Portable fiber optic coupled Doppler interferometer system for detonation and shock wave diagnostics

Testing and analysis of shock wave characteristics such as detonators and ground shock propagation frequently require a method of measuring velocity and displacement of the surface of interest. One method of measurement is Doppler interferometry. The VISAR (Velocity Interferometer System for Any Reflector) uses Doppler interferometry and has gained wide acceptance as the preferred tool for shock measurement. An important asset of VISAR is that it measures velocity and displacement nonintrusively

Alumni Recital: Kevin Fleming, guitar

Kennesaw State University School of Music presents an Alumni Recital: Kevin Fleming, guitar.https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/musicprograms/1716/thumbnail.jp

Boundary Cycles in Random Triangulated Surfaces

Random triangulated surfaces are created by taking an even number, n, of triangles and arbitrarily ”gluing” together pairs of edges until every edge has been paired. The resulting surface can be described in terms of its number of boundary cycles, a random variable denoted by h. Building upon the work of Nicholas Pippenger and Kristin Schleich, and using a recent result from Alex Gamburd, we establish an improved approximation for the expectation of h for certain values of n. We use a computer simulation to exactly determine the distribution of h for small values of n, and present a method for calculating these probabilities. We also conduct an investigation into the related problem of creating one connected component out of n triangles

Let It Go? A Comparative Analysis of Copyright Law and Enforcement in the United States of America and China, 15 J. Marshall Rev. Intell. Prop. L. 584 (2016)

Cheap, knockoff designer items have flooded the streets of China for years. These products infringe on the copyrights of the manufacturers but are rarely enforced. China has attempted to revise their copyright laws to offer more protection to copyright owners, but this has not yet occurred. This comment examines two recent occurrences of copyrighted works in the United States of America being infringed upon in China. This comment examines the how a court or tribunal would rule applying American copyright law and Chinese Copyright law, while also examining the possible remedies that could result. This comment also proposes possible solutions to increase copyright protection for American works overseas

Examining the Influence of Graduate Student Experiences on Graduate Alumni Giving

As private philanthropy has become established as a critical source of financing for higher education institutions, a growing body of research has begun to explore those factors that enhance the likelihood that alumni will donate to their alma mater. One of the potential influences upon alumni giving that researchers have begun to investigate is how positive or negative student experiences increase or decrease the likelihood that alumni will “give.” However, much of this research focuses on the undergraduate alumni experience, and little consideration has been given to studying graduate alumni as a population with distinct giving tendencies, influences, and student experiences. The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between graduate student experience and graduate alumni giving. I use Astin’s (1970) theory of Input-Environment-Output to inform my theoretical framework, where personal characteristics (Inputs) interact with student behaviors, student perceptions, alumni behaviors, and alumni perceptions (Environment) to influence graduate alumni giving behaviors (Output). I use factor analysis to identify behavioral and perceptual factors within both student and alumni experience, Chronbach’s alpha reliability to verify variable cohesion, and path analysis to identify the most significantly influential variables on graduate alumni giving by calculating the direct, indirect, and total effects of personal characteristic, student behavior, student perception, alumni behavior, and alumni perception factors. The central hypothesis of the study was that positive student experiences will lead to increased graduate alumni donating behavior. The results of the study somewhat support the hypothesis, in that student experiences had only moderate significant effects directly on graduate alumni giving. Personal characteristics also had moderate influence on giving, whereas alumni experiences had the most substantial influence on graduate alumni giving. However, both student experiences and person characteristics powerfully influenced alumni experience, which in turn has substantial influence on giving. Importantly, a reduced model is identified that provides an empirically tested framework for studying graduate alumni giving

Polyphosphates and microbial uptake of phosphorus : studies with soil and solution culture

Thesis (M.Ag.Sc.) -- University of Adelaide, Department of Soil Science, 199

When Speech Isn\u27t Free: Legal Barriers and Consequences of Reporting Sexual Violence

Incidents of sexual violence continue to be a serious problem for society. Likewise, acts of sexual violence impose severe consequences for survivors. The consequences initially begin at the onset of the survivor’s journey to psychological recovery following the traumatic sexual assault. The consequences take on a unique set of characteristics when the survivor attempts to use the justice system to confront the perpetrator who committed the offense. These characteristics can transform an adversarial process into an isolated battle for the survivor. In the worst cases, the justice system empowers individuals who wish to silence survivors with free speech restrictions instead of empowering survivors of sexual violence. When confronting an alleged perpetrator of sexual violence, survivors may have to contend with free speech restrictions that can come from school officials, police officers, and perpetrators. These restrictions can force survivors into situations where they have no choice but to cheer for their perpetrator because of their position as a cheerleader. These restrictions may result in the false imprisonment of survivors if police officers believe they have fabricated the elements of their interaction with the alleged perpetrator. These restrictions may result in alleged perpetrators maliciously using defamation laws to restrict the free speech of survivors. At each level, these restrictions can silence survivors of sexual violence and contribute to the lack of sexual assault reporting. The legal issues found within these restrictions leads to a discussion that attempts to resolve the malicious and unjustifiable resources that individuals may use to restrict survivors of sexual violence. These resources include constitutional law, criminal law, and civil law. First, the use of free speech restrictions in schools must be inextricably linked to a legitimate pedagogical reason. Next, law enforcement agencies holding the responsibility of investigating acts of sexual violence must employ investigative methods that are conducive to an environment that is supportive of survivors. Lastly, alleged perpetrators attempting to bring a defamation action against a survivor must be held accountable if they attempt to coerce a survivor into mediating a claim by disclosing personal information about them. Above all, free speech restrictions must be clearly justified to subvert its tendency to silence survivors of sexual violence

When dough is a female deer: The role of homophony in lexical priming

Several models of printed word recognition claim that phonology mediates lexical access. Four experiments employing lexical decision tasks and naming tasks were conducted to assess this claim. Homonyms such as mint were used in Experiment 1 to verify that both meanings of an ambiguous word are activated automatically upon presentation. In a priming paradigm with a 250 millisecond SOA, the homonym mint was found to facilitate the recognition of words related to both interpretations such as candy and coin. In the remaining three experiments, homophones such as dough and doe were used to assess the role of phonology in lexical priming. Experiment 2 examined the priming effects of visually presented homophone primes (e.g., dough ) upon responses to a target word that was either semantically related to the prime (e.g., bread ) or mediated by the phonological code for the prima (e.g., deer ). Priming effects were found for targets that were semantically related to the prime, but not for targets that were mediated by a phonological code. In Experiment 3, the homophone (e.g., dough ) served as the target and the prime was either semantically related (e.g., bread ) or mediated by a phonological code (e.g., deer ). In the lexical decision task, priming effects were observed when the prime was semantically related, but not when the prime was mediated by a phonological code. However, in the naming task, priming effects were observed when the prime was mediated by a phonological code. In the last experiment, the homophone (e.g., dough ) again served as a prime, but it was made ambiguous by auditory presentation. Priming effects were evident for both interpretations of the ambiguous word in both lexical decision and naming. These results indicate that phonology plays a role in lexical access when the homophone is presented auditorily, and when the homophone must be pronounced; but phonology does not appear to play a role in lexical access when the homophone is presented visually, or when the response does not involve pronunciation. These results suggest a limitation on the role of phonology in models of printed word recognition