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Richard D. Garrity Oral History Interview
No full textDr. Richard D. Garrity earned his BS in biological sciences from Boston University, his MS in biological sciences from Northwestern University, and his PhD in biological sciences from Florida State University. He moved to Florida in 1967 and has held several environmental positions, including principal environmental scientist with Conservation Consultants Inc., urban environmental coordinator for the City of Tampa, and water resource team administrator for Hillsborough County, Florida. In 2015, after 15 years of service, Garrity retired from his current position as executive director of the Environmental Protection Commission of Hillsborough County. In this oral history interview, Garrity shares his experiences at the environmental protection commission. He explains its role in setting, monitoring and enforcing standards to protect the air, water and soil of Hillsborough County from contaminants and pollutants. He discusses environmental agency interrelationships, impact assessments and his role in the administration of environmental projects. He also talks about municipal utility issues, resource regulation programs and approaches to achieving regulatory compliance. Garrity concludes his interview by explaining the importance of local monitoring and the role of community collaboration and education in protecting the resources and infrastructure that are important to Tampa Bay
Intertwined Rashba, Dirac, and Weyl Fermions in Hexagonal Hyperferroelectrics
No full textBy means of density functional theory based calculations, we study the role of spin-orbit coupling in the new family of ABC hyperferroelectrics [Garrity, Rabe, and Vanderbilt Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 127601 (2014)]. We unveil an extremely rich physics strongly linked to ferroelectric properties, ranging from the electric control of bulk Rashba effect to the existence of a three-dimensional topological insulator phase, with concomitant topological surface states even in the ultrathin film limit. Moreover, we predict that the topological transition, as induced by alloying, is followed by a Weyl semimetal phase of finite concentration extension, which is robust against disorder, putting forward hyperferroelectrics as promising candidates for spin-orbitronic applications
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Garrity Interchange Design
No full textThe Garrity Boulevard interchange in Nampa, Idaho was built in the mid 1960’s as part of the original build-out of the interstate system funded by the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, (also known as the National Interstate and Defense Highways Act). The interchange accesses I-84 (west), originally called I-80N, and was built during a period when Nampa was experiencing steady population growth, and residential and commercial construction such as the Karcher Mall (the first indoor mall in the Treasure Valley). Since construction of the interchange Nampa’s population has ballooned 382% (1970-2007). The American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials (AASHTO) describes quality of traffic flow on a roadway with a Level of Service (LOS) letter designation, A through F. LOS D is defined as ‘Approaching Unstable Flow’, which is typical of an urban arterial during busy travel hours. A LOS of E or F indicates ‘Unstable Flow’ or ‘Breakdown Flow’, which can be an indicator that a roadway has reached its capacity, resulting in traffic jams and heavy congestion during peak hours. The two existing I-84 two-lane bridges are nearing the end of their design lives and currently meet traffic demands with a LOS of D. Widening of the bridges and ramps is required to meet future traffic demands and complement I-84 widening projects adjacent to the East and West. This senior design project is the evaluation and redesign of the Garrity Boulevard interchange and the I-84 overpass to address future traffic demands. Our design will include: 1) Analysis of geotechnical reports to determine the properties of the soils and road materials currently in place, 2) Design and layout of the additional lanes on Garrity Blvd and I-84, 3) Design and construction of a new bridge, 4) Redesign and improvement of the intersections, 5) Redesign of the transitions between the on and off ramps and the interstate, and 6) Design of a storm water runoff management system. The new design and layout will allow the new I-84 bridge to support four lanes of traffic in each direction and will add bicycle lanes and sidewalks to Garrity Boulevard. Reconstruction of the interchange will provide the required capacity to support future traffic flows and increased safety to the traveling public. The redesign of the intersections will improve traffic control systems that are currently in place and will include the removal of existing pier structures currently slowing traffic flow on Garrity Blvd
Compelled Statements from Police Officers and Garrity Immunity
No full text76 New York University Law Review 1309 (2001)
In this Article, Professor Steven Clymer describes the problem created when police departments require officers suspected of misconduct to answer internal affairs investigators' questions or face job termination. Relying on the Supreme Court's decision in Garrity v. New Jersey, courts treat such compelled statements as immunized testimony. That treatment not only renders such a statement inadmissible in a criminal prosecution of the suspect police officer, it also may require the prosecution to shoulder the daunting and sometimes insurmountable burden of demonstrating that its physical evidence, witness testimony, and strategic decisionmaking are untainted by the statement. Because police internal affairs investigators decide whether to take and disseminate compelled statements from police officers, prosecutors are powerless to prevent the problem. Yet, as Professor Clymer shows, the Garrity doctrine as applied by lower courts, has an uncertain foundation. The Supreme Court never has addressed the full range of protections that courts often bestow on compelled statements, such as prohibitions on nonevidentiary and indirect evidentiary use. Furthermore, these stringent use restrictions are difficult to square with the less robust protection that courts afford coerced confessions and with the need to address police criminality effectively. While rejecting the proposition that the Court should overrule Garrity, Clymer argues that courts should relax prohibitions on collateral uses of compelled statements. Clymer also suggests that policymakers require police departments to use sanctions less severe than job termination to prompt police officers to answer questions during administrative investigations. Threats of lesser sanctions often will be sufficient to encourage police officers to answer and will do so without triggering Garrity immunity. This approach fairly balances the competing interests of police departments, police officers, and prosecutors in cases of alleged police criminality
Compelled Statements from Police Officers and Garrity Immunity
No full textIn this Article, Professor Steven Clymer describes the problem created when police departments require officers suspected of misconduct to answer internal affairs investigators\u27 questions or face job termination. Relying on the Supreme Court\u27s decision in Garrity v. New Jersey, courts treat such compelled statements as immunized testimony. That treatment not only renders such a statement inadmissible in a criminal prosecution of the suspect police officer, it also may require the prosecution to shoulder the daunting and sometimes insurmountable burden of demonstrating that its physical evidence, witness testimony, and strategic decisionmaking are untainted by the statement. Because police internal affairs investigators decide whether to take and disseminate compelled statements from police officers, prosecutors are powerless to prevent the problem. Yet, as Professor Clymer shows, the Garrity doctrine as applied by lower courts, has an uncertain foundation. The Supreme Court never has addressed the full range of protections that courts often bestow on compelled statements, such as prohibitions on nonevidentiary and indirect evidentiary use. Furthermore, these stringent use restrictions are difficult to square with the less robust protection that courts afford coerced confessions and with the need to address police criminality effectively. While rejecting the proposition that the Court should overrule Garrity, Clymer argues that courts should relax prohibitions on collateral uses of compelled statements. Clymer also suggests that policymakers require police departments to use sanctions less severe than job termination to prompt police officers to answer questions during administrative investigations. Threats of lesser sanctions often will be sufficient to encourage police officers to answer and will do so without triggering Garrity immunity. This approach fairly balances the competing interests of police departments, police officers, and prosecutors in cases of alleged police criminality
Compelled Statements from Police Officers and Garrity Immunity
No full text76 New York University Law Review 1309 (2001)
In this Article, Professor Steven Clymer describes the problem created when police departments require officers suspected of misconduct to answer internal affairs investigators' questions or face job termination. Relying on the Supreme Court's decision in Garrity v. New Jersey, courts treat such compelled statements as immunized testimony. That treatment not only renders such a statement inadmissible in a criminal prosecution of the suspect police officer, it also may require the prosecution to shoulder the daunting and sometimes insurmountable burden of demonstrating that its physical evidence, witness testimony, and strategic decisionmaking are untainted by the statement. Because police internal affairs investigators decide whether to take and disseminate compelled statements from police officers, prosecutors are powerless to prevent the problem. Yet, as Professor Clymer shows, the Garrity doctrine as applied by lower courts, has an uncertain foundation. The Supreme Court never has addressed the full range of protections that courts often bestow on compelled statements, such as prohibitions on nonevidentiary and indirect evidentiary use. Furthermore, these stringent use restrictions are difficult to square with the less robust protection that courts afford coerced confessions and with the need to address police criminality effectively. While rejecting the proposition that the Court should overrule Garrity, Clymer argues that courts should relax prohibitions on collateral uses of compelled statements. Clymer also suggests that policymakers require police departments to use sanctions less severe than job termination to prompt police officers to answer questions during administrative investigations. Threats of lesser sanctions often will be sufficient to encourage police officers to answer and will do so without triggering Garrity immunity. This approach fairly balances the competing interests of police departments, police officers, and prosecutors in cases of alleged police criminality
FEA for masonry structures and vibration-based model updating using NOSA-ITACA
No full textNOSA-ITACA is a finite-element code developed by the Mechanics of Materials and Structures Laboratory of ISTI-CNR for the structural analysis of masonry constructions of historical interest via the constitutive equation of masonry-like materials. The latest improvements in the software allow applying model updating techniques to match experimentally measured frequencies in order to fine-tune calculation of the free parameters in the model. The numerical method is briefly presented and applied to two historical buildings in Lucca, the Church of San Francesco and the Clock Tower
Modeling & Analysis of a Closed Loop Class D Audio Amplifier For PSR Improvement
No full textabstract: Class D Amplifiers are widely used in portable systems such as mobile phones to achieve high efficiency. The demands of portable electronics for low power consumption to extend battery life and reduce heat dissipation mandate efficient, high-performance audio amplifiers. The high efficiency of Class D amplifiers (CDAs) makes them particularly attractive for portable applications. The Digital class D amplifier is an interesting solution to increase the efficiency of embedded systems. However, this solution is not good enough in terms of PWM stage linearity and power supply rejection. An efficient control is needed to correct the error sources in order to get a high fidelity sound quality in the whole audio range of frequencies. A fundamental analysis on various error sources due to non idealities in the power stage have been discussed here with key focus on Power supply perturbations driving the Power stage of a Class D Audio Amplifier. Two types of closed loop Digital Class D architecture for PSRR improvement have been proposed and modeled. Double sided uniform sampling modulation has been used. One of the architecture uses feedback around the power stage and the second architecture uses feedback into digital domain. Simulation & experimental results confirm that the closed loop PSRR & PS-IMD improve by around 30-40 dB and 25 dB respectively.Dissertation/ThesisM.S. Electrical Engineering 201
A social contract for biodiversity: Institutional solutions to environmental conservation in the Philippines
No full textThis brief addresses the questions: How to reconcile the diverse needs and claims of indigenous people, farming households, government agencies, and environmentalist groups? How to capitalize on local communities' commitment and conservation ethic for the enforcement of protective boundaries
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