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The Sacred And The Secular In Clay's Quilt, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe

Hal Blythe

n a telling scene toward the opening of Clay's Quilt (NY: Ballantine, 2001), Silas House has the novel's protagonist, Clay Sizemore, heading up Town Mountain toward the Hilltop Club, the local honkytonk. As he approaches the club, Clay notices that "across the bowl that held the town, another mountain rose up" (52). The most noticeable feature on this opposite mountain is a "marble statue of Jesus with his arms stretched out in front ... so lit up that it could be seen for miles" (52). Importantly, this scene acts as House's foreshadowing of the struggle Clay will endure as he …

It Works For Us, Collaboratively! : Shared Tips For Effective Collaboration, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe

Hal Blythe

"Collaborating is a highly effective skill we develop and use throughout our lives … until we become faculty." Thus the authors begin their journey into yet another in their popular "It Works" series that include: It Works for Me! Shared Tips for Teaching It Works for Me, Too! More Shared Tips for Teaching It Works for Me, Online! Shared Tips for Online and Web-Enhanced Teaching Everyone in the following pages—the authors’ collaborators—has found some area of academia that has been improved through the use of collaboration. The book begins by presenting some general tips about collaboration, then moves to more …

Depressed Contractile Responses To Neurokinin A In Idiopathic But Not Neurogenic Overactive Human Detrusor Muscle, Donna Sellers, Christopher Chapple, Douglas Hay, Russell Chess-Williams

Russ Chess-Williams

Objective: The role of tachykinins such as neurokinin A in regulating bladder function is unclear, but NK2 receptors seem to mediate contraction in the human bladder and it has been suggested that these peptides may have a role in the pathophysiology of bladder dysfunction. The present study investigates neurokinin receptor-mediated contractility of detrusor muscle in the idiopathic overactive and neurogenic overactive bladder and investigates the neurokinin receptor subtypes involved.

Methods: Human bladder was obtained from patients undergoing cystectomy (normal) or clam cystoplasty (idiopathic overactive) and from patients with spinal injuries (neurogenic overactive). Strips of isolated detrusor muscle were mounted in …

Attitudes To School, Educational Intentions And Participations, Siek Khoo, John Ainley

Dr John Ainley

No abstract provided.

Literacy In The First Three Years Of School : A Longitudinal Investigation, Marion Meiers, Siek Toon Khoo

Dr Siek Toon Khoo

The ACER Longitudinal Literacy and Numeracy Study (LLANS) was designed to follow the growth in literacy and numeracy of a single cohort of students across the years of primary school. A sample of 1000 students in 100 schools formed the cohort for the study, which commenced in 1999. A linked set of literacy assessment tasks focused on key aspects of literacy was developed for the LLANS. Assessment data collected across the years of primary school provided information needed to construct a long LLANS literacy scale covering the full range of proficiency. The scale was used to measure change and track …

Eu Private International Law: An Ec Court Casebook, Michael Bogdan, Ulf Maunsbach

Ulf Maunsbach

No abstract provided.

National Assessment Program : Civics And Citizenship Years 6 And 10 Report 2004, Suzanne Mellor, John Ainley, Julian Fraillon, Nicole Wernert

Julian Fraillon

The National Civics and Citizenship Sample Assessment was conducted in October 2004 with 10,712 Year 6 students from 318 schools and 9,536 Year 10 students from 249 schools. At both year levels, a sample of schools was selected with a probability proportional to size and then a sample of up to two classrooms was selected at random from those schools. The sample design and procedures, the high response rates (more than 90 percent) and the low levels of exclusions ensured that there was very little bias in the sample. The assessment was representative of the elements identified in the assessment …

A Standards-Guided Professional Learning System, Lawrence Ingvarson, Elizabeth Kleinhenz

Dr Elizabeth Kleinhenz

The authors note that teaching is almost alone among the professions in not having profession developed, profession wide standards and a related system of professional learning and certification to assist teachers to attain those standards. The authors argue the case for a standards guided professional learning system (SGPLS) designed to help teachers learn and grow and provide public assurances of the quality of work of those teachers who are able to meet the standards, assist in the development of career paths for teachers and teacher leaders that are based on the demonstration of excellent teaching. They discuss the essential components …

Toward A National Approach To The Accreditation Of Pre-Service Teacher Education Programs: A Discussion Paper, Lawrence Ingvarson, A Elliott, Elizabeth Kleinhenz, Phil Mckenzie

Dr Elizabeth Kleinhenz

Report prepared Teaching Australia: Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership.

Estandares Profesionales De Practica Y Su Importancia Para La Ensenaza, Lawrence Ingvarson, Elizabeth Kleinhenz

Dr Elizabeth Kleinhenz

For more than three decades educators and policy makers in Australia have been interested in the development of professional standards for teachers. In recent years teacher associations in Australia have been developing their own standards to gain more influence over quality assurance in their profession. This paper aims to provide a broad overview of teaching standards and their use. It begins with an explanation of the idea of teaching standards, pointing out that standards are both statements about what is valued and tools for measurement. A distinction is drawn between ‘profession-wide’ teaching standards and standards developed by agencies like employers, …

Promoting Investments In Intangible Organizational Assets Through Aligned Incentive Compensation Plans, Susan Hughes, Craig Caldwell, Kathy Paulson Gjerde

Craig B. Caldwell

Successful Youth Transitions: Insights From Longitudinal Data, Sheldon Rothman, Phil Mckenzie

Dr Sheldon Rothman

No abstract provided.

Evaluation Of Construction Contractor Performance: A Critical Analysis Of Some Recent Research, Rick Best, Craig Langston

Craig Langston

International comparisons of construction industry performance are notoriously difficult. A recent comparative study, extensive in scope and using an innovative approach, is reviewed and questions raised regarding various aspects of the methodology adopted, the validity of the conclusions drawn and manner in which outcomes were reported. Particular areas of concern include the unequivocal statement of conclusions that are based on a small sample, and the use of data from that sample that are, in fact, no more than estimates of project performance. Attention is drawn to the limitations of the research reported and the reliability of the methods used, and …

Graduate Course Experience 2005 : The Report Of The Course Experience Questionnaire, Hamish Coates, John Ainley, T Johnston, B Guthrie

Dr John Ainley

This report analyses the course experience opinions of those students who completed the requirements for a bachelor's degree from an Australian university in 2004 and who responded to the 2005 Course experience Questionnaire. Several revisions have been incorporated into this report, such as a greater emphasis on results pertaining to postgraduate coursework degrees.

Graduate Course Experience 2006 : The Report Of The Course Experience Questionnaire, Hamish Coates, John Ainley, T Johnston, B Guthrie

Dr John Ainley

This report analyses the course experience perceptions of those students who completed the requirements for a coursework degree from an Australian higher education institution in 2005 and who responded to the 2006 Course Experience Questionnaire (CEQ). It is the 14th report in a series that began in 1993 but it may also be considered to be the 5th in a new series of reports on the expanded CEQ because the structure of the questionnaire since 2002 differs considerably from earlier versions. Several further revisions have been incorporated into this report, such as a greater emphasis on results pertaining to postgraduate …

The Special Case Of Scientific Data Sharing With Education, Jillian Wallis, Stasa Milojevic, Christine Borgman, William Sandoval

Jillian C Wallis

No abstract provided.

Building Digital Libraries For Scientific Data: An Exploratory Study Of Data Practices In Habitat Ecology, Christine Borgman, Jillian Wallis, Noel Enyedy

Jillian C Wallis

As data become scientific capital, digital libraries of data become more valuable. To build good tools and services, it is necessary to understand scientists’ data practices. We report on an exploratory study of habitat ecologists and other participants in the Center for Embedded Networked Sensing. These scientists are more willing to share data already published than data that they plan to publish, and are more willing to share data from instruments than hand-collected data.

Policy issues include responsibility to provide clean and reliable data, concerns for liability and misappropriation of data, ways to handle sensitive data about human subjects arising …

Religious Perspectives On Business Ethics, Scott Paeth, Thomas O'Brien

Thomas W O'Brien

In the first anthology of its kind, Thomas O'Brien and Scott Paeth have gathered unique pieces from across religious perspectives to illustrate the growing influence and contribution of religion to the field of business ethics. Tackling such wide-ranging subjects as Jewish environmental ethics, Zen in the workplace, and Christian social ethics, this text is a valuable addition to business ethics courses.

Evolution Of Corporate Governance Control In Manufacturing Firms, Alberto Nobolo, Francesca Magli

francesca magli

No abstract provided.

Change In The Concentration Of Employment In Computer Services: Spatial Estimation At The U.S. Metro County Level, Donald Grimes, Mary Beth Walker, Penelope B. Prime

International Business Faculty Publications

This paper models the concentration of computer services activity across theU.S.with factors that incorporate spatial relationships. Specifically, we enhance the standard home-area study with an analysis that allows conditions in neighboring counties to affect the concentration of employment in the home county. We use county-level data for metropolitan areas between 1990 and 1997. To measure change in employment concentration, we use the change in location quotients for SIC 737, which captures employment concentration changes due to both the number of firms and the scale of their activity relative to the national average. After controlling for local demand for computer services, …

Black Elk's Legacy, Mark G. Thiel

Library Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.

Automated Algorithm For The Identification Of Artifacts In Mottled And Noisy Images, Onome Augustine Ugbeme, Eli S. Saber, Wencheng Wu, Kartheek Chandu

Articles

We describe a method for automatically classifying image-quality defects on printed documents. The proposed approach accepts a scanned image where the defect has been localized a priori and performs several appropriate image processing steps to reveal the region of interest. A mask is then created from the exposed region to identify bright outliers. Morphological reconstruction techniques are then applied to emphasize relevant local attributes. The classification of the defects is accomplished via a customized tree classifier that utilizes size or shape attributes at corresponding nodes to yield appropriate binary decisions. Applications of this process include automated/assisted diagnosis and repair of …

Differences Without Distinctions: Boyle's Government Contractor Defense Fails To Recognize The Critical Differences Between Civilian And Military Plaintiffs And Between Military And Non-Military Procurement, John L. Watts

Oklahoma Law Review

No abstract provided.

Reseñas, Revista Códices

Códices

No abstract provided.

Al Filo De Los 35 Años De La Fundación, Ruth Helena Vallejo Sierra

Códices

No abstract provided.

La Sociedad Del Ocio: Un Reto Para Los Archivos, José Bernal Rivas Fernández

Códices

La sociedad del ocio, como la llaman algunos, no es sólo un aumento del tiempo disponible después del trabajo y de las otras obligaciones sociales, sino también, una promoción de nuevos valores. En las sociedades más evolucionadas, esta promoción continúa obligando a nuestras sociedades a revisar cada vez más el equilibrio entre los valores del trabajo y los valores del ocio, entre los valores de la vida privada y la social, entre los de la sociedad y los del individuo. Los archivos, como un componente del patrimonio cultural, cuentan actualmente con un instrumento indiscutible: el de las nuevas tecnologías que …

Sistemas Archivísticos Y Modelos De Gestión De Documentos En El Ámbito Internacional (Parte Ii), Joaquim Llansó Sanjuan

Códices

El artículo, presentado como ponencia en el Seminario Pre-Congreso del XIV Congreso Internacional de Archivos (Sevilla, 2000), analiza la posible integración de las nociones de sistema archivístico y de gestión de documentos en el ámbito doctrinal iberoamericano. Para ello comienza definiendo sistema archivístico –inclusive la incidencia de la Teoría General de Sistemas–, la evolución de su implantación en los países iberoamericanos y del Caribe y sus características más sobresalientes. Prosigue el trabajo analizando el concepto de gestión de documentos, su origen en Norteamérica, sus principios y rasgos más destacados, su impacto en los organismos archivísticos internacionales (UNESCO, Consejo Internacional de …

In Memoriam: Luis Florén Lozano, Uriel Lozano Rivera

Códices

No abstract provided.

Gestión De Recursos Digitales: Biblioteca Digital, Edgar Allan Delgado F.

Códices

A partir del planteamiento de varios estudiosos del tema de la gestión de recursos digitales en el contexto de una biblioteca digital, así como de la experiencia acumulada por agencias especializadas y universidades, se presentan los aspectos que se deben tener en cuenta a la hora de pensar involucrarse en un proyecto de biblioteca digital. Aspectos como las características de una biblioteca pensada para el futuro y el rol del bibliotecario, el alcance del concepto de biblioteca digital y las consideraciones previas a su implantación, los criterios para el desarrollo de colecciones de recursos digitales, los principios para el cambio …

Consideraciones Generales Sobre Cuadros De Clasificacion Documental (Ccd), Luís Fernando Sierra Escobar

Códices

El presente articulo describe los elementos básicos en el diseño de los Cuadros de Clasificación de Documentos, los diversos modelos empleados en el ámbito mundial, las recomendaciones que pueden fortalecer el desarrollo de la archivística nacional en cuanto a la metodología propia en la aplicación del Cuadro en cada fase de archivo y como producto final de la etapa de identificación. Adicionalmente se busca posicionar al CCD en los archivos de gestión, central e histórico como elemento crucial en la organización física e intelectual de los documentos