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Random Approaches To Fibonacci Identities, Arthur T. Benjamin, Gregory M. Levin, Karl Mahlburg '01, Jennifer J. Quinn

All HMC Faculty Publications and Research

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Comments On D Branes And The Renormalization Group, Vatche Sahakian

All HMC Faculty Publications and Research

We review the de Boer-Verlinde-Verlinde formalism for the renormalization group in the context of Dp-brane vacua for p < 5. We comment on various aspects of the dictionary between bulk and boundary and relate the discussion to the Randall-Sundrum scenario. We find that the gravitational coupling for the Randall-Sundrum gravity on the Dp-brane worldvolume is dressed by the c-function of the Yang-Mills theory. We compute the beta function and find the expected uneventful flow prescribed by the classical dimension of the Yang-Mills operator.

A Taxonomic Evaluation Of The Comatulid Genus Stephanometra (Echinodermata:Crinoidea), Dana Lin Rankin

HCNSO Student Theses and Dissertations

Several genera in the comatulid family Mariametridae are currently ambiguously distinguished on the basis of variations in length and robustness of oral pinnules. Previous descriptions have suggested that at least the genera Stephanometra and Lamprometra are imperfectly distinguishable. A detailed re-examination of morphology coupled with principal component analyses of morphometric data and cladistic analyses provide support for a monophyletic Stephanometra distinct from Lamprometra. A preliminary morphological analysis suggests that Dichrometra and Liparometra should be synonymized with Lamprometra. The six currently recognized species of Stephanometra uniquely share at least one pair of oral pinnules characterized by enlarged size, reduced ambulacral groove …

Past-Dependency, Pragmatism, And Critique Of History In Adjudication And Legal Scholarship, Richard A. Posner

University of Chicago Law Review

Using Nietzsche's great essay on the uses and disadvantages of history for life as his jumping-off point, Judge Posner examines the utility of the study of history for adjudication and legal scholarship. He argues, following Nietzsche, that the wrong kind of historical study can be very bad for "life," including law, while the right kind -- the kind deployed by a pragmatic judge or a policy-oriented legal scholar -- may deviate from literal accuracy in the direction of a rhetorical and imaginative narrative of historical events that can be constructively employed in a forward-looking approach to legal problems.

Pretrial Mediation Of Complex Scientific Cases: A Proposal To Reduce Jury And Judicial Confusion, Susan E. Cowell

Chicago-Kent Law Review

This Note proposes pretrial mediation using scientist-mediators for complex scientific disputes. Complex scientific disputes reflect the inherent tension between law and science. This tension results in dissatisfaction among judges, juries, and scientists because of the uncertainties embraced by science, but eschewed by law. Pretrial mediation would address some of these uncertainties before they are introduced into the courtroom. In short, the proposed pretrial mediation should reduce jury confusion and provide judges with guidance to assess the admissibility of scientific evidence and expert opinions by eliminating and clarifying scientific issues.

Humanitarian Exhumation At The Citadel's Johnson Hagood Stadium, Jonathan Leader, Randy Burbage

Faculty & Staff Publications

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Dissociation Of Al2o3(0001) Substrates And The Roles Of Silicon And Oxygen In N-Type Gan Thin Solid Films Grown By Gas-Source Molecular Beam Epitaxy, J. E. Van Nostrand, J. Solomon, A. Saxler, Q. H. Xie, D. C. Reynolds, David C. Look

Physics Faculty Publications

Unintentionally doped and silicon doped GaN films prepared by molecular beam epitaxy using ammonia are investigated. Hall, secondary ion mass spectroscopy (SIMS), photoluminescence, and x-ray data are utilized for analysis of sources of autodoping of GaN epitaxial films in an effort to identify whether the n-type background electron concentration is of impurity origin or native defect origin. We identify and quantify an anomalous relationship between the Si doping concentration and free carrier concentration and mobility using temperature dependent Hall measurements on a series of 2.0-μm-thick GaN(0001) films grown on sapphire with various Si doping concentrations. SIMS is used to …

Turbo Codes For Wireless Mobile Communication Systems Applications, Moataz M. Salah

Theses and Dissertations

Research in coding theory has seen many proposals aimed at the construction of powerful codes using block and convolutional codes. Recently, a new forward error control code, known as turbo code, was introduced. This new code yields very good performance (near the Shannon limit) with relatively simple component codes and large interleavers in combination with an iterative decoding process. Among the most important applications of turbo codes are wireless mobile communication systems. A significant performance metric for this application is the minimization of end-to-end delay. In this dissertation, different ways to enhance the performance of turbo codes with short frames …

Intelligent Selection Tools, William A. Barrett, Eric N. Mortensen, L. Jack Reese

Faculty Publications

Intelligent Scissors and Intelligent Paint are complementary interactive image segmentation tools that allow a user to quickly and accurately select objects of interest. This demonstration provides a means for participants to experience the dynamic nature of these tools.

South Dakota State University Undergraduate General Catalog 2000-2002, South Dakota State University

South Dakota State University Catalogs and Bulletins: 1935 to present

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Wright State University College Of Engineering And Computer Science Bits And Pcs Newsletter, Volume 16, Number 6, June 2000, College Of Engineering And Computer Science, Wright State University

BITs and PCs Newsletter

A fourteen page newsletter created by the Wright State University College of Engineering and Computer Science that addresses the current affairs of the college.

Sym Bowl Update: Encouraging And Recognizing Student Proficiency In System Dynamics Modeling, Wayne W. Wakeland

Complex Systems Faculty Publications and Presentations

The judging criteria and modeling process guidelines for the SyM Bowl modeling competition are briefly reviewed. Prize-winning student models from previous SyM Bowls are then discussed in order to show how the students and their teachers appear to have interpreted the criteria and process guidelines. The strengths and limitations of the selected student models, especially the basic model structure & logic, and the process they used to build the model, as evidenced in the reports they submitted, are then presented.

The paper then considers how the criteria and process guidelines may or may not have influenced the students, followed by …

Reversible Carbon Monoxide Binding And Inhibition At The Active Site Of The Fe-Only Hydrogenase, Brian Bennett, Brian J. Lemon, John W. Peters

Physics Faculty Research and Publications

Carbon monoxide binding and inhibition have been investigated by electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy in solution and in crystals of structurally described states of the Fe-only hydrogenase (CpI) from Clostridium pasteurianum. Simulation of the EPR spectrum of the as-isolated state indicates that the main component of the EPR spectrum consists of the oxidized state of the “H cluster” and components due to reduced accessory FeS clusters. Addition of carbon monoxide to CpI in the presence of dithionite results in the inhibition of hydrogen evolution activity, and a characteristic axial EPR signal [g_eff(1), g_eff(2), and …

Furman Magazine. Volume 43, Issue 2 - Full Issue, Furman University

Furman Magazine

No abstract provided.

Tried & True, Furman University, Charlie Register

Furman Magazine

No abstract provided.

Tried & True: Medical Practice, Jim Stewart '76, Charlie Register

Furman Magazine

No abstract provided.

Five Professors Complete Their Furman Careers: Arnold Was Devoted To Students' Walfare, Lawrence Kessler

Furman Magazine

No abstract provided.

Five Professors Complete Their Furman Careers: Hammett Helped Students Combat Math Anxiety, Nancy Shell '76

Furman Magazine

No abstract provided.

Top Flight, Vince Moore

Furman Magazine

Megan Dunigan makes her mark on tennis court

Cognition And Industrial Education, Karen F. Zuga

Journal of STEM Teacher Education

No abstract provided.

Water Current, Volume 32, No. 3, June 2000

Water Current Newsletter

UNL's National Drought Mitigation Center Focused on Current Drought Conditions, Offers Variety of Information
From the Director: Summer Water Tour Leaves Kearney July 24; Internal Search Close to Naming New Permanent Water Center Director
New Rules for Public Drinking Water
Radium and it's Potential Effects on Drinking Water
Festival of Color Given IANR Team Effort Award
Water News Briefs
Free Tabloids Still Available
2000 Groundwater Foundation Fall Conference
New Water Resource List-Serve
Adopt-A-Watershed Leadership Institute
Recapping 2000 Nebraska Water Legislation

Justifying Electronic Banking Network Expansion Using Real Option Pricing: An Empirical Illustration, Michel Benaroch, Robert J. Kauffman

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

The application of real options analysis to information technology investment evaluation problems recently has been proposed in the IS literature (Chalasani et al. 1997; Dos Santos 1991; Kambil et al. 1993; Kumar 1996; Taudes 1998). The research reported on in this paper illustrates the value of applying real options analysis in the context of a case study involving the deployment of point-of-sale (POS) debit services by the Yankee 24 shared electronic banking network of New England. In the course of so doing, the paper also attempts to operationalize real options analysis concepts by examining claimed strengths of this analysis approach …

Quantifying Mixed Adaptation In Cross-Media Color Reproduction, Sharron Henley

Theses

An investigation has been undertaken to address the goal set by the CEE Technical committee TC8-04: "To investigate the state of adaptation of the visual system when comparing soft-copy images on self-luminous displays and hard copy images viewed under various ambient lighting conditions" A set of psychophysical experiments have been conducted for the determination of corresponding colors between printed stimuli under CIE Illuminant D50 simulators and CRT displayed stimuli with a D93 white point. The experiments were completed with 15 observers and 6 different viewing conditions. Analysis was completed to quantify any systematic effects of viewing configuration and to identify …

Some Applications Of The Ultrapower Theorem To The Theory Of Compacta, Paul Bankston

Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science Faculty Research and Publications

The ultrapower theorem of Keisler and Shelah allows such model-theoretic notions as elementary equivalence, elementary embedding and existential embedding to be couched in the language of categories (limits, morphism diagrams). This in turn allows analogs of these (and related) notions to be transported into unusual settings, chiefly those of Banach spaces and of compacta. Our interest here is the enrichment of the theory of compacta, especially the theory of continua, brought about by the importation of model-theoretic ideas and techniques.

Comparative Ecosystem Analysis Of Hydrologic Restoration Of Tates Hell Swamp, Chris Robert, Thomas Crisman, Loren Anderson, Carolyn Kendell

School of Geosciences Faculty and Staff Publications

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Permitting Jury Discussions During Trial: Impact Of The Arizona Reform, Paula Hannaford-Agor, Valerie P. Hans, G. Thomas Munsterman

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

A field experiment tested the effect of an Arizona civil jury reform that allows jurors to discuss evidence among themselves during the trial. Judges, jurors, attorneys, and litigants completed questionnaires in trials randomly assigned to either a Trial Discussions condition, in which jurors were permitted to discuss the evidence during trial, or a No Discussions condition, in which jurors were prohibited from discussing evidence during trial according to traditional admonitions. Judicial agreement with jury verdicts did not differ between conditions. Permitting jurors to discuss the evidence did affect the degree of certainty that jurors reported about their preferences at the …

Empirical Methods And The Law, Theodore Eisenberg

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

One can divide empirical analysis of legal issues into three major branches: (1) the use of scientific empirical analysis by litigants to attempt to prevail in individual cases, (2) the use of social scientific empirical analysis in individual cases, and (3) the use of the empirical methods to describe the legal system’s operation. The first two uses present difficulties that reflect a fundamental limitation on using statistical methods in law: the difference between establishing statistical association and establishing actual causation in an individual case filtered through our adversary legal system. The third use encounters no such obstacle and can aid …

Table Of Contents, Vol. 19, No. 1, June 2000

Bridgewater Review

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Bridgewater Review, Vol. 19, No. 1, June 2000

Bridgewater Review

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Faculty Profile: Gail Price

Bridgewater Review

Profile of Professor Gail Price of the Mathematics and Computer Science Department.