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Maximum Dive Depths Of The Peruvian Diving-Petrel, Carlos B. Zavalaga, Jaime Jahncke

Condor

No abstract provided.

Tampa-Hillsborough-Lakeland-Polk Alternatives For Mobility Enhancement Major Investment Study: Peer Review Panel Summary Memorandum, Cutr

CUTR Research Reports

No abstract provided.

Productivity And Market Integration In American Communal Dairying, 1830-1875, John E. Murray, Metin M. Cosgel

Economics Working Papers

In our late twentieth century experience, survival of an economy seems critically dependent on well established rights to private property and a return to labor that rewards greater effort. But that need not be so. History provides examples of micro-socialist economies that internally, at least, allow for little private property for participants and a constant return to labor that is independent of effort. Some such economies may even be termed 'successful,' if success is taken to mean survival over several generations. If these communities survived without conditions that are generally thought to be necessary for success, a question worth asking …

Responding To Price Signals In Communal Agriculture: Shaker Hog Production, 1788-1850, John E. Murray, Metin M. Cosgel

Economics Working Papers

Isolated Shaker communal farms stressed self-sufficiency as an ideal but carefully chose which goods to buy and sell in external markets and which to produce and consume themselves. We use records of hog slaughter weights to investigate the extent to which the Shakers incorporated market-based price information in determining production levels of a consumption good which they did not sell in external markets: pork. Granger causality tests indicate that Shaker pork production decisions were influenced as hypothesized, strongly by corn prices and weakly by pork prices. We infer that attention to opportunity costs of goods that they produced and consumed …

Vic*: A Compiler For Virtual-Memory C*, Alex Colvin, Thomas H. Cormen

Computer Science Technical Reports

This paper describes the functionality of ViC*, a compiler for a variant of the data-parallel language C* with support for out-of-core data. The compiler translates C* programs with shapes declared outofcore, which describe parallel data stored on disk. The compiler output is a SPMD-style program in standard C with I/O and library calls added to efficiently access out-of-core parallel data. The ViC* compiler also applies several program transformations to improve out-of-core data layout and access.

Simulation Study Of Learning Automata Games In Automated Highway Systems, Cem Unsal, Pushkin Kachroo, John S. Bay

Electrical & Computer Engineering Faculty Research

One of the most important issues in Automated Highway System (AHS) deployment is intelligent vehicle control. While the technology to safely maneuver vehicles exists, the problem of making intelligent decisions to improve a single vehicle’s travel time and safety while optimizing the overall traffic flow is still a stumbling block. We propose an artificial intelligence technique called stochastic learning automata to design an intelligent vehicle path controller. Using the information obtained by on-board sensors and local communication modules, two automata are capable of learning the best possible (lateral and longitudinal) actions to avoid collisions. This learning method is capable of …

Sliding Mode For User Equilibrium Dynamic Traffic Routing Control, Pushkin Kachroo, Kaan Ozbay

Electrical & Computer Engineering Faculty Research

Presents a solution to the user equilibrium dynamic traffic routing (DTR) problem for a point diversion case using feedback control methodology. The sliding mode control technique which is a robust control methodology applicable to nonlinear systems in canonical form is employed to solve the user equilibrium DTR problem. The canonical form for this problem is obtained by using a feedback linearization technique, and the uncertainties of the system are countered by using the sliding mode principle. Simulation results show promising results.

Phase Jitter In Mpsk Carrier Tracking Loops: Analytical, Simulation And Laboratory Results, Brian T. Kopp, William P. Osborne

Articles

A performance characteristic of M-ary phase shift keying (MPSK) receivers is the variance of the phase error between the received and recovered signal carriers. For binary phase shift keying (BPSK) and quadrature phase shift keying (QPSK) loops utilizing integrate and dump filters and operating in the linear region, closed-form solutions for this variance exist [1], [2]. In this paper the variance is found by numerical methods for M > 4. For verification and to investigate operation in the nonlinear region, computer simulation and hardware modeling were used [3].

Kentucky Transportation Cabinet: Annual Assessment Of Customer Needs And Satisfaction: Mail Survey, Patsy Anderson, Kris Hockensmith

Kentucky Transportation Center Research Report

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, both through its own quality initiative and a statewide "Empower Kentucky" campaign, has a commitment to achieve new levels of quality in the development, construction and maintenance of highways. In order to gage progress, there is a need to establish a baseline of customer satisfaction with the current highway system, and determine needs as, perceived by the users of the highway system. As a result, the University of Kentucky Transportation Center, Technology Exchange Unit, was contracted to conduct a customer needs and satisfaction survey. The objectives of this study are to:

A. Ascertain Kentucky highway users' …

Faculty Senate Monthly Packet November 1997, Portland State University Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Monthly Packets

The November 1997 Monthly packet includes the November agenda and appendices and the Faculty Senate minutes and attachments from the meeting held October 1997.

Evaluation Of Constructed Wetlands On Phosphate Mined Lands In Florida, G. R. Best, M. T. Brown, Thomas Crisman, Keven L. Erwin, D. A. Graetz, K. R. Reddy, H. Kale, P. Pritchard, T. M. Missimer, C. W. Walker, A. Owosina, M. J. Deuver

School of Geosciences Faculty and Staff Publications

Summarizing research conducted from June 1993 to May 1995 on hydrology, soils, water quality, and aquatic fauna on phosphate mined lands in Florida.

Graduating Senior Survey For December 1997, University Of Northern Iowa

Institutional Effectiveness & Planning Documents

Contents:

Introduction --- 1

Results --- 2

General Impressions --- 3

Summary of Responses --- 5

Differences in Average Responses --- 7

Questions --- 11

Ace In The Hole: Regulation Of Internet Service Providers Saves The Internet Gambling Prohibition Act Of 1997, John T. Fojut

DePaul Journal of Art, Technology & Intellectual Property Law

No abstract provided.

American Libraries Association V. Pataki 969 F. Supp. 160 (S.D.N.Y. June 20, 1997), Matthew Gunn

DePaul Journal of Art, Technology & Intellectual Property Law

No abstract provided.

Electronic Rights: After Tasini Who Owns What, When? Tasini V. New York Times, Dina Marie Pascarelli

DePaul Journal of Art, Technology & Intellectual Property Law

No abstract provided.

Bmw Of North America V. Gore: A Misplaced Guide For Punitive Damage Awards, Michelle J. Carey

Northern Illinois University Law Review

This casenote examines the Supreme Court's landmark ruling in BMW v. Gore, in which the Court struck down a jury award of punitive damages as being unreasonably large in violation of substantive due process. This Note traces the history of challenges to punitive damage awards through Supreme Court cases, including BMW v. Gore. It then analyzes BMW v. Gore, particularly the Court's misguided attempt at providing a guide for punitive damage awards and the dismal implications from the Court's actions. It concludes that the better approach for the Court to have taken would have been to focus on procedural due …

Searching For Limits On A Municipality's Retention Of Governmental Immunity: Lyles V. City Of Charlotte, J. Jason Link

North Carolina Law Review

No abstract provided.

School-To-Work And Service-Learning, Madeleine S. Hengel, Robert D. Shumer

Bibliographies

This document has been prepared as a brief review of resources and readings on Service-Learning and School-to-Work. The series, "Links, Connecting Theory With Practice," is being developed to give practitioners and researchers who contact the National Service-Learning Clearinghouse (NSLC) a point of reference in beginning to look at topics and current issues in service-learning.

Service-Learning (SL) and School-to-Work (STW) both extend learning beyond the classroom into real world contexts where broader problem-solving and decision-making skills are addressed. While service-learning provides opportunities for students to participate in learning activities within their community that utilize their academic and vocational competencies, School-to-Work helps …

Edison Communicator Volume Three; Number Four, Edison Community College

Edison Communicator

Edison Communicator: A Publication for the Faculty, Staff and Friends of Edison Community College.

A 'New' Cultural Geography? Debates About Invention And Reinvention, Lily Kong

Research Collection School of Social Sciences

The Remaking Human Geography series critically reviews key journal articles, published in the last ten years, which have become 'citation classics'. Contributors to the series report on the academic debate which followed publication of the original article and assess why the article proved so influential. In this case Kong reviews an article on cultural geography by Cosgrove and Jackson (first published in Area in 1987). Peter Jackson also offers his thoughts on the 'cultural turn' and on future directions in this research field.

Waiting By The Phone: Why Telephone Number Mnemonics Warrant Trademark Protection, J. Michael Monahan

Louisiana Law Review

No abstract provided.

Insect Resistant Rice, Maize And Wheat Cultivars In Sustainable Agriculture, E. A. Heinrichs, J. E. Foster

Department of Entomology: Faculty Publications

The achievement of self sufficiency in food production is a major objective of governments throughout the world. Insects are one of the major constraints that limit the production of food crops. To mitigate losses due to insects. insect resistant cultivars are sought as a major tactic in the development of integrated pest management strategies. The integration of insect resistant cultivars with other pest management tactics contributes to crop pest management strategies that are environmentally and economically acceptable. Multiple pest resistant crop cultivars have high yield stability when grown in pest-infested environments. Significant progress on a global basis has been achieved …

University Reporter - Vol. 02, No. 03 - November 1997 - Calendar, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1996-2009, University Reporter

No abstract provided.

University Reporter - Vol. 02, No. 03 - November 1997, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1996-2009, University Reporter

No abstract provided.

Code Coverage Testing Of Service Creation Environment (A Subsystem Of A Voicemail System), Kavita Saxena

Master's Projects

Purpose

This project developed a software tool to test the code coverage of the service creation environment of a voicemail system.

Design

A component based design methodology was used for the project. The tool was developed in Java, visual C++ and QA Partner. This was done for the cross platform applicability, the object-oriented nature of the language (which would facilitate code maintenance) and GUI application support available for Java. The tool uses QA Partner for GUI testing and code coverage testing has been done using Visual C++. It is very easy for user to test the new telephony application through …

On-Line Graduate Application System, Shelly I. Sia

Master's Projects

This thesis addresses the analysis, design and implementation of a three-tier client server application based on the CORBA standard for the Graduate Application System. The system discussed here is the prototype of the campus-wide Graduate Application Processing System.

This thesis defines the system requirements and specification for the system. It addresses the design of the system using object-oriented methodology. The interaction among the business objects is presented in object diagram. The database creation, the CORBA server object, and the client GUI implementation are discussed in detail. It addresses the system testing briefly.

The prototype system reveals that the new Java-Beans …

Defamation In An Age Of Political Correctness: Should A False Public Statement That A Person Is Gay Be Defamatory?, Patrice S. Arend

Northern Illinois University Law Review

This article reviews the important public policy decision that individuals should be free to protect their reputations from false and derogatory remarks. Most notably, the article explores the issues of whether a public statement that a person is gay is or should be defamatory, if it proves to be false. The author presents an overview of the problems presented to the various courts. The author then discusses the probable causes of actions and the most appropriate solution to defamation in an age of political correctness.

No. 130 1997 November

International Journal for Business Education

SIEC Historical Documents

An Investigation Into The Use Of Software Product Metrics For Cobol Systems, Richard E. Boone

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis investigated several hypotheses that specific product measures could be used to predict later software lifecycle process or product measures. It collected software product and process measures from four consecutive major releases of a large Cobol legacy system (400K LOC). The types of product measures used were size and specific complexity measures. A statistical software package was used to calculate sample correlation coefficients between the measures. A 95% confidence interval was computed for each sample correlation coefficient that showed a strong or moderate linear correlation. The maintenance process measures provided were manhours used for each program changed or added, …

Formed By Thalidomide: Mass Torts As A False Cure For Toxic Exposure, Anita Bernstein

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.