Microfabric Analysis of the Northern Part of the Pelham Dome, Central Massachusetts

A microfabric study conducted in the northern part of the Pelham gneiss dome, central Massachusetts, has shown that the dome fabric is dominated by a relatively homogeneous, pervasive top-to-the-south shearing. Evidence consists of numerous kinematic indicators including: S-C fabrics, asymmetric winged porphyroclasts, asymmetric strain shadows, asymmetrically-boudinaged pegmatites, and asymmetric folds. Shear-related fabrics are present throughout the exposed section, from the lowest exposed gneissic rocks to the uppermost units in the cover section. Some textural evidence exists to suggest that this shearing diminishes slightly in intensity with structural depth. Reconnaissance indicates that shear fabrics are present throughout the Pelham dome and perhaps in adjacent areas of the Bronson Hill anticlinorium. Porphyroblasts within pelitic units contain inclusion trails which preserve evidence for at least one, and probably two, previous foliations occurring at a high angle to the shear fabric. Both the shear fabric and the one certain previous fabric seem to have formed at similar amphibolite-grade metamorphic conditions. Kyanite, the peak metamorphic mineral present in these assemblages, seems to have formed both before and after the shearing, with the majority overgrowing the shear-related foliation. Fabrics within the Pelham dome are inconsistent with the Pelham dome having formed through solid-state diapirism. The concentric, oval foliation and shallow N-S lineation are clearly associated with top-to-the-south subhorizontal shearing. Several alternative mechanisms for dome formation have been examined, and none has proven completely satisfactory. The most likely mechanism is that the Pelham dome is a lowstrain pod within a very large ductile shear regime. Interpretations of the tectonics of the deformation seen here are complicated by uncertainty over the age of deformation. It is probable that some component of the deformation is Pennsylvanian in age (Gromet and Robinson, 1990), but other elements are probably Acadian. Serious questions about timing, style of deformation, and direction of shear undermine the direct correlation of shearing in the Pelham dome and shearing in the Willimantic dome suggested by Getty (1990)

RSM 1.0 user's guide: A resupply scheduler using integer optimization

The Resupply Scheduling Model (RSM) is a PC based, fully menu-driven computer program. It uses integer programming techniques to determine an optimum schedule to replace components on or before a fixed replacement period, subject to user defined constraints such as transportation mass and volume limits or available repair crew time. Principal input for RSJ includes properties such as mass and volume and an assembly sequence. Resource constraints are entered for each period corresponding to the component properties. Though written to analyze the electrical power system on the Space Station Freedom, RSM is quite general and can be used to model the resupply of almost any system subject to user defined resource constraints. Presented here is a step by step procedure for preparing the input, performing the analysis, and interpreting the results. Instructions for installing the program and information on the algorithms are given

Spectral shift function for operators with crossed magnetic and electric fields

We obtain a representation formula for the derivative of the spectral shift function $\xi(\lambda; B, \epsilon)$ related to the operators $H_0(B,\epsilon) = (D_x - By)^2 + D_y^2 + \epsilon x$ and $H(B, \epsilon) = H_0(B, \epsilon) + V(x,y), \: B > 0, \epsilon > 0$. We establish a limiting absorption principle for $H(B, \epsilon)$ and an estimate ${\mathcal O}(\epsilon^{n-2})$ for $\xi'(\lambda; B, \epsilon)$, provided $\lambda \notin \sigma(Q)$, where $Q = (D_x - By)^2 + D_y^2 + V(x,y).

CONSUMER KNOWLEDGE OF SELECTED NUTRIENT CONTENT OF NINE FRESH MEAT CUTS

The U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Food and Drug Administration, and the medical profession, among others, have attempted to broaden consumers' knowledge of the nutritive content of foods. Retailers provide information by supplying point-of-purchase nutrition information and/or nutrition labels on fresh meats. The availability of nutrition information on packaged fresh meats is relatively new. A survey of Louisiana households provided estimates of their knowledge of the fat, cholesterol, and protein content of selected combinations of fresh beef, pork, chicken, and turkey meats. Permutation analysis and tabular analyses were used to assess households' nutrition knowledge of the selected fresh meats.beef, chicken, consumer knowledge, nutrient content, permutation analysis, pork, turkey, Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety,

Absence of reflection as a function of the coupling constant

We consider solutions of the one-dimensional equation $-u'' +(Q+ \lambda V) u = 0$ where $Q: \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}$ is locally integrable, $V : \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}$ is integrable with supp$(V) \subset [0,1]$, and $\lambda \in \mathbb{R}$ is a coupling constant. Given a family of solutions $\{u_{\lambda} \}_{\lambda \in \mathbb{R}}$ which satisfy $u_{\lambda}(x) = u_0(x)$ for all $x<0$, we prove that the zeros of $b(\lambda) := W[u_0, u_{\lambda}]$, the Wronskian of $u_0$ and $u_{\lambda}$, form a discrete set unless $V \equiv 0$. Setting $Q(x) := -E$, one sees that a particular consequence of this result may be stated as: if the fixed energy scattering experiment $-u'' + \lambda V u = Eu$ gives rise to a reflection coefficient which vanishes on a set of couplings with an accumulation point, then $V \equiv 0$.Comment: To appear in Journal of Mathematical Physic

Improved Perioperative Antibiotic Use and Reduced Surgical Wound Infection Through Use of Computer Decision Analysis

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Portable Computers Used in Respiratory Care Charting

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Bibliography of Graduate Theses: Fort Hays Kansas State College 1930-1970

It is the hope that this publication will serve to inform the academic community, and the prospective graduate student in particular, of the range of research interest and opportunities in the graduate division at Fort Hays Kansas State College. The index is alphabetically arranged by author with a numerical reference to the thesis as listed under subject fields.https://scholars.fhsu.edu/fort_hays_studies_series/1030/thumbnail.jp

Clinical Comparison of Pressure-Pulse and Indicator-Dilution Cardiac Output Determination

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