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The Cowl - V. 69 N. 13 - December 9, 2004 Dec 2004

The Cowl - V. 69 N. 13 - December 9, 2004

The Cowl

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Vol. 69 No. 13 - December 9, 2004. 28 pages.

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The Communication Challenge Of Standards-Based Reporting, Thomas R. Guskey Dec 2004

The Communication Challenge Of Standards-Based Reporting, Thomas R. Guskey

Educational, School, and Counseling Psychology Faculty Publications

As traditional reporting systems based on letter grades are replaced by standards-based reporting systems, parents are often left wondering how their child is doing in school. Mr. Guskey offers some suggestions for overcoming this communication challenge.

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Needed Communication Skills During Initial Employment As Perceived By Graduates Of The West Virginia University Davis College Of Agriculture, Forestry And Consumer Sciences, Jessica R. Rollins Dec 2004

Needed Communication Skills During Initial Employment As Perceived By Graduates Of The West Virginia University Davis College Of Agriculture, Forestry And Consumer Sciences, Jessica R. Rollins

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports

The purpose of the study was to determine communication skills used during initial employment by graduates of the Davis College of Agriculture, Forestry and Consumer Sciences who were enrolled in the agricultural and natural resources communications (AgEE 421) course. The population consisted of 70 2001--2002 graduates of West Virginia University Davis College of Agriculture, Forestry and Consumer Sciences who were enrolled in agricultural and natural resources communications (AgEE 421) during their collegiate careers. A descriptive research design was used for the study. A major finding of the study was the beneficial effects of educational training in communications skills prior to …

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A Swarm Intelligence Based Approach To The Mine Detection Problem, Vignesh Munirajan Dec 2004

A Swarm Intelligence Based Approach To The Mine Detection Problem, Vignesh Munirajan

Theses

This research focuses on the application of swarm intelligence to the problem of mine detection. Swarm Intelligence concepts have captivated the interests of researchers mainly in collective robotics, optimization problems (traveling salesman problem (TSP), quadratic assignment problem, graph coloring etc.), and communication networks (routing) etc [1]. In the mine detection problem we are faced with sub problems such as searching for the mines over the minefield, defusing them effectively, and assuring that the field is clear of mines within the least possible time. In the problem, we assume that the mines can be diffused by the collective action of the …

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The Cowl - V. 69 N. 12 - November 18, 2004 Nov 2004

The Cowl - V. 69 N. 12 - November 18, 2004

The Cowl

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Vol. 69 No. 12 - November 18, 2004. 24 pages.

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Introducing Matik Service - Proposition For A New It Communication System Through An Approach In Kansei., Pierre Levy, Shin Young Park, Toshimasa Yamanaka Nov 2004

Introducing Matik Service - Proposition For A New It Communication System Through An Approach In Kansei., Pierre Levy, Shin Young Park, Toshimasa Yamanaka

DRS Biennial Conference Series

Even though IT is a very convenient tool for virtual communities to correspond, limitations are many and, for most of them, already known. This paper focuses on the issues related with tacit knowledge and subjective communication. The aim is to introduce an original software taking user’s subjectivity into account to optimize information flow. This research has been launch as a part of the 21st Century COE Program, sponsored by the MEXT, aiming at structuring Kansei as a science. Three laboratories with different specialties are working on this common program. As various knowledge is sharing between various people, a quick multiplication …

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Notions Of Practice: Design As Facilitation For Interactive Social Systems., Penny Hagen Nov 2004

Notions Of Practice: Design As Facilitation For Interactive Social Systems., Penny Hagen

DRS Biennial Conference Series

This paper introduces the notion of ‘design as facilitation’ identifying some of the places it features in current research, and how it informs design of interactive social systems, such as multi-user communication technologies. This research is motivated by the shift in focus from the technical to the social in technology. A parallel shift in the notion of design practice is suggested in the move to understand interactive systems in relation to users as seen in design theory and interaction design research and methodology (Dourish 2001), (Preece et al 2002), (Winograd 1997). By examining the commonalities that exist in four different …

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The Role Of Designer-Client Communication In Determining Product Appearance., Nathan Crilly, James Moultrie, P John Clarkson Nov 2004

The Role Of Designer-Client Communication In Determining Product Appearance., Nathan Crilly, James Moultrie, P John Clarkson

DRS Biennial Conference Series

This paper reports on a series of interviews with practising industrial design consultants. The difficulties they encounter in communicating with clients on the subject of product appearance are discussed. The effects on the design process, manufacture and subsequent marketing of the product are explored. A preliminary tool is presented for communicating on the subject of consumer response to product appearance. Designers’ views on how this might assist in communicating with their clients are discussed. In closing the paper, suggestions for possible future work are presented and conclusions are drawn.

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The Cowl - V. 69 N. 11 - November 11, 2004 Nov 2004

The Cowl - V. 69 N. 11 - November 11, 2004

The Cowl

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Vol. 69 No. 11 - November 11, 2004. 24 pages.

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The Cowl - V. 69 N. 10 - November 4, 2004 Nov 2004

The Cowl - V. 69 N. 10 - November 4, 2004

The Cowl

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Vol. 69 No. 10 - November 4, 2004. 20 pages.

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Computer-Mediated Communication In Online Education: A Case Study Of Instructor And Student Experiences And Perceptions In A Hybrid Online Course, Melodae D. Lane Nov 2004

Computer-Mediated Communication In Online Education: A Case Study Of Instructor And Student Experiences And Perceptions In A Hybrid Online Course, Melodae D. Lane

Student Work

Various surveys and literature reviewed identified the role of online education in growing number of in institutions of higher education who have embraced it as an important factor in creating educational opportunities, particularly in the nursing field. Research was focused on theoretical concepts of interaction and socialization concepts in the study of CMC in the online learning community. This included the role of nonverbal communication, gender-related issues, and identity. This case study of a hybrid online communication centers on a course developed at a midwestem health sciences. It integrates both the student and the instructor points of view in terms …

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The Role Of Silence And Avoidance In Interpersonal Conflict, Alexia Georgakopoulos Nov 2004

The Role Of Silence And Avoidance In Interpersonal Conflict, Alexia Georgakopoulos

Peace and Conflict Studies

Conflict is an inevitable process in relationships. Effective strategies must be used to manage conflict accordingly. If one is to understand how to incorporate effective strategies when dealing with conflict, the emotional experience related to conflict must be understood. The expression of anger is the emotion most associated with conflict; therefore, anger is an important emotion in the assessment of conflict. Anger is associated with arousal that may be traced to have its roots in the evolution of humankind. The emotion of anger is in part biological which links it to dispositional properties and to another extent largely communicative as …

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The Cowl - V. 69 N. 9 - October 28, 2004 Oct 2004

The Cowl - V. 69 N. 9 - October 28, 2004

The Cowl

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Vol. 69 No. 9 - October 28, 2004. 28 pages.

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The Cowl - V. 69 N. 8 - October 21, 2004 Oct 2004

The Cowl - V. 69 N. 8 - October 21, 2004

The Cowl

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Vol. 69 No. 8 - October 21, 2004. 24 pages.

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The Cowl - V. 69 N. 7 - October 14, 2004 - Winter Sports Preview Oct 2004

The Cowl - V. 69 N. 7 - October 14, 2004 - Winter Sports Preview

The Cowl

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Vol. 69 No. 7 - October 14, 2004 - Winter Sport Preview. 12 pages.

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The Cowl - V. 69 N. 7 - October 14, 2004 Oct 2004

The Cowl - V. 69 N. 7 - October 14, 2004

The Cowl

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Vol. 69 No. 7 - October 14, 2004. 24 pages.

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The Cowl - V. 69 N. 6 - October 7, 2004 Oct 2004

The Cowl - V. 69 N. 6 - October 7, 2004

The Cowl

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Vol. 69 No. 6 - October 7, 2004. 24 pages.

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Relationship Advertising: Investigating The Strategic Appeal Of Intimacy (Disclosure) In Services Marketing, Andrea Diahann Gaye Scott Oct 2004

Relationship Advertising: Investigating The Strategic Appeal Of Intimacy (Disclosure) In Services Marketing, Andrea Diahann Gaye Scott

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

One approach to communicating and thereby building a close relationship with consumers is via advertising. In other words, if service providers can invoke feelings of connection and intimacy--where consumers feel understood, cared for, and validated--through advertising, a stronger bond and sense of loyalty is likely to follow. When intimacy is conceived as knowing and being known by another, which incorporates mutual and reciprocal (though not necessarily equal) liking and vulnerability, its application extends beyond romantic relationships to the current context of relationship and services marketing. This research provides empirical support for the use of intimacy as an appeal in services …

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The Cowl - V. 69 N. 5 - September 30, 2004 Sep 2004

The Cowl - V. 69 N. 5 - September 30, 2004

The Cowl

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Vol. 69 No. 5 - September 30, 2004. 28 pages.

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The Cowl - V. 69 N. 2 - September 23, 2004 Sep 2004

The Cowl - V. 69 N. 2 - September 23, 2004

The Cowl

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Vol. 69 No. 2 - September 23, 2004. 28 pages.

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The Cowl - V. 69 N. 1 - September 16, 2004 Sep 2004

The Cowl - V. 69 N. 1 - September 16, 2004

The Cowl

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Vol. 69 No. 1 - September 16, 2004. 24 pages.

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The Cowl - V. 69 N. 1 - September 16, 2004 - Welcome Back Issue Sep 2004

The Cowl - V. 69 N. 1 - September 16, 2004 - Welcome Back Issue

The Cowl

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Vol. 69 No. 1 - September 16, 2004 - Welcome Back Issue. 8 pages.

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Perception Of Meaning And Usage Motivations Of Emoticons Among Americans And Chinese Users, Yujiao Wang Sep 2004

Perception Of Meaning And Usage Motivations Of Emoticons Among Americans And Chinese Users, Yujiao Wang

Theses

Do people of different cultures agree on the meaning and use of emoticons? This study addresses this question from an inter-cultural perspective and explores the use of emoticons in the American and Chinese Computer-mediated communication (CMC) communities. The research indicates that both the Americans and Chinese participants use emoticons for entertaining, informational and social interaction motivations but the Americans are more likely to use emoticons for information motivations than the Chinese and the Chinese participants are more likely to use emoticons for social interactions than the Americans participants. The results correspond to the cultural differences between the two countries in …

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Synaptic Transformations Underlying Highly Selective Auditory Representations Of Learned Birdsong, Melissa J. Coleman, Richard Mooney Aug 2004

Synaptic Transformations Underlying Highly Selective Auditory Representations Of Learned Birdsong, Melissa J. Coleman, Richard Mooney

WM Keck Science Faculty Papers

Stimulus-specific neuronal responses are a striking characteristic of several sensory systems, although the synaptic mechanisms underlying their generation are not well understood. The songbird nucleus HVC (used here as a proper name) contains projection neurons (PNs) that fire temporally sparse bursts of action potentials to playback of the bird's own song (BOS) but are essentially silent when presented with other acoustical stimuli. To understand how such remarkable stimulus specificity emerges, it is necessary to compare the auditory-evoked responsiveness of the afferents of HVC with synaptic responses in identified HVC neurons. We found that inactivating the interfacial nucleus of the nidopallium …

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Communication Cues To Action Prompting Central Appalachian Women To Have A Mammogram., Kathryn Bond Mcneill Aug 2004

Communication Cues To Action Prompting Central Appalachian Women To Have A Mammogram., Kathryn Bond Mcneill

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Today, mammography screening is the best method of detection for breast cancer, yet many women have never been screened and underprivileged, minority and rural women have lower screening rates then other populations. The purpose of this study, through individual interviews(N=88), was to understand the cues that women perceive to have received spurring them to participate in mammogram screening. The Health Belief Model guided this research. Media influence, Health Care Practitioner recommendation, social networks, and symptoms were the cues to action explored in this research prompting compliance to mammography screening. All four of these cues were found to influence women in …

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But What Do They Think It Means? The Text/Image Relationship In Informational Communication, Nicole E. Bartell Aug 2004

But What Do They Think It Means? The Text/Image Relationship In Informational Communication, Nicole E. Bartell

Theses

To better understand how an audience processes information transmitted via image, text, or both, this study presented four different versions of the same message to four groups of RIT students. The message consisted of the following content: text only, text with images depicting evenly spaced years, text with images depicting irregularly spaced years, and text with irregularly spaced years. Subjects were instructed to look at the message for a set amount of time and then complete a questionnaire. Those who were given messages that had images and text felt less confused or misled than those who were given messages containing …

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Forsyth Library Copyright And Intellectual Property Center Brochure, Forsyth Library, Fort Hays State University Aug 2004

Forsyth Library Copyright And Intellectual Property Center Brochure, Forsyth Library, Fort Hays State University

Forsyth Library

This color six page document features an informational brochure for the Forsyth Library Copyright and Intellectual Property Center.

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Stereotypical Perceptions Of The Communication Behaviors Of Gay Males, Daniel W. Brewster Aug 2004

Stereotypical Perceptions Of The Communication Behaviors Of Gay Males, Daniel W. Brewster

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports

This study examined the stereotypical communication behaviors of gay males. The study examined the associations of assertiveness, responsiveness, homonegativity and biological sex. Participants were 359 (195 men, 164 women) students. Participants provided responses to questions about verbal and nonverbal behaviors for known gay individuals and individuals perceived to be gay. The participants then completed the Assertiveness-Responsiveness Measure (Richmond & McCroskey, 1990) in a self-report and observer-report, and the Modern Homonegativity Scale (Morrison & Morrison, 2002). Results indicated some of the more predominant responses to verbal and nonverbal behaviors are inconsistent with the prevalent societal perceptions of homosexuality. Significant associations between …

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Application Of Turning Point Theory To Communication Following An Acquired Disability, Katie Neary Dunleavy Aug 2004

Application Of Turning Point Theory To Communication Following An Acquired Disability, Katie Neary Dunleavy

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports

Interpersonal relationships are affected when one relational partner acquires a disability. The acquisition of the disability is considered a turning point and the interest of this study is what occurs after the turning point. In particular, this study investigated the satisfaction, emotional support and solidarity of those who have acquired a disability in their life and one of their able-bodied relational partners. The stages of adjustment to a disability were also quantitatively analyzed. Both the participants who acquired a disability and their relational partners completed self-report measures. Difficulties in obtaining participants led to descriptive results. Challenges to a small participant …

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Adolescents' Perceptions Of Interparental Conflict And The Impact On Their Aggressive Communication Traits, Christine E. Kunkle Aug 2004

Adolescents' Perceptions Of Interparental Conflict And The Impact On Their Aggressive Communication Traits, Christine E. Kunkle

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports

This study examines the relationship between interparental conflict and adolescents' aggressive communication while utilizing tolerance for disagreement as a mediating variable. Participants were 159 high school students. Participants completed a modified version of the Children's Perception of Interparental Conflict Scale (Grych, Seid, & Fincham, 1992), the Argumentativeness Scale (Infante & Rancer, 1982), the Verbal Aggressiveness Scale (Infante & Wigley, 1986), and the Revised Tolerance for Disagreement Scale (Teven, Martin, & Neupauer, 1998). No significant relationships were found between perceived interparental conflict and adolescents' tendencies to approach arguments, adolescents' tendencies to avoid arguments, and adolescents' verbal aggressiveness. When controlling for tolerance …

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