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Thermomechanical Characterization Of Heat-Activated Coupling For Advanced Composite Piping Systems., Patrick Fitzgerald Mensah

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

A new technology for joining advanced composite piping systems, based on heat-activated coupling (HAC) of a thermosetting pre-impregnated (prepreg) fiber reinforced material has been advanced. The successful design of a heat-activated coupled joint depends on achieving the following requirements: (1) uniformly cured prepreg bonded to the surfaces of coupled pipe; and (2) minimal residual thermal stress as a result of the curing process. In order to address the above concerns, thermal characterization of the uncured and cured prepreg used was undertaken in order to establish prerequisite chemical kinetics parameters and material property data required for the curing process models and …

Placement Of Piezoelectric Actuators For Active Control Of Vibration Using Modal Parameters, Xuegeng Zhu

Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Theses & Dissertations

An equation is derived to model the piezoelectric actuators incorporation with flexible structures. This equation permits the comparison of the performance indices over the entire structure for a piezoelectric actuator with constant area, which is unachievable if the Finite Element Method is used for complicated structures.

An index has been developed for placement of piezoelectric actuator for control of vibration of a flexible structure. This index is derived from the definition of H2norm. Computation of the proposed index requires only the natural frequencies and corresponding mode shapes of the structures of interest. The method is well suited to large …

A Hierarchical Filtering-Based Monitoring Architecture For Large-Scale Distributed Systems, Ehab Salem Al-Shaer

Computer Science Theses & Dissertations

On-line monitoring is essential for observing and improving the reliability and performance of large-scale distributed (LSD) systems. In an LSD environment, large numbers of events are generated by system components during their execution and interaction with external objects (e.g. users or processes). These events must be monitored to accurately determine the run-time behavior of an LSD system and to obtain status information that is required for debugging and steering applications. However, the manner in which events are generated in an LSD system is complex and represents a number of challenges for an on-line monitoring system. Correlated events axe generated concurrently …

Belted Work Machine, J. J. Burckhartzmeyer, E. R. Crabb, T. F. Lehnhoff, A. L. Watson Jr.

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

A heavy duty belt laying work machine includes a frame, a driver wheel mounted in supporting relation to the frame on each lateral side thereof, an idler wheel assembly disposed on each lateral side of the frame. The idler wheel assembly includes an idler wheel and a carry-roller, each of which is rotatably connected to an idler support arm that is pivotally mounted in supporting relation to the frame. A mid-roller is disposed on each lateral side of the frame between the driver wheel and the idler wheel assembly and rotatably connected to a mid-roller support arm mounted in supporting …

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Turkish Journal of Biology

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What’S This Work Coming To Anyway? A Look At Trends In Human Resources, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants (Aicpa)

Guides, Handbooks and Manuals

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Paradigms, Blindspots, And Real Life, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants (Aicpa)

Guides, Handbooks and Manuals

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Global Economic Forces: The Economic Forces Shaping The Future Of Our World, Gideon Malherbe

Guides, Handbooks and Manuals

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Professor/Practitioner Case Development Program - 1998 Case Studies, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Academic And Career Development Team

Guides, Handbooks and Manuals

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Aerosol Particle Scavenging By Fog And Haze Droplets, Josef Podzimek

Physics Faculty Research & Creative Works

Droplet imprints in thin gelatin layers have been used for the investigation of coarse particles embedded in fog (haze) droplets in comparison to interstitial particles. Droplet samples were taken in less polluted regions of Missouri and Illinois and also in more polluted marine-urban environment in Italy. Considerable differences in particle size distribution and particle location inside the droplets have been found in samples collected on four sampling sites. The deduced relationships can be applied for the description of the aerosol scavenging process in fogs. The pollution of fog (haze) droplets may be related to the droplet mean volume radius and …

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

Guides, Handbooks and Manuals

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Top 10 Technology Opportunities : Tips And Tools, Sandi Smith

Guides, Handbooks and Manuals

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Cpa's Guide To Understanding Business Insurance, Nino Lama

Guides, Handbooks and Manuals

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Complexities In Biomedical Decision-Making, George P. Smith Ii

Scholarly Articles

Within the contemporary debate over medical ethics, without question the most striking weakness found is the lack of a basic yardstick against which either the "rightness" or "wrongness" of a physician's actions may be measured. No general agreement is to be found among physicians or ethicists acknowledging what ethical determinant the physician should or should not follow in a particular case. Yet, despite this conflict of uncertainties, a framework for principled decisionmaking does exist and can be found within the rubric of medical ethics.

Harnessing The Human Genome Through Legislative Restraint, George P. Smith Ii

Scholarly Articles

The awesome predictive power of genetic medicine promises great advancements in not only the treatment of identifiable conditions but the prevention of their pathological manifestations. At the same time, the release and dissemination of this genetic or medical information poses a distinct risk of loss of privacy and stigmatization to carriers of genetic disorders. In order to safeguard the individual right of autonomy, privacy, confidentiality and informed consent-yet accommodate the legitimate interests of employers and insurers to obtain medical information relevant to their professional needs and economic responsibilities a balance must be struck legislatively at the federal and state levels …

‘Mixed’ Constitutions: Product Of An East-Central European Constitutional Melting Pot, Rett R. Ludwikowski

Scholarly Articles

Part I of this Article discusses the difficulties involved in attempting to classify the new constitutions using traditional criteria. Part II examines the processes involved in the adoption of the various components of existing constitutional models into the constitutions of the East-Central European states, including separate analysis of the distributions of power, the structures of the legislatures, the electoral systems, the systems of governance and mechanisms of judicial enforcement provided by these instruments. Finally, Part III makes observations and draws conclusions regarding the processes examined in Part II.

The Effect Of Tamoxifen On The Neonataldevelopment Of Rat Penis, Engin Deveci̇, Yusuf Nergi̇z, Serap İnalöz, Murat Akkuş, M. Aydın Ketani̇, A. Reşit Ersay

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

In rats penis development a seen two stages in prenatal life, the second stage is androgen hormone dependent chondrocyte and osteocyte differentiation period. To investigate Tamoxifane (Tx) administration on the developmental anomalies of penis. The newborn male rats were injected with 100 µg Tamoxifen subcutaneously from the day of birth to fifth day. This changes in Os penis and glans penis were investigated after the rats had been sacrificed and their penis were removed on the days 14.0, 21.0, 28.0, 35.0 and 60.0 Having been fixed in neutral formaline of 10%, the totally taken penis werembedded into paraffin blocks. The …

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Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

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Association Of Hla Type With Pseudoexfoliationof The Lens Capsule, Hakkı Doğan, Türkan Patiroğlu, Engin Baykal, Kuddusi Erkiliç

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

Exfoliation of the lens capsule is asymptomatic but it is associated with the development of glaucoma and blindness if undetected and untreated. The occurrence of exfoliation varies widely in different countries where the population is ethnically homogeneous. It is suggested that both genetic and environmental influences are important in the development of exfoliative syndrome (ES). This study was carried out to determine if there was any relation between ES and HLA. HLA antigen types were determined in 45 patients with exfoliative syndrome. We found a strong association between HLA-A2, HLA-DR5, HLA B21 and HLA-DR7 and the existence of ES (Chi …

Helicobacter Pylori Seropositivity In Children Withrecurrent Abdominal Pain, Engin Günel, Duygu Findik, Fatma Çağlayan, Zerrin Topgaç

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

Recurrent abdominal pain (RAP) is a significant problem in pediatric patients, and there has been much recent interest in the role that Helicobacter pylori (Hp) might play in this disorder. The aim of the study was to determine the prevalance of Hp infection in children with RAP, and to determine whether there was an association between Hp and RAP. The study was conducted on 50 children with RAP and 20 asymptomatic children admitted for inguinal surgery as a control group. Serum samples from the 70 children were tested for anti-Hp Ig G and anti-Hp Ig A by ELISA. Of the …

Cpa's Guide To The Internet, John Graves, Kim Hill Torrence

Guides, Handbooks and Manuals

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Cpa's Guide To Document Image Processing, John Graves, Jacqueline Justice, Marge Cataldo

Guides, Handbooks and Manuals

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Cpa's Guide To Workflow Management, John Graves, Kimberly S. Hill, Lisa F. Allen

Guides, Handbooks and Manuals

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The International Enforcement Of Software Copyrights And Patents, Siehnai F. Williamson

Computer Law Review and Technology Journal

Upon graduating with a computer science degree, Shannon Smith and her classmates started their own educational computer software firm called ABC Software (ABC). ABC observed that the computer software industry had grown exponentially since the 1980s due in part to industry-wide standards (like the Windows® platform) and the declining costs in computer hardware that have increased demand for computer products. Because ABC believes the software industry is knowledge-based, ABC need incur little research and developmental costs. ABC's ability to protect its software will be the determining factor in deciding where to distribute its products. Since the very nature of computer …

Neither Dead Nor Forgotten: The Past, Present, And Future Of The Communications Decency Act In Light Of Reno V. Aclu, Sue Ann Mota

Computer Law Review and Technology Journal

The Communications Decency Act (CDA) was enacted by Congress in February of 1996 as part of the Telecommunications Act of 1996. The goal of the CDA was to limit children's exposure to sexually explicit online materials. President Clinton signed the bill into law on February 8, 1996, and the CDA was immediately challenged.  A three-judge federal district court panel in ACLU v. Reno held that certain provisions of the CDA violate the U.S. Constitution. On June 26, 1997, the Supreme Court handed down its decision, affirming that certain provisions of the CDA violate the First Amendment. The provisions held to …

Courting Cyberspace, Al Harrison

Computer Law Review and Technology Journal

Internet has changed and will continue to change many aspects of the practice of law. Besides affording unlimited opportunity for gathering information on a world-wide scale and communicating quickly across time and geographical boundaries, the Internet provides access to multifaceted tools for performing legal and related research. A law firm should equip its lawyers and staff with suitable computer hardware and software to effectively avail itself of the myriad of online resources. By keeping in step with technological developments, efficiencies may be realized in the practice of law that were heretofore inconceivable. This article includes (1) a review of Outlook …

Legal Protection Of Collections Of Facts, Charles Brill

Computer Law Review and Technology Journal

Database compilers traditionally have used copyright and trade secret laws to protect their databases from appropriation by competitors. A 1991 Supreme Court decision, however, casts some doubt on the copyright protection extended to databases in the United States. In response to the Supreme database industry has launched a worldwide effort to encourage legislation to provide strong protection of databases, especially electronic databases.These efforts have borne fruit in Europe where Great Britain has passed laws protecting databases from unfair extraction and the European Union has mandated a sui generisprotection which, in conjunction with existing copyright laws, will provide very strong protection …

Telephone Companies Go To Battle Over The Internet, Peter C. Salaverry

Computer Law Review and Technology Journal

Entering the twenty-first century, Americans, like most people around the world, regard the Internet as a free and unregulated means of communication. Naive to its origins, many individuals surf the Internet unaware of the debates concerning its regulation.

In March 1996, America's Carriers Telecommunication Association (ACTA), a trade association of roughly 130 long-distance carriers, petitioned the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to confirm "its authority over interstate and international telecommunications services using the Internet." More specifically, the ACTA petition requested that the FCC enjoin software distributors of long-distance telephone software and other providers of non-tariffed and uncertified entities, compelling them to …

Current Advertising Regulations And The Internet, Lori A. Lustberg

Computer Law Review and Technology Journal

Since its inception, the Internet has brought society an array of opportunities. With those opportunities challenges arise. The Internet advertising arena is no different. The opportunities for companies to use the Internet to reach their target audiences are extraordinary. Because no regulations apply specifically to the Internet and since no agency has the specific task of regulating it, however, questions are plentiful regarding how and to what extent advertising is acceptable over the Internet. Both consumers and advertisers can clearly benefit from the use of advertising on the Internet. Consumers can readily and easily access information and products in which …

Remote Sensing Of Commercial Aircraft Emissions, Peter J. Popp, Donald H. Stedman

Fuel Efficiency Automobile Test Publications

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