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June 18th 2003, Hispanic News

Inland Empire Hispanic News

No abstract provided.

The Topology Of Hyperbolic Attractors On Compact Surfaces, Todd L. Fisher

Faculty Publications

Suppose M is a compact surface and M is a nontrivial mixing hyperbolic attractor for some f 2 Diff(M). We show that if is a hyperbolic set for some g 2 Diff(M), then is a nontrivial mixing hyperbolic attractor or repeller for g.

Minimal Graphs In R3 Over Convex Domains, Michael Dorff

Faculty Publications

Krust established that all conjugate and associate surfaces of a minimal graph over a convex domain are also graphs. Using a convolution theorem from the theory of harmonic univalent mappings, we generalize Krust's theorem to include the family of convolution surfaces which are generated by taking the Hadamard product or convolution of mappings. Since this convolution involves convex univalent analytic mappings, this family of convolution surfaces is much larger than just the family of associated surfaces. Also, this generalization guarantees that all the resulting surfaces are over close-toconvex domains. In particular, all the associate surfaces and certain Goursat transformation surfaces …

Murray Ledger And Times, June 18, 2003, Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

No abstract provided.

Cal Poly Recognizes 2002-2003 Outstanding Seniors, Public Affairs Office

Press Releases

No abstract provided.

Application Of A Photopolymer Material In Speckle Pattern Shearing Interferometry, Emilia Mihaylova, Izabela Naydenova, Suzanne Martin, Vincent Toal

Conference Papers

A new application of a photopolymer diffractive optical element in electronic speckle pattern shearing interferometer (ESPSI) is presented. In the first stage a holographic grating is recorded using an acrylamide based photopolymer material. Since the polymerisation process occurs during recording, the holograms are produced without any development or processing. In the second stage the holographic grating is used to produce the two sheared images in an ESPSI configuration. A ground glass screen following the grating serves the purpose of eliminating unwanted diffraction orders. The distance between the grating and the ground glass can be used to control the amount of …

Monitor Newsletter June 16, 2003, Bowling Green State University

Monitor

Official Publication of Bowling Green State University for Faculty and Staff

June 16, 2003, Council On Academic Affairs

Minutes

No abstract provided.

Tribal Scholar Will Attend Um, University Of Montana--Missoula. Office Of University Relations

University of Montana News Releases, 1928, 1956-present

No abstract provided.

Murray Ledger And Times, June 16, 2003, Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

No abstract provided.

Nanoscale Polarization Manipulation And Conductance Switching In Ultrathin Films Of A Ferroelectric Copolymer, Hongwei Qu, Wei Yao, T. Garcia, Jiandi Zhang, A.V. Sorokin, Stephen Ducharme, Peter A. Dowben, V.M. Fridkin

Peter Dowben Publications

We report the direct observation of induced molecular reorientation on a ferroelectric copolymer with a scanning tunneling microscope (STM). Ultrathin copolymer films of vinylidene fluoride (70%) with trifluoroethylene (30%) revealed a quasihexagonal close-packing structure with long-range polymer chain ordering. By flipping the polarity of the STM tip bias voltage, a reversal of local polarization was observed through an apparent lattice shift and was accompanied by an asymmetric ‘‘diode-like’’ character in tunneling current I(V). These results clearly demonstrated conductance switching behavior on nanoscale with local polarization reversal. © 2003 American Institute of Physics.

Lawrence University Mathematician, Classicist Recognized For Teaching Excellence, Lawrence University

Press Releases

Lawrence University recognized professors Richard Sanerib and Randall McNeill for their teaching contributions Sunday at the college’s 154th commencement.

Sanerib, associate professor of mathematics, received Lawrence’s Excellence in Teaching Award, given annually to a faculty member for “outstanding performance in the teaching process, including the quest to ensure students reach their full development as individuals, human beings and future leaders of society.”

McNeill, assistant professor of classics, was presented the Outstanding Young Teacher Award in recognition of demonstrated excellence in the classroom and the promise of continued growth.

A specialist in logic, algerbra and topology, Sanerib joined the Lawrence mathematics …

Risk And The Economic Incentive To Retain Ownership Of Steer Calves, Scott Fausti, Brad Johnson, William Epperson, Nancy Grathwohl

Economics Staff Paper Series (1969 - 2017)

Retained ownership of steer calves is an investment decision for cow/calf producers. Data collected over a three-year period on 845 steer calves reveals that retaining ownership of steer calves is, on average, profitable. Systematic and unsystematic risks associated with retaining ownership of steer calves are identified. Empirical results indicate that unsystematic risk account for 67% of the variability in the rate of return to retained ownership. Empirical evidence also suggests that retaining ownership is a riskier investment decision than assumed in the earlier literature. This suggests that the lack of enthusiasm for retaining ownership by cow/calf producers is the result …

Comparison Matrix Method And Its Applications To Damage Evaluation For Existing Reinforced Concrete Bridges, Ming-Te Liang, Chin-Ming Lin, Chi-Jang Yeh

Journal of Marine Science and Technology–Taiwan

The main purpose of this paper was adopting the comparison matrix method, which is generated from both the analytic hierarchy process and the principle of moment equilibrium, to assess the repair order of existing reinforced concrete (RC) bridges. Ten existing RC bridges in Keelung, Taiwan, were given as an illustrative example. In order to verify the feasibility and reliability of the proposed method, the D (Degree) E (Extend) R (Relevancy) evaluation method, which is now widely used to evaluate the damage grade for existing RC bridges in Taiwan, was also applied to assessing the same ten existing RC bridges. The …

Parameter Analysis And Optimization Of Electrolytic In-Process Dressing Grinding On Ceramics, Chang-Pin Lin, Kuei-Miao Hsiao, Chun-Chung Wu

Journal of Marine Science and Technology–Taiwan

Ceramic materials have been studied and used in considerable industrial applications due to their high hardness and strength at high temperature and extreme wear resistance. However, the machining costs of these materials may reach as high as 90% of their total component costs and the grinding of these materials are much more susceptible to surface damage as compared to metals. Electrolytic InProcess Dressing (ELID) grinding can be used to machine hard and brittle materials, such as aluminum oxide (Al2O3), that are difficult to be machined by conventional grinding processes to achieve high surface quality and high material removal rate. The …

Study Of Yuen-Lin Liquefaction During Chi-Chi Earthquake, Shuhgi Chern, Juei-Hsing Tsai, Ching-Yinn Lee

Journal of Marine Science and Technology–Taiwan

Extensive subsurface exploration of Yuen-Lin liquefaction area was conducted by National Science Council after Chi-Chi earthquakes. Data obtained from the subsurface exploration in Yuen-Lin area had been studied and three widely used liquefaction evaluation methods, i.e. Seed method, T-Y method and JRA method, were employed for liquefaction evaluation. The depth of the liquefied soil layer was also identified by comparison of grain size distribution curve of explored sample and field data. Iwasaki's liquefaction potential index was further used to analyze liquefaction induced risk of damage. Finally, Multiple Additive Decision Making method (MADM) was applied to determine the suitability of the …

Phase Ii: Design And Analysis Of A Process For Melt Casting Metallic Fuel Pins Incorporating Volatile Actinides, Yitung Chen, Randy Clarksean, Darrell Pepper

Fuels Campaign (TRP)

This research report develops a model to analyze the transport of americium from the melt to the vapor phase above the crucible. The model considers mass transport in the melt, vaporization at the surface, and transport through the vapor phase. The greatest problem with the model is the uncertainty of the thermodynamic properties of the proposed ternary alloy. The details of the model and the specific quantities needed for the physical properties will be discussed.

2003 Central Washington University Commencement, Central Washington University

Commencement Programs

A commencement program from graduation ceremonies at Central Washington University.

Phytoplankton Response To Intrusions Of Slope Water On The West Florida Shelf: Models And Observations, John J. Walsh, Robert H. Weisberg, Dwight A. Dieterle, Ruoying He, Brian P. Darrow, Jason K. Jolliff, Kristen M. Lester, Gabriel A. Vargo, Gary J. Kirkpatrick, Kent A. Fanning, Tracey Sutton, Ann E. Jochens, Douglas C. Biggs, Bisman Nababan, Chuanmin Hu, Frank E. Muller-Karger

Marine & Environmental Sciences Faculty Articles

Previous hypotheses had suggested that upwelled intrusions of nutrient-rich Gulf of Mexico slope water onto the West Florida Shelf (WFS) led to formation of red tides of Karenia brevis. However, coupled biophysical models of (1) wind- and buoyancy-driven circulation, (2) three phytoplankton groups (diatoms, K. brevis, and microflagellates), (3) these slope water supplies of nitrate and silicate, and (4) selective grazing stress by copepods and protozoans found that diatoms won in one 1998 case of no light limitation by colored dissolved organic matter (CDOM). The diatoms lost to K. brevis during another CDOM case of the models. In …

Eastern Washington University Commencement Program, 2003, Eastern Washington University

Commencement Programs

Program for Eastern Washington University's spring commencement in 2003

A Generative Programming Framework For Adaptive Middleware, Venkita Subramonian, Christopher Gill

All Computer Science and Engineering Research

Historically, many distributed real-time and embedded (DRE) systems were developed manually from scratch, leading to stove-piped solutions that while correct in both functional and QoS properties were very expensive to develop and difficult to maintain and extend. First-generation middleware technologies such as CORBA 2.x [1], XML [2], and SOAP [3], served to shield application developers from low-level platform details, thus raising the level of abstraction at which distributed systems are developed and supporting reuse of infrastructure to amortize development costs over the lifetime of a system. However, interdependencies between services and object interfaces resulting from these programming models significantly limited …

State Teachers Cited As Outstanding Educators At Lawrence University Commencement, Lawrence University

Press Releases

Paul Bucheger of Seymour and Robert Chesney of Cedarburg will be recognized as outstanding educators Sunday, June 15 by Lawrence University at the college’s 154th commencement.

Bucheger, at teacher at Seymour High School, and Chesney, who teaches at Ozaukee High School, will be presented annual Lawrence’s Outstanding Teaching in Wisconsin Award as part of the day’s celebration.

Established in 1985, the teaching award recognizes Wisconsin secondary school teachers for education excellence. Recipients are nominated by Lawrence seniors who attended high school in Wisconsin. They are selected on their abilities to communicate effectively, create a sense of excitement in the classroom, …

Tests For Comparing Mark-Specific Hazards And Cumulative Incidence Functions, Peter B. Gilbert, Ian W. Mckeague, Yanqing Sun

UW Biostatistics Working Paper Series

It is of interest in some applications to determine whether there is a relationship between a hazard rate function (or a cumulative incidence function) and a mark variable which is only observed at uncensored failure times. We develop nonparametric tests for this problem when the mark variable is continuous. Tests are developed for the null hypothesis that the mark-specific hazard rate is independent of the mark versus ordered and two-sided alternatives expressed in terms of mark-specific hazard functions and mark-specific cumulative incidence functions. The test statistics are based on functionals of a bivariate test process equal to a weighted average …

Design Considerations For Efficient And Effective Microarray Studies, M. Kathleen Kerr

UW Biostatistics Working Paper Series

This paper describes the theoretical and practical issues in experimental design for gene expression microarrays. Specifically, this paper (1) discusses the basic principles of design (randomization, replication, and blocking) as they pertain to microarrays, and (2) provides some general guidelines for statisticians designing microarray studies.

Budget Fy 2003-2004, Swosu Administration

SWOSU Fiscal Year Budgets

The Southwestern Oklahoma State University Budget FY 2004. Submitted June 13, 2003.

Slides: Final Panel Questions, Doug Kenney

Water, Climate and Uncertainty: Implications for Western Water Law, Policy, and Management (Summer Conference, June 11-13)

Presenter and Moderator: Doug Kenney, Natural Resources Law Center

1 slide

Conference Summary: Water, Climate And Uncertainty: Implications For Western Water Law, Policy, And Management, Steve Bailey

Water, Climate and Uncertainty: Implications for Western Water Law, Policy, and Management (Summer Conference, June 11-13)

7 pages.

"Steve Bailey, National Center for Atmospheric Research"

Either/Or? Will Climate Change Force A Choice Between Salmon And Electricity In The Northwest?, John M. Volkman

Water, Climate and Uncertainty: Implications for Western Water Law, Policy, and Management (Summer Conference, June 11-13)

12 pages and 16 slides

Includes bibliographical references

"John M. Volkman, Partner, Stoel Rives LLP, Portland, Oregon"

Slides: Managing Risks Associated With Climate-Related Water Supply Variability, Bonnie G. Colby

Water, Climate and Uncertainty: Implications for Western Water Law, Policy, and Management (Summer Conference, June 11-13)

Presenter: Dr. Bonnie G. Colby, Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Arizona

5 page "Outline" and 38 slides

Slides: The Myth Of Certainty: Water, Law, And Climate, David H. Getches

Water, Climate and Uncertainty: Implications for Western Water Law, Policy, and Management (Summer Conference, June 11-13)

Presenter: David H. Getches, Raphael J. Moses Professor of Natural Resources Law, University of Colorado School of Law

16 slides