The attention focused on vocational education in the past year
has brought about renewed interest to make vocational training a
truly meaningful part of a community's educational program. The
first step in preparation for the improvement and expansion of
vocational programs is the need of evaluating our existing programs.
The...
The Alpine fault is the Pacific-Australian plate boundary in the South Island of New Zealand. This study analyzes 195 earthquakes recorded during the 6 month duration of the Southern Alps Passive Seismic Experiment (SAPSE) in 1995/1996 and two M₁. 5.0 earthquakes and aftershocks in 1997, which occurred close to the...
An instrument which measures current from D.C. to 50 megahertz
by clipping a transformer core around a current carrying conductor
is discussed. A Hall device, which is installed in the core cross-section, detects the flux in the core. This Hall device in conjunction
with an amplifier is used to null...
An indirect fluorescent antibody test (IFAT) was developed for detection of the rickettsia that was causing epizootics among salmonids cultured in seawater net-pens in southern Chile. Antiserum against the rickettsial agent was produced in New Zealand white rabbits with a preparation grown in antibiotic-free chinook salmon embryo (CHSE-214) cell cultures...
On 3 April 2001, a 20 kg point source of fluorescein dye was released 30 m above the bottom of the active summit caldera of Vailulu’u submarine volcano, Samoa. Vailulu’u crater is 2000 m wide and at water depths of 600–1000 m, with the bottom 200 m completely enclosed; it...
Surface transient storage (STS) and hyporheic transient storage (HTS) have functional significance in stream ecology and hydrology. Currently, tracer techniques couple STS and HTS effects on stream nutrient cycling; however, STS resides in localized areas of the surface stream and HTS resides in the hyporheic zone. These contrasting environments result...
Most flexible manufacturing systems (FMS) presently in use have generated only modest productivity increases in proportion to capital in vested in the process, or they have not been favorably reviewed when compared to the investment costs of other improved manufacturing systems. This thesis presents a simulator program which will assist...