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Newsroom: Margulies On Tsa Controversy, Roger Williams University School Of Law

Life of the Law School (1993- )

No abstract provided.

2010-11-29 Minutes Of The Executive Committee Of The Academic Senate, University Of Dayton. Academic Senate. Executive Committee

ECAS Minutes

Approved minutes of a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Academic Senate of the University of Dayton

Bulging Factors In Geometrically Nonlinear Cracked Laminated Shell Structure Under Dynamic Internal Pressure, Nitin B. Ingale

Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

This thesis is about the investigation of the geometrically nonlinear responses and bulging factors of cracked laminated composite cylindrical shell structures subjected to internal pressure. Hybrid strain based three-node flat triangular shell elements, developed by To and Wang were used.

Effects of dynamic responses of various numbers of layers and their angle arrangements of cracked cylindrical shell structures clamped at both ends are analyzed and studied. Bulging factors based on the concept of equivalent Young’s modulus of elasticity are found and compared with single and multiple layer composite cylindrical shell structures.

Finally, bulging factors for similar laminated composite cylindrical shells …

Intrinsic Features Of The Multisensory Cortical Area Lrss In The Ferret, Alexandru Ioan Cojanu

Theses and Dissertations

Environmental events simultaneously transduced by more than one sensory modality underlie multisensory processing in the CNS. While most studies of multisensory processing examine functional effects, none have evaluated the influence of local or columnar circuitry. The goal of the present study is to examine of local features of the ferret lateral rostral suprasylvian sulcus (LRSS), a multisensory cortex. Immunostaining revealed the cytoarchitectonic features of the LRSS: thick supragranular layers, a narrow layer IV, and moderately stained but differentiated infragranular layers. Golgi-Cox techniques were used with light microscopy and digital reconstruction to document neuronal morphology. Among the 90 reconstructed neurons, 4 …

Printed Matter, Inc., The First Decade: 1976-1986, Claire Dixon

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis provides an account of the events of the first ten years of Printed Matter, Inc., a distribution center for artists’ books established in New York City in 1976. Included are descriptions of the individuals who formed Printed Matter’s first board, their objectives, books published by Printed Matter, and the windows installation program. This thesis also describes challenges the board members faced, including lack of organization, difficulty cultivating a broad public audience, and inadequate income. In addition, it recounts the gradual streamlining of business practices, and the realignment of goals and expectations for the genre as board members accepted …

Lanthorn, Vol. 45, No. 27, November 29, 2010, Grand Valley State University

Volume 45, July 8, 2010 - June 9, 2011

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present.

Humphry Davy: Science, Authorship, And The Changing Romantic, Marianne Lind Baker

Theses and Dissertations

In the mid to late 1700s, men of letters became more and more interested in the natural world. From studies in astronomy to biology, chemistry, and medicine, these "philosophers" pioneered what would become our current scientific categories. While the significance of their contributions to these fields has been widely appreciated historically, the interconnection between these men and their literary counterparts has not. A study of the "Romantic man of science" reveals how much that figure has in common with the traditional "Romantic" literary figure embodied by poets like William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. This thesis interrogates connections between Romantic …

November 29, 2010, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

No abstract provided.

Newsroom, Georgia Southern University

Newsroom (2006-2023)

• Georgia Southern University Names Ted Moore, Ph.D. Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs

Women's Soccer Earns Nscaa Team Academic Award, Armstrong State University

Armstrong Athletics: Women's Soccer News (Archived)

Women's Soccer Earns NSCAA Team Academic Award. The Armstrong Atlantic State University women's soccer squad has earned the NSCAA's Collegiate Team Academic Award for the 2009-10 academic year, released today by the organization.

Remote Measurements Of On-Road Emissions From Heavy-Duty Diesel Vehicles In California; Year 3, 2010, Brent G. Schuchmann, Gary A. Bishop, Donald H. Stedman

Fuel Efficiency Automobile Test Publications

No abstract provided.

Plasma Processing Of Lunar Regolith Simulant For Oxygen And Glass Production, S. Sen, D. Butts, J. S. O'Dell, C. S. Ray

Materials Science and Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Tools for extracting life-sustaining resources from the moon are needed to support the vision for space exploration. of particular interest is the production of oxygen for life support and propulsion. on the lunar surface the only practical source for oxygen is the lunar regolith. Described in this paper is an innovative plasma reduction technique for the production of oxygen from lunar regolith. Thermodynamic calculations showed that the regolith oxides could be dissociated to yield up to 7.3 weight percent oxygen when exposed to extremely high temperatures of up to 3000°C. Subsequently the use of a plasma flame to obtain oxygen …

File-Sharing Among College Students: Moral And Legal Implications, Colton Dwayne Cockrum

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

This study was designed to explore the phenomenon of college students who illegally file-share.The main research question was, “What are the experiences of college students who file-share and what are their perspectives on the moral and legal implications for doing so?”Data were collected from six students using interviews, focus groups, and online communication. This study revealed five themes common to the students in the study.The first theme, Old School Morality vs. Contemporary Morality, revealed that the college students in this study saw a contemporary issue like file-sharing differently then they did other moral issues.The second theme, Absurdity of Buying vs. …

On Line: The Pledging Experiences Of Members Of Black Greek-Lettered Organizations From 1970 To 1990, Antonio Dewan Jenkins

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

In 1990, the leadership of the Black Greek-Lettered organizations that comprise the National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) agreed to ban pledging as the official member entry process for new members. For 20 years (1990-2010), each organization has developed and used a membership intake process (MIP) to replace pledging in order to prevent hazing and injury to prospective members. Studies on membership entry into these organizations have focused mainly on fraternities during the MIP era (1990-2010) and the persistence of hazing during their process. This study explored the experiences of men and women who joined BGLOs prior to the 1990 ban on …

Mothers Against Democracy: Hebe De Bonafini's Rhetorical Strategies Of Resistance, 1988-2003, Shirley J. Oakley

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

The Madres de Plaza de Mayo was once a small group of grieving mothers in Buenos Aires who sought solace during a dictatorship that began in 1976. As their resistance developed, they grew into a social and political organization whose purpose is to keep the memory of their children alive and to generate justice in Argentina and worldwide. Their leader, Hebe de Bonafini, is atypical because there was no oratorical tradition for her to follow: she created one. Throughout the thirty-four years of the mothers' movement's existence, Bonafini's rhetoric has changed and has taken a new shape. The permanent disappearance …

Detecting Cartels: Price Rigidity And The Application Of The Icss Algorithm, Ping-Ying Cheng

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

This paper proposes that the Iterative Cumulative Sums of Squares (ICSS) Algorithm can be applied to help better detect periods of collusive behavior in markets by analyzing changes in the variance of product prices over time. Price rigidity is a common characteristic of oligopolies and has been theoretically proven in many studies. The kinked-demand-curve explains that firms would prefer to stay at the agreed upon monopoly price rather than cutting prices to earn more market share during a single period. An infinitely repeated Bertrand game model developed by Athey, Bagwell, and Sanchirico (2004) claims that if the firms are sufficiently …

I Belong To The Band: The Music Of Reverend Gary Davis, William Lee Ellis

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

“I Belong to the Band” is the first extensive analytical examination of the music of guitarist/singer Reverend Gary Davis (1896-1972), whose vast repertoire and instrumental virtuosity made him a favorite performer and teacher during the folk and blues revival. Discussed in detail are his songs and aspects of musical technique as well as larger issues such as appropriation in traditional song, the interplay of sacred and secular content and style in African American song, the role(s) of blindness in musical culture, and contrastive and associative symmetries in blues performances. To better glean Davis’s music and the world in which he …

Corticosterone Secretion In Young Florida Scrub-Jays: Correlates And Consequences, Michelle Annette Rensel

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

While much is known about the relationship between stress and the steroid hormone, corticosterone (CORT) in adult animals, less is known about the dynamics of CORT secretion in developing animals. My research examined factors affecting levels of baseline and stress-induced CORT in a free-living, non-migratory passerine, the Florida scrub-jay (Aphelocoma coerulescens). I addressed the following questions: 1) Do baseline and stress-induced CORTsecretion change with age? 2) Are nestling baseline CORT levels correlated with conditions in the nest, such as hatching order and parental behavior? 3) Are baseline and stress-induced CORT levels repeatable wtihin individuals? 4) Do baseline and stress-induced CORTlevels …

Seismic Performance Of Square Rc Bridge Columns Under Combined Loading Including Torsion With Low Shear, Q. Li, Abdeldjelil Belarbi, S. S. Prakash

Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

During earthquake excitations, reinforced concrete bridge columns can be subjected to a combination of axial load, shear force, flexural moments, and torsional moments. the torsional moment can be much more significant in columns of bridges that are skewed, curved, have unequal spans, or unequal column heights. Combined loading including torsion can result in complex flexural and shear failure of these bridge columns. This paper presents an experimental study on the seismic behavior of square reinforced concrete columns under combined cyclic flexural and torsional moments. the columns in this study were designed with an aspect ratio of six and tested under …

Structural Health Monitoring Of Reinforced Concrete Columns Subjected To Reversed Cyclic Loading Using Innovative Smart Aggregates, Yashar Moslehy, Haichang Gu, Abdeljalil Belarbi, Y. L. Mo, Gangbing Song

Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Structural health monitoring is an important issue for the maintenance of large-scale civil infrastructure, especially for bridge columns. in this paper, an innovative piezoceramic-Based approach is developed for the structural health monitoring of reinforced concrete columns. an innovative piezoceramic-Based device, smart aggregate, is utilized as a transducer for health monitoring purposes. to investigate the seismic behavior of RC bridge columns, structural health monitoring tests were performed on two bridge columns under combined reversed cyclic loading at Missouri University of Science and Technology. Experimental results show that the proposed smart aggregate-Based approach successfully evaluated the health status of concrete columns during …

Web-Based Intelligent Computational Argumentation Based Conflict Resolution In Air Traffic Management, Xiaoqing Frank Liu, Ravi Santosh Arvapally, Hojong Baik, Rubal Wanchoo

Computer Science Faculty Research & Creative Works

Collaborative decision making (CDM) is a process of reaching consensus on a potential solution of an issue through the evaluation of the different possible alternatives. the web-Based intelligent computational argumentation system allows concerned stakeholders to post their arguments on different alternatives, assign weights and priorities to the arguments and reach the most favorable alternative using fuzzy intelligent techniques over the Internet. Exchange of information among the stakeholders improves the collaboration and drives towards the collective intelligence. in this paper, we show how our tool facilitates resolution of conflicts in air traffic management. It could enhance the Ground Delay Program (GDP) …

The Faithful Flyer, 11-28-2010, University Of Dayton. Campus Ministry

Chapel Bulletins

No abstract provided.

Medical School Watercooler Newsletter - November 28, 2010, Lindsey Lyle

Watercooler Newsletter

This is the November 28 edition of the Frederick P. Whiddon College of Medicine's newsletter - Watercooler.

Contents Include:

• Next Week's DSS - Dr. Peter J. McKinnon
• USA Cardiologist Talks About Emerging Data On Vitamin D
• Med School Café - "Early Detection of Cancer"
• Former Radiology Chair Honored through Conference Room Dedication
• USA Trauma Surgeon Shares First-Hand Experiences at Disaster Preparedness Meeting

Deafdigest: Gold Edition, November 28, 2010, Barry Strassler

DeafDigest Gold 2010

No abstract provided.

11/28/2010 Obituary Records, Hawaii Obituaries

Obituaries

List of Obituaries for individuals who passed away on 11/28/2010. Scroll down to see the names and obituary description.

Deafdigest: Blue Edition, November 28, 2010, Barry Strassler

DeafDigest Blue 2010

No abstract provided.

Deafdigest: Deaf Sports News November 28, 2010, Barry Strassler

DeafDigest Sports 2010

No abstract provided.

Study On Preparing Technology And Corrosion Resistance Of Ti/Zr Based Chromium-Free Chemical Conversion Coating On Zinc Electroplating Layer, Yong Guan, Jian-Guo Liu, Chuan-Wei Yan

Journal of Electrochemistry

In this paper,we obtained environmental-friendly chromium-free chemical conversion coating on the non-cyanide alkaline zinc electroplating layer by employing the optimized Ti/Zr based conversion technique.At the same time,the performances of the Ti/Zr based conversion coating were compared with chromate colour passivation coating.The corrosion resistances of the conversion coatings were investigated by using neutral salt spray(NSS) test,potentiodynamic polarization and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy(EIS).The results showed that the white rust appeared after 96 hours when the NSS test was performed on the Ti/Zr based conversion coating,which was close to the corrosion resistance rating of chromate colour passivation coating.Compared with the chromate passivation coating,the Ti/Zr …

The Sol-Gel Synthesis And Electrochemical Performance Of Li3V2(Po4)3/C Cathode Material For Lithium Ion Battery, Li-Ying Liu, Lian Chen, Hai-Yan Zhang, Yu-Chun Zhai

Journal of Electrochemistry

Li₃V₂(PO₄)₃/C was synthesized by sol-gel method with citric acid as chelate and C sources. Physical and electrochemical performances of as-prepared materials were characterized through XRD, SEM and galvanostatic charge-discharge tests,etc. The results showed that products produced by calcining at 800 ℃ for 12 h had a single phase crystal structure and relatively small particle sizes with uniform distribution. At 0.1 C, 0.5 C and 1 C, the initial specific discharge capacities were 153.0, 143.1 and 130.6 mAh·g^-1, respectively, and capacity efficiencies were 93.1%, 85.4% and 77.3% after 50 cycles, respectively. …

Electrochemistry Calendar, Editorial Office Of J.Electrochem.

Journal of Electrochemistry

No abstract provided.