Procedure - Admiralty Jurisdiction - Strict Locality Rule Rejected; Maritime Connection Necessary to Establish Admiralty Jurisdiction. Smith v. Guerrant (S.D. Tex. 1968)

This recent case discusses Smith v. Guerrant (S.D. Tex. 1968

Messages in the Genetic Code: The DRAm Form

Does the Genetic code contain non-structural information or even intelligible messages? The present work offers a mathematical investigation of the genetic code using a novel numeric procedure applied to both nucleobases and amino acids found in standard code tables. The numeric two step procedure amounts to an atom count of all the atoms in standard genetic code tables and shall be called Compound Numeric Triangulation. The first step called Compound Numeric Indexing (CNI) converts the DNA codon table (purines and pyrimidines),the RNA codon table (purines and pyrimidines) and the 20 standard amino acids into representative index numbers. In this step, cytosine (C4H5N3O), for example, presents 13 total atoms (4+5+3+1) and would be assigned the index number 13. The codon CCC is assigned the CNI value 39 (13+13+13). Similarly index numbers are collected for the other codons in the DNA and RNA tables and substituted in place of the letter codes. The same procedure is applied to the amino acids. Three tables result. The code tables are next examined for reoccurring CNI values. For example, in DNA, the CNI value 39 is found 1 time but 46 is found 12 times. The patterns are next collected and arranged in ascending table arrays (39, 40, 41, etc.) with their respective frequencies and product totals. Since 46 occurs with a frequency of 12 it is entered into the table as its product (46 x 12 = 552). This general method is repeated for the RNA codon table and the 20 standard Amino acid to give a total of three new product table arrays. In the second step, called Numeric Triangulation, the arrays are subjected to the method of finite differences. In this step, adjacent product numbers in an array table are subtracted and the result is placed above and between the adjacent numbers. The process is continued until a triangle is formed. Historically, difference triangles have been used to determine properties of polynomials but other attributes were studied in this examination. The difference triangle for the 10 base product numbers of DNA released 45 additional difference triangle values to give a completed triangle consisting of 55 elements. For the RNA code table 91 numeric elements are produced and the amino acid table 78 numeric elements. Inspection of the triangle tables show number matches at their perimeters which was interpreted as a design element and potentially an assembly motif. Surprisingly, a three triangle composite structure elegantly assembles to reveal a graphed object. This shall be called the DRAm (DNA, RNA, Amino Acid) form. Again, surprisingly the DRAm form is an intelligible pictogram consisting of 224 number pixels. The 2-D picture is next transformed, using suggestive internal number patterns, into a recognizable, printable 3-D object. An interpretative process is lastly applied to the 2-D DRAm form to reveal a startling communicative interactive tool. Theological implications with respect to the question of design and origins will be reviewed and potential applications of this discovery will also be discussed

Eminent Domain - Taking In Excess Condemnation Proceeding Held Constitutional If Such Taking Was Justified To Avoid Excessive or Consequential Damages. People ex rel. Dept. Pub. Wks. v. Superior (Cal. 1968)

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The synthesis and incorporation of diaryliodonium salts into polymeric materials and the thermal decomposition of diaryliodonium salts

Diaryliodonium salts have received much attention as photoactivated curing agents for many applications. Irradiation of a film containing a diaryliodonium salt leads to the formation of a strong Bronsted acid, which initiates secondary reactions within the film. Examples of such secondary reactions include; acid catalyzed polymerization, depolymerization, and crosslinking. Thus, irradiation of a diaryliodonium salt in the presence of a polymer containing epoxy groups in the main chain would yield an insoluble, crosslinked material. Diaryliodonium salts have also been incorporated into the main chain of polymeric materials. Such materials have been shown to make effective photosensitive films. We have studied the incorporation of diaryliodonium salts into polyamides. Bis (4-(2-aminoethyl)phenyl) iodonium bromide was caused to react with sebacoyl chloride to yield a polyamide, which was insoluble in most solvents making the preparation of films difficult. Our attention then turned to the preparation of diaryliodonium salts which contained polymerizable functional groups. Such salts were thought to be potential photohardening agents in polymeric materials. Irradiation of a film containing Bis (3((2-methacroyloxyethoxycarbonyl))phenyl) iodonium bromide and polyvinyl alcohol gave a material which was resistant to a solvent wash. GPC and DSC results suggested the presence of high molecular weight species which may have contributed to the films\u27 solvent resistance. We also undertook a mechanistic reinvestigation of the thermal decomposition of diphenyliodonium salts and found products not previously reported in the literature. Diphenyliodonium tetrafluoroborate, when heated, gives fluorobenzene, iodobenzene, biphenyl, three iodobiphenyl isomers, terphenyl, other polyaromatics and Bronsted acids. A mechanism involving free radicals and radical cations is proposed to account for the formation of these products. For example, homolytic cleavage of the C-I bond gives a phenyl radical/iodobenzene radical cation geminate pair. Recombination of this pair leads to the formation of the iodobiphenyl isomers. A secondary reaction of an iodobiphenyl isomer with a phenyl radical leads to an iodoterphenyl isomer. The formation of the other polyaromatic compounds is proposed to follow similar coupling reactions

Nonlinear Interaction Theory For Crossed-field Distributed-emission Amplifiers.

PhDElectrical engineeringUniversity of Michigan, Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studieshttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/184533/2/6708239.pd

Digital integrated circuits/ Demassa

xvii , 683 hal . : ill . ; app. : 26 c

Digital integrated circuits/ Demassa

xvii, 683 hal.: ill.; app.; 26 cm