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12/11/2004 Obituary Records, Hawaii Obituaries Dec 2004

12/11/2004 Obituary Records, Hawaii Obituaries

Obituaries

List of Obituaries for individuals who passed away on 12/11/2004. Scroll down to see the names and obituary description.


December 11, 2004 (Pages 6489-6628), Pennsylvania Legislative Reference Bureau Dec 2004

December 11, 2004 (Pages 6489-6628), Pennsylvania Legislative Reference Bureau

Volume 34 (2004)

No abstract provided.


What Is A Personal Representative?, David Rezac, Anne M. Feiock, Elizabeth E. Gorham Dec 2004

What Is A Personal Representative?, David Rezac, Anne M. Feiock, Elizabeth E. Gorham

SDSU Extension Fact Sheets

No abstract provided.


Murray Ledger And Times, December 11, 2004, Murray Ledger And Times Dec 2004

Murray Ledger And Times, December 11, 2004, Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

No abstract provided.


Revision Of The Phyllophaga Of Hispaniola (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) — Part 2, Robert E. Woodruff, Milton W. Sanderson Dec 2004

Revision Of The Phyllophaga Of Hispaniola (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) — Part 2, Robert E. Woodruff, Milton W. Sanderson

Insecta Mundi

With this study, the fauna of Hispaniolan Phyllophaga is now composed of 48 species, all of which are endemic (precinctive), including 22 new species described herein (4 attributed to Woodruff and Sanderson: approxima, bonfils, jimenezi, rex; 18 to Woodruff: aceitillar, alcoa, androw, baoruco, carnegie, davidsoni, eladio, haitiensis, jaragua, larimar, marcano, nunezi, ortizi, pedernales, rawlinsi, rustica, santachloe, toni). Additionally, allotypes are described for 7 species with previously unknown males (aliada, canoa) or females (esquinada, fossoria, imprima, kenscoffi, panicula), and 6 new country records (Dominican Republic) are provided (aliada, leptospica, minutissima, panicula, permagna, recorta). Of …


Revision Of The Phyllophaga Of Hispaniola (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) — Part 3, Robert E. Woodruff, Milton W. Sanderson Dec 2004

Revision Of The Phyllophaga Of Hispaniola (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) — Part 3, Robert E. Woodruff, Milton W. Sanderson

Insecta Mundi

With this study, the fauna of Hispaniolan Phyllophaga is now composed of 48 species, all of which are endemic (precinctive), including 22 new species described herein (4 attributed to Woodruff and Sanderson: approxima, bonfils, jimenezi, rex; 18 to Woodruff: aceitillar, alcoa, androw, baoruco, carnegie, davidsoni, eladio, haitiensis, jaragua, larimar, marcano, nunezi, ortizi, pedernales, rawlinsi, rustica, santachloe, toni). Additionally, allotypes are described for 7 species with previously unknown males (aliada, canoa) or females (esquinada, fossoria, imprima, kenscoffi, panicula), and 6 new country records (Dominican Republic) are provided (aliada, leptospica, minutissima, panicula, permagna, recorta). Of …


Revision Of The Phyllophaga Of Hispaniola (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) — Part 4, Robert E. Woodruff, Milton W. Sanderson Dec 2004

Revision Of The Phyllophaga Of Hispaniola (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) — Part 4, Robert E. Woodruff, Milton W. Sanderson

Insecta Mundi

With this study, the fauna of Hispaniolan Phyllophaga is now composed of 48 species, all of which are endemic (precinctive), including 22 new species described herein (4 attributed to Woodruff and Sanderson: approxima, bonfils, jimenezi, rex; 18 to Woodruff: aceitillar, alcoa, androw, baoruco, carnegie, davidsoni, eladio, haitiensis, jaragua, larimar, marcano, nunezi, ortizi, pedernales, rawlinsi, rustica, santachloe, toni). Additionally, allotypes are described for 7 species with previously unknown males (aliada, canoa) or females (esquinada, fossoria, imprima, kenscoffi, panicula), and 6 new country records (Dominican Republic) are provided (aliada, leptospica, minutissima, panicula, permagna, recorta). Of …


Revision Of The Phyllophaga Of Hispaniola (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) — Part 5, Robert E. Woodruff, Milton W. Sanderson Dec 2004

Revision Of The Phyllophaga Of Hispaniola (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) — Part 5, Robert E. Woodruff, Milton W. Sanderson

Insecta Mundi

With this study, the fauna of Hispaniolan Phyllophaga is now composed of 48 species, all of which are endemic (precinctive), including 22 new species described herein (4 attributed to Woodruff and Sanderson: approxima, bonfils, jimenezi, rex; 18 to Woodruff: aceitillar, alcoa, androw, baoruco, carnegie, davidsoni, eladio, haitiensis, jaragua, larimar, marcano, nunezi, ortizi, pedernales, rawlinsi, rustica, santachloe, toni). Additionally, allotypes are described for 7 species with previously unknown males (aliada, canoa) or females (esquinada, fossoria, imprima, kenscoffi, panicula), and 6 new country records (Dominican Republic) are provided (aliada, leptospica, minutissima, panicula, permagna, recorta). Of …


Revision Of The Phyllophaga Of Hispaniola (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) — Part 1, Robert E. Woodruff, Milton W. Sanderson Dec 2004

Revision Of The Phyllophaga Of Hispaniola (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) — Part 1, Robert E. Woodruff, Milton W. Sanderson

Insecta Mundi

With this study, the fauna of Hispaniolan Phyllophaga is now composed of 48 species, all of which are endemic (precinctive), including 22 new species described herein (4 attributed to Woodruff and Sanderson: approxima, bonfils, jimenezi, rex; 18 to Woodruff: aceitillar, alcoa, androw, baoruco, carnegie, davidsoni, eladio, haitiensis, jaragua, larimar, marcano, nunezi, ortizi, pedernales, rawlinsi, rustica, santachloe, toni). Additionally, allotypes are described for 7 species with previously unknown males (aliada, canoa) or females (esquinada, fossoria, imprima, kenscoffi, panicula), and 6 new country records (Dominican Republic) are provided (aliada, leptospica, minutissima, panicula, permagna, recorta). Of …


Investigation Of Order Parameters And Critical Coupling For The Peierls Extended Hubbard Model At One-Quarter Filling, Rahul Padmakar Hardikar Dec 2004

Investigation Of Order Parameters And Critical Coupling For The Peierls Extended Hubbard Model At One-Quarter Filling, Rahul Padmakar Hardikar

Theses and Dissertations

The determination of the phase boundary between the charge density wave and the Luttinger Liquid phase for the one-dimensional Peierls extended Hubbard model is done using Stochastic Series Expansion and comparison is done with the phase boundary for the Extended Hubbard model. The result of adding an electron-phonon interaction is that the charge density wave phase weakens. par The energy autocorrelation time is reported for the Extended Hubbard Model and the Peierls Hubbard Model. For coupling near and above the critical coupling the autocorrelation time increases exponentially. par Also investigated is the presence of a spin gap and the critical …


Commencement Convocation Program, Tampa Campus, December 11, 2004, University Of South Florida Dec 2004

Commencement Convocation Program, Tampa Campus, December 11, 2004, University Of South Florida

USF Graduation and Convocation Programs

King O'Neal Scholars - Courtney Sue Caillavet, Marie Terese Ellsworth, Samantha Kelly Hamm, Claire Elizabeth Johnston, Nicole L. Lapniewski, Mark Alan Oldham, Joan A. Reid, Stephanie Alford Sasse, Ralph Skibinski, Christopher Mitchell Smith, and Toby Rose Zarolnick; Outstanding Senior - Justin Geisler; Honorary Doctorate of Science - Dr. William A. Smith; President's Fellow Medallion - Don Wallace


30-Second Psa: Give 'Em Some Noise!, University Of Montana--Missoula. Office Of University Relations Dec 2004

30-Second Psa: Give 'Em Some Noise!, University Of Montana--Missoula. Office Of University Relations

University of Montana News Releases, 1928, 1956-present

No abstract provided.


Reliability-Based Optimization Of Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Composite Bridge Deck Panels, Michel D. Thompson Dec 2004

Reliability-Based Optimization Of Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Composite Bridge Deck Panels, Michel D. Thompson

Theses and Dissertations

A reliability-based optimization (RBO) methodology was developed and applied to fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) bridge decks. Commercially available software was used to optimize a FRP bridge deck panel by weight with structural reliability, stress, and deflection constraints. A methodology using optimization software, finite element analysis, and probabilistic analysis software was developed to examine the effects of load and resistance uncertainties in FRP bridge deck optimization. Eight modular deck designs were considered for use in the RBO methodology. Investigations into random variable sensitivities, design variable sensitivities, wheel positions, and buckling were conducted to minimize computational effort. Five models were eventually optimized with …


Sm2Nairo6, A Monoclinically Distorted Double Perovskite, Samuel J. Mugavero Iii, Irina V. Puzdrjakova, Mark D. Smith, Hans-Conrad Zur Loye Dec 2004

Sm2Nairo6, A Monoclinically Distorted Double Perovskite, Samuel J. Mugavero Iii, Irina V. Puzdrjakova, Mark D. Smith, Hans-Conrad Zur Loye

Faculty Publications

Single crystals of the lanthanide-containing iridate, disamarium sodium iridium hexaoxide, Sm2NaIrO6, were prepared via high-temperature flux growth and structurally characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The compound crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P21/n and is a double perovskite, consisting of a 1:1 ordered rock-salt-type lattice of corner-shared NaO6 and IrO6 distorted octahedra. Samarium occupies the eightfold coordination site generated by the connectivity of the octahedra.


A Comparative Analysis Of Proportional-Integral Compensated Shunt Active Power Filters, Matthew Alan Gray Dec 2004

A Comparative Analysis Of Proportional-Integral Compensated Shunt Active Power Filters, Matthew Alan Gray

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis deals primarily with the simulation and analysis of shunt active power filters (APF) on a three-phase power distribution system possessing a harmonic generating load. The shunt active power filters are analyzed based on effective total harmonic distortion (THD) levels and response to changing dynamics. These results are derived from the simulation of a pulse-width modulation (PWM) controlled voltage source inverter (VSI) with a capacitor connected to the DC side of the VSI. The primary difference between individual simulations is the particular control law implemented in the shunt APF.


An Architecture Design For A Real-Time Web-Based Visualization In The Grid Environment, Bhargavi Sura Dec 2004

An Architecture Design For A Real-Time Web-Based Visualization In The Grid Environment, Bhargavi Sura

Theses and Dissertations

Situations like war, terrorist attacks, fire accidents, floods, storms, etc., which threaten human life and property, demand immediate action to decrease the damage caused by them. A system is needed that predicts the future events based on what has happened and notifies the concerned personnel. The situation could be better understood in less time if the data is represented as colored, shaded and moving images rather than as numbers. Such a system requires a real-time Web-based visualization system with easy and secure access to grid resources, presenting easy-to-read graphics through a simple interface provided by a Web browser, and responding …


An In Vitro Evaluation Of Chitosan As A Biomaterial Focusing On The Effects Of The Degree Of Deacetylation, Virginia Hamilton Dec 2004

An In Vitro Evaluation Of Chitosan As A Biomaterial Focusing On The Effects Of The Degree Of Deacetylation, Virginia Hamilton

Theses and Dissertations

The material characteristics play a role in the suitability of chitosan for biomedical applications. This is not surprising since the degree of deacetylation of chitosan influences antimicrobial activity, degradation rate, immune reaction and mechanical properties such as strength and elongation. This study examines chitosans of variable material characteristics for wound and bone healing applications. Chitosan films of 76, 78, 80, 87, 91, 92, and 95% degree of deacetylation were tested in vitro for cellular responses by fibroblast and bone cell lines. The in vitro responses were compared to the material characteristics of molecular weight, degree of deacetylation, swelling index, and …


A Sliding Interface Method For Unsteady Unstructured Parallel Flow Simulations, Eric Lindsay Blades Dec 2004

A Sliding Interface Method For Unsteady Unstructured Parallel Flow Simulations, Eric Lindsay Blades

Theses and Dissertations

The primary objective of this study is to develop a sliding interface method for simulations involving relative rotational grid motion suitable for unstructured grid topologies. The present method alleviates computationally expensive grid deformation, remeshing, and hole cutting procedures. Rotational motion is accomplished by rigidly rotating a subdomain representing the moving component. At the subdomain interface boundary, the faces along the interfaces are extruded into the adjacent subdomain to create new volume elements and provide a one-cell overlap. These new volume elements close the control volumes for the nodes on the interface surface and allow a flux to be computed across …


Analysis Of The Design And Operation Of Mix-Bank Resequencing Areas, Arunkumar Subramanian Dec 2004

Analysis Of The Design And Operation Of Mix-Bank Resequencing Areas, Arunkumar Subramanian

Theses and Dissertations

Automotive assembly plants work on a pre-planned job sequence in order to optimize the performance of the assembly line. However, the job sequence becomes scrambled due to factors such as plant layout, process design, variability and uncertainty. Assembly plants use either a mix-bank or an automatic storage and retrieval system to regenerate the sequence before final assembly. A mix-bank, which is a set of parallel lanes, is the most common method used in the automotive industry to reconstruct the sequence. Only the first vehicles on the lanes are available for sequencing in a mix-bank set-up. Hence the lane selection policy …


A Hybrid Model For Dtm Generation From Lidar Data, Hyun Seung Lee Dec 2004

A Hybrid Model For Dtm Generation From Lidar Data, Hyun Seung Lee

Theses and Dissertations

This dissertation introduces an innovative technique to extract ground elevation models using smallootprint LIDAR data. This technique consists of a preprocessing step, ground modeling, and interpolation. In the preprocessing step, much of the non-terrain points are eliminated using a histogram-based clustering technique. Then, in the ground modeling stage, the information such as elevation and slope between nearest neighbor points is extracted. This step corresponds to an outlier detection process. In this stage, residuals and gradient indices for elevation and slope, are introduced. These indices are investigated for a constructed 95% confidence interval to discard the remaining non-terrain points. Finally, using …


Development Of A Distributed Model For The Biological Water Processor Of The Water Recovery System For Nasa Advanced Life Support Program, Sachin Vishwas Puranik Dec 2004

Development Of A Distributed Model For The Biological Water Processor Of The Water Recovery System For Nasa Advanced Life Support Program, Sachin Vishwas Puranik

Theses and Dissertations

The Water Recovery System (WRS) is one of the necessary subsystems in an Advanced Life Support program. It regenerates potable water by processing wastewater generated on a space shuttle or on a space station. The Biological Water Processor (BWP) is one of the complex subsections of WRS that involves processes described by continuous time as well as discrete event dynamics. Such systems can be modeled as hybrid dynamical systems in MATLAB/Stateflow. The following state variables of the BWP have been simulated in MATLAB: Pressure drop across Organic Carbon Oxidation Reactor (OCOR), Pressure drop across nitrification reactor, nitrifier flow rate, total …


Commencement Convocation Exercises - December 2004, Prairie View A&M University Dec 2004

Commencement Convocation Exercises - December 2004, Prairie View A&M University

Commencement and Convocation Exercises

No abstract provided.


Distributed Generation Impact On Fault Response Of A Distrubution [I.E., Distribution] Network, Venkata Ramanujam Kanduri Dec 2004

Distributed Generation Impact On Fault Response Of A Distrubution [I.E., Distribution] Network, Venkata Ramanujam Kanduri

Theses and Dissertations

Electric power systems are a key infrastructure today. Power systems can be divided into three major parts: generation, transmission, and distribution. Out of these the distribution system is the most complex part and least studied system. In order to have continuous and reliable power to all customers it is necessary to have a good protection system. Major disturbances that are caused and last for a very short duration are called faults. With the advent of distributed generation (DG), the understanding of fault response has become more difficult. This thesis presents the study of the fault response and the factors that …


2004-12-11 Minutes & Appendices, Longwood University Dec 2004

2004-12-11 Minutes & Appendices, Longwood University

Board of Visitors Meeting Minutes 1964-

No abstract provided.


Hawks' Herald - December 11, 2004, Roger Williams University Dec 2004

Hawks' Herald - December 11, 2004, Roger Williams University

Hawk's Herald

No abstract provided.


Armstrong Commencement Program, Armstrong Atlantic State University Dec 2004

Armstrong Commencement Program, Armstrong Atlantic State University

Armstrong Commencement Programs

Graduation program for this commencement from Armstrong Atlantic State University in Savannah, Georgia on December 11, 2004. The program includes an order of ceremony and list of graduates.


The Creation Of Boron Deep Levels By High Temperature Annealing Of 4h-Sic, Hrishikesh Das Dec 2004

The Creation Of Boron Deep Levels By High Temperature Annealing Of 4h-Sic, Hrishikesh Das

Theses and Dissertations

Creation of semi-insulating layers in SiC is highly desirable for high voltage device fabrication. Specifically PiN diodes can be fabricated with a compensated semi-insulating layer that would be capable of blocking a large reverse voltage. Semi-insulating (SI) behavior in SiC has been traditionally achieved via passivation of shallow dopants with vanadium-related deep levels. Degraded electrical properties of SiC devices result from the use of vanadium compensated SiC because unintentional formation of additional defects due to vanadium segregation and stress generation in the material occur. In this work, the possibility of low doped or SI epilayers via engineering of the boron …


Gml Represntation For Interoperable Spatial Data Exchange In A Mobile Mapping Application, Venu Madhav Singh Kanaparthy Dec 2004

Gml Represntation For Interoperable Spatial Data Exchange In A Mobile Mapping Application, Venu Madhav Singh Kanaparthy

Theses and Dissertations

Geographic information is critical to GIS applications located remotely for executing business operations. GIS applications need to interoperate to be able to share information for analysis and decision making process. Heterogeneity and complexity of information models and structures limit the data flow and application interoperation. Advancements in Internet technologies provided new opportunities for delivering spatial information to remote users. However, spatial data delivered is in proprietary structures, limiting the utility to GIS applications. To enable information flow between GIS applications a portable data modeling approach is necessary. However, geographic information is inherently complex to model. A comprehensive and standardized vocabulary …


Imposing Cyclic Strain On Osteogenic Stem Cells: The Effects Of Strain Levels And Repetition Of Cyclic Strain In An Implant Environment, Daniel Henlee Smith Dec 2004

Imposing Cyclic Strain On Osteogenic Stem Cells: The Effects Of Strain Levels And Repetition Of Cyclic Strain In An Implant Environment, Daniel Henlee Smith

Theses and Dissertations

Bone and bone cells have been shown to respond to mechanical forces placed upon them. Particularly, strain plays an important role in osteogenic differentiation of marrow cells around artificial implants in bone. These strains, depending on their magnitude, duration, and repetition, can alter the proliferation and matrix synthesis of osteoblasts. To test how strain parameters influence osteoblast behavior, a four-point bending apparatus was used to impose cyclic strain on osteogenic stem cells isolated from rats and seeded on titanium plates. Cells were stimulated at 1 Hz for 15 minutes daily and compared to an unstrained control. Stimulation occurred at two …


Improved Estimation Of Epitaxial Thin Film Thickness And Doping Using Fourier Transform Infrared Reflection Spectroscopy, Swapna Geetha Sunkari Dec 2004

Improved Estimation Of Epitaxial Thin Film Thickness And Doping Using Fourier Transform Infrared Reflection Spectroscopy, Swapna Geetha Sunkari

Theses and Dissertations

Film thickness, free carrier concentration and free carrier mobility are critical figures of merit for silicon carbide epitaxial growth. Room temperature Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) reflection spectroscopy can estimate these parameters non-destructively and is capable of high-resolution wafer mapping. Commercially available equipment has greatly simplified the application of this technique by coupling a high performance automated spectrometer with model-based data analysis and interpretation based on the personal computer. While powerful numerical techniques run fast and efficient on modern computers, it is essential that low-order, well-conditioned models are needed. The observed reflectance spectrum is the result of reflection and refraction of …