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Poor Water Resources And Drought In The Gujarat/Saurashtra Regions Of India, K. K. Nathan Oct 2001

Poor Water Resources And Drought In The Gujarat/Saurashtra Regions Of India, K. K. Nathan

Drought Network News (1994–2001)

Inadequate water resources pose a big threat to the economy, human activities, and livelihood in the Gujarat/Saurashtra regions of India. Scanty rainfall with wide aberrations in its distribution has made the situation worse, leading to chronic drought in the state in 2001. With the exception of the Narmada and Tapi rivers, there are hardly any water resources to sustain agricultural production in the region. The gradual disappearance of forest cover in the state has further aggravated the drought situation. This has led to large-scale erosion of the topsoil, particularly near the riverside. There is apprehension that the region will soon …

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Creating A Network Of Regional Drought Preparedness Networks: A Call For Action, Donald A. Wilhite Oct 2001

Creating A Network Of Regional Drought Preparedness Networks: A Call For Action, Donald A. Wilhite

Drought Network News (1994–2001)

Drought is a creeping, slow-onset natural hazard that is a normal part of climate for virtually all regions of the world; it results in serious economic, social, and environmental impacts. Its onset and end are often difficult to determine, as is its severity. Drought affects more people than any other natural hazard. Lessons from developed and developing countries demonstrate that drought results in significant impacts, regardless of level of development, although the character of these impacts will differ profoundly. At the Meeting on Opportunities for Sustainable Investment in Rainfed Areas of West Asia and North Africa (WANA), held in June …

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Gatherings No. 28 Fall 2001, Friends Of The University Libraries Oct 2001

Gatherings No. 28 Fall 2001, Friends Of The University Libraries

Gatherings: Friends of the University Libraries Newsletter

Complete issue of Gatherings no. 28. Edited by Laurel Grotzinger.

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Groundwater Study Of The Dowerin Townsite, Louise Hopgood Oct 2001

Groundwater Study Of The Dowerin Townsite, Louise Hopgood

Resource management technical reports

A groundwater study was carried out for the townsite of Dowerin with the aim of accelerating the implementation of effective salinity management options.

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Uni Schedule Of Classes, Fall 2001, University Of Northern Iowa Oct 2001

Uni Schedule Of Classes, Fall 2001, University Of Northern Iowa

UNI Schedule of Classes

A listing and schedule of the courses being taught as well as policies and procedures concerning attending classes at the University of Northern Iowa.

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Interval Mathematics: Algebraic Aspects, Sompong Dhompongsa, Vladik Kreinovich, Hung T. Nguyen Oct 2001

Interval Mathematics: Algebraic Aspects, Sompong Dhompongsa, Vladik Kreinovich, Hung T. Nguyen

Departmental Technical Reports (CS)

Many application-oriented mathematical models deal with real numbers. In real life, due to the inevitable measurement inaccuracy, we do not know the exact values of the measured quantities, we know, at best, the intervals of possible values. It is thus desirable to analyze how the corresponding mathematical results will look if we replace numbers by intervals.

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Volume 14, Number 01, G. William Hill Editor Oct 2001

Volume 14, Number 01, G. William Hill Editor

Reaching Through Teaching

Full text of Volume 14, Number 01 of Reaching Through Teaching.

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An Unusual Airglow Waveevent Observed At Cachoeira Paulista 23°S, A. F. Medeiros, Michael J. Taylor, H. Takahashi, P. P. Batista, D. Gobbi Oct 2001

An Unusual Airglow Waveevent Observed At Cachoeira Paulista 23°S, A. F. Medeiros, Michael J. Taylor, H. Takahashi, P. P. Batista, D. Gobbi

All Physics Faculty Publications

An all-sky CCD airglow imager has been used to obtain a wealth of data on the MLT airglow emissions from Cachoeira Paulista, Brazil (22.7° S, 45.0° W). Measurements of the NIR OH, OI(557.7 nm), O2(0,1) and the thermospheric OI(630.0 nm) emissions have been made since October 1998. In addition, simultaneous measurements of the airglow zenith intensities and rotational temperatures, and vertical wind structure between 80 and 100 km were made using a co-located multi-channel photometer and a meteor radar. On the night of July 13, 1999, the CCD images showed active wave events exhibiting a variety of short period wave …

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Vascular Flora Of Van Horn Woods, Plainfield Township, Will County, Il, Joseph Traina Oct 2001

Vascular Flora Of Van Horn Woods, Plainfield Township, Will County, Il, Joseph Traina

Faculty Publications & Research

The vascular flora at Van Horn Woods Park was surveyed during the 1998-2000 growing seasons. This park is a 30 hectare site located in Plainfield Township, Will County, Illi- nois (SE1/4 S27 T36N R9E). A total of 246 taxa, representing 160 genera and 67 fami- lies, were identified within or immediately adjacent to the park. Seventy-one percent of these taxa were native. Four taxa were collected and submitted to the Morton Arboretum as new county records for Will County. The quality of this site as a natural area was also assessed using quantitative methods based on floral composition and diversity. …

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Fall 2001, Nsu Oceanographic Center Oct 2001

Fall 2001, Nsu Oceanographic Center

Currents

No abstract provided.

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Ncri 3-D Visualization Of Coral Reef Habitat, Brian K. Walker Oct 2001

Ncri 3-D Visualization Of Coral Reef Habitat, Brian K. Walker

Marine & Environmental Sciences Faculty Articles

No abstract provided.

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Rit Dividends Fall 2001 Oct 2001

Rit Dividends Fall 2001

RIT Digital Archives

No abstract provided.

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Directions - Fall 2001, Mervyn H. Sterne Library Oct 2001

Directions - Fall 2001, Mervyn H. Sterne Library

Directions (Sterne Library, 1985-2015)

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Effect Of Surface Charges On The Rates Of Intermolecular Electron-Transfer Between De Novo Designed Metalloproteins, Anna Y. Kornilova, James F. Wishart, Michael Y. Ogawa Oct 2001

Effect Of Surface Charges On The Rates Of Intermolecular Electron-Transfer Between De Novo Designed Metalloproteins, Anna Y. Kornilova, James F. Wishart, Michael Y. Ogawa

Chemistry Faculty Publications

A de novo designed coiled-coil metalloprotein was prepared that uses electrostatic interactions to control both its conformational and bimolecular electron-transfer properties. The title protein exists as a coiled-coil heterodimer of the [Ru(trpy)(bpy)-KK(37-mer)] and [Ru(NH3)(5)-EE(37-mer)] polypeptides which is formed by interhelix electrostatic attractions. Circular dichroism studies show that the electrostatic heterodimer has Kd 0.19 +/- 0.03 muM and is 96% helical at high concentrations. Intercomplex electron-transfer reactions were studied that involve the [Ru(NH3)(5)-H21](2+) electron-donor and the [Ru(trpy)(bpy)H21](3+) electron-acceptor belonging to different electrostatic dimers. An important feature of the designed metalloprotein is its two cationic redox centers embedded within protein surfaces having …

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News From Hope College, Volume 33.2: October, 2001, Hope College Oct 2001

News From Hope College, Volume 33.2: October, 2001, Hope College

News from Hope College

No abstract provided.

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Scwds Briefs: Volume 17, Number 3 (October 2001) Oct 2001

Scwds Briefs: Volume 17, Number 3 (October 2001)

Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study: Publications


• Biosecurity Alert
• The United Kingdom appears to be near success in eradicating foot-and-mouth disease (FMD).
• USDA declares chronic wasting disease CWD emergency in captive elk.
• CWD Calamity in Colorado: Approximately 1,300 animals in seven Colorado captive elk herds currently are under quarantine because chronic wasting disease (CWD) has been diagnosed in or traced to the herds.
• Further Spread of West Nile virus (WNV)
• Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) virus was isolated from the brain of a wild white-tailed deer from Houston County, Georgia. Togaviridae, Culiseta melanura
• Equine protozoal myeloencephalitis (EPM) is a severe neurological …

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Observations Of Persistent Leonid Meteor Trails. 1. Advection Of The "Diamond Ring", Jack D. Drummond, Brent W. Grime, Chester S. Gardner, Alan Z. Liu, Xinzhao Chu, Timothy J. Kane Oct 2001

Observations Of Persistent Leonid Meteor Trails. 1. Advection Of The "Diamond Ring", Jack D. Drummond, Brent W. Grime, Chester S. Gardner, Alan Z. Liu, Xinzhao Chu, Timothy J. Kane

Physical Sciences - Daytona Beach

From a single image of a persistent trail left by a -1.5 magnitude Leonid meteor on November 17, 1998, the relative winds between 92.5 and 98 km altitude are derived, where the altitudes are determined by a sodium lidar. These are converted to true winds 82 sec after the appearance of the meteor by fixing the winds at 98 km to match the results of following the trail with the lidar for twelve minutes. The image and winds reveal a fine example of the effects of a gravity wave having a vertical wavelenth of 5.50 ± 0.02 km, a horizontal …

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Too Many Probabilities: Statistical Evidence Of Tort Causation, David W. Barnes Oct 2001

Too Many Probabilities: Statistical Evidence Of Tort Causation, David W. Barnes

Law and Contemporary Problems

Medical scientific testimony is often expressed in terms of two different probabilities: 1. The increased probability of harm if a person is exposed, for example, to a toxin. 2. The observed relationship is an artifact of the experimental method. This article demonstrates that neither probability, taken alone or together, measures whether the "preponderance of the evidence" test is met.

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The Fine Structure Of The Kasparov Groups I: Continuity Of The Kk-Pairing, Claude Schochet Oct 2001

The Fine Structure Of The Kasparov Groups I: Continuity Of The Kk-Pairing, Claude Schochet

Mathematics Faculty Research Publications

In this paper it is demonstrated that the Kasparov pairing is continuous with respect to the natural topology on the Kasparov groups, so that a KK-equivalence is an isomorphism of topological groups. In addition, we demonstrate that the groups have a natural pseudopolonais structure, and we prove that various KK-structural maps are continuous.

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Does The United States Need Additional High-Tech Work Visas Or Not? A Critical Look At The So-Called H-1b Visa Debate, Simone M. Schiller Oct 2001

Does The United States Need Additional High-Tech Work Visas Or Not? A Critical Look At The So-Called H-1b Visa Debate, Simone M. Schiller

Loyola of Los Angeles International and Comparative Law Review

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Convergence Classes And Spaces Of Partial Functions, Anthony K. Seda, Roland Heinze, Pascal Hitzler Oct 2001

Convergence Classes And Spaces Of Partial Functions, Anthony K. Seda, Roland Heinze, Pascal Hitzler

Computer Science and Engineering Faculty Publications

We study the relationship between convergence spaces and convergence classes given by means of both nets and filters, we consider the duality between them and we identify in convergence terms when a convergence space coincides with a convergence class. We examine the basic operators in the Vienna Development Method of formal systems development, namely, extension, glueing, restriction, removal and override, from the perspective of the Logic for Computable Functions. Thus, we examine in detail the Scott continuity, or otherwise, of these operators when viewed as operators on the domain (X → Y) of partial functions mapping X into …

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Energetics And Cooperativity In Three-Center Hydrogen Bonding Interactions. I. Diacetamide-X Dimers .X=Hcn, Ch3Oh., Ruben D. Parra, Makoto Furukawa, Bing Gong, Xiao Cheng Zeng Oct 2001

Energetics And Cooperativity In Three-Center Hydrogen Bonding Interactions. I. Diacetamide-X Dimers .X=Hcn, Ch3Oh., Ruben D. Parra, Makoto Furukawa, Bing Gong, Xiao Cheng Zeng

Xiao Cheng Zeng Publications

High level ab initio calculations are carried out on diacetamide–X (DA–X) dimers, X=HCN, CH3OH. The dimers are used as model systems to investigate the energetics and cooperative phenomomena in intermolecular three-center hydrogen-bond (H-bond) interactions relative to two-center H-bond interactions. The trans–trans conformer of diacetamide is chosen as a suitable model for intermolecular three-center H bonding where one H atom is interacting with two acceptor atoms. The proton–acceptor atoms are rigidly held in the same molecule. For both model systems, it is found that the calculated interaction energy per H bond is appreciably smaller in the three-center than in …

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The Voice, Fall 2001: Volume 47, Issue 1, Dordt College Oct 2001

The Voice, Fall 2001: Volume 47, Issue 1, Dordt College

The Voice Archive

Students Return to Home on Campus; Now More Than Ever; Prayer for Freshman Commissioning Service; Enrollment Remains Steady; Dordt Senior Offers Art Class to Local Children; Graduate Education Program Grows; Artists Visit; Appeals Court; Website Gets Redesign; Art Majors Get Hands-On Experience with Art Center; Dordt Athletes Show High Graduation Rate; Six Distinguished Scholars Named; Big Fish Uncovered; Boon Interns With Grassley; Dordt Students Dominate Poetry Contest Again; Faculty Work to Keep up in Their Profession; Bajema Gives and Gains From Summer Consulting Trip to the Dominican Republic; New Books Out This Summer Include Dordt Faculty Authors; Two New Schaap …

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Literary Evidence For Roman Arithmetic With Fractions, David W. Maher, John F. Makowski Oct 2001

Literary Evidence For Roman Arithmetic With Fractions, David W. Maher, John F. Makowski

Classical Studies: Faculty Publications and Other Works

Roman arithmetic is a perennially troubling subject for both classicists and mathematicians. Scholars universally comment on the difficulty posed by Roman alphabetical notation both in expressing simple figures and in doing written calculations. For example, Lloyd Motz and Jefferson Weaver with exasperation ask, "How ... can anyone do any arithmetic with DCCCLXXXVIII, the Roman equivalent of 888?," and Florian Cajori concludes that the Romans must have resorted to the abacus in order to multiply a number like 723 (DCCXXIII) by 364 (CCCLXIV).' Yet our sources, literary and inscriptional, indicate that the Romans were capable of highly sophisticated calculations, and, of …

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Sensor-Assisted Video Mosaicing For Seafloor Mapping, Yuri Rzhanov, Randy G. Cutter Jr., Lloyd C. Huff Oct 2001

Sensor-Assisted Video Mosaicing For Seafloor Mapping, Yuri Rzhanov, Randy G. Cutter Jr., Lloyd C. Huff

Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping

This paper discusses a proposed processing technique for combining video imagery with auxiliary sensor information. The latter greatly simplifies image processing by reducing complexity of the transformation model. The mosaics produced by this technique are adequate for many applications, in particular habitat mapping. The algorithm is demonstrated through simulations and hardware configuration is described.

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Isr@Bucknell, Information Services And Resources, Bucknell University Oct 2001

Isr@Bucknell, Information Services And Resources, Bucknell University

ISR @ Bucknell

isr@bucknell was a newsletter published by Bucknell University's Information Services and Resources department (later Library and Information Technology). The publication served the community by providing software, project, and service updates. Regular features included a letter from the Associate Vice President for Information Services and Resources, the "Ask ISR" column, and featured ISR web pages. This issue includes the following articles: "The Real Time Thing," "Meet the ISR Staff," "New Beginnings," "Are You Into Blackboard," "Greetings, Bucknell Community," "Bertrand Library Extends Hours," "Who 'Ya Gonna Call," "Element K," "Broken Link," "The Odyssey of ILLiad," "Get the Book You Need from PALCI," …

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Education Policy Analysis Archives 09/38 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida Oct 2001

Education Policy Analysis Archives 09/38 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Teachers who grow as collaborative leaders : the rocky road of support / Richard D. Sawyer.

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The Eggshell Skull Rule And Related Problems In Recovery For Mental Harm In The Law Of Torts, Dr. J. Stanley Mcquade Oct 2001

The Eggshell Skull Rule And Related Problems In Recovery For Mental Harm In The Law Of Torts, Dr. J. Stanley Mcquade

Campbell Law Review

The theme of this article is the place, actual and proposed, of the "thin skull" rule in relation to mental harm.

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Montanan, Fall 2001, University Of Montana--Missoula Oct 2001

Montanan, Fall 2001, University Of Montana--Missoula

Montanan Magazine, 1969-2024

This is the magazine of the University of Montana with news about the University for UM alumni as well as current faculty, students, staff, and administrators. This is volume 19, number 1.

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Bringing Imagination Into The Community Through A Poetry-Writing Honors Course, Diann Mccabe Oct 2001

Bringing Imagination Into The Community Through A Poetry-Writing Honors Course, Diann Mccabe

Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Online Archive

For the past few years, I have taught an honors course here at Southwest Texas State University called “Teaching Poetry to Children” that trains ten honors students to teach poetry writing workshops at Crockett Elementary School in San Marcos, Texas twice a week for eight weeks. After a few weeks of immersion in Kenneth Koch’s books Rose, Where Did You Get that Red? Teaching Great Poetry to Children and Wishes, Lies, and Dreams: Teaching Young Children to Write Poetry and equipped with favorite poems from several different cultural traditions (American, British, Spanish, Chinese, and African among them), our ten students …

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