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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
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
Earth as a time crystal: macroscopic nature of a quantum-scale phenomenon exposes quantum physics as tidally-resonantly localized to host star
No full textClaims of paleodata periodicity are many and so controversial that
superimposing Phanerozoic (0-541 My) mass-extinction periods renders life on
Earth impossible. This period hunt coincided with geochronology modernization
tying geological timescales to orbital frequencies, enabling separation of
astronomical signals from harmonics. I thus show on diverse data (geomagnetic
polarity, cratering, extinction episodes) as a proxy of planetary paleodynamics
that many-body subharmonic entrainment induces Earth's resonant response to
astronomical forcing so that 2{\pi}-phase-shifted axial precession p=26 ky and
its Pi=2{\pi}p/i; i=1...n harmonics get resonantly responsible for paleodata
periodicity. This quasiperiodic nature of strata is co-triggered by a
p'/4-lockstep to p'=41-ky obliquity. For verification, residuals analysis after
suppressing 2{\pi}p (and so Pi) in GPTS-95 polarity reversals timescale's
calibration at the South Atlantic Anomaly, extending to end-Campanian (0-83
My), successfully detected weak signals of Earth-Mars planetary resonances
reported previously from older epochs. The only residual signal is 26.5-My
Rampino period - carrier wave of crushing deflections and transformative
reversals. While the Earth's (2{\pi}p, Pi) resonant response is the long-sought
energy transfer mechanism of Milankovitch theory, fundamental system properties
- 2{\pi}-phase-shift, 1/4 lockstep to a forcer, and discrete time translation
symmetry (multiplied/halved periods) - typical of a quantum time crystal,
appear macroscopic. The surprising cross-scale outcome confirms planetary
precession is a cataclysmic geodynamic phenomenon claimed previously as the
mechanism for Earth's reversals and expansion. As the Earth-Moon-Sun resonant
system sets the tone for all subscale resonances like the quantum, quantum
physics in any interpretation is fundamentally different and variable outside
Earth's vicinity.Comment: 37 pages, 6 figures, 4 tables; conclusions expanded, abstract and
highlights updated, references expanded and updated, typos correcte
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
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
First total recovery of Sun global Alfvén resonance: least-squares spectra of decade-scale dynamics of N–S-separated fast solar wind reveal solar-type stars act as revolving-field magnetoalternators
No full textThe Sun reveals itself in the 385.8–2.439-nHz band of polar (φSun>|70°|) fast (>700 km·s−1) solar wind’s decade-scale dynamics as a globally completely vibrating and resonating revolving-field magnetoalternator rather than just a proverbial engine (as obscurely yet commonly referred to). Thus North–South separation of 1994–2008 Ulysses <10 nT wind samplings spanning ~1.6·107–2.5·109-erg base energies reveals Gauss–Vaníček spectral signatures of a ≥99%-significant Sun-borne global sharp Alfvén resonance (AR), Pi=PS/i, i=2…n, i∈ℤ ∧ n∈א, imprinted into the winds to the order n=100+ and co-triggered by the PS=~11-yr Schwabe (global) mode northside, the mode’s ~10-yr degeneration equatorially, and a ~9-yr degeneration southside. The overwhelming (anisotropy moderating) and deterministic (with Φ≫12 fidelity) AR is found accompanied by an also sharp symmetrical antiresonance, P-, whose both N/S tailing harmonics P-17 are the well-known PR=~154-day Rieger period from which the wind’s folded Rieger resonance (RR) sprouts, dominating the 30–180-days critical band of planetary dynamics and space weather. PR gets its value from being the tri-band resonance response of the Sun to its three global vibration degenerations, i.e., PR=PS/3/3/3. The Sun is a typical ~3-dB-attenuated ring system of differentially rotating and contrarily (out-of-phase) vibrating conveyor belts and layers with a continuous spectrum, patterns complete in both parities, and resolution better than 81.3 nHz (S) and 55.6 nHz (N) in lowermost frequencies (≲2 μHz in most modes). Unlike a resonating motor engine restrained from separating its casing, the freely resonating Sun exhausts the wind in an axial shake-off at highly coherent, discrete wave modes generated in the Sun, so to understand solar-type stars, only global decadal scales matter. The wind is transported effortlessly to distances beyond L1 in the form of a guided resonating flux of alternating fast-slow jets blanketing and flapping quasiperiodically (locally transiently) about the ecliptic rather than forming turbulently random flux tubes or ropes as held previously. Base energies of the solar-wind mechanism can multiply ~102-fold or more via frequency demultiplication and thus supply the known minimum input energy of ~102–104 W∙m−2 required for balancing the chromosphere and corona losses to radiation and supersonic wind. The result verified both against remote data and the experiment, so it instantly replaces dynamo with magnetoalternator and advances standard stellar models for the known universe, improving fundamental understanding of billions of trillions of solar-type stars. Deciphering the RR as solar in origin completes the knowledge of stellar wind dynamics. Gauss–Vaníček spectral analysis revolutionizes planetary and space sciences by rigorously simulating multiple spacecraft or entire fleet formations from a single spacecraft and physics by enabling direct computations of nonlinear global dynamics (renders spherical approximation obsolete).HIGHLIGHTS:
• Least-squares spectra of Ulysses total polar magnetometer data resemble well-known concepts from engineering
• The first complete recovery of the Sun's global vibration (resonance & antiresonance)
• Globally resonating Sun conclusively exposed operating as a magnetoalternator instead of dynamo
• Sun conclusively revealed exhausting solar wind in an axial shake-off and into heliosphere coherently beyond L1
• Well-known & solar system-dominant Rieger period decisively (twice; hemispherically) deciphered as solar in origin
• Now completely known global vibration improves Standard Stellar Models of billions of trillions of solar-type stars
• Accurately computed vibration of solar wind enables macroscopic space weather forecasting and event prediction
• First application of rigorous Gauss-Vaniček Spectral Analysis (GVSA) by least squares in global heliophysics
• GVSA revolutionizes space physics by rigorously simulating multiple spacecraft/fleets from a single spacecraft
• GVSA revolutionizes physics by enabling direct computations of nonlinear global dynamics (rendering spherical approximation obsolete)
Transition to turbulence in a qblique shock-wave/boundary-layer interaction at M=15
No full textDirect numerical simulations are carried out for different forcing techniques to trigger transition during the interaction between an oblique shock-wave and a laminar boundary-layer at M = 1.5. Three forcing methods are used: a) forcing of oblique unstable modes, whose shape and behaviour are determined by the local linear stability theory, b) broadband free-stream acoustic disturbances, and c) a cold plasma flow control device. While the oblique-mode breakdown is dominant for low-amplitude forcing, long streaky structures drive the transition process in a high-amplitude disturbance environment. LES are also performed on the experimental setup by the Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (ITAM) from Novosibirsk State University with cold plasma actuation. As well as the disturbance type, the effect of Reynolds number and forcing amplitude will be investigated
Letter from Cedrick M. Shimo to the Office of Redress Administration, June 4, 1991
No full textA letter from Cedrick M. Shimo to the Office of Redress Administration arguing that John Y. Udaka is entitled to a redress payment.These materials are from box 73 and 74 of the Frank Chin Papers. The Frank Chin Papers contain personal and professional correspondence between Frank Chin and Michi Weglyn relating to particular projects on which either author was working as well as files related to the Day of Remembrance Tribute to Michi Weglyn
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