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The Daily Egyptian, October 13, 2006, Daily Egyptian Staff

October 2006

No abstract provided.

The Daily Egyptian, October 11, 2006, Daily Egyptian Staff

October 2006

No abstract provided.

Vol. 2, No. 1, Fall 2006, Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Cornerstone

No abstract provided.

Woody's Melindas And Todd's Stories: Complex Film Narratives In The Light Of Literary Modernism, Walter C. Metz

Publications

This essay compares and contrasts the complex narrative strategies of two films: Woody Allen's Melinda and Melinda (2004), and Todd Solondz' Storytelling (2001).

The Daily Egyptian, September 26, 2006, Daily Egyptian Staff

September 2006

No abstract provided.

The Daily Egyptian, September 25, 2006, Daily Egyptian Staff

September 2006

No abstract provided.

The Daily Egyptian, September 22, 2006, Daily Egyptian Staff

September 2006

No abstract provided.

2006 Abstract Book, Undergraduate Research Forum

Undergraduate Creative Activities and Research Forum Abstract Books

No abstract provided.

Numerical Computing For Third-Order Power Method Polynomials (Excel), Todd C. Headrick

Publications

The power method polynomial transformation is a popular procedure used for simulating univariate and multivariate non-normal distributions. It requires software that solves simultaneous nonlinear equations. Potential users of the power method may not have access to commercial software packages (e.g., Mathematica, Fortran). Therefore, algorithms are presented in the more commonly available Excel 2003 spreadsheets. The algorithms solve for (I) coefficients for polynom ials of order three, (2) intermediate correlations and Cholesky factorizations for multivariate data generation, and (3) the values of skew and kurtosis for determining if a transformation will produce a valid power method probability density function (pdt).

Volume 1

McNair Scholars Journal

No abstract provided.

2006, Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Graduate Highlights

No abstract provided.

Instruction Via Instant Messaging Reference: What’S Happening?, Christina M. Desai, Stephanie J. Graves

Articles

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to analyze one Instant Messaging (IM) reference service to determine to what extent instruction is or can be offered in this medium and whether patrons want or expect it.

Design/methodology/approach – The authors surveyed IM patrons over a seven week period to determine whether they felt they could and did learn from chat transactions. Transcript content was analyzed to find out whether and how instruction is being offered.

Findings – Results show that patrons overwhelmingly welcome instruction and that it is provided in a large majority of cases, using a variety of …

Crossing The Waterline: A Ritual Inquiry, Barbara Bickel

Publications

In this essay, I inquire phenomenologically into a gesture that I performed and documented through photography. This gesture is significant because it has led me to consider the resistant edge of myself as an artist, researcher, and educator. It is from this resistant edge that I find myself crossing a metaphorical waterline. Waterlines mark the liminal threshold between water and air, i.e., the point of conscious awareness—of breath—below which lay the unknown. This metaphor has helped me become aware of myself as artist, writer, learner, and teacher. In this art essay of my living inquiry into a performed gesture within …

2006-2007 Southern Illinois University Bulletin Carbondale Campus (Undergraduate Catalog), Southern Illinois University Carbondale

SIU Bulletins and Course Catalogs Archives

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Fall 2005

Perspectives

No abstract provided.

Southern Alumni, Siu Alumni Association

SIU Alumni Magazine

No abstract provided.

The Influence Of J.R.R. Tolkien On Popular Culture, Michael A. Hall

Honors Theses

No abstract provided.

Spectacle And Distortion: The Anti-Globalization Movement On Television News, Raphi Rechitsky

Honors Theses

No abstract provided.

Tracking And Racialization In Undergraduate Multicultural Requirements, Karan Hustedt

Honors Theses

No abstract provided.

The Constitutionality Of Same Sex Marriage, Brandy Raley

Honors Theses

No abstract provided.

2005 Abstract Book, Undergraduate Research Forum

Undergraduate Creative Activities and Research Forum Abstract Books

No abstract provided.

Dynamics Of A Black Bear Population Within A Desert Metapopulation, Eric C. Hellgren, Dave P. Onorato, J Raymond Skiles

Publications

Understanding metapopulation dynamics in large carnivores with naturally fragmented populations is difficult because of the large temporal and spatial context of such dynamics. We coupled a long-term database of visitor sighting records with an intensive 3-year telemetry study to describe population dynamics of recolonization by black bears (Ursus americanus) of Big Bend National Park in Texas during 1988–2002. This population, which occurs within a metapopulation in western Texas and northern Mexico, increased from a single pair of known breeding-age animals in 1988 to 29 bears (including 6 females of breeding age) in March 2000 (λ = 1.25/year). A …

2005, Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Graduate Highlights

No abstract provided.

What Do They Know And When Do They Know It? An Examination Of Citizen Awareness Of Context, Brady Baybeck

Publications

The connection between the individual and her aggregate geographic environment, usually defined as the neighborhood, is a key component of the contextual model of social influence. However, there is substantial anecdotal evidence that people have very little knowledge or connection to their neighborhood. In this paper we explore the connection by using data from the South Bend Study (Huckfeldt and Sprague 1985) to answer two questions. What do people know about objective conditions of their neighborhoods? Second, do these conditions influence perceptions people have of their neighborhoods? We find that (a) people have a good deal of knowledge about the …

2005-2006 Southern Illinois University Bulletin Carbondale Campus (Undergraduate Catalog), Southern Illinois University Carbondale

SIU Bulletins and Course Catalogs Archives

No abstract provided.

Juju And Justice At The Movies: Vigilantes In Nigerian Popular Videos, John C. Mccall

Publications

This article examines the rise of vigilantism in southeastern Nigeria. Two opposing discourses on Nigerian vigilantism are examined. The first is characterized by the valorization of vigilantes as heroes in popular Nigerian video movies. The second is represented by a recent Human Rights Watch (HRW) report denouncing the vigilantes as criminals. My research utilizes ethnographic research to contextualize the video movies as a means toward understanding the ideological gap between these discourses. A close analysis of the Issakaba video series reveals a subtle treatment of the vigilante phenomenon designed to appeal to an indigenous perspective that is cognizant of the …

Southern Alumni, Siu Alumni Association

SIU Alumni Magazine

No abstract provided.

Paternity And Relatedness Of American Black Bears Recolonizing A Desert Montane Island, Dave P. Onorato, Eric C. Hellgren, Ronald A. Van Den Bussche, J. Raymond Skiles, Jr.

Publications

American black bears (Ursus americanus (Pallas, 1780)) are characterized by female philopatry and malebiased dispersal, with predictable consequences for genetic structure of populations. We studied a recolonizing population of black bears on a desert montane island to test genetic-based predictions of bear social behavior. We assessed genetic paternity and relatedness among bears within Big Bend National Park, Texas, from 1998 to 2001 via maternally and biparentally inherited markers and field observations. Data from seven microsatellite loci permitted us to assign paternity for 7 of 12 cubs, and multiple paternity was revealed in one litter. Levels of relatedness in the …

The Anatomy Of Hydrologic Externalities: Limitations To Water Markets, Cook

2004

No abstract provided.

Indirect Mobilization: The Social Consequences Of Party Contacts In An Election Campaign, Scott D. Mcclurg

Publications

Although direct contacts between campaigns and individuals are a central part of the process that encourages political participation, it is often argued that their effects extend beyond the initial contact via a secondary process of indirect mobilization. This paper puts that argument to the test by investigating possible connections between direct party contacts and political mobilization in social networks. The results show that the primary social consequence of party contacts is to alter the substance, but not the volume, of politically oriented conversations that occur in social networks. These conversations in turn increase the salience of the campaign in the …