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Strengthening Of Masonry Structures With Frp Composites, J. Gustavo Tumialan, Francesco Micelli, Antonio Nanni

Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Unreinforced masonry (URM) walls are prone to failure when subjected to out-of-plane and in-plane loads. the development of effective and affordable strengthening strategies is a need. in this context fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) materials offer viable solutions to solve or lessen the effects of overloading. This paper describes FRP systems proposed for use in the strengthening of masonry elements as well as the impact of such systems on the building being retrofitted. Also, field applications, some potential and others already implemented applications, are described. Field applications include strengthening for natural hazards (i.e. earthquakes and high wind pressures) as well as …

Multiobjective Optimization Of Seismic Structures, Franklin Y. Cheng, Dan Li, Jeffrey Ger

Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

This paper presents a constrained Mult objective optimization method in the form of a robust, practical, problem-independent formulation based on genetic algorithm combined with game theory and investigates the effect of Mult objective optimization on structural design. the study includes objectives, constraints, and design variables as well as their effect on structural design and behavior. the algorithm comprises - Mult objective fitness function, niche method, and Pareto set filter. a 10-story setback building is used to illustrate the evaluation of three choices: steel frame, reinforced concrete frame, composite steel and reinforced concrete frame. Evaluation is based on economics as well …

Theoretical And Practical Complexity Of Unified Modeling Language: Delphi Study And Metrics Analyses, J. Erickson, Keng Siau

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

Systems have become increasingly complex, and as a result development methods have become more complex as well. The unified modeling language (UML) has been criticized for the often cited and sometimes over- whelming complexity it presents to its users, and those seeking to learn to use it. Using Rossi and Brinkkemper’s (1996) complexity metrics, Siau and Cao (2001) completed a complexity analysis of UML and 36 other modeling techniques, finding that UML is indeed more complex than other techniques. Siau, Erickson and Lee (2002) proposed that Rossi and Brinkkemper’s metrics present the theoretical maximum complexity, known as theoretical complexity. This …

On The Use Of Randomness In Computing To Perform Intelligent Tasks, Ryan Scott Regensburger

Theses and Dissertations

The study of Artificial Intelligence attempts to simulate the processes of human intelligence in a set of computable algorithms. The purpose of Random Algorithms in this field is to provide a best-guess approach at identifying the unknown. In this thesis, research shows that random algorithms are able to break down many intelligent processes into a set of solvable problems. For example, solving puzzles and playing games involve the same estimating ability shown in standard problems such as the Coupon Collector problem or the Monty Hall problem. This thesis shows Random Algorithmic applications in two overlapping categories of intelligent behavior: Pattern …

The More Things Change The More They Stay The Same: Mr. Tutt And The Distrust Of Lawyers In The Early Twentieth Century, Molly A. Guptill

Cardozo Public Law, Policy & Ethics Journal

The note explores the intersection of public perception, legal ethics, and professional identity in the twentieth century, focusing on how Arthur Train's fictional character, Ephraim Tutt, influenced both the public's idealized view of lawyers and the legal profession's response to declining prestige. Train's portrayal of Tutt, a nostalgic archetype of the nineteenth-century country lawyer, highlighted the tension between the profession's modernization and the public's longing for a bygone era of ethical integrity. This duality spurred discussions on legal reform and the evolution of ethical standards, as the profession sought to bridge the gap between myth and reality.

The Prosecution Of Cybergripers Under The Lanham Act, Blossom Lefcourt

Cardozo Public Law, Policy & Ethics Journal

The note explores the legal implications of cybergripping under the Lanham Act, emphasizing the need to balance trademark protection with free speech. It critiques the inconsistent application of the commercial-noncommercial distinction in determining the legality of unauthorized trademark use and advocates for adopting the Central Hudson test to reconcile these competing interests.

Car Race Waivers' Checkered Flag On Third Party Loss Of Consortium Claims, Walter T. Champion Jr.

Seton Hall Journal of Sports and Entertainment Law

No abstract provided.

Can Toyota's Entry Into Nascar Be Dodged Through Litigation With Bill Davis Racing?, Meri J. Van Blarcom-Gupko

Seton Hall Journal of Sports and Entertainment Law

No abstract provided.

Stadium-Style Seating Movie Theaters: Does The Cornerstone Of The Theater Industry's Recent Transformation Violate The Americans With Disabilities Act?, Andrea W. Hattan

Seton Hall Journal of Sports and Entertainment Law

No abstract provided.

Amateur-To-Amateur, Dan Hunter, F. Gregory Lastowka

William & Mary Law Review

Copyright, it is commonly said, matters in society because it encourages the production of socially beneficial, culturally significant expressive content. Our focus on copyright's recent history, however, blinds us to the social information practices that have always existed. In this Article, we examine these social information practices, and query copyright's role within them. We posit a functional model of what is necessary for creative content to move from creator to user. These are the functions dealing with the creation, selection, production, dissemination, promotion, sale, and use of expressive content. We demonstrate how centralized commercial control of information content has been …

Annual Report Of The Digital Library Linkages Initiative Of Istec With Analysis Of Outcomes For 2004, Johann Van Reenen

University Libraries & Learning Sciences Faculty and Staff Publications

This is the annual report to the ISTEC board of directors regarding the digital library linkages initiative. CONTENTS include: DLL Month 2004, Progress report on goals set for 2004, DLL Portal, Integration of other services/software with DLL, ISTEC Institutional Repository, Humanities Proposal, 2nd Simposio Internaciaonal Bibliotecas Digitais (II SIBD), Consortial access to electronic content, Reports from regional operations of DLL, recent achievements in the history of DLL, concept of a Digital Library and an Institutional Repository

Lawyers, Democracy And Dispute Resolution: The Declining Influence Of Lawyer-Statesmen Politicians And Lawyerly Values, Jeffrey W. Stempel

Nevada Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Foreword, Francesca Bignami

Law and Contemporary Problems

No abstract provided.

The Baker Doctrine And The New Federalism: Developing Independent Constitutional Principles Under The Alaska Constitution, Thomas V. Van Flein

Alaska Law Review

No abstract provided.

A Report On An Arts Administration Internship With The Arts Council Of New Orleans, Marianna Roll

Arts Administration Master's Reports (1984-2016)

This report documents a one semester internship with the Arts Council of New Orleans. Through a detailed description of specific projects completed, the intern shares information regarding challenges and observations. Specifically, observations deal with management structure and office efficiency. The report concludes with recommendations for improvement in these areas.

Papain: A Novel Urine Adulterant., David Burrows

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The estimated number of employees in the United Stated screened annually for illicit drugs is approximately 20 million, with marijuana being the most frequently abused drug. Urine adulterants provide an opportunity for illicit drug users to obtain a false negative result on commonly used primary drug screening methods such as the Fluorescence Polarized Immunoassay (FPIA) technique. Typical chemical adulterants such as nitrites are easily detected or render the urine specimen invalid as defined in the proposed federal guidelines for specimen validity testing based on creatinine, specific gravity and pH. Papain is a cysteine protease with intrinsic ester hydrolysis capability. The …

U.S.-Ukraine Military Relations And The Value Of Interoperability, Leonid I. Polyakov Mr.

Books, Monographs & Collaborative Studies

Ukraine's destiny is critical to the security of the entire post-Soviet zone. It long has been the stated goal of Ukrainian defense policy to integrate with Euro-Atlantic structures like the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), and this goal has been one of the chief objectives of the United States, as well. However, to move from rhetoric to implementation is particularly difficult where the defense reform of a post-Soviet state has been concerned, and Ukraine is no exception. Ukraine has begun to make remarkable progress towards its self-professed goal of defense integration with Western structures. This monograph provides a comprehensive account …

Sources Of Plant Materials For Land Rehabilitation, Heidi Howard, John A. Guretzky, Brandy Koch, Shannon Mcdowell, Steven Warren, Gwyn L. Howard

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

Military training often results in environmental degradation that has negative impacts on future training missions. The U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL) conceptualized the Army’s Integrated Training Area Management (ITAM) program in response to the concerns expressed by military land managers and trainers over the declining condition of training and testing lands. ITAM has evolved to include land condition and trend analysis (LCTA), environmental awareness (EA), training requirements integration (TRI), and land rehabilitation and maintenance (LRAM). The need for LRAM has increased dramatically over the past decade. Among the many difficulties faced in planning and implementing a land rehabilitation …

Biodiesel: To Switch Or Not To Switch? A Greener Fuel Option For The Sjsu Shuttle Bus System, Olga Meydbray

Master's Projects

For the past several years the SJSU shuttle bus system has been the subject of anger from the residents living in the neighborhoods through which the shuttle buses travel several times daily. Individuals living in the Spartan-Keyes neighborhood, near the Spartan stadium, have been working with staff at the City of San Jose to reduce the amount of large truck and bus traffic in their neighborhood for several years.

The staff at the San Jose State University Police Department (UPD), the organization in charge of the campus shuttle bus system, is in a position to make a real difference in …

Microwave Pretreatment Of Corn Stover For Anaerobic Digestion, Abhishek D. Saxena

Masters Theses

Anaerobic digestion is one of the several technologies used for biomass conversion to electricity or heat. This thesis focused on microwave irradiation of corn stover as a pretreatment for anaerobic digestion, and studies its impact on methane production.

The first run comprised three sets of stover soaked overnight in water, dilute sulfuric acid and dilute acetic acid, and each treated to three different levels of microwave irradiation. The results indicated a high variability in the data of the water set, which showed that there was no clear impact of microwave pretreatment on methane production. The dilute sulfuric acid and dilute …

Attenuation Of Ultrasonic Waves In Rolled Metals, Liyong Yang, Joseph A. Turner

Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience: Faculty Publications

Scattering of ultrasonic waves in polycrystals with texture is studied in this article. The attenuations of the three wave modes are determined as a function of dimensionless frequency and propagation direction, respectively, for given orientation distribution coefficients (ODCs). The calculation is done in the case of a statistically orthorhombic sample made up of cubic crystallites. The wave propagation and scattering model is formulated by the Dyson equation using an anisotropic Green’s function approach.Within the limits of the first-order smoothing approximation, the Dyson equation is solved in the spatial Fourier transform domain. The results presented are shown to be directional dependent, …

The Federal Seizure Of Attorneys' Fees In Criminal Forfeiture Actions And The Threat To The American System Of Criminal Defense, Brian Fork

North Carolina Law Review

No abstract provided.

A Study Of Education Reform In Texas: State Mandated Testing Results, Effects, And The University Of Texas-Pan American, Monica M. Trevino

Theses and Dissertations - UTB/UTPA

The study will use scores on TASP, and ACT as predictors of first year college success. First year college success will be measured by first-year year college grade point average and number of class hours dropped. We expect to find a high correlation between standardized test scores and college success. In order to continue yearly state test administration efforts, data needs to be found supporting that these efforts are sufficient. If this evidence is not present, then state mandated achievement testing needs to be reconsidered for use as a requirement for receipt of a high school diploma, school accountability, and …

Property As Legal Knowledge: Means And Ends, Annelise Riles

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

This article takes anthropologists’ renewed interest in property theory as an opportunity to consider legal theory-making as an ethnographic subject in its own right. My focus is on one particular construct – the instrument, or relation of means to ends, that animates both legal and anthropological theories about property. An analysis of the workings of this construct leads to the conclusion that rather than critique the ends of legal knowledge, the anthropology of property should devote itself to articulating its own means.

Underrepresented Doctoral Students: The Cultural And Institutional Barriers That Hinder Their Ability To Graduate, Nancy Greer-Williams

Dissertations

African American, Hispanic/Latino, and American Indian doctoral students continue to have attrition rates substantially higher than their White counterparts (Lovitts, 2001). Attrition was defined as the act of weakening or exhausting by constant harassment, abuse, or attack (Merriam-Webster, 2004). Research todate on this topic has focused on causes and barriers that can be attributed to mainstream groups, not on particular cultural barriers that may adversely affectdoctoral persistence among underrepresented groups. This study collected the lived experiences of these students at three separate university settings and turned them into conceptualized statements in an effort to understand the meaning of their experiences …

Evaluating Ukrainian Political Party Development: A Case Study Of Ukrainian Elections 1994-2002, Clifford Blair

Sigma: Journal of Political and International Studies

No abstract provided.

Telecommunication, Regulation And Economic Development In Botswana: A Quantitative Analysis, Thapedi Kgodungwe

Student Work

This study is a quantitative analysis of the relationship between telecommunication infrastructure and economic development in Botswana from 1995 to 2003. The study used Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita as a measure for economic development and telephones per 100 people as a measure for telecommunications. A statistical correlation test was used to analyze the relationship between telecommunications and economic growth. The results of the analysis found that the two are significantly related. Looking at the results of this study, they reaffirmed the claim made by numerous previous researchers that indeed telecommunications is positively linked to economic development. However, it …

Emotional Intelligence As A Moderator Of Problem Based Arousal On Solution Quality And Quantity, Anne E. Herman

Student Work

The study examined the interactive influence o f the affective qualities of a problem and a problem solver’s emotional intelligence (El), an individual difference in the ability to perceive, express, integrate, understand, and regulate emotion, on the quality and quantity of solutions generated to two different ill-structured problems. The general hypothesis was that emotional intelligence would moderate the effect of the negative emotional arousal of a problem controlling for the influence of cognitive intelligence, such that the discrepancy between those higher and lower in emotional intelligence would be greater for the problem which is high in emotional arousal than for …

Worldviews, Normative Masculinity, And The Invention Of Peace, Gordon Fellman

Seattle Journal for Social Justice

No abstract provided.

The Importance Of Integrated Goal Setting: The Application Of Cost-Of-Capital Concepts To Private Firms, A. Frank Adams Iii, George E. Manners Jr, Joseph H. Astrachan, Pietro Mazzola

Faculty Articles

In this article, we examine financial return, answer the question of how one knows when the return is adequate, and explore the relationship of short- and long-term returns as they relate to business health.