VAS Demonstration Sounding Workshop: The Proceedings of a satellite sounding workshop

Retrieval techniques that yield satellite derived temperature and moisture profiles are considered, with emphasis on TIROS-N and VISSR atmospheric sounder measurements. Topics covered include operational sounding, colocation concepts, correcting cloud errors, and the First GARP Global Experiment

Cryogenic Characterization of a Microchannel Plate Detector

A cryogenic test setup for microchannel plate detectors was built up and put into operation. Microchannel plates with a quality diameter of 120mm and an open area ratio of 0.6 are tested. During measurements they can be cooled down to 35K. A possibility to counteract the consequences of thermal contraction of different construction parts with CuBe cup springs was found. The thermal connection between the second stage of a coldhead and the channel plates was optimized using a copper braid and a suitable wiring of the detector. The final saturation and linearity measurements show that the used channel plates are nearly unaffected by a temperature change from room temperature to 35K. Only the supply voltage where the channel plates operate near the saturation region is assumed to decrease slightly. The setup has to be further refined to enable a lower temperature for channel plate tests

Akron\u27s Better Half : Women\u27s Clubs and the Humanization of the City, 1825-1925

While the men of Akron busied themselves laying the economic, legal, and industrial foundations, their mothers, wives, sisters, and daughters were equally busy weaving the benevolent and cultural fabric of the growing city. It was a pattern replicated in scores of industrial centers across the nation. This is the story of how it happened in Akron, Ohio. Akron\u27s Better Half : Women\u27s Clubs and the Humanization of the City, 1825-1925 looks at how women brought much-needed services to the city, created health institutions that continue today, and built Akron\u27s cultural and literary foundations. Akron\u27s women seldom acted alone; they preferred to work with like-minded women through clubs, organizations, and societies, some of which still survive today. This book covers the first 100 years of Akron\u27s history, a time of enormous growth and change in the city. It was also a time of enormous energy and activism on the part of the women\u27s clubs. It is a different perspective on the city, its history, and its institutions.https://ideaexchange.uakron.edu/uapress_publications/1103/thumbnail.jp

Optimal design of pump and treat remediation systems : treatment modeling, source modeling and time as a decision variable

Groundwater optimization and simulation is a maturing science. Research work contained in this thesis extends into areas that have not been fully explored. The incorporation of source and treatment systems selection and design produces information to help decision makers. Further insight is gained by evaluating some of the requirements and standards enforced by regulations such as, remediation time. The technical aspects of a remediation system are set by the physical properties and the regulatory constraints enforced. As an example, the addition of a realistic treatment system gives more accurate cost estimates, but the pump and treat (PAT) systems parameters do not change. Only when changes to the aquifer, contaminant, or constraint are applied, do the technical (i.e. pumping rates or technology selection) parameters change. The effects of remediation should not be viewed only in terms of costs. The effects of time and source remediation impact the aquifer in both contaminant and hydrologic areas. A framework to evaluate these effects is presented in the hope of furthering our knowledge

A new proof of the Vorono\"i summation formula

We present a short alternative proof of the Vorono\"i summation formula which plays an important role in Dirichlet's divisor problem and has recently found an application in physics as a trace formula for a Schr\"odinger operator on a non-compact quantum graph \mathfrak{G} [S. Egger n\'e Endres and F. Steiner, J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 44 (2011) 185202 (44pp)]. As a byproduct we give a new proof of a non-trivial identity for a particular Lambert series which involves the divisor function d(n) and is identical with the trace of the Euclidean wave group of the Laplacian on the infinite graph \mathfrak{G}.Comment: Enlarged version of the published article J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 44 (2011) 225302 (11pp