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Hybrid Model For Characterization Of Submicron Particles Using Multiwavelength Spectroscopy, Alicia Garcia-Lopez

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The area of particle characterization is expansive; it contains many technologies and methods of analysis. Light spectroscopy techniques yield information on the joint property distribution of particles, comprising the chemical composition, size, shape, and orientation of the particles. The objective of this dissertation is to develop a hybrid scattering-absorption model incorporating Mie and Rayleigh-Debye-Gans theory to characterize submicron particles in suspension with multiwavelength spectroscopy.

Rayleigh-Debye-Gans theory (RDG) was chosen as a model to relate the particles joint property distribution to the light scattering and absorption phenomena for submicron particles. A correction model to instrument parameters of relevance was implemented to …

Multichannel Functional Data Decomposition And Monitoring, Hani Kababji

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

With current advances in sensors and information technology, online measurements of process variables become increasingly accessible for process control and monitoring. Such measurements may take the shape of curves rather than scalar values. The term Multichannel Functional Data (MFD) is used to represent the observations of multiple process variables in the shape of curves. Generally MFD contains rich information about processes. The challenge of process control in MFD is that Statistical Process Control (SPC) is not directly applicable. Furthermore, there is no systematic approach to interpret the complex variation in MFD. In this research, our objective is to develop an …

Rational Fraction Approximations For Passive Network Functions, William Joel Dietmar Johnson

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

In electrical engineering, the designer is often presented with the problem of synthesizing a circuit for which the mathematical specifications are unsuitable for physical realization. Hence, the engineer must approximate as well as possible the prescribed network function by another function which is realizable. This paper describes a new approximation method for solving the problem of realizing passive network transfer functions, where the realization is carried out through the use of passive, reciprocal, lumped, linear, and time-invariant elements.

Optical Response Of Polycrystalline Mercuric Iodide Photoconductive Detectors, Prashant Chegoor

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Mercuric Iodide in its tetragonal form has received a lot of attention for many years as a prospective room temperature X-ray and y-ray detector. Its basic properties are well suited for this purpose. Its wide band gap of 2.1eV contributes to a high dark resistivity of 10¹²ohm-cm or higher. A high atomic number of its constituent atoms (Hg-80, I -53) and a density of 6.3g/cm³ result in its efficient interaction with incident X-ray or y-ray radiation. Single crystalline mercuric iodide has been thoroughly studied and successfully utilized in commercial radiation detectors. But with the urgent need for …

Curriculum Change 2005-2006, Portland State University

Bulletin & Curriculum Change Documents

No abstract provided.

Source Of Meta-Igneous Blocks And Structure Of The Colebrooke Schist In The Snowcamp Peak Area, Pickett Peak Terrane, Southwestern Oregon, Jennifer Katrib

Geology Theses and Dissertations

The Colebrooke Schist of the Pickett Peak terrane, southwestern Oregon, is the easternmost, structurally highest unit of the Late Mesozoic-Cenozoic Franciscan Accretionary Complex. The Colebrooke Schist consists of mostly transitional greenschist-blueschist-facies meta-sedimentary rocks with common blocks of meta-volcanics and serpentinites, rare talc-schists and meta-plutonic rocks. The Colebrooke Schist meta-volcanic blocks are greenstones, in many cases with visible relict pillow structures and relict igneous textures.
Fifteen meta-volcanic samples and one meta-plutonic sample were analyzed by XRF and ICP-MS and were plotted with analyses from Plake (1989) and Coleman (1972). The Colebrooke Schist meta-volcanic rocks plot in mid-ocean ridge basalt (MORB), island …

Catalog, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg Undergraduate Catalog, 2005/2006, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg

SACS Historical Forms and Applications

The 2005/2006 Undergraduate Catalog for the University of South Florida St. Petersburg.

Mastering Python: The Blackjack Game, Adam Hollenberg

Senior Seminars

No abstract provided.

Economic Systems Of Foraging, Agricultural, And Industrial Societies, Frederic L. Pryor

Economics Faculty Works

Drawing upon the disciplines of economics, anthropology, and history, and employing a new and unified analytic approach, Frederic L. Pryor reformulates in this book the entire field of comparative economic systems. He examines large samples of foraging (hunting, gathering, and fishing), agricultural, and industrial economies to explore four key questions: What are the distinct economic systems found in each group? Why do certain societies or nations have one economic system rather than another? What impact do economic systems have on the performance of the economy? How do these economic systems develop and change? The results provide a context that allows …

Spring Commencement, April 23, 2005, Eastern Michigan University

Commencement Programs and Materials

No abstract provided.

A Symbolic Operator Approach To Several Summation Formulas For Power Series, Tian-Xiao He, Leetsch Hsu, Peter Shiue, D. Torney

Scholarship

This paper deals with the summation problem of power series of the form Sba (f; x) = ∑a ≤ k ≤ b f(k) xk, where 0≤ a < b ≤ ∞, and {f(k)} is a given sequence of numbers with k Є [a, b) or f(t) is a differentiable function defined on [a, b). We present a symbolic summation operator with its various expansions, and construct several summation formulas with estimable remainders for Sba (f; x), by the aid of some classical interpolation series due to Newton, Gauss and Everett, respectively.

On An Extension Of Abel-Gontscharoff's Expansion Formula, Tian-Xiao He, Leetsch Hsu, Peter Shiue

Scholarship

We present a constructive generalization of Abel-Gontscharoff’s series expansion to higher dimensions. A constructive application to a problem of multivariate interpolation is also investigated. In addition, two algorithms for the constructing the basis functions of the interpolants are given.

A Study Of Epoxyolefin Cyclizations Catalyzed By Bismuth Trifluoromethanesulfonate And Other Metal Triflates, Ram Mohan, Joshua Lacey, Peter Anzalone, Christopher Duncan, Matthew Hackert

Scholarship

Epoxyolefin cyclizations have attracted considerable interest due to their importance in biosynthetic pathways. Bismuth trifluoromethanesulfonate as well as several other metal triflates are shown to be highly effective (0.1 mol %) catalysts for the cyclization of geraniolene oxide. The product composition is found to be more dependent on solvent and substrate concentration than on the nature of the metal triflate. Cyclization products are favored in CH₂Cl₂ and under high dilution conditions. Ether solvents favored acyclic products.

Playing The Game Of Academic Integrity Vs. Athletic Success: The Americans With Disabilities Act (Ada) And Intercollegiate Student-Athletes With Learning Disabilities , Yuri Nicholas Walker

Marquette Sports Law Review

No abstract provided.

Rectangular Quasigroups And Rectangular Loops, J.D. Phillips

Journal Articles

We solve two problems posed by Krapeˇz by finding a basis of seven independent axioms for the variety of rectangular loops. Six of these axioms form a basis for the variety of rectangular quasigroups. The proofs of the lemmas showing that the six axioms are sufficient are based on proofs generated by the automated reasoning program OTTER, while most of the models verifying the independence of the axioms were generated by the finite model builder Mace4.

Growth No. 5 (2005) - Full Issue

Growth: The Journal of the Association for Christians in Student Development

The full issue of the fifth edition of Growth: The Journal of the Association for Christians in Student Development.

Perceptions Of Gender Competence: Are Christian Colleges Different, Edee Schulze, Annette Tomal

Growth: The Journal of the Association for Christians in Student Development

Perceptions of student and professor competence and respect were investigated through a survey of 2042 students from 77 liberal arts colleges, both Christian and non-Christian. The Christian schools are part of the CCCU (Council for Christian Colleges and Universities); CCCU responses were 78.5 percent of the total. Chi- Square and Mann-Whitney tests were used to determine if gender and type of college affected students’ responses. Two conclusions can be made about student competence and value: (1) male CCCU students are most likely to believe that male students are viewed as more competent than female students and (2) non-CCCU students are …

Test 2333: Challenger Mt555b Techstar Diesel, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab

Nebraska Tractor Tests

No abstract provided.

University Of South Carolina Discovery Day 2005, University Of South Carolina

Discovery Day Abstracts

No abstract provided.

Population And Sustainability, Geoffrey Mcnicoll

Poverty, Gender, and Youth

Sustainability refers to the preservation of human-valued natural capital—the resources that provide environmental services—at a level sufficient to assure the well-being of future generations. This Population Council working paper assess the effects on the total and per capita availability of those services. The degradation of environmental services—exemplified by the overuse of aquifers or (at a global level) of the atmospheric carbon sink—is a significant threat to sustainable development, one that is often exacerbated by population growth. The critical management issue in such cases is the design of effective governing institutions to restrain service demand and safeguard supply. Uncertainties arising from …

Litigating Educational Adequacy In North Carolina: A Personal Account Of Leandro V. State, 488 S.E.2d 255 (N.C. 1997), Robert H. Tiller

Nebraska Law Review

In the spring of 1994, a group of school districts in North Carolina investigated the possibility of a lawsuit challenging the State’s school finance system. In fall 2002, we received a favorable decision from the state supreme court regarding the right to a sound basic education, which was followed by a lengthy trial and a largely favorable decision from the trial court. The State appealed, and the appeal process lasted several months. This article contains the background and high points of the litigation and the July 30, 2004, ruling in the case.

Implementing Simple Protocols In Multiple Processors Control Applications, Steve Hsiung, Tyson Mccall, Corinne Ransberger

Engineering Technology Faculty Publications

Using microprocessor/microcontroller in various control applications is not only one of the major topics in Engineering Technology curricula, but also of interest in industry applications. To accomplish it correctly the process of designing application programs starts from the individual module development through extensive testing, verification, and modification. Applying these developed modules in a useful manner requires the links and integrations that lead to the practical project implementation. Frequently, in students' senior project designs and faculty's research plans, the microprocessor/microcontroller resources become scarce or cause conflicts during the modules' integration stage. To accommodate the shortfall of the resources and resolve any …

Stratigraphy And Geochronology Of The Early Miocene Volcanic Units In The Bigadiç Borate Basin, Western Turkey, Fuat Erkül, Cahi̇t Helvaci, Hasan Sözbi̇li̇r

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

Western Turkey has undergone an intense deformation which has given rise to two types of basins since the Late Oligocene: NE-trending and E-W-trending basins situated on the basement rocks of the Menderes Massif, the Sakarya Zone, the Lycian nappes and the Bornova Flysch Zone. One of the NE-trending basins, the Bigadiç borate basin, is located in the Bornova Flysch Zone - a 50-90-km-wide zone between the Sakarya Zone and the Menderes Massif. Lower Miocene successions are dominated by lacustrine, fluvial, evaporitic sedimentary rocks and numerous NE-trending volcanic centres which produced considerable amounts of lava and volcaniclastic detritus in the Bigadiç …

Characterizations Of Augmented Graded Rings, Mashhoor Refai, Fida A. M. Moh'd

Turkish Journal of Mathematics

In this paper, we introduce some characterizations for augmented graded rings in special cases.

Simplex Codes Over The Ring \Sum_{N=0}^Su^N F_2, Mohammed M. Al-Ashker

Turkish Journal of Mathematics

In this paper, we introduce simplex linear codes over the ring \sum_{n=0}^{n=s}u^n F_2 of types \alpha and \beta, where u^{s+1}=0. And we determine their properties. These codes are an extension and generalization of simplex codes over the ring Z_{2^s}.

Commutative Quartic P-Galois Extensions Over A Field Of Characteristic Not 2, Atsushi Nakajima

Turkish Journal of Mathematics

In [2], K. Kishimoto introduced the notion of P-Galois extensions and gave some fundamental properties of these extensions. P-Galois extensions relate Hopf Galois extensions, and the author treated these topics in [5]. Moreover, the cubic P-Galois extensions over a field were completely determined in [6]. Continuing [5] and [6], we classify commutative quartic P-Galois extensions over a field of characteristic not 2.

On A Class Of Para-Sakakian Manifolds, Ci̇han Özgür

Turkish Journal of Mathematics

In this study, we investigate Weyl-pseudosymmetric Para-Sasakian manifolds and Para-Sasakian manifolds satisfying the condition C \cdot S=0.

Maximal Oscillatory Singular Integrals With Kernels In L Log L(S^{N-1}), Ahmad Al-Salman

Turkish Journal of Mathematics

In this paper, we study the L^p mapping properties of a certain class of maximal oscillatory singular integral operators. We establish the L^p boundedness of our operators provided that their kernels belong to the natural space L log ^+L(S^{n-1}). Our result substantially improves a previously known result. Moreover, the approach developed in this paper can be applied to handle more general maximal oscillatory singular integral operators.

On Linear The Homeomorphism Between Function Spaces C_P(X) And C_{P,A}(X) \Times C_P (A), Sabri̇ Bi̇rli̇k

Turkish Journal of Mathematics

In this paper, we investigate a linear homeomorphism between function spaces C_p(X) and C_{p,A}(X) \times C_p(A) , where X is a normal space and A is a neighborhood retraction of X.

On Space Of Parabolic Potentials Associated With The Singular Heat Operator, Si̇nem Sezer, İlham A. Ali̇ev

Turkish Journal of Mathematics

Anisotropic spaces L_{p,\gamma}^{\alpha} of parabolic Bessel potentials, associated with the singular heat operator I-\Delta_{\gamma}+ \frac{\partial}{\partial t}, where \Delta_{\gamma} = \sum\limits_{k=1}^n \frac{\partial ^{2}}{\partial x_{k}^{2}} + \frac{2\gamma }{x_n}. \frac{\partial}{\partial x_n}, are introduced, and making use of special wavelet-type transform, a characterization of these spaces is obtained.