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Women Vital To Growth And Success Of Uni, Northern Iowan, December 9, 2003

Noteworthy People of UNI Documents

Mona Van Duyn graduated from Iowa State Teachers College (ISTC) in 1942 with three majors: English, Speech, and French. More importantly, she began to take herself seriously as a poet at ISTC. She often made the three-mile walk west of Cedar Falls to visit poet James Hearst. After college, and a Master's Degree from the University of Iowa, Van Duyn went on to teach at the University of Louisville, and Washington University in St. Louis. She has won every major U.S. poetry prize, including the National Book Award and the Pulitzer. UNI awarded her an Honorary Doctor of Literature Degree …

Norris V. Comm Social Security

2003 Decisions

United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Usa V. May

2003 Decisions

United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

Rivers : Our Heritage Our Future, Khairulmaini Osman Salleh

Archival Material (2000s)

"Inaugural lecture University of Malaya, 9 December 2003".

Limestone Wall Retreat In A Ceiling Cupola Controlled By Hydrothermal Degassing With Wall Condensation (Szunyogh Model), Baudouin Lismonde

KIP Articles

Audra, Bigot and Monochain (2003) proposed an explanation for the development of a hydrothermal cave in Provence (France), referring to the Szunyogh model (1989). Dreybrodt (2003) then shows by calculations that this model is unlikely. We will discuss Dreybrodt's answer here. Our conclusions will ephasise that Dreybrodt's hypothesis (transient conduction in a semi-infinite solid) is not the only possibility. When other conditions are considered (steady-state conduction with constant temperature at a finite distance), this cupola-development model can be valid.

Education Policy Analysis Archives 11/46 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Tecnologías de la información y la comunicación y los indicadores de evaluación universitaria en España / Antonio Cardona Rodríguez [and] Miren Barrenetxea Ayesta.

Murray Ledger And Times, December 9, 2003, Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

No abstract provided.

December 9, 2003, Faculty Senate

Minutes

No abstract provided.

Anisotropic Splitting Of Intersubband Spin Plasmons In Quantum Wells With Bulk And Structural Inversion Asymmetry, Carsten A. Ullrich, M. E. Flatté

Physics Faculty Research & Creative Works

In semiconductor heterostructures, bulk and structural inversion asymmetry and spin-orbit coupling induce a k-dependent spin splitting of valence and conduction subbands, which can be viewed as being caused by momentum-dependent crystal magnetic fields. This paper studies the influence of these effective magnetic fields on the intersubband spin dynamics in an asymmetric n-type GaAs/Al_0.3Ga_0.7As quantum well. We calculate the dispersions of intersubband spin plasmons using linear-response theory. the so-called D'yakonov-Perel' decoherence mechanism is inactive for collective intersubband excitations, i.e., crystal magnetic fields do not lead to decoherence of spin plasmons. Instead, we predict that the main signature …

Flyer News, Vol. 51, No. 20 (Dec. 9, 2003), University Of Dayton

Flyer News

Student-run newspaper of the University of Dayton

Processes For Nanomachining Using Carbon Nanotubes, Robert Ryan Vallance, Apparao M. Rao, M. Pinar Mengüç

Mechanical Engineering Faculty Patents

Novel methods and devices for nanomachining a desired pattern on a surface of a conductive workpiece are disclosed. In one aspect, the method comprises using an electron beam emitted from one or more nanotubes to evaporate nanoscale quantities of material from the workpiece surface. The surface of the workpiece to be machined may be excited to a threshold energy to reduce the amount of power required to be emitted by the nanotube. In another aspect, a device is described for nanomachining a desired pattern on a surface of a conductive workpiece, comprising a vessel capable of sustaining a vacuum, a …

Remarks: Agenda And Remarks By Michael Cascone, Jr. At 2003 Bcbsf Retirees’ Dinner, Blue Cross And Blue Shield Of Florida, Inc.

Florida Blue Archives Printed Materials

No abstract provided.

Daily Eastern News: December 09, 2003, Eastern Illinois University

December

No abstract provided.

Patenting Computer Data Structures: The Ghost, The Machine And The Federal Circuit, Andrew Joseph Hollander

Duke Law & Technology Review

Courts view "data structures," the mechanism by which computers store data in meaningful relationships, differently than do computer scientists. While computer scientists recognize that data structures have aspects that are both physical (how they are stored in memory) and logical (the relationships among the stored information), the Federal Circuit, in its attempts to set clear standards of the scope of patentability of data structures, has not fully appreciated their dualistic nature. This i-brief explains what data structures are, explores how courts have wrestled with setting a limiting principle to determine their patentability, and discusses the resultant impact on claim drafting.

Um Hosts Annual Christmas Cookie Event, University Of Montana--Missoula. Office Of University Relations

University of Montana News Releases, 1928, 1956-present

No abstract provided.

The Alestle - Vol. 56 No. 28 - 12/09/2003, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

The Alestle

Vol. 56 No. 28

Multiwavelength Modelocked Semiconductor Diode Laser, Peter Delfyett, Hong Shi

UCF Patents

Single-stripe GaAs/AlGaAs semiconductor optical amplifiers which simultaneously generates from four to more than twenty tunable WDM channels. A four channel version trsnsmits approximately 12 picosecond pulses at approximately 2.5 GHz for an aggregate pulse rate of 100 GHz. Wavelength tuning over 18 nm has been demonstrated with channel spacing ranging from approximately 0.8 nm to approximately 2 nm. A second version uses approximately 20 wavelength channels, each transmitting approximately 12 picosecond pulses at a rate of approximately 600 MHz. A spectral correlation across the multiwavelength spectrum which can be for utilizing single stripe laser diodes as multiwavelength sources in WDM-TDM …

High Efficiency Ceiling Fan Blades, Danny Parker, Bart Hibbs, Guan Su

UCF Patents

Ceiling fan blades for maximizing air flow at operational speeds of up to approximately 200 revolutions per minute(rpm). The blades have a positive twist at the tip ends of approximately 5 degrees to approximately 10 degrees parallel to the ceiling. The root end of the blades closest to the motor can have a positive twist exceeding that of the tip end and can be approximately 20 to approximately 35 degrees parallel to the ceiling. The ceiling fans can have individual blade lengths of approximately 20 inches and overall spans of up to approximately 52 inches and up to approximately 54 …

Shroud Nozzle For Gas Jet Control In An Extreme Ultraviolet Light, Roy Mcgregor, Charles Clendening

UCF Patents

A gas jet nozzle for an extreme-ultraviolet light source, including a housing having a front and back. The housing is coupleable to a primary gas source and a secondary gas source and is adapted to expel primary has and secondary gas from the housing front. The housing has a gas=expelling primary channel located centrally within the housing and a gas-expelling secondary channel proximate the primary channel. The primary channel may be circular and a secondary channel may be annular, surrounding the primary channel. A secondary gas stream expelled from the secondary channel restricts the lateral expansion of a primary gas …

Whalesong 2003-12-09, N/A N/A

Whalesong

No abstract provided.

American Indian Program Hosts Open House, University Of Montana--Missoula. Office Of University Relations

University of Montana News Releases, 1928, 1956-present

No abstract provided.

The Tower, 12/9/2003

University Newspapers

No abstract provided.

The New Hampshire, Vol. 93 [94], No. 24 [25] (Dec. 9, 2003), The New Hampshire

The New Hampshire Print Edition

An independent student produced newspaper from the University of New Hampshire. This volume was printed as 93, but it is the 94th volume in the series. This was corrected in pencil.

This issue was printed as 24, but it is the 25th issue in this volume. This was corrected in pencil.

Ddasaccident410, Hd-Aid

Global CWD Repository

At 16:30 Section Commander [the Victim] was moving to the rest area for a 10 minute break. On the way back he saw an unidentified object lying in the sand in the base lane. The object was a cylinder, approximately 12mm in length and 5mm in diameter. [The Victim] picked up the object and carried it back to the rest area. [The Victim] sat down in the rest area and took out a pin to remove some of the sand and dried mud that covered the object. He inserted the pin into one end of the cylinder in an attempt …

The Effect Of Time Delays In The Stability Of Load Balancing Algorithms For Parallel Computations, Chaouki T. Abdallah, J. D. Birdwell, John Chiasson, Zhong Tang, Nivedita Alluri, Tsewei Wang

Electrical & Computer Engineering Faculty Publications

Deterministic dynamic nonlinear time-delay systems are developed to model load balancing in a cluster of computer nodes used for parallel computations. The model is shown to be self consistent in that the queue lengths cannot go negative and the total number of tasks in all the queues are conserved (i.e., load balancing can neither create nor lose tasks). Further, it is shown that using the proposed load balancing algorithms, the system is stable. Experimental results are presented and compared with the predicted results from the analytical model. In particular, simulations of the models are compared with an experimental implementation of …

Dynamical Discrete-Time Load Balancing In Distributed Systems In The Presence Of Time Delays, Chaouki T. Abdallah, S. Dhakal, B. S. Paskaleva, M. M. Hayat, E. Schamiloglu

Electrical & Computer Engineering Faculty Publications

The implementation of a load balancing policy on a continuous basis in a delay-limited distributed computing environment may not only drain the computational resources of each computational element (CE), but can also lead to an unnecessary exchange of loads between the CEs. This degrades the system performance, measured by the overall completion time of the total tasks in the system. Thus, for a given distribution of the load among the CEs, there has to be an optimal number and distribution of discrete balancing instants. This paper focuses on #xing the number of balancing instants and optimizing the completion time over …

Robust Mobile Robotic Formation Control Using Internet-Like Protocols, Chaouki T. Abdallah, R. Sandoval-Rodriguez, R. H. Byme

Electrical & Computer Engineering Faculty Publications

This work presents an internet-like protocol (ILP) to coordinate the formation of n second-order agents in a two dimensional (2D) space. The trajectories are specified trough via points and a desired formation at each point. A basis for the proof of convergence is given using Lyapunov second method. Simulink is used to verify the response of the agents for a variety of desired trajectories. The proposed algorithms are robust in the sense that they can accommodate changes in the formation of the agents and more importantly, changes in the number of agents as some of them drop of or join …

Bounded Controller Design Of An Abr Explicit Rate Algorithm For Atm Switches, Chaouki T. Abdallah, Sophie Tarbouiech, Marco Ariola

Electrical & Computer Engineering Faculty Publications

Browse > Conferences> Decision and Control, 2003. Pr ... Bounded controller design of an ABR explicit rate algorithm for ATM switches .1273000 abstract . Tarbouriech, S.; Ariola, A.; Abdallah, C.T.; CNRS, Toulouse, France This paper appears in: Decision and Control, 2003. Proceedings. 42nd IEEE Conference on Issue Date: 9-12 Dec. 2003 On page(s): 2519 - 2524 Vol.3 ISSN: 0191-2216 Print ISBN: 0-7803-7924-1 INSPEC Accession Number: 8037709 Digital Object Identifier: 10.1109/CDC.2003.1273000 Date of Current Version: 15 March 2004 Abstract Congestion control in the available bit rate (ABR) class of asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) networks poses interesting challenges due to the presence of …

Quasi-Monte Carlo Methods In Robust Control Design, Chaouki T. Abdallah, Peter E. Hokayem

Electrical & Computer Engineering Faculty Publications

Many practical control problems are so complex that traditional analysis and design methods fail to solve. Consequently, sampling methods that provide approximate solutions to such difficult problems have emerged. In this paper we address the deterministic quasi-Monte Carlo method of sampling and attempt to impose bounds on the error involved in the evaluation of the quality of performance of a specific controller over the whole plant parameter uncertainty space.

Least Squares Support Vector Machines For Fixed-Step And Fixed-Set Cdma Power Control, Chaouki T. Abdallah, Judd A. Rohwer, Christos G. Christodoulou

Electrical & Computer Engineering Faculty Publications

This paper presents two machine learning based algorithms for CDMA power control. The least squares support vector machine (LS-SVM) algorithms classify eigenvalues estimates into sets of power control commands. A binary LS-SVM algorithm generates fixed step power control (FSPC) commands, while the one vs. one multiclass LS-SVM algorithm generates estimates for fixed set power control.