THE WAGES OF NATIVE-BORN ASIAN AMERICANS AT THE END OF THE 20TH CENTURY
A method (100) for tuning a voltage controlled oscillator by changing electrical circuit parasitics includes a first step (102) of providing a voltage controlled oscillator circuit on a circuit board and a plurality of different metal lids each having different numbers, sizes and locations of holes. Each different lid presents a different electrical circuit parasitic to the voltage controlled oscillator. In a second step (104), the voltage controlled oscillator frequency is measured, and the frequency shift needed to achieve a desired operating frequency is calculated in a third step (106). In a fourth step (108), a lid is chosen that will present the parasitics needed to provide the amount of frequency shift needed. As a last step (110), the chosen lid is attaching to the circuit board to obtain the desired nominal operating frequency from the voltage controlled oscillator.
The ‘success’ image of Asian Americans: Its validity, and its practical and theoretical implications 1
Abstract The success stereotype of Asian Americans is examined in terms of three major research questions. (1) What factors account for the vicissitudes of the dominant group's perception of Asian Americans since 1850? (2) To what extent is the current success image of Asian Americans true? (3) How would such a model minority image affect Asian Americans, the other minorities, and majority Americans? The first question is addressed by historical data, and the second and third questions are answered by analyses of census data supplemented by other empirical data on Asian Americans. Factors accounting for the changes of the dominant group's image of Asian Americans are found to be primarily situational, and our analyses in the light of the principle of earnings equity indicate that the success image is largely a myth due to labour market disadvantages and other related social problems. Practical and theoretical implications are discussed in the conclusion.
Experimental study of thermal modeling for stratospheric platform airships
R&D work on the Japanese stratospheric platform airship is discussed from the viewpoint of the thermal modeling. The work includes two experiments on the thermal characteristics of the 25m-long airship and the 35m-long PV-equipped airship model. The validity of the current thermal model was confirmed by comparing the calculated results with the measured data. The other important work is the Ground-to-Stratosphere (GTS) flight test. A 47mlong airship-shaped balloon was flown to the stratosphere. The flight simulation program into which the thermal model was integrated, was developed and applied successfully to predict the ascent behavior and the flight trajectory.