Foreword: Joint Conference on Legal/Ethical Issues in the Progression of Dementia

The Joint Conference on Legal/Ethical Issues in the Progression of Dementia grew out of the pressing need to address the very real legal and ethical dilemmas that arise in situations like the one of Marie McDonough Larson and her family. Five groups joined forces to sponsor the Conference: the Borchard Foundation Center on Law and Aging; the Alzheimer\u27s Association; the American Bar Association\u27s Commission on Legal Problems of the Elderly; the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys; and the University of Georgia School of Law. Held at the Center for Continuing Education at the University of Georgia, the Conference spanned three days--November 29 to December 2, 2000, and produced a set of cutting-edge recommendations and articles that are contained in this volume and were generated by the collective hard work, lively deliberation, and intense analysis of 75 multidisciplinary experts invited to be a part of this unique event

The meadow spittlebug on alfalfa and red clover (1982)

"The meadow spittlebug, a small (1/4 to 3/8 inch), leafhopper-like insect, is a pest of forage crops in about the northern third of Missouri. The nymph can cause economic damage to the first cutting of oth alfalfa and red clover."--First page.R.L. Brandenburg and D.W. Spurgeon (Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture)New 6/82/10

Output feedback robust distributed model predictive control for parallel systems in process networks with competitive characteristics

The parallel structure is one of the basic system architectures found in process networks. This paper formulates control strategies for such parallel systems when the states are unmeasured. The competitive coupling and competitive constraints are addressed in the control design. A distributed buffer and pre-estimator are proposed to solve problems relating to coupling and timely communication whilst a distributed moving horizon estimator is employed to further improve the estimation accuracy in the presence of the constraints. An output feedback robust distributed model predictive control algorithm is then developed for such parallel systems. The Lyapunov method is used for the theoretical analysis which produces tractable linear matrix inequalities (LMI). Simulations and experimental results are provided to validate the effectiveness of the proposed approach

The meadow spittlebug on alfalfa and red clover (1983)

"The meadow spittlebug, a small (1/4 to 3/8 inch), leafhopper-like insect, is a pest of forage crops in about the northern third of Missouri. The nymph can cause economic damage to the first cutting of both alfalfa and red clover."--First page.R.L. Brandenburg and D.W. Spurgeon (Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture)Revised 3/83/8

Static Output Feedback Model Predictive Control for Uncertain Linear Systems

A static output feedback model predictive control algorithm is proposed for an uncertain linear continuous system. An explicit expression for the static output feedback control law is developed in light of the projection lemma. An infinite time domain optimization problem is transformed into a linear programming problem. The solvability of the optimization problem and the stability are proved to underpin the proposed approach. The effectiveness of the proposed method is validated by using case studies