.1 and 1.9 per second. The inertial effects of acceleration of the specimen were taken into account.

These tests produced data that demonstrated slightly greater ratios of dynamic to …

Sorption Characteristics And Their Effects On Geotechnical Properties Of Illite, Gnanmoorthy Selvakumar

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An experimental investigation of the sorption characteristics of phenol, chlorophenol and chlorobenzene on to illite and of the effect of sorption on the geotechnical properties of illite was performed. Various adsorption isotherms have been considered for the equilibrium adsorption study data. It was found that the Freundlich adsorption isotherm closely fits the experimental results. In addition, the results of desorption study indicated that the sorption process for these systems is not completely reversible.

The index properties of illite were found to be influenced by the sorption of contaminants, i.e., the Atterberg limits of illite increased in accordance with increases in …