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Western News, July 2, 1998, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Aviation school negotiates third international contract, Football center named in honor of Bill Brown, Football center dedication planned for July 10, Changes slated for student parking system.

Covalently Functionalized Nanotubes As Nanometer-Sized Probes In Chemistry And Biology, Stanislaus S. Wong, Ernesto Joselevich, Adam T. Woolley, Chin Li Cheung, Charles M. Lieber

Barry Chin Li Cheung Publications

Carbon nanotubes combine a range of properties that make them well suited for use as probe tips in applications such as atomic force microscopy (AFM)^{1, 2, 3}. Their high aspect ratio, for example, opens up the possibility of probing the deep crevices⁴ that occur in microelectronic circuits, and the small effective radius of nanotube tips significantly improves the lateral resolution beyond what can be achieved using commercial silicon tips⁵. Another characteristic feature of nanotubes is their ability to buckle elastically^{4, 6}, which makes them very robust while limiting the maximum force that is …

Gender Differences In Primary Grade Level Students In Tests Of Visual And Auditory Memory, Kathleen P. Leland

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to discover if gender is a significant factor when determining the auditory and visual memory skills of primary grade level students. The study also sought to determine if boys or girls are more able to recall visual or auditory stimuli. Based on the literature related to the subject of gender and memory, differences between males and females vary depending on the tasks performed.

The subjects were taken from first, second and third grade students attending a suburban elementary school in New Jersey. Fifty-two boys and fifty-three girls were subjected to a story on an …

Illinois State University Report, July 2, 1998, Illinois State University

Illinois State University Report (1966-2012)

Illinois State University bi-weekly employee newsletter.

July 2, 1998, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

No abstract provided.

Diversity Combining In Antenna Array Base Station Receiver For Ds/Cdma System, C. H. Gowda, V. Annampedu, R. Viswanathan

Articles

We evaluate using simulation studies the performance of several schemes for combining base station antenna array signals in wireless direct sequence code-division multiple access (DS/CDMA). The results indicate that under certain assumptions, on multiple access interference statistics, the probability of error of modified rank test (MRT) is lower than that of equal gain combining (EGC), if a few high power interfering users are present along with a low power user of interest. If there are a moderately large number of users, and if the received power of all the users are nearly the same, then EGC out performs MRT. In …

Air Force Institute Of Technology Research Report 1997, Air Force Institute Of Technology

AFIT Documents

This report summarizes the research activities of the Air Force Institute of Technology's Graduate School of Engineering and the Graduate School of Logistics and Acquisition Management. It describes research interests and faculty expertise; list student theses/dissertations; identifies research sponsors and contributions; and outlines the procedure for contacting either school.

Effects Of Randomness And Spatially Dependent Relaxation On Sandpile Models, Isiaka O. Akanbi

Electronic Dissertations and Theses

Random deposition represents the simplest growth model. From a randomly chosen site over the surface, a particle falls vertically until it reaches the top of the interface, whereupon it sticks irreversibly. To include surface relaxation, we allow the deposited particle to diffuse along the surface up to a finite distance, stopping when it finds the position with the lowest height. As a result of the relaxation process, the final interface will be smooth, compared to the model without relaxation. In this research we investigate two types of randomness in the relaxation of sandpile models when the slop at some point …

Seismic Reflection Imaging Of A Geothermal Aquifer In An Urban Setting, Lee Liberty

CGISS Publications and Presentations

A seismic reflection survey that was conducted in downtown Boise, Idaho, to help city planners site a new well for injection of spent geothermal water illustrates some methods to safely and successfully employ a seismic reflection survey in an urban setting. The objective of the seismic survey was to estimate the depth and continuity of a basalt and rhyolite volcanic sequence. Well siting was based on geothermal aquifer depth, location of interpreted faults, projected thermal impact of injection on existing wells, surface pipe extension costs, and public land availability. Seismic acquisition tests and careful processing were used to ensure high-quality …

Review Of Visual Complex Analysis, By Tristan Needham, Frank A. Farris

Mathematics and Computer Science

Tristan Needham's Visual Complex Analysis will show you the field of complex analysis in a way you almost certainly have not seen before. Drawing on historical sources and adding his own insights, Needham develops the subject from the ground up, drawing attractive pictures at every step of the way. If you have time for a year course, full of fascinating detours, this is the perfect text; by picking and choosing, you could use it for a variety of shorter courses. I am tempted to hide the book from my own students, in order to appear the more clever for popping …

Vol. 73, No. 4 | Summer 1998, Bridgewater College

Bridgewater Magazine

No abstract provided.

Environmental Law At Maryland, No. 8, Summer-Fall 1998

Environmental Law at Maryland

No abstract provided.

Annual Report Of The President, 1997-1998, Anthony Santoro

Annual Reports of the President

No abstract provided.

Single Crystal Raman Spectra Of 1,2,4,5-Tetrabromobenzene: Calculational And Experimental Assignment Of The Internal Modes, K.M. White, Craig J. Eckhardt

Craig J. Eckhardt Publications

A detailed study of the fundamental internal modes of the 1,2,4,5-tetrabromobenzene crystal has provided assignments of Raman-active modes consistent with polarized single-crystal measurements. A normal-mode calculation based on a valence force field derived from brominated and chlorinated benzenes is found to be in excellent agreement with the assignments. Additional bands arising from anharmonic interactions of the fundamentals are also assigned.

Taylor: A Magazine For Taylor University Alumni And Friends (Summer 1998), Taylor University

The Taylor Magazine (1963-Present)

The Summer 1998 edition of Taylor Magazine, published by Taylor University in Upland, Indiana.

The Bridge, Summer 1998, Roger Williams University Alumni Association

Alumni Newsletters and Magazines

No abstract provided.

Resource Law Notes Newsletter, No. 44, Summer Issue, 1998, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center

Resource Law Notes: The Newsletter of the Natural Resources Law Center (1984-2002)

No abstract provided.

Re: Columbia, Columbia College Chicago

Alumni Newsletters

Alumni newsletter from Summer 1998 entitled "re: Columbia." This issue is 8 pages and features 28 images. The issue is listed as No. 22.

Montpelier: James Madison University Magazine, James Madison University

Montpelier Magazine- 1990-1999

Montpelier is an official publication of James Madison University and is produced quarterly for alumni, parents of JMU students, faculty, staff and friends of the university. The publication is named for the home of James and Dolley Madison. Montpelier is produced by the Division of University Advancement. Editorial and advertising offices are located at 27 Medical Arts West, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA 22807.

Beyond Interval Systems: What Is Feasible And What Is Algorithmically Solvable?, Vladik Kreinovich

Departmental Technical Reports (CS)

In many real-life applications of interval computations, the desired quantities appear (in a good approximation to reality) as a solution to a system of interval linear equations. It is known that such systems are difficult to solve (NP-hard) but still algorithmically solvable. If instead of the (approximate) interval linear systems, we consider more realistic (and more general) formulations, will the corresponding problems still be algorithmically solvable? We consider three natural generalizations of interval linear systems: to conditions which are more general than linear systems, to multi-intervals instead of intervals, and to dynamics (differential and difference equations) instead of statics (linear …

Uni Schedule Of Classes, Summer 1998, University Of Northern Iowa

UNI Schedule of Classes

A listing and schedule of the courses being taught as well as policies and procedures concerning attending classes at the University of Northern Iowa.

Information Storage Capacity Of Incompletely Connected Associative Memories, Holger Bosch, Franz J. Kurfess

Computer Science and Software Engineering

In this paper, the memory capacity of incompletely connected associative memories is investigated. First, the capacity is derived for memories with fixed parameters. Optimization of the parameters yields a maximum capacity between 0.53 and 0.69 for hetero-association and half of it for auto-association improving previously reported results. The maximum capacity grows with increasing connectivity of the memory and requires sparse input and output patterns. Further, parameters can be chosen in such a way that the information content per pattern asymptotically approaches 1 with growing size of the memory.

Ua11/1 On Campus, Vol. 8, No. 5, Wku University Relations

WKU Administration Documents

On Campus newsletter featuring articles about faculty, staff and events at Western Kentucky University. Regular features are:

• College News
• Sponsored Programs
• Hot off the Press
• Personnel File
• Coming Up - Calendar of Events

This issue includes articles:

• Dr. Gary A. Ransdell is Inaugurated Ninth WKU President
• WKU 143rd Commencement Revives Tradition with Outdoor Ceremony
• Regents Approve $142 Million Budget
• Franklin Bank & Trust Establishes WKU Lecture Series
• Gone Fishin'! - WKU retirees
• Business College Receives 1 Million+ Gift - Leon Page
• Ribbon Cutting for the Community College
• Ransdell, Gary. The Delicate Balance Between Past and Future
• Siria, Stephanie. Grant Will …

Vassily Vassilievich Nalimov. The Wisper Of Destiny, Jeanna Drogalina-Nalimov

International Journal of Transpersonal Studies

No abstract provided.

Low Energy Electron Gun Power Control Unit, Chad Fish, Jr Dennison

Senior Theses and Projects

Near-Earth orbiting spacecraft are subject to a variety of physical environmental elements. Of these, natural space plasma and solar radiation produce spacecraft charging. Spacecraft charging consists of surface (external) and deep (internal) dielectric charging.

Natural space plasma is composed of electrons and positively charged atoms called ions. The plasma is generated by energy from solar radiation and high energy particles emitted by geomagnetic storms. The electrons produce a negative current and the ions produce a positive current. Positive photoelectron currents produced by solar radiation of spacecraft surfaces also add to the electrical fluxesⁱ.

As spacecraft move through the …

Service Learning: A National Strategy, Susan M. Andersen

Special Topics, General

This position paper discusses Policy Recommendations (National, State, and Local Levels; and School Level) and Rationale (What is the Need and Why Service Learning?; What is Service Learning?; Examples of Service Learning; What Does Service Learning Accomplish?; Voluntary or Required?; National Campaign to Promote Service Learning; and Conclusion).

On Cue Newsflash! Vol. 10 No. 4 July / August 1998, Marianne Flanagan

On Cue

No abstract provided.

Elementary Excitation Spectrum Of A Trapped Weakly Interacting Bose-Einstein Condensate, Mircea Marinescu, Anthony F. Starace

Anthony F. Starace Publications

An analytic expression is presented for the elementary excitation spectrum of the Bose-Einstein condensate of a trapped boson system in the weakly interacting, low-density limit. Explicit analytic formulas for the elementary excitation spectrum are obtained for harmonic-oscillator traps. These formulas provide information about the behavior of the elementary excitation levels as a function of the number of atoms and their interaction strength for a given trap geometry. They also provide a low-density benchmark for results of fully numerical calculations.

Final-State-Interaction Effects On One- And Two-Photon Detachment Of H- In The Presence Of A Static Electric Field, Min-Qi Bao, Ilya I. Fabrikant, Anthony F. Starace

Anthony F. Starace Publications

We present a detailed theoretical formulation of the problem of an electron moving in a static electric field, a laser field, and an atomic potential. Our formulation treats the electron-atom interaction in the zero-range potential approximation and employs both the quasienergy approach and an analytic expression for the Green’s function describing electron propagation in a combination of static and laser electric fields. Our formulation is applied to one- and two-photon detachment of H^- in a strong static electric field and takes into account all final-state interactions of the detached electron with the static and laser fields and with the …

Culture At A Turning Point: Observations And Speculations, V. V. Nalimov

International Journal of Transpersonal Studies

No abstract provided.