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Performance Analysis Of Live-Virtual-Constructive And Distributed Virtual Simulations: Defining Requirements In Terms Of Temporal Consistency, Douglas D. Hodson

Theses and Dissertations

This research extends the knowledge of live-virtual-constructive (LVC) and distributed virtual simulations (DVS) through a detailed analysis and characterization of their underlying computing architecture. LVCs are characterized as a set of asynchronous simulation applications each serving as both producers and consumers of shared state data. In terms of data aging characteristics, LVCs are found to be first-order linear systems. System performance is quantified via two opposing factors; the consistency of the distributed state space, and the response time or interaction quality of the autonomous simulation applications. A framework is developed that defines temporal data consistency requirements such that the objectives …

Heat And Current Propagation In Buffered Superconducting And Hyper-Conducting Wire, Jesse L. Lynn

Theses and Dissertations

This research models and analyzes the distribution of heat and current in a buffered superconducting or hyper-conducting wire that shows potential for use in different capacities in multiple Air Force systems including the Active Denial System. The thesis includes a brief background of the reaction-diffusion system of partial differential equations provided by AFRL/RZPG and development of the numerical scheme. It then explores solutions to the model. These solutions indicate some of the various heat-related failures that may be observed in such a wire. The nature of the solutions observed depends on the characteristics of the wire, operating temperature and efficiency …

Tailored Systems Architecture For Design Of Space Science And Technology Missions Using Dodaf V2.0, Nicholas J. Merski

Theses and Dissertations

The use of systems architecture, following a set of integrated descriptions from an architecture framework, has been well codified in Department of Defense acquisition and systems engineering. However, in the Space Science and Technology (S&T) community, this guidance and practice is not commonly adopted. This paper outlines an approach to leverage the changes made in DoD Architecture Framework 2.0 (DoDAF2.0), and the renewed emphasis on data and support to acquisition decision analysis. After decomposing the Space S&T design lifecycle into phases, design milestones and activities using process models, a set of DoDAF prescribed and Fit-for-Purpose views are constructed into a …

Electromagnetic Field Control And Optimization Using Metamaterials, Jeffrey S. Mcguirk

Theses and Dissertations

Transformation optics has shown the ability to cloak an object from incident electromagnetic radiation is possible. However, the material parameters are inhomogeneous, anisotropic, and, in some instances, singular at various locations. In order for a cloak to be practically realized, simplified parameter sets are required. However, the simplified parameters result in a degradation in the cloaking function. Constitutive parameters for simplified two-dimensional cylindrical cloaks have been developed with two material property constraints. It was initially believed satisfying these two constraints would result in the simplified cylindrical cloaks having the same wave equation as an ideal cloak. Because of this error, …

The Effects Of First-Generation Status And Race/Ethnicity On Students' Adjustment To College, Cornelia T. Splichal

Open Access Dissertations

Little is known about the college adjustment of first-generation students, particularly those from various racial/ethnic groups. This study sought to describe the college adjustment of first-generation students from three different racial/ethnic backgrounds (White/non-Hispanic, Black and Hispanic) and to determine whether generational status and race/ethnicity jointly or separately affect college adjustment as measured by responses to the Student Adaptation to College Questionnaire (SACQ). A sample of 418 students (208 first-generation, 210 non-first-generation; 140 White, 138 Black, and 140 Hispanic) was drawn from a population of 4,718 degree-seeking, self-identified undergraduates at a research university in the Southeast. A 2 X 3 factorial …

December 8, 2009: Are Religious Politics “Undemocratic”?, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “Are Religious Politics “Undemocratic”?“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

The Afghan War And The Current Situation In Pakistan - Rubina Jamil In Nyc Dec 17, Celia Patricia Vera, Michael Zweig

2010 How Class Works Conference

Email correspondence

David Czapinski V. Iron City Ind Cleaning Corp

2009 Decisions

USDC for the Western District of Pennsylvania

William Houston V. Easton Area School Dist

2009 Decisions

USDC for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Prohibits Voting By Those Who Fail To Provide Government-Issued Identification. Adds Additional Absentee Voting Requirements. Initiative Statute

Initiatives

Prohibits citizens from casting a regular ballot at the polls unless they present a government-issued photo-identification card. Restricts voting by citizens who fail to present government-issued photo-identification to casting only provisional ballots. Invalidates both mail-in and provisional ballots unless an elections official verifies that the last four digits of the voter’s government-issued identification number on the ballot envelope are consistent with voter’s corresponding government records. Establishes that ballots from absent military personnel are timely postmarked by election day. Summary of estimate by Legislative Analyst and Director of Finance of fiscal impact on state and local government: Some increased government costs …

Christopher Barton V. William Curtis, Jr.

2009 Decisions

USDC for the District Court of the Virgin Islands

Terra-West, Inc. V. Idaho Mut. Trust, Llc Respondent's Brief Dckt. 36523

Idaho Supreme Court Records & Briefs, All

No abstract provided.

Vectors And Methods For Enhanced Cell Longevity And Protein Expression, Bruce A. Webb, Jeremy Kroemer

Entomology Faculty Patents

It is the object of the current invention to provide methods and compositions relating to the expression of vankyrin proteins in cell lines to increase their viability, longevity and capacity for protein production. The inventors have discovered that the expression of P-ank-1 and I²-ank-3 proteins in cell culture has increased the cells' longevity and capacity for endogenous and/or heterologous target protein production. Specifically, the present invention relates to the enhanced expression of endogenous and/or heterologous target proteins/polypeptides in recombinant cells that are also expressing P-ank-1 and/or I²-ank-3 protein compared to expression host cells that are not …

Education Expert Available To Discuss "Googlization" Of Public Education, Lori Wright

Media Relations

No abstract provided.

Rhob As A Suppressor Of Cancer Cell Growth, Cell Transformation, And Metastasis, Said M. Sebti

USF Patents

The present invention concerns the use of the protein RhoB and its variants to inhibit cancer cell growth, migration, invasion, metastasis, malignant cell transformation, and/or to modulate oncogenic signaling, wherein introducing RhoB directly, or indirectly via a nucleic acid sequence encoding RhoB, into a malignantly transformed cell or a cancerous cell decreases phosphorylation of Erk and Akt proteins inhibiting the PI3-kinase/Akt cell survival pathway and promoting apoptotic cell death. In one aspect, the compositions and methods of the present invention are used to inhibit the malignant transformation of cells by the oncogenes H-Ras, N-Ras, K-Ras, EGFR, or ErbB2, or to …

Daily Eastern News: December 08, 2009, Eastern Illinois University

December

No abstract provided.

Elliptical Polarizers, Tags And Identification Systems Using Frequency Selective Surfaces, Glenn Boreman, Daniel Mullally, Jeffrey Tharp

UCF Patents

An optical combination includes a substrate, a linear polarizer on the substrate, and a first frequency selective surface (FSS) based elliptical polarization filter on the linear polarizer. The first FSS comprises at least one periodic pattern of spaced apart electrically conductive lines having a sub-wavelength line-to-line spacing orientated along a first axis. The pattern is operable to impose a phase differential for one orthogonal linear polarization state relative to the other linear polarization state for electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength between 400 nm and 1 mm, such as 1 um to 12 um. An identification system and associated method for …

Efficiency Evaluation Of Education Sector Organizations Using Data Envelopment Analysis, Ewa Chodakowska

European Management Studies

Education is the foundation of civil society and a key condition for economic development. In Poland, there are no strong stimulators promoting high quality educational services. The basic education sector in its majority belongs to the public finance sector. Competition on the educational services market is only emerging. School rankings of different levels constitute the evidence. The imitation of competitiveness, which could stimulate education quality enhancement, could be achieved through a systematic evaluation of effectiveness. Cited in the article are worldwide examples of the application of the DEA method for efficiency analysis of education sector entities. The article presents the …

A New Method For Job Evaluation, Wiktor Adamus

European Management Studies

The paper aims to develop a new method to measure and assess qualitative parameters of a job in a simple, transparent, universal and timeless way. When evaluating a given feature, factor, object or subject, we weigh various quality and quantity criteria relative to the accepted pattern or value in a given organization, society or culture. When building a system of job evaluation in the organization, seven synthetic criteria were considered: knowledge, experience, wisdom, psychological and physical effort, intellectual effort, responsibility and cooperation. Each synthetic criterion was assigned a handful of analytical criteria, which in turn were assigned a verbal, adjective …

A Potent Federal Prosecutorial Tool: Weyhrauch V. United States, James T. Van Strander

Duke Journal of Constitutional Law & Public Policy Sidebar

No abstract provided.

Detailed Stratigraphy And Geochemistry Of Lower Mount Rogers Formation Metavolcanic Units Exposed On Elk Garden Ridge, Va, Meghan Marie Lindsey

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The lower Mount Rogers Formation (LMRF) is described by Rankin (1993) as a sequence of intercalated metabasalts and volcanogenic sediments with minor metarhyolite. We have chosen to examine the sequence of the LMRF units exposed along Elk Garden Ridge, a high shoulder between the summits of Whitetop Mountain and Mount Rogers in the Mount Rogers National Recreation Area in SW Virginia. This sequence represents an uplifted block of LMRF units enclosed by exposures of Whitetop and Wilburn metarhyolites.

In the field, progressive lithologic changes can be observed walking up-section along Elk Garden ridge that are indicative of changes in lava …

Dean Logan's Blog: Rwu Law Continues To Play A Role In The “War On Terror”, Roger Williams University School Of Law

Law School Blogs

No abstract provided.

New Works About Somalia And Somalis, Charles Geshekter

Bildhaan: An International Journal of Somali Studies

No abstract provided.

Somali Youth In Diaspora: A Comparative Study Of Gender Perceptions Of Further Studies And Future Career (Case Study: Somali Youth In Melbourne, Australia), Yusuf Sheikh Omar

Bildhaan: An International Journal of Somali Studies

No abstract provided.

Tuberculosis In Foreign-Born Persons In The State Of Minnesota And Tb Prevention Programs In Dakota And Olmsted Counties, Amin Mohamed

Bildhaan: An International Journal of Somali Studies

No abstract provided.

A Virtuosic Touch: Hodeide, A Life With The Oud And More, Ahmed Samatar

Bildhaan: An International Journal of Somali Studies

No abstract provided.

Imposes Political Contribution Restrictions On Public Employee Labor Organizations. Initiative Statute.

Initiatives

Prohibits public employee labor organizations from using member dues or nonmember fees for disbursements to political committees unless the employee provides prior annual written consent on a particular form. Does not apply to dues or fees collected for charitable organizations, health care insurance, or other purposes directly benefitting the public employee. Requires public employee labor organizations to maintain and, upon request, submit to designated government authority, records of authorization, employee funds withheld and transferred to political committees, which records are not subject to disclosure under Public Records Act. Summary of estimate by Legislative Analyst and Director of Finance of fiscal …

Spartan Daily December 7, 2009, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 133, Issue 48

Usa V. Franky Nadal

2009 Decisions

USDC for the District Court of the Virgin Islands

Intercon Entr Inc V. Lg Intl (America)

2009 Decisions

USDC for the District of New Jersey