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Ke Alaka'i, Vol. 61, No. 15 (2000-04-19), Brigham Young University Hawaii

Ke Alaka'i

No abstract provided.

Students Experience 'New Generation' Of Personal Computers, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- While the world awaits the computer counterpart to wireless cell phones and pagers, computer science majors at The University of Mississippi have added the next best thing to their backpacks for free.

It's Happening At State: April 19, 2000

It's Happening at State

Provides summary information of news and events of interest to the faculty and staff of NDSU.

The Guardian, April 19, 2000, Wright State University Student Body

The Guardian Student Newspaper

Twenty page issue of The Guardian, the official student-run newspaper for Wright State University. The Guardian has been published regularly since March of 1965.

The Knight Volume 10: Issue 14, Nova Southeastern University

Student Newspapers

No abstract provided.

The George-Anne, Georgia Southern University

The George-Anne

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April 19, 2000, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

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Executive Committee - Agenda, 4/18/2000, Academic Senate

Academic Senate Agendas

No abstract provided.

April 18, 2000, College Of Science Curriculum Committee

Curriculum Committee

No abstract provided.

Adalah Legal Center For Arab Minority Rights In Israel V. Minister Of Religious Affairs, Itzchak Zamir, Aharon Barak, Dorit Beinisch

Translated Opinions

Facts: The primary question raised in the petition: was whether the Ministry of Religious Affairs was violating the principle of equality in its allocation of funds for the maintenance of cemeteries. Among other claims, the petitioners claimed in their petition that the relative proportion of the Arab communities in the budget of the Ministry of Religious Affairs does not reflect their relative proportion in the population.

Held: The Court held that the Ministry of Religious Affairs is to operate in allocation of funds in the Ministry of Religious Affair’s budget for cemeteries on the basis of the principle of equality, …

Ccu Newsletter, April 17, 2000, Coastal Carolina University

Coastal Carolina University Newsletter

A newsletter for faculty, staff and friends of Coastal Carolina University. Volume 10, Number 7

Grand Valley Forum, Volume 024, Number 35, April 17, 2000, Grand Valley State University

1999-2000, Volume 24

Grand Valley Forum is Grand Valley State's faculty and staff newsletter, published from 1976 to the present.

A Survey Of The Taniyama-Shimura Conjecture, Kady Schneiter

All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023

Perhaps the most famous problem in all of mathematics is the theorem that states that the equation aⁿ + bⁿ = cⁿ has no non-trivial solutions for integers a, b, and c, and n ≥ 2. This theorem was proposed by a seventeenth century French mathematician named Pierre de Fermat. Though the theorem is easy to understand, the proof has been elusive. Over the past 350 years many mathematicians have attempted to prove Fermat's theorem. They have used a variety of methods and many have been successful in proving the theorem in specific cases. …

Phytoremediation Strategies For Recalcitrant Chlorinated Organics, William Edwin Schnabel

Engineering

The purpose of the research was to investigate novel strategies for the phytoremediation of recalcitrant chlorinated organic soil contaminants. The recalcitrance of many chlorinated organics is related to chemical stability and bioavailability. Mycorrhizal fungi have the potential to enhance the degradation of such compounds through the action of lignolytic enzyme systems, and to increase the bioavailability of such compounds through increased root surface area and reach. Furthermore, the addition of surfactants has the potential to increase compound bioavailability via increased solubility. The organochlorine pesticide aldrin, and the polychlorinated biphenyl 3,3'4,4 '-tetrachlorobiphenyl (TCB) were chosen as representative recalcitrant contaminants. Feltleaf willow …

Fortnightly - April 17, 2000

Fortnightly

No abstract provided.

Monitor Newsletter April 17, 2000, Bowling Green State University

Monitor

Official Publication of Bowling Green State University for Faculty and Staff

Investigations Into Model Systems Of Neurodegeneration: Organotypic Brain Slice Culture And In Vivo Microdialysis, Kimberly Lara Clapp

Chemistry and Biochemistry

The mechanisms behind neurodegeneration in disease and injury have yet to be fully defined. Many in vitro and in vivo model systems, have been developed to investigate the mechanisms of neurotoxicity and its relation to human disease and injury. There are a few resounding connections between most types of neurological disorder; namely oxidative stress and inflammation. The glutamate receptor agonist, N-methyl-D-aspartate, can be used to imitate excitotoxicity during stroke as it overstimulates the glutamate receptor, leading to rises in intracellular calcium levels, which in turn lead to oxidative stress within the cell. Amyloid-beta protein (Abeta) a useful in many of …

The Daily Egyptian, April 17, 2000, Daily Egyptian Staff

April 2000

No abstract provided.

Agroborealis, Vol. 32, No. 1 (Spring 2000), School Of Agriculture And Land Resources Management

Agroborealis

Planting Trees in the Aleutians -- Climate Change and Growth of White Spruce near Anchorage, Alaska -- Northern Tansy Mustard Fills a Niche -- Silviculture Systems for Alaska's Northern Forest -- Wavelength-Selective Mulches and Tomato Production in Fairbanks, Alaska -- Musk Ox: An Historical Industry Looks Toward the Future -- "Hey, I thought I saw Rudolph in the hallway!" -- What Next? Agenda for Alaska Agriculture in the Twenty-first Century -- An Historical Perspective of the Delta Ag Project -- What's a Grower to Do? -- 1999 Alaska Women in Agriculture -- Notes -- Student News -- Faculty News

Uas Academic Catalog 2000/2001, N/A N/A

UAS Academic Catalogs (1988/89-2010/11)

No abstract provided.

An Investigation Of Small-Scale Relationships Between Optical And Hf Radar Aurora, Veronika Besser

Theses (Unassigned)

An investigation is undertaken of the relationship between visual aurora and the occurrence of radar-detectable irregularities in the nightside ionosphere. Understanding how auroral signatures appear in HF radar backscatter could combine the advantages of detailed information about auroral fluxes in optical measurements with extended coverage of HF radars. Auroral particle precipitation ionizes the ionosphere and creates localized plasma density enhancements. Irregularities with various smaller sizes are generated from larger density structures through instability-induced cascading. HF waves are coherently scattered by decameter structures within the ionospheric plasma. Hence aurorally induced irregularities can be seen by the radar in the form of …

Systems Approach For Applying Remote Video Technology And The Internet To Real Time Weather And Runway Condition Reporting For Aviation Use: Case Study At Rural Airports In Interior Alaska, James Miller Buckingham

Theses (Unassigned)

Aviation is critical to the infrastructure of Alaska. However, systems that provide runway and weather condition information about rural airstrips are not meeting the needs of the aviation community. Accordingly, aviation safety is compromised, efficiency of operations is reduced and service to clients is mediocre. Research was conducted to determine methods of improving the accuracy and reliability of runway and weather condition reporting Systems in Interior Alaska. A thorough background study of current reporting systems was conducted. A statistical study of aviation accidents in Interior Alaska was completed to document the premise that runway condition and weather reporting systems contribute …

Electromagnetic Scattering By Spheroidal Particles: Applications To The Atmosphere, Hans Arthur Eide

Theses (Unassigned)

An efficient and reliable method is presented for computing the expansion coefficients in the eigenfunction series representing the prolate and oblate spheroidal functions. While the traditional method is based on recurrence relations, infinite continued fractions, and a variational procedure, the new method is based on reformulating the computational task as an eigenvalue problem. In contrast with the traditional method, the new method requires no initial estimates of the eigenvalues, and the computations can be performed using readily available computer library routines. The new method is shown to produce accurate expansion coefficients for the spheroidal functions required to study scattering by …

Optical Spectroscopic Observations Of Sprites, Blue Jets, And Elves: Inferred Microphysical Processes And Their Macrophysical Implications, Matthew James Heavner

Theses (Unassigned)

During the past decade, several new upper atmospheric phenomena associated with thunderstorms have been discovered. The four main types of optical emissions are now called sprites, blue jets, lves, and halos. Sprites are primarily red and appear between 40--95 km altitude and last between 1--100 ms. The dominant sprite emission is the molecular nitrogen first positive band, a relatively low energy emission also observed in the red lower borders of aurorae. The total optical energy output of a bright sprite is on the order of 50 kJ. Based on spectral observations, the total vibrational and electronic energy deposited in molecular …

Benzene And Toluene Mixing Ratios In Indoor Air Of Homes With Attached Garages And Measurement Of Respective Biomarkers Of Exposure And Ventilation Effects, Maggie Ann Isbell

Theses (Unassigned)

Benzene and toluene mixing ratios were measured in the indoor air of homes with attached garages for several seasons using a thermal desorption GC-FID sampling and analysis protocol (EPA T0-17). Benzene in the living area of these homes ranged from 1--72 ppbv and toluene ranged 3--111 ppbv. The garage levels of benzene ranged from 8--304 pbbv and the toluene levels ranged from 14--591 ppbv. Numerous experiments and a model support the hypothesis of a single source of toluene and benzene. Source strength estimate calculations supported the hypothesis that gasoline in the attached garage is the primary source of these compounds …

Mid -Cretaceous Plutonic -Related Gold Deposits Of Interior Alaska: Characteristics, Metallogenesis, Gold-Associative Mineralogy And Geochronology, Daniel Thomas Mccoy

Theses (Unassigned)

Mid-Cretaccous gold deposits in interior Alaska are hosted in or near apices of low magnetite plutons that formed in a broad continental arc. Ore is hosted in (1) anastomosing quartz veins with potassic or albitic envelopes, (2) planar veins and shear zones with sericitic alteration, and (3) pyroxene-rich skarn deposits. This study was undertaken to constrain the fluid and metal source and composition, formation conditions, gold associative mineralogy, age relationships, and areal extent of this mineralizing event Techniques included reflected light petrographic, 40Ar/39Ar step-heating, stable isotope, fire assay, Mossbauer spectroscopy, electron microprobe, and scanning ion mass spectroscopy analysis. Results suggest …

Subsurface Structure Of The Volcanoes In Katmai National Park, Alaska, Arthur D. Jolly

Theses (Unassigned)

The three-dimensional velocity, attenuation and b-value structure is mapped beneath the Katmai group volcanoes, located in south-central Alaska. Data for these studies include 4320 earthquakes recorded in the period July 26, 1995 to November 30, 1999 on a 5--18 station short-period seismograph array. The velocity structure is determined by inversion of P-wave travel-times for 8041 rays from 815 earthquakes. The inversion revealed the lowest velocities (3.6--5.0 km/s) centered beneath Novarupta, Trident and Mageik volcanoes between the surface and 4 km below sea level and moderately lower velocities at 0--6 km depth between Martin volcano and Katmai caldera (4.5--6.0 km/s). Higher …

Time-Dependent Electron Transport And Optical Emissions In The Aurora, Laura Marie Peticolas

Theses (Unassigned)

This thesis presents the first time-dependent transport model of auroral electrons. The evolution of the spherical electron intensity in phase space is studied for a variety of incident electron intensities. It is shown that the secondary electrons with energies <10 eV and at altitudes >150 km can take over 300 ms to reach steady state in phase space. Since there are bright optical emissions in this region, such a time dependence in the auroral electrons is important. The emissions of N2(2PG) 3371 A and N⁺2 (1NG) 4278 A are studied for time-varying electron pulses to show for the first time that this ratio …

Ice -Wedge Networks And "Whale-Hole" Ponds In Frozen Ground, Lawrence J. Plug

Theses (Unassigned)

The patterns of ice-wedge networks and of whale-hole ponds in frozen ground self-organize by strong interactions between pattern elements. Mechanisms for the consistent spacing (15--25 m) and orientation between ice wedges are examined in a model encapsulating the opening of fractures under a combination of thermally-induced tensile stress, stress reduction near open fractures, and heterogeneity of frozen ground and insulating snow. Modeled networks are similar to ice-wedge networks on the Espenberg coastal plain, Bering Land-Bridge National Park, Alaska, at the level of variation among Espenberg networks, as indicated by: (i) comparisons of distributions of relative orientation and spacing between wedges; …

Cloud And Surface Properties And The Solar Radiation Budget Derived From Satellite Data Over The Arctic Ocean: Comparisons With Surface Measurements And In Situ Aircraft Data, Xiaozhen Xiong

Theses (Unassigned)

Use of satellite data to study the surface and cloud properties and the solar radiation budget (SRB) is very important for improving our understanding of cloud and sea-ice albedo feedback in the Arctic. Based on an accurate and comprehensive Radiative Transfer Model (RTM), algorithms were developed for using the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) data for the discrimination of cloud from snow/ice surfaces, retrieval of snow surface properties and surface albedo, and retrieval of cloud optical depth (tau) and effective droplet size ( re). Through the improved estimation of solar reflectance in AVHRR …