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Nebraska Summary: S646 Challenger Mt545b, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab Jan 2008

Nebraska Summary: S646 Challenger Mt545b, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab

Nebraska Tractor Tests

ABOUT THE TEST REPORT AND USE OF THE DATA The test data contained in this report are a tabulation of the results of a series of tests. Due to the restricted format of these pages, only a limited amount of data and not all of the tractor specifications are included. The full OECD report contains usually about 30 pages of data and specifications. The test data were obtained for each tractor under similar conditions and therefore, provide a means of comparison of performance based on a limited set of reported data. EXPLANATION OF THE TEST PROCEDURES Purpose The purpose of …


Nebraska Summary: S642 Massey Ferguson 7475, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab Jan 2008

Nebraska Summary: S642 Massey Ferguson 7475, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab

Nebraska Tractor Tests

ABOUT THE TEST REPORT AND USE OF THE DATA The test data contained in this report are a tabulation of the results of a series of tests. Due to the restricted format of these pages, only a limited amount of data and not all of the tractor specifications are included. The full OECD report contains usually about 30 pages of data and specifications. The test data were obtained for each tractor under similar conditions and therefore, provide a means of comparison of performance based on a limited set of reported data. EXPLANATION OF THE TEST PROCEDURES Purpose The purpose of …


Nebraska Summary: S605 Challenger Mt555b, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab Jan 2008

Nebraska Summary: S605 Challenger Mt555b, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab

Nebraska Tractor Tests

ABOUT THE TEST REPORT AND USE OF THE DATA The test data contained in this report are a tabulation of the results of a series of tests. Due to the restricted format of these pages, only a limited amount of data and not all of the tractor specifications are included. The full OECD report contains usually about 30 pages of data and specifications. The test data were obtained for each tractor under similar conditions and therefore, provide a means of comparison of performance based on a limited set of reported data. EXPLANATION OF THE TEST PROCEDURES Purpose The purpose of …


Nebraska Summary: S669 Case-Ih Puma 115, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab Jan 2008

Nebraska Summary: S669 Case-Ih Puma 115, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab

Nebraska Tractor Tests

ABOUT THE TEST REPORT AND USE OF THE DATA The test data contained in this report are a tabulation of the results of a series of tests. Due to the restricted format of these pages, only a limited amount of data and not all of the tractor specifications are included. The full OECD report contains usually about 30 pages of data and specifications. The test data were obtained for each tractor under similar conditions and therefore, provide a means of comparison of performance based on a limited set of reported data. EXPLANATION OF THE TEST PROCEDURES Purpose The purpose of …


Nebraska Summary: S653 Agco Dt225b, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab Jan 2008

Nebraska Summary: S653 Agco Dt225b, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab

Nebraska Tractor Tests

ABOUT THE TEST REPORT AND USE OF THE DATA The test data contained in this report are a tabulation of the results of a series of tests. Due to the restricted format of these pages, only a limited amount of data and not all of the tractor specifications are included. The full OECD report contains usually about 30 pages of data and specifications. The test data were obtained for each tractor under similar conditions and therefore, provide a means of comparison of performance based on a limited set of reported data. EXPLANATION OF THE TEST PROCEDURES Purpose The purpose of …


Nebraska Summary: S652 Agco Dt205b, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab Jan 2008

Nebraska Summary: S652 Agco Dt205b, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab

Nebraska Tractor Tests

ABOUT THE TEST REPORT AND USE OF THE DATA The test data contained in this report are a tabulation of the results of a series of tests. Due to the restricted format of these pages, only a limited amount of data and not all of the tractor specifications are included. The full OECD report contains usually about 30 pages of data and specifications. The test data were obtained for each tractor under similar conditions and therefore, provide a means of comparison of performance based on a limited set of reported data. EXPLANATION OF THE TEST PROCEDURES Purpose The purpose of …


Nebraska Summary: S659 Challenger Mt675c Scr, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab Jan 2008

Nebraska Summary: S659 Challenger Mt675c Scr, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab

Nebraska Tractor Tests

ABOUT THE TEST REPORT AND USE OF THE DATA The test data contained in this report are a tabulation of the results of a series of tests. Due to the restricted format of these pages, only a limited amount of data and not all of the tractor specifications are included. The full OECD report contains usually about 30 pages of data and specifications. The test data were obtained for each tractor under similar conditions and therefore, provide a means of comparison of performance based on a limited set of reported data. EXPLANATION OF THE TEST PROCEDURES Purpose The purpose of …


Nebraska Summary: S650 Massey Ferguson 8670, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab Jan 2008

Nebraska Summary: S650 Massey Ferguson 8670, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab

Nebraska Tractor Tests

ABOUT THE TEST REPORT AND USE OF THE DATA The test data contained in this report are a tabulation of the results of a series of tests. Due to the restricted format of these pages, only a limited amount of data and not all of the tractor specifications are included. The full OECD report contains usually about 30 pages of data and specifications. The test data were obtained for each tractor under similar conditions and therefore, provide a means of comparison of performance based on a limited set of reported data. EXPLANATION OF THE TEST PROCEDURES Purpose The purpose of …


Nebraska Summary: S648 Massey Ferguson 8650, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab Jan 2008

Nebraska Summary: S648 Massey Ferguson 8650, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab

Nebraska Tractor Tests

ABOUT THE TEST REPORT AND USE OF THE DATA The test data contained in this report are a tabulation of the results of a series of tests. Due to the restricted format of these pages, only a limited amount of data and not all of the tractor specifications are included. The full OECD report contains usually about 30 pages of data and specifications. The test data were obtained for each tractor under similar conditions and therefore, provide a means of comparison of performance based on a limited set of reported data. EXPLANATION OF THE TEST PROCEDURES Purpose The purpose of …


Nebraska Summary: S649 Massey Ferguson 8660, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab Jan 2008

Nebraska Summary: S649 Massey Ferguson 8660, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab

Nebraska Tractor Tests

ABOUT THE TEST REPORT AND USE OF THE DATA The test data contained in this report are a tabulation of the results of a series of tests. Due to the restricted format of these pages, only a limited amount of data and not all of the tractor specifications are included. The full OECD report contains usually about 30 pages of data and specifications. The test data were obtained for each tractor under similar conditions and therefore, provide a means of comparison of performance based on a limited set of reported data. EXPLANATION OF THE TEST PROCEDURES Purpose The purpose of …


Nebraska Summary: S670 Case-Ih Puma 125, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab Jan 2008

Nebraska Summary: S670 Case-Ih Puma 125, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab

Nebraska Tractor Tests

ABOUT THE TEST REPORT AND USE OF THE DATA The test data contained in this report are a tabulation of the results of a series of tests. Due to the restricted format of these pages, only a limited amount of data and not all of the tractor specifications are included. The full OECD report contains usually about 30 pages of data and specifications. The test data were obtained for each tractor under similar conditions and therefore, provide a means of comparison of performance based on a limited set of reported data. EXPLANATION OF THE TEST PROCEDURES Purpose The purpose of …


Nebraska Summary: S687 New Holland T6030 Elite As, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab Jan 2008

Nebraska Summary: S687 New Holland T6030 Elite As, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab

Nebraska Tractor Tests

ABOUT THE TEST REPORT AND USE OF THE DATA The test data contained in this report are a tabulation of the results of a series of tests. Due to the restricted format of these pages, only a limited amount of data and not all of the tractor specifications are included. The full OECD report contains usually about 30 pages of data and specifications. The test data were obtained for each tractor under similar conditions and therefore, provide a means of comparison of performance based on a limited set of reported data. EXPLANATION OF THE TEST PROCEDURES Purpose The purpose of …


Nebraska Summary: S682 New Holland T6020 Elite As, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab Jan 2008

Nebraska Summary: S682 New Holland T6020 Elite As, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab

Nebraska Tractor Tests

ABOUT THE TEST REPORT AND USE OF THE DATA The test data contained in this report are a tabulation of the results of a series of tests. Due to the restricted format of these pages, only a limited amount of data and not all of the tractor specifications are included. The full OECD report contains usually about 30 pages of data and specifications. The test data were obtained for each tractor under similar conditions and therefore, provide a means of comparison of performance based on a limited set of reported data. EXPLANATION OF THE TEST PROCEDURES Purpose The purpose of …


Nebraska Summary: S684 New Holland T6050 Elite As, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab Jan 2008

Nebraska Summary: S684 New Holland T6050 Elite As, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab

Nebraska Tractor Tests

ABOUT THE TEST REPORT AND USE OF THE DATA The test data contained in this report are a tabulation of the results of a series of tests. Due to the restricted format of these pages, only a limited amount of data and not all of the tractor specifications are included. The full OECD report contains usually about 30 pages of data and specifications. The test data were obtained for each tractor under similar conditions and therefore, provide a means of comparison of performance based on a limited set of reported data. EXPLANATION OF THE TEST PROCEDURES Purpose The purpose of …


Automated Journeys, Arianna Bassoli, Johanna Brewer, Alex Taylor Jan 2008

Automated Journeys, Arianna Bassoli, Johanna Brewer, Alex Taylor

Computer Science: Faculty Publications

Computing technology now pervades those moments of our day when we move through our cities. Mobile phones, music players, vending machines, contact-less payment systems and RFID-enabled turnstiles are de rigueur on our daily journeys. This workshop aims to examine these augmented journeys, to reflect on the public, semi-public and private technologies available to us in them, and to speculate on what innovations might be to come. Taking as our starting point cities such as Seoul, we aim to take seriously the developments in mobile technology as well as the advancements in autonomous machinery and how these mesh with our urban …


Individuals With Disabilities Education Act - The Ninth Circuit Determines That Only A Material Failure To Implement An Individualized Education Program Violates The Individuals With Disabilities Education Act, The, Elexis Reed Jan 2008

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act - The Ninth Circuit Determines That Only A Material Failure To Implement An Individualized Education Program Violates The Individuals With Disabilities Education Act, The, Elexis Reed

SMU Law Review

No abstract provided.


Multigrid Convergence For Second Order Elliptic Problems With Smooth Complex Coefficients, Jay Gopalakrishnan, Joseph E. Pasciak Jan 2008

Multigrid Convergence For Second Order Elliptic Problems With Smooth Complex Coefficients, Jay Gopalakrishnan, Joseph E. Pasciak

Mathematics and Statistics Faculty Publications and Presentations

The finite element method when applied to a second order partial differential equation in divergence form can generate operators that are neither Hermitian nor definite when the coefficient function is complex valued. For such problems, under a uniqueness assumption, we prove the continuous dependence of the exact solution and its finite element approximations on data provided that the coefficients are smooth and uniformly bounded away from zero. Then we show that a multigrid algorithm converges once the coarse mesh size is smaller than some fixed number, providing an efficient solver for computing discrete approximations. Numerical experiments, while confirming the theory, …


Polynomial Extension Operators. Part I, Leszek Demkowicz, Jay Gopalakrishnan, Joachim Schöberl Jan 2008

Polynomial Extension Operators. Part I, Leszek Demkowicz, Jay Gopalakrishnan, Joachim Schöberl

Mathematics and Statistics Faculty Publications and Presentations

In this series of papers, we construct operators that extend certain given functions on the boundary of a tetrahedron into the interior of the tetrahedron, with continuity properties in appropriate Sobolev norms. These extensions are novel in that they have certain polynomial preservation properties important in the analysis of high order finite elements. This part of the series is devoted to introducing our new technique for constructing the extensions, and its application to the case of polynomial extensions from H½(∂K) into H¹(K), for any tetrahedron K.


A Mixed Method For Axisymmetric Div-Curl Systems, Dylan M. Copeland, Jay Gopalakrishnan, Joseph E. Pasciak Jan 2008

A Mixed Method For Axisymmetric Div-Curl Systems, Dylan M. Copeland, Jay Gopalakrishnan, Joseph E. Pasciak

Mathematics and Statistics Faculty Publications and Presentations

We present a mixed method for a three-dimensional axisymmetric div-curl system reduced to a two-dimensional computational domain via cylindrical coordinates. We show that when the meridian axisymmetric Maxwell problem is approximated by a mixed method using the lowest order Nédélec elements (for the vector variable) and linear elements (for the Lagrange multiplier), one obtains optimal error estimates in certain weighted Sobolev norms. The main ingredient of the analysis is a sequence of projectors in the weighted norms satisfying some commutativity properties.


Uniform Materials And The Multiplicative Decomposition Of The Deformation Gradient In Finite Elasto-Plasticity, Vincenzo Ciancio, Marina Dolfin, Mauro Francaviglia, Serge Preston Jan 2008

Uniform Materials And The Multiplicative Decomposition Of The Deformation Gradient In Finite Elasto-Plasticity, Vincenzo Ciancio, Marina Dolfin, Mauro Francaviglia, Serge Preston

Mathematics and Statistics Faculty Publications and Presentations

In this work we analyze the relation between the multiplicative decomposition F = F e F p of the deformation gradient as a product of the elastic and plastic factors and the theory of uniform materials. We prove that postulating such a decomposition is equivalent to having a uniform material model with two configurations – total φ and the inelastic φ1. We introduce strain tensors characterizing different types of evolutions of the material and discuss the form of the internal energy and that of the dissipative potential. The evolution equations are obtained for the configurations (φ, φ1) and the material …


On The Spectra Of Certain Directed Paths, Carlos Martins Da Fonseca, J. J. P. Veerman Jan 2008

On The Spectra Of Certain Directed Paths, Carlos Martins Da Fonseca, J. J. P. Veerman

Mathematics and Statistics Faculty Publications and Presentations

We describe the eigenpairs of special kinds of tridiagonal matrices related to problems on traffic on a one-lane road. Some numerical examples are provided.


Multiple Paths To Critical Reflection: A Flexible Model Of Teacher Learning And Its Impact On Student Achievement, Susan B. Koba, Carol T. Mitchell Jan 2008

Multiple Paths To Critical Reflection: A Flexible Model Of Teacher Learning And Its Impact On Student Achievement, Susan B. Koba, Carol T. Mitchell

Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences and Affiliated Societies

This research evaluated impact of the Omaha Public Schools' Urban Systemic Program professional development model on mathematics and science teacher change and student achievement. The model offered various participation pathways, focused teachers' learning in three areas (beliefs, content, and pedagogy) and required teacher reflection during classroom strategy implementation. To determine teacher change, observations, interviews, action research, pre-post perception profiles, retrospective pre-post surveys (beliefs and understandings), and exit surveys were completed. Participants' action research determined impact . on students' understandings. Criterion Referenced· Tests, as well as leadership pre- and post- surveys, action research and interviews determined school change. To evaluate program …


Floristic Records In The Platte And Loup River Bottomlands Of Platte County, Nebraska, Michael P. Gutzmer, Robert B. Kaul Jan 2008

Floristic Records In The Platte And Loup River Bottomlands Of Platte County, Nebraska, Michael P. Gutzmer, Robert B. Kaul

Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences and Affiliated Societies

A recent inventory of vascular plants in the Loup and Platte riverbottoms in Platte County has greatly increased knowledge of the area's flora. Of the 542 species of vascular plants now known to grow in the county, 289 were discovered after 1977, with more than 100 of those after 1990. 425 native and 117 naturalized species are known so far. Nearly 700 native and naturalized alien species are expected to occur in the county, based upon totals from nearby counties. Thus, almost 150 years after European settlement, more than 20% of the species remain unverified; of those, many are undoubtedly …


The Effects Of Mismatching Teacher Candidates With Mentoring Teachers, Hibajene Shandomo, Jeremy Zelkowski Jan 2008

The Effects Of Mismatching Teacher Candidates With Mentoring Teachers, Hibajene Shandomo, Jeremy Zelkowski

Journal of Inquiry and Action in Education

The majority of teacher candidates are eager to enter the field of teaching for their junior participation to try out methods such as Problem Solving Approach that they have been learning throughout their classes at college. In mathematics, for example, semester after semester, I place an emphasis on the use of Problem Solving Approach which is natural to children because the world is new to them. Children exhibit curiosity, intelligence, and flexibility as they face new situations (Principles and standards for school mathematics, 2000). In science, the inquiry method is emphasized. The challenge for preservice teachers is to build on …


Transactions Ofthe Nebraska Academy Of Sciences: Volume 31, 2008 Table Of Contents Jan 2008

Transactions Ofthe Nebraska Academy Of Sciences: Volume 31, 2008 Table Of Contents

Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences and Affiliated Societies

EDITORIAL CONTENTS

Nebraska Executive Committee, Policy Committee ................... ii

Editorial Board ................... iv

Membership Objectives and Friends of the Academy ................... inside front cover

Nebraska Association of Teachers of Science ................... inside front cover

Preparation of manuscripts ................... inside front cover

PAPERS

Hannibal Woods: An eastern deciduous forest remnant in Howard County, Nebraska (Steven J. Rothenberger) ................... 1

Floristic records in the Platte and Loup River bottomlands of Platte County, Nebraska (Michael P. Gutzmer and Robert B. Kaul) ................... 15

First record of Plagiorchus micracanthos (Trematoda: Plagiorchiidae) from the western small-footed myotis, Myotis ciliolabrum (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) (Chris T. McAllister and …


Privacy And Funeral Protests, Christina E. Wells Jan 2008

Privacy And Funeral Protests, Christina E. Wells

Faculty Publications

This article examines the free speech implications of funeral protest statutes. Enacted in response to the Westboro Baptist Church, whose members protest at funerals to spread their antigay message, such statutes restrict a broad array of peaceful expressive activity. This Article focuses on the states’ interest underlying these statutes - protecting mourners’ right to be free from unwanted intrusions while at funeral services. Few would argue against protecting funeral services from intrusive protests. These statutes, however, go far beyond that notion and protect mourners from offensive, rather than intrusive, protests. As such, they do not conceive of privacy as protection …


The Future Of The Economic Analysis Of Law In Latin America: A Proposal For Model Codes, Juan Javier Del Granado, M C. Mirow Jan 2008

The Future Of The Economic Analysis Of Law In Latin America: A Proposal For Model Codes, Juan Javier Del Granado, M C. Mirow

Faculty Publications

Nothing excites civilian lawyers and judges more than commissions for codification. Codification is more than an academic enterprise. Codification projects directly cut across the interface between law and life. ALACDE intends to harness this Latin American interest in codification to bring the economic approach to Latin America. A new-generation law and economics civil and commercial code will be a conscious project to restate Roman law's usefulness for coping with today's problems. Through law and economics, Roman law will renew itself. As a paradigmatic private-law system, Roman law is eminently amenable to a state-of-the-art fusion with law and economics. Sensitivity to …


A Convenient Untruth: Fact And Fantasy In The Doctrine Of Odious Debts, Sarah Ludington, Mitu Gulati Jan 2008

A Convenient Untruth: Fact And Fantasy In The Doctrine Of Odious Debts, Sarah Ludington, Mitu Gulati

Faculty Scholarship

The few years since the U.S. incursion into Iraq in 2003 have witnessed an explosion in the literature on odious debts - that is, debts incurred (a) without the consent of the people (e.g., by a despotic regime); (b) from which no benefits accrued to the people; and (c) when the creditors had knowledge of the foregoing. The key question in the literature is whether successors to the despotic regime are obligated to pay the debts of the despot. That is, whether the newly democratic nation of Iraq is obligated to pay the debts of Saddam Hussein. The starting point …


Three Liberal - But Mistaken - Arguments For Same-Sex Marriage, Gerard V. Bradley Jan 2008

Three Liberal - But Mistaken - Arguments For Same-Sex Marriage, Gerard V. Bradley

Journal Articles

From the Introduction

The constitutional argument for legally recognizing same-sex relationships as "marriages" is a straightforward non-discrimination claim: because there is no relevant difference between the capacity of same-sex couples and opposite-sex couples for marriage, restrictive laws arbitrarily withhold the recognition and benefits which legal marriage entails. If the statutory category - in this case, a couple's sex - does not contribute to the realization of any legitimate state goal, the law lacks a basis in reason. And, it is unconstitutional. As the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court concluded in Goodridge v. Department of Public Health, the state "failed to …


Reinforcement Learning-Based Control Design For Load Frequency Control, Sara Eftekharnejad Jan 2008

Reinforcement Learning-Based Control Design For Load Frequency Control, Sara Eftekharnejad

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Energy balance in electric power systems is continuously disrupted by constant demand changes due to customers' switching in and out, or loss of generating units. Load frequency control (LFC) is very essential for interconnected power systems in order to maintain the energy balance which is assessed through the Area Control Error, a signal that is made up of deviations from their nominal values of the system frequency and power area interchanges. Each balancing authority is responsible for its own energy balance in accordance with North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) standards.;This thesis presents a novel approach to the LFC problem. …