Specifications for a simulation language capable of modeling
fuzzy systems are presented. Actions occurring in the running
model are to be displayed on a graphics terminal in the .form of
modified E-nets. The concept of partial execution of predicates
is introduced in connection with the underlying continuously valued
logic. Fuzzy...
With the advent of LSI, iterative forms of realization
of digital systems are becoming increasingly popular with
system designers. Many problems occurring in digital computer
design render themselves suitable for iterative
realization. These include adders, arithmetic logic units,
coding and decoding circuits and so on. Fault-free functioning
of such systems...
Conditions were established for inducing pear blossom blast
caused by Pseudomonas syringae (Ps) on both attached and detached
shoots. The incidence of disease was proportional to the log of Ps
population under optimal temperature, moisture and bloom developmental
stage. Highest incidence of infection followed occurrence of a major
exotherm in...
Potential sources of inoculum of Phialophora malorum
were investigated. P. malorum was found to be a soil-borne
fungus whose role as a postharvest pathogen of pear is
dependent upon passive dispersal with infested soil. P.
malorum survived in soil under a wide range of conditions,
with greatest survival in cool,...
This thesis presents an examination of the nearshore wave bottom boundary layer
under conditions of significant sediment response. Using both field observations and
simple models, the response of the bottom boundary layer to random waves is shown to
have a complex behavior. First, the linearized wave bottom boundary layer governing...
Human beings are condemned to freedom, according to Jean-Paul Sartre's Being and Nothingness. Every individual creates his or her own identity according to choice. Because we choose ourselves, each individual is also completely responsible for his or her actions. This responsibility causes anguish that leads human beings to avoid their...
In this study, we have characterized a series of patient Abdominal Aortic
Aneurysms (AAAs) based on their geometric parameters, wall pressure
distributions and ages. Abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) are localized aortic
dilations that have been estimated to occur in 5 to 7 percent of the U.S. population
over age 60....
This thesis explores the role of Quaker women in science in an attempt to arrive at some understanding of what motivated Quaker women in nineteenth century America to go into the sciences. George Fox founded the Society of Friends in the mid-seventeenth century in England and the Quaker theology centered...
In 1952, at the height of the McCarthy era, Franz Kallmann, a Jewish psychiatrist and eugenicist who fled the National Socialist regime in Germany, published a study, in which he claimed to have found a one hundred percent concordance rate for homosexuality among forty pairs of identical twins. From this...