Access for the Future: Improving Maine\u27s Implementation of the Public Trust Doctrine through Municipal Controls to Ensure Coastal Access for Continuing Benefit to Maine\u27s People and Economy

The public trust doctrine generally guarantees the public access to the shoreline, which is held in trust for the public by the state. In Maine, a pre-Revolutionary War ordinance limits the public trust doctrine by granting private landowners rights to the same shoreline areas. Access to the shoreline area is subject to frequent legal battles and court decisions have not cured the conflict between the public\u27s rights and the private landowners\u27 rights. Maine\u27s economy relies heavily on public access to the shoreline. This comment suggests that the public\u27s rights should be protected. First, the public trust doctrine does not violate any part of the Maine State Constitution. Second, the ordinance that grants private landowners rights does not erase the public\u27s rights. Third, public access to the shoreline can be established through land use controls. Land use controls will enable public access without removing the rights of private landowners

Proposed Improvements in Collegiate Aviation Education

This paper presents findings related to proposed improvements in four-year aviation education programs as indicated by nation-wide survey instruments conducted in summer of 1993. Aviation education programs directors of four-year non-engineering collegiate aviation programs were contacted to provide input as to methods of improving the quality of aviation education programs. Key information obtained was then paraphrased into a written instrument that was categorized in order of importance by the program directors. The improvement of both faculty and facilities and to provide more student internships were the most recommended improvements in this study. This paper provides multiple nationwide ranked proposed improvements in aviation education, and describes peer-suggested methods of improving student attainment of knowledge, competency, and proficiency in aviation education

Recent Development: A Guy Named Moe, LLC v. Chipotle Mexican Grill of Colo., LLC: A Foreign Limited Liability Company Lacking Compliance with State Registration Requirements May Maintain Suit After Infirmity is Cured; The Company Must Also Meet the Person Aggrieved Requirement of Standing.

The Court of Appeals of Maryland held that a foreign limited liability company, though unregistered at the time of filing, could resolve its lack of compliance and maintain its action for judicial review. A Guy Named Moe, LLC v. Chipotle Mexican Grill of Colo., LLC, 447 Md. 425, 447, 135 A.3d 492, 505 (2016). The court further held that one does not have standing as a “person aggrieved” based solely on the desire to eliminate business competition. Id. at 453, 135 A.3d at 508

Design and Fabrication of a Micromechanical Gyroscope

Both size and cost of mechanical and optical inertial navigation systems (INS) have prevented their use in many applications. By developing a micromachined gyroscope and combining it with existing micromachined accelerometer designs to form a low sensitivity INS, the cost would be reduced by a factor of 10 or more. The lower per unit cost would open new areas for INS use. A second advantage of the micromachined INS would be its size. A micromachined INS would weigh only a few ounces and take significantly less space, allowing more room for electronics and the weight reduction would lead to longer mission times. In this thesis three micromachined gyroscopes were developed and fabricated: a micromachined comb-drive vibrating gyroscope, a planar gimballed gyroscope, and a vibrating ring gyroscope. The micromachined gyroscopes were fabricated using the Multi User MEMS (Micro Electro Mechanical Systems) Process (MUMPS). These devices were then tested in AFIT\u27s microelectronics laboratories

Network Access in a Diversified Internet

There is a growing interest in virtualized network infrastructures as a means to enable experimental evaluation of new network architectures on a realistic scale. The National Science Foundation\u27s GENI initiative seeks to develop a national experimental facility that would include virtualized network platforms that can support many concurrent experimental networks. Some researchers seek to make virtualization a central architectural component of a future Internet, so that new network architectures can be introduced at any time, without the barriers to entry that currently make this difficult. This paper focuses on how to extend the concept of virtualized networking through LAN-based access networks to the end systems. Our objective is to allow virtual networks that support new network services to make those services directly available to applications, rather than force applications to access them indirectly through existing network protocols. We demonstrate that this approach can improve performance by an order of magnitude over other approaches and can enable virtual networks that provide end-to-end quality of service

A Comparative Analysis of Proposed Improvements in Aviation Education: Nationwide Aviation Education Programs Versus Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

This paper presents a comparison of findings related to a study of proposed improvements in four-year aviation education programs as indicated by nation-wide survey instruments conducted in the summer of 1993 and during a follow-on survey performed at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in early 1996. Aviation education program directors of four-year non-engineering collegiate aviation programs and faculty members throughout the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University system were contacted to provide input as to methods of improving the quality of aviation education programs. Key information obtained was then paraphrased into a written instrument that was categorized in order of importance by the two different mailings. The improvement of both faculty and teaching aids and to provide more student internships were the most recommended improvements in this study. This paper provides multiple nationwideranked proposed improvements in aviation education, and describes peer-suggested methods of improving student attainment of knowledge, competency, and proficiency in aviation education

TCR Signaling Emerges from the Sum of Many Parts

“How does T cell receptor signaling begin?” Answering this question requires an understanding of how the parts of the molecular machinery that mediates this process fit and work together. Ultimately this molecular architecture must (i) trigger the relay of information from the TCR-pMHC interface to the signaling substrates of the CD3 molecules and (ii) bring the kinases that modify these substrates in close proximity to interact, initiate, and sustain signaling. In this contribution we will discuss advances of the last decade that have increased our understanding of the complex machinery and interactions that underlie this type of signaling

A simple model to estimate atmospheric concentrations of aerosol chemical species based on snow core chemistry at Summit, Greenland

A simple model is presented to estimate atmospheric concentrations of chemical species that exist primarily as aerosols based on snow core/ice core chemistry at Summit, Greenland. The model considers the processes of snow, fog, and dry deposition. The deposition parameters for each of the processes are estimated for SO42− and Ca2+ and are based on experiments conducted during the 1993 and 1994 summer field seasons. The seasonal mean atmospheric concentrations are estimated based on the deposition parameters and snow cores obtained during the field seasons. The ratios of the estimated seasonal mean airborne concentration divided by the measured mean concentration ( ) for SO42− over the 1993 and 1994 field seasons are 0.85 and 0.95, respectively. The ratios for Ca2+ are 0.45 and 0.90 for the 1993 and 1994 field seasons. The uncertainties in the estimated atmospheric concentrations range from 30% to 40% and are due to variability in the input parameters. The model estimates the seasonal mean atmospheric SO42− and Ca2+ concentrations to within 15% and 55%, respectively. Although the model is not directly applied to ice cores, the application of the model to ice core chemical signals is briefly discussed