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Ad C. Herennium Rhetorica
No full textPer Reinhardvm Lorichium HadamariumEST: Rhetorica ad Herennium"Francofurti, apvd Hæredes Chr. Egen. Anno M. D. LVIII. Mense Maio." - KolophonBogensignaturen: A-G⁸Fälschlicherweise M.T. Cicero zugeschriebenAus dem Vorbesitz des Klosters Rheinau
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
Funktionale dreidimensionale photonische Kristalle aus Polymerlatizes
No full textPhotonic crystals are materials with periodically varying refractive index, influencing the electromagnetic radiation using photonic gaps. Information technology is a promising operation area for photonic gaps. The author presents the synthesis of 3D functional, photonic crystals from monodisperse dried polymer latices. In order to get photonic crystals with gaps in the visible spectral range, polymer latices with a particle size between 200 and 2000 nm are prepared. The author describes different methods of polymerization and different methods to improve the crystallization of polymeric latices. The monodisperse polymerlatices are synthesized using emulsifier free emulsion polymerization. With this method electrostatically stabile particles with a particle size between 180 and 700 nm are received. The dispersion polymerization is used to produce sterically stabile particles with diameters between 500 and 2300 nm. Polymethacrylates from methyl acrylate with different values of refractive index, solvent behavior and thermal stability are prepared by emulsion polymerization. The homopolymerization of methacrylates provides a maximal particle size of 500 nm. Particles with sizes greater than 500 nm coagulate. Feeding polymerization enables an increase of the particle size in the range above 500 nm. The limit of particle size can be increased by successive addition of monomers. Using the dispersion polymerization, monodispers polystyrol latices with a sterically stabilization by 2-hydroxy propyl cellulose can be synthesized. These latices have a particle size of 2,3 mum. The crystallization of particles is investigated by different methods: crystallization on horizontal substrate, crystallization in vertical meniscus and the crystallization to monolayers. Crystallization in a vertical meniscus shows the best quality. With this method, qualitatively high-grade three-dimensional crystals are synthesized from polymer latices. The author presents some possibilities according to the production of functional photonic crystals with different architecture: (a) Structuring colloidal crystals from polymethacrylates during crystallization. The crystal structuring by electron-beam lithography results in flat and deep surface textures with a resolution lower than a particle diameter; (b) Using crystallization of heterostructures, multilayered crystals with different colloidal crystal layers are synthesized; (c) Inversion of crystal structure provides crystals with a higher contrast of refractive index; (d) incorporation of organic fluorescent dyes into the polymer latices. These latices can be used for spontaneous emission of fluorescent dyes. Photonic crystals in the polymer latices may realize a suppression of spontaneous emission.SIGLEAvailable from: http://ArchiMeD.uni-mainz.de/pub/2003/0108/diss.pdf / FIZ - Fachinformationszzentrum Karlsruhe / TIB - Technische InformationsbibliothekDEGerman
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
Intensivsykepleiernes erfaring av egen kompetanse og håndtering av utfordrende situasjoner
No full textBakgrunn og hensikt: Forventningene til intensivsykepleiernes faglige forsvarlighet og
kompetanse blir beskrevet og tatt frem i ulike lovverk, retningslinjer, normer etc. Jeg vil
undersøke om det er mulig for hver intensivsykepleier å erfare at deres
kompetanse samstemmer med de forventningene og den grunnleggende plikten om å til
enhver tid handle faglig forsvarlig. Det foreligger lite forskning fra tidligere på dette
feltet.
Metode: Kvalitativ metode med hermeneutisk tilnærming. Det ble gjennomført 6
individuelle intervju med semistrukturert intervjuguide, samt 1 pilotintervju.
Resultat: Denne studien viser til at intensivsykepleiere erfarer egen kompetanse som
god, men ikke tilstrekkelig nok i alle de gitte situasjonene de står overfor i
arbeidshverdagen. Trygghet i teoretiskforankring og bruk av systematiske verktøy,
sammen med erfaring, individuelle evner og ferdigheter, samt kollegial støtte er med på
å bygge selvtillit og trygghet i egen kompetanse. Intensivsykepleierne har behov for å
kvalitetssikre egen kompetanse individuelt og i team. Studien viser også til utfordringer
i forhold til etiske dilemmaer og behandling av babyer og små barn på
intensivavdelingen.
Konklusjon: Det at intensivsykepleiernes egen kompetanse alene ikke er tilstrekkelig
nok i alle de ulike situasjonene de møter i arbeidshverdagen, truer ikke
pasientsikkerheten og kravet om faglig forsvarlig helsehjelp. Det er mange ulike
profesjoner og kollegaer de kan innhente kompetanse fra. Intensivsykepleiere trenger
kompetanseutvikling for å i møte komme fremtidens samfunn og for egen motivasjon til
å fortsette i yrket
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
An extended vision for dynamic high-resolution intravital immune imaging
No full textThe past few years have seen the application of confocal and especially two-photon microscopy to the dynamic high-resolution imaging of lymphocytes and antigen presenting cells within organs such as lymph nodes and thymus. After summarizing some of the published results obtained to date using these methods, we describe our view of how this technology will develop and be applied in the near future. This includes its extension to a wide variety of non-lymphoid tissues, to the tracking of functional responses in addition to migratory behavior, to the analysis of molecular events previously studied only in vitro, to dissection of the interplay between hematopoietic and stromal elements, to visualization of a wider array of cell types including neutrophils, macrophages, NK cells, NKT cells and others, and to the interaction of the host with infectious agents. Reaching these goals will depend on a combination of new tools for genetic manipulations, novel fluorescent reporters, enhanced instrumentation, and better surgical techniques for the extended imaging of live animals. The end result will be a new level of understanding of how orchestrated cell movement and interaction contribute to the physiological and pathological activities of the immune system
Intern experience at CH���M Hill, Inc.: an internship report
No full textIncludes author's vita"Submitted to the College of Engineering of Texas A&M University in partial
fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Doctor of Engineering."Includes bibliographical referencesA review of the author's internship experience with CH���M HILL, Inc.
during the period September 1975 through May 1976 is presented. During this nine month
internship the author worked as an Engineer II in the Industrial Processes discipline of this
large consulting engineering firm... The author's prime responsibility was as one of three
lead design engineers on the design of a large wastewater treatment facility for a pulp mill
in Hoquiam, Washington owned by ITT Rayonier Inc. The work generally consisted of the design
of individual treatment units and associated piping and pumping. The purpose of the project
was to provide wastewater treatment capabilities that would satisfy the effluent limitations
(standards) imposed upon the mill by the State of Washington Department of Ecology and the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The author's assignment also entailed necessary
interaction with the project manager and other CH���M HILL design engineers and support staff
members, the client's representatives, and representatives of two other consulting engineering
firms working on the project. Thus, the internship position at CH���M HILL provided considerable
experience coordinating the author's work with the work of other engineers, guiding the design
and administrative efforts of a support staff, and interacting regularly with the client and
other consulting firms. This broad exposure to a variety of engineering and organizational
problems provided a valuable educational experience
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