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Utb/Tsc Undergraduate Catalog 1997-1998, University Of Texas At Brownsville, Texas Southmost College

UTB/TSC Archives - Course Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Utpa Institutional Fact Book 1997, University Of Texas-Pan American

UTPA Archives - Stats At A Glance

No abstract provided.

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

Brownsville Archives - Legacy Commencement Programs

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The Epidemics Of Injecting Drug Use And Blood-Borne Disease: A Public Health Perspective, Lawrence O. Gostin

Valparaiso University Law Review

No abstract provided.

New Wrinkles In Law . . . And Economics, Paul H. Brietzke

Valparaiso University Law Review

No abstract provided.

A Chapter In Education: The First Twenty Years, Brownsville Independent School District (Tex.)

Rene Torres Collection - Publications

Promotional calendar highlighting the history of BISD from 1920-1998. Includes a brief history of elementaries, middle schools and high schools as well as individuals who left a lasting legacy.

Induced Acceleration Of Phosphine Exchange In Metal Carbonyls By Pendant Groups Of Coordinated Polyphosphines, Ping Ye

Masters Theses

The kinetics and thermodynamics of isomerization of (OC)₅CrPPh₂CH₂CH(PPh₂)₂ to its linkage isomer, (OC)₅CrPPh₂CH(PPh₂)CH₂PPh₂, in chloroform-d have been studied with ³¹P{¹H} NMR.

(OC)₅Cr[η¹-PPh₂CH₂CH(PPh₂)₂] ⇄ (OC)5Cr[η¹-PPh₂CH(PPh₂)CH₂PPh₂]

The equilibrium constants for the reaction are 3.60, 2.61, 2.04, and 1.67 at 10 °C, 25 °C, 40 °C, and 53 °C, respectively. The forward reaction becomes more favorable as the temperature …

An Expeditious Synthesis Of Β,Γ-Unsaturated Δ-Lactones: Useful Pharmacological Synthetic Intermediates, Li Xiong

Masters Theses

Two-carbon ring expansions of vinyl β-lactones, were carried out by Lewis acids (BF₃-Et₂O or Et₂AlCl) via an ionization/cation rearrangement. β,γ-unsaturated δ-lactones were produced as efficient protocols for the synthesis of bioactive substances.

Vinyl β-lactones were prepared via ring closure of corresponding unsaturated β-hydroxy acids. Differently structured substrates were examined to study the influence of the substituents on the rearrangement. Other factors, such as temperature, solvent and catalyst were also studied in search of suitable reaction conditions.

This method is moderately successful in providing fused-ring δ-lactones, but higher yields (so far total yield of 24.8%) …

Identification Of Organosulfur Compounds In Illinois Coal, Mandy N. Amin

Masters Theses

The goal of this research was to identify representative organosulfur compounds in Illinois coal which are removed by a mild, chemical desulfurization procedure. Pyridine was used to extract three raw Illinois coals. Coal with a significant amount of elemental sulfur was treated with 1:1 HCl/HF followed by lithium aluminum hydride before pyridine extraction. Pyridine soluble extracts were extracted with tetrahydrofuran. Nickel boride desulfurization was performed on the soluble extracts of the three coals. The before and after desulfurized THF soluble extracts were fractionated and purified by liquid chromatography and the eluents were anlyzed by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry to characterize the …

Roost Site Selection Of The Red Bat (Lasiurus Borealis), Kenneth J. Mager

Masters Theses

I monitored the roosting activity and evaluated roost site selection of red bats (Lasiurus borealis) at study sites in Coles County during the summer of 1996. Red bats were mist-netted and radio transmitters were affixed to 12 individuals. A total of 105 transmitter-days were recorded with 75 roost locations identified. The roost types consisted of eight different species of trees, prairie grass, and residential structures but the vast majority of roosts (92%) were in large, deciduous trees. The height of the roosts ranged from 0.5 to 21.4 m, but 54.7% were between 5-10 m. Movement between consecutive roosts ranged from …

Closing The Door: A Roll Call Analysis Of Immigration Voting In The 99th And 104th Congresses, Murray Stewart Leith

Masters Theses

The research focus of this study is the voting behavior of the elected members of the United States House of Representatives on the issue of national immigration. This work specifically focuses on selected immigration roll call votes taken during the 99th and 104th Congresses. An examination of the voting behavior of the 435 elected representatives from each year will be examined by considering eight hypotheses that question the immigration voting behavior of various sub groups within congress.

During the 1980s and 1990s Congress took several major legislative actions in regards to the issue of national immigration. It was hypothesized that …

Constancy Of Bond Dissociation Energy Ratios For Ab₂/Ab Systems, Danyu Xu

Masters Theses

G2 and G2(MP2) theories have been used to study the bond dissociation energies D⁰_m of a series of AB₂, AB₂⁺, AB₂^-, AB, AB⁺ and AB^- systems. A total of fifty-four molecules and ions have been examined, for which B = O, S or Se and A = C, S, Ge, N⁺, P⁺, As⁺, B^-, Al^- or Ga^-. Each triatomic system has sixteen valence electrons and each diatomic system has ten valence electrons. Both triplet and singlet spin …

1997 Commencement Program, Seattle University

Commencement Programs

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In Search Of The Meandering Absolute: The Prints Of Mitzi Humphrey, Mitzi Humphrey

Theses and Dissertations

Art is more than just a bridge to (or a reflection of) the natural world; it is a natural force in itself. The author is a strong advocate of "artist's prints," prints which are conceived and printed by the artist. She believes that there is a natural sequence of actions and thoughts which cannot be approximated by the substitution of an artist/printer collaboration unless the artist is truly involved with the printer or assistant in every step of the decision-making and mark-making processes.

The prints of this series are not about realistic pictorial space; they are about interior space--that of …

The Role Of The Federal Government In Education – Supporting A National Desire For Support For State And Local Education, U.S. Secretary Of Education Richard W. Riley

Saint Louis University Public Law Review

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Education: Where The Stakes Are As High As Children Can Dream, Congressman Bob Clement

Saint Louis University Public Law Review

No abstract provided.

Quality Education Results From State And Local Innovations, Governor Terry E. Branstad

Saint Louis University Public Law Review

No abstract provided.

1997 Agricola, Arkansas Tech University

ATU Agricola Collection (Yearbooks)

This is the 1997 yearbook of Arkansas Tech University.

Wright State University College Of Engineering And Computer Science Bits And Pcs Newsletter, Volume 13, Number 1, January 1997, College Of Engineering And Computer Science, Wright State University

BITs and PCs Newsletter

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

Multiprocessor Out-Of-Core Ffts With Distributed Memory And Parallel Disks, Thomas H. Cormen, Jake Wegmann, David M. Nicol

Computer Science Technical Reports

This paper extends an earlier out-of-core Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) method for a uniprocessor with the Parallel Disk Model (PDM) to use multiple processors. Four out-of-core multiprocessor methods are examined. Operationally, these methods differ in the size of "mini-butterfly" computed in memory and how the data are organized on the disks and in the distributed memory of the multiprocessor. The methods also perform differing amounts of I/O and communication. Two of them have the remarkable property that even though they are computing the FFT on a multiprocessor, all interprocessor communication occurs outside the mini-butterfly computations. Performance results on a small …

Swosu Fact Book Fall 1997, Denisa Engelman

Fact Books

I am proud to introduce the sixth annual Southwestern Oklahoma State University Fact Book. It provides a ready source of information to answer frequently asked questions about the University and its operations. Unless otherwise noted, the information in this Fact Book came from computer-generated reports that are printed following the tenth class day of each fall semester. Because of student fluctuations during the semester, numbers will not match other published enrollment numbers that may be based on enrollment at the end of a semester.

The Osmotic Self And Language Arts Pedagogy, Kristie S. Fleckenstein

The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning

Educators should evolve a pedagogy that privileges a participatory self, in which ego boundaries are permeable.

Lessons From Raps: Citizen Participation And The Ecology Of Community, Wendy A. Kellogg

All Maxine Goodman Levin School of Urban Affairs Publications

No abstract provided.

University Of North Florida Journal For Alumni & Friends Spring 1997, University Of North Florida

25th Anniversary Printed Materials

The UNF Journal is published three times a year by the University of North Florida, Division of Institutional Advancement to communicate UNF’s mission and its accomplishments to alumni and friends of the university. Officers/Staff: Dr. Adam W. Herbert Jr. -President University of North Florida, Dr. Pierre Allaire -Vice President Institutional Advancement, Dan Dundon - Director News and Publications/UNF Journal Editor, Ron Natherson - Director Alumni Services, Ann Snyder Rishell - Designer News and Publications. Includes a letter from Dr. A. David Kline – Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs and articles on the University Center, campus construction, honors program …

Economics Of Negative Barriers To Entry: How To Recovery Stranded Costs And Achieve Competition On Equal Terms In The Electric Utility Industry, William B. Tye, Frank C. Graves

Natural Resources Journal

No abstract provided.

Diogenes Wanders The Superhighway: A Proposal For Authentication Of Publicly Disseminated Documents On The Internet, Kelly Kunsch

Seattle University Law Review

On the national level, there are proposals to make the Internet the primary, and even the exclusive, means of disseminating certain government information. Concurrently, corporations and other private organizations may adopt a similar approach for their reports and other documents. Intertwined with these official and quasi-official documents are innumerable others created by individuals around the world. With so many documents, there is potential for dissemination of false, biased, and even fraudulent information. This is the source of the authentication problem.

A Case Study Of George Plater Tayloe And Buena Vista, Jack Payden-Travers

Liberal Studies (MA) Final Essays

The nineteenth century was an era of transition for the young American nation. George Plater Tayloe was born in 1804 and died in 1897. His life spanned an age of American politics from Jefferson to McKinley. He grew up in the post-colonial period and matured during the antebellum years. By the end of the Civil War he was in his sixties and lived on through Reconstruction and the emerging capitalism of the late nineteenth century. He grew up in a slaveholding society and was a man of his times. A member of one of the "first families of Virginia," he …

The Herbal Street Drug Crisis: An Examination Of The Dietary Supplement Health And Education Act Of 1994, Peter A. Vignuolo

Seton Hall Journal of Legislation and Public Policy

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Normative Database Of Adult Unilateral Trans-Tibial Amputee Gait, Kevin Carley, Kristin Dart, Margery Vos

Masters Theses

The purpose of this study was to compile a database of gait characteristics for adult, unilateral trans-tibial amputees specific to the protocol for the Center of Human Kinetic Studies. Subjects were community ambulators with established gait patterns and had used their current prosthesis for greater than three months. Kinematic, kinetic, and electromyographic data of the lower extremities were collected and analyzed using a motion analysis system, force plates, and surface electrodes. Data were normalized to percent gait cycle and presented as an average of trials taken. Results of this study were similar to previously published literature. This database of amputee …

A Preliminary Study Of Trunk Kinematics During Walking In Normal Subjects, Lisa R. Elders, Heather L. Greenwald, Celeste A. Sartor

Masters Theses

The purpose of this study was to systematically describe the three-dimensional trunk kinematics in normal subjects, to establish a baseline for comparison to future research in gait analysis and aid in the identification of pathological gait. Seventeen volunteers between the ages of twenty and fifty, who met criteria for normal subjects, participated in this study. Trunk kinematic data were collected using an optoelectronic technique. An ensemble average of trunk kinematic data in each of the cardinal planes was plotted in degrees of motion versus percentage of gait cycle. A distinct pattern of trunk kinematics during gait was found in this …