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History Of Montana Community Orchestras Through 1989 In Towns Of Population Less Than 20,000, Richard B. Torgerson Jan 1996

History Of Montana Community Orchestras Through 1989 In Towns Of Population Less Than 20,000, Richard B. Torgerson

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.


Influence Of Llama, Horse, And Foot Traffic On Soil Erosion From Established Recreation Trails In Western Montana, William A. Patterson Jan 1996

Influence Of Llama, Horse, And Foot Traffic On Soil Erosion From Established Recreation Trails In Western Montana, William A. Patterson

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.


Analysis Of Creative Project "Rage" Personal Research, Mark A. Beauchene Jan 1996

Analysis Of Creative Project "Rage" Personal Research, Mark A. Beauchene

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.


Staying On The Land: The Search For Cultural And Economic Sustainability In The Highlands And Islands Of Scotland, Mick Womersley Jan 1996

Staying On The Land: The Search For Cultural And Economic Sustainability In The Highlands And Islands Of Scotland, Mick Womersley

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.


Dismantling Of Paternalism: Southern White Slaveholding Women's And Slaves' Responses To Slavery During The Civil War, Kevin M. Ritchlin Jan 1996

Dismantling Of Paternalism: Southern White Slaveholding Women's And Slaves' Responses To Slavery During The Civil War, Kevin M. Ritchlin

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.


Comparison Of Community Gardening Efforts In Austin, New York City And San Francisco, Hannah P. Stebbins Jan 1996

Comparison Of Community Gardening Efforts In Austin, New York City And San Francisco, Hannah P. Stebbins

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.


Quetzalcoatl Without Jesus Christ, Steven P. Hartman Jan 1996

Quetzalcoatl Without Jesus Christ, Steven P. Hartman

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.


Toward An Ecosystem Reserve Complex For The Canadian Rockies, Thomas M. Platt Jan 1996

Toward An Ecosystem Reserve Complex For The Canadian Rockies, Thomas M. Platt

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.


Genetic Effects Of Local Extinction, David Tallmon Jan 1996

Genetic Effects Of Local Extinction, David Tallmon

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.


Hydrologic And Geochemical Controls On Metals Partitioning In The Vadose Zone And Shallow Ground Water Zone Of A Highly-Contaminated Floodplain Near Butte Montana, Juliette Kathleen Lucy Jan 1996

Hydrologic And Geochemical Controls On Metals Partitioning In The Vadose Zone And Shallow Ground Water Zone Of A Highly-Contaminated Floodplain Near Butte Montana, Juliette Kathleen Lucy

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.


Expectations Of Experiences And Setting Attributes: An Importance-Performance Analysis Of Wilderness Visitors, Mark A. Marshall Jan 1996

Expectations Of Experiences And Setting Attributes: An Importance-Performance Analysis Of Wilderness Visitors, Mark A. Marshall

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.


Regulating Jet Boat Use On The Wild And Scenic Snake River In Hells Canyon: An Examination Of The Public Participation Process And An Environmental Organization's Strategy Within That Process, Marnie L. Criley Jan 1996

Regulating Jet Boat Use On The Wild And Scenic Snake River In Hells Canyon: An Examination Of The Public Participation Process And An Environmental Organization's Strategy Within That Process, Marnie L. Criley

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.


Preinteraction Expectancy Effects And Stereotypes: Impacts In A Clinical Context, Angel Marie Casey Jan 1996

Preinteraction Expectancy Effects And Stereotypes: Impacts In A Clinical Context, Angel Marie Casey

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.


Sign Space As Paralinguistic Device And The Abc Story In American Sign Language, William Robert Hay Jan 1996

Sign Space As Paralinguistic Device And The Abc Story In American Sign Language, William Robert Hay

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.


Sumer Scribes And Stories, Janice Marie Hollow Jan 1996

Sumer Scribes And Stories, Janice Marie Hollow

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.


Investigation Of Carbene/Allene Pathways, David J. Squire Jan 1996

Investigation Of Carbene/Allene Pathways, David J. Squire

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.


Study On Automated Dasymetric Mapping, Yanbing Tang Jan 1996

Study On Automated Dasymetric Mapping, Yanbing Tang

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.


Selection And Characterization Of 2',3'-Dideoxy-2',3'-Didehydrothymidine-Resistant Mutants Of Feline Immunodeficiency Virus, Ya Qi Zhu Jan 1996

Selection And Characterization Of 2',3'-Dideoxy-2',3'-Didehydrothymidine-Resistant Mutants Of Feline Immunodeficiency Virus, Ya Qi Zhu

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.


Institutional Myths, Historical Narratives And Social Science Evidence: Reading The "Record" In The Virginia Military Institute Case, Dianne Avery Jan 1996

Institutional Myths, Historical Narratives And Social Science Evidence: Reading The "Record" In The Virginia Military Institute Case, Dianne Avery

Journal Articles

No abstract provided.


No Lever And No Place To Stand (A Response To Christopher Shannon), John Henry Schlegel Jan 1996

No Lever And No Place To Stand (A Response To Christopher Shannon), John Henry Schlegel

Journal Articles

No abstract provided.


The Ideology Of Human Rights, Makau Wa Mutua Jan 1996

The Ideology Of Human Rights, Makau Wa Mutua

Journal Articles

This piece argues that although human rights is an ideology although it presents itself as non-ideological, non-partisan, and universal. It contends that the human rights corpus, taken as a whole, as a document of ideals and values, particularly the positive law of human rights, requires the construction of states to reflect the structures and values of governance that derive from Western liberalism, especially the contemporary variations of liberal democracy practiced in Western democracies. Viewed from this perspective, the human rights regime has serious and dramatic implications for questions of cultural diversity, the sovereignty of states, and the universality of human …


The Brigham Young University Folklore Of Hugh Winder Nibley: Gifted Scholar, Eccentric Professor And Latter-Day Saint Spiritual Guide, Jane D. Brady Jan 1996

The Brigham Young University Folklore Of Hugh Winder Nibley: Gifted Scholar, Eccentric Professor And Latter-Day Saint Spiritual Guide, Jane D. Brady

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis explores the stories which revolve around folk legend Hugh Winder Nibley and what those stories mean to the people of Brigham Young University. Folklore reveals who we are and what is important to us. But, interestingly, folklore tends to reveal more about the person telling the story than about the subject of the story itself. People can't remember every story they hear. The ones they do remember are important to them. The stories are important because they fulfill basic needs of the teller. Such needs are a desire to look up to a hero, a need to fit …


Journey: Connections To A Pioneer Past, Judy Shell Busk Jan 1996

Journey: Connections To A Pioneer Past, Judy Shell Busk

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis is a record of a journey into the pioneer past both literally and metaphorically. The physical journey retracing the Oregon and Mormon trails was made in September of 1993, the year I was a National Endowment for the Humanities/Reader's Digest Teacher-Scholar; however, my intellectual and emotional journey into the lives of pioneer women covers several years of study. I compare my life experiences with those of pioneer women whom I studied, using geographical settings on the trail trip as memory triggers. My husband, as my traveling companion, plays an important role in this journey of discovery. Major themes …


Interaction Between Millimeter Oscillations And Monocrystal Hexagonal Ferrites With Modulated Resonance Frequency, Alexander A. Kitaytsev, Marina Koledintseva Jan 1996

Interaction Between Millimeter Oscillations And Monocrystal Hexagonal Ferrites With Modulated Resonance Frequency, Alexander A. Kitaytsev, Marina Koledintseva

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Investigation of non-linear stable effects taking place at ferromagnetic resonance (FMR) in monocrystal arbitrarily oriented hexagonal ferrite resonators (HFR) with controlled (modulated) resonance frequency is an urgent problem. The presented analysis is based on two approaches: the “quasistatic” approach using the static tensor of the HFR magnetic susceptibility and the “dynamic” one based on the solution of the magnetization vector motion equation (MVME) with varying time coefficients due to modulated magnetization field or HFR angle of orientation. The first approach is valid at low modulation frequencies (in comparison with the relaxation frequency of the HFR) and the second one can …


Stock Market Prediction Using Different Neural Network Classification Architectures, Karsten Schierholt, Cihan H. Dagli Jan 1996

Stock Market Prediction Using Different Neural Network Classification Architectures, Karsten Schierholt, Cihan H. Dagli

Engineering Management and Systems Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

In recent years, many attempts have been made to predict the behavior of bonds, currencies, stocks, or stock markets. The Standard and Poors 500 Index is modeled using different neural network classification architectures. Most previous experiments used multilayer perceptrons for stock market forecasting. A multilayer perceptron architecture and a probabilistic neural network are used to predict the incline, decline, or steadiness of the index. The results of trading with the advice given by the network is then compared with the maximum possible performance and the performance of the index. Results show that both networks can be trained to perform better …


Influence Of Formation Processes On Oblique Detonation Wave Stabilization, K. Ghorbanian, J. D. Sterling Jan 1996

Influence Of Formation Processes On Oblique Detonation Wave Stabilization, K. Ghorbanian, J. D. Sterling

Business and Information Technology Faculty Research & Creative Works

In this article we report steady, two-dimensional, inviscid solutions for the near field and far field of a supersonic reactive flow over a variable-double-ramp geometry. The incident shock wave compresses and heats the reactants that will combust after flowing some induction length. Upon reaction, a detonation wave forms and intersects the leading wave at some distance from the ramp surface. In this article, reaction-polar diagrams are developed, and the detonation branch solutions are used to investigate the wave interaction processes that may lead to a steady three-wave structure. By considering this formation process new oblique detonation wave stabilization criteria based …


Programmable Logic Controllers, Kelvin T. Erickson Jan 1996

Programmable Logic Controllers, Kelvin T. Erickson

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Programmable logic controllers (PLCs) are at the forefront of manufacturing automation. Many factories use programmable logic controllers to cut production costs and/or increase quality. PLCs and their unique language, ladder logic, are the workhorses of factory automation. Higher-level languages, such as sequential function charts and function blocks, ease the programming task for large systems. However, ladder logic remains the dominant language at present


Security-Constrained Optimal Rescheduling Of Real Power Using Hopfield Neural Network, S. Ghosh, Badrul H. Chowdhury Jan 1996

Security-Constrained Optimal Rescheduling Of Real Power Using Hopfield Neural Network, S. Ghosh, Badrul H. Chowdhury

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

A new method for security-constrained corrective rescheduling of real power using the Hopfield neural network is presented. The proposed method is based on solution of a set of differential equations obtained from transformation of an energy function. Results from this work are compared with the results from a method based on dual linear programming formulation of the optimal corrective rescheduling. The minimum deviations in real power generations and loads at buses are combined to form the objective function for optimization. Inclusion of inequality constraints on active line flow limits and equality constraint on real power generation load balance assures a …


A Hybrid Observer For High Performance Brushless Dc Motor Drives, Keith Corzine, S. D. Sudhoff Jan 1996

A Hybrid Observer For High Performance Brushless Dc Motor Drives, Keith Corzine, S. D. Sudhoff

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Brushless DC motor drive systems are used in a wide variety of applications. These drives may be classified as being one of two types: sinusoidal drives in which there are no low-frequency harmonics in the current waveforms and no low-frequency torque ripple; and nonsinusoidal drives in which there is considerable low-frequency harmonic content, both in the current and torque waveforms. Although sinusoidal drives feature superior performance, they are generally more expensive since rotor position must be sensed on a continuous basis, thus requiring an optical encoder or a resolver, whereas relatively inexpensive Hall-effect sensors may be used for nonsinusoidal drives. …


Enantiomeric Composition And Prevalence Of Some Bicyclic Monoterpenoids In Amber, Daniel W. Armstrong, Eve Y. Zhou, Janusz Zukowski, Barbara Kosmowska-Ceranowicz Jan 1996

Enantiomeric Composition And Prevalence Of Some Bicyclic Monoterpenoids In Amber, Daniel W. Armstrong, Eve Y. Zhou, Janusz Zukowski, Barbara Kosmowska-Ceranowicz

Chemistry Faculty Research & Creative Works

Among the more prevalent chiral monoterpenoid compounds in conifers are α-pinene, β-pinene, and smaller amounts of camphene and limonene. The most prevalent chiral monoterpenoid compounds in fossilized resin (referred to as amber in this paper) appear to be borneol, isoborneol, and camphene. Most of these compounds have easily measured enantiomeric excesses. The borneol and isoborneol in some amber samples have pronounced enantiomeric excesses despite the fact that they are tens of millions of years old. The enantiomeric ratios of the monoterpenoids in different ambers vary tremendously and often are distinct. However, in any single amber sample, the stereochemistry (absolute configuration) …