941 research outputs found
Oil Derrick in Naples, Utah
No full textDominating the skyline just off U.S. 40 one mile east of Naples is this large oil derrick on the C. P. Ruppe property. Miracle and Wooster were drilling contractors for Sun Ray, Mid-Continent
Author and Activist Derrick Jensen
No full textplenary talk at the Michigan Social Justice Conference 2009Derrick talks about his book Endgame, in which he outlines the reasons for the collapse of industrial capitalism and the destruction of the environment.Progressive Alliance of Students at UMhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/62080/2/DerrickJensen-2009apr04-QandA.mp4http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/62080/1/DerrickJensen-2009apr04-talk.mp
Big Data Refinement
No full text"Big data" has become a major area of research and associated funding, as well as a focus of utopian thinking. In the still growing research community, one of the favourite optimistic analogies for data processing is that of the oil refinery, extracting the essence out of the raw data. Pessimists look for their imagery to the other end of the petrol cycle, and talk about the "data exhausts" of our society.
Obviously, the refinement community knows how to do "refining". This paper explores the extent to which notions of refinement and data in the formal methods community relate to the core concepts in "big data". In particular, can the data refinement paradigm can be used to explain aspects of big data processing
In Memory of Professor Derrick Bell
No full textDerrick Bell—law teacher, mentor, scholar, activist, author, loving husband and father—larger than the sum of his many parts. The articles in this symposium are fitting tributes to his legacy and valuable contributions to Derrick’s memory
She Gets the Girl
No full textAlex Blackwood is an undeniably courageous flirt. Molly Parker is a socially awkward compassionate soul. The duo strikes a deal that helps Molly explore her flirtatious nature and helps Alex prove to her ex that she is not self-centered. The question is: Do Molly and Alex want other people or each other? Author Alyson Derrick, a No. 1 New York Times best-selling author, depicts a beautiful dichotomy between wants and needs in romance.https://ecommons.udayton.edu/ul_popularromance/1050/thumbnail.jp
Forecasting banknotes
No full textA central bank’s liquidity forecast is important in ensuring that it supplies the banking system’s need for central bank money. Banknote (or currency in circulation) demand is the largest and for some central banks the most variable component of the liquidity forecast. Accurate forecasting of banknotes is essential in ensuring an accurate liquidity forecast and in turn effective monetary policy implementation. This Handbook discusses these issues and outlines a structural time series state space (STSSS) model which is now used by central banks including the Bank of England and ECB to forecast banknotes (currency in circulation).Forecasting banknotes
From Roach Powder to Radical Humanism: Professor Derrick Bell\u27s \u27Critical\u27 Constitutional Pedagogy
No full textThis essay is a tribute to the late Professor Derrick Bell, who passed away on October 5, 2011. The author was the Derrick Bell Fellow at New York University School of Law in 2009-10 and assisted Professor Bell in teaching his constitutional law courses. The essay discusses Professor Bell\u27s \u27critical\u27 constitutional and life pedagogy, by giving illustrations from Professor Bell\u27s classes and anecdotes from several of his former students. It highlights not only Professor Bell\u27s comprehensive approach to constitutional law, but also the radical humanism he brought to teaching and mentoring students
“From Pound to Eliot, in the Hereafter”. “Wounded by the Sun”. “Residuos”. “In this Sceptred Island”.
No full textThe centennial commemoration of The Waste Land includes not only
literary studies but also creations in the domain of visual arts and music. In the
artwork section two well-established poets, multi-prized Spanish Antonio Colinas,
and Mexican Jeannette Lozano Clariond, pay their homage to Eliot. They are
accompanied by startling poetic voices of those who are more known as scholars
and who reveal now their less known facet as poetic craftsmen, such as, Paul Scott
Derrick, an eminent Americanist at the Universitat de València, and Gerardo
Rodríguez Salas, a promising writer and professor at the Universidad de Granada
Stereochemistry of metal tetramethylcyclam complexes directed by an unexpected anion effect
No full textMetal(TMC) complexes (TMC = tetramethylcyclam) exclusively form trans-I diastereoisomers; thus, little is known about the trans-III isomers. Herein, we report a new method to prepare the trans-III-[Cu(TMC)]2+ complex via an anion effect. Our crystallographic, spectroscopic, and computational analyses validated that [Cu(TMC)](NO3)2 produced the trans-III complex, different from the trans-I structure of [Cu(TMC)](ClO4)2
Effect of Ramping-Up Rate on Film Thickness for Spin-On Processing
No full textSpin-on processing is used in many industries to deposit very thin coatings on flat substrates, including silicon wafers, flat-panel displays, and precision optical components. A liquid precursor solution is first dispensed onto the surface of the substrate; this fluid then spreads out very evenly over the surface due to large rotational forces caused by spinning of the substrate. When looking for an optimum coating procedure process engineers can adjust many variables including the peak spin speed, the ramping rate to reach that speed, the spinning time, as well as allowing for dynamic solution dispense before ramping up, though most protocols focus on the peak spin speed as the primary controlling variable. Engineers often construct spin-speed versus thickness correlations that enable predictable adjustment of spin-speed to achieve a desired thickness. Yet, rather little attention has been paid to the importance of the acceleration rate used to reach the desired peak speed. We show here that ramping rate is also important in helping establish the final coating thickness. We present a numerical model of the fluid flow on a spinning wafer when the spin-speed is ramping linearly up to a desired peak speed and then held constant. It is shown that the coating may “set” into its final thickness before the spin-speed reaches its peak value. In these cases then the peak spin-speed parameter is no longer the primary variable that defines the final coating thickness. This also impacts the interpretation of critical exponents found when fitting spin-speed vs. thickness data. We perform parallel experimental measurements for different ramping-up times and confirm the results from the numerical model. Both experimental and theoretical results support use of the simplified model put forth by Meyerhofer over 25 years ago (J. Appl. Phys. 49 (1978) 3993-3997).This is the Author's accepted manuscript of an article published in Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics. The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10854-005-4973-6Peer reviewe
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