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The Precautionary Principle In Australia: Policy, Law & Potential Precautionary Eias, Warwick Gullett Mar 2000

The Precautionary Principle In Australia: Policy, Law & Potential Precautionary Eias, Warwick Gullett

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

Dr. Gullet argues that environmental impact assessments are a logical vehicle for factoring the precautionary principle into large-project-approval processes.

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Indiana High Accuracy Reference Network (Harn) Final Report, Boudewijn H.W. Van Gelder, David J. Vandenberg, Aaron W. Braun Mar 2000

Indiana High Accuracy Reference Network (Harn) Final Report, Boudewijn H.W. Van Gelder, David J. Vandenberg, Aaron W. Braun

Indiana Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP) Publications

This report has three main areas of interest. First, a brief discussion on the need for the Indiana HARN and why this was an important task. Second, a summary of the details surrounding the Indiana HARN survey. Finally, the station description of the HARN point in your county is attached with a map of the general area surrounding this point. We have also included a discussion on monument preservation with tips on how keep the high accuracies associated with your point(s). Also, a section is included on how the HARN is being used in Indiana with a few success stories.

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On The Future Of Problem Solving Environments, Elias N. Houstis, John R. Rice Mar 2000

On The Future Of Problem Solving Environments, Elias N. Houstis, John R. Rice

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

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The Bond Agent System And Applications, Ladislau Boloni, Kyungkoo Jun, Krzysztof Palacz, Radu Sion, Dan C. Marinescu Mar 2000

The Bond Agent System And Applications, Ladislau Boloni, Kyungkoo Jun, Krzysztof Palacz, Radu Sion, Dan C. Marinescu

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

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Detection Of Rare Events And Rule Extracition By Neural Networks And Decision Trees, Wooyoung Choe, Okan K. Ersoy Mar 2000

Detection Of Rare Events And Rule Extracition By Neural Networks And Decision Trees, Wooyoung Choe, Okan K. Ersoy

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Technical Reports

Sample stratification is a technique for making each class in a sample have equal influence on decision making. For classification with neural netwobrks, it is often preferable to use a stratified sample including an equal number of examples from each class;. However, it is not always possible to have a stratified sarrlple because of unavailability of examples (referred to as rare event cases). For rare event detection, we develop two sample stratification schemes in this research. The first scheme stratifies a sample by adding up the weighted sum of the derivatives during the backward pass of training. The second scheme …

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Fine Tuning Interfacea Relaxation Methods For Elliptic Differential, John R. Rice, P. Tsompanopoulou, E. Vavalis Mar 2000

Fine Tuning Interfacea Relaxation Methods For Elliptic Differential, John R. Rice, P. Tsompanopoulou, E. Vavalis

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

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Information Management In A Ubiquitous Global Postioning Environment, Walid G. Aref, Susanne E. Hambrusch, Sunil Prabhakar Mar 2000

Information Management In A Ubiquitous Global Postioning Environment, Walid G. Aref, Susanne E. Hambrusch, Sunil Prabhakar

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

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4-Chloroacetophenone [1-(4-Methoxyphenyl)Ethylidene]Hydrazone, Michael A. Lewis, Charles Leslie Barnes, Rainer Glaser Mar 2000

4-Chloroacetophenone [1-(4-Methoxyphenyl)Ethylidene]Hydrazone, Michael A. Lewis, Charles Leslie Barnes, Rainer Glaser

Chemistry Faculty Research & Creative Works

The crystal structure of the title mixed azine, C17H17CIN2O, contains four independent molecules, A-D, and molecule B is disordered. All four molecules have an N-N gauche conformation, with C-N-N-C torsion angles of 136.5 (4), 137.0 (4), -134.7 (4) and -134.7 (4)°, respectively. The phenyl rings are also somewhat twisted with respect to the plane defined by Cipso and the imine bond. On average, the combined effect of these twists results in an angle of 64.7° between the best planes of the two phenyl rings. Arene-arene double T-contacts are the dominant intermolecular interaction. The …

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The Pine Log: The First Year, 1924-1925, Dennis Bradford Mar 2000

The Pine Log: The First Year, 1924-1925, Dennis Bradford

East Texas Historical Journal

No abstract provided.

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Opening The Doors Of Communication And Guiding Parents Into Classrooms And Schools, Katy Anne Forsyth Mar 2000

Opening The Doors Of Communication And Guiding Parents Into Classrooms And Schools, Katy Anne Forsyth

Honors Theses

"A good parent is a national treasure and we need to make parents and families partners with their children's teacher and principals in the process of education," (Beyond the Classroom 308). This quote is the heart behind the contents of this book. For the love and concern that we as teachers have for the children in our lives, we owe it to them to help make their educational experience the most well rounded prosperous experience possible. To accomplish this, a partnership needs to be created by opening the doors of communication and guiding parents into classrooms and schools. As teachers, …

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America's Green Ports: Environmental Management And Technology At Us Ports, Urban Harbors Institute, University Of Massachusetts Boston Mar 2000

America's Green Ports: Environmental Management And Technology At Us Ports, Urban Harbors Institute, University Of Massachusetts Boston

Urban Harbors Institute Publications

America's Green Ports: Environmental Management and Technology at US Ports is a compendium of case studies presenting a selection of innovative and cost-effective management practices and technologies employed by US ports to avoid, prevent, minimize, mitigate or remediate environmental impacts associated with port development and operations. This compendium of projects is one product of the US EPA, Office of Water’s Green Ports Program. It follows the 1998 publication of the Environmental Management Handbook prepared by the American Association of Port Authorities, also funded by the US EPA's Office of Water. That report provides practical information on incorporating environmental stewardship into …

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Future Leadership, Old Issues, New Methods, Douglas V. Johnson Dr. Mar 2000

Future Leadership, Old Issues, New Methods, Douglas V. Johnson Dr.

Books, Monographs & Collaborative Studies

Each year, the Army After Next Seminar students are asked to orient their Strategy Research Papers on topics appropriate to the programs 30-years in the future focus. Thirty years ago, the United States Army was deeply involved in Vietnam and in the Cold War. Officers could reasonably expect to serve repetitive tours in Southeast Asia interspersed with tours along either the Korean Demilitarized Zone or the Inter-German Border. The tension between sometimes guerrilla, sometimes major warfare in the Pacific and the prospects of nuclear war in Europe made any prognostications of a future like that which we currently enjoy an …

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A Guideline To Clinical Utility Of Prostate Specific Antigen, Walid A. Farhat, Aida A. Habbal, Raja B. Khauli Mar 2000

A Guideline To Clinical Utility Of Prostate Specific Antigen, Walid A. Farhat, Aida A. Habbal, Raja B. Khauli

Saudi Medical Journal

Prostate cancer has emerged as the most common tumor effecting adult men. In the USA, 300,000 cases each year, and some 40,000 deaths per year are expected from this disease. Once prostate cancer gets to an advanced stage, one cannot prevent its progression and cure is no longer possible. Thus, to effect the course of prostate cancer and to diminish the death rate from this disease, it should be detected at its early stages. The prostate specific antigen serum test is the best tumor marker present but it is certainly not perfect. The proper utility of prostate specific antigen testing, …

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The Development Of The 'Ethical' Ict Professional And The Vision Of An Ethical On-Line Society: How Far Have We Come And Where Are We Going?, Frances Grodzinsky Mar 2000

The Development Of The 'Ethical' Ict Professional And The Vision Of An Ethical On-Line Society: How Far Have We Come And Where Are We Going?, Frances Grodzinsky

School of Computer Science & Engineering Faculty Publications

It has been a decade since Computer Ethics came into prominence within the field of computer science and engineering, changing not only the profession but the classroom as well. The commercialization and globalization of the World Wide Web has impacted us all, both producers and consumers alike. What was once the province of the few has become the virtual society of the multitudes. Ethical issues concerning security, privacy, information, identity, community and equity of access once contained and localized, have assumed additional complexity in the global environment. Every day, the front pages of our newspapers and magazines report violations of …

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Design, Synthesis, And Evaluation Of A Novel Serine Protease Inhibitor Based On Monocyclic Β-Lactams, Ian M. Paquette Mar 2000

Design, Synthesis, And Evaluation Of A Novel Serine Protease Inhibitor Based On Monocyclic Β-Lactams, Ian M. Paquette

All Theses And Dissertations

Serine proteases are a large family of proteolytic enzymes which utilize a serine residue as a reactive nucleophile in the active site. Some of the more common serine proteases are chymotrypsin, trypsin, thrombin, human leukocyte elastase (HLE), human cathepsin G, and human cytomegalovirus protease (HCMV protease). Unregulated serine protease activity has been implicated in several common ailments, including rheumatoid arthritis, emphysema, pancreatitis, atherosclerosis, cystic fibrosis, and Alzheimer’s disease. Since serine proteases are responsible for the onset of such a wide range of diseases, there is an equivalent need for a large library of synthetic serine protease inhibitors to selectively counteract …

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2000-03-00 Newsletter, Morehead State University. Board Of Regents. Mar 2000

2000-03-00 Newsletter, Morehead State University. Board Of Regents.

Morehead State Board of Regents Agenda Books and Meeting Minutes

Board Briefs newsletter for March of 2000.

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Unraveling The Lining Of Erisa Health Insurer Pockets-A Vote For National Federal Common Law Adoption Of The Make Whole Doctrine, David M. Kono Mar 2000

Unraveling The Lining Of Erisa Health Insurer Pockets-A Vote For National Federal Common Law Adoption Of The Make Whole Doctrine, David M. Kono

BYU Law Review

No abstract provided.

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Latino Students And The Massachusetts Public Schools, Miren Uriarte, Lisa Chavez Mar 2000

Latino Students And The Massachusetts Public Schools, Miren Uriarte, Lisa Chavez

Gastón Institute Publications

This report presents basic information about Latino students in the public schools of Massachusetts. First, recent population data on Latino youth and public school enrollment are presented, highlighting those areas of the Commonwealth where Latinos are densely concentrated. The report then proceeds to the achievement of Latino students in the schools, highlighting recently published cohort dropout data and MCAS test results for Latinos. Finally, the report examines the after-high-school plans of Latino graduates.

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A Comparative Discussion Of The Notion Of 'Validity' In Qualitative And Quantitative Research, Glyn Winter Mar 2000

A Comparative Discussion Of The Notion Of 'Validity' In Qualitative And Quantitative Research, Glyn Winter

The Qualitative Report

The issues surrounding the use and nature of the term 'validity' in qualitative research are controversial and many. In this paper, the author attempts to establish that 'validity' is not a single, fixed or universal concept, but rather a contingent construct, inescapably grounded in the processes and intentions of particular research methodologies and projects. The first section of this work deals with the problems faced in defining 'validity' in both quantitative and qualitative research methods and will briefly review other authors' attempts to categorise it. The work will then proceed to distinguish and compare the claims to 'validity' made by …

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Modeling The Growth Dynamics Of Antarctic Krill Euphausia Superba, Eileen E. Hofmann, Cathy M. Lascara Mar 2000

Modeling The Growth Dynamics Of Antarctic Krill Euphausia Superba, Eileen E. Hofmann, Cathy M. Lascara

CCPO Publications

A time-dependent, size-structured, bioenergetically based model was developed to examine the growth dynamics of Antarctic krill Euphausia superba 2 to 60 mm in size. The metabolic processes included in the model are ingestion, a baseline respiration, respiratory losses due to feeding and digestion, and an activity-based respiration factor. The total of these processes, net production, was used as the basis for determining the growth or shrinkage of individuals. Size-dependent parameterizations for the metabolic processes were constructed from field and laboratory measurements. Environmental effects were included through time series of pelagic phytoplankton concentration that were derived from data sets collected west …

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At Issue: Trends In U.S. Technology Teacher Education Programs: Home Thoughts From Abroad, Kenneth S. Volk Mar 2000

At Issue: Trends In U.S. Technology Teacher Education Programs: Home Thoughts From Abroad, Kenneth S. Volk

Journal of STEM Teacher Education

No abstract provided.

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The Status Of Technology Education In Elementary Schools As Reported By Beginning Teachers, James J. Kirkwood Mar 2000

The Status Of Technology Education In Elementary Schools As Reported By Beginning Teachers, James J. Kirkwood

Journal of STEM Teacher Education

No abstract provided.

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Synthesis Of The Fungicide Propiconazole A Systemic Foliar Fungicide., Hazel Delaney Mar 2000

Synthesis Of The Fungicide Propiconazole A Systemic Foliar Fungicide., Hazel Delaney

Masters

Propiconazole, 1-[[2-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)-4-propyl-1, 3-dioxol-2-yl[methyl]-1H-1,2,4-triazole, commercially know as “Tilt” is a systemic foliar fungicide for cereals and is widely used in agriculture. The aim of this project was to develop an economically feasible process for the production of propiconazole and to maximise the yields of the intermediates in the developed process. Processes investigated included the original Ciba-Geigy process. In addition an investigation into the synthesis and characterisation of the impurities formed, and reported to be formed in each step of the reaction process was carried out and seven of the reported impurities were synthesised. One impurity was shown not to be present …

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March 1, 2000, The Daily Mississippian Mar 2000

March 1, 2000, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

No abstract provided.

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Conceptual Problems With Remote Element Synthesis, Oliver Manuel Mar 2000

Conceptual Problems With Remote Element Synthesis, Oliver Manuel

Chemistry Faculty Research & Creative Works

The notion of remote element synthesis has recently been modified to explain the presence of nucleogenetic isotopic anomalies and decay products of short-lived nuclides by injection of a small amount of exotic nucleogenetic material. Even with this modification, remote element synthesis seems inconsistent with the following observations: Evidence of coupled variations in the chemical and isotopic compositions of the source material for meteorites. Residual coupling of chemical and isotopic heterogeneities across planetary distances in the solar system today. The mass-fractionation relationship seen across isotopes of elements in the planetary system, in the solar wind, and in solar flares. Linkage of …

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A High Energy X-Ray And Neutron Scattering Study Of Iron Phosphate Glasses Containing Uranium, Mevlüt Karabulut, G. K. Marasinghe, C. S. Ray, Y. S. Badyal, M.-L. Saboungi, S. Shastri, D. Haeffner, George Daniel Waddill, D. E. Day Mar 2000

A High Energy X-Ray And Neutron Scattering Study Of Iron Phosphate Glasses Containing Uranium, Mevlüt Karabulut, G. K. Marasinghe, C. S. Ray, Y. S. Badyal, M.-L. Saboungi, S. Shastri, D. Haeffner, George Daniel Waddill, D. E. Day

Materials Science and Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

The atomic structure of iron phosphate glasses containing uranium has been studied by complementary neutron and x-ray scattering techniques. by combining x-ray and neutron structure factors, detailed information about different pair interactions has been obtained. Most of the basic structural features such as coordination numbers and O-O and P-O distances in uranium containing glasses are the same as those in the base glass of batch composition 40Fe2O3-60P2O5 (mol %). However, the Fe-O distances change slightly with the addition of uranium. The observed structural parameters support a structural model in which the waste elements occupy voids in the Fe-O-P network, hence, …

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Photoelectron Diffraction Determination Of The Structure Of Ultrathin Vanadium Films On Cu(001), George Daniel Waddill, D. P. Moore, Osman Ozturk Mar 2000

Photoelectron Diffraction Determination Of The Structure Of Ultrathin Vanadium Films On Cu(001), George Daniel Waddill, D. P. Moore, Osman Ozturk

Physics Faculty Research & Creative Works

X-ray photoelectron diffraction (XPD) and low-energy electron diffraction (LEED) have been used to study the structural properties of V thin films on Cu(001). For room-temperature growth, submonolayer coverages result in (1x1) LEED patterns that evolve to exhibit very diffuse (2x1) structure at approximately 1 monolayer coverage. We do not observe any V forward-focusing enhancements for V films that exhibit either the (1x1) or (2x1) structure, suggesting that these structures are limited to the first 1-2 vanadium layers. At coverages above 1 monolayer, the V films display complex LEED patterns characteristic of four bcc(110) domains. This structure persists to V coverages …

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Sap Implementation At The University Of Nebraska, T. Sieber, Keng Siau, Fiona Fui-Hoon Nah, M. Sieber Mar 2000

Sap Implementation At The University Of Nebraska, T. Sieber, Keng Siau, Fiona Fui-Hoon Nah, M. Sieber

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

The University Community will have access to information, including human, physical, and financial, through an integrated administrative system. The system will be user-driven and flexible in a seamless and distributed environment to support efficient and effective business processes necessary to accommodate the mission of the University and its campuses.

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Testing Of The New Usgs K Index Algorithm At Bear Lake Observatory, Ariel O. Acebal Mar 2000

Testing Of The New Usgs K Index Algorithm At Bear Lake Observatory, Ariel O. Acebal

Theses and Dissertations

The K index was developed by Bartels in 1939 as an estimate of the level of geomagnetic activity caused by the Sun. This index was computed manually every three hours at geomagnetic observatories using the magnetic traces of the surface planetary magnetic field. In 1991, the International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy approved four additional methods to compute the K index; all of them were computer algorithms. One of the approved methods, the Wilson code, recently underwent some modifications. The new algorithm is now part of a Windows-based computer program being developed by the United States Geological Survey (USGS). After …

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The Evaluation Of Competing Classifiers, Stephen G. Alsing Mar 2000

The Evaluation Of Competing Classifiers, Stephen G. Alsing

Theses and Dissertations

This dissertation research makes contributions towards the objective evaluation of competing classifiers, i.e., classification systems (CSs) or pattern recognition algorithms. Automatic CSs have been under development for almost 40 years in a wide range of military and medical applications. During this period, scientists and engineers have developed extensive theory and algorithms for classification, but by comparison have focused little on the testing and evaluation of their systems. Classifier evaluation is very important in the fields of automatic target recognition (ATR) and pilot workload classification. In order for military operators to be confident in new CSs, they must have an objective …

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