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Conference Record of the 1990 IEEE Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting

The details of the methods used in programming a programmable logic controller (PLC) system for i... more The details of the methods used in programming a programmable logic controller (PLC) system for improving the roll cooling control on a three-stand aluminium rolling hot finishing mill with a coolant spray system for work roll temperature control of narrow zones across the width of the work rolls are discussed. The operator functions, the programmable controller's handling of data, the

Studies in Surface Science and Catalysis, 1997

Publisher Summary Acid zeolite catalysts are widely used commercially for hydrocarbon transformat... more Publisher Summary Acid zeolite catalysts are widely used commercially for hydrocarbon transformations. Consequently, there is continued discussion concerning both the measurement and interpretation of acidity in solid acids, and also the basis for enhanced acidity in zeolites. Several investigations suggest that in high-silica zeolites (Si/AI>7) acid sites tend to be isolated, have similar if not identical acid strength and function independently. Other reports emphasize co-operative features suggesting that neutralization of a few framework Broensted sites can decrease the acidity of the remainder. In hydrothermally treated zeolites enhanced acidity is associated with the presence of dislodged aluminium species in a manner not clearly defined. Recently we experimentally modelled sites having enhanced acidity by adding Lewis acids to H-forms of zeolites to provide some clarification of Lewis–Broensted acid interactions in solid acids. This chapter (1) extends theoretical modeling of the Broensted sites with enhanced acidity and (2) examines the effect of neutralizing framework Broensted sites on intrinsic acidity using both experimental methods and theoretical calculations.

Business Strategy Series, 2010

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to reveal survey findings on the impact of trust and consider... more PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to reveal survey findings on the impact of trust and consider how to rebuild trust in organizations.Design/methodology/approachRecent survey by Bates Communications, Inc. of 148 business professionals.FindingsThe clear number 1 issue emerging from the downturn was executives' ability to rebuild trust with employees, clients, and customers. Data from our survey showed that this recession caused significant damage to business relationships, damage that must be repaired if many companies are to move forward and take advantage of the opportunities of the rebuilding economy.Research limitations/implicationsIn addition to our own survey, other studies have corroborated our results. According to the 2009 Midyear Edelman Trust Barometer, trust in business continues to be the issue starkly revealed in its January 2009 report that had reported a devastating loss in trust in the private sector. In the Midyear survey, when asked what companies could do to...

Health services management, 1989

Nature, Jan 10, 1998

Most human cancers show perturbation of growth regulation mediated by the tumour-suppressor prote... more Most human cancers show perturbation of growth regulation mediated by the tumour-suppressor proteins retinoblastoma (RB) and p53 (ref. 1), indicating that loss of both pathways is necessary for tumour development. Loss of RB function leads to abnormal proliferation related to the ...

Oncogene, 1994

Deregulated expression of cyclin D1 is a feature of several neoplastic and proliferative disorder... more Deregulated expression of cyclin D1 is a feature of several neoplastic and proliferative disorders, but its normal role in the cell cycle remains unclear. Here we show that in a squamous carcinoma cell line with 11-fold amplification of the CCND1 gene, cyclin D1 associates specifically with p33cdk4 (PSK-J3) and p38cdk6 (PLSTIRE), two closely related members of the cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) family. In these tumour cells, there is little evidence for an association between cyclin D1 and other CDKs, but in diploid human fibroblasts both CDK2 and CDK5 can be co-precipitated with cyclin D1, as well as CDK4. The data suggest that D-type cyclins participate in multiple interactions with CDKs but that the nature or stoichiometry of these associations may differ in different types of cell.

This review provides a discussion of school-related policies and how they relate to juvenile just... more This review provides a discussion of school-related policies and how they relate to juvenile justice (JJ) practices. The goal of this article is to provide an interdisciplinary understanding that integrates education and school psychology with JJ literature. The paper goes beyond a general review of the known educational challenges common in juvenile offender populations to focus on academic and emotional challenges in school settings and how these challenges can foster delinquency according to general strain theory (Agnew, 2005). The shared understanding may facilitate research, influence policies, and stimulate advocacy to address school challenges facing youth who may be at risk for juvenile crime and recidivism. Keywords: juvenile delinquency, general strain theory, learning disabilities, psychological assessment Language: en

In this paper a structured Markovian model is developed and adapted to allow it to describe commo... more In this paper a structured Markovian model is developed and adapted to allow it to describe common ATM traffic properties and an investigation is carried out into the behaviour of this model under a range of different parameter conditions. 1. INTRODUCTION The production of ATM traffic using Monte Carlo techniques has proved to be a difficult task due to the nature of the variable bit rate services that such networks are expected to provide (see, e.g,[1]). Markovian models have proved very popular with researchers as they provide a compromise between accuracy and complexity. Examples of the use of a variety of Markov models can be found in [2] - [3]. One difficulty that must be overcome when modelling ATM traffic is how to define it within a model. The probability distribution function (PDF) of VBR traffic is not normally known a priori and is probably not definable in a closed form. There are however some features of the traffic that are often known in advance. This paper presents a s...

2006 IEEE Workshop on Signal Processing Systems Design and Implementation, 2006

Abstract-The class of Low-Density Parity-Check (LDPC) codes includes some of the most powerful ca... more Abstract-The class of Low-Density Parity-Check (LDPC) codes includes some of the most powerful capacity-approaching codes reported to date. As a result, LDPC codes have been considered for many new communication applications. However, a betterunderstanding of the effects ...

HR Magazine, 2003

Аннотация A dollar today is worth more than a dollar tomorrow, because inflation erodes the buyin... more Аннотация A dollar today is worth more than a dollar tomorrow, because inflation erodes the buying power of money, and people would rather have things sooner than later. A dollar today is worth less than a dollar at some time in the past; we could have invested the ...

HR Magazine, 2002

Аннотация Presents suggestions from David Baldwin and his colleagues at the Center for Creative L... more Аннотация Presents suggestions from David Baldwin and his colleagues at the Center for Creative Leadership, on how companies can retain their Generation X employees, those who are an organization's future leaders. Concept of the life development training; ...

HR Magazine, 2001

Аннотация Investigates the implications of the appointment of executives who have no human resour... more Аннотация Investigates the implications of the appointment of executives who have no human resources (HR) knowledge to head HR departments in the United States. Reasons for the decision to appoint people without HR background; Attitude of corporate officers ...

Physica Scripta, 1988

In the randomly quasi-two-dimensional magnetic system Rb2MnxCr1-xCl4 with competing exchange inte... more In the randomly quasi-two-dimensional magnetic system Rb2MnxCr1-xCl4 with competing exchange interactions, the spectrum of magnetic excitations was studied by means of neutron inelastic scattering, namely for three samples with different concentrations x: one which shows at low temperatures antiferromagnetic order (x = 0.70), one with ferromagnetic order (x = 0.25) and one with spin glass behaviour (x = 0.59). This investigation has revealed for all three samples dispersionless Ising cluster modes, coexisting in the same frequency range with q-dependent spin wave branches. In the ferromagnetic sample, the spin wave branch extends above and below the frequency range of the Ising cluster modes. In the spin glass sample, ferromagnetic spin waves as well as antiferromagnetic ones have been found, in addition to the Ising cluster modes, at least for q-values where the wavelength is smaller than the two-dimensional correlation-length. Such an excitation spectrum as observed in our sample of a quasi-two-dimensional XY spin glass has not yet been reported for any other spin glass.

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 1993