Hydrologic-economic Feasibility Study on Precipitation Augmentation Over the Great Lakes

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Investigation of the Quantitative Determination of Point and Areal Precipitation by Radar Echo Measurements: Fourth Quarterly Technical Report

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Removable sets for holomorphic functions of several complex variables

We show that every closed subset of CN that has finite (2N-2) dimensional measure is a removable set for holomorphic functions, and we obtain a related result on the ball

A Look at Some Grandfather Intergenerational Relationships As Perceived by Their Adult Children

The purpose of this study was to investigate the quality of grandfather\u27s relationships with his adult child and their oldest child. A questionnaire was used to obtain demographic data, determine some personality and interaction patterns that can be observed as the male adult develops in the parent and grandparent roles, and examine how specific variables affect grandfather relationships and behavior. Data were gathered from 165 Utah State University students and their spouses , of which over 75% belong to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The results support good intergenerational relationships. Proximity of grandfather and extended family members was on the average 23 miles. The grandfather and adult child visited each other on the average of five times monthly. Grandfathers were seen as helpful, affectionate, and willing to sacrifice for the adult child if in need. Insufficient data were gathered to support a conclusion that the quality of grandfather \u27 s relationship with either the adult child or the grandchild would be significantly related to grandfather age or the family member\u27s sex . Some trends suggest that females are more accepting of help from the grandfather . Also older grandfathers tended to be perceived to have a more positive relationship than their younger counterparts. Perceptions of grandfathers\u27 changing behavior over time indicated most grandfathers \u27 behaviors remain stable . When change did take place, it was significantly more likely to be in the direction of increased warmth and nurturing behaviors

An Examination of Culturally Competent Transformational Leadership Influence of Student Achievement and Stake-holders Perception

This research consists of a non-experimental, descriptive and correlation research design to analyze the relationship between principals’ leadership style as well as principal cultural competency and their impact on student achievement and stake-holders perception. The study took place in the South Puget Sound region of Washington state in one of the fastest growing areas in the U.S. The researcher investigated the impact of transformational leadership in education based on research that posited that transformational leaders inspired and motivated followers to exceed performance expectation and commitment to a shared goal (Bass, 1985a; Burns, 1978;). The study relied heavily on prior educational studies that indicated that transformation leadership was the most effective and successful leadership model for school reform and school improvement. The study also investigated education leaders’ culturally competency and the significance of the appreciating individuals’ communities, ethnic cultures and family traditions to provide optimal educational experiences (Arthur et al, 2005). The study investigated the overall impact of school leadership through the lens of concurrent use of transformational leadership and culturally competent leadership and their influence of student academic achievement and stake-holders perception. The study concluded with practical implication for a proposal for a new leadership framework titled, The Diverse School Leadership

Mode-balancing far field control of light localization in nanoantennas

Light localization is controlled at a scale of lambda/10 in the harmonic regime from the far field domain in a plasmonic nanoantenna. The nanoantenna under study consists of 3 aligned spheres 50 nm in diameter separated by a distance of 5 nm. By simply tuning the orientation of an incident plane wave, symmetric and antisymmetric mode-balancing induces a strong enhancement of the near field intensity in one cavity while nullifying the light intensity in the other cavity. Furthermore, it is demonstrated that the dipolar moment of a plasmonic particle can be fully extinguished when strongly coupled with a dimer of identical nanoparticles. Consequently, optical transparency can be achieved in an ultra-compact symmetric metallic structure