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Racists, Skinheads And Gay-Bashers Beware: Congress Joins The Battle Against Hate Crimes By Proposing The Hate Crimes Prevention Act Of 1999, Kristen M. Jasket Jan 2000

Racists, Skinheads And Gay-Bashers Beware: Congress Joins The Battle Against Hate Crimes By Proposing The Hate Crimes Prevention Act Of 1999, Kristen M. Jasket

Seton Hall Journal of Legislation and Public Policy

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Beyond The Dipole Approximation: Angular-Distribution Effects In The 1s Photoemission From Small Molecules, Dennis W. Lindle, Oliver Hemmers, H. Wang, P. Focke, I. A. Sellin, J. D. Mills, J. A. Sheehy, P. W. Langhoff Jan 2000

Beyond The Dipole Approximation: Angular-Distribution Effects In The 1s Photoemission From Small Molecules, Dennis W. Lindle, Oliver Hemmers, H. Wang, P. Focke, I. A. Sellin, J. D. Mills, J. A. Sheehy, P. W. Langhoff

Environmental Studies Faculty Publications

Over the past two decades, the dipole approximation has facilitated a basic understanding of the photoionization process in atoms and molecules. Recent experiments on the 1s inner shells of small molecules at relatively low photon energies (⩽ 1000 eV) show strong nondipole effects. They are significant and measurable at energies close to threshold, in conflict with a common assumption that the dipole approximation is valid for photon energies below 1 keV.

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U.N. Security Counsel Membership: A New Proposal For A Twenty-First Century Council, Michael J. Kelly Jan 2000

U.N. Security Counsel Membership: A New Proposal For A Twenty-First Century Council, Michael J. Kelly

Seton Hall Law Review

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The Virtues Of Command And Control Regulation: Barring Exotic Species From Aquatic Ecosystems, Sandra B. Zellmer Jan 2000

The Virtues Of Command And Control Regulation: Barring Exotic Species From Aquatic Ecosystems, Sandra B. Zellmer

Faculty Law Review Articles

The Clean Water Act asserts the ambitious goal of eliminating water pollution and protecting the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of U.S. waters. Yet the EPA, in enforcing the Act, currently exempts from regulation a significant source of pollution in U.S. waters: ballast-water discharges from commercial shipping vessels. Ballast water from commercial vessels is a primary vector for the introduction of exotic plant and animal species into U.S. waters. The invasion of these species poses an increasing threat to native biodiversity; the invaders prey directly on native fish and wildlife, compete for food and habitat, and introduce disease and parasites …

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Effects Of Preservice Peer Coaching On Student Teachers In Special Education, Kit-Hung Lee Jan 2000

Effects Of Preservice Peer Coaching On Student Teachers In Special Education, Kit-Hung Lee

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to investigate the implementation of a peer coaching program among Traditional and Non-Traditional student teachers and to compare their subsequent teaching behaviors and attitude toward peer coaching. The variables investigated through direct class observation were effective and ineffective teaching behaviors using the criteria of the Florida Performance Measurement System (FPMS). Attitude toward peer coaching was investigated using survey methodology; Data analysis indicated the following findings. There was a statistically significant ordinal interaction effect between the group and timing of the assessment in effective teaching behaviors after participation in peer coaching. There was neither a …

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Spin And Charge Response To Magnetic Frustration In The Hubbard Model, Yang Liu Jan 2000

Spin And Charge Response To Magnetic Frustration In The Hubbard Model, Yang Liu

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Unusual normal-state properties of strongly correlated electron materials have been discovered in recent years. They can not be explained by traditional theories. Much work has been devoted to exploring the physical insight into these properties. In the dissertation, the study of spin and charge response to magnetic frustration in the Hubbard Model is presented. Using exact diagonalization techniques, the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of a two-dimensional Hubbard model applied to a cluster with periodic boundary conditions have been obtained. Static and dynamic spin and charge correlation functions as well as one-particle excitation spectra have been calculated. The effects of magnetic frustration …

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A Case Study Of The Information Environment For School Leadership Preparation Project, R. Karlene Mccormick-Lee Jan 2000

A Case Study Of The Information Environment For School Leadership Preparation Project, R. Karlene Mccormick-Lee

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

The Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium (1996) noted that the social fabric of schools is changing. School administrators are faced with new challenges, provided new opportunities to implement reform, and required to learn new technology skills (Means, Olsen, & Singh, 1995; Streifer, 1999). Potentially universities play an invaluable role in preparing educators to use technology effectively. However, studies suggest that universities are far from realizing that potential (O'Flahavan, 1988; Lemke, 1999; Roblyer & Erlanger, 1999). A nation-wide survey found that the integration of instructional technology across disciplines and the use of technology to solve real-world problems were the most important …

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Public Perceptions Of Quick-Care Clinic And Hospital Emergency Department Capabilities: A Pre-Illness And Injury Analysis, Paul D Shapiro Jan 2000

Public Perceptions Of Quick-Care Clinic And Hospital Emergency Department Capabilities: A Pre-Illness And Injury Analysis, Paul D Shapiro

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

This dissertation examines the public and medical professionals' perceptions of the capabilities of quick-care clinic and hospital emergency departments. A probability-based survey was administered to three hundred and sixty-six adults in the Las Vegas metropolitan area detailing twenty-one medical conditions ranging in severity from an ingrown toenail to a child not breathing. For each scenario the respondent was asked to select either a hospital emergency department or a quick-care clinic as the appropriate facility for the proper treatment of each medical condition. Their responses were then compared to a medical benchmark which was established by a sample of one hundred …

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Using Comics To Teach Multiple Meaning Of Words, Robin Carin Stall Jan 2000

Using Comics To Teach Multiple Meaning Of Words, Robin Carin Stall

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of the study was to investigate the efficacy of using comics to teach the multiple meanings of words to students with language and learning disabilities. Three research hypotheses were tested: (1) there will be a statistically significant difference in learning multiple meanings of words between subjects who received instruction with comics and subjects who received instruction without comics; (2) there will be a statistically significant increase in the subjects' perceived abilities to learn and remember words with multiple meanings after instruction using comics; and (3) there will be a statistically significant change in the subjects' interest in reading …

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A Descriptive Study Of Enrollment Marketing Strategies For Four -Year Public Colleges And Universities, Becky Lynn Watson Jan 2000

A Descriptive Study Of Enrollment Marketing Strategies For Four -Year Public Colleges And Universities, Becky Lynn Watson

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Choosing a college education is only one of many choices a student has for post-secondary education or training. The current change in the university campus environment is creating a change in the marketing environment. A higher education institution must continually adapt its marketing efforts to keep pace with the changing needs of its constituency---the students. The institution must know its public and its market to be able to attract adequate resources and convert them into services for its public. The nature and function of higher educational institutions is changing due to changes in the attitudes of the consumer. Higher education …

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Frustrated Spin -1/2 Two-Leg And Three-Leg Antiferromagnetic Heisenberg Ladders, Ningsheng Zhu Jan 2000

Frustrated Spin -1/2 Two-Leg And Three-Leg Antiferromagnetic Heisenberg Ladders, Ningsheng Zhu

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

The goal of this project is to study the ground-state properties of frustrated spin-1/2 two- and three-leg Heisenberg ladders, and to investigate possible effects of diagonal couplings on spin gaps. The ground-state and the first-excited-state energies of these two systems are calculated systematically by using the density matrix renormalization group method. The ground state phase diagrams for these two systems are obtained. For the frustrated two-leg ladder, we found that the spin gap is insensitive to the change of the FM diagonal coupling constant. This is in agreement with experimental suggestions. For the frustrated three-leg ladder, we conclusively proved that …

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Design Of A Fuzzy Logic Controller For Swing-Damped Transport Of An Overhead Crane Payload, Michael James Nalley Jan 2000

Design Of A Fuzzy Logic Controller For Swing-Damped Transport Of An Overhead Crane Payload, Michael James Nalley

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Transportation using overhead cranes can excite undesirable payload swinging. These oscillations have to be damped before other payload manipulation is done. A swing-damped motion profile based on the natural frequency of the payload is used to minimize swing excitation. In addition, a fuzzy logic controller is used to move the overhead crane along a desired path while ensuring that the payload is swing-free at the end of the motion. The control action is divided between displacement and swing controllers to simplify controller tuning for optimal performance. Examples, along with comparisons with a PD controller, are included, as well as related …

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From Hiroshima To Three-Mile-Island: Three Decades Of Nuclear Power Opposition Rhetoric In The United States, Theodore Erik Olds Jan 2000

From Hiroshima To Three-Mile-Island: Three Decades Of Nuclear Power Opposition Rhetoric In The United States, Theodore Erik Olds

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Rhetoric associated with the development of nuclear power in the United States was analyzed over 3-decades in order to better understand the beginnings and constituents of the rhetoric associated with anti-nuclear power perspectives. An amalgamation of existing historical/rhetorical methods utilized by Gamson and Modigliani (1989) and Darsey (1991) were employed. Progressive interpretive anti-nuclear rhetorical packages were identified for corresponding historical periods within the 34-year period. Historical periods were segmented by catalytic events, or incidents important to nuclear power development which also presented opportunities for anti-nuclear power rhetoric. The analysis reveals four individual rhetorical packages: (1) Pandora's Box; (2) Mirage; (3) …

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Test Result Use In The Elementary Classroom, Kevan Eileen Ommen Jan 2000

Test Result Use In The Elementary Classroom, Kevan Eileen Ommen

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

This study examines elementary teacher use of district curriculum-based test results in making instructional decisions. A questionnaire was developed and distributed to elementary teachers asking about their routine practices when using test results, their comfort level in doing so, and training they have received. Returns from 944 teachers were analyzed, and it was determined some concerns exist related to the interpretation and use of test information by elementary teachers. It was concluded that teachers may need training to improve their skills in test result interpretation, and the formats used by school districts to distribute test results may need modification. In …

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Sequence Stratigraphy And Biostratigraphy Of The Lower Member Of The Deep Spring Formation: Implications For The Neoproterozoic-Cambrian Boundary In The Basin And Range Province, Western United States, Shannon Michelle Parsons Jan 2000

Sequence Stratigraphy And Biostratigraphy Of The Lower Member Of The Deep Spring Formation: Implications For The Neoproterozoic-Cambrian Boundary In The Basin And Range Province, Western United States, Shannon Michelle Parsons

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

The Deep Spring Formation of the southern Basin and Range Province provides information valuable in locating and correlating the Precambrian-Cambrian boundary in western North America. Sequence-stratigraphic analysis of the lower Deep Spring Formation revealed three sequence boundaries. The proposed sequence-stratigraphic model includes early highstand slumps, a feature interpreted to be unique to mixed systems, which form at the onset of the Highstand Systems Tract; This study identified the small shelly fossil Cloudina in the lower Deep Spring Formation. Cloudina was previously unrecognized at this stratigraphic level in the Basin and Range. This Neoproterozoic fossil is associated in the lower Deep …

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Television Crime Drama Program Viewing And O J Simpson Bias: Applying The Cultivation Theory, Allan Pearlstein Jan 2000

Television Crime Drama Program Viewing And O J Simpson Bias: Applying The Cultivation Theory, Allan Pearlstein

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

According to media critics, no criminal event has ever received as much publicity as the O. J. Simpson double murder case. The purpose of conducting this research was to apply the cultivation analysis theory to the O. J. Simpson case to see if heavy daily television viewers, heavy viewers of crime drama programs both realistic and fictional, and heavy newspaper and magazine readers expressed guilt against O. J. Simpson With the assistance from personnel at the Clark County Courthouse in Las Vegas, Nevada, the researcher administered 205 survey questionnaires to summoned jurors who were released from jury service. A negative …

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The Effect Of Electrically Induced Strength Training On Triceps Brachii Strength, Kami Nicole Prince Jan 2000

The Effect Of Electrically Induced Strength Training On Triceps Brachii Strength, Kami Nicole Prince

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Twenty-seven apparently healthy females volunteered for the study to compare the effects of neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) (N = 7), traditional isotonic weight training (N = 9) and NMES combined with isotonic weight training (N = 11) on triceps branchii strength. Strength was measured isotonically (1-RM) and isometrically (MVIC). The Weight and Weight/NMES groups performed 3 sets of 8 to 10 reps at 60% of 1-RM, 3 times per week. The NMES group received NMES 3 times per week. All groups were pre- and post-tested to determine 1-RM and Mvic Strength was also tested after four weeks, in order to …

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Visitor Attitudes And Behaviors At A Park And Recreation Setting In Their Relation To Deteriorating Environments, Hong Chul Shin Jan 2000

Visitor Attitudes And Behaviors At A Park And Recreation Setting In Their Relation To Deteriorating Environments, Hong Chul Shin

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to evaluate attitudes and behaviors of parks and recreation visitors related to environmentally harmful behavior in fragile parks and recreation areas. T-Test and Chi-Square analyses are utilized in finding visitors' attitudes and behaviors. The findings of this study were to provide implications for management in the development of appropriate management actions.

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Accessibility To Long-Term Care: A Comparison Of Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada And Clark County, Nevada, Schuyler Van Rensselaer Quick Jan 2000

Accessibility To Long-Term Care: A Comparison Of Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada And Clark County, Nevada, Schuyler Van Rensselaer Quick

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

There has been extensive debate in this country on the ability of the health care system to adequately distribute Long Term Care (LTC) to the elderly. Three perspectives have emerged to explain current problems in access to LTC by the elderly indigent: The Market Model Perspective, Weber's Bureaucratic Perspective, and the Neo-Marxist Perspective. This study will assess these three theories, by examining constraints to accessibility within two systems, Canada and the United States. The LTC delivery service systems of the Fredericton region of New Brunswick and Clark County, Nevada, were examined in the summer and fall of 1992, to ascertain …

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The Effects Of Animated Practice On Mental Rotation Tests, Russell Winsor Smith Jan 2000

The Effects Of Animated Practice On Mental Rotation Tests, Russell Winsor Smith

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Mental rotation tests have been used to study the underlying process of mental imagery. In an attempt to better understand the nature of mental rotation, this study looked at the effects of practice with using animated feedback. A group with animated feedback, a group with non-animated feedback, and a control group were compared using a pretest-posttest design. The combined practice groups performed significantly better than the control group on both reaction time and accuracy. However, there were no significant differences between the animated and the non-animated groups. The animated group did perform significantly better on the posttest than the control …

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Permutation Polynomials And Systems Of Permutation Polynomials In Several Variables Over Finite Rings, Angela Marie Starr Jan 2000

Permutation Polynomials And Systems Of Permutation Polynomials In Several Variables Over Finite Rings, Angela Marie Starr

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

This paper will present the historical development of theorems regarding permutation polynomials in several variables over finite fields. Single variable permutation polynomials will be discussed since they are so important to the discussions which will follow. Theorems involving permutation polynomials and systems of permutation polynomials will also be considered. It will be shown that many of the interesting results obtained for finite fields can be generalized to finite rings.

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Political Control Over Special Districts In Local Government: A Case Study Of The Las Vegas - Clark County Library District, John Thompson Stephens Jan 2000

Political Control Over Special Districts In Local Government: A Case Study Of The Las Vegas - Clark County Library District, John Thompson Stephens

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

This thesis examines the Las Vegas - Clark County Library District over the five year period from 1991 to 1995. Based on interviews, local media coverage and budgetary data, the work traces the development of the library district during its most turbulent times. As a case study of special districts or "functional feudalities", the Las Vegas - Clark County Library District provides an excellent microcosm for understanding competing elites, interest group politics, budgetary problems, and public perception as determinants of policy made by a non-elected governing board.

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The Effects Of Spiritual Care Nursing Education On Nurses' Comfort In The Delivery Of Spiritual Care, Carmen E Sterling-Fisher Jan 2000

The Effects Of Spiritual Care Nursing Education On Nurses' Comfort In The Delivery Of Spiritual Care, Carmen E Sterling-Fisher

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Spiritual care of patients has been an important part of nursing since Florence Nightingale's days, although the spiritual nature of nursing care is often overlooked in today's nursing community. According to Highfield (1992) and Lilley (1987), issues regarding the physical and psychosocial aspects of nursing care continue to predominate nursing literature despite the long standing documented value of spiritual aspects of nursing care (Burkhardt and Nagai-Jacobson, 1994; Robinson, 1994 and Ross, 1994), resulting in limited available learning opportunities related to spiritual care. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of an educational intervention concerning spiritual nursing care …

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Ocr-Directed Evaluation Of Binarization Techniques, Diego Antonio Vinas Jan 2000

Ocr-Directed Evaluation Of Binarization Techniques, Diego Antonio Vinas

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

The objective of this work is to study different binarization methods and to investigate their effect on the performance of OCR systems. Two sets of document images and four OCR systems were used to study several binarization algorithms. The simplest method that chooses the median value of the gray levels, i.e., 127 from 256 levels, as the global threshold value did not work well unless the scanner characteristic matched with the nature of a collection of documents by chance. The best-fixed method uses the global threshold value that minimizes the number of overall errors for a combination of an OCR …

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Control Of Multiple Tele-Operated Robotic Bridge Transporters For Remote Handling Of Hazardous Material, T. R Venkatesh Jan 2000

Control Of Multiple Tele-Operated Robotic Bridge Transporters For Remote Handling Of Hazardous Material, T. R Venkatesh

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

The objective of this research is to develop control of a multiple telerobot system based on Direct Numerical Processing Technology and propose a practically implementable collision avoidance algorithm for two gantry type robots sharing a common workspace; The tele-operatic set-up consists of two Robotic Bridge Transporters which are X-Y-Z positioning overhead bridge type cranes. These cranes consisting of three sub-assemblies for the X, Y and Z motions respectively are actuated by brushless servo drive motors. The DC motors are controlled by Modicon FA3240 automation controllers from a supervisory control station equipped with computer graphics based human-machine interface. Teleoperation is achieved …

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Experimental Investigation Of Natural Convection About Drift-Emplaced Waste Canisters, Qun Wang Jan 2000

Experimental Investigation Of Natural Convection About Drift-Emplaced Waste Canisters, Qun Wang

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Drift-emplaced waste canisters are under consideration for the long-term storage of high-level spent fuel in the proposed underground repository at Yucca Mountain. These canisters will be placed on pedestals above the floor of the drift and exchange heat with the wall of the drift with air circulating through the repository. To assess the requirements for repository energy management and the ventilation system, flow visualization and heat transfer experiments for natural convection were performed. The experiments used both the smoke generation and the dye injection techniques to obtain the natural convection patterns for 4.9 {dollar}\times{dollar} 10{dollar}\sp4{dollar} {dollar}\le{dollar} Ra{dollar}\sb{\rm d}{dollar} {dollar}\le{dollar} 1.6 …

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An Augustinian Analysis Of The Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, Jon Mcclendon White Jan 2000

An Augustinian Analysis Of The Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, Jon Mcclendon White

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Applying the Christian principles of depraved human nature, expectation of detrimental behavior from irrational actors, and rational attempts to limit the destructiveness of war, Augustine would conclude that the declared nuclear weapons states have a moral obligation to prevent proliferation of nuclear weapons. Laws suitable to the needs of the times are the appropriate method for accomplishing this. The pending Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) is one such law. Because the CTBT bans all nuclear explosions and establishes an intrusive inspection scheme, it will have an impact on the U. S. Department of Energy (DoE). DoE should respond by participating …

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Bankruptcy Prediction: A Model For The Casino Industry, David William Patterson Jan 2000

Bankruptcy Prediction: A Model For The Casino Industry, David William Patterson

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

This study shows the development of a discriminant model to predict failure or non-failure in the casino industry. The objective of the study is to provide a model developed for the casino industry using financial data from a sample of failed and nonfailed casinos. The data was provided by the Nevada Gaming Control Board from information they collect from all licensed casinos with over {dollar}1 million in annual revenue; The theoretical model developed for the study includes five constructs that indicate success or failure in the casino business. The five constructs are: Management, Location, Ambiance, Marketing and Financial Strength. Due …

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A Qualitative Investigation Of The Long -Term Effects Of A Staff Development Project On Two Middle School Science Teachers' Literacy Practices, Lisa Patel Stevens Jan 2000

A Qualitative Investigation Of The Long -Term Effects Of A Staff Development Project On Two Middle School Science Teachers' Literacy Practices, Lisa Patel Stevens

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

The focus of this study was to explore the changes in literacy practice that occurred after two middle school science teachers completed their participation in a long-term staff development project on content area literacy. There were two participants in this study, were a sixth-grade life science teacher in her 22nd year of teaching, and an eighth grade physical science teacher in her 4th year of teaching. Multiple data sources were collected, including field notes from the staff development meetings, interviews of participants and other school personnel, classroom observations, descriptive surveys, lesson plans, exit slips and evaluation forms; Qualitative methodologies were …

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Density Functional Calculations Of Rubidium Under Pressure, Anthony Jon Zukaitis Jan 2000

Density Functional Calculations Of Rubidium Under Pressure, Anthony Jon Zukaitis

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

With developments in X-ray diffractometry, experimentalists have been able to resolve the complex structures that had eluded them in the past. One area of this interest is in the regime of alkali metals under pressure. For years, the alkali metals have been viewed as simple systems whose properties can be understood with fairly simple ideas. Under pressure, things get interesting and one observes complex crystal structures in all of the alkali metals under high enough pressure. What is more interesting is that there appears to be many similarities in the phase diagrams of the alkali metals. This hints that this …

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