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Remarks by Senator Christopher J. Dodd
No full textSenator Chris Dodd (Connecticut) is not only immortalized in the Dodd-Frank Act passed in the wake of the financial crisis, but he also played a crucial role in the passage of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act on October 3, 2008. That act established the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), which was interpreted to authorize the infusion of capital into banks by the government’s purchase of $250 billion of preferred stock
A paradigm to maximise performance and profitability of engineering products in the presence of manufacturing uncertainty
No full textVariation in the manufactured geometry of engineering components is perpetually present in production. Random variation can arise due to slight differences in material properties, machines and tools, processes and even climatic conditions in the factory. To guarantee the functionality or quality of individual components, features are inspected to verify they conform to the tolerance limits imposed. It is undesirable to produce nonconforming features, due to the cost of reworking features or scrapping components. In practice, it is not always feasible to improve manufacturing capability (reduce variation), or design components to be less susceptible to variation; in such a situation the cost of non-conformance should be minimised. Optimal Mean Setting, a methodology to maximise profit from a production system where the manufacturing variation is often greater than a feature's tolerance limits, can be applied in these circumstances. Although the principle of Optimal Mean Setting dates back over 60 years, its application to engineering design is relatively undeveloped. A major part of this thesis was devoted to developing a robust, reliable and generalised framework to practice Optimal Mean Setting in engineering design. Errors were uncovered in previous attempts in the literature relating to Optimal Mean Setting of simple systems. Improvements to the maximum obtainable profit were also realised by implementing a new optimisation strategy to that developed in the literature. Another innovation developed in this thesis was the application of copula function modelling to Optimal Mean Setting. Copulas allowed joint distributions to be created from non-parametric (or non family specific) feature variation distributions. This permitted Optimal Mean Setting to be applied to components with several quality characteristics where different distributions modelled the manufacturing variation. It also allowed the final geometry of a component to be modelled to access the distribution of performance of a batch of components. Numerical examples and the applications to real components are given
Dennis Hastert, Speaker-elect of the House of Representatives, speaks with journalist Gwen Ifill about the impeachment of President Clinton
No full textAlso heard are House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt, Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle, Senator Rick Santorum, and Senator Christopher Dodd
Pseudoceraphron Dodd. Three 1924
No full textKey to species of Pseudoceraphron Dodd 1 Propodeum laterally with pair of strong, dark bristles; black, tear-drop shaped markings present lateral to notauli.......................................................................................................................................................... 2 - Propodeum without bristles; scutum uniformly colored without tear-drop shaped markings..................... 3 2 Occipital margin rounded; scutum laterally with a pair of bristles....................................... nana (Bouček) - Occipital margin carinate; scutum without bristles.................................... fijensis Desjardins, new species 3 Notauli widely spaced, subparallel, meeting posterior scutal margin separately; pronotum not visible in dorsal view.................................................................................................................................................. 4 - Notauli Y-shaped, converging prior to meeting posterior scutal margin; pronotum visible in dorsal view...................................................................................................................................................................... 5 4 Without bristles on dorsal surface of mesosoma; occipital margin carinate ................................ pulex Dodd - With bristle pairs on the dorsal surface of the pronotum and scutellum; occipital margin rounded............................................................................................................................... burwelli Desjardins, new species 5 Bristles present on vertex but not on scutum; axillae reduced but visible .. regieri Desjardins, new species - Bristles absent from vertex but present on scutum; axillae absent .................................. albifrons (Bouček)Published as part of Desjardins, Christopher A., 2007, Phylogenetics and classification of the world genera of Diparinae (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae), pp. 1-88 in Zootaxa 1647 (1) on page 74, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1647.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/510386
Generalising optimal mean setting for any number and combination of serial and parallel manufacturing operations
No full textConsider a production system where products are continuously manufactured and their features inspected for conformance within specification limits. If features are produced above or below the specification limits, they are either subject to rework or the product scrapped. Optimal mean setting may be applied to adjust the manufacturing means to influence the amount of rework or scrap produced, maximising profit. Within the production system, manufacturing and then inspecting each feature in turn is termed serial production, whereas manufacturing multiple features before inspection is termed parallel production. This paper develops a generalised expression to optimise the mean values of each feature (optimal mean setting), where n number of features are produced in any combination of serial and parallel operations. Previous literature is restricted to considering two features in parallel. The production of multiple features in combinations of serial and parallel operations is not fully considered. The new generalised expression is validated by showing it is consistent with specific cases from past literature. The approach is then applied to a practical example of a gearbox shaft, considering the expected profit of eight possible manufacturing sequences, as well as the deviation of the manufactured means relative to the design intent. The generalised expression is widely applicable in component design and manufacturing planning where the process capability index (Cpk) of features is below one. The generalised expression also forms the basis for trade-offs between profitability and minimising deviations of manufactured means, which is the subject of further development
Matt Christopher Papers - Accession 1309
Get PDFThe collection includes letters written by the children’s book author, Matt Christopher, to his son, Marty Christopher. Many of the letters also contain newspaper articles of interest to Matt Christopher, which deal with local sports teams, his writing career, his participation in an exhibition baseball game against the New York Giants in 1938, and other of general interest. Most of the letters are personal in nature, however, a majority of the letters delve into Matt Christopher’s writing career, personal interests, the author’s health, as well as his family life.https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/manuscriptcollection_findingaids/2649/thumbnail.jp
Matt Christopher Papers - Accession 1221
Get PDFMatt Christopher (1917-1997) was a prolific author of children’s books having written over 100 books as well as over 300 short stories, articles, poems, and screenplays. Most of his writings dealt with sports themes, but he also wrote fantasy and mystery themed stories as well. The Matt Christopher Papers consist of both published and unpublished manuscripts, articles, and short stories. Also included are personal and business correspondence, biographical information, scrapbooks, photographs, and memorabilia.https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/manuscriptcollection_findingaids/1976/thumbnail.jp
Dr. Christopher von Rueden – Faculty Author Interview
No full textDr. Christopher von Rueden, an anthropologist and Assistant Professor in the Jepson School of Leadership Studies, discusses a recent article entitled, “Men’s status and reproductive success in 33 non-industrial societies: Effects of subsistence, marriage system, and reproductive strategy,” which he co-authored with Dr. Adrian Jaeggi, an anthropologist at Emory University. Their findings were recently published in the journal, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Abstruse Bagatelles: Music for solo piano by Christopher Fox
Get PDFChristopher Fox’s music, whilst diverse not only across the chronology of compositions but also between one work and the next, is at the same time demonstrative of a rigorously investigative compositional mind. The piano music illustrates this well. He has composed at least 16 works specifically for piano, stretching from 1978 to the present. Many others are for keyboard instrument or feature piano as a prominent player within an ensemble.
Two of the major solo works, both composed for the author, form the focus of this study and serve to illustrate the disciplined and uncompromising nature of the composer. Fox is undoubtedly one of the most original, inquisitive and bold composers working in the UK at the time of writing.
The first part examines L'ascenseur, one of Fox's most systematic and rigorous works. The compositional processes will be presented in detail and how these relate to Fox's wider structural concerns.
The second large part of the discussion will focus upon Republican Bagatelles, which demonstrates superbly Fox’s craftsmanship and compositional methods, as the technicalities of merging music by Ives and Beethoven are readily apparent but the compositional vision and dramatic urges guide the techniques in unpredictable and brilliant ways
Improving profitability of optimal mean setting with multiple feature means for dual quality characteristics
Get PDFThe setting of a process mean for a manufacturing process which frequently produces scrap and rework can significantly affect profitability. Optimal mean setting is a methodology by which the process mean is adjusted to maximize profit. This paper studies the dynamics of the problem and investigates the possibility of applying different process means to each rework iteration, to further maximize profit. A proof is given confirming there is only one optimal mean that applies over all rework iterations in the single feature case. However, applying similar reasoning to a dual feature case led to the development of a new optimal mean setting methodology which outperformed the existing approach in terms of the maximum expected profi
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