Science leadership for tomorrow: The role of schools of public affairs and universities in meeting needs of public science agencies

Recommendations and requirements for the preparation of personnel with some scientific or technological background to enter fields of public policy and administration are reported. University efforts to provide science administration graduate programs are outlined and increased cooperation between government and university resources is outlined

Observation on Natural Outcropping in the Tomato (Lycopersicon Esculentum L.) in Northwest Arkansas

A single tomato plant homozygous for the recessive anthocyaninless mutant, ae, was grown in the middle of an experimental tomato plot at the University of Arkansas Agronomy Experimental Station Farm in Fayetteville. Progeny tests of seeds harvested from this plant indicated that only 0.7% of the seeds were the result of outcrossing to other plant

Computing Value Judgements During Story Understanding

During story understanding readers make value judgments—^judgments of the "goodness" or 'badness' of characters' actions. This paper presents the representational structures and processes used to make value judgments by the computer program THUNDER. THUNDER creates evaluative beliefs about characters' plans based on a set of universal pragmatic and ethical judgment rules. To account for subjective differences in evaluative belief, THUNDER has a specific ideology to represent the idiosyncratic aspects of evaluation. There are two components in the representation of ideology: (1) a set of important, long term goals called values, and (2) a collection of planning strategies for each value. This representation for ideology allows THUNDER to reason about what is 'good', and what it believes to be 'good ways to get what is good.' The representation and rules for value judgments are used to (1) make inferences about character belief and ideology, (2) represent expectation knowledge based on personality traits, and (3) reason about the obligations that characters acquire

NASA/ESA CV-990 Spacelab Simulation (ASSESS 2)

To test the validity of the ARC approach to Spacelab, several missions simulating aspects of Spacelab operations have been conducted as part of the ASSESS Program. Each mission was designed to evaluate potential Shuttle/Spacelab concepts in increasing detail. For this mission, emphasis was placed on development and exercise of management techniques planned for Spacelab using management participants from NASA and ESA who have responsibilities for Spacelab 1 which will be launched in 1980

The World’s Greatest Detectives: Analyzing the Relationship and Cultural Meaning of Sherlock Holmes and Batman

The characters Sherlock Holmes and Batman represent a Gothic archetype aimed at uncovering societal fears and tensions. The thesis analyzes four Sherlock Holmes stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and four Batman-centered graphic novels from DC Comics. By looking at the two in conjunction with each other, this project develops a more comprehensive understanding of the Gothic detective hero in the historical contexts of Victorian England and modern United States of America. The two characters are first explained in terms of the Gothic and as archetypal figures before being examined in terms of their similar contemporary social contexts. Finally, the project uses the characters as a timeline of social anxiety in order to predict a trajectory for the archetype. The thesis also contemplates the reasons for the popularity and staying power of the characters. Altogether, the two characters reveal more about the readers themselves than any crime committed in the plot

Isotopic enrichment of nitrogen in the photolysis of NO

Isotopic enrichment of nitrogen in photolysis of N