Muitiregion annular geometry is a basic feature of energy removal
systems ranging from advanced heat exchangers to fission reactor fuel
rods. For the symmetric cases, the heat conduction through annular regions
is well defined. However, for a shift of an annular region, analysis
of the system must be made in...
The purpose of this study was to determine if thinning, fertilization or a combination of thinning and fertilization had an effect on overall average specific gravity, modulus of elasticity, modulus of rupture, fiber length and intra-ring characteristics. Material for this experiment consisted of 7 trees randomly selected from each of...
The lentil strain of pea seedborne mosaic virus, PSbMV-L, was
distinguished from the standard isolates of PSbMV by a natural inoculum
reservoir in lentil seed and by separate resistance genes in Pisum
and Lens. PSbMV-L was intermediate in symptom severity between the
standard and New Zealand isolates of PSbMV.
Seed...
This paper describes the design and implementation of
COLAN V, a High Performance Local Area Network for
Communications and Control utilizing a Communications Coprocessor.
The main objective of this thesis is to improve upon
the performance of previous COLANs in speed, switching
techniques and error detection techniques. This was
possible...
This thesis describes the design of a single-chip
logic analyzer. The utility of such a chip in measuring
and recording digital system parameters is illustrated.
Possibilities for future applications of this chip in
performance monitoring of computer systems are discussed.
The stability of ZnS:Mn AC thin film Electroluminescence (ACEFEL)
devices as demonstrated by the brightness-voltage (BV)
characteristics is discussed. Two procedures for improvement of the
stability are demonstrated. The first method is the addition of a
CaS buffer layer to one or both interfaces of the ZnS active phosphor
layer....
In recent years, integrated circuit technology has
spawned the development of many low cost and high performance
microprocessors and microcontrollers. With these devices,
there is an increasing interest in the implementation of
distributed control networks, utilizing microprocessors in the
control nodes.
In this work, a low-cost liquid crystal display (LCD)...
The advance of digital IC technology has been very fast, as shown by rapid development of DSP, digital communication and digital VLSI. Within electronic signal processing, analog-to-digital conversion is a key function, which converts the analog signal into digital form for further processing. Recently, low-voltage and low-power have become also...
The Quotient Method (QM) is used by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) in ecological risk assessments of pesticides for nontarget organisms. The QM requires several assumptions regarding exposure and hazards of pesticides to wildlife; several of these assumptions have not been tested. During 1997-99, I conducted three experiments...