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The Source of Townend Glover\u27s American Moth Trap
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In an earlier paper (Wilkinson, 1969) I suggested that Townend Glover (1 81 3-83), the fust United States Entomologist, was the Mr. Glover credited with the invention of the first known portable light trap for the collection of study specimens, announced in the English Entomologist\u27s Monthly Magazine (Knaggs, 1866). The history of the well-known American Moth Trap was traced in my 1969 paper. but I had not then discovered the obvious antecedent of Glover\u27s device
Townend Glover (1813-83) and the First Entomological Light Trap
Townend Glover, first U.S. Department of Agriculture entomologist and unacknowledged inventor of the first successful light trap for insects, was one of the more interesting entomological investigators in mid-nineteenth century America. Modern historians who have written brief notices of Glover have gained most of their information from a very rare Government pamphlet by his friend and assistant Charles Dodge (1858), who unfortunately does not mention the matter of the light tray at all. The present account, assembled from various nineteenth century sources, briefly summarizes Glover\u27s career and presents evidence for his invention of the portentous American Moth Trap
Glover Family Album Cover
The album cover came into the Glover family\u27s possession sometime between 1888 and 1917, but little else is known about it. Roberta Quinn (Glover) attended Ouachita in the late 1880s, and her husband, David D. Glover, served on the Board of Trustees. Linnie Glover (Kilpatrick) graduated about 1912, and Bernard Glover in 1917.
This purple velvet album cover from the 1800s was preserved by the Glover family for over seventy years
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Instruction to Copy Discs
This letter to a Mr Glover at the British Ministry of Information contains information as to what should be done to the recordings made in the December of 1941 of the Ple-Temiar community
A probabilistic approach to quantifying hydrologic thresholds regulating migration of adult Atlantic salmon into spawning streams
Acknowledgment Data to support this study are provided by the Marine Scotland Science Freshwater Laboratory (MSS-FL) and are available for free download on line [Glover and Malcolm, 2015a, 2015b].Peer reviewedPublisher PD
Optimal prediction for positive self-similar Markov processes
This paper addresses the question of predicting when a positive self-similar
Markov process X attains its pathwise global supremum or infimum before hitting
zero for the first time (if it does at all). This problem has been studied in
Glover et al. (2013) under the assumption that X is a positive transient
diffusion. We extend their result to the class of positive self-similar Markov
processes by establishing a link to Baurdoux and van Schaik (2013), where the
same question is studied for a Levy process drifting to minus infinity. The
connection to Baurdoux and van Schaik (2013) relies on the so-called Lamperti
transformation which links the class of positive self-similar Markov processes
with that of Levy processes. Our approach will reveal that the results in
Glover et al. (2013) for Bessel processes can also be seen as a consequence of
self-similarity
Robust Control Theory Based Performance Investigation of an Inverted Pendulum System using Simulink
In this paper, the performance of inverted pendulum have been Investigated using robust control theory. The robust controllers
used in this paper are Hâ Loop Shaping Design Using Glover McFarlane Method and mixed Hâ Loop Shaping Controllers.
The mathematical model of Inverted Pendulum, a DC motor, Cart and Cart driving mechanism have been done successfully.
Comparison of an inverted pendulum with Hâ Loop Shaping Design Using Glover McFarlane Method and Hâ Loop Shaping
Controllers for a control target deviation of an angle from vertical of the inverted pendulum using two input signals (step and
impulse). The simulation result shows that the inverted pendulum with mixed Hâ Loop Shaping Controller to have a small rise
time, settling time and percentage overshoot in the step response and having a good response in the impulse response too.
Finally the inverted pendulum with mixed Hâ Loop Shaping Controller shows the best performance in the overall simulation
result
What Is the Research Standard for Tenure and Promotion at U.S. Accounting Research Institutions Outside of the Top 200?
Prior studies provide benchmarking data for faculty promoted at the Top 75 U.S. Accounting Research Institutions (e.g., Glover et al. 2006 and Glover et al. 2012). The data from these studies help the academic accounting market operate more effectively and efficiently. The data are valuable for less seasoned scholars as they set goals for their research output, and for professors as they evaluate candidatesâ cases for tenure both at their schools and on behalf of other universities. This paper extends Glover et al. (2012) to consider programs outside of the Top 200 U.S. Accounting Research Institutions (Glover, Prawitt, & Wood, 2006; Glover, Prawitt, Summers, & Wood, 2012) and also consider additional research outlets. We consider universities that typically grant tenure based (at least in part) on research and publication output. To this end, most community colleges, unaccredited institutions, and for-profit universities are excluded
Managing Quality in the Hospitality Industry:
In - Managing Quality In the Hospitality Industry â an observation by W. Gerald Glover, Associate Professor, Hospitality Management Program, Appalachian State University, initially Glover establishes: âQuality is a primary concern in the hospitality industry. The author sees problems in the nature of the way businesses are managed and discusses approaches to ensuring quality in corporate cultures.â
As the title suggests, the author wants to point out certain discrepancies in hospitality quality control, as well as enlighten you as to how to address some of these concerns.
âA discussion of quality presents some interesting dilemmas. Quality is something that almost everyone wants,â Assistant Professor Glover notes. âService businesses will never admit that they don\u27t provide it to their customers, and few people actually understand what it takes to make it happen,â he further maintains.
Glover wants you to know that in a dynamic industry such as hospitality, quality is the common denominator. Whether it be hotel, restaurant, airline, et al., quality is the raison dâĂȘtre of the industry. âQuality involves the consistent delivery of a product or service according to the expected standards,â Glover provides.
Many, if not all quality deficiencies can be traced back to management, Glover declares. He bullet points some of the operational and guest service problems managersâ face on a daily basis. One important point of note is the measuring and managing of quality. âStandards management is another critical area in people and product management that is seldom effective in corporations,â says Glover. âTypically, this area involves performance documentation, performance evaluation and appraisal, coaching, discipline, and team-building.â
âTo be effective at managing standards, an organization must establish communication in realms where it is currently non-existent or ineffective,â Glover goes on to say. âCoaching, training, and performance appraisal are methods to manage individuals who are expected to do what\u27s expected.â He alludes to the benefit quality circles supply as well.
In addressing American organizational behavior, Glover postures, ââŠa realization must develop that people and product management are the primary influences on generating revenues and eventually influencing the bottom line in all American organizations.â
Glover introduces the concept of pro-activity. âMost recently, quality assurance and quality management have become the means used to develop and maintain proactive corporate cultures. When prevention is the focus, quality is most consistent and expectations are usually met,â he offers.
Much of the article is dedicated to, âAppendix A-Table 1-Characteristics of Corporate Cultures (Reactive and Proactive. In it, Glover measures the impact of proactive management as opposed to the reactive management intrinsic to many elements of corporate culture mentality
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