Thesis (B.S.)--University of Missouri, School of Mines and Metallurgy, 1904. / G.W. Harris determined to be George William Harris and H.A. Grine determined to be Harry Adam Grine from "Forty-First Annual Catalogue. School of Mines and Metallurgy, University of Missouri." The entire thesis text is included in file. Typescript. Title from title screen of thesis/dissertation PDF file (viewed Feb. 3, 2009).

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1984. / Typescript. Includes tables. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 116-120).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 1998. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 161-175). Available also in a digital version from Dissertation Abstracts.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 1998. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-175).

Antipersonnel (AP) landmines are cheap and simple weapons used in warfare and other armed conflicts. The most effective and accepted form of landmine clearance is by manual demining, but this method is slow, laborious, costly and hazardous. The use of mechanical devices such as chain flails for landmine neutralization and/or area reduction has the potential of greatly aiding landmine clearance. However, mechanical clearance methods have not been fully accepted in the landmine clearance community due to a lack of knowledge and scientific data the actual soil-tool interaction and the landmine clearance effectiveness. <p>The research objective was to develop a mechanical device for the neutralization of AP landmines. The device was to deliver sufficient force to produce adequate ground deflection for detonation of typical antipersonnel landmines at depths up to 200 mm. Other design parameters included design simplicity, high durability with low and ease of maintenance and flexible operation. <p>A design matrix was employed to select an appropriate design for further analysis, resulting in preliminary testing and evaluation of off the shelf mechanisms, namely a Tamper and a Jackhammer. Key parameters included interaction pressure, sensor deflection and duty cycle. It was concluded that a tamper design resulted in superior demining capabilities. A final testing phase was designed and conducted to further research the effectiveness of the device and to determine optimal operational parameters between two shoe sizes and the number of pass applications. A test rig was designed and fabricated to attach the tamper system onto the Terra Mechanics Rig for test automation. Test results revealed that the small tamper shoe configuration performed better than a larger shoe, but only marginally so. Test results also indicated a two pass operation was optimal and that the proper shoe configuration is dependent on the demining environment. Furthermore, the large magnitudes of interaction pressure, deflection sensor displacement and total impulse indicate that the tamper system is capable of detonating AP landmines at depths of up to 200 mm.

Antipersonnel (AP) landmines are cheap and simple weapons used in warfare and other armed conflicts. The most effective and accepted form of landmine clearance is by manual demining, but this method is slow, laborious, costly and hazardous. The use of mechanical devices such as chain flails for landmine neutralization and/or area reduction has the potential of greatly aiding landmine clearance. However, mechanical clearance methods have not been fully accepted in the landmine clearance community due to a lack of knowledge and scientific data the actual soil-tool interaction and the landmine clearance effectiveness. <p>The research objective was to develop a mechanical device for the neutralization of AP landmines. The device was to deliver sufficient force to produce adequate ground deflection for detonation of typical antipersonnel landmines at depths up to 200 mm. Other design parameters included design simplicity, high durability with low and ease of maintenance and flexible operation. <p>A design matrix was employed to select an appropriate design for further analysis, resulting in preliminary testing and evaluation of off the shelf mechanisms, namely a Tamper and a Jackhammer. Key parameters included interaction pressure, sensor deflection and duty cycle. It was concluded that a tamper design resulted in superior demining capabilities. A final testing phase was designed and conducted to further research the effectiveness of the device and to determine optimal operational parameters between two shoe sizes and the number of pass applications. A test rig was designed and fabricated to attach the tamper system onto the Terra Mechanics Rig for test automation. Test results revealed that the small tamper shoe configuration performed better than a larger shoe, but only marginally so. Test results also indicated a two pass operation was optimal and that the proper shoe configuration is dependent on the demining environment. Furthermore, the large magnitudes of interaction pressure, deflection sensor displacement and total impulse indicate that the tamper system is capable of detonating AP landmines at depths of up to 200 mm.

The following dissertation uses fictional crime dramas to determine whether there are gendered patterns in the use of techniques of neutralization between and among male and female offenders. It utilizes a mixed method approach to answer three separate research questions: (1) how techniques of neutralization are used in fictional crime dramas, (2) whether such portrayals vary between and among male and female offenders, and (3) how elements of doing gender play a role in the gendered nature of males and female offenders’ techniques of neutralization. The sample included 124 episodes from four different fictional crime dramas and 383 individual offenses were used in the data. The quantitative data found that while both genders utilize the techniques in similar proportions, there are specific differences in their applicability. One salient difference was that men tended to commit offenses without using a technique of neutralization to excuse their offense more often than were women. The qualitative data showed several themes in how men and women utilized these techniques as well. Women were not depicted speaking the technique used for their offense as often as were men. Further, they were more likely to have someone else offer a technique on their behalf. When women did use a technique of neutralization they were likely to use more than one whereas, this was not found with men. There were also specific variations that occurred within each technique that played off of how the gender of the offenders was portrayed in the shows.

This thesis is based on theoretical studies of molecular collisions occurring at relatively low to intermediate collision energies. The collisions are called dissociative recombination (DR) and mutual neutralization (MN). In a molecular quantum mechanical picture, both reactions involve many highly excited molecular electronic states that are interacting by non-adiabatic couplings with each other. The molecular complexes involved in the collisions are relatively (diatomic or triatomic systems) composed of relative light atoms. This allows for accurate quantum chemistry calculations and a quantum mechanical description of the nuclear motions. The reactions studied here are the MN reaction in collisions of H++ H-, Li++ F-, and He++ H- and the DR reaction of H2O+. Rotational couplings are investigated in the study of MN reaction for  He++ H . For some reactions, the electronic resonant states have to be considered. These are not bound states, but are states interacting with the ionization continuum. Electronic structure calculations are combined with electron scattering calculations to accurately compute potential energy curves for the resonant states involved in the DR of H2O+ and the MN of  He++ H. From these calculations, the autoionization widths of the resonant states are also obtained. Once the potential energy curves are computed for the systems, the nuclear dynamics are studied either semi-classically, using the Landau-Zener method or quantum mechanically, employing the time-independent and time-dependant Schrödinger equations. Reaction cross section and final states distribution are computed for all the reactions, showing significantly large cross section at low to intermediate collision energies. For the MN processes, studied here, not only total cross sections are calculated but differential cross sections as well. Where possible, comparisons with previous experimental and theoretical results are performed / <p>At the time of the doctoral defense, the following paper was unpublished and had a status as follows: Paper 4: Manuscript.</p>

During the Cold War, the inherent mistrust between the United States and the Soviet Union kept the two superpowers from cooperating even on many projects that might have proven mutually beneficial. Nevertheless, they were willing to work together at least occasionally; two such examples are the neutralizations of Austria (in 1955) and of Laos (in 1962). Despite very different world orders in those two countries at those times, the weaker superpowers in each contest, the Soviets in Austria and the Americans in Laos, took very similar actions. They followed the same three-stage process from the outbreak of the dispute to its negotiated conclusion. This process failed, however, in Vietnam. In trying to explain why neutralization failed so soon after its success, this thesis postulates a number of possible explanations. Ultimately, it was several factors coming to result in the failure of neutralization in Vietnam.

In the trends of democratization, informationalization and globalization, the internet has compressed the circulation speed of strategies and concepts and linked different places of the world on the same network. Thus, in recent years many countries of the world never stop making administrative reforms and stressing the styles and abilities of full-range moral character management of high-rank civil servants so as to promote the administrative quality of the government and the civic aesthetics, strengthen the administrative and information ethics, and establish a good system for excellent democratic administration. In the process of social development and transformation of Taiwan, high-rank civil servants bear the responsibilities of leading the decisions as well as realizing and deepening the democratic administration. After the change of ruling party of Taiwan in 2000, the issues about high-rank civil servants¡¦ identification with the reforms of the party-state system and with Taiwan became the focuses of concern in different circles. In fact high-rank civil servants are not only the policy implementers, but also the policy-makers. The roles they are playing are very significant. In a democratized civic society, the democratic value that democratic administration pursues, the operation principles and the construction mechanism have to be formulated in order to create more solid civic power and human power, enhance the competitiveness of Taiwan, and investigate the internal qualities, techniques, styles and attainments of the moral character management of high-rank civil servants. In the 21st century the abilities that talents should possess include studying ability, personal ability and civic ability. Among these abilities, civic ability is most important. Civic ability includes such personal abilities as responsibility, self-discipline, honesty, etc. as well as the abilities to respect others, to accept and appreciate diversified cultures. Unfortunately, our society only emphasizes studying ability. Therefore, this study focuses the investigation on how to strengthen the employment, selection and moral character management of high-rank civil servants at the stage of government system reconstruction and administrative reforms. The study reviews the related literature of different areas and also the local and foreign research reports collected in the internet, and absorbs the experience of businesses, so as to remind the high-rank civil servants¡¦ mission of stressing moral character management, and arouse their identification with and loyalty to Taiwan. High-rank civil servants should be able to self-consciously make use of executive power to improve the bureaucratic system. Through education, democratic legal system can be propagated, promoting the effectiveness of democratic administration, strengthening the practicing of moral character management, achieving administrative reforms and political neutralization, deepening democratic quality, enlarging the democratic society, and creating advantageous situation for Taiwan.