Standing in the Intersection

Standing in the Intersection
Author: Karma R. Chávez
Publisher: SUNY Press
Total Pages: 234
Release: 2012-11-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1438444893

Building on the decades of work by women of color and allied feminists, Standing in the Intersection is the first book in more than a decade to bring communication studies and feminist intersectional theories in conversation with one another. The authors in this collection take up important conversations relating to notions of style, space, and audience, and engage with the rhetoric of significant figures, including Carol Moseley Braun, Barbara Jordan, Emma Goldman, and Audre Lorde, as well as crucial contemporary issues such as campus activism and political asylum. In doing so, they ask us to complicate notions of space, location, and movement; to be aware of and explicit with regard to our theorizing of intersecting and contradictory identities; and to think about the impact of multiple dimensions of power in understanding audiences and audiencing.

Development of a Safety Evaluation Procedure for Identifying High-risk Signalized Intersections in the Virginia Department of Transportation's Northern Virginia District

Development of a Safety Evaluation Procedure for Identifying High-risk Signalized Intersections in the Virginia Department of Transportation's Northern Virginia District
Author: Young-Jun Kweon
Publisher:
Total Pages: 86
Release: 2007
Genre: Roads
ISBN:

This research was undertaken to develop an evaluation procedure to identify high-risk four-legged signalized intersections in VDOT's Northern Virginia district by traffic movements and times of day. By using the developed procedure, traffic engineers are expected to be able to identify signalized intersections where the traffic crash occurrences under different traffic conditions for different times of day are more frequent than would normally be expected. Using generalized linear models such as negative binomial models, one safety performance function was estimated for each of nine crash population reference groups formed by three traffic crash patterns (crash patterns 1, 4, and 6) and four times of day (A.M. peak, mid day, P.M. peak, and evening off peak). Crash pattern 1 is a same-direction crash (rear-end, sideswipe or angle crash) that occurs after exiting the intersection; crash pattern 4 is a right-angle crash between two adjacent straight-through vehicle movements in the intersection; and crash pattern 6 is an angle or head-on or opposite sideswipe crash between a straight-through vehicle movement and an opposing left-turn vehicle movement in the intersection. The procedure developed in this study is based on the empirical Bayes (EB) method. Additional data do not need to be collected in order to use the EB procedure because all the data required for applying the EB procedure should be obtainable from VDOT's crash database and from Synchro input data that are already available to traffic engineers for traffic signal phase plans. Thus, the EB procedure is cost-effective and readily applicable. For easy application of the EB procedure, an EB spreadsheet was developed using Microsoft Excel, and a users' guide was prepared. These are available from the author upon request.

Introduction to Geometric Computing

Introduction to Geometric Computing
Author: Sherif Ghali
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2008-07-05
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1848001150

Computing is quickly making much of geometry intriguing not only for philosophers and mathematicians, but also for scientists and engineers. What is the core set of topics that a practitioner needs to study before embarking on the design and implementation of a geometric system in a specialized discipline? This book attempts to find the answer. Every programmer tackling a geometric computing problem encounters design decisions that need to be solved. This book reviews the geometric theory then applies it in an attempt to find that elusive "right" design.

VLSI Design and Test

VLSI Design and Test
Author: Manoj Singh Gaur
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 403
Release: 2013-12-13
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 3642420249

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 17th International Symposium on VLSI Design and Test, VDAT 2013, held in Jaipur, India, in July 2013. The 44 papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 162 submissions. The papers discuss the frontiers of design and test of VLSI components, circuits and systems. They are organized in topical sections on VLSI design, testing and verification, embedded systems, emerging technology.

Author:
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Total Pages: 904
Release:
Genre:
ISBN: 0357759567

Trauma, Resilience, and Health Promotion in LGBT Patients

Trauma, Resilience, and Health Promotion in LGBT Patients
Author: Kristen L. Eckstrand
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 255
Release: 2017-06-05
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 3319545094

This book has two goals: to educate healthcare professionals about the effect of identity-based adversity on the health of their LGBT patients, and to outline how providers can use the clinical encounter to promote LGBT patients’ resilience in the face of adversity and thereby facilitate recovery. Toward this end, it addresses trauma in LGBT populations; factors that contribute to resilience both across the lifespan and in specific groups; and strategies for promoting resilience in clinical practice. Each chapter includes a case scenario with discussion questions and practice points that highlight critical clinical best practices. The editors and contributors are respected experts on the health of LGBT people, and the book will be a “first of its kind” resource for all clinicians who wish to become better educated about, and provide high quality healthcare to, their LGBT patients.

3264 and All That

3264 and All That
Author: David Eisenbud
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 633
Release: 2016-04-14
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 1107017084

3264, the mathematical solution to a question concerning geometric figures.