CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES Hazardous Waste Management: Provide for Direct State Government Operation and Management of Hazardous Waste Facilities

The Act amends the Georgia Hazardous Waste Management Authority Act by including within the definition of project the renovation of an existing waste treatment or disposal facility that provides for the treatment, storage, or disposal of any solid waste requiring special handling. The Act also adds a new provision which would permit the Department of Industry and Trade to plan, own, and operate a hazardous waste facility and to charge a fee for the use of such state facility. Additionally, the Act provides partial immunity from liability to members, officers, and employees of the Georgia Hazardous Waste Management Authority

CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES Plant Disease, Pest Control, and Pesticides: Limit Liability of Farmers

The Act establishes a negligence standard for farmers who pollute the land, waters, air, or other resources of the state through application or use of fertilizers, plant growth regulators, or pesticides

CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES Plant Disease, Pest Control, and Pesticides: Limit Liability of Farmers

The Act establishes a negligence standard for farmers who pollute the land, waters, air, or other resources of the state through application or use of fertilizers, plant growth regulators, or pesticides

CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES Hazardous Waste Management: Provide for Direct State Government Operation and Management of Hazardous Waste Facilities

The Act amends the Georgia Hazardous Waste Management Authority Act by including within the definition of project the renovation of an existing waste treatment or disposal facility that provides for the treatment, storage, or disposal of any solid waste requiring special handling. The Act also adds a new provision which would permit the Department of Industry and Trade to plan, own, and operate a hazardous waste facility and to charge a fee for the use of such state facility. Additionally, the Act provides partial immunity from liability to members, officers, and employees of the Georgia Hazardous Waste Management Authority

CONSTITUTION OF GEORGIA Immunity from Suit: Provide for Partial Waiver

The Resolution proposed an amendment to the Georgia Constitution which would have clarified the waiver of sovereign immunity when a state agency provided liability insurance coverage. Sovereign immunity would be waived by the purchase of insurance which covered the agency itself, but only for claims which were included in the coverage and only to the extent that any damages awarded would actually be paid by the insurer. The purchase of liability insurance covering state officers and employees would waive neither sovereign nor official immunity. The Resolution expressly stated that immunity of counties, municipalities and school districts would not be subject to the proposed amendment

The Land of the Dakotas by Marie Teel, First UND Commencement: June 13, 1889

Text of the speech delivered by Marie Teel, a member of the first graduating class, at the first UND Commencement on June 13, 1889. Teel entitled her remarks: The Land of the Dakotas. (Text reprinted from the Grand Forks Daily Herald (evening edition), June 13, 1889.

Model reduction for linear differential inclusions: robustness and time-variance

This paper deals with the problem of model reduction by moment matching for linear differential inclusions. The problem is formally formulated and the notions of moment- set, perturbed moment trajectory, approximate reduced order model and robust reduced order model are introduced. Two sets of results are presented. The first part of the paper deals with robustness of the reduced order models with respect to input perturbations. Exploiting this result an enhanced model reduction scheme for linear differential equations is presented. In the second part of the paper we focus on the problem of model reduction by moment matching for time-varying systems driven by time-varying signal generators. Finally, these two sets of results are used to solve the problem of model reduction for linear differential inclusions. The results are illustrated by means of numerical examples

Manual for starch gel electrophoresis: A method for the detection of genetic variation

The procedure to conduct horizontal starch gel electrophoresis on enzymes is described in detail. Areas covered are (I) collection and storage of specimens, (2) preparation of tissues, (3) preparation of a starch gel, (4) application of enzyme extracts to a gel, (5) setting up a gel for electrophoresis, (6) slicing a gel, and (7) staining a gel. Recipes are also included for 47 enzyme stains and 3 selected gel buffers. (PDF file contains 26 pages.

Stability of quantized time-delay nonlinear systems: A Lyapunov-Krasowskii-functional approach

Lyapunov-Krasowskii functionals are used to design quantized control laws for nonlinear continuous-time systems in the presence of constant delays in the input. The quantized control law is implemented via hysteresis to prevent chattering. Under appropriate conditions, our analysis applies to stabilizable nonlinear systems for any value of the quantization density. The resulting quantized feedback is parametrized with respect to the quantization density. Moreover, the maximal allowable delay tolerated by the system is characterized as a function of the quantization density.Comment: 31 pages, 3 figures, to appear in Mathematics of Control, Signals, and System

Differential Sensitivity Between a Virtual Reality Balance Module and Clinically Used Concussion Balance Modalities

Balance assessments are part of the recommended clinical concussion evaluation, along with computerized neuropsychological testing and self-reported symptoms checklists. New technology has allowed for the creation of virtual reality (VR) balance assessments to be used in concussion care, but there is little information on the sensitivity and specificity of these evaluations. The purpose of this study is to establish the sensitivity and specificity of a VR balance module for detecting lingering balance deficits clinical concussion care