A Survey of The Accounting System of The Student Union of The University of New Mexico

The purpose of this survey is (1) to review the accounting system of the student union of the University of New Mexico; (2) to analyze the accounts separately and to show methods of handling accounts now in use and how internal control and checks function; (3) and to present possible ways of improvement of the present accounting systems

“Reasonable Investment-Backed Expectations” As a Factor in Defining Property Interest

This Article examines the function of reasonable investment-backed expectations as a factor in modem takings jurisprudence. Part II of the Article explores the origins of the doctrine. Part III examines how the phrase has been defined and interpreted since the Penn Central decision. This part separately discusses the two components of the doctrine ( reasonable and investment-backed ). Part IV examines recent holdings applying this doctrine, emphasizing the most recent takings decision to come from the Supreme Court, Lucas v. South Carolina Coastal Council. The Article concludes with a discussion of the future of this factor in takings jurisprudence

The Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone - Data Management Implementation and Outcomes for Movement and Monitoring of Travelers at Points of Entry

Data management in resource-limited settings can be a mountainous problem if not approached with a thorough understanding of those limitations and a mindset prepared for rapid changes in the environment. Data management becomes even more challenging at multiple points of entry, where there are many interwoven parts working together in order to get a potential traveler from his/her first steps into an airport area to boarding a plane, all while ensuring that the traveler has been thoroughly screened for any signs or symptoms of a possible Ebola virus disease infection. This capstone describes the history of the International Health Regulations’ effects on control of disease spread and importation at points of entry, the Do Not Board/Lookout List’s role in disease control in the United States, and the CDC’s International Assistance Team’s unique task in creating and implementing country-specific databases to meet the needs of Ebola-affected countries. The most critical data management need at these countries’ points of entry is specifically to prevent the exportation of Ebola virus disease in order to keep each country’s airspace open and allow goods, personnel and services to continue to be imported into these countries during this sustained Ebola outbreak

Improving the Morse Intercept Operator\u27s Audio Display

This thesis improves the audio display for multiple Morse communications. Factors considered to improve the audio display are frequency of source, volume level of source, and methods of unmasking. The best frequency and volume level of a Morse source is 500 Hz at 70 dB sound pressure level (spi). Two types of masking are researched: frequency masking and expectation driven masking. Experiments showed by amplifying high pitched sources the effects of frequency masking are minimized. Other methods to compensate for frequency masking are 3-D sound and the placement of a source out of phase between the ears. Morse code recognition at 500 Hz is greatest when presented at the NO Sr condition. Greatest unmasking for broadband signals occurs at 3-D locations (between 600 and 900) where the largest ITD (interaural time difference) exists. This thesis theorizes and confirms that greatest unmasking of a source tone in 3-D sound corresponds to the spatial location that gives an ITD equal to a 1800 phase shift for that tone. NASA/Ames Research Center has demonstrated that 3-D sound improves the performance of communication personnel who are required to monitor multiple speech communications. This thesis supports that result and further provides 3-D cues for simultaneous Morse sources. Research focuses on improving accuracy and reducing fatigue rather than increasing intelligibility. Fatigue is measured by subject’s choice of which presentation option is easier to copy. The criteria for improving cues are minimal fatigue and the highest copy accuracy. The presentation options are 2-channel diotic (all sources in each ear) , monaural (each channel contains a unique source, information of a source is presented to only one ear) , 3-D angles of 0°, 10°, 32°, 45°, 58°, 69°, and 82°

Do oil and gas platforms off California reduce recruitment of bocaccio (Sebastes paucispinis) to natural habitat? An analysis based on trajectories derived from high-frequency radar

To investigate the possibility that oil and gas platforms may reduce recruitment of rockfishes (Sebastes spp.) to natural habitat, we simulated drift pathways termed “trajectories” in our model) from an existing oil platform to nearshore habitat using current measurements from high-frequency (HF) radars. The trajectories originated at Platform Irene, located west of Point Conception, California, during two recruiting seasons for bocaccio (Sebastes paucispinis): May through August, 1999 and 2002. Given that pelagic juvenile bocaccio dwell near the surface, the trajectories estimate transport to habitat. We assumed that appropriate shallow water juvenile habitat exists inshore of the 50-m isobath. Results from 1999 indicated that 10% of the trajectories represent transport to habitat, whereas 76% represent transport across the offshore boundary. For 2002, 24% represent transport to habitat, and 69% represent transport across the offshore boundary. Remaining trajectories (14% and 7% for 1999 and 2002, respectively) exited the coverage area either northward or southward along isobaths. Deployments of actual drifters (with 1-m drogues) from a previous multiyear study provided measurements originating near Platform Irene from May through August. All but a few of the drifters moved offshore, as was also shown with the HF radar-derived trajectories. These results indicate that most juvenile bocaccio settling on the platform would otherwise have been transported offshore and perished in the absence of a platform. However, these results do not account for the swimming behavior of juvenile bocaccio, about which little is known