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Northeastern Illinois University, Academic Catalog 1998-1999, Northeastern Illinois University

Course Catalogs

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Silence, Joanne Growney

The Prose Poem: An International Journal

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Morton Marcus' When People Could Fly, Peter Johnson

The Prose Poem: An International Journal

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Contributors

The Prose Poem: An International Journal

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A Cluster Analytic Test Of The Transtheoretical Model Applied To Exercise Behavior, Gregory J. Norman

Open Access Dissertations

An empirical typology was created to test the application of the Transtheoretical Model (TIM) to exercise behavior. It was reasoned that if a meaningful typology of exercise could be created that depicted construct relationships posited by the TIM, then this would be supportive evidence for the application of the model to understanding behavior change related to exercise. A sample of 342 adults between the ages of 18 and 75 completed a survey through a random telephone interview. The sample was 62% female, 95% white, and an average age of 43 years. The sample was randomly split into two subsamples to …

Determinants Of Participation In The Ad Hoc Computer-Supported Workgroup, Nancy A. Floyd

Theses and Dissertations

The increase of end-user computing, including the use of computer-mediated communication systems (CMCS), is one of the most significant changes to occur in business information systems in recent years. Researchers suggest that changes in technology lead to changes in the way individuals think about work and how they perform it. An important question is how the use of CMCS is changing work and work relationships. This study considers a portion of this question; it asks "What makes individuals willing to participate in a computer-supported workgroup (CSWG)."

This study considered the relationship between three variables (sex, anonymity, and token status) and …

A New Method Of Retrieving Surface Bidirectional Reflectance From Ground Measurements: Atmospheric Sensitivity Study, A. I. Lyapustin, J. L. Privette

United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration: Publications

Commonly, experimental data on surface directional reflectance are not properly corrected for atmospheric effects. In this paper, we describe a new method for rigorous retrieval of the bidirectional reflectance distribution function (BRDF) from ground-based measurements.

Strength And Durability Of Concrete: Effects Of Cement Paste-Aggregate Interfaces, Part Ii: Significance Of Transition Zones On Physical And Mechanical Properties Of Portland Cement Mortar, Turng-Fang F. Lee, Menashi D. Cohen

JTRP Technical Reports

This research was based on a two-part basic research investigation studying the effects of cement paste-aggregate interfaces (or interfacial transition zones-HZ) on strength and durability of concrete. Part I dealt with the theoretical study and Part II dealt with the experimental. Part I, the theoretical part, illustrates the effect of ITZ on the concrete properties by assuming its elastic moduli to be varied continuously in the region. A four-phase composite model is employed and three functions are chosen to model the moduli variation in the ITZ. A theoretical solution for an n-layered spherical inclusion model is used to estimate the …

Securities Industry Developments - 1998/99; Audit Risk Alerts, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Division

Industry Guides (AAGs), Risk Alerts, and Checklists

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Audits Of Airlines With Conforming Changes As Of May 1, 1998; Audit And Accounting Guide, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Civil Aeronautics Subcommittee

Industry Guides (AAGs), Risk Alerts, and Checklists

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Commingling Of Contrasted Magmas In Various Geodynamic Settings, Bernard Plateovet, Jean Bebien, Edilene Gomes

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

Three acid-basic associations taken in various geodynamical settings are studied: the gabbro-granite association of Porto (Corsica), the associations of the Guevgueli (Greek Macedonia), and the associations of the Piracaia complex (Brazil). The diversity of field relations, the degree of mingling, the origins of the melts are debated for each association, using petrological and geochemical tools for each acid-basic association. An origin by hybridization is assumed for the intermediate rocks of the Porto association, it is tested by numerical calculation. Then, we focus on the mixing process between the comagmatic components. Mixing of melts may have happened by thorough mingling and …

Post-Collisional Central Anatolian Alkaline Plutonism, Turkey, Durmuş Boztuğ

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

A number of Upper Cretaceous-Palaeogene alkaline plutons intruded into the crustal metamorphic rocks, the pre-Maastrichtian ophiolitic mélange, and the Cretaceous-Lower Tertiary units are located in the Central Anatolia (CA), Turkey. These alkaline plutons constitute an important association in the post-collisional Central Anatolian Granitoids. The Dumluca, Murmana, Karakeban, Kösedağ, Hasançelebi, Karaçayir and Davulalan plutons constitute the eastern; whereas the Egrialan, Baranadağ, Hamit, Çamsarı, Durmuslu and Bayindir units the western part of this alkaline association. These plutons are mainly composed of silica oversaturated syenitic to monzonitic, and undersaturated syenitic felsic rocks. However, the Dumluca, Murmana and Karakeban plutons also include some undersaturated …

Tectono-Magmatic Evolution Of Alkaline Volcanics At Thekırka-Afyon-Isparta Structural Trend, Sw Turkey, M. Yilmaz Savaşcin, Tolga Oyman

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

The youngest Alpine magmatism (Miocene to Quaternary) in Western and Central Anatolia is represented by three coeval assemblages from West to East. They are the Western Anatolian Volcanic assemblage (WAV), the N-S trending Kirka-Afyon-Isparta Alkaline Volcanic assemblage (KAIAV) and the Central Anatolian Volcanic Provinces (CAVP). The WAV and CAVP start with calc-alka-line volcanics and continue after Middle Miocene with shoshonitic to alkaline products of graben volcanism, while the KAIAV are all alkaline in character, without any former or later calc-alkaline contributions. The KAIAV are emplaced in three steps of alkaline vol-canic activities which exhibit southward younging along the N-S Kirka-Afyon-Isparta …

The Coexistence Of The Silica Oversaturated (Alkos) And Undersaturated Alkaline (Alkus) Rocks In The Kortundag And Baranadag Plutons From The Central Anatolian Alkaline Plutonism, E Kaman/Nw Kırşehir, Turkey, Nazmi̇ Otlu, Durmuş Boztuğ

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

Baranadağ and Kortundağ plutons, outcropping in the Kaman-Kırşehir region, constitute the important members of the Central Anatolian post-collisional alkaline plutonism. The Baranadağ pluton comprises only one lithodem called Baranadağ quartz monzonite, whereas, the Kortundağ pluton consists of four mapable units such as Hamit quartz syenite, Durmuslu nepheline-nosean-melanite porphyritic syenite, Bayındır nepheline-cancrinite syenite, and Çamsarı quartz syenite. Among these units, the Baranadağ quartz monzonite and Hamit quartz syenite cut the metamorphics of the Kırşehir Block. On the other hand, Durmuslu, Bayindir and Çamsarı are emplaced in both the Hamit quartz syenite and the metamorphics. The Baranadağ quartz monzonite, Hamit quartz syenite …

Vol. X_Issue 1_Spring 1998, Puntos De Vista - Westside Neighborhood , Santa Fe

Puntos de Vista: A Westside Neighborhood Newsletter (1989-1998), Santa Fe, NM

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Understanding Change, Gideon Malherbe

Guides, Handbooks and Manuals

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Cpa Vision Process: Positioning Cpas For Tomorrow, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants (Aicpa)

Guides, Handbooks and Manuals

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Cpa's Guide To Making The Most Of The New Iras, Robert S. Keebler

Guides, Handbooks and Manuals

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Understanding Business Valuation : A Practical Guide To Valuing Small To Medium-Sized Businesses, Gary R. Trugman

Guides, Handbooks and Manuals

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Character At The Crossroads, Roger C. Park

Faculty Scholarship

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Non-Volatile Dissolved Organic Iodine In Marine Water, Xianhao Cheng

OES Theses and Dissertations

An analytical scheme for the determination of marine DOI has been established. The concentration of DOI is estimated as total iodine (TI) minus total inorganic iodine (TII). The concentration of total iodine is determined as [special characters omitted] after DOI has been oxidized to inorganic iodine quantitatively by intensive UV-irradiation and all the inorganic iodine in the samples had been converted to [special characters omitted] by the addition of NaClO.

Production of DOI in seawater can be via both non-phytoplankton and phytoplankton related processes. In the former, iodide is converted to DOI. In the latter, most likely, iodate is converted …

Error-Correcting Codes Associated With Generalized Hadamard Matrices Over Groups, Iem H. Heng

Mathematics & Statistics Theses & Dissertations

Classical Hadamard matrices are orthogonal matrices whose elements are ±1. It is well-known that error correcting codes having large minimum distance between codewords can be associated with these Hadamard matrices. Indeed, the success of early Mars deep-space probes was strongly dependent upon this communication technology.

The concept of Hadamard matrices with elements drawn from an Abelian group is a natural generalization of the concept. For the case in which the dimension of the matrix is q and the group consists of the p-th roots of unity, these generalized Hadamard matrices are called “Butson Hadamard Matrices BH(p, q)”, …

A Framework For Controlling Quality Of Sessions In Multimedia Systems, Alaa S. Youssef

Computer Science Theses & Dissertations

Collaborative multimedia systems demand overall session quality control beyond the level of quality of service (QoS) pertaining to individual connections in isolation of others. At every instant in time, the quality of the session depends on the actual QoS offered by the system to each of the application streams, as well as on the relative priorities of these streams according to the application semantics. We introduce a framework for achieving QoSess control and address the architectural issues involved in designing a QoSess control laver that realizes the proposed framework. In addition, we detail our contributions for two main components of …

Volcanic Caves Of East Africa - An Overview, Jim W. Simons

International Journal of Speleology

Numerous Tertiary to recent volcanoes are located in East Africa. Thus, much of the region is made up volcanic rock, which hosts the largest and greatest variety of East Africas caves. Exploration of volcanic caves has preoccupied members of Cave Exploration Group of East Africa (CEGEA) for the past 30 years. The various publications edited by CEGEA are in this respect a treasure troves of speleological information. In the present paper an overview on the most important volcanic caves and areas are shortly reported.

Lave Caves Of Kilimanjaro. Mawenzi Lava Tubes, Clive Ward

International Journal of Speleology

This is the first short report on the exploration of lava tubes in the upper part of Kilimanjaro. The area seems to be extremely interesting from vulcanospeleological point of view.

Lava Caves Of Grande Comore, Indian Ocean: An Initial Reconnaissance, September 1997, Gregory J. Middleton

International Journal of Speleology

What are believed to have been the first speleological investigations in the Comoros Islands were carried out on Grande Comore island between 7 and 13 September 1997. A number of caves were located with the help of local informants and the more significant ones surveyed. Exploration of some caves was not able to be completed. The potential for further significant discoveries is believed to be high.

Hollow Volcanic Tumulus Caves Of Kilauea Caldera, Hawaii County, Hawaii, William R. Halliday

International Journal of Speleology

In addition to lava tube caves with commonly noted features, sizable subcrustal spaces of several types exist on the floor of Kilauea Caldera. Most of these are formed by drainage of partially stabilized volcanic structures enlarged or formed by injection of very fluid lava beneath a plastic crust. Most conspicuous are hollow tumuli, possibly first described by Walker in 1991. Walker mapped and described the outer chamber of Tumulus E-1 Cave. Further exploration has revealed that it has a hyperthermic inner room beneath an adjoining tumulus with no connection evident on the surface. Two lengthy, sinuous hollow tumuli also are …

"Pit Craters", Lava Tubes, And Open Vertical Volcanic Conduits In Hawaii: A Problem In Terminology, William R. Halliday

International Journal of Speleology

Almost from the 1849 publication of the term pit crater, volcanologists have disagreed about the parameters differentiating these features from other vertical volcanic structures. Kaluaiki is a jameo giving entry to Thurston Lava Tube in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Long-standing misidentification of it as a pit crater is an example of misunderstandings arising from the lack of a clear definition of pit crater. In general, pit craters are unrelated to lava tube caves genetically, but two special cases are discussed. One probably is genetically related to a rift tube deep below the surface; the other is a complex of a …

Lava Tube Remelt By Radiant Heat And Burning Gasses, Kevin Allred

International Journal of Speleology

Some volcanologists assume that interior surfaces of hot lava tubes can commonly be remelted by burning gases and radiant heat. Pending further data, this appears to be unlikely.

The Origin Of Tubular Lava Stalactites And Other Related Forms, Kevin Allred, Carlene Allred

International Journal of Speleology

Tubular lava stalactites are often found in lava tubes. Field observations, sample analysis, and comparative studies indicate that these are segregations extruded during cooling from partially crystallized lava al about 1,070 - 1,000 °C. Retrograde boiling (gas pressure) within the lava provides a mechanism to expel the interstitial liquid. In addition to tubular lava stalactites, a variety of other lava features can also result, such as lava helictites, lava coralloids, barnacle-like stretched lava, runners, runner channels, and some lava blisters and squeeze-ups.