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Droplet Concentration And Size Distribution In Haze And Fog, Josef Podzimek Jan 1997

Droplet Concentration And Size Distribution In Haze And Fog, Josef Podzimek

Physics Faculty Research & Creative Works

Fog (haze) droplet concentrations and size distributions were measured at five sampling sites representing rural and urban regions and a highly polluted marine-urban environment. Droplet imprints in a thin gelatine layer were evaluated and compared to the measurement by light scattering instruments. This enabled conditions for the application of the logarithmic-normal size distribution and for the classification of typical fog droplet size distributions to be established. In particular, the parameters featuring the width and asymmetry of a size distribution were suggested and calculated. Advantages and drawbacks of the applied droplet sampling and evaluation technique are discussed in more detail. © …

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Dirt Behind Our Ears, By Pfc. Arthur N. Wilkins, Steven D. Smith Jan 1997

Dirt Behind Our Ears, By Pfc. Arthur N. Wilkins, Steven D. Smith

Faculty Publications

A review of Dirt Behind Our Ears, by PFC. Arthur N. Wilkins.

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Guide To Louisiana Confederate Military Units, 1861-1865, By Arthur W. Bergeron, Jr., Steven D. Smith Jan 1997

Guide To Louisiana Confederate Military Units, 1861-1865, By Arthur W. Bergeron, Jr., Steven D. Smith

Faculty Publications

This is a review of the title book, Guide To Louisiana Confederate Military Units, 1861-1865, by Arthur W. Bergeron, Jr., as well as a review of an additional book, Military Record of Louisiana, by Napier Bartlett.

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The Arts Show Audience: Cultural Confidence And Middlebrow Arts Consumption, Brian O'Neill Jan 1997

The Arts Show Audience: Cultural Confidence And Middlebrow Arts Consumption, Brian O'Neill

Articles

The arts constitute a form of cultural consumption that has been relatively neglected in recent academic discourse in comparison to the burgeoning literature of cultural studies dedicated to popular and mass media forms of culture. This emphasis within cultural studies on popular genres over traditional forms of art, what has been labelled its ‘cultural populism’ (Mc Guigan, 1992), systematically emphasises common, ordinary taste and resistant aesthetic strategies while denigrating ‘high culture’ as an elitist, middle class leisure pursuit that has little relevance to most people (Willis, 1990). Going against this populist tide, this chapter argues that an examination of popular …

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Helping Librarians To Encourage Critical Thinking Through Active Learning Techniques In Library Instruction, Cynthia Wright Swaine Jan 1997

Helping Librarians To Encourage Critical Thinking Through Active Learning Techniques In Library Instruction, Cynthia Wright Swaine

Libraries Faculty & Staff Publications

Encouraging librarians to incorporate critical thinking skills and active learning techniques in their course instruction requires more than talking about it in a department meeting or distributing articles on the topic. At Old Dominion University (Virginia), librarians have tried conducting workshops, had readily-accessible binders of articles and suggestions for librarians to consult, and held idea-sharing sessions. They have also tried including a related library instruction annual performance objective for each reference librarian involved in instruction. This paper describes this latest attempt to incorporate active learning in library instruction and includes an active learning planning sheet which serves as an outline …

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Winning The Accreditation Game: The Library As Key Player And Hidden Gold Mine, Antje Mays Jan 1997

Winning The Accreditation Game: The Library As Key Player And Hidden Gold Mine, Antje Mays

Dacus Library Faculty Publications

Libraries are a central hub of information resources supporting college and university curricula. Several library strategies, cross-campus collaborations, and philosophical considerations of electronic and print offerings led to successful accreditations in business and engineering programs.

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Consumption Taxes: An Examination, Joshua E. Richardson '97 Jan 1997

Consumption Taxes: An Examination, Joshua E. Richardson '97

Honors Projects

The current in orne tax system fails to achieve several of these goals. This paper will examine three alternatives to the income tax: a national sales tax, a value added tax, and a personal expen iture tax. The three taxes create the same tax on an item of consumption through different methods. These options will be discussed in comparison to the current income tax on the basis of administrative efficiency, equity, economic consequences, and transitional difficulties.

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Haiti Update, Donald E. Schulz Dr. Jan 1997

Haiti Update, Donald E. Schulz Dr.

Books, Monographs & Collaborative Studies

Recent developments in Haiti including political assassinations attributed to both former Haitian military personnel and members of President Preval's presidential security unit have once again thrust that troubled country into the international spotlight. In the process, questions have been raised about the viability of the nascent Haitian democracy and the political stability on which it rests. In turn, that has led to questions about the length and nature of the international commitment, including that of the United States. Thus it was that in September 1996 Dr. Donald E. Schulz, the author of two previous Strategic Studies Institute reports on Haiti …

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The Peace Process, Phase One: Past Accomplishments, Future Concerns, Stephen C. Pelletiere Dr. Jan 1997

The Peace Process, Phase One: Past Accomplishments, Future Concerns, Stephen C. Pelletiere Dr.

Books, Monographs & Collaborative Studies

As a result of a conference on the peace process in the Middle East, co-hosted by the Strategic Studies Institute and North Georgia College in March 1996, the authors discussed the developing crisis in that area. They have analyzed three crucial areas of relations between Israel and its Arab neighbors--Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon. In these three essays, the authors analyze several key aspects of what can be considered the first phase of the Mideast Peace Process (the time from the 1991 Madrid Conference to the 1996 Israeli election). They remind us that despite recent renewed progress on the Israeli-Palestinian agenda, …

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Continuities Of Metric Projection And Geometric Consequences, Robert Huotari, Wu Li Jan 1997

Continuities Of Metric Projection And Geometric Consequences, Robert Huotari, Wu Li

Mathematics & Statistics Faculty Publications

We discuss the geometric characterization of a subset K of a normed linear space via continuity conditions on the metricprojection onto K. The geometric properties considered includeconvexity, tubularity, and polyhedral structure. The continuityconditions utilized include semicontinuity, generalized stronguniqueness and the non-triviality of the derived mapping. Infinite-dimensional space with the uniform norm we show thatconvexity is equivalent to rotation-invariant almost convexityand we characterize those sets every rotation of which has continuousmetric projection. We show that polyhedral structure underliesgeneralized strong uniqueness of the metric projection.

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Superconvergence Of The Iterated Collocation Methods For Hammerstein Equations, Hideaki Kaneko, Richard D. Noren, Peter A. Padilla Jan 1997

Superconvergence Of The Iterated Collocation Methods For Hammerstein Equations, Hideaki Kaneko, Richard D. Noren, Peter A. Padilla

Mathematics & Statistics Faculty Publications

In this paper, we analyse the iterated collocation method for Hammerstein equations with smooth and weakly singular kernels. The paper expands the study which began in [16] concerning the superconvergence of the iterated Galerkin method for Hammerstein equations. We obtain in this paper a similar superconvergence result for the iterated collocation method for Hammerstein equations. We also discuss the discrete collocation method for weakly singular Hammerstein equations. Some discrete collocation methods for Hammerstein equations with smooth kernels were given previously in [3, 18].

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Review Of The Academic Librarian's Human Resources Handbook By David Baldwin, W. Bede Mitchell Jan 1997

Review Of The Academic Librarian's Human Resources Handbook By David Baldwin, W. Bede Mitchell

University Libraries: Faculty Publications

This review was published in College and Research Libraries.

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Effect Of Variable-Ph Landfill Leachate On A Carbonate Rock Aggregate, William L. Niemann, Allen W. Hatheway Jan 1997

Effect Of Variable-Ph Landfill Leachate On A Carbonate Rock Aggregate, William L. Niemann, Allen W. Hatheway

Geosciences and Geological and Petroleum Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Carbonate rock aggregate is commonly used as drainage stone in leachate collection systems of RCRA Subtitle D landfills. U.S. EPA technical guidance for waste containment facilities states that excessive carbonate in drainage stone may result in dissolution and clogging at sites of reprecipitation (Daniel and Koerner, 1993, p. 197). Unfortunately, this theoretical concern does not appear to be confirmed by any experimental evidence with typical landfill leachate or documented instances of clogging at typical Subtitle D landfills. This paper describes a practical laboratory experiment that measured the effects of landfill leachate - maintained at three distinct pH levels - on …

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The Life And Times Of Legal Education In Alabama, 1819-1897: Bar Admissions, Law Schools, And The Profession Alabama Section, Paul M. Pruitt Jr. Jan 1997

The Life And Times Of Legal Education In Alabama, 1819-1897: Bar Admissions, Law Schools, And The Profession Alabama Section, Paul M. Pruitt Jr.

Articles

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Arachidonate And Medium-Chain Fatty Acids Inhibit Transcription Of The Acetyl-Coa Carboxylase Gene In Hepatocytes In Culture, Fb Hillgartner, Tina Charron Jan 1997

Arachidonate And Medium-Chain Fatty Acids Inhibit Transcription Of The Acetyl-Coa Carboxylase Gene In Hepatocytes In Culture, Fb Hillgartner, Tina Charron

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

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Environmental Variables, Including Pollutants, Affecting Living Benthonic Foraminiferida, Catherine Jane Manley Jan 1997

Environmental Variables, Including Pollutants, Affecting Living Benthonic Foraminiferida, Catherine Jane Manley

School of Biological and Marine Sciences Theses

Studies of living benthonic foraminiferal assemblages carried out by marine biologists are comparatively rare. This study of the changes in foraminiferal assemblages from three subtidal sites near Plymouth, U.K., has been carried out with the intention of determining the importance of various abiotic and biotic variables to the foraminiferal communities studied using statistical correlation. Temperature and salinity at depth and particle size characteristics together with organic content, bacterial abundance and type, and other meiofauna present were assessed monthly with samples taken for foraminiferal content, and for seasonal diatom analysis. Deformed specimens were very rare in the examined samples of natural …

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The Role Of The State, The Necessity Of Race-Conscious Remedies, And Other Lessons From The Mount Laurel Study, Florence Wagman Roisman Jan 1997

The Role Of The State, The Necessity Of Race-Conscious Remedies, And Other Lessons From The Mount Laurel Study, Florence Wagman Roisman

Seton Hall Law Review

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Affirmative Action: An Idea Whose Time Has Gone, Shane H. Freedman Jan 1997

Affirmative Action: An Idea Whose Time Has Gone, Shane H. Freedman

Seton Hall Law Review

No abstract provided.

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Honesty, Privacy, And Shame: When Gay People Talk About Other Gay People To Nongay People, David L. Chambers, Steven K. Homer Jan 1997

Honesty, Privacy, And Shame: When Gay People Talk About Other Gay People To Nongay People, David L. Chambers, Steven K. Homer

Michigan Journal of Gender & Law

There is a longstanding convention among lesbians and gay men in the United States: Do not reveal the sexuality of a gay person to a heterosexual person; unless you are certain that the gay person does not regard his sexuality as a secret. Lie if necessary to protect her secret. Violating the convention by "outing" another person is widely considered a serious social sin.

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Past As Prologue: Sobering Thoughts On Genetic Enthusiasm, Lori B. Andrews Jan 1997

Past As Prologue: Sobering Thoughts On Genetic Enthusiasm, Lori B. Andrews

Seton Hall Law Review

No abstract provided.

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The Racialization Of Genomic Knowledge, Lisa C. Ikemoto Jan 1997

The Racialization Of Genomic Knowledge, Lisa C. Ikemoto

Seton Hall Law Review

No abstract provided.

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Concerns And Priorities In Genetic Studies: Insights From Recent African American Biohistory, Fatimah Jackson Jan 1997

Concerns And Priorities In Genetic Studies: Insights From Recent African American Biohistory, Fatimah Jackson

Seton Hall Law Review

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On The Role Of Forgiveness In Criminal Sentencing, Richard Lowell Nygaard Jan 1997

On The Role Of Forgiveness In Criminal Sentencing, Richard Lowell Nygaard

Seton Hall Law Review

No abstract provided.

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Three-Body Models Of Electron-Hydrogen Ionization, Stephenie J. Jones, Don H. Madison, Dmitry A. Konovalov Jan 1997

Three-Body Models Of Electron-Hydrogen Ionization, Stephenie J. Jones, Don H. Madison, Dmitry A. Konovalov

Physics Faculty Research & Creative Works

In this paper, we report calculations of electron-hydrogen ionization whereby the final-state wave Function is approximated by recently reported analytical three-body wave functions. In a first model we use the wave function of Alt and Mukhamedzhanov [Phys. Rev. A 47, 2004 (1993)], and in a second model we use the wave function of Berakdar [Phys. Rev. A 53, 2314 (1996)].

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Scaling Parallels In The Non-Debye Dielectric Relaxation Of Ionic Glasses And Dipolar Supercooled Liquids, David L. Sidebottom, Peter F. Green, Richard K. Brow Jan 1997

Scaling Parallels In The Non-Debye Dielectric Relaxation Of Ionic Glasses And Dipolar Supercooled Liquids, David L. Sidebottom, Peter F. Green, Richard K. Brow

Materials Science and Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

We compare the dielectric response of ionic glasses and dipolar liquids near the glass transition. Our work is divided into two parts. In the first section we examine ionic glasses and the two prominent approaches to analyzing the dielectric response. The conductivity of ion-conducting glasses displays a power law dispersion σ(ω)∞ωn, where n≈0.67, but frequently the dielectric response is analyzed using the electrical modulus M*(ω) = 1/ε*(ω), where ε*(ω) = ε(ω) - iσ(ω)/ω is the complex permittivity. We reexamine two specific examples where the shape of M*(ω) changes in response to changes in (a) temperature and (b) ion concentration, to …

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Chemical Durability Of Lead-Oxide-Based, Thick-Film Binder Glasses, Douglas M. Mattox, Joshua H. Robinson Jan 1997

Chemical Durability Of Lead-Oxide-Based, Thick-Film Binder Glasses, Douglas M. Mattox, Joshua H. Robinson

Materials Science and Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Lead-oxide-bearing glasses are incompatible with aluminum nitride metallization's, and federal legislation is recommending their replacement in thick-film electronics and labeling. To evaluate alternatives, the benchmark chemical durability's of the lead borosilicate and lead aluminate thick-film binder glasses have been determined. Aluminum oxide (Al2O3) benefits water durability moderately, acid durability substantially, and basic durability indistinguishably. The rate of attack in water is approximately two orders of magnitude greater than for soda-lime glass. The thermal contractions of the glasses are compatible. An apparent, spontaneous phase separation in the Al2O3-free glass is suppressed by Al2O3 that is included as a batch component.

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Observation Of Upper Tropospheric Sulfur Dioxide- And Acetone-Pollution: Potential Implications For Hydroxyl Radical And Aerosol Formation, F. Arnold, J. Schneider, K. Gollinger, H. Schlager, P. Schulte, Donald E. Hagen, Philip D. Whitefield, Peter F. J. Van Velthoven Jan 1997

Observation Of Upper Tropospheric Sulfur Dioxide- And Acetone-Pollution: Potential Implications For Hydroxyl Radical And Aerosol Formation, F. Arnold, J. Schneider, K. Gollinger, H. Schlager, P. Schulte, Donald E. Hagen, Philip D. Whitefield, Peter F. J. Van Velthoven

Physics Faculty Research & Creative Works

Aircraft-based measurements of sulfur dioxide, acetone, carbon dioxide, and condensation nuclei (CN) were made over the north-eastern Atlantic at upper tropospheric altitudes, around 9000 m. On October 14, 1993, strong SO 2- and acetone-pollution (both up to 3 ppbv) were observed, which were accompanied by a CO 2-enhancement of up to 6 ppmv, and large CN-concentrations of up to about 1500 cm -3 (for radii ≥ 6 nm). CN, excess CO 2, and to a lesser degree also acetone, were positively correlated with SO 2. Air mass trajectory analyses indicate, that most of the air masses …

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Oxygen-Dependent Metabolism Of Organic Xenobiotics In Marine Fish And Mussel, Laurence David Peters Jan 1997

Oxygen-Dependent Metabolism Of Organic Xenobiotics In Marine Fish And Mussel, Laurence David Peters

School of Biological and Marine Sciences Theses

Studies were undertaken to examine the processes of oxygen-dependent organic xenobiotic metabolism in fish and mussel. The antioxidant enzymes superoxide dismutase (EC 1.15.1.1 ), catalase (EC 1.11.1.6), selenium-dependent glutathione peroxidase (SeGPX; EC 1.11.1.9) glutathione reducate (EC 1.6.4.2), DT Diaphorase (quinone oxidoreductase; EC 1.6.99.2), total GPX activity (sum of SeGPX and Se-independent GPX activities) and levels of cytochrome P450 (CYP) were determined in 13 500g supernatants of embryos, 3- day and 11-day post-hatch larvae of turbot Scophthalmus maximus. The early life stages of S. maximus demonstrated the potential to detoxify reactive oxygen species (ROS), organic peroxides and redox cycling compounds. The …

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Ecophysiology Of Neomysis Integer (Mysidacea: Peracarida), Stephen Derek Roast Jan 1997

Ecophysiology Of Neomysis Integer (Mysidacea: Peracarida), Stephen Derek Roast

School of Biological and Marine Sciences Theses

Neomysis integer (Leach) (Peracarida: Mysidacea) is a common component of the hyperbenthos of Western European estuaries, and this study focused on the ecophysiology and ecotoxicology of this mysid. Behavioural and physiological responses of N. integer to physical and chemical variables (current velocity, substratum type, temperature and salinity) were measured in the laboratory to gain better understanding of how this mysid maintains position in estuaries. Current velocity was the most important factor controlling position maintenance, and N. integer had a maximum swimming speed of c. 9cm sˉ¹. Position maintenance was facilitated by a muddy substratum and was not affected by salinity. …

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Balanced Approaches To The False Confession Problem: A Brief Comment On Ofshe, Leo, And Alschuler, Paul G. Cassell Jan 1997

Balanced Approaches To The False Confession Problem: A Brief Comment On Ofshe, Leo, And Alschuler, Paul G. Cassell

Denver Law Review

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