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The Adjoint Alternative For Matrix Operators, C. H. Cooke

Mathematics & Statistics Faculty Publications

The following inverse problem is considered: given a matrix B of rank r, does there exist a matrix A such that

B = T(A) = adjoint (A)

where the classical adjoint operation is intended? Conditions are determined on the rank of B which decides whether or not B lies in the range of the matrix adjoint operator.

Steady Incompressible Magnetohydrodynamic Flow Near A Point Of Reattachment, J. M. Dorrepaal, S. Moosavizadeh

Mathematics & Statistics Faculty Publications

The oblique stagnation-point flow of an electrically conducting fluid in the presence of a magnetic field is a highly nonlinear problem whose solution is of interest even in the simplest of geometries. The problem models the flow of a viscous conducting fluid near a point where a separation vortex reattaches itself to a rigid boundary. A similarity solution exists which reduces the problem to a coupled system of four ordinary differential equations which can be integrated numerically. The problem has two independent parameters, the conductivity of the fluid and the strength of the magnetic field. Solutions are tabulated for a …

Database Security: Evaluation Of A Multi-Policy Access Control Model, Fei Dong

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

As an increasing number of organizations become dependent on access to their data stored in the database, the need for adequate security measures is becoming more and more critical. Enforcing data protection means safeguarding data from unauthorized or improper disclosures or modifications. Access control policies should be independent of the mechanisms that will implement the physical control of access: this allows control mechanism to be available for different policies. Although considerable work was done on access control models and related mechanisms for databases (Castano & Fugini, 1994), current access control models and mechanisms are not flexible enough to meet the …

Where America Ends And The International Order Begins: Interpreting The Jurisdictional Reach Of The U.S. Constitution In Light Of A Proposed Hague Convention On Jurisdiction And Satisfaction Of Judgments, Andrew L. Strauss

School of Law Faculty Publications

The recently concluded Hague Convention on Choice of Courts Agreements is the culmination of over a decade of negotiations. While the convention is very modest in what it attempts to accomplish, many observers see it as a first step toward achieving greater global uniformity of rules regarding jurisdiction and satisfactions of judgments. To the extent the United States Constitution governs the international ambit of United States jurisdiction in international cases, there is the potential for conflict between the Constitution and international treaty rules. A treaty found to be in conflict with the Constitution would likely be held invalid — at …

Personal Jurisdiction And The Internet Quagmire: Amputating Judicially Created Long-Arms

San Diego Law Review

This Comment will explore the expanding power courts have given the word “haled” and its relationship to computer communication: a relationship that is confusing, contradictory, and sometimes downright troubling. Personal jurisdiction via the internet is a rapidly expanding area of American jurisprudence that has developed, and is developing, in response to the explosive growth of computer communications. While the hypothetical internet disclaimer contained above could be viewed as little more than unsubstantiated fears of the legally paranoid, in the future it may be the disclaimer of the legally prudent.

Gagging Physicians: Is That What The Legislature Intended?

San Diego Law Review

In 1996, the California legislature took steps to modify existing contractual relationships between physicians and managed care organizations (“MCOs”).Legislative action was prompted by skyrocketing medical malpractice verdicts, cries from physicians about unfair treatment caused by new payment systems, and media hysteria. Regardless of which straw broke the proverbial camel’s back, the result was no fewer than four bills that promise to forever change health care in California.

Why I Am A Lawyer, Joseph L. Daly

San Diego Law Review

With so little honor associated with the law profession these days, one must wonder why any person aspiring to do something respectable with her or his life7 would choose to be a lawyer.8 To become a lawyer today, students must have a firm desire to be an attorney and a steadfast willingness to accept social opprobrium.9

Robustness Analysis Of Hopfield And Modified Hopfield Neural Networks In Time Domain, Jie Shen, S. N. Balakrishnan

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

A variant of the Hopfield network, called the modified Hopfield network is formulated. This network which consists of two mutually recurrent networks has more free parameters than the well-known Hopfield network. Stability analysis of this network is presented. The analysis is carried out in the time domain with an application of the Lyapunov method and robust control Lyapunov function. The current flow in the network is treated as a "control". This "controller" is shown to guarantee "a practically stabilizing control". Analysis of the Hopfield network is also included for completion.

A Feminist Interpretation Of The Law Of Legitimacy, Mary Louise Fellows

Articles

I am actually going to continue Professor Ead's discussion on procreation and think about it in a slightly different way. As an inheritance law scholar, the definition of the parent-child relationship has obvious importance to me because it determines who is an heir. As a feminist scholar, the definition is also significant to me because the legal rules regarding the parent-child relationship provide a unique perspective on the dialectical link between property and family.

Revealing Confidential Secrets: Will It Save Our Children?, Karen L. Ross

Seton Hall Law Review

No abstract provided.

Survey Of Recent Developments In Third Circuit Law

Seton Hall Law Review

No abstract provided.

Survey Of Recent Developments In New Jersey Law

Seton Hall Law Review

No abstract provided.

At The Crossroads Of Richmond And Gault: Addressing Media Access To Juvenile Delinquency Proceedings Through A Functional Analysis, Joshua M. Dalton

Seton Hall Law Review

No abstract provided.

Listen, Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Michigan Journal of Race and Law

In a traditional law school setting, experiences of students of color, especially Native Americans, are often buried by the discourse of the dominant culture. This piece, a non-traditional work using elements of prose, lyric, monologue, and poetry, weaves strands of legal discourse, commentary, and autobiography into a critical narrative of the experience of legal education from an outsider law student's perspective. The author, a member of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, recounts these vignettes in a voice infused with the history and traditions of Native American oral storytelling.

Magnetoresistance Of Magnetic Tunnel Junctions In The Presence Of A Nonmagnetic Layer, Shi C. Zhang, P. M. Levy

Materials Science and Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

We find that electron propagation across a uniform nonmagnetic metallic layer di in a magnetically layered structure is coherent up to a critical length dc. This provides a possible explanation for the slow decay of the magnetoresistance of magnetic tunnel junctions when a layer of Cu or Ag is inserted between the magnetic electrode and the barrier. However, for many (most) structures the roughness of the interfaces breaks the coherence for di ≪ dc. While the loss of coherence is not fatal for the magnetoresistance of metallic multilayers, it is for tunnel junctions. The quantum well states arising from the …

Analysis Of The Value Of The Fe Examination For The Assessment Of Student Learning In Engineering And Science Topics, John L. Watson

Materials Science and Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

This paper presents the results of a project, which investigated the potential of fully using previously unreleased data from the nationally normed Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) examination to assess learning in key engineering and science topics. In the past, very limited information was released by the National Council of Examiners for Engineers and Surveyors (NCEES) for the eight hour FE examination, which is composed of 150-200 questions in ten morning and five afternoon topics. For the purposes of this project the NCEES agreed to release information to the University of Missouri-Rolla (UMR) to permit the value of the FE data …

Evolution Of In Situ Refractories In The 20th Century, William E. Lee, Robert E. Moore

Materials Science and Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

A common theme over the past 100 years in refractories science and technology has been to generate a protective refractories layer in a high-temperature container, often by reaction of the refractory materials with the contents (glass, slag, or atmosphere). The history of refractories during the 20th century is used in this review to illustrate how techniques - such as slag splashing, in situ spinel generation in castables, magnesia dense layer formation in magnesia-carbon brick in steelmaking, clinker adhesion in cement kilns, and viscous boundary layer generation in glass tanks - have evolved to their present status.

A Neutron Diffraction Structural Study Of R₂Fe₁₇₋ₓalx(C) (R=Tb,Ho) Alloys, William B. Yelon, H. Luo, Mingxing Chen, W. C. Chang, S. H. Tsai

Physics Faculty Research & Creative Works

No abstract provided.

Neutron Diffraction And Frequency Dependence Of The A.C. Susceptibility Of The System Zncr₂Xal₂-₂Xs₄, M. Hamedoun, A. Hourmatallah, N. Benzakour, K. Mediouri, J. Ilali, William B. Yelon, H. Luo

Physics Faculty Research & Creative Works

No abstract provided.

Magnetic And Thermal Properties Of Pr In La₁₋ₓprxbacacu₃O₇ System With 0.0, Rajvir Singh, S. Uma, E. Gmelin, William B. Yelon, V. P. S. Awana, S. X. Dou, A. V. Narlikar, Satish K. Malik

Physics Faculty Research & Creative Works

No abstract provided.

Pressure Induced Reversal Of The Volume Expansion Caused By Interstitial Nitrogen In Nd₂Fe₁₇N₃, R. Luo, William B. Yelon, Yusheng S.. Zhao, M. Ellouze, Ph. I'Héritier, G. K. Marasinghe, Peter C. Ezekwenna, R. B. Von Dreele, William Joseph James

Physics Faculty Research & Creative Works

No abstract provided.

Measurement Of Suspended Sediment Transport Processes Off The Holderness Coast - Southern North Sea, England, Joanna Catherine Blewett

School of Biological and Marine Sciences Theses

A field campaign was set up as part of the LOIS-RACS coastal program (1994-1996), to identify the near-bed physical processes responsible for suspended sediment movement in shallow water (10-20m depth) off the Holdemess coast, NE England. A new benthic tripod system Boundary Layer Intelligent Sensor System (BLISS) has been developed and deployed along a transect at three sites, normal to the coastline at Tunstall. Measurements of current velocity, suspended sediment concentration (SSC), pressure and CTD were recorded at 5 Hz for 17 minutes every hour, on the same data acquisition system. Results are presented for the summer, July 1995 and …

A Skunk At A Garden Party: Remedies For Participants In State And Local Pension Plans, Ridgeley A. Scott

Denver Law Review

No abstract provided.

Education: Balancing The Interests Of Schools, Students, And The Community, Bryan M. Schwartz

Denver Law Review

No abstract provided.

Prisoners' Rights, Lisa Davie Levinson

Denver Law Review

No abstract provided.

Oil & (And) Gas Law, Miranda K. Peterson

Denver Law Review

No abstract provided.

Putting Sex To Work, Katherine M. Franke

Denver Law Review

No abstract provided.

Stories From The Gender Garden: Transsexuals And Anti-Discrimination Law, Patricia A. Cain

Denver Law Review

No abstract provided.

Penetrating Sex And Marriage: The Progressive Potential Of Addressing Bisexuality In Queer Theory, Karla C. Robertson

Denver Law Review

No abstract provided.

Husbands & (And) Wives, Dangerousness & (And) Dependence: Public Pensions In The 1860s-1920s, Susan Sterett

Denver Law Review

No abstract provided.