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Aspects Of Minimality In Abelian Groups, Seosamh Ó Hógáin

Doctoral

This thesis investigates those abelian groups which are minimal with respect to certain quasi-orders defined on Abk, the category of abelian groups of a given infinite cardinality k. Six such quasi-orders are defined and groups which are minimal with respect to these quasi-orders are called either quasi-minimal, with the associated concepts of purely and directly quasi-minimal groups, or simple minimal with the corresponding associated groups. A complete characterisation is derived for the quasi-minimal groups and, assuming GCH, for the purely quasi-minimal groups. Moreover, it is shown that the direct quasi-minimality of a group may be undecidable in ZFC. In the …

Common Sense, Rationality, And The Legal Process, Ronald J. Allen

Cardozo Law Review

No abstract provided.

Cost Optimal Record/Entity Matching, V. S. Verykios, Ahmed K. Elmagarmid, G. V. Moustakides

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

Morphological And Physiological Effects Of Mechanical Trauma To The Spinal Cord, Steven Teoh, Yinlong Sun

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

Record Matching: Past, Present And Future, M. Cochinwala, S. Dalal, Ahmed K. Elmagarmid, V. S. Verykios

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

Broadcasting Indexed Multidimensional Data, Susanne E. Hambrusch, Chuan-Ming Liu, Walid G. Aref, Sunil Prabhakar

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

Query Indexing And Velocity Constrained Indexing: Scalable Techniques For Continuous Queries On Moving Objects, Sunil Prabhakar, Y. Xia, D. Kalashnikov, Walid G. Aref, Susanne E. Hambrusch

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

Effect Of Primary And Secondary Repellents On European Starlings: An Initial Assessment, Roger W. Sayre, Larry Clark

United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services: Staff Publications

Wildlife managers need chemical repellents that are effective at deterring damage by birds, but these repellents must be environmentally and toxicologically safe. The number of commercially available bird repellents has been reduced because of concerns about environmental safety. Currently, there are 2 categories of avian repellents. Chemicals that are reflexively avoided by birds because they irritate the peripheral chemical senses are referred to as primary repellents. Chemicals that cause gastrointestinal illness and learned avoidance of ancillary sensory cues that are paired with the illness are known as secondary repellents. Secondary repellents most often identified as the most effective avian repellents …

Recent Advances In Content-Based Video Analysis, Chong-Wah Ngo, Ting-Chuen Pong, Hong-Jiang Zhang

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

In this paper, we present major issues in video parsing, abstraction, retrieval and semantic analysis. We discuss the success, the difficulties and the expectations in these areas. In addition, we identify important opened problems that can lead to more sophisticated ways of video content analysis. For video parsing, we discuss topics in video partitioning, motion characterization and object segmentation. The success in video parsing, in general, will have a great impact on video representation and retrieval. We present three levels of abstracting video content by scene, keyframe and key object representations. These representation schemes in overall serve as a good …

Measurement Of The Gπnn(T) Form Factor, Kelly Gene Vansyoc

Physics Theses & Dissertations

Cross sections were measured for the reaction ¹H(e, e′π+) n at the energy W = 1.95 GeV and momentum transfer Q² = 0.6 (GeV/c)². At this W and Q², the longitudinal cross section is dominated by t-channel production, giving a unique opportunity to examine the strong coupling form factor gπNN(t). The measured cross sections were separated using a method similar to a Rosenbluth separation. For the extraction of gπNN(t), the Actor and Körner model [42] and a parameterization of the MAID2000 …

Dynamical Sedimentary Models Of Shallow Marine Environments, Yong Zhang

OES Theses and Dissertations

This treatise represents a contribution of quantitative, dynamical sedimentary modeling to the analytical understanding of sedimentary processes in shallow marine environments. The dynamical sedimentary models in this treatise numerically simulate the sedimentary processes from an event time scale, based on the fundamental physics of sediment dynamics in coastal and shelf depositional environments, to a longer, facies time scale. The simulated geologic processes serve to the illustrate shoreface equilibrium profile, shelf storm bed generation, and the shelf sedimentary facies system.

This treatise presents a nearshore profile evolution model for the abandoned Huanghe Delta, a two-dimensional storm deposition model, and a sedimentary …

A Comparison Of Trading Models Used For Calculating Aggregate Damages In Securities Litigation, Michael Barclay, Frank C. Torchio

Law and Contemporary Problems

No abstract provided.

Scientific Misconceptions Among Daubert Gatekeepers: The Need For Reform Of Expert Review Procedures, Jan Beyea, Daniel Berger

Law and Contemporary Problems

No abstract provided.

Kumho And How We Know, Joseph Sanders

Law and Contemporary Problems

No abstract provided.

The Blazhko Effect Of The Rr Lyrae Star Fm Persei, Kevin M. Lee, Edward G. Schmidt

Edward Schmidt Publications

We have obtained 615 new V and R observations of the RR Lyrae star FM Per. A period search identified a primary period of 0.489256 days; however, the light curve of FM Per cannot be well described by a single period. We conclude that FM Per demonstrates the Blazhko effect with a Blazhko period of approximately 122 days.

Service And The Human Enterprise, Michael Sherraden

Center for Social Development Research

Service and the Human Enterprise

บรรณาธิการแถลง, ธนพรรณ สุนทระ

Thai Environment

No abstract provided.

โครงการด้านพลังงานกับการมีส่วนร่วมของประชาชน, ธนพรรณ สุนทระ

Thai Environment

No abstract provided.

โครงการมหาวิทยาลัยรวมพลังหารสอง, กรชนก รักษาเสรี, สิริพร แก่นสียา

Thai Environment

No abstract provided.

การคัดกรองข้อมูลทางโภชนาการผ่านสื่ออินเตอร์เน็ต, จงจิตร อังคทะวานิช

Thai Environment

No abstract provided.

ถังขยะในสยามสแควร์, เกศรินทร์ พาราทิพย์เจริญชัย, บุณฑริก มากบุญ

Thai Environment

No abstract provided.

แนะนำโครงการของสถาบันวิจัยสภาวะแวดล้อม : การศึกษาวิจัยเพื่อสร้างเครื่องมือทางเศรษฐศาสตร์ และเครื่องมือทางสังคมในการประเมินผลการอนุรักษ์พลังงาน, เสถียร รุจิรวนิช

Thai Environment

No abstract provided.

Using Mobile Agents For Analyzing Intrusion In Computer Networks, Jay Aslam, Marco Cremonini, David Kotz, Daniela Rus

Dartmouth Scholarship

Today hackers disguise their attacks by launching them form a set of compromised hosts distributed across the Internet. It is very difficult to defend against these attacks or to track down their origin. Commercially available intrusion detection systems can signal the occurrence of limited known types of attacks. New types of attacks are launched regularly but these tools are not effective in detecting them. Human experts are still the key tool for identifying, tracking, and disabling new attacks. Often this involves experts from many organizations working together to share their observations, hypothesis, and attack signatures. Unfortunately, today these experts have …

Nova Quarterly: The University Of Texas At El Paso, The University Of Texas At El Paso University Communications

NOVA

Summer 2001, Vol. 37, No. 4; No. 146

Come Home Again: Homecoming 2001

A Three-Dimensional Analysis Of Subtalar And Knee Joint Coupling During Running Over Obstacles, Tracy Allan Dierks

Student Work

Running has been associated with a number of lower extremity overuse injuries. Attention has been given to biomechanical factors, specifically, excessive pronation and excessive tibial rotation. It has been suggested that excessive tibial rotation is due to excessive foot pronation transferred through a coupling mechanism. The ankle and knee are mechanically linked via the tibia and excessive tibial internal rotation may delay tibial external rotation as the knee begins to extend. Increased impact forces have also been implicated as a cause of running injuries, although little is known about this possible relationship. Obstacle heights have been used previously to produce …

Theories Of Uncertainty: Explaining The Possible Sources Of Error In Inferences, Vern R. Walker

Hofstra Law Faculty Scholarship

This Article develops the concept of a "theory of uncertainty" as a tool for warranting non-monotonic inferences. It proposes that theories of uncertainty have an explanatory function in inference that is roughly parallel to the role played by theories of causation in the empirical sciences. An adequate theory of uncertainty provides a framework for explaining the warrant for non-monotonic inferences by explaining the possible sources of error in such inferences. A theory of uncertainty should explain the extent to which the available evidence warrants a particular conclusion and the kinds and degrees. of uncertainty associated with that conclusion. Such a …

“Students’ Right,” English Only, And Re-Imagining The Politics Of Language., Bruce Horner

Faculty and Staff Scholarship

Argues that a lack of language legislation is indicative of a pervasive, tacit policy of "English Only" in composition and of a constellation of assumptions about languages, and language users that continues to cripple public debate on English Only and compositionists' approaches to matters of "error." Proposes an approach to language and "error" considering the relations of language to power.

Artificial Intelligence, Mindreading, And Reasoning In Law, John A. Barnden, Donald M. Peterson

Cardozo Law Review

No abstract provided.

Circulation, Vol. 8, No. 2, Center For Coastal Physical Oceanography, Old Dominion University, Larry P. Atkinson

CCPO Circulation

Summer 2001 issue of CCPO Circulation featuring article "Oceanographic Research in the Antarctic" by Larry Atkinson

Species Of Abductive Reasoning In Fact Investigation In Law, David A. Schum

Cardozo Law Review

No abstract provided.