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Murray Ledger And Times, November 17, 2004, Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

No abstract provided.

2004-11-17 Unm News Minute, University Of New Mexico Communication And Marketing Department

UNM News Minute 2004

No abstract provided.

Academic Senate - Meeting Minutes, 11/16/2004, Academic Senate

Academic Senate Minutes

No abstract provided.

Spartan Daily, November 16, 2004, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 123, Issue 55

Farmers Reservoir & Irrigation Co. V. City Of Golden

Colorado Supreme Court Records and Briefs Collection

No abstract provided.

The Bates Student - Volume 134 Number 09 - November 16, 2004, Bates College

The Bates Student

No abstract provided.

11/16/2004 - Weiu-Tv Awaits Bot Approval.Pdf, University Marketing And Communications

2004

No abstract provided.

Generalized Design Of Diffractive Optical Elements Using Neural Networks, Ajay Pasupuleti, Anand Gopalan, Ferat Sahin, Mustafa A.G. Abushagur

Presentations and other scholarship

Diffractive optical elements (DOE) utilize diffraction to manipulate light in optical systems. These elements have a wide range of applications including optical interconnects, coherent beam addition, laser beam shaping and refractive optics aberration correction. Due to the wide range of applications, optimal design of DOE has become an important research problem. In the design of the DOEs, existing techniques utilize the Fresnel diffraction theory to compute the phase at the desired location at the output plane. This process involves solving nonlinear integral equations for which various numerical methods along with robust optimization algorithms exist in literature. However all the algorithms …

Academic Senate - Agenda, 11/16/2004, Academic Senate

Academic Senate Agendas

No abstract provided.

Antenna Array Output Power Minimization Using Steepest Descent Adaptive Algorithm, Sandra Gomulka Johnson

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

A beamforming antenna array is a set of antennas whose outputs are weighted by complex values and combined to form the array output. The effect of the complex valued weights is to steer lobes and nulls of the array pattern to desired directions. These directions may be unknown and so the antenna weights must be adjusted adaptively until some measure of array performance is improved, indicating proper lobe or null placement.

An adaptive algorithm to adjust the complex weights of an antenna array is presented that nulls high power signals while allowing reception of GPS signals as long as the …

Daily Eastern News: November 16, 2004, Eastern Illinois University

November

No abstract provided.

The Hilltop 11-16-2004, Hilltop Staff

The Hilltop: 2000 - 2010

No abstract provided.

Ac/Dc Switch Mode Power Supply With Power Factor Correction Using Direct Energy Transfer Concept, Issa Batarseh, Peter Kornetzky, Shiguo Luo, Weihong Qiu

UCF Patents

Power factor correction (PFC) "flyboost" cell with a transformer having primary winding connected to input power and secondary winding connected to output rectifier, which has both functions as a flyback transformer and boost inductor. Combining the flyboost cell with DC/DC converter cells, forms a single-stage PFC converters. Both cells share one main switch and one controller. Letting the flyboost cell operate at Discontinous Coduction Mode requires a simple control for high power factor. Through flyboost cell, part of output power is processed once by main switch, and is referred to as direct power transfer (DPT), which will signficantly improve efficiency. …

Does The Halting Necessary For Hardware Trace Collection Inordinately Perturb The Results?, Myles G. Watson

Theses and Dissertations

Processor address traces are invaluable for characterizing workloads and testing proposed memory hierarchies. Long traces are needed to exercise modern cache designs and produce meaningful results, but are difficult to collect with hardware monitors because microprocessors access memory too frequently for disks or other large storage to keep up. The small, fast buffers of the monitors fill quickly; in order to obtain long contiguous traces, the processor must be stopped while the buffer is emptied. This halting may perturb the traces collected, but this cannot be measured directly, since long uninterrupted traces cannot be collected. We make the case that …

Additive-Assisted Cerium-Based Electrolytic Coating Process For Corrosion Protection Of Aluminum Alloys, James O. Stoffer, Thomas J. O'Keefe, Eric L. Morris, Scott Hayes, Paul Yu, Alex Williams, Xuan Lin

Chemistry Faculty Research & Creative Works

The corrosion resistance of an aluminum or aluminum alloy component is enhanced by immersing an aluminum alloy to act as a cathode and an oxygen-evolving anode in an electrolyte comprising water, cerium ions, and an additive selected from among animal gelatin, derivatives of animal gelatin, and amino acids, then passing an electrical current through the electrolyte to deposit a cerium-based coating onto the aluminum-based component.

Caffeine And Airway Resistance, Gwyn N. Crump M.D.

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This study investigated the effect of caffeine on airway resistance. The subjects were drawn from volunteers (18-90 years old) in good health, with no major cardiopulmonary conditions.

We found no association between the consumption of a single cup of the caffeinated beverage coffee and a decrease in airway resistance within one hour in a normal sample of subjects as measured by impulse oscillometry nor with conventional spirometry . It appears that any possible bronchodilatory effect of the caffeine from a single cup of coffee in a normal population is below the limit of detection of spirometry and impulse oscillometry or …

Detecting Submerged Features In Water: Modeling, Sensors, And Measurements, Charles R. Bostater, Luce Bassetti

Ocean Engineering and Marine Sciences Faculty Publications

It is becoming more important to understand the remote sensing systems and associated autonomous or semi-autonomous methodologies (robotic & mechatronics) that may be utilized in freshwater and marine aquatic environments. This need comes from several issues related not only to advances in our scientific understanding and technological capabilities, but also from the desire to insure that the risk associated with UXO (unexploded ordnance), related submerged mines, as well as submerged targets (such as submerged aquatic vegetation) and debris left from previous human activities are remotely sensed and identified followed by reduced risks through detection and removal. This paper will describe …

Influence Of Water Waves On Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Of Subsurface Water Features, Charles R. Bostater Jr., Luce Bassetti

Ocean Engineering and Marine Sciences Faculty Publications

Modeled hyperspectral reflectance signatures with water wave influences are simulated using an analytical-based, iterative radiative transport model applicable to shallow or deep waters. Light transport within the water body is simulated using a fast, accurate radiative transfer model that calculates the light distribution in any layered media and incorporates realistic water surfaces which are synthesized using empirically-based spectral models of the water surface to generate water surface wave facets. The model simulated synthetic images are displayed as 24 bit RGB images of the water surface using selected channels from the simulated synthetic hyperspectral image cube. We show selected channels centered …

Openurl: Choices, Choices!, Athena Hoeppner, Marlene Porter

Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

No abstract provided.

Thinking Outside The Pandora's Box: Why The Dmca Is Unconstitutional Under Article I §8 Of The U.S. Constitution, Joshua L. Schwartz

ExpressO

No abstract provided.

Mustang Daily, November 15, 2004

Cal Poly Student Newspaper

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

Keepint Your Hands On The Plow--The Challenges Of One African-Amreican Law School Admissions Professional, Janice L. Austin

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 9th Annual Conference (2004)

Presentation Description: By highlighting the trends and revealing the mystique of a rarefied process, the presenter outlines the difficulties and achievements encountered during twenty years of enrolling law schools students, especially students of color.

The National Demining Office In Lebanon, 1998–2004, George Massaad, Salim Raad, Kassem Jammoul, Chip Bowness

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

Mine action in Lebanon only became highlighted internationally since the withdrawal of Israeli forces in May 2000. Wars and occupation during the past 25 years have left hundreds of thousands of mines and UXO scattered throughout Lebanon, including cluster munitions. The draft national Landmine Impact Survey (LIS) indicates that as of September 2003, more than 30 percent of the national population of 3.7 million is affected, and estimates that 1.4 percent of the landmass or about 137 million square metres remains potentially contaminated by mines and/or UXO. This is a significant detriment to socio-economic development.

The Impossible Dose - How Can Something Simple Be So Complex? , Lars Hode

Light Activated Tissue Regeneration and Therapy

No abstract provided.

Spartan Daily, November 15, 2004, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 123, Issue 54

U.S. Humanitarian Demining Research And Development Program Provides "Reach-In" Technology, Chris Wanner

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

When mine clearance operations closed down on June 12, 2004, for the last time in Honduras, U.S. Army Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate (NVESD) prototype equipment on trial was there to help complete the work started nearly one decade ago. Progress in reaching this milestone had stalled in 2002. Lack of a solution to a troublesome combination of environmental and threat factors remained beyond the capability of normal clearance procedures at one of the last remaining mine-suspected areas left in Honduras. Conventional clearance methods had revealed evidence of a mixture of anti-personnel and anti-tank mines buried under a meter …

The Revised Standard Version, Rachel Chalmers

Westview

No abstract provided.

The Statesman, V. 48, I. 21, State University Of New York At Stony Brook

Stony Brook Statesman-Sucolian

v. 48, i. 21

November 15, 2004, James Madison University

The Breeze, 2000-2009

The Breeze is the student newspaper of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

Turning Dairy Business Challenges Into Opportunities Is Topic Of Dec. 7 Seminar At Cal Poly, Public Affairs Office

Press Releases

No abstract provided.