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Full Issue, Spanish Colonial Research Center

Colonial Latin American Historical Review

No abstract provided.

A Photographer's Guide To Legal Writing, Barbara P. Blumenfeld

Faculty Scholarship

The author recounts a photography course that taught the three keys to an effective photograph: determining theme, focusing attention on char theme, and simplifying. This article adapts these three keys to legal writing to teach and remind writers of the necessary components of an effective legal document. This method provides a new way to look at old teachings.

Synergistic Decision-Making Systems: Using Models Of Decision-Making Behaviors And Resources To Design Better Decision-Making System, Ronald R. Carter

Masters Theses

Despite advances in decision-making systems, many practical issues remain unaddressed and much of the computer's potential for supporting decisions is unrealized. The existing systems are often limited to specific decision-making activities or domains, and they force the decision-maker to adopt a closed and inflexible way of doing things. What is needed is a new approach to building decision-making systems, one that is not focused on how decisions should be made, but on the behaviors and resources involved in decision-making and how they affect the results. This paper explores such an approach. It examines how models of decision-making behaviors and resources …

University Reporter - Vol. 01, No. 04 - December 1996, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1996-2009, University Reporter

No abstract provided.

Germany's Foreign Policy In The Arab World, Dalia Abu Samra

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

The Vision Of London In Henry James's The Princess Casamassima, Joseph Conrad's The Secret Agent And Compton Mackenzie's Sinister Street, Iman Ibrahim Niazy El Rafee

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Corrosion Inhibitor For Reinforcing Steel In Concrete, Hanan Abdel Aziz Elnouhy

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Fracture Of The T10,T11 Vertebral Body In A Patient With Ankylosing Spondylitis-A Casereport, Chien-Hung Lai, Ta-Sen Wei

Rehabilitation Practice and Science

A forty-seven-year-old male patient fell down from a tricycle. He suffered from severe back pain and bilateral lower leg soreness. Undiagnosed ankylosing Spondylitis with T10,T11 vertebral transverse fracture was impressed after examination. The patient received conservative rehabilitation program including complete bed rest, interferential current (IFC) therapy, local heat and strengthening exercise of trunk and limbs muscles. Knight-Taylor spinal orthosis was prescribed later for spinal stability. After 5 weeks therapy, he was discharged and followed regularly in the outpatient department. At present, daily activity of the patient is nearly normal and lower leg soreness is subsided . He does not suffer …

Deadlines, Editor

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.

Deana Astle, Assistant Dean Of Libraries, Clemson, Editor

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.

The Book Industry Systems Advisory Committee Looks At The Standards Future, D. Jeffrey Blumenthal

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.

High-Pressure Oxidation Rates For Large Coal And Char Particles, James A. Mathias

Theses and Dissertations

The main objective of this study was to investigate the factors that influence the oxidation rate of large (five to eight millimeters in diameter) coal and char particles. To accomplish this, experiments were performed in which the gas temperature, gas velocity, particle size, partial pressure of oxygen, and total pressure were varied. The experiments were performed with the cantilever balance attachment and the high pressure controlled profile reactor.

Approximately 90 combustion experiments were performed with Pittsburgh, Utah Blind Canyon, and Wyodak-Anderson coal. These experiments were performed at atmospheric pressure with air and varied gas temperature, gas velocity, and particle size. …

Funding Of Higher Education In Tennessee: A Qualitative Study Of The Perceptions Of State Legislators And Higher Education Leaders, David D. Collins

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to identify issues that are considered important to the legislators and higher education leaders of Tennessee in making decisions that affect the funding of higher education. A further purpose was to identify actions that such individuals believe should be taken by higher education leaders to ensure that higher education is accountable and worthy of continued or increased financial support. Using a qualitative research design, interviews were held with 10 legislators and 6 higher education leaders selected in accordance with the concept of purposeful sampling. Legislative participants included five members from the Senate and five …

Gross And Histological Features Of A Myofascial Trigger Point In The Upper Trapezius, Kathryn E. Levee

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to precisely locate, in living humans, a myofascial trigger point associated with the upper portion of the trapezius muscle (TrP1) that refers pain to the head and neck and to determine if this point is associated with anatomical structures. This study is descriptive and utilizes data from measurements of the location of TrP1 in relation to anatomical landmarks, of pressure sensitivity overlying the trigger point and electromyography recordings in localizing the trigger point. Information obtained from living humans was used to determine anatomical correlation to structures in cadavers. Results indicated there is little variability …

An Analysis Of The Transactional Distance In Asynchronous Telecourses At A Community College Using The Group Embedded Figures Test, Roger J. Brenner

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Asynchronous distance education telecourses are the technological version of traditional correspondence courses. Students in asynchronous telecourses receive videos and printed material but they may not have any contact with the instructor or other students. This study analyzed the academic performance of 154 Southwest Virginia Community College students enrolled in 27 different telecourses during one semester. The purpose of this study was to determine if students' cognitive styles impacted their achievement in distance education courses. Students were given the Group Embedded Figures Test (GEFT) which categorized the students as field dependent or field independent. A field dependent's cognitive style is one …

Avocats Et Divorce Aux Etats-Unis: La Transformation Des Pratiques Professionnelles, Lynn M. Mather, Craig A. Mcewen, Richard J. Maiman

Journal Articles

Les transformations sociales et les évolutions juridiques qui sont intervenues aux États-Unis depuis les années 60 ont eu de multiples effets sur le travail des avocats en matière de divorce. Le présent article analyse ces transformations en s'appuyant sur des entretiens avec des avocats et sur l'analyse de l'activité des tribunaux dans les États du Maine et du New Hampshire. Il souligne notamment l'importance que revêt l'accroissement du nombre des divorces parmi les couples ayant des ressources moyennes ou faibles. Il décrit aussi la féminisation rapide du barreau, une tendance qui se trouve particulièrement accentuée en ce qui concerne les …

Elucidation Of Vancomycin's Enantioselective Binding Site Using Its Copper Complex, Usha B. Nair, Samuel S.C. Chang, Daniel W. Armstrong, Yasir Y. Rawjee, Drake S. Eggleston, James V. Mcardle

Chemistry Faculty Research & Creative Works

Vancomycin forms a stable complex with Cu2+ in neutral aqueous solutions. The enantioselectivity of native vancomycin was compared to that of the copper-vancomycin complex using capillary electrophoresis (CE). There were significant differences in their enantioselectivities. This can be attributed to the fact that copper ion coordinates with some of the same functional groups in vancomycin that are essential for chiral recognition and enantioresolution. An amine moiety that provides one of the more important enantioselective interactions was identified. This chiral interaction site was illustrated using a color-coded, space-filling model of the X-ray crystal structure of the copper-vancomycin complex. Successful enantioselective interactions …

Redwood Oty Sequoia Station Case Study: A Multi-Modal Transit-Oriented Community Shopping Center Development (Tod), Maureen Riordan

Master's Projects

The purpose of this case study is twofold: first, the study will explore the history and evolution of the Redwood City Sequoia Station Transit-Oriented Development (TOD), a multi-use development built along a transportation corridor, (in this case, betu^een both the CalTrain railroad right-of-way and State Highway 82 (El Camino Real), a major bus-line and auto thoroughfare), and the public-private partnerships involved in this development. Next, the Sequoia Station TOD project and TOD partnerships will be pulled apart and analyzed in order to provide insights into the reasons for their success and failure. Finally, the case study will draw conclusions and …

Optimization Of Solder Paste Volume For Tape Ball Grid Array (Tbga) Packages, Harjinder S. Bajwa

Master's Projects

A complete design of experiment was conducted to determine the optimum solder paste volume needed to establish reliable solder joints on tape ball grid arrays. The focus of the investigation was to optimize the solder paste volume, thus eliminating soldering defects such as shorting to ground plane due to solder wicking, bridging, and insufficient or open solder. Based on theoretical calculations for the solder paste volume, a matrix was developed and stencils were designed to deposit paste to the calculated volumes. Four parameters; solder paste volume, thickness and aperture openings in stencil design, reflow temperature, and pad geometries on the …

Public Access To The California Coastline: A Case Study Of Live Oak, Santa Cruz County, Timothy Duff

Master's Projects

Over the past 20 years California’s coastal management program has succeeded in making previously inaccessible stretches of California coastline available to the public. New stairways from coastal bluffs to the beaches below have been constructed, and coastal parks, trails and public recreational facilities have been created to enable larger numbers of California residents and visitors to access some of the world’s finest stretches of sandy beaches and reefs, tidepools, scenic views and surf. Today, roughly half of the state’s 1,100 mile stretch of coastline is in public ownership and, with the exception of military bases and public utility properties, nearly …

Sputtered Alumina Film Properties, Balroop Grewal

Master's Projects

Alumina is used as undercoat, gap, and overcoat layer in thin film head manufacturing. This project was a study of effect of sputter deposition parameters such as target power, substrate bias, pressure, deposition temperature, and preheating of the wafer on the alumina film properties. It was found that argon inclusion in the film greatly influences the film structure. Argon inclusion increases with substrate bias. The alumina film showed higher etch rates and stress at higher argon inclusion, A designed experiment showed that preheating the wafer improves the adhesion of the alumina film. The confirmation run shows that there was no …

Use Of Embedded Wireless Networks Within Instrumentation Products: Analysis And Performance Mapping Of A Distributed System, Behzad Parvahan

Master's Projects

Traditional instrumentation systems can be categorized into two groups: generic and custom systems. The former are standard, off-the-shelf machines, while the latter consist of specialty systems which perform target-specific tasks. While it is difficult to accurately characterize these specialty systems as a group (due to the varied nature of their functions), the standard machines are generally single units that provide limited customization and mobility.

This report explores the feasibility of a system that maintains the functionality of standard test equipment, while adding a scaleable, mobile, distributed architecture that reduces size, subsystem power consumption, and ultimately overall cost when compared to …

Scatterbrain, James Dingilian

Theses

None provided.

Searching For Ephemeral Subsequences In Strings, Alberto Apostolico, Mikhail J. Attalah

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

Towards The Determination Of The Optimal P-Cyclic Ssor, A. Hadjidimos, D. Noutsos, M. Tzoumas

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

Low-Threat Security Patches And Tools, Mohd A. Bashar, Ganesh Krishnan, Markus G. Kuhn, Eugene H. Spafford, Samuel S. Wagstaff Jr

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

A Cscw Framework For Networked Multimodal Synthetic Environments, Chandrajit L. Bajaj, Fausto Berardini, Steven Cutchin, Raimund Merket

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

Entropy Computations Via Analytic Depoissonization, Philippe Jacquet, Wojciech Szpankowski

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

Misplaced Trust: Kerberos 4 Session Keys, Bryn Dole, Steve Lodin, Eugene H. Spafford

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

Safe Structural Conformance For Java, Konstantin Laufer, Gerald Baumgartner, Vincent F. Russo

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.