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Name: Decibels
ID: m0082
Language: English (en)
Summary: Working with amplitude and the decibel scale.
Subject: Science and Technology
Keywords: amplitude, decibel, power
Document Type: -//CNX//DTD CNXML 0.5 plus MathML//EN
License: Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY 1.0

Authors: Don Johnson (dhj@rice.edu)
Copyright Holders: Don Johnson (dhj@rice.edu)
Maintainers: Don Johnson (dhj@rice.edu), Joe Montgomery (montgom@rice.edu), John Cottrell (jac3@rice.edu)

Version: 2.16 (history)
Created: Aug 2, 2000 12:00 am GMT-5
Revised: Jul 15, 2007 5:48 pm GMT-5

Version History

Version: 2.16 Jul 15, 2007 5:48 pm GMT-5 by Don Johnson
Changes:
Fixed a minor formatting problem.

Version: 2.15 Jun 7, 2007 7:07 pm GMT-5 by Don Johnson
Changes:
Fixed a minor typo.

Version: 2.14 Apr 13, 2005 9:30 am GMT-5 by Charlet Reedstrom
Changes:
update to cnxml-0.5, update mathml

Version: 2.13 Mar 28, 2004 3:33 pm US/Central by Don Johnson
Changes:
Fixed a type in the reference amplitude and 
power.

Version: 2.12 Aug 7, 2002 12:00 am GMT-5 by (Unknown)
Changes:
updated to version 0.4

Version: 2.11 Aug 5, 2002 12:00 am GMT-5 by (Unknown)
Changes:
Fixed a few typos.

Version: 2.10 Apr 22, 2002 12:00 am GMT-5 by (Unknown)
Changes:
edited math such as content entities in presentation, made long eqn in preparation for change in style sheet to break at equals, change sup 2 to power 2
note- bug still exists with power on function which accounts for the invalid-markup note

Version: 2.9 Sep 11, 2001 12:00 am GMT-5 by Brent Hendricks
Changes:
Converted to CNXML 0.3.5

Version: 2.8 Aug 24, 2001 12:00 am GMT-5 by (Unknown)
Changes:
I changed the equation that was wrong- equation 3.
-erin

Version: 2.7 Aug 24, 2001 12:00 am GMT-5 by (Unknown)
Changes:
Fixed typo in keyword.

Version: 2.6 Aug 23, 2001 12:00 am GMT-5 by (Unknown)
Changes:
fixed blanks

Version: 2.5 Aug 22, 2001 12:00 am GMT-5 by (Unknown)
Changes:
Changed the math so it validated right.
-Erin

Version: 2.4 Aug 20, 2001 12:00 am GMT-5 by (Unknown)
Changes:
- Fixed MathML
- Use CALS tables

Version: 2.3 Jul 17, 2001 12:00 am GMT-5 by (Unknown)
Changes:
added keywords
made John Cottrell a maintainer
fixed minor errors

Version: 2.2 Jun 5, 2001 12:00 am GMT-5 by (Unknown)
Changes:
Fixed Emphasis tags and appearance of equations, added an abstract.

Version: 2.0 Aug 17, 2000 12:00 am GMT-5 by Brent Hendricks
Changes:
Bumped version to 2.0

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