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Hybrid Control Of Seismic Structures With Optimal Placement Of Control Devices, Franklin Y. Cheng, Hongping Jiang Jan 1998

Hybrid Control Of Seismic Structures With Optimal Placement Of Control Devices, Franklin Y. Cheng, Hongping Jiang

Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

A theoretical study is carried out for optimal controller placement and effectiveness of a hybrid seismic response control system comprising a viscous fluid damper and a servovalve-controlled hydraulic actuator. A stochastic seismic response of controlled structures is first investigated with nonorthogonal damping and stiffness; then a statistical method for optimal placement of control devices on seismic-resistant structures is developed. With such placement, a hybrid system can achieve greater performance in that much less control force is required to reduce structural seismic response to a given level. This study also shows the hybrid system is superior to both active and passive …

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Recent Research And Developments In Cold-Formed Steel Framing, Roger A. Laboube, Wei Wen Yu Jan 1998

Recent Research And Developments In Cold-Formed Steel Framing, Roger A. Laboube, Wei Wen Yu

Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Recent research studies at the University of Missouri-Rolla (UMR) have focused on developing a better understanding of the behavior of cold-formed steel members and truss assemblies. This research was initiated by the more widespread use of cold-formed steel in the residential construction market, and the need to provide structurally reliable, as well as highly economical design solutions. Steel trusses are commonly assembled using C-shaped sections and self-drilling screws. Based on UMR findings, appropriate design recommendations have been proposed for the web and chord members of a truss. Also of concern is the introduction of large holes in the webs of …

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Evaluation Of Toxicity, Bioavailability And Speciation Of Lead, Zinc And Cadmium In Mine/Mill Wastewaters, Mujde Erten-Unal, Bobby G. Wixson, Nord L. Gale, Jerry L. Pitt Jan 1998

Evaluation Of Toxicity, Bioavailability And Speciation Of Lead, Zinc And Cadmium In Mine/Mill Wastewaters, Mujde Erten-Unal, Bobby G. Wixson, Nord L. Gale, Jerry L. Pitt

Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

The toxicity of common compounds of lead, cadmium and zinc was evaluated in waters similar to that found in the world's largest lead producing area in Missouri. Static, acute toxicity tests were performed using fathead minnows (Pimephales promelas) and water fleas (Daphnia magna) respectively. Test organisms were subjected to varying amounts of sulfide, carbonate, chloride and sulfate salts of lead, zinc and cadmium mixed in hard, alkaline waters typical to this region. Median lethal concentrations were calculated using nominal versus measured metal concentrations. Measured metal concentrations included four different metal fractionation (extraction/filtration) techniques at different pH levels which included "dissolved", …

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The Future Of Limited Liability Companies For Business And Estate Planning Purposes In Mississippi, J. Larry Lee Jan 1998

The Future Of Limited Liability Companies For Business And Estate Planning Purposes In Mississippi, J. Larry Lee

MC Law Review

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Young V. Fordice: Challenging Dual Registration Under Section 5 Of The Voting Rights Act, Brenda Wright Jan 1998

Young V. Fordice: Challenging Dual Registration Under Section 5 Of The Voting Rights Act, Brenda Wright

MC Law Review

Symposium - An Analysis of Mississippi Cases Argued before the United State Supreme Court

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Evaluating Action Research As A Model For School-Based Professional Development Of Secondary Mathematics Teachers In The Philippines, Florenda L. Gallos Jan 1998

Evaluating Action Research As A Model For School-Based Professional Development Of Secondary Mathematics Teachers In The Philippines, Florenda L. Gallos

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

This study documented a school-based professional development activity conducted in a secondary school in the Philippines where five secondary mathematics teachers and the head of the school participated in a program of action research. The effectiveness of action research as a form of professional development and the constraints in using this form of professional development in the Philippines were evaluated based on the changes on teachers in terms of pedagogical knowledge, practices and beliefs. Qualitative research techniques were used. The methodology included questionnaires, interviews, class observations and diaries. The results indicated that the involvement of the participants in the action …

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Evaluation Of Revegetation Techniques Used On Degraded Agricultural Land In The Central Avon Catchment, Western Australia, Scott J. Bartholomew Jan 1998

Evaluation Of Revegetation Techniques Used On Degraded Agricultural Land In The Central Avon Catchment, Western Australia, Scott J. Bartholomew

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

The agricultural region in the central Avon catchment is declining in both arable land and native vegetation. This decline has been due to the clearance of large tracts of native vegetation and its subsequent replacement by exotic crops and pasture species. The loss of vegetation has led to regional land degradation in the form of soil erosion and land salinisation. Therefore, changes in land management practices are required to make agricultural production more compatible with land conservation. Revegetation using native plants is the only management solution that integrates both land and ecological conservation with agricultural productivity. The continuation of current …

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Fostering Flowers: Women, Landscape And The Psychodynamics Of Gender In 19th Century Australia, Pamela Hodge Jan 1998

Fostering Flowers: Women, Landscape And The Psychodynamics Of Gender In 19th Century Australia, Pamela Hodge

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

It is said that when the Sphinx was carved into the bedrock of Egypt it had the head as well as the body of Sekhmet lioness Goddess who presided over the rise and fall of the Nile, and that only much later was the head recarved to resemble a male pharaoh. Simon Schama considered the 'making over' of Mount Rushmore to resemble America's Founding Fathers constituted 'the ultimate colonisation of nature by culture … a distinctly masculine obsession (expressing) physicality, materiality and empirical externality,… a rhetoric of humanity's uncontested possession of nature. It would be comforting to think that, although …

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Industrial Development In Indonesia, Development For Whom?: A Case Study Of Women Who Work In Factories In Rural West Java, Peter J. Hancock Jan 1998

Industrial Development In Indonesia, Development For Whom?: A Case Study Of Women Who Work In Factories In Rural West Java, Peter J. Hancock

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

This research was conducted in order to address two major research questions: 1) To what extent and in what ways are a cohort of female factory workers in Sundanese West Java influential in the cultural, social and economic development of the geographic area in which they live and more specifically within their own households? 2) To what extent does the Indonesian state support or inhibit such development? In order to answer these and other secondary research questions I conducted qualitative and quantitative research. I used a theoretical framework which directed the methodology, questionnaires and both qualitative and quantitative data was …

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Team Cohesion, Performance Outcome And Player Satisfaction In State League Netball, Angelique Jane Wilson Jan 1998

Team Cohesion, Performance Outcome And Player Satisfaction In State League Netball, Angelique Jane Wilson

Theses : Honours

Team cohesion repeatedly has been emphasised as important in the development of performance success. This research examined the importance of team cohesion as a multidimensional construct through three inter-related studies with elite netball players. The first study examined differences between successful and unsuccessful teams on (a) overall team cohesion. (b) overall task cohesion including attraction to group-task (ATG-T) and group integration-task (GI-T) components, and (c) social cohesion including attraction to group-social (ATG-S ), and group integration-social (GI-S) components. The second study examined the multidimensional nature of cohesion in relation to player satisfaction. Finally, study investigated the relationship between pcrfom1ancc outcome …

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Bright Lights, Small City: New Beginnings Of The Singapore Film Industry, Samantha W.M. Tan Jan 1998

Bright Lights, Small City: New Beginnings Of The Singapore Film Industry, Samantha W.M. Tan

Theses : Honours

The Singapore government decided in J9H5 that making movies and turning the country into a regional film centre was an ideal venture to help develop and sustain the country's economic growth. The nation has about 3.7 million people, and although English is studied as the first language, about half of the population (especially the older generation) are more well-versed in their mother tongue, ie. Chinese, Malay or Tamil. Because of this disparity, it would appear that the Singapore market doesn't have the critical mass to sustain a film industry unless the movies are made for export. Little has been written …

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Behavioural Contexts For The Expression Of Modern Racism: The Simulated Juror Paradigm, Murray Riggs Jan 1998

Behavioural Contexts For The Expression Of Modern Racism: The Simulated Juror Paradigm, Murray Riggs

Theses : Honours

The central tenet of modem racism theory is that, although overt prejudice seems to have declined, subtle forms of prejudice are still pervasive. The theory predicts that members of a majority racial group will discriminate against members of a minority racial group only when they feel that they can do so without appearing to be prejudiced. Thus, the occurrence of discrimination depends upon the nature of the behavioural context. The purpose of the present study was to explore the implications of modern racism theory in the behavioural domain by employing the simulated juror paradigm. The participants, 338 randomly selected residents …

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Psychological Well-Being In The Victims Of Bullying Among Primary School Children, Catherine A. Rice Jan 1998

Psychological Well-Being In The Victims Of Bullying Among Primary School Children, Catherine A. Rice

Theses : Honours

A replication and extension of Rigby and Slee's (1993) study and an investigation of Seligman, Reivich, Jaycox and Gillham's (1995) theory of self-esteem was conducted in one private primary school in Western Australia. The aim of the study was to examine the relationship between the age and gender of victims of bullying with self-esteem of the students and their attitudes towards attending school (Rigby & Slee, 1993), and their explanatory style (Seligman et al., I 995). Four anonymous questionnaires: Peer Relations Assessment Questionnaire (Rigby & Slee, 1997), Self-Esteem Inventory (Coopersmith, 1989), Children's Attributional Style Questionnaire (Seligman, Kaslow, Alloy, Peterson, Tanenbaum …

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Report On Minority Accounting Graduates, Enrollment, And Public Accounting Professionals, 1997 : For Academic Year 1995-1996, Gregory Johnson, Leticia R. Romeo, ;American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants Jan 1998

Report On Minority Accounting Graduates, Enrollment, And Public Accounting Professionals, 1997 : For Academic Year 1995-1996, Gregory Johnson, Leticia R. Romeo, ;American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants

Association Sections, Divisions, Boards, Teams

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Sec Proposed Rule On Reports To Be Made By Certain Brokers And Dealers, Alan W. Anderson, Deborah D. Lambert, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board Jan 1998

Sec Proposed Rule On Reports To Be Made By Certain Brokers And Dealers, Alan W. Anderson, Deborah D. Lambert, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board

Association Sections, Divisions, Boards, Teams

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Farewell To Kenneth A. Strand, 1927-1997, Jerry Moon Jan 1998

Farewell To Kenneth A. Strand, 1927-1997, Jerry Moon

Andrews University Seminary Studies (AUSS)

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The Function Of The Double Love Command In Matthew 22:34-40, Oscar S. Brooks Jan 1998

The Function Of The Double Love Command In Matthew 22:34-40, Oscar S. Brooks

Andrews University Seminary Studies (AUSS)

No abstract provided.

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Female Pillar Figurines Of The Iron Age: A Study In Text And Artifact, John Barclay Burns Jan 1998

Female Pillar Figurines Of The Iron Age: A Study In Text And Artifact, John Barclay Burns

Andrews University Seminary Studies (AUSS)

No abstract provided.

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Recursion And Variation In The "Prophecy" Of Jonah: On The Rhetorical Impact Of Stylistic Technique In Hebrew Narrative Discourse, With Special Reference To Irony And Enigma. Part Iii, Ernst R. Wendland Jan 1998

Recursion And Variation In The "Prophecy" Of Jonah: On The Rhetorical Impact Of Stylistic Technique In Hebrew Narrative Discourse, With Special Reference To Irony And Enigma. Part Iii, Ernst R. Wendland

Andrews University Seminary Studies (AUSS)

No abstract provided.

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The Gagging Of God: Christianity Confronts Pluralism [Review] / D.A. Carson., Ray C.W. Roennfeldt Jan 1998

The Gagging Of God: Christianity Confronts Pluralism [Review] / D.A. Carson., Ray C.W. Roennfeldt

Andrews University Seminary Studies (AUSS)

No abstract provided.

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Jewish Life And Thought Among Greeks And Romans: Primary Readings [Review] / Edited And Introduced By Louis H. Feldman And Meyer Reinhold., Paul L. Maier Jan 1998

Jewish Life And Thought Among Greeks And Romans: Primary Readings [Review] / Edited And Introduced By Louis H. Feldman And Meyer Reinhold., Paul L. Maier

Andrews University Seminary Studies (AUSS)

No abstract provided.

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Cosmos In The Chaos: Philip Schaff's Interpretation Of Nineteenth-Century American Religion [Review] / Stephen R. Graham., Matthew F. Mcmearty Jan 1998

Cosmos In The Chaos: Philip Schaff's Interpretation Of Nineteenth-Century American Religion [Review] / Stephen R. Graham., Matthew F. Mcmearty

Andrews University Seminary Studies (AUSS)

No abstract provided.

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The Oxford Dictionary Of The Christian Church [Review] / Edited By F.L. Cross., Kenneth A. Strand Jan 1998

The Oxford Dictionary Of The Christian Church [Review] / Edited By F.L. Cross., Kenneth A. Strand

Andrews University Seminary Studies (AUSS)

No abstract provided.

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The Reformation Of The Bible, The Bible Of The Reformation [Review] / Jaroslav Pelikan; Catalog Of The Exhibition By Valerie R. Hotchkiss And David Price., Kenneth A. Strand Jan 1998

The Reformation Of The Bible, The Bible Of The Reformation [Review] / Jaroslav Pelikan; Catalog Of The Exhibition By Valerie R. Hotchkiss And David Price., Kenneth A. Strand

Andrews University Seminary Studies (AUSS)

No abstract provided.

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The Battle Of Beginnings: Why Neither Side Is Winning The Creation-Evolution Debate [Review] / Del Ratzsch., Karen G. Jensen Jan 1998

The Battle Of Beginnings: Why Neither Side Is Winning The Creation-Evolution Debate [Review] / Del Ratzsch., Karen G. Jensen

Andrews University Seminary Studies (AUSS)

No abstract provided.

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The Kingdom Of God In Africa: A Short History Of African Christianity [Review] / Mark R. Shaw., Keith Augustus Burton Jan 1998

The Kingdom Of God In Africa: A Short History Of African Christianity [Review] / Mark R. Shaw., Keith Augustus Burton

Andrews University Seminary Studies (AUSS)

No abstract provided.

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Jesus And The Victory Of God [Review] / By N. T. Wright., Paul L. Maier Jan 1998

Jesus And The Victory Of God [Review] / By N. T. Wright., Paul L. Maier

Andrews University Seminary Studies (AUSS)

No abstract provided.

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Armageddon In Waco: Critical Perspectives On The Branch Davidian Conflict [Review] / Edited By Stuart A. Wright., Paul E. Mcgraw Jan 1998

Armageddon In Waco: Critical Perspectives On The Branch Davidian Conflict [Review] / Edited By Stuart A. Wright., Paul E. Mcgraw

Andrews University Seminary Studies (AUSS)

No abstract provided.

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The Christological Function Of The Hymns In The Apocalypse Of John, Josephine Massyngberde Ford Jan 1998

The Christological Function Of The Hymns In The Apocalypse Of John, Josephine Massyngberde Ford

Andrews University Seminary Studies (AUSS)

No abstract provided.

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Schedules For Deities: Macrostructure Of Israelite, Babylonian, And Hittite Sancta Purification Days, Roy E. Gane Jan 1998

Schedules For Deities: Macrostructure Of Israelite, Babylonian, And Hittite Sancta Purification Days, Roy E. Gane

Andrews University Seminary Studies (AUSS)

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