History of Jose Vasquez Borrego Grant

Typed Spanish and English translations of ...the history of the settlement on certain lands on the bank of the Rio del Norte by Jose Basquez Borrego... by C. Alegria in 1930. Donated by Hubert J. Miller. NOTE: The file does not contain facsimiles of the original manuscripts.https://scholarworks.utrgv.edu/lrgv/1024/thumbnail.jp

Burst synchronization detection system

System uses digital logic and a voltage-controlled oscillator to obtain appropriate horizontal and vertical sync signals from the sync bursts contained in the original transmitted signal. It is useful in systems that exhibit considerable single amplitude fluctuation

Exploring the Demand for Retirement Planning Advice: The Role of Financial Literacy

This research extends previous literature on the relationship between financial literacy and financial advice seeking in three ways: (1) we examine financial planner use specifically within the context of retirement planning, (2) we incorporate Huston’s (2010) framework of financial literacy, and (3) we use longitudinal data to investigate the initiation, maintenance, and termination of financial planner use. Results from the 2010 and 2012 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 (NLSY79) show a positive association between the components of financial literacy and financial planner use for retirement planning

Propaganda, Criticism, and War: A Study of Regime Criticism by Propagandists in War

This paper investigates when propagandists criticize their country’s war effort, examining instances where propagandists openly criticize the regimes they are expected to support during an armed conflict. This is a unique and relatively unexplored angle on propaganda, differing from widespread research on the range of effects that propaganda has on a target population, the reasons behind using propaganda on a target population, and the methods propagandists use to raise support for a political authority. Understanding when propagandists criticize their country’s war effort can mitigate their influence by helping audiences identify when and how propagandists use criticism to their advantage. The paper hypothesizes that propagandists criticize their country’s war effort when a military failure is too apparent to ignore or deny and that they acknowledge smaller failures more often as war goes on to maintain credibility. These hypotheses were tested by measuring TV propagandist’s responses to several cases in the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War. The results are that more apparent failures garnered increased amounts of criticism from propagandists, and that the passage of time didn’t increase criticism of smaller failures unless they affected the Russian public

Household Use of Financial Planners: Measurement Considerations for Researchers

Citation: Heckman, Stuart J. and Seay, Martin C and Kim, Kyoung Tae and Letkiewicz, Jodi, Household Use of Financial Planners: Measurement Considerations for Researchers (November 2, 2016). Financial Services Review, Vol. 25, p. 427-446, 2016.Using the Certified Financial Planner (CFP) Board’s definition of financial planning, this paper evaluates the validity of the measures of financial planner use in publicly available datasets. A review of Financial Services Review, Journal of Personal Finance, Journal of Financial Planning, Journal of Family and Economic Issues, Journal of Consumer Affairs, and Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning identified seven datasets that were commonly used to investigate financial planner use. Of these, the two most promising measures were found in the Survey of Consumer Finances and the National Longitudinal Study of Youth (1979). However, an evaluation of these measures raises significant concerns related to their validity. This article critically evaluates these measures and provides insights into the development of better measures of financial planner use for the future

Seafloor Positioning across Juna de Fuca Ridge

The experiment represents a partnership that includes contributions from the USGS, the University of Hawaii; the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS); the DMA; the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD); and the U.S. Navy Submarine Group One.The results of an analysis of a complex data set acquired during the United States Geological Survey's Marine Crustal Deformation Study are presented. The experiment, which commenced in the spring of 1992 in a region of the Pacific known as the Juan de Fuca ridge, represents a first attempt to locally monitor plate dynamics in the marine environment using a network of tripod-mounted, dual-frequency acoustic transponders. The aim is to collect over a period of years time-series measurements of extension rates along the southern Juan de Fuca ridge. In addition, by collecting a combination of Global Positioning System satellite tracking data, low- frequency acoustics data, and water column pressure, conductivity, and temperature at depth, it was possible to extend geodetic control from land onto the seafloor. The methods to accomplish this latter goal of the experiment are described, as well as the final results. Baseline comparisons between several of the solutions obtained during this analysis are presented along with recommendations for additional data collection and analysis.The data were collected as part of an experiment in marine geodynamics conducted by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) with support from the University of Hawaii; the Naval Postgraduate School; the Defense Mapping Agency (DMA); the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD); and the U.S. Navy Submarine Group One

Characterization of Facies and Permeability Patterns in Carbonate Reservoirs Based in Outcrop Analogs

More than 13 billion barrels (Bbbl) of mobile oil and 17 Bbbl of residual oil will remain in San Andres and Grayburg reservoirs at abandonment under current development practices. Through the development and application of new recovery technology, a large part of this resource can be recovered. This report focuses on research for the development and testing of new techniques for improving the recovery of this resource. Outcrop and subsurface geologic and engineering data are utilized to develop new methodologies through the integration of geologic observations and engineering data for improving numerical models that predict reservoir performance more accurately. Extensive regional mapping of the 14-mile by 1,200-foot San Andres outcrop, located on the Algerita Escarpment, Guadalupe Mountains, New Mexico, demonstrates that the San Andres carbonate-ramp complex is composed of multiple depositional sequences that have significant basinward shifts in reservoir-quality facies tracts occurring across sequence boundaries. Detailed geologic and petrophysical mapping of three reservoir-quality facies tracts demonstrates that the fundamental scale of geologic description for reservoir characterization is the parasequence and its component rock-fabric-based facies. Descriptions of cores from the Seminole San Andres Unit illustrate that the parasequence is also the fundamental geologic scale for reservoir mapping in the subsurface.Bureau of Economic Geolog

Characterization of Reservoir Heterogenity in Carbonate-Ramp Systems, San Andres/Grayburg Permian Basin

This report summarizes research carried out by the Bureau of Economic Geology's San Andres/Grayburg Reservoir Characterization Research Laboratory (RCRL) from September 1988 through September 1990. The goal of the RCRL program was to develop advanced approaches to reservoir characterization for improved recovery of the substantial remaining mobile oil in San Andres and Grayburg reservoirs. Emphasis was placed on developing an outcrop analog for San Andres strata that could be used as (1) a guide to interpreting the regional and local geologic framework of the subsurface reservoirs and (2) a data source illustrating the scales and patterns of variability of rock-fabric facies and petrophysical properties, particularly in lateral dimensions, and on scales that cannot be studied during subsurface reservoir characterization. Areas selected for study were the San Andres exposures of the Algerita Escarpment in the northern Guadalupe Mountains and the Seminole San Andres Unit on the northern margin of the Central Basin Platform. The outcrop-analog research was emphasized because it had received little attention before this study by either industry or academe. Reports in this summary involve (1) outcrop and subsurface geological characterization of the Algerita Escarpment San Andres and the Seminole San Andres Unit (Kerans), (2) correlation of detailed outcrop mapping in order to research cored wells at Lawyer Canyon, Algerita Escarpment (Nance), (3) diagenetic/petrographic analysis of selected upper San Andres facies focusing on the origin of moldic porosity (Hovorka), (4) geologic engineering description of the upper San Andres carbonates at Lawyer Canyon and the upper producing interval at Seminole (Lucia), (5) geostatistical analysis of permeability patterns and stochastic-based finite-difference modeling of the upper San Andres parasequence window (Senger and Fogg), and (6) deterministic finite element modeling of the upper San Andres parasequence window (Kasap). Availability of basic data for these studies is summarized in the appendix.Bureau of Economic Geolog