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Oral History Interview with Forrest Biard, June 11, 1992
No full textInterview with Forrest Biard, a United States Navy veteran from Bonham, Texas, regarding his experiences and memories of World War II while serving as a cryptanalyst. Biard discusses his education, learning Japanese in Japan right before the war hit, codes, Pearl Harbor, and Midway
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Oral History Interview with Forrest Biard, June 11, 1992
No full textInterview with Forrest Biard, a United States Navy veteran from Bonham, Texas, regarding his experiences and memories of World War II while serving as a cryptanalyst. Biard discusses his education, learning Japanese in Japan right before the war hit, codes, Pearl Harbor, and Midway
National Industrial Conference Board Prize Essays 1919-1920
No full textForrest R. Black, a Tiffin author, wrote an award winning essay called "Should Trade Unions and Employers' Associations be Made Legally Responsible?" in which he researched the history of trade unions and their influence in the early 20th century
Livestock
No full textTwo typed papers on the history of livestock raising in northern Arizona: "Riding for the old C O Bar," by Earle R. Forrest and read at the Fourth Annual Historical Convention sponsored by the University of Arizona and Arizona Pioneers\u27 Historical Society, Tucson, March 15-16, 1963; and "Trouble with the Hashknife Cattle Company," no author, no date. The second essay tells of Fort Moroni, at present-day Fort Valley, near Flagstaff, Arizona
Officer Basin (Neale,Vernon,Wanna,Jubilee,Mason,Forrest), WA, 1976 (P433), magnetic line data, AWAGS levelled
No full textMaintenance and Update Frequency: notPlannedStatement: This Officer Basin (Neale,Vernon,Wanna,Jubilee,Mason,Forrest), WA, 1976 (P433), magnetic line data, AWAGS levelled is an airborne-derived magnetic line dataset for the Officer Basin (Neale,Vernon,Wanna,Jubilee,Mason,Forrest), WA, 1976 survey. The data was acquired under the project No. 433 for the geological survey of WA. A total of 37917 line-kilometres of data at a line spacing of 3000m and 150m terrain clearance were acquired during this survey. To constrain long wavelengths in the data, an independent data set, the Australia-wide Airborne Geophysical Survey (AWAGS) airborne magnetic data, was used to control the base levels of the survey data (Milligan et al., 2009). This survey data is essentially levelled to AWAGS. Details of the specifications of individual airborne surveys can be found in the Fourteenth Edition of the Index of Airborne Geophysical Surveys (Percival, 2014). This Index is also available online at http://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/79134.
References:
Milligan, P.R., Minty, B.R.S., Richardson, M. & Franklin, R., 2009. The Australia-wide Airborne Geophysical Survey accurate continental magnetic coverage. Preview, No. 138, p. 1-128,
Percival, P.J., 2014. Index of airborne geophysical surveys (Fourteenth Edition).Total magnetic intensity (TMI) data measures variations in the intensity of the Earth's magnetic field caused by the contrasting content of rock-forming minerals in the Earth crust. Magnetic anomalies can be either positive (field stronger than normal) or negative (field weaker) depending on the susceptibility of the rock. The data are processed via standard methods to ensure the response recorded is that due only to the rocks in the ground. The results produce datasets that can be interpreted to reveal the geological structure of the sub-surface. The processed data is checked for quality by GA geophysicists to ensure that the final data released by GA are fit-for-purpose.<br/> These line dataset from the Officer Basin (Neale,Vernon,Wanna,Jubilee,Mason,Forrest), WA, 1976 survey were acquired in 1977 by the WA Government, and consisted of 37917 line-kilometres of data at 3000m line spacing and 150m terrain clearance. To constrain long wavelengths in the data, an independent data set, the Australia-wide Airborne Geophysical Survey (AWAGS) airborne magnetic data, was used to control the base levels of the survey data. This survey data is essentially levelled to AWAGS
2014-03 Prices and Quantities in Health Care Antitrust Damages
No full textAntitrust analysis conventionally assumes that illegal agreements among competitors raise prices and lower quantities, relative to lawful competition. However, markets for healthcare services have tendencies towards overprovision, which may increase when competition declines. This paper examines this possibility using data from a well-known antitrust case in Wisconsin. We find that, in parts of the state where physician groups illegally divided up markets, costs of physician services rose by about 10% more than they did elsewhere, with about half of this increase due to increased services. This suggests that higher quantities can contribute to healthcare antitrust damages, along with higher prices.Working Paper Series
No. 2014-3
January 201
Search priorities for a target probability area
No full textDistinguished Alumni Award Program author. VADM Patricia A. Tracey, USN (Ret) (Presented 21 Mar 06). NPS Hall of Fame author. (Presented December 3, 2010)Lieutenant Commander, United States NavyThe problem of determining whether a line of bearing measured by a local surface-based sensor coincides with a threat whose position has been previously estimated by an ocean surveillance sensor is addressed. Uncertainties in the position estimate of the threat, in the bearing error and in the position estimate of the sensor are considered in measuring the probability that the threat lies on a given bearing from the sensor. A TI-59 calculator program is developed which calculates this likelihood when the threat location density can be assumed to be bivariate normal. Computations required when significant time has elapsed since the original estimate of threat location when the density can no longer be considered bivariate normal are discussed. (Author)Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.http://archive.org/details/searchpriorities109451634
The evolution of central banking
No full textInstitutions known as central banks emerged or were established as commercial banks or government banks. Their evolution into central banks came with their monopoly issuing notes and their role as lender of last resort, among other functions. Carrying out commercial business on a large scale created a conflict of interest, so this practice was abandoned. Establishing the right degree of dependence was difficult, and changed in times of crisis. Independence is important: it helps to establish reputation, which is everything in banking. The Great Depression, widely attributed to inept Central Bank behavior, interrupted central bank independence, but poor price behavior brought about its return. In the 19th century, laissez faire and the gold standard encouraged and sometimes allowed for considerable independence. Greater changes came in the new dirigiste environment following the Great Depression and the rise of the managed economy. Economies in transition confront high inflation and the problem of maintaining monetary stability just as newly independent developing countries did in the 1960s. How can inflation be controlled? Under fiat regimes, the money supply is controlled by the domestic monetary authority. But can they control monetary growth? Prior and current records are not encouraging. Will authorities have the credibility they need? Options include maintaining a fixed exchange rate or reviving currency boards. Currency boards function like an independent central bank, holding reserves and tying domestic currency to strong foreign currency. There are drawbacks to currency boards, especially for countries in transition. They require a considerable sacrifice of sovereignty, and are unlikely to appeal to countries that are only beginning to recover lost sovereignty.Financial Intermediation,Payment Systems&Infrastructure,Banks&Banking Reform,Economic Theory&Research,Financial Crisis Management&Restructuring,Banks&Banking Reform,Economic Stabilization,Financial Intermediation,Economic Theory&Research,Financial Crisis Management&Restructuring
Hardy's rhetoric and reader response in Far from the madding crowd and Tess of the d'Urbervilles
No full textIncludes bibliographical references (leaves 203-207)This is a study of how insights into the process of reading can enhance our understanding of two novels by Thomas Hardy--Far from the Madding Crowd and Tess of the d'Urbervilles. The process of reading may be seen as a communications transaction which involves the reader, the text, and the author. From reader response criticism, we learn that both the reader and the text have dynamic roles in the process of reading a literary text. However, in attributing to the text an active role, reader response critics allow the writer to drop out of the literary transaction. A more likely explanation is that the ultimate director of response is the author, not the text. The author's control of reader response suggests that there is a rhetorical dimension to literature. Rhetoric involves conscious manipulation of language to achieve desired effects. Reader response criticism studies those effects from the reader's point of view, and rhetorical criticism enables us to study them from the author's point of view. Our response to a novel--Hardy's novels, for example--includes response to narrative and artistic devices and recognition of the author's rhetorical use of language and of fictional techniques. Thus, in Far from the Madding Crowd, humor--a standard narrative and fictional technique--also functions as a means of shaping our response to the narrator and to Gabriel Oak. In Tess, the narrator is much more than a fictional device for telling a story. He is a complex personality whose characteristics function rhetorically to control our response to Tess and to the other characters and to shape our understanding of the novel. ..
Evaluation of electronic methods for estimation of pork carcass composition
No full textThis research covers a systematic evaluation of several hog body composition evaluation techniques on 553 hogs that were slaughtered between the summer of 1985 and the summer of 1990. The best two variable equation in predicting carcass lean weight used warm carcass weight and 10th rib fat depth. The 10th rib fat depth taken laterally to the dorsal midline and over the loin muscle area appeared to be the single most important factor in predicting carcass lean percent. The best three variable equation for live ultrasound measurement, in predicting carcass dissected lean weight, used live hog weight, last rib fat depth and loin muscle area. The best three variable equation for carcass dissected lean percent used loin muscle area and fat depth measurements at the 10th rib and a first rib backfat thickness. All live ultrasound equations generated tended to underestimate actual lean weight. A three variable equation with carcass ultrasound measured muscle area and fat depth at the 10th rib and warm carcass weight gave R\sp2 =.78 and RSD = 2.10 kg in predicting carcass dissected lean weight, and an R\sp2 =.72 and RSD = 2.31% in predicting carcass lean percent. A two variable equation measured by the Destron optical fat-lean probe with last rib fat depth measured by the probe and warm carcass weight estimated carcass dissected lean weight with R\sp2 =.75 and RSD = 2.43 kg. Inclusion of a second fat depth measurement, increased the R\sp2 to.77 and reduced the RSD to 2.34 kg. Fat-o-Meater measured fat depths were highly correlated with chilled carcass direct measured fat depth. The 11th rib fat-depth measured by the Fat-o-Meater was the single most important factor in estimating carcass dissected lean percent. Carcass dissected lean weight was accurately estimated by EMSCAN HA-2 electromagnetic scanning of eviscerated warm carcass sides. Electromagnetic scanning of warm carcass sides also accurately predicted dissected lean weight in the ham and shoulder. However, in predicting dissected lean weight in the loin, accuracy dropped. TOBEC readings combined with 10th rib fat depth, warm carcass weight, primal cut weight, warm carcass length, or warm carcass temperature accurately estimates fat-free lean mass in carcasses and/or primal cuts. More than one carcass composition evaluation system can be used to improve prediction accuracy. (Abstract shortened with permission of author.
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