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Numerical Calculation Of Mass Flow Rate In Capillary Tubes Using €˜Art’, An Advanced Simulation Software, Jose Miguel Corberan, David Fuentes, Jose Gonzalvez

International Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Conference

No abstract provided.

Investigation Of Oil Retention In Residential Heat Pumps, Lorenzo Cremaschi, Yun Ho Hwang, Reinhard Radermacher

International Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Conference

No abstract provided.

Thermophysical Properties Characterization Of Microencapsulated Phase Change Material Slurry, Jorge L. Alvarado, Charles Marsh Chang Sohn, Dave Kessler

International Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Conference

No abstract provided.

The Specific Heat Capacity Of Adsorbate-Adsorbent System, Hui Tong Chua, Anutosh Chakraborty, Xiao Lin Wang

International Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Conference

No abstract provided.

Capacity Control Of A Dx Vav System And Its Modeling, Wu Chen, Zheng Li, Shiming Deng

International Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Conference

No abstract provided.

Experimental And Numerical Study Of The Flow And Heat Transfer In Plate Heat Exchanger Channels, Damir Dovic, Srecko Svaic

International Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Conference

No abstract provided.

Validation Of Methods For Tuning System Charge Predictions In Unitary Equipment, Bo Shen, James E. Braun, Eckhard A. Groll

International Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Conference

No abstract provided.

Refrigerant Charge And Ambient Temperature Effects On The Refrigeration Cycle Of A Small Capacity Food Freezer, Marco F. Torchio, Paolo Anglesio

International Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Conference

No abstract provided.

A New Installation For Part Load Testing Of Air To Water Single Stage Chillers And Heat Pumps, Philippe Riviere, Nicolas Flach Malaspina, Jean Marc Lebreton

International Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Conference

No abstract provided.

The Effects Of Non-Condensable Gases In Household Refrigerators, Luca Cecchinato, Maurizio Dell'eva, Ezio Fornasieri, Massimo Marcer, Claudio Zilio

International Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Conference

No abstract provided.

A Moving-Boundary Model Of A Centrifugal Chiller System, Satyam Bendapudi, James E. Braun, Eckhard A. Groll

International Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Conference

No abstract provided.

Q-Pod: Deployable And Scalable End System Support For Enabling Qos In Legacy Enterprise Systems, Asad Khan Awan, Kihong Park

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

Unitary Air Conditioner Field Performance, Todd M. Rossi

International Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Conference

No abstract provided.

Cd40-Associated Traf 6 Signaling Is Required For Disease Induction In A Retrovirus-Induced Murine Immunodeficiency, Kathy A. Green, Cory L. Ahonen, W. James Cook, William R. Green

Dartmouth Scholarship

LP-BM5 retrovirus-infected C57BL/6 mice develop splenomegaly, lymphadenopathy, hypergammaglobulinemia, and immunodeficiency; thus, this disease has been named mouse AIDS. In this syndrome, CD154/CD40 interactions are required for but do not mediate disease by upregulation of CD80 or CD86. We report here that there is nonetheless a necessity for CD40 signaling competence, specifically an intact tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated factor 6 (TRAF 6) binding site.

Fast Algorithms For Fragment Based Completion In Images Of Natural Scenes, Siddharth Rajkumar Borikar

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Textures are used widely in computer graphics to represent fine visual details and produce realistic looking images. Often it is necessary to remove some foreground object from the scene. Removal of the portion creates one or more holes in the texture image. These holes need to be filled to complete the image. Various methods like clone brush strokes and compositing processes are used to carry out this completion. User skill is required in such methods. Texture synthesis can also be used to complete regions where the texture is stationary or structured. Reconstructing methods can be used to fill in large-scale …

Land Use Effects On Lake Water Quality In Central Florida, Jonathan Seiler

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Land use affects the water quality of lakes. Different land use types yield different effects due to varying amounts and constituents of runoff. In this study, the effects of surrounding land use on the water quality of 50 lakes in Seminole County, Florida was assessed. Using GIS, I placed buffers of 100 and 500 m around each lake. The percentages of land use type were calculated within these buffers for 1990 and 1995. An ordination of lakes was done using Canonical Correspondence Analysis (CCA) to determine if the surrounding land use patterns were adequate to describe the trophic status of …

Using The Six Sigma Policy Deployment Cycle To Mitigate Project Failur, Archana Magadi

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Many organizations are struggling to improve customer-focused quality in today's highly competitive domestic and global markets. At the same time, these organizations have failed to implement the Six Sigma methodology into their daily control and strategic planning processes. Six Sigma deployment failures have been categorized as coming from many sources, both management related and person related. Some of the key management related Six Sigma project failures have been identified and discussed in this research work. For continuous improvement to truly take root, organizations must realize that just successfully applying quality tools on any process will not necessarily provide dramatic results, …

An Investigation Into Providing Feedback To Users Of Decision Support, James Pharmer

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Research in several domains has shown that the implementation of computerized decision support aids is often associated with issues of human-automation interaction, which can have disastrous consequences. One often-cited reason for these issues is the poor quality of the feedback that is provided to the operators through these tools. The objective of the proposed investigation is to examine how providing feedback through a decision support tool affects operator knowledge and performance in the context of a fault management task for naval gunfire support. A one-way between-groups comparison was made to investigate differences between providing decision support feedback (logic trace, mission …

Monolithic Integration Of Dual Optical Elements On High Power Semicond, Laurent Vaissie

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This dissertation investigates the monolithic integration of dual optical elements on high power semiconductor lasers for emission around 980nm wavelength. In the proposed configuration, light is coupled out of the AlGaAs/GaAs waveguide by a low reflectivity grating coupler towards the substrate where a second monolithic optical element is integrated to improve the device performance or functionality. A fabrication process based on electron beam lithography and plasma etching was developed to control the grating coupler duty cycle and shape. The near-field intensity profile outcoupled by the grating is modeled using a combination of finite-difference time domain (FDTD) analysis of the nonuniform …

James Joyce's Oxen Of The Sun, Daniel Butler

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Comparison Of Aerodynamic And Radiometric Surface Temperature Using Precision Weighing Lysimeters, Paul D. Colaizzi, Steven R. Evett, Terry A. Howell, Judy A. Tolk

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

Radiometric surface temperature (T_s) is commonly used as a surrogate for aerodynamic temperature (T_o) in computing the sensible heat flux term (H) in the energy balance. However, these temperatures may differ by several degrees, leading to possible errors (especially for large H) and their relationship is not well known. Previous researchers have established empirical and semi-empirical parameterizations of the radiometric roughness length (z_or) or some related form (e.g., kB_r ^-1 = ln[z_om/z_or], where z_om is the momentum roughness length). In this paper, we estimated T_o – T …

Single User Data Throughput On The Forward Link Of A High Data Rate System, Ching-Sia Lim

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Therapeutic Domestic Violence Courts: An Efficient Approach To Adjudication?, Hon. Catherine Shaffer

Seattle University Law Review

Part II of this Article will explore the history of state intervention to confront domestic violence, along with some of the attitudes that contribute to the lack of adequate enforcement of recent legislative reforms. Part III of this Article will discuss the costs of domestic violence and the impact of superficial court treatment in reducing those costs. Part IV will outline the historical development, philosophy, and potential development of therapeutic courts, and in particular will examine the proven effectiveness of the drug court model and the potential benefits that are unique to domestic violence courts. Part V suggests further creation …

Un-Making Law: The Classical Revival In The Common Law, Jay Feinman

Seattle University Law Review

This article describes the possibility of a classical revival in the common law and situates the revival in its historical context. Part I sets the stage by briefly summarizing a century and a half of common-law development. At the end of the Nineteenth Century, classical legal thought envisioned a highly systematic body of law through which courts could mechanically apply abstract legal concepts to reach determinate results, producing limited liability in contract and tort law and expansive property rights. Critics beginning with Holmes and notably including Progressives and legal realists attacked classical law as incomplete and incoherent. Their critique was …

A Pedagogical And Comparative Study : Selected Songs Of Dinos Constantinides / By Laura Mobley Thompson, Laura Mobley Thompson

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Estimation Of Particle Sizes For A Range Of Narrow Size Distributions Of Natural Sands Suspended In Water Using Multi-Frequency Acoustic Backscatter / By Christopher K. Smith, Christopher K. Smith

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Antenna Modeling By Infinitesimal Dipoles Using Genetic Algorithms / By Taninder S. Sijher, Taninder Sijher

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Association For Conflict Resolution Annual Conference 2003 - The World Of Conflict Resolution: A Mosaic Of Possibilities Session On Justice In Mediation

Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution

On October 15 - 18, 2003, the Association for Conflict Resolution ("ACR") held its Annual Conference in Orlando, Florida. The Conference was entitled The World of Conflict Resolution: A Mosaic of Possibilities. This article tracks Session No. 4.08, entitled Justice in Mediation. The Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution ("the Journal") would like to thank ACR for its permission to reprint an edited transcript of this session. In addition, the Journal would like to extend its deepest appreciation to Sangita Sigdyal, ACR's Chief Operating Officer, for her assistance during this project.

Something's Rotten In The State Of Party-Appointed Arbitration: Healing Adr's Black Eye That Is "Nonneutral Neutrals", Seth H. Lieberman

Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution

This Note will first explore the history of arbitration, particularly within the United States. It will predominantly examine the traditional definitions of arbitrators and any consistencies throughout the various differences of arbitrator definitions. Second, this Note will investigate the traditional definitions of and roles played by advocates in traditional litigation and alternative dispute resolution. It will contrast advocates with party-appointed arbitrators, particularly focusing on their history, reasons for their creation, and their intended purpose.

Third, this Note will investigate the characteristics of modern party-appointed arbitrators, focusing on what scholars and parties regard as their expected behavior in a tripartite arbitration. …

Swimming In The Deep End: Dealing With Justice In Mediation, Jonathan M. Hyman

Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution

Justice is a troublesome issue for mediators. It is not their role to decide who was right and who was wrong. Mediators have no authority to determine if a resolution is fair or just. That role and that authority are reserved for judges, juries, and arbitrators. But if mediators should not decide what is fair and just, why should they even think about those matters? Even learning only what the parties deem fair or unfair about past actions, or what is just or unjust about pending settlement proposals, without trying to impose any "correct" outcome, would leave the mediator with …