The Book of the People

This volume is an accessible commentary to the Torah, putting each of the books into its ancient Near Eastern context

Another Sumerian Literary Catalogue?

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Project proposal on funding for parks

This study will look at state and county level parks and see what and if there are alternative funding solutions for these parks. We will interview officials and administrators of two parks, while using surveys to gather information about visitors of the parks. The interviews that we will use for the park officials and administrators will be semi-structured. When it comes to analyzing the data we receive from the interviews, we will use three techniques: member checking, qualitative coding, and developing themes. The second method we plan on using is surveys of park visitors. We want to conduct exit surveys with visitors of two different parks, one local and one state. Approximately 200 surveys will be collected from those visiting Table Rock State Park and Nettles Park in Clemson. This will give us a good summary of what people would like and not like. From these results we would be able to make inferences about the population of park visitors, and would we be able to advise parks which funding alternatives would be successful and unsuccessful

Experimental discrimination of ion stopping models near the Bragg peak in highly ionized matter

The energy deposition of ions in dense plasmas is a key process in inertial confinement fusion that determines the α-particle heating expected to trigger a burn wave in the hydrogen pellet and resulting in high thermonuclear gain. However, measurements of ion stopping in plasmas are scarce and mostly restricted to high ion velocities where theory agrees with the data. Here, we report experimental data at low projectile velocities near the Bragg peak, where the stopping force reaches its maximum. This parameter range features the largest theoretical uncertainties and conclusive data are missing until today. The precision of our measurements, combined with a reliable knowledge of the plasma parameters, allows to disprove several standard models for the stopping power for beam velocities typically encountered in inertial fusion. On the other hand, our data support theories that include a detailed treatment of strong ion-electron collisions

The Context of Scripture : V.1. Canonical Compositions from the Biblical World

Leidenxxvii, 599 p.; 30 c

The Context of Scripture. : V. 2. : Monumental Inscriptions from the Biblical world.

Leidenxxvi, 438 p.; 30 cm

Godin Tepe: The Inscriptions

This report was prepared by William W. Hallo in 2003 with the intention that it would be included in a final monograph on Godin Period V/VI. That volume was never published but a summary of this report appears in On the High Road: A History of Godin Tepe, Iran. As explained in the document, the author also appends some comments by Robert K. Englund and Denise Schmandt-Besserat. This document is a rough draft and has not been copyedited or corrected. It appears as it was submitted. It should be understood as such. This report is protected by Canada’s Copyright Act, and by similar laws in other countries. It is intended for research purposes only and may not be reproduced in any form