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Table Of Contents Volume 10, Number Four, Fall 1999, Risk Editorial Board

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

Table of contents for the journal RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (ISSN: 1073-8673)

Aerodynamic Damping Predictions For Turbomachine Blade Rows Using A Three- Dimensional Time Marching Simulatiions, Dana A. Gottfried, Sanford Fleeter

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

A Multi-Plane State Machine Agent Model, Ladislau Bölöni, Dan C. Marinescu

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

Notes On Learning Probabilistic Automata, Alberto Apostolico

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

Fatigue Life Prediction Of Turbomachine Blading, Sanford Fleeter, Chem Zhou, Elias N. Houstis, John R. Rice

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

An Algorithm For Parallel 3d Reconstruction Of Asymmetric Objects From Electron Micrographs, Robert E. Lynch, Hong Lin, Dan C. Marinescu

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

The Impact Of Globalization And The New Media On The Notion Of World Literature, Ernst Grabovszki

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

Ernst Grabovszki discusses in his article, "The Impact of Globalization and the New Media on the Notion of World Literature," aspects of communication and scholarship in the humanities in the context of social processes resulting from globalization and the impact of new media. The author suggests that the process of communication, the processes of creativity, and the study of literature and the changes these areas are now experiencing owing to the impact of globalization and new media should be studied from a systemic and empirical point of view. Further, the article is an exposition of changes we observe with regard …

The Growing Imperative To Adopt "Flexibility" As An American Principle Of War, Robert S. Frost Lieutenant Colonel

Books, Monographs & Collaborative Studies

The author makes it clear that he is not interested in throwing out the old tried and true existing Principles of War, he only wants thought given to their expansion to include a principle of Flexibility. After all, the hallmark of the course of instruction at the U.S. Army War College is the new environment in which its graduates should expect to operate--an environment that we at the War College characterize as vague, uncertain, complex and ambiguous. In such an environment, the author argues, Flexibility must be an operating principle, and it would serve all the services well to recognize …

Optical Constants Of Crystalline Wo3 Deposited By Magnetron Sputtering, Michael J. Devries, Chris Trimble, Thomas E. Tiwald, Daniel W. Thompson, John A. Woollam, Jeffrey S. Hale

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering: Faculty Publications

Crystalline WO_3-x is an infrared (IR) electrochromic material having possible applications in satellite thermal control and IR switches. Optical constants of electrochromic materials change upon ion intercalation, usually with H⁺ or Li⁺. Of primary concern for device design are the optical constants in both the intercalated and deintercalated states. In situ and ex situ ellipsometric data are used to characterize both the deposition process and the optical constants of the films. Ex situ data from a UV-Vis-NIR ellipsometer are combined with data from a mid-infrared Fourier-transform-infrared-based ellipsometer to provide optical constants over a spectral range …

Correlation Of Co(Llo)/Cr(002) Texture And Magnetic Properties In Cocrtapt Granular Films, Z.S. Shan, C.P. Luo, M. Azarisooreh, K. Honardoost, M. Russak, Yi Liu, J. Ping Liu, David J. Sellmyer

David Sellmyer Publications

Studies of the effects of substrate temperature T, on the evolution of CO( 1 10)/Cr(002) texture, magnetic and physical grain size, intergrain-interaction, anisotropy, orientation ratio of remanence and coercivity were investigated experimentally. It is found that the hcp- Co(l10)hcc-Cr(002) texture is improved with increasing T, from 27OC to 265°C. The intergrain-interaction, magnetic and physical grain size decrease with increasing Ts and reach their minima at T,- 265°C where the magnetic grain size is close to the physical grain size. The correlation between the film microstructure and magnetic properties is studied systematically.

High Energy Products In Exchange-Coupled Nanocomposite Films, J. Ping Liu, Yi Liu, Ralph Skomski, David J. Sellmyer

David Sellmyer Publications

Several systems of nanocomposite thin films have been prepared by plasma sputtering and heat treatment. By choosing suitable multilayer structures of the as-deposited films and subsequent heat-treatment processes, the nanostrnctures of the films have been tailored. The thermal processing is the key to control the morphology. Appropriate heat-treatment processes have been found for the systems studied, which result in the desired nanostructures. For the first time a nearly ideal nanostructure with the soft-phase grains embedded homogeneously in the hard phase gralns has been obtained for the FePt-Fei.,Pt,(x-0.3) system. Effective intergrain exchange coupling has been realized. As a consequence, high energy …

Quasicoherent Nucleation Mode In Two-Phase Nanomagnets, Ralph Skomski, J. Ping Liu, David J. Sellmyer

David Sellmyer Publications

Magnetization processes in advanced magnetic nanostructures are investigated. For the case of spherical soft or semihard grains surrounded by a very hard matrix a bulging nucleation mode is discovered. The bulging mode exhibits the radial angular symmetry of the coherent mode, but it is incoherent due to its radial variation. The radial dependence of the bulging mode is obtained by solving a spherical Bessel equation which is subject to appropriate boundary conditions. In contrast to the coherent mode, the bulging mode yields a nucleationfield coercivity which depends on the exchange stiffness and on the size of the grain. There is …

Measurement Of The BD0B̅D0 Oscillation Frequency Using Dimuon Data In Pp̅ Collisions At √S =1.8tev, F. Abe, Kenneth A. Bloom, Collider Detector At Fermilab Collaboration

Kenneth Bloom Publications

We present a measurement of the mass difference Δm_d of the two B_d⁰ mass eigenstates. We use a flavor tagging method based on the lepton charge, in a sample of events with two muons at low transverse momentum. The sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 90 pb^-1 collected by the Collider Detector at Fermilab. The result obtained is Dm_d=0.503±0.064(stat) ±0.071(syst) ps^-1.

Comparison Of Magnetic Images Using Point And Thin-Film Magnetic Force Microscopy Tips, Sy_Hwang Liou

Sy-Hwang Liou Publications

The magnetic images of a magnetic reference sample were compared using point and thin-film magnetic force microscopy (MFM) tips. The thin film MFM tip was made by magnetron sputtering of an amorphous metal. The point MFM tip was made by an ion milling process that produces a small magnetic particle on the cantilever. Our results clearly demonstrated that the volume of magnetic material involved in the tip-sample interaction is much reduced in the case of the point tip compared to that of the thin film tips. By comparing the magnetic images of a tri-bit pattern on a magnetic reference sample, …

The Jury And Scientific Evidence, Richard O. Lempert

Articles

Read court decisions and commentaries from 100, or evenfive years ago, and you will find that experts and scientific evidence were causing problems then just as they are causing problems now. I do not think that Daubert, Kumho Tire, or any change in a rule of evidence will keep expert scientific testimony from being a difficult area for the legal system. Yet we must still ask: "What are the best terms on which to deal with scientific experts, and how can weimprove the system?"

Design Approaches To Model-Based Simulation In Intelligent Computer Assisted Instruction, Bjoern Helfesrieder, Venky Shankararaman

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

Model-based simulation systems have been created in various fields of engineering to train personnel or students in operation, maintenance and troubleshooting of complex devices and systems. A review of literature indicates a lack of good overviews of the approaches to system design of model-based training simulations in Intelligent Computer Assisted Instruction (ICAI). Though single systems have to some extent been evaluated with regard to their performance, an organised evaluation, especially a comparative evaluation of the systems that have been created within the field is lacking. To be able to successfully conduct an in-depth review under these conditions, we concentrate and …

Xcert Software, Inc., Keng Siau

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

Xcert’s business is in developing Internet and Intranet security enhancement technology. Xcert was founded in April 1996 by Andrew Csinger and Pat Richard and was headquartered in Vancouver, Canada. Xcert’s solution to Internet security was a public key infrastructure (PKI). PKI is a system of digital certi® cates, certi® cate authorities (CAs) and other registration authorities that verify and authenticate the validity of each party involved in an Internet transaction. Xcert’s PKI technology allows organizations of any size to issue digital certi® cates to their members. These organizations become their own CA and are empowered to issue digital certi® cates …

Wedagen: A Synthetic Web Database Generator, Pallavi Priyardarshini, Fengqiong Qin, Ee Peng Lim, Wee-Keong Ng

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

At the Centre for Advanced Information Systems (CAIS), a Web warehousing system is being developed to store and manipulate Web information. The system named WHOWEDA (WareHouse Of WEb DAta) stores extracted Web information as Web tables and provides several Web operators, eg. Web join, Web select, global coupling, etc., to manipulate Web tables. During the implementation of WHOWEDA, it is necessary to perform systematic testing on the system and to evaluate its system performance. While it is possible for WHOWEDA to be tested or evaluated using actual Web pages downloaded from WWW, the amount of time required for such testing …

Research Issues In Web Data Mining, Sanjay Kumar Madria, Sourav S. Bhowmick, Wee-Keong Ng, Ee Peng Lim

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

In this paper, we discuss mining with respect to web data referred here as web data mining. In particular, our focus is on web data mining research in context of our web warehousing project called WHOWEDA (Warehouse of Web Data). We have categorized web data mining into threes areas; web content mining, web structure mining and web usage mining. We have highlighted and discussed various research issues involved in each of these web data mining category. We believe that web data mining will be the topic of exploratory research in near future.

Locating Web Information Using Web Checkpoints, Aik Kee Luah, Wee-Keong Ng, Ee Peng Lim, Wee Peng Lee, Yinyan Cao

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

Conventional search engines locate information by letting users establish a single web checkpoint1. By specifying one or more keywords, users direct search engines to return a set of documents that contain those keywords. From the documents (links) returned by search engines, user proceed to further probe the WWW from there. Hence, these initial set of documents (contingent upon the occurrence of keyword(s)) serve as a web checkpoint. Generally, these links are numerous and may not result in much fruitful searches. By establishing multiple web checkpoints, a richer and controllable search procedure can be constructed to obtain more relevant Web information. …

A Failed Coup On The Judicial Monarchy (Review Of God And Man In The Law, By Robert Lowry Clinton), David D. Garner

BYU Law Review

No abstract provided.

The World Of Courtroom Technology, Fredric I. Lederer

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

A Review Of Automated Stellar Spectral Classification And Surveys, Ted Von Hippel, Coryn A.L. Bailer-Jones

Publications

Modern spectroscopic surveys and automated classifiers are becoming so inextricably linked that it is difficult even to summarize one without discussing the other. Some of the automated classifiers are being built because of current analysis needs, though with a clear anticipation of future, larger surveys. Other automated classifiers are being designed specifically for future surveys. Automated classifiers may be applied to databases already in hand, to real-time analysis at the telescope, or one day to on-board satellite analysis where the raw data are too bulky to save and transmit. In addition, many current spectroscopic surveys target galaxies. These surveys may …

A Study Of Inservice Education And Classroom Practices In Azerbaijan: Into The 21st Century, Alan Ciawfonl Ciawfonl

Khazar Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences

No abstract provided.

Thermal Decomposition Of Cross-Linked Polybutadiene And Its Copolymers, David D. Jiang, Galina F. Levchik, Sergei V. Levchik, Charles Wilkie

Chemistry Faculty Research and Publications

Polybutadiene and two copolymers containing butadiene and styrene have been cross-linked by thermal processes, by the use of initiators in solution, and by intimately mixing an initiator with the polymer and then heating this blend. The most efficient cross-linking process is the use of an intimate blend of the initiator and polymer. Most cross-linking processes lower the onset temperature of degradation, presumably because chain scission reactions occur simultaneously with cross-linking, while also increasing the fraction of non-volatile residue which is produced. It is believed that the density of cross-links is responsible for the increased yield of non-volatile residue.

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Motion Tracking Of Human Mouth By Generalized Deformable Models, Syin Chan, Chong-Wah Ngo, Kok F. Lai

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

We propose and evaluate four trackers for tracking the shape, motion and deformation of a human mouth in video sequences. The trackers are suitable for use in very low bitrate video coding systems. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

Mössbauer Effect Study Of Filled Antimonide Skutterudites, Gary J. Long, Dimitri Hautot, Fernande Grandjean, Donald T. Morelli, Gregory P. Meisner

Chemistry Faculty Research & Creative Works

The iron-57 Mössbauer spectra of a series of Ce-filled antimonide skutterudites, Ce_xFe_4-yCo_ySb₁₂, where x varies from 0.22 to 0.98 and y varies from 0 to 3.5, have been measured at 295 K. In addition, the spectra of Ce_0.60Fe₂Co₂Sb₁₂ and Ce_0.82Fe₃CoSb₁₂ have been measured from 85 to 295 K and the spectra of Ce_0.35FeCo₃Sb₁₂ and Ce_0.98Fe₄Sb₁₂ have been measured from 4.2 to 295 K. The spectra, all of which consist of …