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Effects Of Ghost Crab (Ocypode Quadrata) Invasion On Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta Caretta) Nests At Hillsboro Beach, Florida, Terri S. Schmidt, Curtis M. Burney

Marine & Environmental Sciences Faculty Proceedings, Presentations, Speeches, Lectures

No abstract provided.

Study Of The Crystallization Of Zeolite Naa By Quasi-Elastic Light-Scattering Spectroscopy And Electron Microscopy, Leszek Gora, Kiril A. Streletzky, Robert W. Thompson, George D.J. Phillies

Physics Faculty Publications

A study of the crystallization of the molecular sieve zeolite NaA from clear aluminosilicate solutions is reported. It was determined by powder X-ray diffraction that zeolite NaA was the only phase in the solid precipitate. The syntheses were monitored in situ by quasi-elastic light scattering spectroscopy. Characteristics of the products were examined by scanning and transmission electron microscopy. Our data show that nuclei formed from the clear aluminosilicate solution, that crystal growth occurred from the solution, that crystal growth was accelerated at elevated temperatures, and that aging the solution at room temperature before raising the synthesis temperature increased both the …

Thermal Fluctuations In Systems With Continuous Symmetry, Ulrich Zürcher

Physics Faculty Publications

We investigate relaxation and thermal fluctuations in systems with continuous symmetry in arbitrary spatial dimensions. For the scalar order parameter ζ(r, t) with r∈ℛd, the deterministic relaxation is caused by hydrodynamic modes η∂ζ(r, t)/∂t= K∇2ζ(r, t). For a finite volume V, we expand the scalar field in a discrete Fourier series and then we study the behavior in the limit V→∞. We find that the second moment is well defined for dimensions d≥3, while it diverges for d=1, 2. Furthermore, we show that for d<4, the decay of the scalar field does not define an "effective" relaxation time. For dimensions d<4, these two properties suggest scale-invariant properties of the scalar field in the limit V→∞. We show that thermal fluctuations are described by fractional Brownian motion for d ≤ 3 and by ordinary Brownian motion for d ≥ 4. The spectral density of the stochastic force follows 1/f for d=1 and d=2, for d=3, and "white noise," f0 for d≥4. We find explicit representation of the equilibrium distribution of the conserved scalar field. For d≥4 it is a Gaussian distribution, while for d=1 and d=2, it is the Cauchy distribution.

Naturalness Lowers The Upper Bound On The Lightest Higgs Boson Mass In Supersymmetry, Greg W. Anderson, Diego Castano, Antonio Riotto

Chemistry and Physics Faculty Articles

We quantify the extent to which naturalness is lost as experimental lower bounds on the Higgs boson mass increase, and we compute the natural upper bound on the lightest supersymmetric Higgs boson mass. We find that it would be unnatural for the mass of the lightest supersymmetric Higgs boson to saturate its maximal upper bound. In the absence of significant fine-tuning, the lightest Higgs boson mass should lie below 120 GeV, and in the most natural cases it should be lighter than 108 GeV. For modest tanβ, these bounds are significantly lower. Our results imply that a failure to observe …

Pod Network News, March 1997

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: POD Network News

News from the Core Committee: President-Elect Chosen, Future Directions Survey Results, POD Conference Thanks

Regional Association Overview: Great Plains Faculty Development Conference

New Web Pages

New Teaching and Learning Centers

Conferences

Call for Proposals

New Book and Videotapes

Journal Available

Member News

POD Network News Submissions

National Institute for New Faculty Developers

Second Request-POD Conference Sites Survey-Second Request

Edison Communicator Volume Two; Number Eight, Edison Community College

Edison Communicator

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

Wetland Loss In The Northern Gulf Of Mexico: Multiple Working Hypotheses, R. Eugene Turner

Faculty Publications

I examined four hypotheses about causes for the dramatically high coastal wetland losses (0.86% yr−1) in the northern Gulf of Mexico: an extensive dredged canal and spoil bank network, a decline in sediments in the Mississippi River during the 1950s, Mississippi River navigation and flood protection levees, and salinity changes. Natural factors contributing to these habitat changes include eustatic sea-level rise and geological compaction, which appear to have remained relatively constant this century, although variation does occur. These four hypotheses were tested using data on land-to-water changes in 15-min quadrangle maps inventoried for four intervals between the 1930s and 1990. …

Scattering Of A Diagonally Incident Focused Gaussian Beam By An Infinitely Long Homogeneous Circular Cylinder, James A. Lock

Physics Faculty Publications

I expand the radiation potential of an arbitrary monochromatic electromagnetic wave in the cylindrical coordinate eigenfunctions of the scalar Helmholtz equation. Since the resulting beam shape coefficients are found to be an inverse Fourier transform of the z component of the beam fields, the incident Gaussian beam is parameterized by a Fourier angular spectrum of plane waves. The beam's partial-wave coefficients are then obtained, as well as the scattered fields produced by the interaction of the beam with an infinitely long homogeneous circular cylinder. The fields are evaluated analytically in the far zone by the method of stationary phase, and …

Morphology-Dependent Resonances Of An Infinitely Long Circular Cylinder Illuminated By A Diagonally Incident Plane Wave Or A Focused Gaussian Beam, James A. Lock

Physics Faculty Publications

The S matrix for scattering a diagonally incident focused Gaussian beam by an infinitely long circular cylinder is calculated, and the diagonal and off-diagonal elements of the matrix are physically interpreted. In addition, the TE and TM morphology-dependent resonances of the cylinder for plane-wave incidence are examined, and it is found that the cylinder size parameter at resonance increases as the angle of incidence of the plane wave increases. The size parameter increase is explained in terms of the heuristic model of morphology-dependent resonances. The presence of both TE and TM resonances in each of the epsilon-polarized and mu-polarized partial-wave …

Alcalá View 1997 13.06, University Of San Diego Publications And Human Resources Offices

Alcalá View (1985-2006)

HR Director Addresses Benefits Questions; University Ministry Events; Benefits Brief; Planting Advice From USD's Gardening Guru; Laughlin Express; Parking Fees Still Under Negotiation; Board Hears of New Review Process; Passages; Classifieds; Psst…Bits and Pieces from the Readers; Logo Police are On Patrol

Ergodic Control Of Reflected Diffusions With Jumps, Jose-Luis Menaldi, Maurice Robin

Mathematics Faculty Research Publications

No abstract provided.

The Texas Caver, Volume 42, No. 3, May-December 1997, Gill Ediger, Rebecca Jones, Jim Kennedy

The Texas Caver

Contents: Are you a "Spelunker?"- Gill Ediger - In Search of the Origin of the Word Spelunker-Bill Mixon - What's a Cave? - Cave Leads Need Checking in Burnet County- Jerry Atkinson - Texas Cave Literature from TSS -Interview with Don Broussard- Aimee Bereridge - Bindseil's Well- Rick Corbell - Gunnels Cave- David Locklear - Caverns of Sonora Restoration Project--1996- George Veni -Trip Reports - 1997 TSA Convention- Gill Ediger - Bad Air- Jim Kennedy - Tarbutton's Cave- William Russell - The Problems of Cave Hunting- William Russell - Endangered Karst in the Public Eye- Kristen Tronvig & John Mylroie …

The Voice, March 1997: Volume 42, Issue 3, Dordt College

The Voice Archive

The Belize Jungle Becomes a Classroom for Dordt Senior; From the President; Hofland Creates Puppets Like You've Seldom Seen; Kok Expands Program for Dordt's International and Minority Students; Campus Capsules; Author Tom Sine Challenges Dordt Students to Live Intentionally; Kosin and Dordt Become Sister Schools; Templeton Foundation Selects Dordt College; Assessment Report Provides Valuable Information About What Students Learn; CCCU Assessment Results Suggest Many Don't Explore Their Own Beliefs; It's Not the Economy, Stupid; Faculty News; Dordt Writers Publish in Writers Inc.; Van Gilst Awarded Fulbright to Venezuela; Defenders Fall Seven Points Short of Nationals; Lady Defenders Make Steps …

Asian American Experiences: A View From The Other Side, Pill Jay Cho

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

President Truman is said to have complained about his assistants for giving him advice "on the other hand" as well as the first one. He joked about his wish to find an advisor who has only one arm. As one of the two guest editors for the present special issue on Asian American Experience, I have been surprised by the fact that all manuscripts submitted discuss what I call "negative" side of the Asian American experiences.

The New York Law School Reporter, March 1997, New York Law School

Student Newspapers

No abstract provided.

The Prairie Naturalist Volume 29, No.1. March 1997

The Prairie Naturalist

UPDATED DISTRIBUTION OF THE LEAST WEASEL ON THE CENTRAL GREAT PLAINS ▪ S. R. Hoofer and J. R. Choate

ESTIMATING SURVIVAL OF SONG BIRD CARCASSES IN CROPS AND WOODLOTS ▪ G. M. Linz, D. L. Bergman, and W. J. Bleier

SEXUAL ALLOCATION IN Carex stricta, A MONOECIOUS, TUSSOCK-FORMING SEDGE ▪ D. M. Estrella and C. E. Umbanhowar, Jr.

ABUNDANCE OF THIRTEEN-LINED GROUND SQUIRRELS IN SHORTGRASS PRAIRIE ▪ L. C. Higgins and P. Stapp

BATS OF JEWEL CAVE NATIONAL MONUMENT, SOUTH DAKOTA ▪ J. R. Choate and J. M. Anderson

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Northern Harrier Builds Nest On Top Of Depredated Mallard …

The Art Of Law And Economics: An Autobiographical Essay, William M. Landes

Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper Series

No abstract provided.

Seagrass And Caulerpa Monitoring In Hillsborough Bay Eighth Annual Report, City Of Tampa Department Of Sanitary Sewers

Reports

This is the eighth annual report to FDER to satisfy the requirements set forth in specific condition #14 of FDER construction permit DO29-1845321B.

The City of Tampa, Bay Study Group (BSG), has monitored the effects of sewage pollution abatement in Hillsborough Bay since 1976. Within the last decade, water quality improvements and evidence of minor seagrass revegetation in Hillsborough Bay prompted the BSG to initiate a seagrass study to compliment other programs assessing the environmental status of Hillsborough Bay.

Introduction To Brainerd Currie Choice-Of-Law Symposium - Brainerd Currie: I Am The Very Model Of A Modern Intellectual, Jack L. Sammons

Mercer Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Probe, Issue 174 – March 1997

The Probe: Newsletter of the National Animal Damage Control Association

Outwitting Urban Beaver, by C. E. "Ki" Faulkner, Regional Director, Region 0, NADCA
Bear Gets Attention in Southeast
Chinese disease Threatens Rabbits
Product Announcements: BEAR BE GONE™ -- a device designed to deter bears from foraging in trash cans.
Booklet: "Using Guard Animals to Protect Livestock"

Abstracts Published at the 3rd Annual Conference of The Wildlife Society:
A case study of black bear movements and survival after landfill closure in the central Adirondacks, by Ann M. Russell and S.L. Simek
Ecology of coyotes in a sheep ranching environment, by Ben N. Sacks, J.C.C. Neale, M. Jaeger, and D. R. McCullough …

1997 March, Morehead State University. Office Of Communications & Marketing.

MSU Clip Sheet Archives

MSU Clip Sheet newsletters published in March of 1997.

South Dakota State University Bulletin Quarterly: 1997 Summer Term, South Dakota State University

South Dakota State University Catalogs and Bulletins: 1935 to present

No abstract provided.

Wright State University College Of Engineering And Computer Science Bits And Pcs Newsletter, Volume 13, Number 3, March 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.

Guide To Ms018 Stone & Webster, Inc. Records, Lisa M. Borden

Finding Aids

Engineering contractors Stone & Webster, Inc. of Boston, Massachusetts, working in conjunction with the El Paso Electric Railway Company, replaced the old International Bridge on Stanton Street between Ciudad Juárez, Mexico and El Paso, Texas with a new structure of reinforced concrete in 1924. The existing wooden bridge, built in 1902, was no longer adequate to support the increased amount of traffic, including the electric trolley cars in use at that time. Mexico contributed the engineering plus the concrete used in the pilings, while the financing for the actual construction was supplied by the United States. The bridge was replaced …

Illinois State Today, Volume 31, No. 3, Spring 1997, Illinois State University

Illinois State University Alumni Today (1983-1999)

Illinois State Today: A Publication for Illinois State University Alumni

Lessons Learned The Hard Way From O.J. And The Dream Team, Stephen D. Easton

Tulsa Law Review

No abstract provided.

Electromagnetic Scattering From A Cavity In A Ground Plane: Theory And Experiment, William D. Wood Jr.

Theses and Dissertations

The electromagnetic scattering from an arbitrarily shaped open cavity embedded in a perfectly conducting, infinite ground plane is examined. The cavity is filled with a linear, isotropic, homogeneous material. The fields in the cavity interior and above the ground plane are expressed in terms of the tangential fields on the cavity surface and aperture. A coupled set of three integral equations is developed governing the tangential fields on the aperture and cavity surface. The support of the unknown tangential fields is finite. A moment-method based algorithm to approximate the solution to the integral equations for axisymmetric geometries is developed. The …

Advances In Time-Domain Electromagnetic Simulation Capabilities Through The Use Of Overset Grids And Massively Parallel Computing, Douglas C. Blake

Theses and Dissertations

A new methodology is presented for conducting numerical simulations of electromagnetic scattering and wave propagation phenomena. Technologies from several scientific disciplines, including computational fluid dynamics, computational electromagnetics, and parallel computing, are uniquely combined to form a simulation capability that is both versatile and practical. In the process of creating this capability, work is accomplished to conduct the first study designed to quantify the effects of domain decomposition on the performance of a class of explicit hyperbolic partial differential equations solvers; to develop a new method of partitioning computational domains comprised of overset grids; and to provide the first detailed assessment …

Net-Centric Design And Analysis Of Information Systems, Timothy R. Schmoyer

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis presents a unique methodology merging state of the art Internet and distributed database technology to support distributed simulations with programming language and platform independence. Standardized models of Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence (C4I) systems using Integrated Definition (IDEF) models and executable simulation objects are placed in database repositories which can be accessed and implemented over a distributed simulation network using the Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA). The CORBA distributed simulation network accesses heterogeneous distributed databases, performs distributed processes, and supports portability and reuse of simulation objects and interoperability across operating systems and programming languages.

An Examination Of The Hanson Contrail Forecast Algorithm Under Low Relative Humidity Conditions, Robert P. Asbury Iii

Theses and Dissertations

Accurate forecasts of contrail occurrence are essential to military aircrews. Although classical forecast methods have been reasonably successful predicting contrails, there is need for improvement at low ambient relative humidity. This thesis examines the performance of the Hanson method, which was developed to provide better contrail forecasts under drier atmospheric conditions. As a secondary objective, the forecast methods of Schumann and Hanson are compared to the algorithm currently in use by the Air Force Global Weather Central. Data used to validate the algorithms were collected at Wright-Patterson AFB, OH and Edwards AFB, CA. Theoretical contrail forecasts were made for each …