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M. Reay, The Kuma. Freedom and conformity in the New Guinea Highlands
No full textBelmont Nicole. M. Reay, The Kuma. Freedom and conformity in the New Guinea Highlands. In: L'Homme, 1961, tome 1 n°3. pp. 141-142
M. Reay, The Kuma. Freedom and conformity in the New Guinea Highlands
No full textBelmont Nicole. M. Reay, The Kuma. Freedom and conformity in the New Guinea Highlands. In: L'Homme, 1961, tome 1 n°3. pp. 141-142
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No full text1. Walls of rectangles (M. Chrobak)
2. Plane embeddings (M. Chrobak)
3. Cubic Hamiltonian graphs (M. Chrobak)
4. Jump number problem - 1 (M. Habib)
5. Domino covers in square chessboards (P. John, H. Sachs and H. Zernitz)
6. Interiors of uniform size in Steinitz's Theorem (J. R. Reay)
7. Area of lattice polygons - the $ 10 problem (J. R. Reay)
8. Regular graphs (G. Sierksma)
9. Jump number problem - 2 (M. M. Sysło)
10. Hamiltonian cycles in G² (T. Traczyk)
11. Thickness of graphs (W. Wessel
Numerical modelling of honeycomb energy dissipating materials
No full textCardboard honeycomb energy dissipating material (EDM) is used extensively forprotection of cargo that is air dropped. Whilst air dropped containers are deployed withparachutes, a significant amount of energy still requires dissipating on impact with the ground.The specification of cardboard EDM in dynamic applications has tended to be ad-hoc withno thorough understanding of the energy absorbing characteristics of the material. This paperseeks to address this gap in knowledge.Jonathan Reay, Terry Bennett and Andy Tya
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
Spatial variability of nitrous oxide flux measurements at the plot, field and farm scale
No full textNitrous oxide (N₂O) is a potent greenhouse gas (GHG) which is released naturally into the atmosphere as a
by-product of the microbial processes of nitrification and denitrification. Agricultural activities are believed to
account for up to 80% of anthropogenic N₂O emissions at a global scale; however, these estimates are prone to
large uncertainties due to the large temporal and spatial variability associated with flux measurements. This
thesis contains five studies which aimed to improve the ability to measure and predict N₂O emissions from
agricultural activities.
A closed loop dynamic chamber was developed using a quantum cascade laser (QCL). This method
provided high precision chamber measurements of N2O flux from soils with a detection limit below
4 μg N₂O-N m-2 h-1. Using the dynamic chamber method allowed for a detailed investigation of uncertainties in
individual measurements including contributions from regression fitting, temperature and pressure. The lack of
negative fluxes measured that were outwith the detection limits of the methodology (0.3% of all measurements)
highlighted that the uptake of N₂O reported in some previous literature is likely to have been the result of
detection limits of measurement methods applied.
Spatial variability of N₂O flux was investigated at the plot, field and farm scale. Fluxes were measured
from a grassland field plot before and after a tillage event. These measurements highlighted the large spatially
variability present in N₂O fluxes from agricultural soils. Fluxes varied by up to three orders of magnitude over
distances less than 5 metres after the tillage event. A field scale experiment carried out on grazed grassland
investigated relationships between soil properties and N₂O flux. This study found that N₂O emissions correlated
strongly with available nitrogen content in the soil and that animal waste was likely responsible for the spatial
variability of N₂O flux observed at the field scale. A farm scale inventory of N₂O emissions was carried out
investigating several large point sources of N₂O and emissions from the wider field coverage. The inventory
estimates that nitrogen fertiliser application is the single largest N₂O source from the livestock farm accounting
for 49% of annual emissions
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
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