"tmp96303807" "OCoLC" "19970728102440.0" "971114s1996 dcu f000 0 eng d" 1258-02760 GPO DLC MvI VPII 0378-H-12 0378-H-12 (online) D 5.417:84 Docs D5.417:84 Oakley, Robert B., 1931- Policing the new world disorder / by Robert Oakley and Michael Dziedzic. [Washington, D.C.?] : National Defense University, Institute for National Strategic Studies, [1996] 4 p. ; 28 cm. Strategic forum ; no. 84 Caption title. Shipping list no.: 97-0045-P. "October 1996." Also available via Internet from the Institute for National Strategic Studies web site. United Nations Armed Forces. International police. Dziedzic, Michael J. National Defense University. Institute for National Strategic Studies. http://www.ndu.edu/ndu/inss/strforum/forum84.html http 000103 "ocm35025391 960708" "OCoLC" "19960703110715.0" "960703s1996 xx d eng " 1237-46860 VPI VPI VPII Electronic Thesis 1996 Parr Parr, Kevin J. A custom computing machine solution for simulation of discretized domain physical systems [computer file] / Kevin J. Paar. Computer data (1 file : 788 kilobytes) 1996. VPI & SU. Electrical Engineering. M.S. 1996 Title from electronic submission form. Vita. Abstract. Thesis (M.S.)--Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1996. Includes bibliographical references. System requirements: IBM PC or compatible, or Mac; World Wide Web browser and PDF reader. Available electronically via Internet. CCM FPGA simulation floating point heat transfer http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/public/etd-4114112059641711 http "tmp96038035" "OCoLC" "19970724104318.0" "970813s1995 dcu b f000 0 eng d" 1212-61760 DGPO DGPO DLC MvI n-us--- VPII 1008-C 1008-D (MF) 1008-C (online) 1008-D (online) Y 1.1/8:104-435 Docs Y1.1/8:104-435 United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform and Oversight. Making government work : fulfilling the mandate for change : third report / by the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, together with additional views. [Washington, D.C.? : U.S. G.P.O., 1995] v, 60 p. ; 24 cm. Report / 104th Congress, 1st session, House of Representatives ; 104-435 Caption title. Distributed to some depository libraries in microfiche. Shipping list no.: 96-0124-P. "December 21, 1995." Includes bibliographical references. Also available via Internet from the House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight web site. National Performance Review (U.S.) Sunset reviews of government programs United States. Administrative agencies United States Management. United States. Congress. House. Report ; 104-435. http://www.house.gov/reform/gmit1.htm http 000103 "tmp96304231" "OCoLC" "19970725103048.0" "970813s1996 dcu f000 0 eng d" 1258-18760 GPO DLC MvI ff----- VPII 0378-H-12 0378-H-12 (online) D 5.417:88 Docs D5.417:88 Lewis, William Hubert, 1928- Islamic radicalism in North Africa : force works, for now / by William H. Lewis and Judith S. Yaphe. [Washington, D.C.?] : National Defense University, Institute for National Strategic Studies, [1996] 4 p. ; 28 cm. Strategic forum ; no. 88 Caption title. Shipping list no.: 97-0055-P. "October 1996." Also available via Internet from the Institute for National Strategic Studies web site. Islam and politics Africa, North. Africa, North Politics and government. Yaphe, Judith Share, 1944- National Defense University. Institute for National Strategic Studies. http://www.ndu.edu/ndu/inss/strforum/forum88.html http 000103 "ocm35818925 961030" "OCoLC" "19961030142724.0" "961030s1996 vau d s eng " 1253-93360 VPI VPI VPII Electronic Thesis 1996 Green Green, Henry John. IVDS consumer control unit evolution and bar code interface design [computer file] / Henry John Green. Computer data (1 file : 569 kilobytes) [Blacksburg, Va. : University Libraries, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1996] VPI & SU. Electrical Engineering. M.S. 1996 Title from electronic submission form. Vita. Abstract. Thesis (M.S.)--Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1996. Includes bibliographical references. Author's abstract: The Interactive Video and Data System is a multidisciplinary research project involving the creation of a means for people to interact with television and printed media without the addition of expensive hardware as required by most interactive systems available today. The IVDS system consists of a Consumer Control Unit which transmits user requests, a Repeater Unit which receives transmissions from the CCUs, and a Host System which takes appropriate actions for user demands. This thesis follows the evolution of the original CCU prototype as more capabilities are added and hardware platforms are changed, focusing on the addition of a bar code interface to the CCU. System requirements: PC, World Wide Web browser and PDF reader. Available electronically via Internet. IVDS interactive video bar codes universal remotes spread spectrum http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/public/etd-316151699632891 http "ocm27701466 960717" "OCoLC" "19930310092013.0" "m d" "930310s1992 vaua b 000 0 eng d" 1024-12460 VPI VPI VPII LD5655.V855 1992.N673 Norabuena, Edmundo O., 1953- Velocity structure of the subducting Nazca plate beneath central Peru as inferred from travel time anomalies / by Edmundo O. Norabuena. Blacksburg, Va. : Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1992. viii, 56 leaves : ill. ; 28 cm. VPI & SU. Geophysics. M.S. 1992. Vita. Thesis (M.S.)--Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1992. Bibliography: leaves 52-55. Arrival times from intermediate-depth (100-150 km) earthquakes within the region offlt subduction beneath central Peru provide constraints on the geometry and velocity structure of the subducting Nazca plate. Hypocenters for these events, which are beneath the sub-andean and eastern Peruvian basins, were determined using a best-fitting and one-dimensional velocity-depth model with a 15-station digitally-recording network deployed in the epicentral region. For that model, P-wave travel times to coastal stations, about 6 trenchward, exhibit negative residuals of up to 4 seconds and have considerably more complexity than arrivals at the network stations. The residuals at coastal stations are conjectured to result from travel paths with long segments in the colder, higher velocity subducting plate. Travel time anomalies were modeled by 3-D raytracing. Computed ray paths show that travel times to coastal stations for the eastern Peru events can be satisfactorily modeled if velocities relative to the surrounding mantle are 6% lower within the uppermost slab (a 6 km thicklayer composed of basaltic oceanic crust) and 8% higher within the cold periodititic layer (which must be at least 44 km thick). Raytracing runs for this plate model show that "shadow zones" can occur if the source-slab-receiver geometry results in seismic rays passing through regions in which the slab undergoes significant changes in slope. Such geometries exist for seismic waves propagating to some coastal stations from sources located beneath the eastern Peruvian basin. Observed first-arrival times for such cases do in fact have less negative residuals than those for geometries which allow for "direct" paths. Modeling such arrivals as trapped mode propagation through the high-velocity part of the plate produces arrival times consistent with those observed. Also available on the Internet as an electronic document (1 file : 3 Mb). System requirements: IBM PC or compatible, or Mac; World Wide Web browser and PDF reader. Earth movements Peru. Earthquakes Peru. Plate tectonics Peru. Nazca Lines Site (Peru) http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/public/etd-385113359611541 http 000100000305000754 "ocm33146166 961030" "OCoLC" "19961030140410.0" "961030s1995 dcu f000 0 eng d" 1253-88360 GPO GPO OCL GPO VPI n-us--- VPII 0378-H-12 0378-H-12 (online) D 5.417:41 TO 10/30/96 Hollick, Ann L. Ocean law : Senate approval of the UN Convention / by Ann L. Hollick. [Washington, D.C.?] : National Defense University, Institute for National Strategic Studies, [1995] 4 p. ; 28 cm. Strategic forum ; no. 41 Caption title. Shipping list no.: 95-0299-P. "August 1995." Also available via Internet from the Institute for National Strategic Studies web site. United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (1982) Maritime law United States. National Defense University. Institute for National Strategic Studies. http://www.ndu.edu:80/ndu/inss/strforum/forum41.html http 000103 "ocm35921211 961206" "OCoLC" "19961203085818.0" "961203s1996 dcu f 000 0 eng d" 1259-58860 MUU MUU VPI VPII Z714 .S64 1996 Soete, George J. Transforming libraries : issues and innovations in electronic reserves / written by George J. Soete ; editorial advisor, Jeff Rosedale. Electronic reserves Washington, D.C. : Association of Research Libraries, Office of Management Services, Systems and Procedures Exchange Center, c1996. 31 p. ; 28 cm. Transforming libraries ; 1 SPEC kit ; 217 "<URL:http://arl.cni.org/transform/>." "The ARL Listserv on electronic reserves ... you can access at <arl-ereserve@cni.org>"--P. 6. Academic libraries Reserve collections United States Technological innovations. Reserve collections in libraries United States Technological innovations. Rosedale, Jeff. Association of Research Libraries. Systems and Procedures Exchange Center. http://arl.cni.org/transform/ http arl-ereserve@cni.org 000100 "tmp96228021" "OCoLC" "19960830153208.0" "961018s1996 dcu b f000 0 eng d" 1244-79360 NCJ 161405 NIJ DGPO DGPO DLC MvI n-us--- VPII 0718-A-03 0718-A-03 (online) J 28.24/3:SE 9 Docs J28.24/3:SE9 Domestic and sexual violence data collection : a report to Congress under the Violence Against Women Act / Justice Research and Statistics Assocation. Report to Congress under the Violence Against Women Act Washington, D.C. : U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, National Institute of Justice, [1996] 84 p. ; 28 cm. Research report "A joint publication of the National Institute of Justice and the Bureau of Justice Statistics." Shipping list no.: 96-0331-P. "July 1996." "Grant number 95-IJ-CX-0010"--T.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references. Also available via Internet from the NCJRS Bulletin Board System (BBS). Family violence United States States Statistical services. Sexual abuse victims United States States Statistical services. Victims of crimes United States States Statistical services. Justice Research and Statistics Association. National Institute of Justice (U.S.) United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics. http://www.ncjrs.org/txtfiles/alldom.txt http 000103 "ocm34996643 960808" "OCoLC" "19960627102439.0" "m d" "960627s1996 xx a b 000 0 eng d" 1236-66660 VPI VPI VPII LD5655.V856 1996.A835 Atalla, Mauro J. (Mauro Jorge), 1968- Model updating using neural networks / by Mauro J. Atalla. 1996. xiii, 133 leaves : ill. ; 28 cm. VPI & SU. Engineering Mechanics. Ph. D. 1996 Vita. Abstract. Thesis (Ph. D.)--Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1996. Bibliography: leaves 125-129. Also available on the Internet as an electronic document. System requirements: PC, World Wide Web browser and PDF reader. adaptive control model updating neural networks http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/public/etd-274210359611541 http 000100000754 "ocm35296915 961002" "OCoLC" "19960823144755.0" "960823s1996 vau d s eng " 1245-01360 VPI VPI VPII Electronic Thesis 1996 Bhogaraju Bhogaraju, Prabhakar V. V. A case-based reasoner for evaluating crop rotations in whole-farm planning [computer file] / Prabhakar V.V. Bhogaraju. Computer data (1 file : 599 kilobytes) [Blacksburg, Va. : University Libraries, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1996] VPI & SU. Entomology. M.S. 1996 Title from electronic submission form. Vita. Thesis (M.S.)--Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1996. Includes bibliographical references. I have worked on a Case-Based Reasoning (CBR) system that evaluates crop rotations for their soil erosion and risk of insect pest problems. The purpose of this system is to provide decision support for an automated whole-farm planner (CROPS). CROPS (Buick et al., 1992) generates crop rotation plans that can address some of the environmental, economic and legislative pressures facing natural resource managers. To generate and recommend a crop rotation plan CROPS requires estimates on the soil erosion risks and pesticide pollution potential of the crop rotation. In this research I have designed and prototyped a system that can assist CROPS in the process of whole-farm planning by providing information required for determining the soil erosion risks and the pesticide pollution potential of crop rotations. Inputs for the system include: a crop rotation, its tillage and residue management practices, and field conditions. Soil erosion risk is quantified using the C-vlaue. Pest risks are likelihood of pest outbreaks that require control in a crop rotation. CBR was the chosen methodology for system implementation. In CBR, solutions to new problem situations are derived from retrieving and adapting solutions to similar problem situations experienced in the past. The system was prototyped using Esteem, a CBR development shell, and runs on a PC under the MS Windows operating system. System requirements: PC, World Wide Web browser and PDF reader. Available electronically via Internet. case-based reasoning whole-farm planning http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/public/etd-5741181879602301/etd-title.html http "ocm35996847 961211" "OCoLC" "19961210121635.0" "961210s1996 vau d s eng " 1258-69260 VPI VPI VPII Electronic Thesis 1996 Musgrove Musgrove, Mark D. VLSI implementation of a run-time reconfigurable custom computing integrated circuit [computer file] / Mark D. Musgrove. Computer data (1 file : 5000 kilobytes) [Blacksburg, Va. : University Libraries, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1996] VPI & SU. Electrical Engineering. M.S. 1996. Title from electronic submission form. Vita. Vita. Abstract. Thesis (M.S.)--Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1996. Includes bibliographical references. Author's abstract: The growth of high performance computing to date can largely be attributed to continuing breakthroughs in materials and manufacturing. In order to increase computing capacity beyond these physical bounds, new computing paradigms must be developed that make more efficient use of existing manufacturing technologies. Custom Computing Machines (CCMs) are an emerging class of computers that offer promising possibilities for future high-performance computational needs. With the increasing popularity of the run-time reconfigurable (RTR) concept in the CCM community, questions have arisen as to what computational device should be at the heart of an RTR platform. Currently the preferred device, and really the only practical device, has been the RAM-based Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA). Unfortunately, for applications that require high performance, FPGAs are limited by their narrow data path and small computational density. The Colt integrated circuit has been designed from the start to be the computational processing element in an RTR platform. Colt is an RTR data-flow processor array with a course-grain architecture (16-bitdata path). This thesis covers the VLSI implementation and verification of the Colt integrated circuit, including the approach and methods necessary to make a functionally working integrated circuit. System requirements: PC, World Wide Web browser and PDF reader. Available electronically via Internet. VLSI run-time reconfigurable configurable computing data flow FPGA DSP http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/public/etd-4941511109613150 http "ocm30752412 970221" "OCoLC" "19940908103411.0" "940712m19949999dcu f000 0 eng d" 1114-16860 DCL DCL OCL VPI n-us--- VPII 0132-C-12 C 3.257/2:SC 92-A- HD9981.4 .C46 1992 Census of service industries (1992). Geographic area series. 1992 census of service industries. Geographic area series. [Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, Bureau of the Census : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., [1994- ]. v. : ill. ; 28 cm. "Geographic area series--52 reports (SC92-A-1 to 52)."--P. [3] of cover. Description based on report 51. "Issued May 1994." "SC92-A." The 1992 census includes "the United States as a whole, each State and the District of Columbia." Some parts revised. Also available vai Internet from the Census web site (PDF file only). Service industries United States Statistics. United States. Bureau of the Census. http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/prod/1/bus/services/92area/92serv.html http Adobe Acrobat reader required to view individual files for each state URL accesses generallisting of 1992 census of service industries, geographic area series 000106 "ocm30576046 961002" "OCoLC" "19960930094329.0" "960930m19929999dcu g d f eng " 1249-91160 GPO GPO n-us--- VPII 0994-D (online) X 1.1/A: Docs X1.1/A [Congressional record index online via GPO access] [computer file]. Computer data Washington, D.C. : U.S. G.P.O., 1992- e-mail help@eids05.eids.gpo.gov ; Office of Electronic Information Dissemination Services, Mail Stop SDE, U.S. G.P.O., Washington, D.C. 20401. [GPO access : a service of the U.S. Government Printing Office] Mode of access: via INTERNET using WAIS client software; SWAIS access by telnet to wais.access.gpo.gov or via asynchronous connection to (202) 512-1161. U.S. Federal GILS record title: Congressional record index. Covers 1992- ACSII text files. Updated biweekly as published. Sold with Congressional record. Congressional record index for 1992, 1993 and 1994. Biweekly as often as published. System requirements: PC; INTERNET access; WAIS client software; or communication software; modem; phone line to access SWAIS. Federal government United States Databases. Government information United States Databases. United States Politics and government 1993- Databases. United States. Government Printing Office. Congressional record index. http://www.access.gpo.gov/sud̲ocs/aces/aaces002.html http "ocm35049292 960710" "OCoLC" "19960710080455.0" "960710s1995 vaua b f000 0 eng d" 1238-25360 VPI VPI VPII TL521.3 .N25 v.1376 Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document / CERES Science Team. Hampton, Va. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Langley Research Center, 1995. 4 v. : ill. ; 28 cm. NASA reference publication ; 1376 "December 1995." Includes bibliographical references. v. 1. Overviews (Subsystem 0)--v. 2. Geolocation, calibration, and ERBE-like analyses (Subsystems 1-3)--v. 3. Cloud analyses and determination of improved top of atmosphere fluxes (Subsystem 4)--v. 4. Determination of surface and atmosphere fluxes and temporally and spatially averaged products (Subsystems 5-12) Also available electronically via Internet. Terrestrial radiation. CERES Science Team. Langley Research Center. http://techreports.larc.nasa.gov/ltrs/ltrs.html http 000100 "ocm35296923 961002" "OCoLC" "19960823144905.0" "960823s1996 vau d s eng " 1245-01560 VPI VPI VPII Electronic Thesis 1996 Feldman Feldman, Michael A. Efficient low-speed flight in a wind field [computer file] / Michael A. Feldman. Computer data (1 file : 882 kilobytes) [Blacksburg, Va. : University Libraries, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1996] VPI & SU. Aerospace and Ocean Engineering. Ph. D. 1996 Title from electronic submission form. Vita. Thesis (M.S.)--Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1996. Includes bibliographical references. A new software tool was needed for flight planning of a high altitude, low speed unmanned aerial vehicle which would be flying in winds close to the actual airspeed of the vehicle. An energy modeled NLP formulation was used in obtain result for a variety of missions and wind profiles. The energy constraint derived included terms due to the wind field and the performance index was a weighted combination of the amount of fuel used and the final time. With no emphasis on time and with no winds the vehicle was found to fly at maximum lift to drag velocity. V(md). When flying in tail winds the velocity was less than V(md), while flying in head winds the velocity was higher than V(md). A family of solutions was found with varying times of flight and varying fuel amounts consumed which will aid the operator in choosing a flight plan depending on a desired landing time. At certain parts of the flight, the turning terms in the energy constraint equation were found to be significant. An analysis of a simpler vertical plane cruise optimal control problem was used to explain some of the characteristics of the vertical plane NLP results. System requirements: PC, World Wide Web browser and PDF reader. Available electronically via Internet. optimization optimal control aircraft performance http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/public/etd-17616979652211/etd-title.html http "ocm35682658" "OCoLC" "19961023155551.0" "961120s1995 dcu b f000 0 eng d" 1257-33760 GPO DLC MvI n-us--- VPII 1094 (online) Y 3.SE 5:2 SE 9 KF9685 .U55 1995a Docs Y3.SE5:2SE9 United States Sentencing Commission. Report to the Congress : adequacy of penalties for the intentional exposure of others through sexual activity to the human immunodeficiency virus (as directed by section 40503 of Public law 103-322) / United States Sentencing Commission. Adequacy of penalties for the intentional exposure of others through sexual activity to the human immunodeficiency virus [Washington, D.C.] : The Commission, 1995. 5 leaves ; 28 cm. Cover title. Not destributed to depository libraries in a physical form. "March 1995." Includes bibliographical references. Available via Internet at the GPO Web site. Sentences (Criminal procedure) United States. Victims of crimes Legal status, laws, etc. United States. http://www.ussc.gov/hiv.htm http "ocm34616284" "OCoLC" "19960802153952.0" "960919c19959999dcuar s f0 0eng " 96645124 1248-20460 Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., Washington, DC 20402 Bureau of Labor Statistics, Publications Sales Center, P.O. Box 2145, Chicago, IL 60690-2145 GPO DLC MvI lc n-us-tx VPII HD4976.C67 U53a 0768-B-43 0768-B-43 (online) L 2.121/43:C 81/ Docs L2.121/43:C81/ Occupational compensation survey--pay only. Corpus Christi, Texas, metropolitan area. Corpus Christi, Texas, metropolitan area Washington, DC : U.S. Dept. of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O. ; Chicago, IL : Bureau of Labor Statistics, Publications Sales Center [distributor], 1996- v. ; 21 x 28 cm. Annual Sept. 1995- Bulletin / U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics Title from cover. Data also available via Internet on the World Wide Web from BLS. From 1992-1994 information from a similar but less extensive survey appeared in the publication: Occupational compensation survey--pay and benefits. Corpus Christi, TX. Wages Texas Corpus Christi Metropolitan Area Statistics Periodicals. United States. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Area wage survey. Corpus Christi, Texas, metropolitan area 0099-1880 (DLC) 75646734 (OCoLC)2243265 Occupational compensation survey--pay and benefits. Corpus Christi, TX (DLC)sn 92040833 (OCoLC)27004706 Bulletin of the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics ; http://www.bls.gov/ocshome.htm http "ocm21463142 950424" "900501d19411941maubr p ^ 0uuua0eng d" 0919-39660 VPI VPI VPI$ [Sci Fic] [Spec] PS648.S3 C68 Cosmic stories (Holyoke, Mass.) Cosmic stories. Cosmic science fiction May-July 1941 Holyoke, Mass. : Albing Publications, 1941. 1 v. : ill. ; 25 cm. Bimonthly Vol. 1, no. 1 (March 1941)-v. 1, no. 3 (July 1941). Title from cover. Also available in microform. Science fiction, American Periodicals. http://athena.english.vt.edu/vtsfpilot/csf.v1.n3/csf.v1.n3.toc.html "tmp96261020" "OCoLC" "19970304090517.0" "970414s1996 dcua b f000 0 eng d" 96210927 //r97 0160487366 1249-69760 040-000-00675-3 GPO ArFO GPO DLC MvI lccopycat n-us--- VPII 1061-F 1061-F (online) Y 3.L 61:2 SU 8/996 Docs Y3.L61:2SU8/996 Bertot, John Carlo. The 1996 national survey of public libraries and the Internet : progress and issues : final report / John Carlo Bertot, Charles R. McClure, Douglas L. Zweizig. Washington, DC : National Commission on Libraries and Information Science : For sale by the U.S. G.P.O., Supt. of Docs., [1996] viii, 67 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. Shipping list no.: 96-0364-P. "July 1996." Includes bibliographical references (p. 54-55). Also available via Internet from the World Wide Web. Internet (Computer network) United States. Library information networks United States. Public libraries United States Data processing. McClure, Charles R. Zweizig, Douglas. United States. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science. http://istweb.syr.edu/Project/Faculty/McClure-NSPL96/NSPL96T̲.html http://www.nclis.gov http 000103 "ocm35025365 960729" "OCoLC" "19960703110532.0" "960703s1996 vau d eng " 1237-46760 VPI VPI VPII Electronic Dissertation 1996 Ward Ward, Allan. Residual stress effects on power slump and wafer breakage in GaAs MESFETs [computer file] / Allan Ward, III. Computer data (1 file : 1000 kilobytes) Blacksburg, Va. : Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1996. VPI & SU. Materials Engineering Science. Ph. D. 1996 Title from electronic submission form. Vita. Abstract. Thesis (Ph. D.)--Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1996. Includes bibliographical references. The objectives of this investigation are to develop a precise, non-destructive single crystal stress measurement technique, develop a model to explain the phenomenon known as "power slump", and investigate the role of device processing on wafer breakage. All three objectives were successfully met. The single crystal stress technique uses a least squares analysis of X-ray diffraction data to calculate the full stress tenson. In this way, precise non-destructive stress measurements can be made with known error bars. Rocking curve analysis, stress gradient corrections, and a data reliability technique were implemented to ensure that the stress data are correct. A theory was developed to explain "power slump", which is rapid decrease in the amplifying properties of microwave amplifier circuits during operation. The model explains that for the particular geometry and bias configuration of the devices studied in this research, power slump is linearly related to shear stress at values of less than 90 MPa. The microscopic explanation of power slump is that radiation enhanced dislocation glide increases the kink concentration, thereby increasing the generation center concentration in the active region of the device. These generation centers increase the total gate current, leading to a decrease in the amplyfing properties of device. Passivation layer processing has been shown to both reduce the fracture strength and increase the residual stress in GaAs wafers, making them more susceptible to wafer breakage. Bare wafers are found to have higher fracture strength than passivated wafers. Bare wafers are also found to contain less residual stress than SiON passivated wafers, which, in turn are found to have less stress than SiN passivated wafers. Topographic imaging suggests that SiN passivated wafers have larger flaws than SiON passivated wafers, and that the disbrituion of flaw size among SiN passivated wafers is wider than the distribution of flaws in SiON passivated wafers. Theses flaws are believed to lead to breakage of the device durig processing, resulting in low fabrication yield. Both the power slump model and the wafer breakage data show that these phenomena are dependent on residual stress developed in the substrate during device fabrication. Reduction of process-iduced residual stress should therefore simultaneously decrease wafer breakage rates and reduce power slump during device fabrication and operation. System requirements: IBM PC or compatible, or Mac; World Wide Web browser and PDF reader. Available electronically via Internet. gallium arsenide MESFET stress x-ray diffraction wafer breakage power slump http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/public/etd-394172159651721 http "ocm35020956 960715" "OCoLC" "19960702154504.0" "960702s1996 vau d eng " 1237-38460 VPI VPI VPII Electronic Thesis 1996 MacMillin MacMillin, Peter Edward. Trim, control, and performance effects in variable-complexity high-speed civil transport design [computer file] / Peter Edward MacMillin. Computer data (1 file : 1000 kilobytes) Blacksburg, Va. : Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1996. VPI & SU. Aerospace Engineering. M.S. 1996 Title from electronic submission form. Vita. Thesis (M.S.)--Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1996. Includes bibliographical references. Numerous trim, control requirements and mission generalizatins have been made to our previous multidisciplinary design mthodology for a high speed civil transport. We optimize the design for minimum take off gross weight, including both aerodynamics and structures to find the wing planform and thickness distribution, fuselage shape, engine placement and thrust, using 29 design variables. While adding trim and control it was found necessary to simultaneously consider landing gear integration. We include the engine-out and crosswind landing requirements, as well as engine nacelle ground strike for lateral-directional requirements. For longitudinal requirements we include nose-wheel lift-off rotation and approach trim as the critical conditions. We found that the engine-out condition and the engine nacelle ground strike avoidance were critical conditions. The addition of a horizontal tail to provide take-off rotation resulted in a significant weight penalty, and that penalty proved to be sensitive to the position of the landing gear. We include engine sizing with thrust during cruise and balanced field length conditions. Both the thrust during cruise and balanced field length constraints were critical. We include a subsonic leg in our mission analysis. The addition of a subsonic mission requirement also results in a large weight penalty. System requirements: IBM PC or compatible, or Mac; World Wide Web browser and PDF reader. Available electronically via Internet. vertical tail sizing control http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/public/etd-43489759651581 http "tmp96255003" "OCoLC" "19970116114708.0" "970217s1996 dcua s f000 0 eng d" 1249-01960 GPO DLC MvI n-us--- VPII HA203 .C87 no.55 0142-C-08 0142-C-08 (online) C 3.186:P-70/2/55 Eller, T. J. Dynamics of economic well-being : poverty, 1992-1993 : who stays poor? who doesn't? / by T.J. Eller. Poverty, 1992-1993 : who stays poor? who doesn't? Who stays poor? who doesn't? Washington, D.C. : U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, Bureau of the Census : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., 1996. 6 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. Current population reports. Household economic studies, P70 ; 55 Caption title. "This report uses data from ... (SIPP)"--P. [1]. Shipping list no.: 96-0359-P. "June 1996." "P70-55." Also available via Internet from the Census web site. Poverty United States Statistics. Poor United States Statistics. United States. Bureau of the Census. Current population reports. Series P-70, Household economic studies ; no. 55. http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/povdyn92.html http 000106 "tmp96092026" "OCoLC" "19960729111856.0" "960923s1996 dcu s f000 0 eng d" 1222-43060 NCJ-158020 BJS NSB GPO DLC MvI n-us--- VPII 0968-H-13 0968-H-13 (online) J 29.11:P 93/3 Docs J29.11:P93/3 Brien, Peter M. HIV in prisons 1994 / by Peter M. Brien and Allen J. Beck. [Washington, DC] : U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Statistics, [1996] 7 p. ; 28 cm. Bulletin Caption title. Shipping list no.: 96-0181-P. "March 1996." Also available via Internet from BJS web site. Prisoners Diseases United States Statistics. HIV-positive persons United States Statistics. AIDS (Disease) Patients United States Statistics. Beck, Allen J. United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics. http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/ascii/hivip94.txt http 000103 "ocm33146154 961030" "OCoLC" "19961030144244.0" "961030s1995 dcu f000 0 eng d" 1253-88260 GPO GPO VPI n-us--- ar----- VPII 0378-H-12 0378-H-12 (online) D 5.417:39 Docs D5.417:39 Marr, Phebe. U.S.-GCC security relations, I : differing threat perceptions / by Phebe Marr. US GCC security relations, I Differing threat perceptions [Washington, D.C.?] : National Defense University, Institute for National Strategic Studies, [1995] 4 p. ; 28 cm. Strategic forum ; no. 39 Caption title. Shipping list no.: 95-0299-P. "August 1995." Also available via Internet from the Institute for National Strategic Studies web site. Gulf Cooperation Council. National security United States. Persian Gulf Region Military relations. Persian Gulf Region Foreign relations United States. United States Foreign relations Persian Gulf Region. National Defense University. Institute for National Strategic Studies. http://www.ndu.edu:80/ndu/inss/strforum/forum39.html http 000103 "ocm01604142 961204" "841017c19649999miuqr p ^ 0uuua0eng d" 0022-1864 0606-31360 MUL MUL OCL UCU NYG IXA IUL AIP VPI$ LC1045 .A25 373.246 J864 Journal of industrial teacher education. JITE [Big Rapids, Mich.] National Association of Industrial and Technical Teacher Educators. v. 23 cm. Quarterly v. 1- fall 1963- Education index 0013-1385 Current index to journals in education 0011-3565 Vols. for 196 -6 issued by the National Association of Industrial Teacher Education; 196 by the National Association of Industrial Teacher Educators; 196 - by the National Association of Industrial and Technical Teacher Educators. Technical education Periodicals. Industrial arts Study and teaching Periodicals. Vocational teachers, Training of Periodicals. National Association of Industrial and Technical Teacher Educators. National Association of Industrial Teacher Educators. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/JITE/jite.html 000700 "ocm35025432 960715" "OCoLC" "19960703110902.0" "960703s1996 vau d eng " 1237-46960 VPI VPI VPII Electronic Thesis 1996 Fowler Fowler, Leslie Paige. Application of the filtered-X LMS algorithm for disturbance rejection in time-periodic systems [computer file] / Leslie Paige Fowler. Computer data (1 file : 403 kilobytes) Blacksburg, Va. : Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State, 1996. VPI & SU. Mechanical Engineering. M.S. 1996 Title from electronic submission form. Vita. Thesis (M.S.)--Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1996. Includes bibliographical references. Extensive disturbance rejection methods have been established for time-invariant systems. However, the development of these techniques has not focused on application to time-periodic systems in particular until recently. The filtered-X LMS algorithm is regarded as the best disturbance rejection technique for aperiodic systems by many, as has been proven in the acoustics industry for rejecting unwanted noise. Since this is essentially a feedforward approach, we might expect its performance to be good with respect to time-periodic systems in which the disturbance frequency is already known. The work presented in this thesis is an investigation of the performance of the filtered-X LMS algorithm for disturbance rejection in time-periodic systems. Two cases are examined: a generalized linear, time-periodic system and the helicopter rotor blade in forward flight. Results for the generalized system show that the filtered-X LMS algorithm does converge for time-periodic disturbance inputs and can produce very small errors. For the helicopter rotor blade system the algorithm is shown to produce very small errors, with a 95%, or 14 dB, reduction in error from the open-loop system. The filtered-X LMS disturbance rejection technique is shown to provide a successful means of rejecting time-periodic disturbances for time-periodic systems. System requirements: IBM PC or compatible, or Mac; World Wide Web browser and PDF reader. Available electronically via Internet. adaptive control filtered-X LMS time-periodic disturbance rejection helicopter rotor blade http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/public/etd-5134151959631701 http "ocm32384886 960130" "OCoLC" "19951212093504.0" "950428m19949999dcu m f N/A n" 1202-56360 IXA IXA GAO GPO VPI VPII 3182 V4 0830-Z-02 NAS 1.86/2:V.- QB621 .M332 1994 Magellan [computer file] : full-resolution radar mosaics / compiled by the U.S. Geological Survey for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Full-resolution radar mosaics Magellan, full-resolution radar mosaics Title on container Magellan FMAP Computer data and programs. [Washington, D.C.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1994- 170 computer laser optical discs : col. ; 4 3/4 in. "Data contents: Image files at 75 M per pixel"--Disc label. "Magellan 'FMAP'"--Container. Distributed to depository libraries, Shipping list no.: 95-0032-E, etc. "Gazeteer of feature names"--Disc label. Includes a location of images map on each container. "USA-NASA-USGS-MG-1101 through MG-1270"--NASA, NSSDC. These Geological Survey radar mosaics of 92% of the planet of Venus are prepared from NASA's Magellan orbiter images and use the International Astronomical Union (IAU) gazeteer of approved names of places, Sinusoidal equal area projection, and latitude and longitude lines. Coverage will be complete on 170 discs that include 2 quadrangles and associated documentation on each disc. Disc characteristics: Specifically formatted according to ISO 9960 level 1 Interchange Standard. System requirements for Apple Macintosh: Apple CD-ROM driver; Apple CD SC (Sony) or Toshiba. System requirements for IBM PC: Microsoft MSCDEX version 2.2; Toshiba, Hitachi, Sony, or compatible. System requirements for Sun Micro: Delta Microsystems or SUN CD-ROM driver; Delta Microsystems SS-660 (Sony). System requirements for VAX/Ultrix: Supplied with Ultrix 3.1; Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) RRD40, RRD42, or RRD50 Systems requirements for VAX/VMS: DEC VFS CD-ROM driver V4.7 or V5.2 +; DEC RRD40, RRD42, or RRD50. Magellan images also available via World Wide Web: www http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/venusfmaps.html Venus (Planet) Remote-sensing maps. Magellan (Spacecraft) Geological Survey (U.S.) United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 000898 "tmp96290014" "OCoLC" "19970728102114.0" "971114s1996 dcu f000 0 eng d" 1254-38660 GPO DLC MvI VPII 0378-H-12 0378-H-12 (online) D 5.417:83 Docs D5.417:83 Lewis, William H. Peacekeeping : United Nations role sharing / by William H. Lewis. United Nations role sharing [Washington, D.C.?] : National Defense University, Institute for National Strategic Studies, [1996] 4 p. ; 28 cm. Strategic forum ; no. 83 Caption title. Shipping list no.: 97-0017-P. "September 1996." Also available via Internet from the Institute for National Strategic Studies web site. United Nations Armed Forces. International police. National Defense University. Institute for National Strategic Studies. http://www.ndu.edu/ndu/inss/strforum/forum83.html http 000103 "ocm35996860 961213" "OCoLC" "19961210123253.0" "961210s1996 vau d s eng " 1260-66960 VPI VPI VPII Electronic Dissertation 1996 Wittmer Wittmer, Kenneth S. Turbulent flowfield downstream of a perpendicular airfoil-vortex interaction [computer file] / Kenneth S. Wittmer. Computer data (1 file : 10000 kilobytes) [Blacksburg, Va. : University Libraries, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1996] VPI & SU. Aerospace Engineering. Ph. D. 1996 Title from electronic submission form. Vita. Abstract. Thesis (Ph. D.)--Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1996. Includes bibliographical references. Author's abstract: Experiments were performed to document the turbulent flowfield produced downstream of an airfoil encountering an intense streamwise vortex. This type of perpendicular airfoil--vortex interaction commonly occurs in helicopter rotor flows. The experiments presented here thus provide useful information for the prediction of helicopter noise, particularly BWI noise. Three-component velocity and turbulence measurements were made in unprecedented detail using acomputerized miniature four-sensor hot-wire probe system; revealing much about the structure and behavior of this flow over a range of conditions. The interaction between the vortex and the airfoil wake leaves the vortex surrounded by a large region of intense turbulence unlike the turbulence surrounding an isolated vortex. Even for close separations, the vortex core passes the airfoil virtually unchanged. However, vorticity of opposite sign is shed by the airfoil in response to the angle of attack distribution induced by the vortex resulting in an unstable circulation distribution according to Rayleigh's criterion. Simple theoretical models adequately describe the shed vorticity distribution of the airfoil and the unstable circulation distribution it imparts on the vortex. As the flow develops, the vortex continuously distorts the airfoil wake. The strain rates imparted bythe vortex on the spanwise vorticity contained in the airfoil wake result in an anisotropic, turbulenceproducing stress field. For several chord lengths downstream, the vortex core remains laminar andlittle change is seen in the unstable circulation distribution. While the vortex core is laminar, turbulentfluctuations measured in the core are the result of inactive wandering motions and the characteristic length and velocity scales of the flat portion of the vortex wake appear to be appropriate scales for the fluctuations. Eventually, the vortex core becomes turbulent as indicated by an increase in high frequency velocity fluctuation levels of more than an order of magnitude. Subsequently, the circulation distribution reorganizes to a stable distribution. A loss in core circulation occurs due to a decrease in the peak tangential velocity which is proportionately larger than the increase in the vortex core radius. The peak tangential velocity decreases to the point where it is exceeded by the axial velocity deficit---another unstable situation. These effects increase with decreased separation between the vortex and the airfoil, but appear to be largely independent of airfoil angle of attack an only weakly dependent upon vortex strength. System requirements: PC, World Wide Web browser and PDF reader. Available electronically via Internet. vortex turbulence BWI helicopter noise hot-wire http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/public/etd-31251021109643250 http "tmp96128003" "OCoLC" "19960516111220.0" "960617s1996 dcua s f000 0 eng d" 1230-85260 803-044-00044-9 GPO GPO DLC MvI n-us--- VPII HA203 .C87 no.53 0142-C-08 C 3.186:P-70/2/53 Casper, Lynne M. Who's minding our preschoolers? / by Lynne M. Casper. [Washington, DC] : Census Bureau : [Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., distributor, 1996] 7 p. ; 28 cm. Current population reports. Household economic studies, P70 ; 53 Caption title. Shipping list no.: 96-0221-P. "March 1996." Also available via the INTERNET from the Census Website, along with separate table packet, http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/population/socdemo/child/p7053.html. Preschool children Care United States Statistics. Child care United States Statistics. Children of working mothers Care United States Statistics. United States. Bureau of the Census. Current population reports. Series P-70, Household economic studies ; no. 53. 000106 "ocm34983852" "OCoLC" "19960626101310.0" "960717s1996 dcua b f000 0 eng d" 1238-98160 DGPO DGPO DLC MvI n-us--- VPII 0551 0551 (online) GP 3.2:EL 2/3/FINAL Docs GP3.2:EL2/3/FINAL Study to identify measures necessary for a successful transition to a more electronic Federal Depository Library Program : as required by Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1996, Public Law 104-53 : report to the Congress. Washington, DC : U.S. G.P.O., [1996] 1 v. (various pagings) : ill. ; 28 cm. GPO publication ; 500.11 "June 1996." Includes bibliographical references. Also available on the Federal Bulletin Board via Internet at the GPO Web site, and through FTP, Telcon, and dial-up. Federal Depository Library Program. Government publications United States Data processing. Depository libraries United States Automation. Online information services United States. Digital libraries United States. United States. Government Printing Office. fedbbs.access.gpo.gov ftp://fedbbs.access.gpo.gov/gpob̲bs/lpsi̲nfo/ fedbbs.access.gpo.gov 3001 vt100 1-202-512-1387 2440-9600 help@eids.gpo.gov U.S. G.P.O., Office of Electronic Information Dissemination Services, Mail Stop SDE, Washington, DC 20401 N-8-1 http://fedbb.access.gpo.gov/libs/lpsi̲nfo.htm http "tmp96305250" "OCoLC" "19961216130614.0" "970129s1996 dcua f000 0 eng d" 1259-84660 DGPO DGPO DLC MvI n-us--- VPII 1091-A 1091-A (online) Y 3.EL 2/3:2 F 31/2/996 Docs Y3.EL2/3:2F31/2/996 The FEC and the federal campaign finance law. [Washington, D.C.] (999 E St., N.W., Washington 20463) : Federal Election Commission, [1996] 17 p. : ill. ; 23 x 11 cm. Shipping list no.: 97-0064-P. "August 1996." Also available via the Internet at the Federal Election Commission web site. United States. Federal Election Commission. Campaign funds United States. United States. Federal Election Commission. http://www.fec.gov/pages/fecfeca.htm http 000103 "ocm35020971 960729" "OCoLC" "19960702154725.0" "960702s1996 vau d eng " 1237-38660 VPI VPI VPII Electronic Dissertation 1996 Jagannathan Jagannathan, Murali. Internal control mechanisms and forced CEO turnover [computer file] : an empirical investigation / Murali Jagannathan. Computer data (1 file : 177 kilobytes) Blacksburg, Va. : Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1996. VPI & SU. Finance. Ph. D. 1996 Title from electronic submission form. Vita. Thesis (Ph. D.)--Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1996. Includes bibliographical references. The dissertation empirically examines the efficacy of internal control mechanisms by analyzing 94 forced turnovers of chief executive officers (CEOs). It seeks to answer two primary questions: One, do governance-related characteristics inflence the promptness with which poorly-performing CEOs are removed from office; and two, are removals of CEOs followed by changes in internal control mechanisms? The results suggest that poorly performing managers are removed more quickly in firms that have a larger percentage of independent outside directors on their board, that have higher equity ownership by the non-CEO directors and lower equity ownership by the CEO, and that separate the positions of CEO and chairperson. The results also suggest that the removal of the CEO provides both the opportunity and the incentive to alter internal govenance systems. There is significant turnover of board members and the new boards generally have a higher fraction of independent outside directors and are more likely to separate the positions of CEO and chairperson. In addition, the sensitivity of CEO compensation to firm performance increases signficantly following turnover. These post-turnover improvements in monitoring and incentive schemes are more significant in those firms that require a crisis in the product and/or capital market before they remove their CEOs. However, there is no evidence of short-term improvement in operating performance following changes in CEOs and governance systems. Overall, the results suggest that board and ownership characteristics do influence the effectiveness of internal monitoring systems and that CEO turnover is associated with broad changes in monitoring and incentive systems. System requirements: IBM PC or compatible, or Mac; World Wide Web browser and PDF reader. Available electronically via Internet. corporate governance boards of directors ownership firm performance compensation http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/public/etd-183513359611541 http "ocm35329818 961002" "OCoLC" "19960830164933.0" "960830s1996 vau d s eng " 1245-71760 VPI VPI VPII Electronic Thesis 1996 Radtke Radtke, Philip J. Basal area growth and crown dynamics in a loblolly pine spacing trial [computer file] / Philip J. Radtke. Computer data (1 file : 453 kilobytes) [Blacksburg, Va. : University Libraries, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1996] VPI & SU. Forestry. M.S. 1996 Title from electronic submission form. Vita. Thesis (M.S.)--Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1996. Includes bibliographical references. Relationships between the culmination of basal area growth and degree of crown closure in loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) were investigated. A spacing trial established on the lower Applachian Piedmont and Atlantic Coastal Plain provided the data for the investigation. The test plots were planted at densities ranging from 303 to 2723 stems per acre, and at various rectangular and square spacings. Annual stem and crown measurements were used to derive the sought-after relationships. The age of basal area culmination was found to be inversely related to both planting density and site index. Crown closure was advanced on sites of relatively high qualit, exhibiting an approximately linear increase with time from planting until the age of basal area culmination. The slope of this trend increased with planting density. The degree of crown closure at the age of basal area culmination was significantly higher on narrowly-spaced plots than it was on widley-spaced plots; however, it di