When Is Coercion Successful?

When is coercion successful? How is success to be defined? Coercion, broadly speaking, is the use of threats to influence another’s behavior. Although there is a substantial and growing literature on coercion, there is little consensus within that literature as to what qualifies as a successful example of coercion. Different authors formulate their own definitions of “success” and apply them to case studies, often with contrasting findings within the same cases. That is because the literature lacks a clear conceptual framework to analyze coercion

Diversity Jurisdiction - An Idea Whose Time Has Passed

Symposium: Problems of the Federal Judiciary: A View from the Benc

Improving Academic Learning and Success Through Transparency: A Student’s Perspective

Achieving higher levels of transparency of learning outcomes is a current challenge for many higher education institutions. This poster highlights Bridgewater State University’s Transparency Framework which was developed by a graduate student who believes that high transparency is possible and vital for student success. Barriers to achieving higher transparency are addressed

Advanced ceramic coating development for industrial/utility gas turbine applications

The effects of ceramic coatings on the lifetimes of metal turbine components and on the performance of a utility turbine, as well as of the turbine operational cycle on the ceramic coatings were determined. When operating the turbine under conditions of constant cooling flow, the first row blades run 55K cooler, and as a result, have 10 times the creep rupture life, 10 times the low cycle fatigue life and twice the corrosion life with only slight decreases in both specific power and efficiency. When operating the turbine at constant metal temperature and reduced cooling flow, both specific power and efficiency increases, with no change in component lifetime. The most severe thermal transient of the turbine causes the coating bond stresses to approach 60% of the bond strengths. Ceramic coating failures was studied. Analytic models based on fracture mechanics theories, combined with measured properties quantitatively assessed both single and multiple thermal cycle failures which allowed the prediction of coating lifetime. Qualitative models for corrosion failures are also presented