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Peter Bryce collection, MSS.0226
No full textAbstract: A small miscellany of materials including Bryce's appointment as medical officer of ship "Yorkshire," clippings about Bryce, among them his obituary, and copy of his "Moral and Criminal Responsibility," 1888Scope and Content Note: The collection contains a small miscellany of materials including Bryce's appointment as medical officer of the ship "Yorkshire," clippings about Bryce, among them his obituary, and copy of his "Moral and Criminal Responsibility," 1888.Biographical/Historical Note: Peter Bryce (1834-92) was a pioneering figure in the field of mental health. Practicing in the post--Civil War era, he championed more humane therapeutic treatments for the mentally ill. He held important offices in both state and national organizations relating to the health professions and was the first superintendent of the state mental hospital that now bears his name. Bryce was born in Columbia, South Carolina, to Peter and Martha Smith Bryce. He graduated with distinction from The Citadel in 1855 and New York's Medical College (now New York University School of Medicine) in 1859. After graduating, Bryce traveled in Europe, where his developing interest in mental health was enhanced during visits to psychiatric hospitals. Upon his return, he worked at psychiatric hospitals in New Jersey and South Carolina. In late 1859, Dorothea Dix, a teacher and nationally renowned advocate for the mentally ill, brought Bryce to the attention of the trustees of the Alabama Insane Hospital (AIH). Located in Tuscaloosa, the institution had been created by the state legislature in 1852 but remained under construction for most of the decade. Despite his youth, Bryce's training and southern roots were viewed favorably by the trustees, and in July 1860 they selected him to be the hospital's first superintendent. Bryce accepted and moved to Tuscaloosa soon after marrying Ellen Clarkson, also of Columbia. The childless couple would devote all of their attention to AIH for the next 30 years. As construction was completed, Bryce developed the institutional policies and procedures by which the hospital was governed. The idea of "moral treatment" of the insane, discarding the use of shackles, jackets and other medical restraints was 70 years old but still virtually unknown in this country when the first patient was admitted by Bryce in 1861. The young physician enforced strict discipline among his attendants, requiring nothing short of absolute courtesy, kindness and respect toward the patients. This conscientious nursing bore fruit in the form of warm relationships and by 1882 a policy of absolute non-restraint could be initiated. Bryce set up programs of work - farming, sewing, maintenance - and of amusement for his patients; programs valuable both as therapy and as a means of making ends meet. The very survival of the hospital during its early years, when the state's interest and finances were directed to other needs, must be listed as one of the superintendent's greatest accomplishments.Bryce created a mental institution recognized as one of the best managed in the country. An understatement, but nonetheless true, is Bryce's own assessment, written just before his death: "I feel that I have done my work, and hope, without self-praise, to be permitted to say I have done it well.
Bryce DeWitt referee report on paper, "Everett's Theory and the 'Many Worlds' Interpretation"
No full textAround 1988, Bryce DeWitt was asked to referee a paper by an author who argued that that DeWitt's version of Hugh Everett's theory was not true to Everett's original work. In his referee report, DeWitt offers to "set the record straight" about his interpretation of Everett's work. This is a copy of DeWitt's referee report. A version of the reviewed paper was subsequently published in 1990 in the American Journal of Physics. At the request of the DeWitt estate, the name of the author of the paper has been redacted. For further details see Byrne, P. (2010). The Many Worlds of Hugh Everett III. Oxford University Press.The estate of Bryce Dewitt
Carissa Bryce Christensen
No full textCarissa Bryce Christensen is an internationally known expert on the space industry and technology forecasting. She led the creation of widely used data tools now considered global metrics for the commercial space and satellite sectors, providing non-advocate, data-driven insights. She is a frequent speaker and author on space and satellite trends, serves as a strategic advisor to government and commercial clients, and has been an expert witness and testified before Congress on market dynamics. Ms. Christensen is the CEO of Bryce Space and Technology, LLC (formerly a division of The Tauri Group), an analytic consulting firm. She is also an active investor in technology-focused startups and advises several companies she has helped seed. She serves on the board of QxBranch, an early stage quantum computing firm.
Ms. Christensen holds a Master of Public Policy degree from Harvard University\u27s Kennedy School of Government, where she specialized in science and technology policy. She also completed the General Course in Government at the London School of Economics and was a Douglass Scholar at Rutgers University.
Ms. Christensen is an Associate Fellow of The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Association.https://commons.erau.edu/space-congress-bios-2018/1022/thumbnail.jp
Paul M. Bryce Interview, July 20, 1984
No full textPaul Bryce describes his experiences as a smokejumper from 1951 to 1958. He discusses the training, equipment, and facilities at the base in Cave Junction, Oregon. Bryce talks about his fellow smokejumpers, their social activities when not on duty, and the professional pride they all shared about being a smokejumper.https://scholarworks.umt.edu/smokejumpers/1038/thumbnail.jp
Bryce Hospital collection, MSS.0225
No full textAbstract: Various materials on the establishment and history of the Alabama Insane Hospital in Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, later known as Bryce Hospital.Scope and Content Note: This collection contains various materials on the establishment and history of the Alabama Insane Hospital in Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, later known as Bryce Hospital. Included in the collection are annual reports and addresses given by two of the hospital's superintendents, Dr. William Dempsey Partlow and Dr. Peter Bryce, as well as minutes of the Board of Trustees. It also contains a number of monthly, weekly, and/or daily forms and reports from the Farm Department's Dairy/Livestock collection, including Daily Milch Reports, Individual Cow Record, Weekly Hog Report, and payroll forms.Biographical/Historical Note: The notion of the need for a state hospital for the mentally ill was championed in Alabama in 1849 by Dorthea L. Dix, the noted activist who lobbied state legislatures and the U.S. Congress on behalf of the indigent insane. Her lobbying paid off in 1852, when the Alabama Legislature passed the Act to Establish a State Hospital for Insane Persons in Alabama. 326 acres of land adjacent to the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa was purchased for 2,000, plus rent and household expenses, with the stipulation that he must be married before assuming his duties. Bryce, 26, married Ellen Clarkson, 19, also of Columbia, South Carolina, in 1860.In April 1861, John Kehoe arrived to supervise the buildings and grounds, while his brother, Pat Kehoe, was part of the first administrative staff of the hospital. Miss Ellen Barry of Mobile, Alabama, arrived in Tuscaloosa to become the first nurse.The first patient, a forty-eight-year-old soldier sent from Fort Morgan on the order of General Duff Green, was admitted on 5 April 1861. His illness was diagnosed as Mania A, the alleged cause unknown, the alleged exciting cause was political excitement.After the Battle of Shiloh, fought on 6-7 April 1862, the east wing of the hospital was turned into a military hospital. On 4-5 April, 1865 Federal troops under the command of General John T. Croxton entered Tuscaloosa. Pat Kehoe, the inside supervisor for men, was in town and raised the alarm at the university and the hospital. While the university buildings were burned, the only loss suffered by the hospital was the confiscation of its horses and mules.By the late 1960s, the on-campus population was recorded as over 5,000. This severe problem of overpopulation helped bring about the landmark Wyatt v. Stickney federal court case. The judge's decision, handed down in April 1972, established for each civilly committed mental patient minimum standards for humane psychological treatment. In September 1986, after fourteen years of being monitored by the federal court, the Wyatt case was settled. Many of the original standards of this case have become the core requirements used by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Psychiatric Hospitals throughout the nation. This order, coupled with the Lynch v. Baxley decision of 1974 which established the criteria for committing patients to the hospital, aided Bryce in significantly reducing the in-house population. All the while, the hospital has been dramatically improving the quality of treatment programs, the physical plant, and the professional staff.In 2010, The University of Alabama purchased the 168-acre campus of the original Bryce Hospital from the state Mental Health Commission. By June 2014, a new Bryce Hospital was scheduled to open on the grounds of the W. D. Partlow Developmental Center campus in Tuscaloosa
Bryce Canyon National Park
No full textThe Bryce Canyon National Park website contains geology, history, and nature reference sections as well as maps, a photo gallery, and information for planning a trip to the park. The kids page includes the GeoDetectives earth history and physical earth science program. This program has units on earth systems, rocks and minerals, landforms, hydrology, plate tectonics, and paleontology. Educational levels: General public
Bryce N. Harlow, 13 October 1969
No full textTyped memorandum signed dated 13 October 1969 from Bryce N. Harlow, re: transmission of Nixon\u27s letter to a university student discussing demonstrations. Attached: White House press release dated 13 October 1969, re: above topic.https://egrove.olemiss.edu/joecorr_f/1024/thumbnail.jp
Letter from Bryce C. Brown to Oscar Monnig
No full textLetter from Bryce C. Brown to Oscar Monnig about a meteorite
An Extreme Programming (XP) Process Analysis and Project Management Tool
No full textIncreasingly, products in the software industry need to be delivered quickly to beat the competition. These products often have a dynamic and vague set of requirements. As a result, there has recently been a rapidly-rising interest in new approaches to software development. These approaches are lightweight and adaptive and have been called agile process methodologies. Extreme Programming (XP) is one such agile software process methodology.
XP is gaining popularity at a rapid rate, despite the lack of comprehensive, quantifiable studies demonstrating its effectiveness. In today's fast-paced business environments, project managers need to obtain information, track, and manage projects as quickly as possible. Though project management tools are commercially available, none are specifically designed for XP and cannot capture the information regarding the elements specific to XP e.g. user story information, refactoring information, etc. Moreover, existing tools tend to be labor-intensive to learn and use. Additionally, these existing tools are mainly geared toward traditional software processes.
This research involves the development and evaluation of a tool called Bryce. Bryce is a project management and process analysis tool. Bryce facilitates project management and communication within a team by means of data entry, providing elaborate reporting on project status and progress. This data recorded in the tool can also be analyzed to provide invaluable quantitativeinformation in assessing the XP methodology's effectiveness.
Bryce, a web-based tool, was developed using Java Server Pages (JSP). The tool was evaluated through its use in two graduate-level courses, CSC517 [Object-Oriented Languages and Systems, 49 students] and ECE 521/ECE 463 [Computer Design & Technology / Advanced Microprocessor Systems Design, 49 students], and one undergraduate course CSC326 [Software Engineering, 140 students] at North Carolina State University in the Fall 2002 semester.Furthermore, it has also been installed for managing XP projects at two industrial locations: International Business Machines (IBM) and Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories. Through this research, we observed the following:
1. Bryce appears to be an effective tool for managing XP projects.
2. Bryce may aid in research on XP by obtaining quantitative information regarding XP projects
Microlensing of circumstellar envelopes: II. emission lines from radial and azimuthal flow during fold caustic crossings
No full textThis paper examines the line profile evolution due to bulk motion in circumstellar envelopes during microlensing fold caustic crossing events. These events have recently been shown to be a sensitive probe of stellar surface brightness profiles, thus providing a means - through both photometric and spectroscopic observations - to constrain and test stellar atmosphere models. Here it is demonstrated, through the examination of simplified line profiles, that spectroscopic studies of fold caustic crossings could also prove to be a powerful diagnostic of bulk motion in circumstellar envelopes
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