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1990scholars And Artists Bibliography, Michael Schwartz Library, Cleveland State University, Friends Of The Michael Schwartz Library

Scholars and Artists Bibliographies

This bibliography was created for the annual Friends of the Michael Schwartz Library Scholars and Artists Reception, recognizing scholarly and creative achievements of Cleveland State University faculty, staff and emeriti

Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 32 Number 4, Summer 1990, Santa Clara University

Santa Clara Magazine

10 - WHAT'S UP WITH COMIC BOOKS? Comic books aren't what they used to be but they continue to charm our children. By Mitch Finley '73

14 - STRESS, ILLNESS, AND PSYCHOTHERAPY The meaning of a stressful situation determines whether it is perceived as a challenge to be overcome or a demoralization. By Jerome D. Frank

18 - A BEELINE TO THE USA "Killer" bees have been winging their way from Brazil since scores of queens escaped a Sao Paolo lab in 1957. By Paul M. McCarthy '46

21 - PROMISE & OPPORTUNITY An economic forecast for the 1990s by …

A Logic For Natural Language, William C. Purdy

Electrical Engineering and Computer Science - Technical Reports

This paper describes a language called £N whose structure mirrors that of natural language. £N is characterized by absence of variables and individual constants. Singular predicates assume the role of both individual constants and free variables. The role of bound variables is played by predicate functors called "selection operators." Like natural languages, £N is implicitly many-sorted. £N does not have an identity relation. Its expressive power lies between the predicate calculus without identity and the predicate calculus with identity. The loss in expressiveness relative to the predicate calculus with identity however is not significant. Deduction in £N is intended to …

Visual Speech Training Aid For The Deaf, Subhashri Venkat

Electrical & Computer Engineering Theses & Dissertations

A computer-based vowel articulation training aid has been developed. A "continuous" acoustic-phonetic transformation is performed to map speech parameters to a lower dimensionality display space. There are two possible approaches to this transformation problem. The transformation could be either linear or a combination nonlinear/linear. The nonlinear transformation is performed using a multi-layered feedforward neural network with linear output layers. Speech parameters are extracted either from an analog filter bank arrangement (band energies) or by a digital signal processing procedure (Discrete Cosine Transform Coefficients). The speech parameters obtained from both methods correspond to the spectral envelope of the speech signals. The …

Taxonomic Reasoning And Lexical Semantics, William C. Purdy

Electrical Engineering and Computer Science - Technical Reports

Taxonomic reasoning is used in many applications, including many-sorted logic, knowledge bases, document retrieval, and natural language processing. These various applications have been dealt with independently. Because they have so much in common, a general approach to taxonomic reasoning would seem to be justified. This paper presents a theory of lexical semantics as an example of such a general approach. The theory defines a representation and an algebra for that representation. The operations of the algebra are inherently parallel, making them well matched to the capabilities of modern computer systems.

A Lexical Extension Of Montague Semantics, William C. Purdy

Electrical Engineering and Computer Science - Technical Reports

This paper presents a model theory of lexical semantics that is compatible with theories in the Montagovian tradition. Lexical expressions are modeled as subsets or “subspaces” in a “semantic spaces”. A unique representation is defined for subspaces of the semantic space. This unique representation is called the "normal form" of the lexical denotation. A Boolean algebra of normal forms is developed, in which lexical entailment is Boolean inclusion. The presentation in the body of the paper is informal, making use of examples to illustrate the theory and to indicate the range of applicability. Formal definitions and proofs in support of …

The Annual Meeting Of The Iowa Academy Of Science April 20-21, 1990 [Program, 102nd Meeting], Iowa Academy Of Science

Iowa Academy of Science Documents

Contents:

Program Summary --- 5
General Session Speakers --- 9
Awards --- 12
Distinguished Fellow --- 12
Distinguished Service --- 13, 14
Symposia Programs --- 15
Poster Session --- 17
Campus Map --- Centerfold
Section Programs --- 22
Agricultural Sciences --- 22
Anthropology --- 25
Botany --- 26
Cellular & Molecular Biology --- 28
Chemistry, Inorganic --- 30
Chemistry, Organic --- 34
Conservation --- 37
Earth Science Teaching --- 39
Elementary Science Teaching --- 40
Engineering --- 42
Geology --- 47
Linguistics --- 48
Nursing --- 49
Physics --- 50
Physiology --- 53
Psychology --- 54
Science Teaching --- 56 …

Water, The Community, And Markets In The West, Helen Ingram, Cy R. Oggins, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center

Books, Reports, and Studies

12 p. ; 28 cm

Iowa Academy Of Science Directory, 1990-91: Officers, Committees, And Membership Roster, Iowa Academy Of Science

Iowa Academy of Science Documents

Contents:

Board of Directors ... 5
Program Directors ... 6
Editors ... 7
Committees ... 8
Sections ... 22
Awards of Merit ... 27
Excellence in Science Teaching Awards ... 29
Past Presidents ... 31
Membership List ... 32

Caudate Infarcts, Louis R. Caplan, Edward Feldmann, Jeremy D. Schmahmann, Carlos S. Kase, Phillip B. Gorelick, Daniel B. Hier, Cathy Helgason, George Baquis, John P. Greenberg

Chemistry Faculty Research & Creative Works

Eighteen Patients Had Caudate Nucleus Infarcts (10 Left-Sided; 8 Right-Sided). Infarcts Extended into the Anterior Limb of the Internal Capsule in 9 Patients, and Also the Anterior Putamen in 5 Patients. Thirteen Patients Had Motor Signs, Most Often a Slight Transient Hemiparesis. Dysarthria Was Common (11 Patients). Cognitive and Behavioral Abnormalities Were Frequent, and Included Abulia (10 Patients), Agitation and Hyperactivity (7 Patients), Contralateral Neglect (3 Patients, All Right Caudate), and Language Abnormalities (2 Patients, Both Left Caudate). the Majority of Patients Had Risk Factors for Penetrating Artery Disease. Branch Occlusion of Heubner's Artery, or Perforators from the Proximal Anterior …

Digital Image Processing Using Mathematical Morphology, Andrew Mehnert

Theses : Honours

This dissertation is a natural extension of my undergraduate research project entitled, "Digital Image Processing”. Whilst my undergraduate project dealt with a number of classical digital image filtering techniques such as spatial convolution and frequency domain filtering via the Fourier transform, this dissertation focuses on an alternative approach employing Mathematical Morphology. In contrast to classical filtering techniques, which often geometrically distort the original image, morphological operations, used sensibly, essentially preserve shape and geometry. Mathematical morphology therefore lends itself to image processing applications requiring the identification of objects and object features within an image. Herein basic morphological operations are developed, firstly …

Data Base Design For Research In Comparative Zapotec, Anita C. Bickford

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis explores the nature and content of a comparative data base for the Zapotec languages of Mexico that may be produced. Many questions are discussed: how to sub-divide and list the Zapotec languages and dialects; what data format will be most accessible to researchers as well as to field workers with data to add; computer software considerations (designing computational tools); how to handle non-cognates with shared meanings, non-overlap of glosses (i.e., one Zapotec gloss covers several Spanish words, or vice versa), semantic shifts and secondary meanings, and other problems such as special characters, free variation, elisions, etc.; whether to …

Lapita Fishing Strategies: A Review Of The Archaeological And Linguistic Evidence, Richard Walter

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

1989 Scholars And Artists Bibliography, Michael Schwartz Library, Cleveland State University, Friends Of The Michael Schwartz Library

Scholars and Artists Bibliographies

This bibliography was created for the annual Friends of the Michael Schwartz Library Scholars and Artists Reception, recognizing scholarly and creative achievements of Cleveland State University faculty, staff and emeriti

Optical Machine Recognition Of Lower-Case Greek Characters Of Any Size, Ivan X. D. D'Cunha

Electrical & Computer Engineering Theses & Dissertations

An algorithm utilizing a syntactic approach and a criterion based on normalized moments is defined for the reliable, automatic, machine recognition of handwritten and printed Greek characters of any size and font. In this approach a binary image of the character in question is obtained initially; its skeleton is then produced by utilizing a standard thinning algorithm. The classification process then incorporates the topological features of the characters such as existence of closed curves, number of intersections, number and location of free ends, axial symmetry, and the criteria derived from normalized moments to uniquely identify each pattern. Experiments conducted demonstrated …

Design Considerations For Distributed Scientific Software Systems, Paul E. Buis

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

Jim Bindon's Review Of Tsuguyoshi Suzuki And Ryutaro Ohtsuka's Human Ecology Of Health And Survival In Asia And The South Pacific, Jim Bindon

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

Dex: A High Level Tool For Distributed System Experiments, Niraj K. Sharma, Jagannathan Srinivasan

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

Annual Report Of The Iowa Academy Of Science, 1988-89, Paul E. Rider

Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science: JIAS

Starting in 1976, annual reports have served as a continuing record of the activities of the Iowa Academy of Science. These augment a 100 year history of the Academy which was written in the centennial year of 1975.

This report covers the period from July 1, 1988 to June 30, 1989. It is based on the official records of the Academy (committee reports, Board minutes, correspondence) as well as the recollections, impressions and musings of the author, who is writing his first annual report.

Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 31 Number 2, Winter 1989, Santa Clara University

Santa Clara Magazine

10 - MANUFACTURED MOTHERHOOD A Catholic theologian looks at reproductive technology.

16 - ELECTION '88 Will Bush put a new face on Uncle Sam?

20 - IN THE FACE OF AIDS What alumna Sharon Kugler '81 learned hel ping AIDS sufferers.

23 - ON A ROLL New York's hottest director is SCU's Ron Lagomarsino '73.

25 - DO JOBS AND COLLEGE MIX? Alumni and students tell how they fit part-time jobs into their schedules/

Iowa Academy Of Science Directory, 1989-90: Officers, Committees, And Membership Roster, Iowa Academy Of Science

Iowa Academy of Science Documents

Contents:

Board of Directors ... 5
Program Directors ... 6
Editors ... 7
Committees ... 9
Sections ... 24
Awards of Merit ... 29
Excellence in Science Teaching Awards ... 31
Past Presidents ... 33
Membership Roster ... 34
Constitution and Bylaws ... 50

Glacial Deposits, Vol. 17, 1988-1989, Department Of Geography-Geology

Glacial Deposits

Newsletter of the Department of Geography-Geology

Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 31 Number 1, Fall 1988, Santa Clara University

Santa Clara Magazine

12 - MY CHINA YEAR Cathy Morrissey '85 guides us through her year in China, teaching English as a second language in Handan.

19 - IT PAYS TO LET YOUR KID RUN WILD The story of a remarkable relationship between a Japanese firm and Michael Franz '75.

21 - THE REWAK YEARS Alumna-journalist Jeanne Huber describes the way Santa Clara grew during the Rewak administration.

26 - THE DEGNAN WAY How a respected English professor turns undergraduates into professional writers.

Engineering The Object-Relation Database Model In O-Raid, Bharat Bhargava, Prasun Dewan, Stephen Leung

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

Machine Learning: A Critique Of Research Efforts And Suggested Research Strategy, William S. Davis, David B. Murrell

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

The Annual Meeting Of The Iowa Academy Of Science April 21-23, 1988 [Program, 100th Meeting], Iowa Academy Of Science

Iowa Academy of Science Documents

Program Contents:

Program Summary --- 5
General Session Speakers --- 9
Awards --- 13
Distinguished Fellows --- 13, 14
Distinguished Iowa Scientist --- 15
Distinguished Service --- 16
Symposia Programs --- 17
Video Film Preview --- 19
Special Meetings --- 20
Field Trip --- 20
Poster Papers --- 21
Campus Map --- Centerfold
Section Programs --- 25
Agricultural Sciences --- 26
Anthropology --- 28
Biotechnology --- 30
Botany --- 32
Chemistry, Inorganic --- 37
Chemistry, Organic --- 42
Conservation --- 44
Earth Science Teaching --- 46
Elementary Science Teaching --- 47
Engineering --- 48
Geology --- 53
Linguistics --- 58 …

Supporting Objects In A Conventional Operating System, Prasun Dewan

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

Integrating Editing In A Monolingual Environment, Prasun Dewan

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

Excerpts From And Inserts Into My January 23 Talk At The Mathematics As A Humanistic Discipline Session, Anneli Lax

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

No abstract provided.

A Lexical Extension Of Montague Semantics, William C. Purdy

Electrical Engineering and Computer Science - Technical Reports

Montague's linguistic theory provides a completely formalized account of language in general and natural language in particular. It would appear to be especially applicable to the problem of natural language understanding by computer systems. However the theory does not deal with meaning at the lexical level. As a result, deduction in a system based on Montague semantics is severely restricted. This paper considers lexical extension of Montague semantics as a way to remove this restriction. Representation of lexical semantics by a logic program or semantic net is complex. An alternative representation, called a semantic space, is described. This alternative lacks …