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The Oas And Landmine Victims In Nicaragua, Carlos Orozco, Jaime Perales Oct 2003

The Oas And Landmine Victims In Nicaragua, Carlos Orozco, Jaime Perales

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

The Organization of American States (OAS) Mine Action Program has established a priority in providing prostheses and medical attention to landmine victims, as well as work training. In 2002, the program started a pilot project that provided job training and jobs to mine victims.

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10/15/2003 Obituary Records, Hawaii Obituaries Oct 2003

10/15/2003 Obituary Records, Hawaii Obituaries

Obituaries

List of Obituaries for individuals who passed away on 10/15/2003. Scroll down to see the names and obituary description.

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Testing And Use Of Demining Machines In The Republic Of Croatia, Ivan Steker Oct 2003

Testing And Use Of Demining Machines In The Republic Of Croatia, Ivan Steker

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

In the course of achieving the quality employment of machines and their development, CROMAC is conducting the activities of testing, verification and accreditation of demining machines.

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Magnetic Storage Device Using Induced Magnetic Reversal Of A Cobalt Element Array, Hanning Chen, Scott L. Whittenburg Oct 2003

Magnetic Storage Device Using Induced Magnetic Reversal Of A Cobalt Element Array, Hanning Chen, Scott L. Whittenburg

Chemistry and Biochemistry Faculty Publications

The effects of the applied field, cell size, and cutting area on the ‘‘seed’’ induced magnetic reversal of a cobalt element array have been studied by a stochastic dynamic micromagnetics code using the Laudau–Lifshitz–Gilbert equation. Three magnetic reversal mechanisms under different magnitudes of the applied field have been investigated by examining the energy profiles. To minimize the effect of the thermal fluctuations on the switching time, an applied field with magnitude around 0.7 or 0.8 T and an element array with cutting area less than 10 nm X 10 nm are required. By using the smaller cellsize, the switching time …

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The Winonan, Winona State University Oct 2003

The Winonan, Winona State University

The Winonan - 2000s

No abstract provided.

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Allowed Mesoscopic Point Group Symmetries In Domain Average Engineering Of Perovskite Ferroelectric Crystals, Dorian M. Hatch, H. T. Stokes, W. Cao Oct 2003

Allowed Mesoscopic Point Group Symmetries In Domain Average Engineering Of Perovskite Ferroelectric Crystals, Dorian M. Hatch, H. T. Stokes, W. Cao

Faculty Publications

In multivariant systems, several energetically degenerate low temperature domain states can be produced at the structural phase transition. Coexistence of these domain states can produce mesoscopic structures that possess symmetries distinct from the microscopic single domain crystal symmetry. Such engineered domain structures in certain ferroelectric materials have been proven to give superior piezoelectric properties and extremely soft shear moduli. The objective of this article is to consider the variety of symmetries that can be produced through domain average engineering in proper ferroelectric systems arising from the cubic Pm[overline 3]m symmetry perovskite structure.

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Coarse-Graining Description Of Solid Systems At Nonzero Temperature, Z.-B. Wu, Dennis J. Diestler, Ruqiang Feng, Xiao Cheng Zeng Oct 2003

Coarse-Graining Description Of Solid Systems At Nonzero Temperature, Z.-B. Wu, Dennis J. Diestler, Ruqiang Feng, Xiao Cheng Zeng

Xiao Cheng Zeng Publications

The quasicontinuum (QC) technique, in which the atomic lattice of a solid is coarse-grained by overlaying it with a finite-element mesh, has been employed previously to treat the quasistatic evolution of defects in materials at zero temperature. It is extended here to nonzero temperature. A coarse-grained Hamiltonian is derived for the nodes of the mesh, which behave as quasiparticles whose interactions are mediated by the underlying (non-nodal) atoms constrained to move in unison with the nodes. Coarse-grained thermophysical properties are computed by means of the Monte Carlo (MC) method. This dynamically constrained QC MC procedure is applied to a simple …

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2003-2004 Common Data, Morehead State University. Institutional Research & Analysis. Oct 2003

2003-2004 Common Data, Morehead State University. Institutional Research & Analysis.

Office of Institutional Research & Analysis Publication Archive

2003-2004 issue of the Common Data.

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Vector Dissipativity Theory For Discrete-Time Large-Scale Nonlinear Dynamical Systems, Wassim M. Haddad, Qing Hui, Vijaysekhar Chellaboina, Sergey Nersesov Oct 2003

Vector Dissipativity Theory For Discrete-Time Large-Scale Nonlinear Dynamical Systems, Wassim M. Haddad, Qing Hui, Vijaysekhar Chellaboina, Sergey Nersesov

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering: Faculty Publications

In analyzing large-scale systems, it is often desirable to treat the overall system as a collection of interconnected subsystems. Solution properties of the large-scale system are then deduced from the solution properties of the individual subsystems and the nature of the system interconnections. In this paper, we develop an analysis framework for discrete-time large-scale dynamical systems based on vector dissipativity notions. Specifically, using vector storage functions and vector supply rates, dissipativity properties of the discrete-time composite large-scale system are shown to be determined from the dissipativity properties of the subsystems and their interconnections. In particular, extended Kalman-Yakubovich-Popov conditions, in terms …

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Origin And Implications Of The Observed Rhombohedral Phase In Nominally Tetragonal Pb(Zr0.35Ti0.65)O3 Thin Films, Paul C. Mcintyre, Alexei Gruverman, Bryan C. Hendrix, Steven M. Bilodeau, Jeffrey F. Roeder Oct 2003

Origin And Implications Of The Observed Rhombohedral Phase In Nominally Tetragonal Pb(Zr0.35Ti0.65)O3 Thin Films, Paul C. Mcintyre, Alexei Gruverman, Bryan C. Hendrix, Steven M. Bilodeau, Jeffrey F. Roeder

Alexei Gruverman Publications

The structural and electrical properties of Pb(Zr0.35Ti0.65)O3 (PZT) thin films ranging in thickness from 700 to 4000 Å have been investigated. These (001)/(100)-textured films were grown by metalorganic chemical vapor deposition on (111)-textured Ir bottom electrodes. It was observed that, in the as-deposited state, the thinnest PZT films are rhombohedral even though bulk PZT of this composition should be tetragonal. Thicker films have a layered structure with tetragonal PZT at the surface and rhombohedral PZT at the bottom electrode interface. In this article we investigate the origin of this structure and its effect of the …

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Implementation Of An Acoustic Echo Canceller Using Matlab, Srinivasaprasath Raghavendran Oct 2003

Implementation Of An Acoustic Echo Canceller Using Matlab, Srinivasaprasath Raghavendran

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The rapid growth of technology in recent decades has changed the whole dimension of communications. Today people are more interested in hands-free communication. In such a situation, the use a regular loudspeaker and a high-gain microphone, in place of a telephone receiver, might seem more appropriate. This would allow more than one person to participate in a conversation at the same time such as a teleconference environment. Another advantage is that it would allow the person to have both hands free and to move freely in the room. However, the presence of a large acoustic coupling between the loudspeaker and …

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Computation Of Effectiveness Factors For Partially Wetted Catalyst Pellets Using The Method Of Fundamental Solution, E. Palmisano, P. A. Ramachandran, K. Balakrishnan, M. (Muthanna) H. Al-Dahhan Oct 2003

Computation Of Effectiveness Factors For Partially Wetted Catalyst Pellets Using The Method Of Fundamental Solution, E. Palmisano, P. A. Ramachandran, K. Balakrishnan, M. (Muthanna) H. Al-Dahhan

Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Trickle Bed Reactors Are Widely Used in Many Process Industries. the Catalyst Particles Are Often Incompletely Wetted Especially in the Trickling Flow Regime and Hence to Design These Reactors, the Effectiveness Factor of Partially Wetted Catalyst Needs to Be Calculated Accurately. Numerical Solutions by Traditional Methods Are Time Consuming and Not Very Accurate, Especially for Some Commonly Used Complex Catalyst Shapes Such as Trilobes, Quadrilobes Etc. the Paper Presents a Novel Numerical Solution for These Problems based on the Method of Fundamental Solutions. the Advantage of the Method is that It Involves Only Boundary Collocation and Can Be Applied to …

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October 14, 2003, Council On Teacher Education Oct 2003

October 14, 2003, Council On Teacher Education

Minutes

No abstract provided.

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Executive Committee - Agenda, 10/14/2003, Academic Senate Oct 2003

Executive Committee - Agenda, 10/14/2003, Academic Senate

Academic Senate Agendas

No abstract provided.

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Unh Highlights Faculty Student Technology Projects At First Etap Showcase Oct 23, Lori Gula Oct 2003

Unh Highlights Faculty Student Technology Projects At First Etap Showcase Oct 23, Lori Gula

Media Relations

No abstract provided.

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Density Matrix View Of The Double Well Problem, Ronald Lovett Oct 2003

Density Matrix View Of The Double Well Problem, Ronald Lovett

Topics in Quantum Mechanics

No abstract provided.

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Executive Committee - Meeting Minutes, 10/14/2003, Academic Senate Oct 2003

Executive Committee - Meeting Minutes, 10/14/2003, Academic Senate

Academic Senate Minutes

No abstract provided.

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Solar Neutrinos, Sno And Neutrino-Deuteron Reactions, Vladimir Gudkov, Kuniharu Kubodera Oct 2003

Solar Neutrinos, Sno And Neutrino-Deuteron Reactions, Vladimir Gudkov, Kuniharu Kubodera

Faculty Publications

The standard nuclear physics approach and effective field theory approach for calculations of neutrino–deuteron cross sections for the solar neutrino energies are considered. Their main features, the level of accuracy and problems to be addressed for further developments are discussed.

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Auroral Source Region: Plasma Properties Of The High-Latitude Plasma Sheet, C. A. Kletzing, J. D. Scudder, E. E. Dors, Carina Curto Oct 2003

Auroral Source Region: Plasma Properties Of The High-Latitude Plasma Sheet, C. A. Kletzing, J. D. Scudder, E. E. Dors, Carina Curto

Department of Mathematics: Faculty Publications

Statistical results from a survey of 93 passes through the high-latitude extension of the plasma sheet of electron data from the Hydra instrument on the Polar spacecraft show that the values for electron density can range from 0.01 to 0.5 cm–3 with an average value around 0.1 cm–3 on the poleward side and 0.3 cm–3 on the equatorward side. Electron mean energy is found to have an average value near 900 eV on the equatorward side and 400 eV on the poleward side but varies from 100 eV to 4 keV. These values for density and mean …

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Gsuniverse, 2003-10-13, Office Of Public Affairs Oct 2003

Gsuniverse, 2003-10-13, Office Of Public Affairs

GSUniverse

Newsletter published by Governors State University 2002-2005.

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Arbiter, October 13, Students Of Boise State University Oct 2003

Arbiter, October 13, Students Of Boise State University

Student Newspapers

No abstract provided.

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Mustang Daily, October 13, 2003 Oct 2003

Mustang Daily, October 13, 2003

Cal Poly Student Newspaper

Student newspaper of California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA.

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Resolution 03-02-F - Plus / Minus Grading System, Wku Student Government Association Oct 2003

Resolution 03-02-F - Plus / Minus Grading System, Wku Student Government Association

Student Government Association

Resolution against plus / minus grading system.

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The Collegian (2003-10-13), Sonia Mejia Oct 2003

The Collegian (2003-10-13), Sonia Mejia

UTB/TSC Archives - The Collegian [Newspaper]

Vol. 56, No. 8

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Descriptive Analysis Of Sexual Assaults In Anchorage, Alaska, André B. Rosay, Robert H. Langworthy Oct 2003

Descriptive Analysis Of Sexual Assaults In Anchorage, Alaska, André B. Rosay, Robert H. Langworthy

AJSAC reports

It has long been known that forcible rapes and sexual assaults occur at a higher rate in Anchorage and in Alaska than in the U.S. as a whole. The Justice Center, in collaboration with the Anchorage Police Department, conducted an epidemiological study aimed at providing a better understanding of the parameters of the rape and sexual assault problem in Anchorage. Researchers looked at case data drawn from the 541 sexual assaults reported to the Anchorage Police Department in 2000 and 2001. These data provide the first solid information on victim and suspect characteristics, time and location of assaults, and other …

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Central Florida Future, Vol. 36 No. 15, October 13, 2003 Oct 2003

Central Florida Future, Vol. 36 No. 15, October 13, 2003

Central Florida Future

Faculty Senate steps towards protecting gays; UCF will return to Islands of Adventure; 'The Laramie Project' haunted by protests; Diversity week celebration marks 11th year.

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Monitor Newsletter October 13, 2003, Bowling Green State University Oct 2003

Monitor Newsletter October 13, 2003, Bowling Green State University

Monitor

Official Publication of Bowling Green State University for Faculty and Staff

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Board Of Directors Meeting Minutes (October 13, 2003), Dmacc Oct 2003

Board Of Directors Meeting Minutes (October 13, 2003), Dmacc

Board of Directors Meeting Minutes

This file contains the minutes from the Des Moines Area Community College Board meeting held on October 13, 2003.

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Detection Of Weak Transitions In Signal Dynamics Using Recurrence Time Statistics, J. B. Gao, Yinhe Cao, Lingyun Gu, J. G. Harris, J. C. Principe Oct 2003

Detection Of Weak Transitions In Signal Dynamics Using Recurrence Time Statistics, J. B. Gao, Yinhe Cao, Lingyun Gu, J. G. Harris, J. C. Principe

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Signal detection in noisy and nonstationary environments is very challenging. In this Letter, we study why the two types of recurrence times [Phys. Rev. Lett. 83 (1999) 3178] may be very useful for detecting weak transitions in signal dynamics. We particularly emphasize that the recurrence times of the second type may be more powerful in detecting transitions with very low energy. These features are illustrated by studying a number of speech signals with fricatives and plosives. We have also shown that the recurrence times of the first type, nevertheless, has the distinguished feature of being more robust to the noise …

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The Tiger Best Of Clemson 2003-10-10, Clemson University Oct 2003

The Tiger Best Of Clemson 2003-10-10, Clemson University

Tiger Newspapers

No abstract provided.

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