The Petchburi Irrigation Project was built in the southern part of
the Central Plain of Thailand in 1942. The purpose of the project was
to divert water from the Petchburi River to irrigate the principal part
of the Petchburi Plain where lands were used for rice and upland crop
production....
This thesis is concerned with riverfront land use in Albany,
Oregon, and is addressed to the possibility of orderly development
and redevelopment of the riverfront. It appraises the present situation
particularly in regard to the renewal cycle and the problem of
floods on the river borders. Finally this thesis provides...
One of the most serious problems confronting modern America
is the efficient and rational utilization of the recreation resource base,
not only in terms of present demands and needs, but future as well.
The resource manager, in the past, has had few guidelines from
which to determine the type and...
This paper defines and discusses some of the separation
axioms of topological spaces. In the cases considered,
a search is made for sets of conditions which
would be equivalent in a space satisfying a given separation
axiom to the existence of a family of real valued,
continuous functions which separates...
This report presents a characterization of the quantum mechanical
analog of the Gibbs canonical density. The approach is
based on a method developed by D.S. Carter for the case of classical
statistical mechanics, which considers composite mechanical systems
composed of mechanically and statistically independent components.
After a brief introductory chapter,...
The various elements of physical geography are commonly
entertained as factors retarding the mineral industries of Alaska. It
has been shown by numerous writers that the mineral industries of
Alaska are, indeed, in a difficult situation. Only the petroleum industry
and sand and gravel for construction are of much significance...
The author and compiler of Design Data for Field Engineers has
included in his volume short cuts in design, and miscellaneous data
and information used on general civil engineering projects from inception
to completion.
The book is intended for the engineer who may be stationed in
isolated areas and who...
This investigation was designed to determine the extent to
which students who are completing planned curricula in science education
are proficient in aspects of critical thinking, and possess
understandings of science consistent with those of the practicing
scientist. The effects of science curricula upon the development of
these abilities and...