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Meeting Notes 2003-11-13 [Part D] , Joint Policy Advisory Committee On Transportation

Joint Policy Advisory Committee on Transportation

No abstract provided.

Faculty Senate Monthly Packet November 2003, Portland State University Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Monthly Packets

The November 2003 Monthly packet includes the November agenda and appendices and the Faculty Senate minutes and attachments from the meeting held October 2003.

Meeting Notes 2003-10-09 , Joint Policy Advisory Committee On Transportation

Joint Policy Advisory Committee on Transportation

No abstract provided.

Faculty Senate Monthly Packet October 2003, Portland State University Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Monthly Packets

The October 2003 Monthly packet includes the October agenda and appendices and the Faculty Senate minutes and attachments from the meeting held June 2003.

Bohmian Dialogue: A Promising Pedagogy For Transformative Learning?, Leslie G. Mcbride, Robin A. Voetterl, Mary K. Kinnick

Community Health Faculty Publications and Presentations

Between 1997 and 2002, dialogue, a process developed by the late theoretical physicist David Bohm and philosopher Krishnamurti, was adapted and used as the central form of pedagogy within two interdisciplinary courses at Portland State University. The purpose of this workshop is, through an interactive experience, to provide participants with an introductory understanding of Bohmian dialogue and its promise as a pedagogy for transformative teaching and learning in higher education. Throughout the past several years, Bohmian dialogue has developed into a process in which meaning and knowledge are created and shared between and among educators and learners during the learning …

Essay Review Of Higher Education’S Imperative: Rising To The Challenge Of Educating Citizens, Priya Kapoor, Dilafruz Williams

Communication Faculty Publications and Presentations

This article provides a review of the book, "Educating Citizens: Preparing America's Undergraduates for Lives of Moral and Civic Responsibility" by by Anne Colby, Thomas Ehrlich, Elizabeth Beaumont, & Jason Stephens.

Canada’S New Role In North American Energy Security, Shawn Smallman

International & Global Studies Faculty Publications and Presentations

Energy analysts have given renewed attention to Canada's position in the North American energy market since the September 11th attacks, because of fear that conflict might interrupt the flow of oil from the Middle East. There are currently $30 billion (U.S.) in projects to develop the Alberta oil sands, in addition to new petroleum projects in Newfoundland, and major natural gas finds off the Atlantic coast. While Canada is already the single major oil exporter to the United States (ahead of both Saudi Arabia and Venezuela), its production could double by 2010. Canada’s rapidly increasing energy production has major implications …

The Hyperthermophilic Archaeon Sulfolobus: From Exploration To Exploitation, Stan J.J. Brouns, Thijs J.G. Ettema, Kenneth M. Stedman, Jasper Walther, Hauke Smith, Ambrosius P.L. Snijders, Mark Young, Rolf Bernander, Phillip C. Wright, Betina Siebers, John Van Der Oost

Biology Faculty Publications and Presentations

In the early 1970s, Sulfolobus was first isolated by Thomas Brock and co-workers from sulfur-rich acidic hot springs in Yellowstone National Park. Sulfolobus became one of the model organisms of Archaea in general, and of Crenarchaea in particular. Many of its unusual physiological characteristics have been investigated, and several of its thermostable enzymes have been studied in considerable detail. For fundamental reasons, and because of its potential for industrial applications, Sulfolobus has been selected for a genome sequence project. The recent completion of the Sulfolobus solfataricus genome has set the stage for a series of postgenome research lines that will …

Meeting Notes 2003-09-18 , Joint Policy Advisory Committee On Transportation

Joint Policy Advisory Committee on Transportation

No abstract provided.

2004 Portland Metro Area Arts Atlas, Christopher Ashley, Casey Bentz, Paul Cone, Rennie Dunn, Betty Groth, Mark Larsen, Jason A. Long, Nathan D. Martin, Brian Mcguirk, Michael Morgon, Jessica Troutman

Asset Mapping: Community Geography Project

This atlas was conceptualized and exucuted by RACC and a Senior Capstone class of Portland State University.

Senior Inquiry: A University/High School Collaboration, Barbara Jean Traver, Jack C. Straton, Jan Whittlesey, Dave Erhenkranz, Tom Wells, Pat Mccreery, Maarja Paris, Candyce Reynolds, Judy Patton

Education Faculty Publications and Presentations

Portland State University has been collaborating with four area high schools to deliver a high school course based on the university's Freshman Inquiry model. Senior Inquiry is taught by a team of high school and university faculty partnered with peer mentors from the university. It is designed to provide college experience and credit for any senior in good academic standing who wants to gain the skills needed to succeed in college.

Portland State Magazine, Portland State University. Office Of University Communications

Portland State Magazine

PSU’s alumni magazine, published 2-3 times a year. In this issue: What makes a great wine? The climate, the winemaker, and the dirt; as society has computerized, so have the bad guys; life can be hard for those who drop out of high school. What does it take to rise to the challenge?; the successful relocation of 12,000 Somali Bantu is the mission of two PSU professors; and more.

Formal Course Design And The Student Learning Experience, Gary R. Brown, Carrie B. Myers, Sharon E. Roy

Office of Academic Innovation Publications

What impact does collaboration between faculty and professional course designers have on the student learning experience? As the use of technologies increases, educational institutions have to find ways of identifying and addressing expectations about how technologies can best be incorporated into the teaching and learning experiences. This paper reports on efforts at Washington State University to develop and assess the course design and faculty development process and the impact the process has on student learning experiences. The results of a comprehensive set of faculty and student surveys from five groups suggest that the systematic course design process improves students' opportunities …

Meeting Notes 2003-08-14 , Joint Policy Advisory Committee On Transportation

Joint Policy Advisory Committee on Transportation

No abstract provided.

Modeling Carrier Behavior In Sequential Auction Transportation Markets, Miguel Andres Figliozzi, Hani S. Mahmassani, Patrick Jaillet

Civil and Environmental Engineering Faculty Publications and Presentations

Online markets for transportation services, in the form of Internet sites that dynamically match shipments (shippers? demand) and transportation capacity (carriers? offer) through auction mechanisms are changing the traditional structure of transportation markets. A general framework for the study of carriers? behavior in a sequential auction transportation marketplace is provided. The unique characteristics of these marketplaces and the sources of difficulty in analyzing the behavior of these marketplaces are discussed. Learning and behavior in a sequential Vickrey auction marketplace is analyzed and simulated. Some results and the overall behavioral framework are also discussed.

Changing Structure Of The Arms Trade: A Social Network Analysis, David Todd Kinsella

Political Science Faculty Publications and Presentations

The global arms trade should be understood not as a market but as a network, one that shares some important properties with networked forms of organization studied by sociologists. I make this argument and then employ quantitative methods developed for social network analysis in an effort to describe the evolving structure of the arms trade network since the end of World War II. That structure has changed significantly over the past fifty years. It became less dense in the early years of the cold war as newly independent states joined the society of states, but had yet to develop many …

Research Note: Determinants Of Bus Dwell Time, Kenneth Dueker, Thomas J. Kimpel, James G. Strathman, Steve Callas

Center for Urban Studies Publications and Reports

This research note reports an analysis of dwell times at bus stops using archived Automatic Vehicle Location/ Automatic Passenger Counter (AVL/APC) data reported at the level of the individual bus stop. The data provide a large number of observations that serve to better understand the determinants of dwells, including analysis of rare events, such as lift operations. The analysis of bus dwell times at bus stops is applicable to TriMet, the transit provider for the Portland metropolitan area, and transit agencies in general. The determinants of dwell time include passenger activity, lift operations and other effects: low floor bus, time …

Adaptive Live Video Streaming By Priority Drop, Jie Huang, Charles Krasic, Jonathan Walpole

Computer Science Faculty Publications and Presentations

In this paper we explore the use of Priority-progress streaming (PPS) for video surveillance applications. PPS is an adaptive streaming technique for the delivery of continuous media over variable bit-rate channels. It is based on the simple idea of reordering media components within a time window into priority order before transmission. The main concern when using PPS for live video streaming is the time delay introduced by reordering. In this paper we describe how PPS can be extended to support live streaming and show that the delay inherent in the approach can be tuned to satisfy a wide range of …

Meeting Notes 2003-07-10 , Joint Policy Advisory Committee On Transportation

Joint Policy Advisory Committee on Transportation

No abstract provided.

Beyond Guilt: How To Deal With Societal Racism, Lauren N. Nile, Jack C. Straton

Education Faculty Publications and Presentations

This article addresses the specific form of racism that we refer to as “societal,” and provides a method of responding to the guilt-based reactions of many European Americans to the subject of racism. We examine the “daily indignities” to which people of color are subjected and the additional hurt they feel when those indignities are either denied or blamed on them. Finally, we provide practical methods for European Americans to engage in micro-revolutionary change, using their invisible privilege to interrupt the small-scale, insidious incidents of injustice that pass before their eyes.

Assigning Projects To Project Managers In A Multiple-Project Management Environment: A Pilot Study Of A Decision Support Model, Peerasit Patanakul, Dragan Milošević, Timothy R. Anderson

Engineering and Technology Management Faculty Publications and Presentations

Project assignment is considered one of the most critical project decisions since it influences the performance of projects, and eventually the performance of the organization. Despite its importance, the literature reveals two major gaps on project assignment criteria and methodology. To close these gaps, this study proposes an additional set of project assignment criteria and a systematic methodology for project assignments (DSM). By using the concepts of these case study research combined with a literature review, the important potential criteria for project assignments are identified. These criteria are used in conjunction with the concepts of the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) …

Measure For Measure: Benchmarking The Region's Future, Don Barney, Alan Kenneth Delatorre

Institute of Metropolitan Studies Publications

Through its Progress Board created in 1989 and Oregon Benchmarks, Oregon has been a leader in collecting and using data to discern statewide trends in dozens of different economic, environmental, and social arenas. Oregon was among the first U.S. states to set targets for the future in each of these categories, allowing its citizens to see how much farther we have to go to achieve livability goals. These benchmarks are grouped under three major areas of a state strategic plan: quality jobs for all Oregonians; safe, caring and eng aged communities; and healthy, sustainable surroundings. Is there real value in …

A Man For All Regions, Sumner Sharpe

Metroscape

A native of Egypt, Nohad Toulan has been a faculty member at Portland State University since 1972 when he founded the Urban Studies Program at Portland State University. Under his leadership the program evolved from modest beginnings as an undergraduate certificate progam into a Ph.D. grant ing school and in 2000 it became the College of Urban and Public Affairs. The college has maintained its stature as one of the leading urban studies programs in the nation. Dr. Toulon also founded the Institute of Portland Metropolitan Studies in 1993. Trained as an engineer and planner, Dr. Toulon has been an …

A Brief History Of Our Future: A Historian Imagines Our City In 2033, Carl Abbott

Metroscape

In this article, historian and urban planning professor Carl Abbott attempts to describe what Portland, Oregon, will look like thirty years into the future.

Technology Management For Reshaping The World, Dundar F. Kocaoglu, Timothy R. Anderson

Engineering and Technology Management Faculty Publications and Presentations

The world is changing rapidly, and technology is playing the central role in making the changes happen. The events since PICMET '01 have made it clear that every society everywhere in the world is affected not only by the changes, but also by the technology behind them. There are few events in the world today that are not dominated, or at least influenced, by technology. This observation can be explained by recognizing the current period in the history of the world as the "technology era." When technology is properly used and managed, it leads to the reshaping of the world …

Using Reconstructability Analysis To Select Input Variables For Artificial Neural Networks, Stephen Shervais, Martin Zwick

Complex Systems Faculty Publications and Presentations

We demonstrate the use of Reconstructability Analysis to reduce the number of input variables for a neural network. Using the heart disease dataset we reduce the number of independent variables from 13 to two, while providing results that are statistically indistinguishable from those of NNs using the full variable set. We also demonstrate that rule lookup tables obtained directly from the data for the RA models are almost as effective as NNs trained on model variables.

Focal Point, Volume 17 Number 01, Portland State University. Regional Research Institute

Research and Training Center - Focal Point

This issue of Focal Point offers insight on cultural reciprocity, clinical outcomes for diverse youth, culturally competent research practices for African-American communities, identifying behavioral strengths in Black children, and cultural competence in services.

Evolved Reversible Cascades Realized On The Cam-Brain Machine (Cbm), Andrzej Buller, Marek Perkowski

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Publications and Presentations

This paper presents a new approach to reversible cascade evolution based on a 3D cellular automaton. As a research platform we used the ATR's CAMBrain Machine (CBM). Reversible circuits are investigated because they are expected to dissipate much less energy than their irreversible counterparts. One day they will be implemented as nano-scale 3-dimensional chips. A circuit is reversible if the number of its inputs equals the number of its outputs and there is a one-to-one mapping between spaces of input vectors and output vectors. This paper provides: (1) a brief introduction to reversible logic concentrating on definitions and properties of …

Meeting Notes 2003-06-12 , Joint Policy Advisory Committee On Transportation

Joint Policy Advisory Committee on Transportation

No abstract provided.

The Development Of Language Choice In A German Immersion School, Miranda Kussmaul Novash

Dissertations and Theses

When bilinguals converse with one another, they make choices about which language to speak. Many different factors have been shown to influence adult bilinguals' language choice, including interlocutor, setting, discourse content and discourse function. Less, however, is known about the factors influencing the language choice behavior of young bilinguals. Although case studies have provided into the type of language choice behavior exhibited by individual children, there is a lack of knowledge of the course of development from the language choice behavior of early childhood bilinguals to the more complex behavior of adult bilinguals.

This thesis examines the developmental pattern of …