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Dinah's Voice: A Contemporary Analysis Of Genesis 34 In "What Dinah Thought" And "The Red Tent", Barbara Mehl Boxenbaum Jan 1998

Dinah's Voice: A Contemporary Analysis Of Genesis 34 In "What Dinah Thought" And "The Red Tent", Barbara Mehl Boxenbaum

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 1990 - 1999

Contrary to the generally accepted interpretation of Genesis 34 that Dinah, daughter of Jacob and Leah, was raped, What Dinah Thought, by Deena Metzger, and The Red Tent, by Anita Diamant, clearly state that Dinah loved Shechem, the man who was alleged to have raped her, and had consensual sexual relations with him. These twentieth century American novels are written in the rabbinic tradition of interpreting biblical verse, known as midrash. Metzger recreates Dinah as a contemporary Jewish woman, who travels to Israel to find and marry the reincarnated Shechem, a contemporary Arab. In contrast, Diamant imagines Dinah's life in …

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Effect Of Pulsing The Oxidant Flow On Pem Fuel Cell Performance, Michel. Fuchs Jan 1998

Effect Of Pulsing The Oxidant Flow On Pem Fuel Cell Performance, Michel. Fuchs

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 1990 - 1999

Verification of a numerical model, used to describe the processes within a PEM Fuel Cell, revealed interesting results in the fuel cell's performance. To verify the transient response of the model, the oxidant supplied to the fuel cell was pulsed at various frequencies, which led to improvements in performance. In addition two novel methods to help determine the operating conditions within a PEM Fuel Cell were developed. The first method utilized several thermocouples, evenly spaced over the site of reaction to monitor regional temperatures, while the second method utilized a special sensor to detect regional moisture conditions. All aspects of …

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Ecological Impact Of Arsenic, Chromium And Lead From Application Of Recovered Screened Material On Florida Soils, Dimitrios. Scarlatos Jan 1998

Ecological Impact Of Arsenic, Chromium And Lead From Application Of Recovered Screened Material On Florida Soils, Dimitrios. Scarlatos

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 1990 - 1999

Disposal of construction and demolition (C&D) debris is a major problem. During recycling operations, the debris is passed over screens, generating what is called Recovered Screened Material (RSM). Previous analyses of RSM indicated high arsenic (As) levels. Thus, RSM is disposed in landfills in spite of the fact that natural soils may contain As levels higher than the proposed concentrations for soil clean-up goals. RSM samples were collected and analyzed from seven C&D debris recycling facilities and from other sites. The average arsenic content found in RSM ranged between residential and industrial clean-up goals. Chromium and lead levels in RSM …

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Effects Of Meditation On Global And Factor Scores On The Bsi: A Secondary Analysis, Rebecca Leigh Buti Jan 1998

Effects Of Meditation On Global And Factor Scores On The Bsi: A Secondary Analysis, Rebecca Leigh Buti

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 1990 - 1999

This study was a secondary analysis or data collected by Freeman, E., Ruppenthal, B., and Flinders, R. entitled "Meditation on a Passage and Repetition of a Mantram to Enhance Self-Care of Persons with HIV Infection" (1992). Selected data were re-analyzed considering the Self-Care Deficit Nursing Theory (Orem, 1995). Self-care consisted of daily repetition of an inspirational passage and mantra, which served as the interventions for the primary study. The primary researchers noted that Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) scores rose significantly after the intervention. Thus, secondary analysis focused on the relationships of the basic conditioning factors (BCF) to the global and …

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Ethics Of Courtship In Three Novels By Anthony Trollope, Flora Solana Rigolo Jan 1998

Ethics Of Courtship In Three Novels By Anthony Trollope, Flora Solana Rigolo

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 1990 - 1999

Anthony Trollope's novels provide insight into the courtship rituals of the Victorian Era. Three novels in particular, Miss Mackenzie, The American Senator, and The Way We Live Now, are analyzed in this thesis. Primary emphasis is placed on the social and moral repercussions that result when women violate the subtle codes of courtship. Honesty versus lying, the difficulties of the older woman, the creation of individual identity within a restrictive society, the definition of a "lady," and the laws pertaining to marriage rights are my major focal points. Trollope rewards and punishes his female characters based on his version of …

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Estimation Of Atmospheric Gaseous Absorption Using Surface And Radiosonde Meteorological Measurements, Ritsuko Hamahata Pollard Jan 1998

Estimation Of Atmospheric Gaseous Absorption Using Surface And Radiosonde Meteorological Measurements, Ritsuko Hamahata Pollard

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 1990 - 1999

For radiowave propagation on earth-space communication links at high frequencies such as Ka-band, the effect of atmospheric gaseous absorption (mainly due to oxygen and water vapor) is the primary cause of attenuation. This thesis examines the applicability of the surface based Crane's model currently employed by the Advanced Communications Technology Satellite (ACTS) propagation experiment for estimation of attenuation due to atmospheric gaseous absorption (AGA), developed for Oklahoma, to sub-tropical climate regions such as Florida. The Microwave Propagation Model is used as a basis of comparison since it uses the direct atmospheric measurements (temperature, relative humidity, and pressure) made at different …

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Estimation Of Information: Theoretics-Based Delay Bounds Of Mpeg Traffic Over Atm Networks, Shuba. Jagannathan Jan 1998

Estimation Of Information: Theoretics-Based Delay Bounds Of Mpeg Traffic Over Atm Networks, Shuba. Jagannathan

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 1990 - 1999

This thesis addresses a method to deduce the statistical bounds associated with the cell-transfer delay variations (CDVs) encountered by the cells of MPEG traffic, transmitted in the Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) networks. This study focuses on: (1) Estimating CDV arising from multiplexing/switching for both constant bit rate (CBR) and variable bit rate (VBR) traffics via priority allocation based simulations. (2) Developing an information-theoretics based technique to get an insight of the combined BER-induced and multiplexing/switching-induced CDVs in ATM networks. Algorithms pertinent to CDV statistics are derived and the lower and upper bounds of the statistics are obtained via simulations in …

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Event Type And Individual Differences In Children's False-Memory Creation, Rhonda Douglas Brown Jan 1998

Event Type And Individual Differences In Children's False-Memory Creation, Rhonda Douglas Brown

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 1990 - 1999

This series of experiments was designed to address two major questions concerning children's false-memory creation: (1) Are events that involve physical harm content more difficult to implant than events that do not involve physical harm content? and (2) Are individuals with particular cognitive and personality attributes more likely to create false-memories than others? In Experiment 1, 27 first-graders were presented with descriptions of two fictitious events (1 physical harm, 1 no physical harm) and two true events (1 physical harm, 1 no physical harm). Furthermore, individual differences in image descriptions, inhibition, verbal intelligence, working memory capacity and teacher ratings of …

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Event-Based Data Model For Transportation Information Systems, Dongmei Wang Jan 1998

Event-Based Data Model For Transportation Information Systems, Dongmei Wang

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 1990 - 1999

Trip-based data can provide important information about travel patterns and travel characteristics of people. To handle this type of transportation movement data in GIS (Geographic Information Systems), a new data model is needed to incorporate different aspects of a transportation movement with its spatial properties. From the study presented in this thesis, an event-based data model for transportation movement data was developed with the concepts of object orientation, feature-based approach, and relative referencing methods. The implementation of this new data model with a prototype system shows the capability of this data model in handling transportation movement data. This data model …

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Trajectory Control Of A New Class Of Cnc Machine Tools, Daoxi. Xiu Jan 1998

Trajectory Control Of A New Class Of Cnc Machine Tools, Daoxi. Xiu

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 1990 - 1999

One emerging application of parallel manipulators is to use them as CNC (Computerized Numerical Controlled) machine tools and recently several prototypes of such CNC machines have been developed, all based on hexapod machine--a type of parallel manipulators similar to a Stewart platform. The goal of this research is to develop an effective control scheme, cross-coupling control, for this type of CNC machine tools, which will reduce the contouring errors and thus further enhance their advantages. This dissertation describes the research work as follows. Firstly. based on the analysis of the kinematics and dynamics, a PID (Proportional-Integral-Derivative) controller was designed for …

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Vcoin: Virtual Classroom Over The Internet, Rajesh Jivanbhai Patel Jan 1998

Vcoin: Virtual Classroom Over The Internet, Rajesh Jivanbhai Patel

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 1990 - 1999

Today we live in the world where geographic distances on this planet are no longer big hurdles for information exchange. This has been possible due to widespread use of the Internet in recent years. Emergence of the Internet and the World Wide Web (WWW) have been significant in the development of low cost distance learning systems. In recent years, technologies for multimedia online publishing and online collaboration have developed significantly. Because of these developments, cost-effective information exchange and two-way communication across the Internet is possible. This thesis proposes a new virtual classroom model named Virtual Classroom Over the Internet (VCOIN). …

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Diffractive Dijet Cross Sections In Photoproduction At Hera, J. Breitweg, M. Derrick, D. Krakauer, S. Magill, D. Mikunas, B. Musgrave, J. Repond, R. Stanek, R. L. Talaga, R. Yoshida, H. Zhang, Margarita C. K. Mattingly, F. Anselmo, P. Antonioli, G. Bari, M. Basile, L. Bellagamba, D. Boscherini, A. Bruni, G. Bruni, G. Cara Romeo, G. Castellini, L. Cifarelli, F. Cindolo, A. Contin, N. Coppola, M. Corradi, S. De Pasquale, P. Giusti, G. Iacobucci, G. Laurenti Jan 1998

Diffractive Dijet Cross Sections In Photoproduction At Hera, J. Breitweg, M. Derrick, D. Krakauer, S. Magill, D. Mikunas, B. Musgrave, J. Repond, R. Stanek, R. L. Talaga, R. Yoshida, H. Zhang, Margarita C. K. Mattingly, F. Anselmo, P. Antonioli, G. Bari, M. Basile, L. Bellagamba, D. Boscherini, A. Bruni, G. Bruni, G. Cara Romeo, G. Castellini, L. Cifarelli, F. Cindolo, A. Contin, N. Coppola, M. Corradi, S. De Pasquale, P. Giusti, G. Iacobucci, G. Laurenti

Faculty Publications

Differential dijet cross sections have been measured with the ZEUS detector for photoproduction events in which the hadronic final state containing the jets is separated with respect to the outgoing proton direction by a large rapidity gap. The cross section has been measured as a function of the fraction of the photon (xγOBS) and pomeron (βOBS) momentum participating in the production of the dijet system. The observed xγOBS dependence shows evidence for the presence of a resolved-as well as a direct-photon component. The measured cross section dσ/dβOBS increases as βOBS increases indicating that there is a sizeable contribution to dijet …

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Dijet Cross Sections In Photoproduction At Hera, J. Breitweg, M. Derrick, D. Krakauer, S. Magill, D. Mikunas, B. Musgrave, J. Repond, R. Stanek, R. L. Talaga, R. Yoshida, H. Zhang, Margarita C. K. Mattingly, F. Anselmo, P. Antonioli, G. Bari, M. Basile, L. Bellagamba, D. Boscherini, A. Bruni, G. Bruni, G. Cara Romeo, G. Castellini, L. Cifarelli, F. Cindolo, A. Contin, M. Corradi, S. De Pasquale, I. Gialas, P. Giusti, G. Iacobucci, G. Laurenti Jan 1998

Dijet Cross Sections In Photoproduction At Hera, J. Breitweg, M. Derrick, D. Krakauer, S. Magill, D. Mikunas, B. Musgrave, J. Repond, R. Stanek, R. L. Talaga, R. Yoshida, H. Zhang, Margarita C. K. Mattingly, F. Anselmo, P. Antonioli, G. Bari, M. Basile, L. Bellagamba, D. Boscherini, A. Bruni, G. Bruni, G. Cara Romeo, G. Castellini, L. Cifarelli, F. Cindolo, A. Contin, M. Corradi, S. De Pasquale, I. Gialas, P. Giusti, G. Iacobucci, G. Laurenti

Faculty Publications

Dijet cross sections are presented using photoproduction data obtained with the ZEUS detector during 1994. These measurements represent an extension of previous results, as the higher statistics allow cross sections to be measured at higher jet transverse energy (ETjet). Jets are identified in the hadronic final state using three different algorithms, and the cross sections compared to complete next-to-leading order QCD calculations. Agreement with these calculations is seen for the pseudorapidity dependence of the direct photon events with ETjet > 6 GeV and of the resolved photon events with ETjet > 11 GeV. Calculated cross sections for resolved photon processes with 6 …

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High-ET Inclusive Jet Cross Sections In Photoproduction At Hera, J. Breitweg, M. Derrick, D. Krakauer, S. Magill, D. Mikunas, B. Musgrave, J. Repond, R. Stanek, R. L. Talaga, R. Yoshida, H. Zhang, Margarita C. K. Mattingly, F. Anselmo, P. Antonioli, G. Bari, M. Basile, L. Bellagamba, D. Boscherini, A. Bruni, G. Bruni, G. Cara Romeo, G. Castellini, L. Cifarelli, F. Cindolo, A. Contin, N. Coppola, M. Corradi, S. De Pasquale, P. Giusti, G. Iacobucci, G. Laurenti Jan 1998

High-ET Inclusive Jet Cross Sections In Photoproduction At Hera, J. Breitweg, M. Derrick, D. Krakauer, S. Magill, D. Mikunas, B. Musgrave, J. Repond, R. Stanek, R. L. Talaga, R. Yoshida, H. Zhang, Margarita C. K. Mattingly, F. Anselmo, P. Antonioli, G. Bari, M. Basile, L. Bellagamba, D. Boscherini, A. Bruni, G. Bruni, G. Cara Romeo, G. Castellini, L. Cifarelli, F. Cindolo, A. Contin, N. Coppola, M. Corradi, S. De Pasquale, P. Giusti, G. Iacobucci, G. Laurenti

Faculty Publications

Inclusive jet differential cross sections for the reaction e+p → e+ + jet + X with quasi-real photons have been measured with the ZEUS detector at HERA. These cross sections are given for the photon-proton centre-of-mass energy interval 134 < W < 277 GeV and jet pseudorapidity in the range -1 < ηjet < 2 in the laboratory frame. The results are presented for three cone radii in the η - φ plane, R = 1.0, 0.7 and 0.5. Measurements of dσ/dηjet above various jet-transverse-energy thresholds up to 25 GeV and in three ranges of W are presented and compared to next-to-leading order (NLO) QCD calculations. For jets defined with R = 1.0 differences between data and NLO calculations are seen at high ηjet and low EjetT. The measured cross sections for jets defined with R = 0.7 are well described by the calculations in the entire measured range ηjet and EjetT. The inclusive jet cross section for EjetT > 21 GeV is consistent with an approximately linear variation with the cone radius R in the range between 0.5 and 1.0, and with NLO calculations.

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A Case Study Of An Adult Female With Rett Syndrome, Brenda K. Hanson Barta Jan 1998

A Case Study Of An Adult Female With Rett Syndrome, Brenda K. Hanson Barta

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

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Analysis And Modeling Of Cryogenic Transfer Line Cool Down, Kazi Ashraful Haque Jan 1998

Analysis And Modeling Of Cryogenic Transfer Line Cool Down, Kazi Ashraful Haque

Theses and Dissertations

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The Achievement Of Planned Outcomes For Individuals In Foster Care Independent Living Care Programs, Ruth A. Kihm Jan 1998

The Achievement Of Planned Outcomes For Individuals In Foster Care Independent Living Care Programs, Ruth A. Kihm

Theses and Dissertations

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God/Man--Man/Woman : Subverting Dualistic Readings Of Biblical Texts And Interpretations, Gina M. Kieffer Jan 1998

God/Man--Man/Woman : Subverting Dualistic Readings Of Biblical Texts And Interpretations, Gina M. Kieffer

Theses and Dissertations

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Tensions Among Titans : The Construction Of Cultural Identity Through Conflict, Tamara Dyrud Schierkolk Jan 1998

Tensions Among Titans : The Construction Of Cultural Identity Through Conflict, Tamara Dyrud Schierkolk

Theses and Dissertations

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The Evolutionary Origin Of Coloniality : A Test Of Hypotheses With The Red-Necked Grebe, Joel L. Sachs Jan 1998

The Evolutionary Origin Of Coloniality : A Test Of Hypotheses With The Red-Necked Grebe, Joel L. Sachs

Theses and Dissertations

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Benzene Removal From Gasoline Using Subcrit[I]Cal Water Extraction, Lanny Jerome Schmidt Jan 1998

Benzene Removal From Gasoline Using Subcrit[I]Cal Water Extraction, Lanny Jerome Schmidt

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

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North Dakota Speech-Language Pathologists And Their Role In Augmentative And Alternative Communication Services, Jennifer L. Swanson Jan 1998

North Dakota Speech-Language Pathologists And Their Role In Augmentative And Alternative Communication Services, Jennifer L. Swanson

Theses and Dissertations

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Quality Of Life, Self-Care, And Knowledge Of Women Suffering From Urinary Tract Infections, Tracy L. Wright Jan 1998

Quality Of Life, Self-Care, And Knowledge Of Women Suffering From Urinary Tract Infections, Tracy L. Wright

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

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The Relationship Between Stress, Headache, And The Menstrual Cycle In Females With Migraine And Tension Headache, Jennifer L. Sippel Jan 1998

The Relationship Between Stress, Headache, And The Menstrual Cycle In Females With Migraine And Tension Headache, Jennifer L. Sippel

Theses and Dissertations

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American Educator : The Life Of William Maxwell Blackburn, Kenneth L. Smith Jan 1998

American Educator : The Life Of William Maxwell Blackburn, Kenneth L. Smith

Theses and Dissertations

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The Reactions Of Occupational Therapy And Speech-Language Pathology Majors To Speech Disorders, Tracey J. Solberg Jan 1998

The Reactions Of Occupational Therapy And Speech-Language Pathology Majors To Speech Disorders, Tracey J. Solberg

Theses and Dissertations

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Sterility And Other Stories, Anthony J. Viola Jan 1998

Sterility And Other Stories, Anthony J. Viola

Theses and Dissertations

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Late Quaternary Fluvial Stratigraphy Of The St. Albans Archeologic Site (46ka27), West Virginia, Courtney Andreas Nugent Jan 1998

Late Quaternary Fluvial Stratigraphy Of The St. Albans Archeologic Site (46ka27), West Virginia, Courtney Andreas Nugent

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

The St. Albans archeologic site, recognized since 1964, occurs on a low terrace of the Kanawha River. Stratigraphic and magnetic susceptibility studies at the site have lead to the development of a model for predicting artifact recovery potential that is important to planning future excavations at the site.;Charcoal fragments, reddened soils and fire-cracked rocks indicate that most high magnetic susceptibility readings are produced by fire. The association of artifacts in many of these high magnetically susceptible sediments indicates they are cultural fire hearths. When executed early, magnetic susceptibilities studies should help archeologists.;The waxing and waning of late Pleistocene glaciation caused …

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Law And Economics And Tort Law: A Survey Of Scholarly Opinion, Andrew P. Morriss, John C. Moorhouse, Robert Whaples Jan 1998

Law And Economics And Tort Law: A Survey Of Scholarly Opinion, Andrew P. Morriss, John C. Moorhouse, Robert Whaples

Faculty Scholarship

Recent litigation brought against cigarette manufacturers, software companies over potential year 2000 computer problems, and a fast food restaurant for serving coffee that was allegedly too hot reminds us of the importance and dynamic nature of tort law in the United States. Judging from ongoing coverage by newspapers and television, tort law is newsworthy. Yet, as with other legal issues, it is within the covers of law reviews and specialty journals in economics that much of the debate over the social utility of various tort rules and their reform takes place. In that debate law and economics exercises great influence. …

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A Description Of The Instructional And Assessment Practices Of Selected Elementary Teachers., Mary D. Morris Jan 1998

A Description Of The Instructional And Assessment Practices Of Selected Elementary Teachers., Mary D. Morris

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Three distinct teachers, recognized by their administrators as excellent, were chosen to participate in a study designed to describe a recent phenomena in education. All three teachers were members of a faculty that was recognized as a Professional Development School in collaboration with the Benedum Foundation. Traditionally educators have looked to their local school district to provide continuing education. This professional development covers a wide range of topics and is given with a random approach. Recently there have been schools that have decided that their instruction and assessment could change to incorporate more alternative methods to accommodate a variety of …

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