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Evolutionary Multi-Objective Decision Support Systems For Conceptual Design, Dragan Cvetkovic

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics Theses

In this thesis the problem of conceptual engineering design and the possible use of adaptive search techniques and other machine based methods therein are explored. For the multi-objective optimisation (MOO) within conceptual design problem, genetic algorithms (GA) adapted to MOO are used and various techniques explored: weighted sums, lexicographic order, Pareto method with and without ranking, VEGA-like approaches etc. Large number of runs are performed for findingZ Dth e optimal configuration and setting of the GA parameters. A novel method, weighted Pareto method is introduced and applied to a real-world optimisation problem. Decision support methods within conceptual engineering design framework …

Data Points Or Cultural Entities: A Gis-Based Archaeological Predictive Model In A Post-Positivist Framework., Linwood Jesse Rouse

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Archaeological predictive models have been used in conjunction with sampling strategies, in large scale archaeological surveys, for over thirty years. During this time, these models have undergone many conceptual and theoretical changes. Archaeological predictive models stemmed from the positivist Processual Archaeology, but the shift from positivism has precipitated the need to reconsider the ideas from which they are based. There is a general trend within the current spectrum of ideologies to support the importance of cultural information in archaeological research. The following research contends that cultural information has not been utilized to its full extent in archaeological models and that …

Development Of System Parameters For Enhanced Cutting And Finishing Of Handglass Using A Carbon Dioxide Laser., Christopher Edward Thompson

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

In handglass manufacturing, a need has been identified for a more efficient method to crack off glassware. Extended cutting and finishing times and high rates of breakage in the glassware hinder current methods. For example, due to the physical nature of thermal cracking, crack-off is not easily controlled and after separation is achieved, further finishing of the glassware is required. Depending on the glass properties and worker skill level, losses due to breakage can be as high as 80 percent in some product lines. The Laser Glass Cutting Machine (LGCM) is a joint project among the National Energy Technology Laboratory …

An Electromagnetic Field Model For The Design Of Rf Reed Relays, Robert Anthony Harrison

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics Theses

A model of the electromechanical characteristics, electrostatic characteristics and coil eddy current losses of a reed relay was developed. These characteristics were returned from reed and coil dimensions. The model was intended as an aid to the design of reed relays for Radio Frequency (RF) and high voltage applications. An electromechanical model of a reed switch and coil was developed using a combination of an axisymmetric finite element model and analytical methods. The characteristics returned from this model were operate, release and differential amp turns, contact gap and contact force. Inclusion of results for contact resistance against contact force yielded …

(2000.2) Making Sense Of My World: Instructional Manual To Accompany 'Pixie' (Teacher Manual), Ann Margaret Sharp, Laurance J. Splitter

Collected Papers of Ann Margaret Sharp

Through a range of exercises and discussion plans, Making Sense of My World helps teachers encourage children to think more deeply about the world around them, and to explore the philosophical concepts attached to their daily experience. What makes something real? What makes a 'best' friend? Together with the companion novel The Doll Hospital, Making Sene of My World is an ideal starting point for primary school children and philosophy.

(2000.4) Discovering Our Voice: Instructional Manual To Accompany 'Geraldo', Ann Margaret Sharp, Laurance J. Splitter

Collected Papers of Ann Margaret Sharp

Geraldo is a story about what an immigrant undergoes when he leaves one culture and tries to 'join' another culture. An immigrant suffers a triple disruption: he loses his sense of place, he enters into an alien language, and he finds himself surrounded by beings whose social behavior, norms and traditions are very unlike, and sometimes even offensive to his own. The explanation of the leading ideas in this manual help students and teachers explore the philosophical themes in Geraldo. The discussion plans, exercises, and activities are designed to foster and cultivate the process of philosophical dialogue in the classroom.

(2000) Concepts, Communities And The Tools Of Good Thinking, Laurance J. Splitter

Collected Papers of Laurance J. Splitter

There is a strong connection, both pedagogic and conceptual, between the discipline of philosophy and the practice of thinking – or more precisely, the normative practice of good thinking. An understanding of this connection lends weight to the argument that philosophy needs to be a regular part of the educational landscape, not just for a tiny minority of college students, but for the overwhelming majority of school students – younger the better. Philosophical inquiry has three dimensions: an appropriate classroom environment (patterns of interaction), appropriate tools and strategies (specific cognitive and meta-cognitive moves), and content which is intriguing and accessible …

(2000) Making Sense Of My World: Teacher Manual For 'The Doll Hospital', Ann Margaret Sharp, Laurance J. Splitter

Collected Papers of Laurance J. Splitter

Through a range of exercises and discussion plans, Making Sense of My World helps teachers encourage children to think more deeply about the world around them, and to explore the philosophical concepts attached to their daily experience. What makes something real? What makes a 'best' friend? Together with the companion novel The Doll Hospital, Making Sene of My World is an ideal starting point for primary school children and philosophy.

Download The Doll Hospital novel here.

Tracy L. Miller V. Larry T. Miller : Reply Brief, Utah Court Of Appeals

Utah Court of Appeals Briefs (1996–2006)

On Appeal from a Judgment of the Third Judicial District Court for Salt Lake County, State of Utah Honorable David S. Young, District Judge

Roger K. Eggett, Jr. V. Wasatch Energy Corporation : Brief Of Appellee, Utah Court Of Appeals

Utah Court of Appeals Briefs (1996–2006)

Appeal from a Final Judgment of the Third District Court of Salt Lake County State of Utah Judge David S. Young

Salt Lake V. Larsen : Brief Of Appellee, Utah Court Of Appeals

Utah Court of Appeals Briefs (1996–2006)

Appeal from a conviction and judgment of Cruising in violation of Salt Lake City ordinance 12.12.090, an infraction, in the Third District Court, Salt Lake Department, State of Utah, the Honorable Robert K. Hilder, Judge, presiding.

Criminal Procedure: The Fourth Amendment Collides With The Problem Of Child Pornography And The Internet, Amy E. Wells

Oklahoma Law Review

No abstract provided.

Constitutional Law: United States V. Balsys: Setting A Boundary For The Self-Incrimination Clause, Melinda S. Blackman

Oklahoma Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Arbitrary Path Of Due Process, Harry F. Tepker Jr.

Oklahoma Law Review

No abstract provided.

There Is A Method(Ology) To This Madness: A Review And Analysis Of Feedback In The Clinical Process, Victor M. Goode

Oklahoma Law Review

No abstract provided.

Siegfried Pollesche, Sheryl Holmes V. Mountain Tech Mill & Cabinet : Brief Of Appellant, Utah Court Of Appeals

Utah Court of Appeals Briefs (1996–2006)

Brief of Appellant

A.K.&R. Whipple Plumbing And Heating V. Thomas D. Guy, Aspen Construction : Brief Of Appellant, Utah Court Of Appeals

Utah Court of Appeals Briefs (1996–2006)

Appeal from an Order of the Third Judicial District Court Summit County, Utah The Honorable Frank G. Noel, Presiding

Roger K. Eggett, Jr. V. Wasatch Energy Corporation : Reply Brief, Utah Court Of Appeals

Utah Court of Appeals Briefs (1996–2006)

Appeal from a Final Judgment of the Third District Court of Salt Lake County, State of Utah Judge David S. Young

Mckenzie V. Mckenzie : Brief Of Appellee, Utah Court Of Appeals

Utah Court of Appeals Briefs (1996–2006)

No abstract provided.

Jeannie Stringam V. Morris Myers, Et Al. : Reply Brief, Utah Court Of Appeals

Utah Court of Appeals Briefs (1996–2006)

Appeal from the January 31, 2000, FINAL ORDER AND JUDGMENT of the Fourth Judicial District Court, Utah County, State of Utah, Honorable Guy Burningham, Judge, Presiding

Jeannie Stringam V. Morris Myers, Et Al. : Reply Brief, Utah Court Of Appeals

Utah Court of Appeals Briefs (1996–2006)

APPELLEE JEANNIE STRINGAM'S REPLY BRIEF APPEAL FROM THE JANUARY 31,2000, FINAL ORDER AND .JUDGMENT, AND THE FEBRUARY 4, 2000, ADDENDUM TO FINAL JUDGMENT AND ORDER.

State Of Utah V. Dan Appis : Brief Of Appellee, Utah Court Of Appeals

Utah Court of Appeals Briefs (1996–2006)

APPEAL FROM A SENTENCE ENTERED ON A GUILTY PLEA TO THEFT, A THIRD DEGREE FELONY, IN VIOLATION OF UTAH CODE ANN. § 76-6-404 (1973), IN THE SEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT OF GRAND COUNTY, STATE OF UTAH, THE HONORABLE LYLE R. ANDERSON, PRESIDING

Temperature Dependence Of Vickers Microhardness And Creep Study Of In_X Bi_{2-X} Te_3 Crystals, G. R. Pandya, S. R. Bhavsar, C. F. Desai

Turkish Journal of Physics

Temperature dependence of Vickers microhardness of ln$_x$ Bi$_{2-x}$ Te$_3$ single crystals with x ranging from 0.1 to 0.5 has been studied. Loading time dependence of microhardness at different temperatures has been used for creep study in the temperature range 300 K to 400 K. The activation energy for indentation creep of the crystals has been evaluated.

Solar Observations Made At The Malatya Station With Danjon Astrolabe, Orhan Gölbaşi, Hüseyi̇n Kiliç, Fernand Chollet

Turkish Journal of Physics

The first results of astrometric solar observations made at the Malatya Station with a modified version of the Paris Observatory astrolabe are presented. This campaign was conducted as part of a cooperation between Inonü University and the Paris Observatory. The astrolabe, exactly the same as the one at Santiago de Chile [1], uses two reflecting prisms instead of transparent prisms in order to be able to observe at two zenith distances of 30^o and 60^o. The time is supplied by a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver. The measurements (Table 1, 2) made between 1993 and 1994, were used in obtaining …

Thickness Dependence Of C/A Polytwin Structures Observed In Epitaxial Oxide Ferroelectric Thin Films, S. Pami̇r Alpay, Alexander L. Roytburd

Turkish Journal of Physics

Ferroelectric or ferroelastic epitaxial films undergoing a cubic-to-tetragonal phase transformation usually relax the resultant strain energy due to lattice misfit by forming a polytwin (polydomain) structure. Polydomain formation occurs at the expense of building interdomain interfaces and microstresses which develop at the film-substrate interface due to the periodic deviation of the strain. The interplay between these components results in a critical thickness for domain formation below which the polydomain structure is not stable. In this article, we investigate the film thickness dependence of a polydomain structure using a thermodynamical approach.

The Interaction Of The Dipole Moment Of The Water Molecule With The Interface States Of The Cuprous Oxide/Cupric Oxide Junction, Necmi̇ Seri̇n, Tülay Seri̇n, Basri̇ Ünal

Turkish Journal of Physics

An Au/CuO/Cu$_{2}$O/Cu sandwich structure has been obtained by growing successive Cu$_{2}$O and CuO layers on a Cu sheet. A gold metal contact was formed CuO side at pressure of $1\times10^{-6}$ Torr. Current-voltage characteristics and capacitance of the system were seen to change over a great extent due to the presence of humidity. The effect of the humidity on Au/CuO/Cu$_{2}$O/Cu is explored through the effect of water's dipole moment.

Two-Photon Absorption In Size-Quantized Semiconductors With Degenerated Valence Band, T. G. Ismailov, M. A. Bagirov, B. Ünal

Turkish Journal of Physics

Two photon absorption in size-quantized films of semiconductors with degenerated band structures are investigated. The carrier energy spectrum and wavefunctions in the bands are calculated using two-band Kane model with spin taken into accont. Two-photon absorption coefficients for different polarizations of incident radiations are calculated. The strong dependence of two-photon absorption on polarizations are stated.

Canonical Quantisation Of The Sl(2,R)/ U(1) Gauged Wznw Black Hole Model, Christopher Ford, George Jorjadze, Gerhard Weigt

Turkish Journal of Physics

Gauged WZNW models are integrable conformal field theories with non-local canonical free-field transformations. Canonical quantisation requires quantum deformations.

Gauge Transformations In General Relativity - A Report, L. C. Shepley, J. M. Pons, D. C. Salisbury

Turkish Journal of Physics

We take as our basic principle that the Lagrangian and the Hamiltonian formulations of general relativity should be equivalent. It is then possible to choose the gauge transformations so as to be projectable under the Legendre map from configuration-velocity space (the tangent bundle) to phase space (the cotangent bundle). This projectability requirement then implies that gauge transformations in general relativity (we study in particular spacetimes with a Yang-Mills field) must depend in a specific way on the lapse and shift of the metric. This talk outlines the arguments and presents some of the results of the application of these principles.

The Radius Cutoff For Relativistic Clusters, M. Hafizi

Turkish Journal of Physics

In this work we consider an isothermic relativistic kinetic gas under relativistic conditions, as a model for high center density galaxies. We apply the radius cutoff of the Emden type, in order to remove infinities. Numerically we find some theoretical configurations with very high values of masses concentrated in small volumes. Profiles of some thermodynamic quantities such as density, presure, will be independent from the choice of radius cutoff, whereas temperature and gravitational potential depend essentially on the cutoff value.