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2002 Statewide Bridge Sufficiency Rating Report, Indiana Ltap

Indiana Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP) Publications

This report contains information specific to the county of interest, plus summary tables relating information about all Indiana county bridge conditions and funding levels.

Design And Simulation Of Novel Arrayed Waveguide Grating By Using The Method Of Irregularly Sampled Zero-Crossings , Sai Hu

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Technical Reports

Arrayed waveguide grating (AWG) is playing an increasingly important role in dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) system. The regular AWG device consists of an arrayed waveguide region where all the individual waveguides are equally spaced on the Rowland circle and the adjacent ones have constant length difference. The regularity of their positions and lengths leads to the phenomenon that a portion of the Rowland circle is occupied by the adjacent (undesired) order focused beams of the operation wavelength channels. The repetitions of the same wavelengths at different locations affect the device potential capacity. The method of irregularly sampled zero-crossings is …

Periodicity Detection In Time Series Databases, Mohamed G. Elfeky, Walid G. Aref, Mikhail J. Atallah

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

Multi-Dimenstional Traversals For Normalization Constants, Jorge R. Ramos, Vernon J. Rego

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

Reading Liksom's Short Story "We Got Married" In Post-Communist Bulgaria, Kornelia Slavova

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

Kornelia Slavova, in her paper "Reading Liksom's Short Story 'We Got Married' in Post-communist Bulgaria," discusses the intricate interrelations of texts and social practices in postcommunist Bulgaria by analysing Rosa Liksom's short story read by sixty readers. Further, Slavova proposes the study of the uses of stereotypes in fiction and their discursive hardening in extratextual practices at times of radical political and cultural change. With this notion, she focuses on two major stereotypical patterns concerning gender and the supranational opposition East/West. Slavova argues that the latter function as palimpsest structures on which earlier bipolar representations from the communist Cold-War era …

Reading Liksom's Short Story "We Got Married" In Post-Communist Estonia, Malle Järve

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

In her paper, "Reading Liksom's Short Story 'We Got Married' in Post-communist Estonia," Malle Järve discusses the reception of Rosa Liksom's text in post-communist Estonia. After gaining independence, Estonians became exposed to varieties of literature including avant-garde texts which did not fit easily with the expectations and rules of interpretation developed during Soviet rule. Based on data collected in 1993 and 1998, Järve focuses on the cultural repertoire (discourses, stereotypes, values, literary expectations, etc.) used by readers while constructing meaning to the text, perceived predominantly as foreign/Other. Järve's objective is an attempt to explain: 1) who/what the Other in the …

Chapter Iv: Contemporary Case Studies Of United Statesforcible Protection Of Nationals Abroad

International Law Studies

No abstract provided.

Chapter Iii: State Practice During Thepre-United Nations Period

International Law Studies

No abstract provided.

L’Observation Du Comportement Du Nouveau-Ne: Une Source Pertinente D’Informations Medicales, N. Ratynski, G. Cioni, L. Franck, Yvette Blanchard, J. Sizun

All PTHMS Faculty Publications

L’observation du comportement du nouveau-né est une source importante d’informations d’ordre médical. Trois domaines bénéficient des données de l’observation : 1) l’analyse du développement grâce à l’utilisation de l’Assessment of Preterm Infant Behavior (évaluation du comportement de l’enfant prématuré) ; 2) l’évaluation de la douleur dominée par l’analyse de l’expression faciale grâce à des échelles validées, telle que le Neonatal Facial Coding System (système néonatal de codage facial) ; 3) la recherche de lésions cérébrales par le Quality Assessment of General Movements (évaluation de la qualité des mouvements généraux). L’observation comportementale fondée sur des outils validés par la recherche …

A Simple Test To Evaluate The Calibration Stability And Accuracy Of Infrared Thermocouple Sensors, Derek R. Pinnock, Bruce Bugbee

Techniques and Instruments

Accurately measuring surface temperature is not difficult when the surface, the sensor, and air temperatures are similar, but it is challenging when the surface temperature is significantly different than air and sensor temperatures.

We tested three Infrared Thermocouple sensors (IRT’s) that had been used for two years in a greenhouse environment. The importance of the correction for sensor body temperature was also examined.

Professional Leadership Portfolio, Dorothy L. Walter

Digitized Theses and Dissertations (prior to 2008)

My name is Dorothy L. Walter and l am currently employed as a business education teacher at Creekside High School in South Fulton county. As an educator I have enjoyed a progressive six year history of successful teaching in the public school system. In addition to a very successful teaching cafeer, my previous business background includes over 15 years of managerial experience in Accounting and Finance and an MBA degree. While these experiences have provided me a wealth of opportunities to develop outstanding leadership qualities, I feel most appreciative for the opportunity to enhance my educational leadership potential by being …

Assessing The Return On Investment For Various Types Of Break-In Training, Kim L. Trenbath

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

This thesis presents a Return on Investment, or ROI, model for various types of break-in training by utilizing employee learning curves as a factor of the cost. The model captures the additional profit earned when a company makes an investment in break-in training, training employees receive at the beginning of their employment. Research involves developing employee learning curves for break-in training vs. traditional training through experimentation. The thesis utilizes the improvement in the learning curve as the driving factor behind the profits. The ROI model is a comparison between the profits, or benefits minus cost, of a traditional and break-in …

Off-Line Thai Handwriting Recognition In Legal Amount, Watchara Chatwiriya

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Thai handwriting in legal amounts is a challenging problem and a new field in the area of handwriting recognition research. The focus of this thesis is to implement Thai handwriting recognition system. A preliminary data set of Thai handwriting in legal amounts is designed. The samples in the data set are characters and words of the Thai legal amounts and a set of legal amounts phrases collected from a number of native Thai volunteers. At the preprocessing and recognition process, techniques are introduced to improve the characters recognition rates. The characters are divided into two smaller subgroups by their writing …

The Development And Psychometric Testing Of An Instrument Measuring The Use Of Intuition By Nursing Students, Anita Joel Smith Phd, Mn, Rn

Dissertations

Measurement of intuition use among nursing students has not occurred because developed intuition measures have been designed specifically for experienced nurses. The purpose of this study was to develop and psychometrically evaluate an intuition instrument for nursing students. An intuition instrument can provide the means to (a) determine if students use intuition in care providing activities and (b) measure intuition use over time. Instrument development included (a) concept clarification, (b) item development, and (c) psychometric testing. Intuition was defined as a nonlinear process of knowing perceived through physical awareness, emotional awareness, and/or through physical or spiritual connections. Content experts established …

Geospatial And Statistical Foundations For Streamflow Synthesis In West Virginia, Annie J. Morris

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Streamflow values must be synthesized for locations where flow measurement stations, in applications such as the West Virginia SWAP program, are lacking or where only intermittent measurements are available (West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, 1999). This research describes an effort to improve upon the current synthetic streamflow model by incorporating geomorphic, geologic, and hydrogeologic measurements. Principal components analysis (PCA) was used to derive a set of master variables that characterize stream flow in West Virginia based on historical data from 29 watersheds. The relationships between variables affecting stream flow were also analyzed using cluster and correlation analysis …

Chemical And Physical Properties Of Acid Mine Drainage Floc, Catherine M. Bohan

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Acid mine drainage is a serious environmental concern in many regions worldwide, but especially in coal and metal mining regions. These acid drainages are often treated with chemicals to raise the pH of the water and to cause neutralization and precipitation of metals. As neutralization occurs, a looser gelatinous material called "floc" is produced. The effects of neutralizing chemical, pH, sulfate to iron molar ratio, and solids concentration on floc settling properties were determined in synthetic acid mine drainage. Sulfate was the important factor affecting floc physicochemical properties, increasing settling times from 25-125% and decreasing settling rates from 24-63%. Neutralization …

Three Essays On Data Contaminants, Outliers And Macroeconomic Time Series, Joseph Michael Palardy

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

This thesis illustrates the effects of outliers on forecasting and on simulated general equilibrium models. The first essay demonstrates that using robust-estimation techniques may greatly improve long-run autoregressive forecasts if the model to be estimated is generated from a heavy-tailed distribution. The second essay continues with a similar theme. It shows that in the context of random contamination models, automatic autoregressive selection criteria may be severely inaccurate. If the estimated model is misspecified, forecasting accuracy may be considerably reduced. Once again, robust-estimation techniques limit the influence of the aberrant data---in this case from the contaminating distribution. The third essay demonstrates …

Richmond Music Journal (2002-12)

Richmond Music Journal

No abstract provided.

Using The Boundary Element Method For Prediction Of Sound Radiated From An Arbitrarily Shaped Vibrating Body, Mark J. Christensen

Masters Theses

The Boundary Element Method can be used to predict sound pressure levels radiated from an arbitrarily shaped vibrating body. Using the Direct, Indirect and Approximation formulation one can solve such an ‘exterior’ acoustic problem. In this work, the Direct formulation was chosen. The two major methods employed for implementation of this formulation are the Combined Helmholtz Integral Equation Formulation (CHIEF) and the Burton–Miller Method. Since the CHIEF method was easier to program and adapt to changes, it was decided that the CHIEF method would be the focus of this research. Using the CHIEF method as a guide, a computer simulation …

Virtual Electro-Photographic Printer Model, Sunadi Gunawan

Theses

A halftone image in the computer is a bitmap matrix that contains either 0 or 1 , where 0 means the printer will not deposit any toner onto a paper and 1 means the printer will deposit some amount of toner onto a paper. The amount of toner that is put by the printer onto a paper for a given input signal pattern is characterized. The hypothesis was that the distribution of toner mass on the paper for a given input matrix pattern can be modeled with a toner point spread function, a toner transfer efficiency function, and a noise …

The Sign Said, "Beware Of Duffers" - The Liability Of Golf Course Operators For Failing To Post Warning Signs, Michael Flynn

Seton Hall Journal of Sports and Entertainment Law

No abstract provided.

New Jersey Joins The Majority Of Jurisdictions In Holding Recreational Sports Co-Participants To A Recklessness Standard Of Care, Carla N. Palumbo

Seton Hall Journal of Sports and Entertainment Law

No abstract provided.

Torts - Feres Doctrine - United States Courts Of Appeals Consistently Hold That Members Of The Armed Forces Are Barred From Bringing Suits Against The Government When Service Members Are Injured Incident To Military Sponsored Sports And Recreational Activities: Costo V. United States Of America, 248 F.3d 863 (9th Cir. 2001) Cert. Denied Without Comment, 2002 U.S. Lexis 223 (2002)., Mark G. Maser

Seton Hall Journal of Sports and Entertainment Law

No abstract provided.

An Economic Analysis Of The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act: Auctions As An Efficient Alternative To Judicial Intervention, Charles H. Gray

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.

Have Charter Schools Materialized Their Promise A Contrast Between Rhetoric And Reality, Mary Kay Kempker-Vandriel

Dissertations

Charter schools are a growing force in American education. Parents are demanding a choice in their child's public education. Are charter schools better than traditional public schools? Have charter schools kept their promise?

In the study regular public schools and charter schools were compared along five dimensions: (a) opportunity for learning and access to quality education, (b) innovative teaching methods and participative management, (c) teacher job satisfaction, (d) parent involvement, and (e) school accountability. Existing data from the 1999/2000 Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) were analyzed with primarily chi-square tests and one t-test. These analyses provided results in relation to …

Bess V. Ulmer—The Supreme Court Stumbles And The Subsistence Amendment Falls, Senator Dave Donley, Douglas Baily, Mara Mallory, Ted Popely, Matthew Roskoski

Alaska Law Review

No abstract provided.

Is The Revised Uniform Arbitration Act A Good Fit For Alaska?, Carl H. Johnson, Pete D. A. Petersen

Alaska Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Ninth Circuit Errs Again: The Quiet Title Act As A Bar To Judicial Review, E. John Athens Jr.

Alaska Law Review

No abstract provided.

A Report On An Internship With The National D-Day Museum, New Orleans, Louisiana, Jessica Green Hester

Arts Administration Master's Reports (1984-2016)

From May 28, 2002 to August 20, 2002, I served as an intern in the collections department at The National D-Day Museum in New Orleans, Louisiana. The National D-Day Museum (NDDM) is a 501(c) (3) history museum that specializes in the amphibious invasions of World War II. The institute is very new, opening in 2000, and has experienced an unpredictable amount of success and acclaim. This rapid success and growth has created unique challenges for the organization as it tries to develop. The following paper is broken into five chapters and a conclusion. Chapter 1 is an introduction to NDDM, …

Applying Learner-Centered Pedagogy To An Engineering Circuit-Theory Class At Smith College, Susan E. Voss, Glenn Ellis

Engineering: Faculty Publications

This paper discusses examples of learner-centered activities that have been incorporated into a circuit-theory course at Smith College. The learner-centered activities are organized around the structures of community, knowledge, and assessment. Specific examples include the use and ongoing development of "Concept Tests," frequent assessment of the students and the course, a peer-editing process facilitated by using class time to edit lab reports, and discussions and readings related to the social context within which electrical engineering concepts reside. This course is part of a program-wide effort to integrate learner-centered pedagogy into the entire engineering science curriculum.