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Parallel Probabilistic Computations On A Cluster Of Workstations, Atanas Radenski, Andrew Vann, Boyana Norris

Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science Faculty Books and Book Chapters

Probabilistic algorithms are computationally intensive approximate methods for solving intractable problems. Probabilistic algorithms are excellent candidates for cluster computations because they require little communication and synchronization. It is possible to specify a common parallel control structure as a generic algorithm for probabilistic cluster computations. Such a generic parallel algorithm can be glued together with domain-specific sequential algorithms in order to derive approximate parallel solutions for different intractable problems.

In this paper we propose a generic algorithm for probabilistic computations on a cluster of workstations. We use this generic algorithm to derive specific parallel algorithms for two discrete optimization problems: the …

University Of Southern Maine Undergraduate Catalog 1998-1999, University Of Southern Maine

Course Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Ec98-771 Farm*A*Syst Nebraska’S System For Assessing Water Contamination Fact Sheet 8: Improving Household Wastewater Treatment, Robert Grisso, Delynn Hay, Paul J. Jasa, Richard K. Koelsch, Sharon Skipton, Wayne Woldt

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

A properly installed and maintained system for treating and disposing of household wastewater will minimize the impact of that system on groundwater and surfacewater. State and local codes specify how wastewater systems must be designed, installed, and maintained. For example, Title 124 regulates the design, operation, and maintenance of septic tank systems in Nebraska. In addition, federal and state regulations guide the stabilization and land application of wastewater septage.

Virginia's Waters: Still At Risk - A Critique Of The Commonwealth's Water Quality Assessment Reports, Chesapeake Bay Foundation

Richmond Journal of Law and the Public Interest

Federal law requires all states to periodically report to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on the water quality of their rivers, lakes and streams and provide EPA with a listing of polluted waters. Virginia has recently prepared two reports for 1996 and boasts that only 5 percent of the Commonwealth's rivers are polluted. Under closer inspection, this information is found to be extremely misleading due to a number of serious gaps and flaws within Virginia's water quality monitoring program and its methods of data reporting and evaluation. When Virginia states that only 5 percent of the waters it monitors fail …

Florida's 1997 Chemical Castration Law: A Return To The Dark Ages, Larry Helm Spalding

Florida State University Law Review

No abstract provided.

Universalism, Liberal Theory, And The Problem Of Gay Marriage, Robin West

Florida State University Law Review

No abstract provided.

Microsatellite Evolution: Testing The Ascertainment Bias Hypothesis, Allan M. Crawford, Steven M. Kappes, Korena A. Paterson, Mauricio J. Degotari, Ken G. Dodds, Brad A. Freking, Roger T. Stone, Craig W. Beattie

Roman L. Hruska U.S. Meat Animal Research Center: Reports

Previous studies suggest the median allele length of microsatellites is longest in the species from which the markers were derived, suggesting that an ascertainment bias was operating. We have examined whether the size distribution of microsatellite alleles between sheep and cattle is source dependent using a set of 472 microsatellites that can be amplified in both species. For those markers that were polymorphic in both species we report a significantly greater number of markers (P < 0.001) with longer median allele sizes in sheep, regardless of microsatellite origin. This finding suggests that any ascertainment bias operating during microsatellite selection is only a minor contributor to the variation observed.

A Second-Generation Linkage Map Of The Sheep Genome, Maurico J. Degortari, Brad A. Freking, Rachel P. Cuthbertson, Steven M. Kappes, John W. Keele, Roger T. Stone, Kreg A. Leymaster, Ken G. Dodds, Allan M. Crawford, Craig W. Beattie

Roman L. Hruska U.S. Meat Animal Research Center: Reports

A genetic map of Ovis aries (haploid n = 27) was developed with 519 markers (504 microsatellites) spanning —3063 cM in 26 autosomal linkage groups and 127 cM (female specific) of the X Chromosome (Chr). Genotypic data were merged from the IMF flock (Crawford et al., Genetics 140, 703, 1995) and the USDA mapping flock. Seventy-three percent (370/504) of the microsatellite markers on the map are common to the USDA-ARS U.S. Meat Animal Research Center cattle linkage map, with 27 of the common markers derived from sheep. The number of common markers per homologous linkage group ranges from 5 to …

Florida's 1997 Chemical Castration Law: A Return To The Dark Ages, Larry Helm Spalding

Florida State University Law Review

No abstract provided.

Characteristics And Treatment Of Conduct Disorders, Vicky Jo Kukral

Graduate Research Papers

Conduct Disorder is the most diagnosed condition in both outpatient and inpatient mental health facilities for children in the United States. Behavior problems such as aggression, destruction of property, theft and violation of basic rules are concerns for parents, teachers, peers and other adults. In an effort to help increase the reader's understanding of the Conduct Disorder population and their treatment, the author of this paper will describe and characteristics of this population. The author will also address specific mental health concerns as found in a review of the literature, and the status of mental health treatment.

1998 Ruby Yearbook, Jacqui Hickey, Tisha Webster, Ursinus College Senior Class

The Ruby Yearbooks, 1897-2020

A digitized copy of the 1998 Ruby, the Ursinus College yearbook.

Connection, September/October 1998, Eastern Michigan University

Alumni News: Eastern Magazine

No abstract provided.

The Legal Revolution: From "Sanctity Of Life" To "Quality Of Life" And "Autonomy", John Keown

Journal of Contemporary Health Law & Policy (1985-2015)

No abstract provided.

Umbilical Cord Blood Stem Cells: My Body Makes Them, But Do I Get To Keep Them? Analysis Of The Fda Proposed Regulations And The Impact On Individual Constitutional Property Rights, Jodi K. Fredrickson

Journal of Contemporary Health Law & Policy (1985-2015)

No abstract provided.

Book Review: Biology, Bioethics And The New Society Practical Reasoning In Bioethics. James F. Childress. Bloomington And Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 1997. Pp. 385. $39.95. - The Human Genome Project And The Future Of Health Care. Edited By Thomas H. Murray, Mark A. Rothstein, And Robert F. Murray, Jr. Bloomington And Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 1996. Pp. 248. $29.95., George P. Smith Ii

Journal of Contemporary Health Law & Policy (1985-2015)

No abstract provided.

Table Of Contents (V.14 No.2), Journal Of Contemporary Health Law And Policy

Journal of Contemporary Health Law & Policy (1985-2015)

No abstract provided.

Index Volume 14 - Note/Book Review/Commentary, Journal Of Contemporary Health Law And Policy

Journal of Contemporary Health Law & Policy (1985-2015)

No abstract provided.

Wrongful Death And The Unborn Child: Should Viability Be A Prerequisite For A Cause Or Action?, Daniel S. Meade

Journal of Contemporary Health Law & Policy (1985-2015)

No abstract provided.

Setting The Record Straight: The Effects Of The Employment Non-Discrimination Act Of 1997 On The First And Fourteenth Amendment Rights Of Gay And Lesbian Public Schoolteachers, Anthony E. Varona

CommLaw Conspectus: Journal of Communications Law and Technology Policy (1993-2015)

No abstract provided.

Viewbook- 1998-1999, Admissions Staff

Student Handbooks

Student handbook, general information

Resources- Jul/Aug. 1998, Osp Staff

Resources, from the Office of Sponsored Programs

No abstract provided.

Telling Stories, Lawrence Kimmel

Philosophy Faculty Research

In what follows I will be using Native American culture and literature as the primary focus for a discussion of storytelling. For this culture, the life of speech and the presencing of meaning through the sharing of stories are vital to the very existence and identity of a people. Momaday's remarks about the nature of the relationship between language and experience surely are not limited to the lives of Native Americans. His accompanying claim that we cannot exist apart from the moral dimension of language is no less applicable to our own culture, but showing the importance of an awareness …

Environmental Protection, University Of The Pacific, Mcgeorge School Of Law

McGeorge Law Review

Contains:

Chapter 567: Paving the Road to Extinction with Good Intentions ............... 583

Regulating California's Squid Fishing Industry - Heeding the Lessons of Cannery Row .................................................... 595

"There Goes The Neighborhood"--The Potential Private Party Liability Of The International Shipping Industry For Exotic Marine Species Introduction Via Ballast Water In England, Lance K. Terpstra

Global Business & Development Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Trace Elements In The Aquatic Bird Food Chain At The North Ponds, Texaco Refinery Casper, Wyoming, Kimberly Dickerson, Pedro Ramirez Jr.

United States Fish and Wildlife Service: Publications

The objectives of this study were to determine nesting success of aquatic birds, trace element concentrations in the aquatic food chain, and whether trace elements were biomagnifying through the aquatic food chain of ponds at the inactive Texaco Refinery, in Evansville, Wyoming. Trace element concentrations in samples collected from the Texaco Refinery were compared to those found in samples collected from a background site, Pathfinder National Wildlife Refuge.

The ponds at the inactive refinery provided a source of water to aquatic birds in an otherwise arid landscape. Nesting success for shorebirds using an island in Pond 1 was greater than …

Contaminants Information Bulletin: Environmental Contaminants In Sedimente From Oilfield Produced Water Discharge Points, Pedro Ramirez Jr.

United States Fish and Wildlife Service: Publications

Oilfield produced water is generated from the extraction of oil mixed with groundwater. A separator is used to physically remove the water from the oil; however, the produced water can contain residual amounts of oil. Additionally, malfunction of the separator equipment can cause inefficient separation and result in higher amounts of oil in the water. The Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (WY DEQ) regulates the discharge of produced waters under the National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) .WY DEQ permits 10 µg/l of oil in produced water discharged into regulated waters of the state. Produced water discharges are not permitted …

Adaptive Regulation Of Waterfowl Hunting In The U.S., Fred A. Johnson

United States Fish and Wildlife Service: Publications

Introduction

The harvest of renewable natural resources is predicated on the theory of density-dependent population growth (Hilborn et al. 1995). This theory predicts a negative relationship between the intrinsic rate of population growth and population density (i.e., number of individuals per unit of limiting resource) due to intraspecific competition for resources. In a relatively stable environment, unharvested populations tend to settle around an equilibrium where births balance deaths. Populations respond to harvest losses by increasing reproductive output or through decreased natural mortality because more resources are available per individual. Population size eventually settles around a new equilibrium and the harvest, …

Natural Community Conservation Planning: A Targeted Approach To Endangered Species Conservation, Steve Johnson

UC Law Environmental Journal

No abstract provided.

Computers And Learning, William K. Purves, Mary E. Williams

All HMC Faculty Publications and Research

The important questions for instructors to address concern what skills the student is to learn and how the student is to be motivated to acquire those skills. Questions about simulations, graphics tools, and the like are unimportant until the first two questions have been answered adequately. We discuss the role of explanation by students and describe a mechanism for motivating students to learn.

Reflections On Comparative Law, Environmental Law, And Sustainability, John C. Dernbach

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.