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Judging Distance Across Texture Discontinuities, Cary S. Feria, M. L. Braunstein, G. J. Andersen Jan 2003

Judging Distance Across Texture Discontinuities, Cary S. Feria, M. L. Braunstein, G. J. Andersen

Cary S. Feria

Sinai et al (1998 Nature 395 497 - 500) showed that less distance is perceived along a ground surface that spans two differently textured regions than along a surface that is uniformly textured. We examined the effect of texture continuity on judged distance using computer-generated displays of simulated surfaces in five experiments. Discontinuities were produced by using different textures, the same texture reversed in contrast, or the same texture shifted horizontally. The simulated surface was either a ground plane or a frontoparallel plane. For all textures and both orientations, less distance was judged in the discontinuous conditions than in continuous …


Using Lower-Division Developmental Education Students As Teaching Assistants, Walter R. Jacobs Oct 2002

Using Lower-Division Developmental Education Students As Teaching Assistants, Walter R. Jacobs

Faculty Publications, Sociology

There has been little research on the experiences of undergraduate teaching assistants, and this small body of information is usually tightly focused on traditional disciplinary concerns like sociology, psychology, and communications. Additionally, undergraduate teaching assistant research tends to focus on upper-division students. This article explores the benefits and drawbacks of using lower-division developmental education students as teaching assistants in developmental social science courses. Included are comments from students enrolled in a course staffed by a sophomore as the teaching assistant. Employing developmental education students as teaching assistants can be beneficial to instructors, students, and the teaching assistants themselves.


Learning And Living Difference That Makes A Difference: Postmodern Theory & Multicultural Education, Walter R. Jacobs Jul 2002

Learning And Living Difference That Makes A Difference: Postmodern Theory & Multicultural Education, Walter R. Jacobs

Faculty Publications, Sociology

The application of postmodern theory to a transformative understanding of multiculturalism can make a difference. Multicentered culture, antiessentialist race consciousness, and political equity—aspects of a transformative multiculturalism put forward in 1996 by Newfield and Gordon—can be juxtaposed with elements of a postmodern theorization of society as a consumer-driven economy saturated with multiple mediated unstable, fragmented, and evolving discourses and cultural interaction. This theoretical construct can be illustrated with research data from college classrooms and specifically an analysis of the television show The X-Files. This analysis shows how a discussion of whiteness creates larger discussion of transformative multiculturalism in which difference …


Perceived Internal Depth In Rotating And Translating Objects, M. L. Braunstein, C. W. Sauer, Cary S. Feria, G. J. Andersen Jan 2002

Perceived Internal Depth In Rotating And Translating Objects, M. L. Braunstein, C. W. Sauer, Cary S. Feria, G. J. Andersen

Faculty Publications

Previous research has indicated that observers use differences between velocities and ratios of velocities to judge the depth within a moving object, although depth cannot in general be determined from these quantities. In four experiments we examined the relative effects of velocity difference and velocity ratio on judged depth within a transparent object that was rotating about a vertical axis and translating horizontally, examined the effects of the velocity difference for pure rotations and pure translations, and examined the effect of the velocity difference for objects that varied in simulated internal depth. Both the velocity difference and the velocity ratio …


Perceived Internal Depth In Rotating And Translating Objects, M. L. Braunstein, C. W. Sauer, Cary S. Feria, G. J. Andersen Jan 2002

Perceived Internal Depth In Rotating And Translating Objects, M. L. Braunstein, C. W. Sauer, Cary S. Feria, G. J. Andersen

Cary S. Feria

Previous research has indicated that observers use differences between velocities and ratios of velocities to judge the depth within a moving object, although depth cannot in general be determined from these quantities. In four experiments we examined the relative effects of velocity difference and velocity ratio on judged depth within a transparent object that was rotating about a vertical axis and translating horizontally, examined the effects of the velocity difference for pure rotations and pure translations, and examined the effect of the velocity difference for objects that varied in simulated internal depth. Both the velocity difference and the velocity ratio …


Learning And Living Difference That Makes A Difference: Postmodern Theory & Multicultural Education, Walter R. Jacobs Jan 2002

Learning And Living Difference That Makes A Difference: Postmodern Theory & Multicultural Education, Walter R. Jacobs

Walter R. Jacobs

The application of postmodern theory to a transformative understanding of multiculturalism can make a difference. Multicentered culture, antiessentialist race consciousness, and political equity—aspects of a transformative multiculturalism put forward in 1996 by Newfield and Gordon—can be juxtaposed with elements of a postmodern theorization of society as a consumer-driven economy saturated with multiple mediated unstable, fragmented, and evolving discourses and cultural interaction. This theoretical construct can be illustrated with research data from college classrooms and specifically an analysis of the television show The X-Files. This analysis shows how a discussion of whiteness creates larger discussion of transformative multiculturalism in which difference …


Using Lower-Division Developmental Education Students As Teaching Assistants, Walter R. Jacobs Jan 2002

Using Lower-Division Developmental Education Students As Teaching Assistants, Walter R. Jacobs

Walter R. Jacobs

There has been little research on the experiences of undergraduate teaching assistants, and this small body of information is usually tightly focused on traditional disciplinary concerns like sociology, psychology, and communications. Additionally, undergraduate teaching assistant research tends to focus on upper-division students. This article explores the benefits and drawbacks of using lower-division developmental education students as teaching assistants in developmental social science courses. Included are comments from students enrolled in a course staffed by a sophomore as the teaching assistant. Employing developmental education students as teaching assistants can be beneficial to instructors, students, and the teaching assistants themselves.


The Roots Of Collaborative Practice: Nurse Practioner Pioner Stories, Julie Fairman Dec 2001

The Roots Of Collaborative Practice: Nurse Practioner Pioner Stories, Julie Fairman

Julie A Fairman

No abstract provided.


Renewing Social Democracy? Beyond The Third Way, Neil Bradford Dec 2001

Renewing Social Democracy? Beyond The Third Way, Neil Bradford

Neil Bradford

No abstract provided.


Oral History Of Florence Downs: The Early Years, Julie Fairman, M Mahon Dec 2000

Oral History Of Florence Downs: The Early Years, Julie Fairman, M Mahon

Julie A Fairman

No abstract provided.


A Library ‘Teens’Cape’ Against The New Callousness, Anthony Bernier Aug 2000

A Library ‘Teens’Cape’ Against The New Callousness, Anthony Bernier

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


A Library ‘Teens’Cape’ Against The New Callousness, Anthony Bernier Aug 2000

A Library ‘Teens’Cape’ Against The New Callousness, Anthony Bernier

Anthony Bernier

No abstract provided.


Young Adults, Rituals, And Library Space, Anthony Bernier Feb 2000

Young Adults, Rituals, And Library Space, Anthony Bernier

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Young Adults, Rituals, And Library Space, Anthony Bernier Feb 2000

Young Adults, Rituals, And Library Space, Anthony Bernier

Anthony Bernier

No abstract provided.


Economically Practical And Critically Necessary? The Development Of Intensive Care At Chestnut Hill Hospital, Julie Fairman Dec 1999

Economically Practical And Critically Necessary? The Development Of Intensive Care At Chestnut Hill Hospital, Julie Fairman

Julie A Fairman

No abstract provided.


Patient Is Awake, K Burke, Julie Fairman Dec 1999

Patient Is Awake, K Burke, Julie Fairman

Julie A Fairman

No abstract provided.


Writing Public Philosophy: Canada's Royal Commissions On Everything, Neil Bradford Dec 1999

Writing Public Philosophy: Canada's Royal Commissions On Everything, Neil Bradford

Neil Bradford

This article explores the contributions to Canadian policy development and policy thought of three royal commissions of political-economic inquiry: the 1940 Royal Commission on Dominion-Provincial Relations; the 1958 Royal Commission on Canada's Economic Prospects; and the 1985 Royal Commission on the Economic Union and Development Prospects for Canada. Each commission is examined through tree areas of concern: The context for its appointment, the content of its report and the nature of its subsequent influence.


Virtual Power: Gendering The Nurse-Technology Relationship, Julie Fairman, Pat D'Antonio Dec 1998

Virtual Power: Gendering The Nurse-Technology Relationship, Julie Fairman, Pat D'Antonio

Julie A Fairman

No abstract provided.


Playing Doctor? Nurse Practitioners, Physicians, And The Dilemma Of Shared Practice, Julie Fairman Dec 1998

Playing Doctor? Nurse Practitioners, Physicians, And The Dilemma Of Shared Practice, Julie Fairman

Julie A Fairman

No abstract provided.


Delegated By Default Or Negotiated By Need: Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, And The Process Of Clinical Thinking, Julie Fairman Dec 1998

Delegated By Default Or Negotiated By Need: Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, And The Process Of Clinical Thinking, Julie Fairman

Julie A Fairman

No abstract provided.


Creating Critical Care: The Case Of The Hospital Of The University Of Pennsylvania, 1950-1965, Julie Fairman, S Kagan Dec 1998

Creating Critical Care: The Case Of The Hospital Of The University Of Pennsylvania, 1950-1965, Julie Fairman, S Kagan

Julie A Fairman

No abstract provided.


The Policy Influence Of Ideas: Interests, Institutions And Innovation In Canada, Neil Bradford Dec 1998

The Policy Influence Of Ideas: Interests, Institutions And Innovation In Canada, Neil Bradford

Neil Bradford

No abstract provided.


Young Gay Men And Suicide: A Report Of A Study Exploring The Reasons Which Young Men Give For Suicide Ideation, Ronald Macdonald, Trudi Cooper Nov 1998

Young Gay Men And Suicide: A Report Of A Study Exploring The Reasons Which Young Men Give For Suicide Ideation, Ronald Macdonald, Trudi Cooper

Ronald Macdonald

This Perth study indicates that the prevalence of homophobic attitudes and the lack of support for young gay men may be important factors in the very high suicide rate among young males in Australia. The reasons some young gay men gave for their suicide attempts are outlined and other relevant literature is reviewed. This article concludes by providing youth workers with suggestions for effective suicide prevention strategies.


Prospects For Associative Governance: Lessons From Ontario, Canada, Neil Bradford Nov 1998

Prospects For Associative Governance: Lessons From Ontario, Canada, Neil Bradford

Neil Bradford

The writer considers the prospects for the strategic construction of associative governance in liberal politics and capitalistic economies, taking as an example Ontario, Canada, which is one of North America's leading associative democratic laboratories. He examines innovative dynamics in three discrete but interrelated fields that constituted the policy foundation of an effort undertaken between 1985 and 1995 to build a new partnership-based governance regime mandated to put in place a diversifies quality production restructuring project. The fields that he explores are occupational health and safety, labor market training, and industrial development. He points out that the outcome of Ontario's experiment …


On My Mind: Youth Adult Spaces, Anthony Bernier Oct 1998

On My Mind: Youth Adult Spaces, Anthony Bernier

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


On My Mind: Youth Adult Spaces, Anthony Bernier Oct 1998

On My Mind: Youth Adult Spaces, Anthony Bernier

Anthony Bernier

No abstract provided.


For Their Own Good? A Historical Examination Of Restraint Use, Julie Fairman, M Happ Dec 1997

For Their Own Good? A Historical Examination Of Restraint Use, Julie Fairman, M Happ

Julie A Fairman

No abstract provided.


Which Ideas Matter When? From Technocratic Keynesianism To Neo-Liberalism, Neil Bradford Dec 1997

Which Ideas Matter When? From Technocratic Keynesianism To Neo-Liberalism, Neil Bradford

Neil Bradford

No abstract provided.


Alternate Visions: The Nurse-Technology Relationship In The Context Of History Of Technology, Julie Fairman Dec 1997

Alternate Visions: The Nurse-Technology Relationship In The Context Of History Of Technology, Julie Fairman

Julie A Fairman

No abstract provided.


Thinking About Patients: Nursing Science In The 1950s, Julie Fairman Dec 1997

Thinking About Patients: Nursing Science In The 1950s, Julie Fairman

Julie A Fairman

No abstract provided.