On the asymptotic normality of the Legendre-Stirling numbers of the second kind

For the Legendre-Stirling numbers of the second kind asymptotic formulae are derived in terms of a local central limit theorem. Thereby, supplements of the recently published asymptotic analysis of the Chebyshev-Stirling numbers are established. Moreover, we provide results on the asymptotic normality and unimodality for modified Legendre-Stirling numbers

Death with Dignity: Proposed Amendments to the California Natural Death Act

Most laws passed by the state legislature affect our lives, but at least this one, the California Natural Death Act, affects our death. For the most part today, gone is the ability to take that last breath before death in a warm, quiet bed at home surrounded by loved ones; that scene has been replaced by hospital rooms or long-term care facilities in which tubes, wires and electronic equipment of medical wizardry help prolong lives with icy indifference. In an attempt to lend more humanity and dignity to the dying process, this Comment advocates that the California legislature amend the Natural Death Act to clarify ambiguous language and to allow non-terminal, as well as terminal, patients to benefit from the statute. In addition, this Comment proposes that the legislature broaden the Act to permit physician aid-in-dying under certain limited conditions and upon patient request

Wine Sampler

Quality testing is an important part of the wine industry. Without proper quality control, thousands of dollars could be wasted on bottling and recalling hundreds of gallons of wine. Due to this, labs are set up that collect wine samples from the tanks in a wine production plant and test them. A big part of this testing is determining exactly what tanks need to be tested and what tanks are at risk. My project aims to help automate this task by collecting data from the tanks wirelessly and keeping track of simple indicators such as pH and temperature. Automating this process will result in less time being spent on climbing up ladders and retrieving samples daily from tanks that do not need it thereby saving the industry time and money