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Focus Emu, February 18, 1997, Office Of Public Information

Focus EMU

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Focus Emu, August 26, 1997, Office Of Public Information

Focus EMU

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Am Ceremonial Script, April 27, 1997, Eastern Michigan University

Commencement Programs and Materials

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Spring Commencement, April 27, 1997, Eastern Michigan University

Commencement Programs and Materials

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Eastern Michigan University Class Schedule - Spring 1997, Office Of The Registrar

Class Schedules Collection

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Eastern Michigan University Class Schedule - Fall 1997, Office Of The Registrar

Class Schedules Collection

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Eastern Michigan University Class Schedule - Winter 1997, Office Of The Registrar

Class Schedules Collection

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Board Of Regents Meeting Materials, June 17, 1997, Eastern Michigan University

Board of Regents Meeting Materials

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Board Of Regents Meeting Materials, March 18, 1997, Eastern Michigan University

Board of Regents Meeting Materials

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Male Love And Islamic Law In Arab Spain, Louis Crompton

Department of English: Faculty Publications

A unique flowering of homoerotic poetry took place in Iberia after the Arab conquest in 71 L The efflorescence there repeated a phenomenon of the Islamic world generally, paralleling the erotic lyrics of Iraq, Persia, Afghanistan, Mughal India, Turkey, and the North African states of Egypt, Tunis, and Morocco. The anthologies of medieval Islamic poetry, whether compiled in Baghdad, Damascus, Isfahan, Delhi, Kabul, Istanbul, Cairo, Kairouan, or Fez reveal, with astonishing consistency over a period of a millennium, the same strain of passionate homoeroticism we find in love poems from Cordoba, Seville, and Granada.

Journal Of Actuarial Practice, Volume 5, No. 2, 1997, Colin Ramsay , Editor

Journal of Actuarial Practice (1993–2006)

Articles:

With Different Term Structure Models • Eliseo Navarro and Juan M. Nave

A New Approach for Determining Claim Expense Reserves in Workers Compensation • Kay Rahardjo

Pricing Earthquake Exposure Using Modeling • Debra L. Werland and Joseph W. Pitts

Actuarial Model Assumptions for Australian Inflation, Equity Returns, and Interest Rates • Michael Sherris

Comments on Some Parametric Models for Mortality Tables • Kam C. Yuen

Editor - Colin Ramsay, University of Nebraska. Associate Editors: Robert Brown, University of Waterloo ○ Cecil Bykerk, Mutual of Omaha ○ Ruy Cardoso, Actuarial Frameworks ○ Samuel Cox, Georgia State …

Composite Section Of Cretaceous Rocks In Nebraska, R. R. Burchett

Conservation and Survey Division: Faculty and Staff Publications

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Valuation Of Closely Held Business Interests, Edwin T. Hood, John J. Mylan, Timothy P. O'Sullivan

Faculty Works

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The Panchromatic Starburst Intensity Limit At Low And High Redshift, Gerhardt R. Meurer, Timothy M. Heckman, Matthew D. Lehnert, Claus Leitherer, James D. Lowenthal

Astronomy: Faculty Publications

The integrated bolometric effective surface brightness S distributions of starbursts are investigated for samples observed in (1) the rest frame ultraviolet (UV), (2) the far-infrared and Hα, and (3) 21 cm radio continuum emission. For the UV sample we exploit a tight empirical relationship between UV reddening and extinction to recover the bolometric flux. Parameterizing the S upper limit by the 90th percentile of the distribution, we find a mean S = 2.0×10 L⊙kpc for the three samples, with a factor of 3 difference between the samples. This is consistent with what is expected from the calibration uncertainties alone. We …

A Micro-Mechanical Fatigue Damage Model For Uni-Directional Metal Matrix Composites., Rainer Echle

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

A micro-mechanical damage model for high cycle fatigue loading based on thermo-dynamical principles is developed for uni-directional continuous fiber reinforced metal matrix composites. The model uses a micro-mechanical based theory to predict the fatigue damage evolution in the individual constituents of the composite material, namely the fibers and the matrix, from which the overall fatigue damage evolution in the composite is obtained. The micro-mechanical analysis is performed for each individual constituent using stress and strain concentration tensors based on the Mori-Tanaka method. A fatigue damage criterion based on thermo-dynamical principles is developed and applied to each of the constituents. Fatigue …

Development Of A Prototype Computer-Assisted Well Control System For Deep Ocean Drilling Environments., Orville Allen Kelly

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

An advanced prototype computer-assisted deep water drilling well control system was developed using process control technology. The goal of the system was to improve rig safety by reducing the potential for surface and underground blowouts through providing enhanced bottom hole and casing seat pressure control during the well kill process. The system developed is capable of full computer control of the fluid pump and drilling choke control functions during normal well control operations. The system provides computer-assistance in collecting and curve fitting slow circulation rate pump pressure data, in developing a well kill program (kill sheet), and in detecting anomalies …

A Vector-Valued Operational Calculus And Abstract Cauchy Problems., Boris Baeumer

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Initial and boundary value problems for linear differential and integro-differential equations are at the heart of mathematical analysis. About 100 years ago, Oliver Heaviside promoted a set of formal, algebraic rules which allow a complete analysis of a large class of such problems. Although Heaviside's operational calculus was entirely heuristic in nature, it almost always led to correct results. This encouraged many mathematicians to search for a solid mathematical foundation for Heaviside's method, resulting in two competing mathematical theories: (a) Laplace transform theory for functions, distributions and other generalized functions, (b) J. Mikusinski's field of convolution quotients of continuous functions. …

Unavoidable Minors Of Graphs Of Large Type., John Joseph Dittmann Jr

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

In this paper, we study one measure of complexity of a graph, namely its type. The type of a graph G is defined to be the minimum number n such that there is a sequence of graphs $G = G\sb0, G\sb1,\... , G\sb{n},$ where $G\sb{i}$ is obtained by contracting or deleting one edge from each block of $G\sb{i-1}$, and where $G\sb{n}$ is edgeless. We show that a 3-connected graph has large type if and only if it has a minor isomorphic to a large fan. Furthermore, we show that if a graph has large type, then it has a minor …

Evaluation Of Water-Seeded No-Till Rice Culture With Respect To Weeds And Seedling Disease., Roland Detleo Mendt

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Field studies were conducted over three years to evaluate preplant postemergence herbicides for red rice control in rice under no-till water-seeded culture. Application of paraquat or sulfosate plus thiobencarb and paraquat alone 3 days before seeding (DBS) resulted in the greatest red rice control 11 weeks after seeding (WAS). Rice yield was increased and percent red rice in rice grain decreased when paraquat or sulfosate was applied in combination with thiobencarb compared with the nontreated control. Rice yield was increased when herbicides were applied 3 and 7 DBS as compared with 14 and 28 DBS. Aqueous extracts of cursed buttercup, …

Southern Families And Their Daughters: The Self And The System In Selected Texts By Grau, Gilchrist, Welty, Spencer, And Douglas., Jo K. Galle

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

In this interdisciplinary study, I apply the materials of family systems theory to the study of five twentieth-century literary texts, each written by a Southern white woman. Arranged in the order they will appear in this study, the five texts are The Keepers of the House (1964) by Shirley Ann Grau; Net of Jewels (1992) by Ellen Gilchrist; The Golden Apples (1949) by Eudora Welty; The Voice at the Back Door (1956) by Elizabeth Spencer; and Can't Quit You, Baby (1988) by Ellen Douglas. In the analysis of these books--all examples of domestic and social realism--I analyze and measure the …

Indicator Bacteria Concentrations Of Two Northwest Arkansas Streams In Relation To Flow And Season, Dwayne R. Edwards, Mark S. Coyne, Tommy C. Daniel, P. F. Vendrell, J. F. Murdoch, P. A. Moore Jr.

Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering Faculty Publications

Concentrations of indicator bacteria such as fecal coliform (FC) and fecal streptococcus (FS) are often used to assess the suitability of waters for their intended use(s) and to allocate resources for water quality improvement measures. There is evidence, however, that concentrations of FC and FS can be influenced by variables such as season and flow rate during sampling, which could lead to biased results. The objective of this study was to assess the impacts of season and flow rate on concentrations of FC and FS. Fecal indicator bacteria concentrations were measured for approximately three years at five sites on two …

Theory, Practice, And The Millennium, Kathleen I. Macpherson

Faculty, Staff, and Alumni Books

Walter E. Russell Endowed Chair in Philosophy and Education Lecture 1996-1998: Theory, Practice, and the Millenium

The Russell Scholar Symposium: Theory and Practice in Academia

Carnivorous Spadefoot (Spea Bombifrons Cope) Tadpoles And Fairy Shrimp In Western Iowa, Eugenia S. Farrar, Jane D. Hey

Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science: JIAS

Amphibian larval polymorphisms, rarely found in the Midwest, are more common in arid western regions. We have discovered that Plains spadefoot toad, Spea bombifrons Cope, tadpoles occur as carnivorous and omnivorous morphological forms in flooded soybean and corn fields on the Missouri River flood plain of western Iowa. Carnivores have longer snouts, larger beaks with an upper cusp and lower notch, shorter intestines with fewer loops than the omnivores, and they feed on fairy shrimp. A similar polymorphism in Spea multiplicata Cope enhances survival in the desert because the carnivore develops faster after consuming fairy shrimp and is able to …

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Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science: JIAS

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Iowa's State Parks: A Various Language, Rebecca Conard

Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science: JIAS

Iowa's state park system is distinctive because academically based natural scientists were instrumental in drafting the 1917 State Park Law, in shaping the initial policies, and in establishing the first parks. The mandate of the 1917 law was broad, but its original intent was to preserve and conserve natural resources; providing recreational enjoyment was secondary. Between 1920 and mid-century the founding vision was recast time and again by compromises that sprang from economic necessity, competing interests, and changing societal values. The ideal of resource protection has remained a guiding principle, however, in large part because strong personalities provided continuity of …

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Additions To The Pteridophyte Flora Of Iowa-Iv, James H. Peck, Jeffrey C. Nekola, William Thomas

Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science: JIAS

This report updates field collection records and summarizes nomenclatural changes of genera and binomials of species of Iowa pteridophytes based on the Flora of North America project. Botrychium simplex var. compositum, Gymnocarpium jessoense (Koidz.) Koidz. spp. parvulum Sarvela, Gymnocarpium Xhrittonianum (Sarvela) Pryer & Haufler, and Gymnocarpium Xintermedium Sarvela were recently added to the state flora. The flora now consists of 66 species, plus 7 hybrids, and 1 distinct form, for a total of 74 taxa. With the addition of 81 new county occurrence records, the Iowa pteridophyte flora now consists of 1754 county occurrence records. A data matrix of species/county …