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Utb/Tsc Commencement – Spring 1997, University Of Texas At Brownsville, Texas Southmost College

Brownsville Archives - Legacy Commencement Programs

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Wright State University College Of Engineering And Computer Science Bits And Pcs Newsletter, Volume 13, Number 4, April 1997, College Of Engineering And Computer Science, Wright State University

BITs and PCs Newsletter

A ten page newsletter created by the Wright State University College of Engineering and Computer Science that addresses the current affairs of the college.

Investigating The Use Of Kalman Filtering Approaches For Dynamic Origin-Destination Trip Table Estimation, Pushkin Kachroo, Kaan Ozbay, Arvind Narayanan

Electrical & Computer Engineering Faculty Research

This paper studies the applicability of Kalman filtering approaches for network wide traveler origin-destination estimation from link traffic volumes. The paper evaluates the modeling assumptions of the Kalman filters and examines the implications of such assumptions.

Louisiana Agriculture Magazine, Spring 1997, Lsu Agricultural Experiment Station

Louisiana Agriculture

No abstract provided.

State Of The Fisheries Report 1995/1996, Jim W. Penn

Status Reports of the Fisheries and Aquatic Resources

The State of the Fisheries document is designed as an essential supplement to the Annual Report to Parliament. By summarising data such as landings, effort, catch rates, stock assessment and breeding stock levels, this document provides a valuable reference point for all Western Australian fisheries of major importance to the commercial, recreational and aquaculture sectors. The report indicates that overall the major fish stocks which support fisheries in Western Australia are in a reasonably healthy condition. Those species which are being harvested at levels above their optimum, such as the shark stocks, are subject to increasing fishing controls designed to …

Lawrence Today, Volume 77, Number 3, Spring 1997, Lawrence University

Alumni Magazines

No abstract provided.

The Rhetorical Constitution Of "Civil Society" At The Founding: One Lawyer's Anxious Vision, Stephen A. Conrad

Indiana Law Journal

Symposium: Law and Civil Society

Implementing University-Industry Joint Product Innovation Projects, Ganesh N Prabhu

Working Papers

I propose a grounded process model of product innovation projects that are initiated by industrial firms and implemented jointly with not-for-profit technology institutions such as technological universities and government research laboratories. The proposed model is limited to those joint product development projects between collaborators with complementary expertise, that are of strategic importance to both collaborators and involve the joint creation of new technology or significant improvement over present technology. The model contributes significantly to the literature on collaborative product development by depicting in detail the essential linkage of antecedent conditions and motivations for the joint project initiation, to the actual …

Torts—Punitive Damages: A New Finish On Punitive Damages. Bmw Of North America V. Gore, 116 S.Ct. 1589 (1996), Mimi Bass Miller

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

No abstract provided.

On The Move, Spring 1997, Bluecross And Blueshield Of Florida, Inc.

Florida Blue Archives Printed Materials

Information Technology On the Move, a publication focusing on the human organization, Spring, 1997.

Water Current, Volume 29, No. 2, April 1997

Water Current Newsletter

State Collaboration Key to Sustaining Aquifer
From the Director: Participants Pleased with Conference; Certifying Nebraska Water Operators
Water Stewards Honored at 26th Annual Water Conference
Environmental Programs Web Site Named "Best of the Internet"
Nebraska's Natural Resources Districts Celebrating Silver Anniversary
NU-KSU Join Forces to Reduce Nonpoint Source Pollution in Blue River Basins Water News Briefs
Accessing Water on the World Wide Web

Microscopic Nature Of Thermally Stimulated Current And Electrical Compensation In Semi-Insulating Gaas, S. Kuisma, K. Saarinen, P. Hautojarvi, Z-Q. Fang, David C. Look

Physics Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

1997 Ninth Annual Imsa Presentation Day, Illinois Mathematics And Science Academy

IMSAloquium Event Booklets

THE POWER OF AN IDEA...

Department Of Mathematical Sciences Newsletter, Spring 1997, University Of Montana--Missoula. Department Of Mathematical Sciences

Newsletters from the Department of Mathematical Sciences at UM

Math Department Celebrates Math Awareness Week April 20th-26th / David Patterson -- Notes from the Chair's Desk / Gloria C. Hewitt -- Mathematics and the Internet / David Patterson -- Math Department Production of Arcadia / Robert Baker -- Mathematics Competitions for Montana Students / James Hirstein -- Barbara J. Reiman: In Memoriam / Gloria C. Hewitt -- 1996-1997 Honor Roll of Donors -- Mathematics Courses for the Summer / James Hirstein -- 1996 Graduate Degree Recipients -- πμε/MAA Math Club Corner -- Colloquium Calendar

Generalized Beam Matrices. Iv. Optical System Design, Anthony A. Tovar, Lee W. Casperson

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Publications and Presentations

Systematic procedures are presented for determining the optical components needed to produce an arbitrary transformation of a Gaussian light beams's spot size, radius of curvature, displacement, and direction of propagation. As an example, an optical system is considered that spatially separates the two coincident Gaussian beams produced by a high-diffraction-loss resonator that uses a Gaussian variable-reflectivity output coupler. In addition, an ABCDGH reverse matrix theorem and an ABCDGH Sylvester theorem are also derived. These matrix theorems may be used to satisfy special constraints inherent in the design of multipass and periodic optical systems.

School-Sponsored Service Programs And The Educational Development Of High School Students, Andrew Furco

Thesis, Dissertations, Student Creative Activity, and Scholarship

Currently, a growing number of our nation's school districts are encouraging students to perform community service. Vermont, Minnesota, and Pennsylvania, for example, all include community service activities as part of their K-12 education plans. Maryland requires all high school students to complete 60 hours of community service prior to graduation. And as part of California's Challenge Initiative, it is expected that by the Year 2004, every student in California will engage in at least one community service or service-learning experience prior to graduation (1996, California Department of Education).

Ursinus Magazine, Spring / Summer 1997, Wendy Greenberg, Ellen Cosgrove, Dave Sherman, Nicole Minardi, Christian P. Sockel, Maria Costa, Paul Stern, Jill Schnader, Jessica Chinault, Joyce Lionarons

Ursinus Magazine, 1995–Present

The Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art calendar • "Hello, Ursinus calling ..." • Weaving a web: Home page has new look • Spring break plans beached in favor of topical, not tropical • Faculty, staff notes • Costa Rica: "The experience of a lifetime" • The greening of the Ursinus graduation: Commencement moves outdoors • Home is where Sister Mary is: Ursinus' baccalaureate speaker embodies the spirit of service • Faculty profile: Joyce Lionarons calling forth dragons • Psyched!: Psychology students reflect undergraduate research trend • Women gymnasts: A balance of power • Spring sports wrap-up • Class …

Optical And Magneto-Optical Properties Of Mnpt3 Films (Abstract), Segate Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pa, J. N. Hilfiker, Renat F. Sabirianov, Sitaram S. Jaswal, Roger D. Kirby, John A. Woollam

Physics Faculty Publications

Optically thick films of MnPt₃ were prepared by magnetron sputtering onto quartz substrates. Postdeposition annealing at 850 °C resulted in highly textured (111) films with the L1₂ (Cu₃Au) structure. MnPt₃ films are ferromagnetic with a Curie temperature of 380 °C, and they show large magneto-optical effects in the visible.^1,2 These films also show a high degree of long-range order. The diagonal components of the dielectric tensor were determined using variable angle spectroscopic ellipsometry measurements over the spectral range 1.2–2.4 eV. Magneto-optic Kerr rotation and ellipticity measurements were made at near normal incidence over the …

A Framework For Comparative Study Of Civilizations, Shuntaro Ito

Comparative Civilizations Review

No abstract provided.

Prototype Implementation Of The Comprehensive Parallel Integration Tool Parint, Jay Ball

Masters Theses

The ParInt project allows users to integrate multivariate functions using parallel computers via different methods encompassed in an easy to use interface. This thesis describes the initial version of the ParInt package. Various pop up windows of the graphical user interface, program procedures, programming paradigms, integration theory, and future considerations are all described.

Study Of Impurity Modes In Photonic Crystals And Study Of Power Gaas Mesfets, Michael G. Khazhinsky

Dissertations

The dissertation consists of two projects. In the first project, impurity modes in Photonic Crystals are studied in one- and two-dimensional Photonic Crystals. Onedimensional systems are formed from an infinite layered array of dielectric slabs and are studied for linearly polarized electromagnetic waves propagating perpendicular to the plane of slabs. Two-dimensional systems consist either of parallel cylindrical dielectric rods in vacuum or cylindrical holes containing vacuum in dielectric medium. These rods/holes are arranged in a square lattice array. The electromagnetic waves in these system propagate perpendicular to the axes of the rods and are of E or H polarization. Green’s …

Table Of Contents, Buffalo Law Review

Buffalo Law Review

No abstract provided.

Claiming Electronic And Software Technologies: The Effect Of The Federal Circuit Decisions In Alappat, Warmerdam, And Lowry On The Claiming Of Mathematical Algorithms And Data Structures, Brian Richard Yoshida

Buffalo Law Review

No abstract provided.

Incommensurability And Alterity In Contemporary Jurisprudence, Nick Smith

Buffalo Law Review

No abstract provided.

Dialogue: April 1997, Staff And Writers Of Dialogue

Dialogue

Gallery

cover — Orange Sweater, from two sides — by Julia Anema
05 — Chicago Style — by Benjamin Nava
09 — Mother: Batahola, Nicaragua — by Betsy McCanse
11 — Coorong Desen, South Australia — by Sara Zuiderveen
15 — Self Ponrait — by Marie O'Dell
17 — Solace — by Amy Anderson
20 — The Taking — by Mike Byl
24 — Porfolio: Carin Palsrok Parabolic
25 — Elemental
26 — Confluence
27 — Convergence
30 — Geisha — by Tanya Black
34 — Birch — by Peter Zylstra
38 — [untitled] — by Rebecca Bamford
41 — …

Critical Evaluation Of The Double Tracks Remediation Project, Craig J. Barnes

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

The U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) (now the U.S. Department of Energy), in testing the safety of nuclear weapons under many different conditions, detonated single plutonium bearing devices in such a fashion as to simulate an unintentional detonation of the high-explosive portion of nuclear weapons. This resulted in the uncontained spread of plutonium and other radionuclides, such as americium and depleted uranium, in the environment in the vicinity of these experiments. The Double Tracks site was one of these experiments on the Tonopah Test Range (TTR) which was contaminated hi excess of 200 picocuries per gram (pCi/g). The Double Tracks …

Conformation Of Interacting Polymer Chains: Effects Of Temperature, Bias, Polymer Concentration, And Porosity, Grace M. Foo, Ras B. Pandey

Faculty Publications

The conformations of interacting polymer chains driven by a biased field in heterogeneous media are studied using Monte Carlo simulations in three dimensions. In addition to excluded volume, a nearest-neighbor interaction is considered with polymer-polymer repulsion and polymer-solvent attraction. Two types of heterogeneous media are considered: (i) a homogeneous-annealed system consisting of mobile polymer chains and solvents and (ii) quenched porous media, generated by adding a random distribution of quenched barriers. Effects of polymer concentration (p), bias (B), temperature (T), and porosity (p_s) on the magnitude of the radius of gyration (R_g) of the …

University Reporter - Vol. 01, No. 08 - April 1997, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1996-2009, University Reporter

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The Eldorado Landfill: A Case Study, Heather A. Nash

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

In 1995, Boulder City bought from the federal government 167 square miles of land in the Eldorado Valley which is located approximately seven miles west of the city. Soon afterward, the current landfill in Boulder City began accepting construction waste from Las Vegas. The large dump trucks had to travel through Boulder City on route to the landfill. In doing this they passed through three school zones and residential areas. When residents began complaining about the trucks, the Boulder City City Council began investigating various ways to solve the problem. The solution they adopted was to construct a new landfill …

Evolution Of Solutions To Real-Time Problems, Greg Semeraro

Theses

This thesis develops the theory and tools necessary for the determination of a near optimal Real-Time Operating System (RTOS) scheduling policy for an arbitrary multitasking problem specification. The solution is determined using a Genetic Algorithm (GA). All real-time operating systems provide some means of 'tuning' the characteristics of the scheduling policy to accurately meet the application requirements. This thesis shows the applicability of using a GA to determine these parameters for an arbitrary application. In addition, the RTOS parameters considered are broad enough to allow the results to be used for specifying and/or choosing an RTOS for the actual implementation …