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International Human Rights, Harvetta Asamoah, Alya Kayal, Emily Chuo, Melanne Anromecca Civic Jan 1998

International Human Rights, Harvetta Asamoah, Alya Kayal, Emily Chuo, Melanne Anromecca Civic

The International Lawyer

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Dispute Resolution On-Line, Catherine Kessedjian, Sandrine Cahn Jan 1998

Dispute Resolution On-Line, Catherine Kessedjian, Sandrine Cahn

The International Lawyer

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International Antitrust, Gabriel Castaneda, Cauwlart Alicia Van, Yee Wah Chin, Paul S. Crampton Jan 1998

International Antitrust, Gabriel Castaneda, Cauwlart Alicia Van, Yee Wah Chin, Paul S. Crampton

The International Lawyer

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Landfill Design, Construction And Non-Invasive Monitoring, Amanda Jane Hopper Jan 1998

Landfill Design, Construction And Non-Invasive Monitoring, Amanda Jane Hopper

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences Theses

Three techniques are investigated in order to assess their applicability for use in landfill design, construction and monitoring. Firstly, an assessment is made of QA procedures during liner construction through the detailed evaluation of two case studies. Construction QA procedures on-site are compared to available guidelines. The research illustrates the requirement for standardised, regulated QA procedures on landfill sites in order to provide a recognised framework for construction control. The Moisture Condition Value Test (MCV) is evaluated for use as a method of monitoring the placement of compacted clay landfill liners. London Clay and Mercia Mudstone, collected from the QA …

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Structural And Magnetic Properties Of Rsr₂Fe₃O₉ (R=La, Y, Pr, And Gd), I. Felner, I. Nowik, A. Mehta, Rajvir Singh, William B. Yelon, V. P. S. Awana, S. X. Dou, Satish K. Malik, A. V. Narlikar Jan 1998

Structural And Magnetic Properties Of Rsr₂Fe₃O₉ (R=La, Y, Pr, And Gd), I. Felner, I. Nowik, A. Mehta, Rajvir Singh, William B. Yelon, V. P. S. Awana, S. X. Dou, Satish K. Malik, A. V. Narlikar

Chemistry Faculty Research & Creative Works

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Segmentation Of Printed Circuit Board Images Into Basic Patterns, Madhav Moganti, Fikret Ercal Jan 1998

Segmentation Of Printed Circuit Board Images Into Basic Patterns, Madhav Moganti, Fikret Ercal

Computer Science Faculty Research & Creative Works

Segmentation is the first and foremost step in the inspection of the printed circuit boards. In this paper a new technique for the segmentation of printed circuit board (PCB) images is presented. The technique basically segments a given PCB into small windows containing primitive PCB subpatterns. The technique proposed exploits the simplicity and the homogeneity of the PCB images and is inherently parallel. A detailed discussion of the experiments and the results obtained is also presented. © 1993 Academic Press.

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Deuterium Nmr Of Adsorbed Poly(Methyl Acrylate)-D₃, Frank D. Blum, Wuu-Yung Lin Jan 1998

Deuterium Nmr Of Adsorbed Poly(Methyl Acrylate)-D₃, Frank D. Blum, Wuu-Yung Lin

Chemistry Faculty Research & Creative Works

The dynamics of polymers at interfaces are important in a variety of applications, especially where those applications depend on the mechanical or surface properties. Unfortunately, the surface properties of interfacial species like polymers used in composites are not easily measured macroscopically. Microscopic techniques, especially spectroscopic ones, have been successful. In our laboratory we have been successful in applying NMPR to determine the behavior of absorbed polymers. NMR has several advantages for this kind of study, the principal ones being that it can be used on opaque materials, different nuclei can be used as probes, and interfacial material can sometimes be …

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Evaluation Of Ch4/Nox Reduced Mechanisms Used For Modeling Lean Premixed Turbulent Combustion Of Natural Gas, Hemant P. Mallampalli, Thomas H. Fletcher, J Y. Chen Jan 1998

Evaluation Of Ch4/Nox Reduced Mechanisms Used For Modeling Lean Premixed Turbulent Combustion Of Natural Gas, Hemant P. Mallampalli, Thomas H. Fletcher, J Y. Chen

Faculty Publications

This study has identified useful reduced kinetic schemes that can be used in comprehensive multi-dimensional gas-turbine combustor models. Reduced mechanisms lessen computational cost and possess the capability to accurately predict the overall flame structure, including gas temperatures and key intermediate species such as CH4, CO and NOx. In this study, four-new global mechanisms with 5, 6, 7, and 9 steps based on the full GRI 2.11 mechanism, were developed and evaluated for their potential to model natural-gas chemistry (including NOx chemistry) in gas turbine combustors. These new reduced mechanisms were optimized to model the high …

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Modeling Soot Derived From Pulverized Coal, Alexander L. Brown, Thomas H. Fletcher Jan 1998

Modeling Soot Derived From Pulverized Coal, Alexander L. Brown, Thomas H. Fletcher

Faculty Publications

A semiempirical model has been developed for predicting coal-derived soot. The main feature of the model is a transport equation for soot mass fraction. Tar prediction options include either an empirical or a transport equation approach, which directly impacts the source term for soot formation. Also, the number of soot particles per unit mass of gas may be calculated using either a transport equation or an assumed average. Kinetics are based on Arrhenius rates taken from published measurements. Radiative properties are calculated as a function of averaged optical constants, predicted gas temperatures, predicted gas densities, and the soot mass fractions. …

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Nitrogen Transformations In Coal During Pyrolysis, Simon R. Kelemen, Martin L. Gorbaty, P J. Kwiatek, Thomas H. Fletcher, Mathew Watt, Mark S. Solum, Ronald J. Pugmire Jan 1998

Nitrogen Transformations In Coal During Pyrolysis, Simon R. Kelemen, Martin L. Gorbaty, P J. Kwiatek, Thomas H. Fletcher, Mathew Watt, Mark S. Solum, Ronald J. Pugmire

Faculty Publications

X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) was used to identify and quantify the changes in organically bound nitrogen forms present in the tars and chars of coals after pyrolysis. For fresh coal, pyrrolic nitrogen is the most abundant form of organically bound nitrogen, followed by pyridinic, quaternary, and amino types. Some of the quaternary nitrogen species initially present in coal are lost upon mild pyrolysis, prior to hydrocarbon devolatilization. These quaternary species are attributed to pyridinic or basic nitrogen species associated with hydroxyl groups from carboxylic acids or phenols. A portion of the quaternary nitrogen species is lost at the very earliest …

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Total Quality Management And Corporate Financial Performance: An Analysis Of The Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Award Criteria, Alice Brigid Beechner Jan 1998

Total Quality Management And Corporate Financial Performance: An Analysis Of The Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Award Criteria, Alice Brigid Beechner

Doctoral Dissertations

"The impact of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award (MBNQA) Performance Excellence Criteria on corporate financial performance is examined. Three independent studies were performed to assess this relationship. The first included Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award (MBNQA) winners. The second study involved 69 firms identified as Total Quality Management (TQM) firms and for the final study a sample of large American corporations who completed surveys which provided an estimate of the score the companies would have received on a MBNQA assessment were examined. The method for assessing the financial strength for all three studies was the metric Market Value Added …

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Is Sound Just Noise, Joshua D. Coval, Tyler Shumway Jan 1998

Is Sound Just Noise, Joshua D. Coval, Tyler Shumway

Faculty Publications

This paper analyzes the information content of the ambient noise level in the Chicago Board of Trade's 30-year Treasury Bond futures trading pit. Controlling for a variety of other variables, including lagged price changes, trading volumes, and news announcements, we find that the sound level conveys information which is highly economically and statistically significant. In particular, we find increases in the sound level precede periods of high price volatility and increased trading volumes. Increases in the sound level also presage the placement of block trades and relative increases in customer-driven trading. Our results add to our understanding of the market …

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