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3D Structural Modeling Using Remote Sensing and Ground-Based LIDAR
High-resolution remote sensing data and 3D modeling techniques offer new tools for structural analysis that improve on the efficiency, accuracy and precision of geologic mapping, and provide insight into the structure of ... -
"A Crippled Trust": The Wounded Body in Irish Drama
The recurring use of the wounded body by Irish dramatists throughout the twentieth century begs the student of Irish literature to question how these authors are using this image to debate national character. Because of ... -
A Selected Oxidizing Reaction of N2O4 and a Comparison of the Decomposition of Certain Organic Compounds
This is essentially a repeat of I. E. Shillington's original reaction. [From concluding section] -
A Study of the Preparation of 8, Mercapto, Quinoline
Edinger in 1908 reported in the German journal, Berichte der Deutschen Chemicen Gesellschaft , that he had prepared 8, mercapto, quinoline su1fonic acid with phosphorour pentachloride, thus obtaining the acid chloride of ... -
A Study of the Progress of Pupils and of Their Ability in English Composition and Handwriting in the Public Schools of Lexington, Va.
The survey was carried out with a view to: (1) studying the schoolroom organization and classification of pupils i n the system, and (2) measuring the results of instruction in certain subjects of the curriculum by standard ... -
A. Willis Robertson: Pioneer Conservationist
During his lifetime, Robertson was accused of being overly zealous in his defense of wildlife and natural resources. Many people could not understand his deep love for nature and his willingness to risk his political career ... -
An Abnormal Psychology Syllabus
Psychology is a new science, and the trend of abnormal psychology is one of change with each scientifici finding. There have been many books published on the subject, some adequate and some inadequate, and there seems to ... -
Abuse, Suffering, and Resistance in A Private Family Matter: Rethinking Gendered Approaches to Domestic Violence
Anthropologists writing on domestic violence often focus on the abusive agency of male perpetrators or the suffering and resistive agency of women victims who, determined to find themselves again, become survivors. In a ... -
Accuracy Versus Drama: Press Coverage of Khe Sanh, January-April 1968
The media have faced much criticism for the reporting of the Vietnam War. This paper will attempt to show that, in the case of the battle of Khe Sanh, press coverage for the most part reflected official military and ... -
Acid Solutions of Nitryl Chloride Nitrations of Benzene
The suggestion has been made by Wise and Volpe (1) that solutions made from nitryl chloride and concentrated sulfuric acid may contain the nitronium ion. This was based upon the fact that these solutions contain no chlorine. ... -
Adaptations of Energy Systems in Competitive Swimming: A Physiological Evaluation of a NCAA Division III Training Program
The training effects of a 21-week swim season on anaerobic threshold (AT) , maximum oxygen consumption (mV02) , and plasma lactate were studied with six members of the Washington and Lee University swim team as subjects. ... -
Aeschylus' Erinyes: Tragedy's Muses
The over-arching theme of Aeschylus' trilogy, the Oresteia, is the emergence of law from vengeance, but does the author also address the nature of tragedy through an innovative treatment of song and the Erinyes? Peter ... -
Albert Taylor Goodwyn: An Adamistic Look at the South
In this paper I have attempted to tell the story of the life of one man, Albert Taylor Goodwyn, and by doing so shed a small ray of light on the history of the South. Albert Goodwyn lfved from 1842 until 1931. His life ... -
Algerian Immigrants in France: A Case Study of Domestic Immigration Policy and Its International Implications
My paper examines the history of immigration in France, the positive and negative aspects of the public policy ofintegration in France, and the alternative means ofincorporating immigrants into mainstream French society. ... -
Alienation in Modern America: A Sociological Inquiry into the Impact of Self-Estrangement on the American Character in the Twentieth Century and Its Specific Effects on Boys of the Lower Urban Classes
It is my intent in this thesis to present a description in depth of the term "alienation," showing the reasons I feel it has become one of the most significant problems in present day America and pointing out its impact ... -
Alkenes and Cycloalkanes from Tosylhydrazones: The Aprotic Bamford-Stevens Reaction and Camphor Tosylhydrazone
In 1952 Bamford and Stevens discovered that ptoluenesulfonylhydrazones of many different types of ketones decomposed on heating in a base to form alkenes, and cycloalkanes by insertion. In addition to the alkene, molecular ... -
Alloys of Aluminum
The equipment used in this work has been very crude and that to a very great extent limited. Then, too this branch of metallurgy is very wide and an exhausting research terein might require a lifetime and more, and that ... -
An Attempt to Investigate the Reduction of Ruthenium Tetroxide by Potentiometric Methods
The titration curve for osmium tetroxide is similiar to the one obtained for ruthenium tetroxide becauee there is a minimum on each curve and the potential increases with each addition of HCl. . . . Another point of ... -
An Elementary Theorem-Proving Program
My goal is to write a theorem-proving assistant that can , to s ome extent, take a hypothesis (that works on IF-THEN rules) and make some progress toward a realizable goal. However, since I need a more concrete problem ...