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Space physics missions handbook
The purpose of this handbook is to provide background data on current, approved, and planned missions, including a summary of the recommended candidate future missions. Topics include the space physics mission plan, operational spacecraft, and details of such approved missions as the Tethered Satellite System, the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory, and the Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science
A Rhetorical Criticism of Anti-ERA Cartoons
Over the course of American history many battles have been fought to ensure that equality was extended to the citizens of the United States. With momentum from the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment, a bill was introduced to Congress in 1923 that sought to ensure equality for the women of the nation, the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). Though this bill was later reworded and reintroduced in every subsequent session of Congress, it would not be until 1972 that the bill would become a household name. This thesis analyzes the rhetorical elements that are at play within a selection of anti-Equal Rights Amendment cartoons. The cartoons selected represent a general sampling of anti-ERA cartoons. The anti-ERA placed the individuals in the cartoons in hyperbolic situations and juxtaposed those individuals to the traditional roles that the movement cherished as the ideal way of life for Americans. This thesis argues that the rhetorical elements of identification, juxtaposition and humor theories, and hyperbole and fear appeals drove the selected political cartoons in a direction that would allow the anti-ERA movement to persuade males to vote against ratification of the proposed amendment
Teleology and logical mechanism
Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/43835/1/11229_2004_Article_BF00869605.pd
Embodied Metaphors and Creative âActsâ
Creativity is a highly sought after skill. To inspire peopleâs creativity, prescriptive advice in the form of metaphors abound: We are encouraged to think outside the box, to consider the problem on one hand, then on the other hand, and to put two and two together to achieve creative breakthroughs. These metaphors suggest a connection between concrete bodily experiences and creative cognition. Inspired by recent advances on body-mind linkages under the emerging vernacular of embodied cognition, we explored for the first time whether enacting metaphors for creativity enhances creative problem-solving. In five studies, findings revealed that both physically and psychologically embodying creative metaphors promote fluency, flexibility, and/or originality in problem-solving. Going beyond prior research that focused primarily on the kind of embodiment that primes preexisting knowledge, we provide the first evidence that embodiment can also activate cognitive processes conducive for generating previously unknown ideas and connections
Tunable Low Density Palladium Nanowire Foams
Nanostructured palladium foams offer exciting potential for applications in
diverse fields such as catalyst, fuel cell, and particularly hydrogen storage
technologies. We have fabricated palladium nanowire foams using a cross-linking
and freeze-drying technique. These foams have a tunable density down to 0.1% of
the bulk, and a surface area to volume ratio of up to 1,540,000:1. They exhibit
highly attractive characteristics for hydrogen storage, in terms of loading
capacity, rate of absorption and heat of absorption. The hydrogen
absorption/desorption process is hysteretic in nature, accompanied by
substantial lattice expansion/contraction as the foam converts between Pd and
PdHx.Comment: 17 pages, 4 figure
Ground motion selection for simulation-based seismic hazard and structural reliability assessment
This paper examines four methods by which ground motions can be selected for
dynamic seismic response analyses of engineered systems when the underlying
seismic hazard is quantified via ground motion simulation rather than empirical
ground motion prediction equations. Even with simulation-based seismic hazard, a
ground motion selection process is still required in order to extract a small number of
time series from the much larger set developed as part of the hazard calculation. Four
specific methods are presented for ground motion selection from simulation-based
seismic hazard analyses, and pros and cons of each are discussed via a simple and
reproducible illustrative example. One of the four methods (method 1 âdirect
analysisâ) provides a âbenchmarkâ result (i.e. using all simulated ground motions),
enabling the consistency of the other three more efficient selection methods to be
addressed. Method 2 (âstratified samplingâ) is a relatively simple way to achieve a
significant reduction in the number of ground motions required through selecting
subsets of ground motions binned based on an intensity measure, IM. Method 3
(âsimple multiple stripesâ) has the benefit of being consistent with conventional
seismic assessment practice using as-recorded ground motions, but both methods 2
and 3 are strongly dependent on the efficiency of the conditioning IM to predict the
seismic responses of interest. Method 4 (âGCIM-based selectionâ) is consistent with
âadvancedâ selection methods used for as-recorded ground motions, and selects
subsets of ground motions based on multiple IMs, thus overcoming this limitation in
methods 2 and 3
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In vitro scanning saturation mutagenesis of proteins
The present invention combines PCR.TM. mutagenesis with in vitro transcription/translation and ELISA for the rapid generation and characterization of protein mutants. The PCR.TM. products are used directly as the template for the in vitro transcription/translation reactions and because no cloning steps are required, the in vitro saturation mutagenesis of one residue can be completed in duplicate within a week by a single investigator. This high throughput enables the saturation mutagenesis of numerous residues of interest, a process that can be described as in vitro scanning saturation mutagenesis. Compositions and methods of use of such a process are described herein.Board of Regents, University of Texas Syste
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