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Dr. Duane M. Jackson, Morehouse College, July 2011
No full textThis video is a conversation with Dr. Duane M. Jackson. Dr. Jackson talks about his paper, "Recall and the Serial Position Effect: The Role of Primacy and Recency on Accounting Students' Performance." Jackie Daniel, AUC Woodruff Library, is the interviewer
"Reflections on the subject of Emigration from Europe with a view to Settlement in the United States" By M. Carey.
No full text"Reflections on the subject of Emigration from Europe with a view to Settlement in the United States: containing bried sketches of the moral and political character of those states.
By M. Carey, member of the American philosophical, and of the American Antiquarian Society, and author of The Olive Branch, Cindiciae Hibernicae, essays on banking, on political economy, and on internal improvement.
To which are now added the English editor's comments on the subject; together with Important Advice to Emigrants, and Cautions Against Impositions Practiced in the Outports
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
No full textWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
Dr. Glendon Swarthout
No full textHosted by Roger M. Busfield, MSU Assistant Professor of Speech and Theater, Meet the Author is designed to introduce a general audience to a contemporary author and their work through in-depth interviews. This episode features a conversation between Dr. Glendon Swarthout, prolific author and English professor at MSU, and assistant professors Sam S. Baskett and Theodore B. Strandness
Simulation of thermal plant optimization and hydraulic aspects of thermal distribution loops for large campuses
No full textFollowing an introduction, the author describes Texas A&M University and its utilities system. After that, the author presents how to construct simulation models for chilled water and heating hot water distribution systems. The simulation model was used in a $2.3 million Ross Street chilled water pipe replacement project at Texas A&M University. A second project conducted at the University of Texas at San Antonio was used as an example to demonstrate how to identify and design an optimal distribution system by using a simulation model. The author found that the minor losses of these closed loop thermal distribution systems are significantly higher than potable water distribution systems. In the second part of the report, the author presents the latest development of software called the Plant Optimization Program, which can simulate cogeneration plant operation, estimate its operation cost and provide optimized operation suggestions. The author also developed detailed simulation models for a gas turbine and heat recovery steam generator and identified significant potential savings. Finally, the author also used a steam turbine as an example to present a multi-regression method on constructing simulation models by using basic statistics and optimization algorithms. This report presents a survey of the author??s working experience at the Energy Systems Laboratory (ESL) at Texas A&M University during the period of January 2002 through March 2004. The purpose of the above work was to allow the author to become familiar with the practice of engineering. The result is that the author knows how to complete a project from start to finish and understands how both technical and nontechnical aspects of a project need to be considered in order to ensure a quality deliverable and bring a project to successful completion. This report concludes that the objectives of the internship were successfully accomplished and that the requirements for the degree of Degree of Engineering have been satisfied
Optimal resource reallocation can achieve water conservation, emissions reduction, and improve irrigated agricultural systems
No full textAsynchronous meiotic rhythm as the cause of partial chromosome elimination in Paspalum ovale (Gramineae: Paniceae).
No full textFRICTION STIR WELDINGIntroduzione alla tecnologia
No full textLa Friction Stir Welding (FSW) è una tecnologia di saldatura relativamente nuova: è stata inventata dal The Welding Institute (TWI), l’Istituto della Saldatura Inglese, che l’ha brevettata nel dicembre del 1991. Questo nuovo processo, particolarmente adatto per realizzare giunzioni di pezzi in leghe d’alluminio, è stato accolto con grande interesse dal mondo industriale ed in pochi anni ha avuto un enorme sviluppo, soprattutto nelle applicazioni navali ma anche nell’industria aerospaziale, ferroviaria ed automobilistica
Development of a behaviour-pattern based global sensitivity analysis procedure for coupled socioeconomic and environmental models
No full textDynamically Coupled Socioeconomic system dynamics models integrated with physically-based Environmental Models (DCSEM) can capture relationships between complex environmental and socioeconomic systems, and are promising tools for participatory environmental management involving the integration of various viewpoints, disciplines and processes for sustainable water resources management. However, the application of DCSEMs has been limited for many reasons, including the complexity of the model coupling process (i.e., the lack of a flexible model coupling approach), issues of over-parameterization, high parameter uncertainty, intensive computational requirements (due to many interacting parameters), and the possibility of eliciting behaviour-pattern oriented model outputs. As such, most conventional (numerical) procedures for model evaluation (i.e., analysis of point values of modelled results) that have been implemented for physically-based models are not applicable to DCSEMs. In order to address these challenges, this study developed a novel automatic behaviour-pattern global sensitivity analysis (GSA) procedure to determine the influence of input parameters on the general behaviour trends (rather than numerical point values) of coupled model outputs. The developed behaviour-pattern GSA procedure was implemented in an existing software (Tinamït), developed previously by the authors, to ensure ease-of-use. This study investigates the suitability of the proposed behaviour-pattern GSA procedure for the analysis of DCSEMs by comparing the proposed procedure with the conventional numerical procedure. The numerical and proposed behaviour-pattern procedures, coupled with the Morris (qualitative) and EFAST (quantitative) GSA methods, were applied to a DCSEM to rank and screen parameters in a water table depth simulation in Pakistan. The determination of important parameters facilitates subsequent model calibration and groundwater management. It was found that the Morris and EFAST methods achieved similar parameter ranking results in the numerical and behavioural procedures, respectively. The results also indicated that the behaviour-pattern GSA procedure offers more information about several important parameters, and a variety of parameter ranking orders, compared to the numerical GSA procedure, regardless of which GSA method (Morris or EFAST) was used. The increased information obtained through the application of the developed behaviour-pattern procedure confirms that the DCSEM model outputs are behaviour-oriented. It is recommended that the proposed behaviour-pattern GSA procedure be used with the Morris method, which has a higher computational efficiency (>150 times) than the EFAST method, to detect important parameters in DCSEMs
Analisys of FSW welds made of aluminium alloy AW6082-T6
No full textPurpose of this paper is to analyze the results of tests on the mechanical properties and microstructural changes in Friction Stir Welds in the aluminium alloy 6082-T6 in function of varying process parameters.
Design/methodology/approach: the produced tensile strength of the produced welds was measured and the correlation with process parameter was assessed. The welds’ microstructure in various zones was analyzed using an optical microscope. Microhardness measurements were performed on the welds’ cross-sections. Findings a tendency was observed of the mechanical resistance of test welds to increased with the increase of travel (welding) speed, maintaining constant rotational speed. Hardness decrease was observed in weld nugget and heat affected zone, of entity inferior that that of fusion welds. Origins of tunnel (worm hole) defects were found and analyzed.
Research limitations/implications: various combinations of process parameters were used to produce the test welds, but without the possibility of controlling the downward force. Further extension of applicable parameters combinations should be examined.
Practical implications: the increase of mechanical resistance with increasing welding speed offers an immediate economic return, as the process efficiency is increased.
Originality/value: information contained herein can be useful to further investigate on the possibility of improving the properties of FSW welds, as well as the efficiency of the process
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