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Search For The Standard Model Higgs Boson In E+E- Collisions At √S = 161, 170 And 172 Gev, Barate, R.; Et Al., M. Thulasidas

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

The reaction e+ e ! HZ is used to search for the Standard Model Higgs boson. The data sample consists of integrated luminosities of 10:9 pb1 , 1:1 pb1 , and 9:5 pb1 collected by the ALEPH experiment at LEP during 1996, at centre-of-mass energies of 161, 170 and 172 GeV, respectively. No candidate events were found, in agreement with the expected background of 0.84 events from all Standard Model processes. This search results in a 95% C.L. lower limit on the Higgs boson mass of 69:4 GeV=c2 . When combined with earlier ALEPH searches performed at energies at and …

An Evaluation Of Plant Community Structure, Fish And Benthic Meio- And Macrofauna As Success Criteria For Reclaimed Wetlands, Thomas Crisman, William J. Streever, John H. Kiefer, David L. Evans

School of Geosciences Faculty and Staff Publications

As a result of legislative action in 1975 (Florida Administrative Code Section 16C-16, 16C-17), landscape reclamation is required on all lands mined for phosphate in the State of Florida. Between 1975 and 1991, for example, approximately 40,000 ha of land in Florida were strip mined for phosphate and thus subject to provisions of this legislation. In excess of 2,700 ha of mitigation wetlands have been constructed as part of the land reclamation effort, but the degree to which these systems mimic both the structural and functional properties of natural wetlands is poorly known.

There has been a great diversity in …

Preserving The Opportunity For Education: Texas' Alternative Education Programs For Disruptive Youth, Steve Bickerstaff

The Journal of Law and Education

No abstract provided.

Fact Book 1997, Uno Office Of Institutional Effectiveness

Fact Book

This sixteenth edition of the University of Nebraska at Omaha Fact Book has been designed to present a variety of information and data, about the University, in a concise, easily-used format. I hope this provides a profile that will expand your understanding of our institution.

Ursinus Magazine, Fall 1997, Wendy Greenberg, Joanna Doyle, William E. Akin, Joseph F. Pirro, Meghan J. Hoerner, Sonny Regelman

Ursinus Magazine, 1995–Present

The Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art calendar • Science for the 21st century • Ursinus to get new field house • Kresge grant helps fund Pfahler • Research and study sizzle in the summer • Ursinus in the news • Fresh Air and Sanchez visit • Class of 2001: The students; the community service project; the Odyssey • Faculty and staff notes • Board of Directors news • Letters to the editor • State of the arts at Ursinus College • Sweet suite: A candy-coated collaboration • The play's the thing for growing number of students • Tracking …

Inclusive Decays B->Dx And B->D*X, L. Gibbons, Manoj Thulasidas

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

We report new measurements of the differential and total branching ratios for inclusive B decay to D-0, D+, and D*+ and the first measurement of the same quantities for inclusive B decay to D-*0. Here B is the mixture of B-d and B-u from Y(4S) decay. Furthermore, since more than one charm particle (or antiparticle) of the same kind can be produced in B decay, here ''inclusive B branching ratio'' is used to mean the average number of charm particles and their antiparticles of a certain species: produced in B decay. We obtain the following results (the first error is …

Annual Index To Volume 45, Buffalo Law Review

Buffalo Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Use Of Spectrofluorimetry And Capillary Electrophoresis/Laser-Induced Fluorescence For The Detection Of Fluorescent Dyes In Groundwater Migration Studies, Patrick Ferguson

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

This thesis involves work that was accomplished during a two-year internship at the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA), Environmental Chemistry Branch. The research is an application of trace level determination of fluorescein dyes used as groundwater tracers. The work was performed to determine whether groundwater could migrate from a Resource Conservation Recovery Act (RCRA) site to an adjacent Superfund site. The research involved using Spectrofluorimetry and a new technique called capillary electrophoresis/laser induced fluorescence (CE/LIF) to determine tracer dyes that were injected at the RCRA site and monitored at the Superfund site. Results from Spectrofluorimetry were compared to those of CE/LIF. …

Notes On Charles Simic's New White (1997), Peter Schmidt

English Literature Faculty Works

No abstract provided.

Earth News, Fall 1997, Department Of Earth Science, University Of Northern Iowa.

Earth News

Inside this issue:

--- News from the Earth Science Staff
--- Mary Lou Welch - Earth Science Secretary, 1975-1995
--- Earth Science Opens Way to the Stars
--- Earth Science Student Assistants
--- Sigma Gamma Epsilon - Gamma Sigma Chapter
--- Earth Science Majors
--- Comet Hale-Bopp
--- Student Research Presentations
--- 1997 Earth Science Graduates
--- Interesting Facts about the Earth Science Majors
--- Gifts to the Department of Earth Science
--- 1997 Scholarship and Award Recipients
--- Earth Science Seminar Series
--- Special Alumni Newsletter Profile - Craig B. Davis
--- Earth Science Alumni Notes
--- Our Faculty …

The Guardian, October 1, 1997, Wright State University Student Body

The Guardian Student Newspaper

Twenty page issue of The Guardian, the official student-run newspaper for Wright State University. The Guardian has been published regularly since March of 1965.

Mapping Antibiotic-Resistant Neisseria Gonorrhoeae Isoaltes In Metropolitan Toronto: Issues Of Scale, Positional Accuracy And Confidentiality, Jody F. Decker, Bob Sharpe, Jo-Anne Dillon

Geography and Environmental Studies Faculty Publications

The primary objective of this paper was to investigate the methodological implications of mapping Neisseria gonorrhoeae using the partial three-digit postal code instead of the complete six-digit postal code. The reporting locations of N gonorrhoeae isolates submitted from hospitals, doctor’s offices, private and provincial laboratories, and sexually transmitted disease (STD) clinics were used as a model. Specifically, the paper focused on variations in geographical distributions of STD data when mapped at different aggregations of postal code data and at different map scales. Such variations are of importance to those who analyze the spaital epidemiology of STDs, and the accessibility and …

On Negative Theology, Hilary Putnam

Faith and Philosophy: Journal of the Society of Christian Philosophers

No abstract provided.

In-Scene Atmospheric Correction For Multispectral Imagery, Paul Barnes

Theses

In-scene techniques for atmospheric correction of remotely sensed multispectral imagery have been collected and applied to a series of image sets. The methods used rely on image derived statistics and a minimal use of ancillary data. Five different schemes for estimating upwelled radiance are presented. Upwelled radiance predictions are compared to estimates derived from reflectance panel calibrations and the radiative transfer model LOWTRAN. Inversion to reflectance space is performed with an in-scene technique that draws upon knowledge of surface material reflectance spectra and the upwelled radiance estimates generated by accompanying techniques. This research attempts to answer the following questions: What …

Aspects Of Postcollision Interactions (Pci) Near The Ar L-Shell, James A.R. Samson, Y. Lu, Wayne C. Stolte

Chemistry and Biochemistry Faculty Research

In the present work we are interested in near-threshold photoionization experiments involving postcollision effects related to the Auger decay of a vacancy in the Ar L shell. In particular, we have measured the photoelectron energy spectrum resulting from the above postcollision interaction effects and have observed electrons produced by the process of electron capture and reemission.

Reading And Metaphonological Outcomes In Late Talkers, Rhea Paul, Candace Murray, Kathleen Clancy, David Andrews

Communication Disorders Faculty Publications

Children with a history of slow expressive language development (SELD) were followed to second grade, at which point outcomes in terms of speech, language, cognitive skills, reading achievement, and metaphonological performance were evaluated. Although there were some statistically significant differences between groups, children with a history of SELD generally performed within the normal range on the measures collected. Relations among speech, reading, and metaphonology in the SELD cohort appeared to operate in a manner similar to that seen in groups with typical language development. The implications of these findings for understanding the nature of specific language impairments and for treating …

Computational Geometry Column 32, Joseph O'Rourke

Computer Science: Faculty Publications

The proof of Dey's new k-set bound is illustrated.

Ignorance Of Law Is An Excuse - But Only For The Virtuous, Dan M. Kahan

Michigan Law Review

It's axiomatic that "ignorance of the law is no excuse." My aim in this essay is to examine what the "mistake of law doctrine" reveals about the relationship between criminal law and morality in general and about the law's understanding of moral responsibility in particular. The conventional understanding of the mistake of law doctrine rests on two premises, which are encapsulated in the Holmesian epigrams with which I've started this essay. The first is liberal positivism. As a descriptive claim, liberal positivism holds that the content of the law can be identified without reference to morality: one needn't be a …

Press Releases - October-December 1997, Northeastern Illinois University University Relations

Press Releases

No abstract provided.

Selecting An Effective Task-Specific Contact Analysis Algorithm, Leo Joskowicz, Elisha Sacks, Vijay Srinivasan

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

Interbase (Kb): A Knowledge-Based Multidatabase System For Data Warehousing, Nick Bassiliades, Ioannis Vlahavas, Ahmed K. Elmagarmid, Elias N. Houstis

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

Some Theory And Practice Of Greedy Off- Line Textual Substitution, Alberto Apostolico, Stefano Lonardi

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

Purdue-On-Line: A Facility And Distributed Learning Framework To Develop And Deliver Internet Based Education, Elias N. Houstis, Ahmed K. Elmagarmid, Sanjiva Weerawarana, Anthony L. Peiris, Nitesh D. Dhanjani, Gordon L. Coppoc, Abdalfattah Y.M. Nour, Lefteris H. Tsoukalas, Don Jones

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

Smart Video Text: An Intelligent Video Database System, F. Kokkoras, H. Jiang, I. Vlahavas, Ahmed K. Elmagarmid, Elias N. Houstis

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

Efficient Detection Of Unusual Words, Alberto Apostolico, Mary Ellen Bock, Stefano Lonardi

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

E-Device: An Extensible Knowledge Base System With Multiple Rule Support, Nick Bassiliades, Ioannis Vlahavas, Ahmed Elmagarmid

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

Segmentation Of Patient Motion From Other Mri System Instabilities, Wayne Prentice

Theses

Patient motion causes the same image artifacts or ghosting patterns as system instabilities cause in Magnetic Resonance images (MRI). Misinterpreting a patient-motion- induced artifact as a system instability can cause unnecessary system downtime and expense while a field engineer searches for a non-existent system problem. Although the images may look the same, the original sampled data is different and can be used to determine the cause of the image artifacts. The process for segmentation is to detect the existing instabilities and bulk motion vectors within the sampled frequency-space complex data. Because the imaged object is real, the frequency-space sampled data …

Armstrong Academics Fall 1997

Armstrong State University Collections: Armstrong Academics (Archived)

No abstract provided.

Doctrine, Howard Wettstein

Faith and Philosophy: Journal of the Society of Christian Philosophers

No abstract provided.

Frequency-Mixing Detection Of Polarization-Modulated Light Using Different Periodic Analyzers, R.M.A. Azzam

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering: Faculty Publications

We derive the equations that permit the use of six different periodic analyzers for the frequency- mixing detection (FMD) of polarization -modulated light. The six periodic analyzers are (1) the rotating linear analyzer, (2) rotating half -wave plate and fixed linear analyzer, (3) rotating quarter -wave plate and fixed linear analyzer, (4) rotating linear analyzer and fixed linear analyzer, (5) oscillating -phase retarder and fixed linear analyzer, and (6) oscillating optical rotator and fixed linear analyzer. In all cases, the average polarization and the polarization and intensity modulation parameters of the light beam can be determined easily and explicitly from …