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Characterization Of On-Road Petrol Vehicle Emissions Patterns In Dar Es Salaam City (Tanzania), Geoffrey John Dec 2006

Characterization Of On-Road Petrol Vehicle Emissions Patterns In Dar Es Salaam City (Tanzania), Geoffrey John

Tanzania Journal of Engineering and Technology (TJET)

Motor vehicle emissions have been identified to be the major source of air pollution in most urban cities. It has serious impact on urban air quality and public health. The Governments of many countries need to adopt stringent vehicle emissions regulations to protect the air quality, the undertaking of which can only be implemented once the problem at hand is known. In the present study, the characteristics of on road vehicle emissions from the selected local ar~as at the city of Dar es Salaam in a developing country for in-use petrol vehicles for urban driving conditions ranging from idling, lOkm/h …

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Investigation On Distribution Of Cast Properties On Aluminum Plates Poured By Side Gating Technique, Joseph Runyoro Dec 2006

Investigation On Distribution Of Cast Properties On Aluminum Plates Poured By Side Gating Technique, Joseph Runyoro

Tanzania Journal of Engineering and Technology (TJET)

Casting technologies wllich improve casting yield and intenzal sOllndness of thin wall cast components are of particular interest to industry especially for critical applications. The main aim of fOll1ldries is to achieve castings free from defects at low cost. It hils been thought that pouring casting by side ingate technique improve directional solidification as the metal stays hot for long time in the feeder cum ingate. Experiments were carried alit IIsing a side gating technique to cast a number of 300 mm x 300 mm LMO and LM 25 plates in furall and pepset sand moulds. The thickness used was …

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Determination Of Wind Loads Causing Flutter Effects, Ladislaus Lwambuka Dec 2006

Determination Of Wind Loads Causing Flutter Effects, Ladislaus Lwambuka

Tanzania Journal of Engineering and Technology (TJET)

A new method on the determination Of wind forces by experimental means in a wind tunnel is discussed. The method reported herein is based on the identification methodology Of model parameters under time response (i.e. time domain identification). As a test model, a thin plate Of Cypress wood, elasticully suspended in three degrees Of freedom to represent the idealized form of a classical airfoil, for Which theoretical wind load parameters exist, has been employed. Wind load parameters, experimentally obtained on the test model under the new method, are compared With the theoretical values of classical airfoils. Advantages of the new …

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Geometric Programming As A General Method For Phase And Reaction Equilibrium Calculations, Godwill Mrema Dec 2006

Geometric Programming As A General Method For Phase And Reaction Equilibrium Calculations, Godwill Mrema

Tanzania Journal of Engineering and Technology (TJET)

Geometric programming has been used to calculate a large mtmber ofdifferent ideal and non-ideal equilibria, including, for reaction and For non-ideal Systems the primal program is solved a number Of times With the nan-ideal terms fixed each time. After each primal solution, the nan-ideal terms are "'hdated using the corresponding dun! solution. This iteration generally converges. We have included one counter-example, where the failure is caused by the equation Of state, which Cannot giu• correct roots.

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Bear Stearns High Grade Structured Credit Strategies Enhanced Leverage Master Fund Financial Statements, Bear Stearns Companies, Inc. Dec 2006

Bear Stearns High Grade Structured Credit Strategies Enhanced Leverage Master Fund Financial Statements, Bear Stearns Companies, Inc.

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Use Of Principal Component Analysis With Linear Predictive Features In Developing A Blind Snr Estimation System, Matthew James Marbach Dec 2006

Use Of Principal Component Analysis With Linear Predictive Features In Developing A Blind Snr Estimation System, Matthew James Marbach

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Signal-to-noise ratio is an important concept in electrical communications, as it is a measurable ratio between a given transmitted signal and the inherent background noise of a transmission channel. Currently signal-to-noise ratio testing is primarily performed by using an intrusive method of comparing a corrupted signal to the original signal and giving it a score based on the comparison. However, this technique is inefficient and often impossible for practical use because it requires the original signal for comparison. A speech signal's characteristics and properties could be used to develop a non-intrusive method for determining SNR, or a method that does …

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Data Fusion Of Complementary Information From Parietal And Occipital Event Related Potentials For Early Diagnosis Of Alzheimer's Disease, Nicholas Stepenosky Dec 2006

Data Fusion Of Complementary Information From Parietal And Occipital Event Related Potentials For Early Diagnosis Of Alzheimer's Disease, Nicholas Stepenosky

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The number of the elderly population affected by Alzheimer's disease is rapidly rising. The need to find an accurate, inexpensive, and non-intrusive procedure that can be made available to community healthcare providers for the early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease is becoming an increasingly urgent public health concern. Several recent studies have looked at analyzing electroencephalogram signals through the use of many signal processing techniques. While their methods show great promise, the final outcome of these studies has been largely inconclusive. The inherent difficulty of the problem may be the cause of this outcome, but most likely it is due to …

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Impact Of Institutional Framework On Wetland Management In Tanzania, Shadrack Mwakalila Dec 2006

Impact Of Institutional Framework On Wetland Management In Tanzania, Shadrack Mwakalila

Tanzania Journal of Engineering and Technology (TJET)

Wetland loss continues today despite fhe existence of institutions With a specific mandate to manage uvtlands in Tanzania. In reviewing this apparent contradiction, this paper Soes in depth to explore the existing sectors associated with the development and management Of wetlands in the Country. Specifically it focuses on institutional framework a: Village level, Ward level, District level and national level. Among the key sectors consulted includes; agriculture and livestock, wildlife, forestry, fisheries, t'üier resources, lands, minerals and energy. The interest While visiting them was aiming at exploring the existing opportunity With regard to the tulues of the wetlands and their …

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Performance Of Aerobic Bioreactors During Treatment Of Tanning Industry Wastewater, Samwel V. Manyele Dec 2006

Performance Of Aerobic Bioreactors During Treatment Of Tanning Industry Wastewater, Samwel V. Manyele

Tanzania Journal of Engineering and Technology (TJET)

The performance of aerobic bioreactors loaded with novel biomass support (the KMT® support particles) during the treatment of tanning industry wastewater is presented in this paper. The wastewater samples were collected from TANWAT Company in Njombe, which extracts tannins from barks of the wattle tree. The wastewater generated from T ANWAT is very acidic with high loading of organic compounds, which are very complex and difficult to biodegrade using conventional methods. The paper introduces a new technology for treatment of heavily loaded industrial wastewater, like tannins, that is the Three-Phase Fluidized Bed Bioreactor (TPFBB) which utilizes the KM'f® support particles. …

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An Intervention Framework Based On A Complementary Theory Of Organizational Decline, George S. Mwaluko Dec 2006

An Intervention Framework Based On A Complementary Theory Of Organizational Decline, George S. Mwaluko

Tanzania Journal of Engineering and Technology (TJET)

This paper has developed an intervention framework based a complementary theory Of Organization decline. Any management intervention effort is normally based on a certain theory of organizational decline i.e. a theory that explains the causes for failure of organizations. Four major theories Of Organisational decline were identified in the literature, reviewed and integrated into one, presumably more superior, theory of organisational decline. They included the natural selection theory, the resourc+based theory, the theory Of misperception of feed!mck and the contingency theory. The new theory was then used to guide the design of an intervention framework. The framework utas then used …

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Boosted Ensemble Algorithm Strategically Trained For The Incremental Learning Of Unbalanced Data, Michael David Muhlbaier Dec 2006

Boosted Ensemble Algorithm Strategically Trained For The Incremental Learning Of Unbalanced Data, Michael David Muhlbaier

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Many pattern classification problems require a solution that needs to be incrementally updated over a period of time. Incremental learning problems are often complicated by the appearance of new concept classes and unbalanced cardinality in training data. The purpose of this research is to develop an algorithm capable of incrementally learning from severely unbalanced data. This work introduces three novel ensemble based algorithms derived from the incremental learning algorithm, Learn++. Learn++.NC is designed specifically for incrementally learning New Classes through dynamically adjusting the combination weights of the classifiers' decisions. Learn++.UD handles Unbalanced Data through class-conditional voting …

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Front Matter Dec 2006

Front Matter

Journal of Digital Forensics, Security and Law

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Masthead Dec 2006

Masthead

Journal of Digital Forensics, Security and Law

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Back Matter Dec 2006

Back Matter

Journal of Digital Forensics, Security and Law

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Dedication, Lennox S. Hinds Dec 2006

Dedication, Lennox S. Hinds

City University of New York Law Review

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Shanara Gilbert: A Zealous Advocate, Susan Bryant Dec 2006

Shanara Gilbert: A Zealous Advocate, Susan Bryant

City University of New York Law Review

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Deviant Dreams: Extreme Associates And The Case For Porn, Sienna Baskin Dec 2006

Deviant Dreams: Extreme Associates And The Case For Porn, Sienna Baskin

City University of New York Law Review

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A Relocation Of Prisoner Identity, Willa Payne, Matt Luton Dec 2006

A Relocation Of Prisoner Identity, Willa Payne, Matt Luton

City University of New York Law Review

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2006 Great Northwest Athletic Conference Track-And-Field Top 10 Performances, Great Northwest Athletic Conference Dec 2006

2006 Great Northwest Athletic Conference Track-And-Field Top 10 Performances, Great Northwest Athletic Conference

Track and Field

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Haywood Remembrances: Faculty And Staff, Penelope Andrews, Frank Deale, John Farago, Victor M. Good, Cathy Larsen, Julie Lim Dec 2006

Haywood Remembrances: Faculty And Staff, Penelope Andrews, Frank Deale, John Farago, Victor M. Good, Cathy Larsen, Julie Lim

City University of New York Law Review

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To Carry It On: A Decade Of Deaning After Haywood Burns, Kristin Booth Glen Dec 2006

To Carry It On: A Decade Of Deaning After Haywood Burns, Kristin Booth Glen

City University of New York Law Review

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Appropriateness Of Problem Based Learning In Maritime Education And Training, Mokrane Fedila Dec 2006

Appropriateness Of Problem Based Learning In Maritime Education And Training, Mokrane Fedila

World Maritime University Dissertations

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How The Suez Canal Can Contribute To The Reduction Of Air Pollution From Ships, Mohamed Moustafa Abbas El Kalla Dec 2006

How The Suez Canal Can Contribute To The Reduction Of Air Pollution From Ships, Mohamed Moustafa Abbas El Kalla

World Maritime University Dissertations

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Balancing Seafarers' Welfare And Maritime Security With Biometrics, Neera Malhotra Dec 2006

Balancing Seafarers' Welfare And Maritime Security With Biometrics, Neera Malhotra

World Maritime University Dissertations

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Flag State Control : An Overview And Its Relationship With Port State Control, Iqbal Fikri Dec 2006

Flag State Control : An Overview And Its Relationship With Port State Control, Iqbal Fikri

World Maritime University Dissertations

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Communication Skills And Cultural Awareness - Model Course, Altaf Ur Rehman Dec 2006

Communication Skills And Cultural Awareness - Model Course, Altaf Ur Rehman

World Maritime University Dissertations

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Integrated Coastal Spatial Allocation And Planning Of Aquaculture In A Geographical Information System Approach, Andrew Ehiabhi Akhighu Dec 2006

Integrated Coastal Spatial Allocation And Planning Of Aquaculture In A Geographical Information System Approach, Andrew Ehiabhi Akhighu

World Maritime University Dissertations

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An Analysis Of The Voluntary Imo Member State Audit Scheme, Kwaku Anthony Afriyie Dec 2006

An Analysis Of The Voluntary Imo Member State Audit Scheme, Kwaku Anthony Afriyie

World Maritime University Dissertations

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An Analysis Of Cruise Tourism In The Caribbean And Its Impact On Regional Destination Ports, Adrian Hilaire Dec 2006

An Analysis Of Cruise Tourism In The Caribbean And Its Impact On Regional Destination Ports, Adrian Hilaire

World Maritime University Dissertations

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An Approach To The Optimum Utilization Of Training Vessels In Order To Carry Out The Most Suitable Practical Training, Yutaka Emi Dec 2006

An Approach To The Optimum Utilization Of Training Vessels In Order To Carry Out The Most Suitable Practical Training, Yutaka Emi

World Maritime University Dissertations

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