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Taylor Magazine (Fall 1993), Taylor University

The Taylor Magazine (1963-Present)

The Fall 1993 edition of Taylor Magazine, published by Taylor University in Upland, Indiana.

Volume 07, Number 01, Don Forrester Editor

Reaching Through Teaching

Full text of Volume 07, Number 01 of Reaching Through Teaching.

Arbitration Of Patent Disputes: An Important Option In The Age Of Information Technology, Karl P. Kilb

Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 43, No. 1, Thomas E. Gallagher Jr., James D. Mcmahon Jr., Gary M. Johnston, Monica Mutzbauer, Robert P. Stevenson

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• Causes of Diversity Between Old Order Amish Settlements
• Daniel Danner, Woodturner: An Early 19th-Century Rural Craftsman in Central Pennsylvania
• "Truth Somewhere in the Telling": The Legend of the Wigton Massacre
• The Connections Between Pennsylvania and the Palatinate in Popular 20th-Century German Literature
• The Story of One Old-Time Country Store

Byte After Byte, The Courts Nibble Away At Copyright Protection Of Software, Virginia Ann Johnson

Georgia State University Law Review

No abstract provided.

Scope Of The Uniform Commercial Code: Advances In Technology And Survey Of Computer Contracting Cases, Harold R. Weinberg, Ameila H. Boss, William J. Woodward Jr.

Law Faculty Scholarly Articles

Since the 1940s, the technology revolution has enabled people to communicate electronically. Sitting at a computer terminal connected to a modem and a telephone wire, it is possible to send a message anywhere in the country (or throughout the world)—to another computer, to a telecopy or telefax machine, even to a telephone. Paper is being replaced by electronic signals as a mode of communication. This revolution calls into question some of the fundamental rules upon which our contracts and the U.C.C. were built. On a broader scale, electronic communication raises issues that include the rights and responsibilities of providers and …

Simulacra, Symbolic Exchange And Technology In Michel Tournier's La Goutte D'Or, David W. Price

Studies in 20th & 21st Century Literature

In La Goutte d'Or, Michel Tournier offers a critique of Western culture by constructing a novel that reflects both Jean Baudrillard's theories of simulacra and the political economy of the sign and Martin Heidegger's meditations on technology. Tournier's novel explores the relationship between Heidegger's explanation of technology as an act of Enframing (Ge-stell) and Baudrillard's description of an economy based upon exchange-sign value. Thus, through La Goutte d 'Or, Michel Tournier depicts the violent confrontation between a symbolic exchange economy based on poietic acts and late capitalist economies of autonomized signs.

Eec Licensing Of Intellectual Property, Valentine Korah

Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Sources Of Japanese Electronic Information, Scott Edward Harrison, Reiko Sudo

Journal of East Asian Libraries

No abstract provided.

Microcomputer Usage In Accounting Courses In Oklahoma Colleges And Universities, Teia N. Wright

McCabe Thesis Collection

This study seeks to determine current microcomputer usage in higher education accounting classes in Oklahoma. Emphasis is placed on the types of microcomputers used in accounting courses, specific accounting courses in which microcomputers are used, and the types of software applications used.

Volume 06, Number 03, Don Forrester Editor

Reaching Through Teaching

Full text of Volume 06, Number 03 of Reaching Through Teaching.

Consensus Development At Nih: What Went Wrong, Itzhak Jacoby

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

A close observer identifies the Science Court concept as inspiring consensus development conferences at the National Institutes of Health and describes the extent to which they have followed the model. Professor Jacoby also argues that, if the model were more closely followed, conference objectives would be better realized.

The Science Court: A Bibliography, Jon R. Cavicchi

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

This bibliography lists articles that focus specifically on the Science Court as proposed by Professor Kantrowitz in the mid-sixties. In a separate part articles casually mentioning that proposal in assorted contexts are presented.

Volume 06, Number 02, Don Forrester Editor

Reaching Through Teaching

Full text of Volume 06, Number 02 of Reaching Through Teaching.

The State Of Information Technology In China, David A. Rosenthal, Cecilia Wagner

Journal of International Information Management

In order to increase the modernization of its society, the Chinese government has marked Information Technology as an enabler of this goal. The implementation of this goal has been in progress for over 15 years. Many landmarks have been reached in hardware manufacturing and software development. However there still remains significant impediments that inhibit rapid growth of this technology into Chinese organizations. This paper will discuss what these obstades are and how the Chinese government is attempting to remedy them.

Incorporating Object Analysis And Design Into A Structured Information Systems Development Life Cycle, David C. Wallace

Journal of International Information Management

An object approach to information system development should be incorporated into the structured system design life cycle (SDLC) during the analysis and design phases. The tools of the structured approach (data flow diagrams, data structures, data stores, etc.) help to identify the relationships that exist between the data stores and the entities (objects) within an information system. This is only a starting point at which the IS developer further evaluates me informational needs that are required within the information system. A listing of the data structures is generated to assodate the specific data elements that comprise each data structure. A …

Impediments To Information Technology Utilization In A Developing Nation M Africa, Ravinder Nath

Journal of International Information Management

With an increasing awareness of the role of information technology (IT) in improving internal efficiency and conducting business in the emerging global economy, organizations in the developing nations, like their counterparts in the developed countries, are taking a keen interest in IT-based solutions to their problems. Yet they face unique problems that impede their ability to adopt FT. This research identifies these problems in Zimbabwe - a developing nation in Southern Africa. The results are based on a two-stage study consisting of interviews with 12 MIS managers, and responses to a questiormaire instrument by 88 middle- and upperlevel managers in …

Neural Networks: The Natural Road To Artificial Iiitelligence, Mohammad Dadashzadeh, Behnam Bahr

Journal of International Information Management

Despite the many advances of artificial intelligence (Al) technology, most notably in the area of expert systems, efforts to build intelligent systems that would approach the commonsense reasoning and sensory abilities of even a small child have not been rewarding. A small, but growing number of researches believe that the existing AI toolboxes of symbolic representation and heuristic search may not hold the answer, and that massively parallel networks of simple neuron-like processing elements may hold the key. In this overview article, we examine the use of neurally inspired concepts in the construction of intelligent machines, and address their practical …

An Econometric Analysis Of The Desktop Computer Hardware Market, Brian D. Lynch, Frank M. Lin, Winston T. Lin, H. Raghav Rao

Journal of International Information Management

The purpose of this study was to compare six competing econometric models which depict the relationship between hardware characteristics and machine cost for the desktop computer market. The Box-Cox methodology and multiyear data were used to facilitate this comparison. The analysis validated that the Box-Cox methodology is a viable means for evaluating competing model formulations within the field of information systems research. The results were consistent with past research that suggested a double natural log model formulation for representing the functional relationships among variables when modeling machine cost as a function of hardware attributes. Further, the more complex power transformation …

Business Visualization: More I Effective Management Tools For Observation, Dynamic Measurement And Control, Hal Records, Alan Olinsky

Journal of International Information Management

Increased global competition and continual pressure to produce more work with fewer resources has become the hallmark of the 1990s. Businesses are taking steps to meet these new challenges by downsizing for better control, using networks (Valovic, 1992) and data communications for rapid response, and purchasing personal tools such as word processing programs, spreadsheets, graphics and desktop publishing programs for an increase of manager productivity. But are these steps sufficient? In order to be more profitable in today's fast-paced and ever-changing environment, business managers at the strategic, tactical and operational levels must be able to visualize their operating data in …

Effects Of Dogmatism On Computer Literacy*, Floyd J. Brock, Chatles E. Paddock, Wayne E. Thomsen

Journal of International Information Management

Dogmatism and other individual characteristics affect the level of computer literacy (information fundamentals) reached in the introductory courses in Management Information Systems (MIS), perhaps as much as the investment education institution have made in software and hardware. This paper reports on the results of a questionnaire on computer literacy, dogmatism, and KolVs Learning Styles Inventory (KLSI) given to 80 students at the end of an introductory MIS course. Differences in the literacy and learning styles were analyzed from the perspective of dogmatism. The results indicated thai the scores in dogmatism inversely matched the scores in computer literacy. The effects of …

Orion: A Menu-Driveri Source Code Generator For End Users, Jay M. Lightfoot

Journal of International Information Management

Low software development productivity is a major concern for corporations. This paper describes one approach to improve productivity by allowing end users to build their own business data processing systems. The approach uses Orion, a menu-driven software development tool. Orion generates source level COBOL programs that compile and run without modification. The tool does not require end users to know COBOL or high-level query languages. Orion was used for nearly two years to build real business systems. The approach resulted in a significant improvement in software development productivity.

A Group Decision Support System For The Asian Pacific Rim, Milan Aiken, Chi Hwang, Joseph Paolillo, Daeryong Kim, Long-Chuan Lu

Journal of International Information Management

The vast majority of research on Group Decision Support Systems (GDSSs) has been conducted on American groups using English. However, other nationalities using other languages may also benefit from this new technology. The GDSS developed at the University of Mississippi supports over a dozen languages including Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Russian, and Malay which are particularly relevant to organizations on the Asian Pacific rim. Three pilot studies of Japanese, Chinese, and Malaysian students using the GDSS demonstrate that these groups can benefit from the technology.

Office Of Computer Services Magazine 1993, University Of Alabama In Huntsville

Office of Information Technology (OIT)

No abstract provided.

New Technology, Old Problem: Determining First Amendment Status Of Electronic Information Services, Phillip H. Miller

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.

Taylor Magazine (Winter 1993), Taylor University

The Taylor Magazine (1963-Present)

The Winter 1993 edition of Taylor Magazine, published by Taylor University in Upland, Indiana.

Technology: Review Of Literature Executive Summary, John Pisapia

MERC Publications

This literature review focuses on the application of technology (primarily the computer) to education. It is organized to present background information to familiarize the reader with basic issues relevant to teaching with technology, the restructuring of American schools, and the performance one could expect from the infusion of technology into schools and classrooms. Furthermore, it summarizes findings regarding access and equity, in-service and pre-service education, and funding and facilities.

After the decade of enthusiasm, there still is no single compelling vision driving the infusion of technology into the schools; four have been projected.

1. The Social Rationale. Policy makers want …

Technology In The Classroom, Sarah Elizabeth Praneis

Honors Capstones

Instructional technology can be extremely beneficial in teaching science and other subject .areas in the elementary classroom. Instructional technology is the new approach to teaching in which the student learns how to access information and apply that information to other areas. A workshop taught by Dr. Thomas Thompson dealt with the use of the laserdisc and laserdisc player as well as the barcode programs and their implementation in the classroom. The barcodes can be individualized to a teacher's instructional purposes and can also be used as a presentational method for lectures or student presentations. One science instruction program studied in …

Learning Technologies In The Classroom: Review Of Literature, John Pisapia, Jeanne Schlesinger, Amanda Parks

MERC Publications

This literature review focuses on the application of technology (primarily the computer) to education. It is organized to present background information to familiarize the reader with basic issues relevant to teaching with technology, the restructuring of American Schools, and the performance one could expect from the infusion of technology into schools and classrooms. Furthermore, it summarizes findings regarding access and equity, in-service and pre-service education, and funding and facilities.

After a decade of enthusiasm, there still is no single compelling vision driving the infusion of technology into the schools; four have been projected.

1. The Social Rationale. Policy makers want …

Multiple Quantum-Well Technology Takes Seed, Harvard S. Hinton

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Publications

Progress in the development of self-electrooptic-effect devices (SEEDs) is discussed. The devices include the resistor-SEED (R-SEED) device, which can be viewed as a simple NOR gate. The symmetric SEED (S-SEED) and the logic-SEED (L-SEED) devices with improved features, functionality, and performance are also considered. The integration of FETs with multiple quantum well (MQW) modulators (FET-SEED), enables optical interconnections of electronic circuits. Where the SEED technology can be used is discussed, and an experimental optical switching fabric made using these devices is described.