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Full Issue, Neutrosophic Sets And Systems Jan 2015

Full Issue, Neutrosophic Sets And Systems

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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Rough Neutrosophic Multi-Attribute Decision-Making Based On Rough Accuracy Score Function, Kalyan Mondal, Surapati Pramanik Jan 2015

Rough Neutrosophic Multi-Attribute Decision-Making Based On Rough Accuracy Score Function, Kalyan Mondal, Surapati Pramanik

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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An Extended Topsis Method For Multiple Attribute Decision Making Based On Interval Neutrosophic Uncertain Linguistic Variables, Said Broumi, Jun Ye, Florentin Smarandache Jan 2015

An Extended Topsis Method For Multiple Attribute Decision Making Based On Interval Neutrosophic Uncertain Linguistic Variables, Said Broumi, Jun Ye, Florentin Smarandache

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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Cosine Similarity Measure Based Multi-Attribute Decision-Making With Trapezoidal Fuzzy Neutrosophic Numbers, Pranab Biswas, Surapati Pramanik, Bibhas C. Giri Jan 2015

Cosine Similarity Measure Based Multi-Attribute Decision-Making With Trapezoidal Fuzzy Neutrosophic Numbers, Pranab Biswas, Surapati Pramanik, Bibhas C. Giri

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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A New Method Of Measuring Similarity Between Two Neutrosophic Soft Sets And Its Application In Pattern Recognition Problems, Anjan Mukherjee, Sadhan Sarkar Jan 2015

A New Method Of Measuring Similarity Between Two Neutrosophic Soft Sets And Its Application In Pattern Recognition Problems, Anjan Mukherjee, Sadhan Sarkar

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

No abstract provided.


Interval Neutrosophic Multi-Attribute Decision-Making Based On Grey Relational Analysis, Surapati Pramanik, Kalyan Mondal Jan 2015

Interval Neutrosophic Multi-Attribute Decision-Making Based On Grey Relational Analysis, Surapati Pramanik, Kalyan Mondal

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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Ideological Systems And Its Validation: A Neutrosophic Approach, Josue Nescolarde-Selva, Jose Luis Uso-Domenech Jan 2015

Ideological Systems And Its Validation: A Neutrosophic Approach, Josue Nescolarde-Selva, Jose Luis Uso-Domenech

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

No abstract provided.


Neutrosophic Tangent Similarity Measure And Its Application To Multiple Attribute Decision Making, Kalyan Mondal, Surapati Pramanik Jan 2015

Neutrosophic Tangent Similarity Measure And Its Application To Multiple Attribute Decision Making, Kalyan Mondal, Surapati Pramanik

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

No abstract provided.


Decision Making Based On Some Similarity Measures Under Interval Rough Neutrosophic Environment, Kalyan Mondal, Surapati Pramanik Jan 2015

Decision Making Based On Some Similarity Measures Under Interval Rough Neutrosophic Environment, Kalyan Mondal, Surapati Pramanik

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

No abstract provided.


Neutralite Neutrosophique Et Expressivite Dans Le Style Journalistique, Alice Ionescu Jan 2015

Neutralite Neutrosophique Et Expressivite Dans Le Style Journalistique, Alice Ionescu

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

No abstract provided.


Topsis For Single Valued Neutrosophic Soft Expert Set Based Multi-Attribute Decision Making Problems, Surapati Pramanik, Partha Pratim Deybibhas C. Giri Jan 2015

Topsis For Single Valued Neutrosophic Soft Expert Set Based Multi-Attribute Decision Making Problems, Surapati Pramanik, Partha Pratim Deybibhas C. Giri

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

No abstract provided.


We Put Down Our Guns And Picked Up Microphones: Community Radio As A Conduit For Community Development In Guatemala, Elizabeth Halpin Dec 2014

We Put Down Our Guns And Picked Up Microphones: Community Radio As A Conduit For Community Development In Guatemala, Elizabeth Halpin

Latin American Studies ETDs

The intent of this thesis is to explore how community radio in Guatemala is used as a tool for community development. The concept of development I use is based off the idea that in order to build and maintain a sustainable quality of life there must be a solid community foundation for social capacity. Approaching radio as a conduit for change, I examine the various roles the radio takes on in order to enhance the overall quality of life by serving as (1) a channel for community knowledge; (2) a platform for indigenous rights; (3) a pillar for community solidarity; …


Variable Education Exposure And Cognitive Task Performance Among The Tsimane, Forager-Horticulturalists, Helen Elizabeth Davis Dec 2014

Variable Education Exposure And Cognitive Task Performance Among The Tsimane, Forager-Horticulturalists, Helen Elizabeth Davis

Anthropology ETDs

At present, we know very little about the transition from traditional learning skills to models of standardized learning, and how it can influence the way one understands and solves problems. This research will examine cognitive performance and the factors affecting variation across communities and between individuals as it changes with age. The objective of this dissertation is to measure cognitive performance among children between 8 and 18 years of age exposed to variable levels of formal schooling in order to investigate three main research questions: (1) Whether exposure to schooling and increased performance in school-based abilities, such as math and …


Afro-Colombians And The Encroachment Of Paramilitaries On The African Palm Oil Sector, Stacie Hecht Dec 2014

Afro-Colombians And The Encroachment Of Paramilitaries On The African Palm Oil Sector, Stacie Hecht

Anthropology ETDs

The African palm oil industry in Colombia has burgeoned in the last decade, with state-sanctioned promotions and new developmental productions for the expansion of these plantations seeking to provide economic stability for the country. In addition, with the passing of the Free Trade Agreement between the United States and Colombia in 2011, as well as deals with several European countries for the exportation of the product, comes an even greater demand than previously known for the industry. However, the continuation of this endeavor will lead to the devastation of the bio-diverse lands being used for economic gains. Furthermore, palm oil …


Developing Thinking In L2 Speaking: Evidence From Spatial-Temporal System In Chinese And English Learners, Pei-Ni Causarano Dec 2014

Developing Thinking In L2 Speaking: Evidence From Spatial-Temporal System In Chinese And English Learners, Pei-Ni Causarano

Linguistics ETDs

Spatial and temporal expressions cross-linguistically are metaphorical can present a difficult challenge during second language acquisition. This dissertation expands on Slobins (1996) study of 'first-language thinking in second-language speaking,' and applies linguistic relativity theory and Vygotsky's theory on thought and language to investigate how L1 thinking influences L2 speaking in Chinese native speakers learning English and English native speakers learning Chinese. It examines (a) habitual language use of spatial and temporal referents cross-linguistically and (b) dynamic changes of spatial and spatial-temporal expressions in L2 learners across proficiency levels. Some 41 CLLs and ELLs at four proficiency levels participated in this …


Nepalis To El Norte: Questions For The Emerging Trend Of Nepali Migration To The United States Via Latin America, Andrew Nelson Oct 2014

Nepalis To El Norte: Questions For The Emerging Trend Of Nepali Migration To The United States Via Latin America, Andrew Nelson

Himalayan Policy Research Conference

In this paper, I explore the research possibilities for a relatively unknown yet growing phenomenon of Nepali migratory routes to the United States via Latin America. While it is no secret that Nepalis are increasingly entering into foreign labor migration schemes that contribute to nearly one-quarter of the country’s GDP, these routes tend to be limited to Asian parts of the world, such as India, the Arabian Gulf, Malaysia, South Korea and Japan. Although labor migration of Nepalis to the United States has existed for some time, it has tended to be based on plane travel via tourist, student, employment …


The Predicament Of The Tamangs In Search Of Identity, Gayatri Bhattacharyya Oct 2014

The Predicament Of The Tamangs In Search Of Identity, Gayatri Bhattacharyya

Himalayan Policy Research Conference

It is in the frame of recent nation-centric politics – in patterns of ethnic (caste/tribe/religion/language) strategizing common to greater South Asia – that pan-Himalayan Tamang identity begins to be more forcefully asserted in Nepal and India. To examine the nature of formation and assertion of Tamang identity is to revisit the debate over the relationship of ethnicity, identity politics, religion and other aspects of culture in defining and redefining the nature of communities in the South-Asian nation-states. In the history of modern India as in other parts of greater South Asia, the concept and reality of ‘nation’ has acquired very …


Foreign Languages & Literatures 2014 Apr Self-Study & Documents, University Of New Mexico Oct 2014

Foreign Languages & Literatures 2014 Apr Self-Study & Documents, University Of New Mexico

UNM Academic Program Review

UNM Foreign Languages & Literature APR self-study report, review team report, response to review report, and initial action plan for Fall 2014, fulfilling requirements of the Higher Learning Commission.


Native American Studies 2014 Apr Self-Study & Documents, University Of New Mexico Oct 2014

Native American Studies 2014 Apr Self-Study & Documents, University Of New Mexico

UNM Academic Program Review

UNM Native American Studies APR self-study report, review team report, and initial action plan for Fall 2014, fulfilling requirements of the Higher Learning Commission.


An Investigation Of The Role Of Guided Reading In Proficient First Grade Reader's In-School Writing, Jolene Reed Sep 2014

An Investigation Of The Role Of Guided Reading In Proficient First Grade Reader's In-School Writing, Jolene Reed

Language, Literacy, and Sociocultural Studies ETDs

This participant observation research study explored relationships between the role of guided reading and in-school writing of three proficient first-grade literacy learners during the first eight months of the 2007-08 school-year. Portraits of each student as a literacy learner were developed through case studies. Those individual case studies were then analyzed for themes in a cross-case analysis. Data were collected regarding text encountered during the guided reading sessions that occurred in the classroom and also in the form of writing artifacts produced by the three students during the writing workshop portion of their school day. Additional data collected included student …


Shi'ite Reformism Versus Shi'ite Fundamentalism: A Comparative Study Of Shi'ite Discursive Practices In 20th Century Iran: The Cases Of Khomeini And Hakamizadeh, Mozafar Banihashemi Sep 2014

Shi'ite Reformism Versus Shi'ite Fundamentalism: A Comparative Study Of Shi'ite Discursive Practices In 20th Century Iran: The Cases Of Khomeini And Hakamizadeh, Mozafar Banihashemi

Sociology ETDs

The patterns of socio/political transformation that Iran went through in the 20th century generated episodes of great ideological divergence within Irans shi'ite establishment. The current study seeks to shed light on an instance of textual exchange that took place in the earlier part of the century — in 1943 — but became the bedrock for subsequent discursive conflicts within shi'ism notably during and after the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Adopting the format of a dialogue and operating within the milieu of a shi'ite outlook, the authors of this exchange, Hakamizadeh and Khomeini, touched upon several social and political topics such as …


Using Dynamic Assessment To Assess Syntax With Five-Year-Olds Using Augmentative And Alternative Communication, Marika King Sep 2014

Using Dynamic Assessment To Assess Syntax With Five-Year-Olds Using Augmentative And Alternative Communication, Marika King

Speech and Hearing Sciences ETDs

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the readiness of 5-year-old children to produce semantic-syntactic structures via a graphic symbol-based augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) device during a dynamic assessment (DA) task and whether performance during DA was predictive of performance on a subsequent experimental task. Method: This study included four 5-year old children who demonstrated normal receptive language and limited speech intelligibility. The participants received DA, using a graduated prompting framework, for 6 semantic-syntactic targets followed by a static experimental task. Measures included amount of support required to produce the targets, modifiability within a DA session, and …


Since I Know Myself: A Cultural Examination Of Medicinal Plant Use In The Commonwealth Of Dominica, Maureen Meyer Sep 2014

Since I Know Myself: A Cultural Examination Of Medicinal Plant Use In The Commonwealth Of Dominica, Maureen Meyer

Geography ETDs

This research examines Dominican culture through exploring medicinal plant use on the island. Dominica, located in the Lesser Antilles of the Caribbean Archipelago, offers a distinctive setting because historically there has been an amalgamation of cultures that have participated in and influenced the formation of Dominican culture. This research sought to identify what plants were known and used on the island in order to assess cultural retention and syncretism that has evolved as a result of the comingling of these cultures. In so doing, it was evident that environmental knowledge gained through experience has been critical for survival throughout Dominican …


My/Mi Lengua Franca: "Language," Manipulation, And Cultural Heritage In Chicana Art And Literature, Elena Avilés Sep 2014

My/Mi Lengua Franca: "Language," Manipulation, And Cultural Heritage In Chicana Art And Literature, Elena Avilés

Spanish and Portuguese ETDs

Chicana feminist literary and artistic cultural production since the second half of the twentieth century is characterized with a critical sensibility commissioning the arts to actively interrogate how cultural mores misconstrue female identity. By questioning the miss'-representation of cultural myths and images, Chicanas expose the patriarchal language and hegemonic discourse that code and sign cultural icons. Chicana feminist interrogations of traditional representations of La Malinche illustrate how signs are a construction, and thus, indefinite and plastic, like language. By combining various methodologies such as semiotics, visual analysis, cultural and feminist studies, this study underscores the significance of the development of …


The Psychology Of The Supreme Court: Modeling Judicial Semantics From Written Opinions, Anne Lippert Sep 2014

The Psychology Of The Supreme Court: Modeling Judicial Semantics From Written Opinions, Anne Lippert

Psychology ETDs

The construction of knowledge networks from text is a novel way to study the cognitive organization of domain specific content. This dissertation evaluated the application of knowledge networks to legal text. Text analysis methods were used to transform text from 8,014 Supreme Court opinions into matrix data suitable for the construction of knowledge networks known as SCOD networks (Supreme Court Opinion Derived networks). Four specific hypotheses were then tested to better understand the meaningfulness and validity of SCOD networks. The first hypothesis considered differences between SCOD networks and random networks. The remaining hypotheses considered the ability of SCOD networks to …


Una Perspectiva Del Despojo: Cuerpo, Lengua Y Espacio Desde El Discurso Lésbico/Queer En La Literatura Fronteriza/Chicana, Cynthia Meléndrez Sep 2014

Una Perspectiva Del Despojo: Cuerpo, Lengua Y Espacio Desde El Discurso Lésbico/Queer En La Literatura Fronteriza/Chicana, Cynthia Meléndrez

Spanish and Portuguese ETDs

Women writers on both sides of the US/Mexican border have rewritten Chicana-Fronteriza narratives by uncovering the individual memory of women and LGBTII communities along the US-Mexico Border. La tarima (2001) by Rosina Conde and Gulf Dreams (1996) by Emma Pérez reveal a consciousness of the social decay and domestic violence of urban border life. These authors deconstruct the identity of women and minorities by disassociating knowledge acquired through patriarchal structures. Moreover, Conde and Pérez break with established written patterns by mixing genres, and subverting traditional forms of language and notions of space. The dramatic and rapid changes on both sides …


Socioeconomic Status And Cognitive Outcomes: Mediating Role Of The Home Environment, Jennifer Gwendolyn Benson Sep 2014

Socioeconomic Status And Cognitive Outcomes: Mediating Role Of The Home Environment, Jennifer Gwendolyn Benson

Psychology ETDs

Low socioeconomic status (SES) in early childhood is associated with increased risk for deficits in cognitive development. Early home environment quality has been shown to mediate between SES and cognition in toddlers from low-income families. This study explored the mediation of home environment quality between SES and cognition in socioeconomically diverse toddlers. 26 families completed a HOME interview (Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment). Child cognitive ability was assessed using the Bayley Scales of Infant Development. The Monte Carlo method for testing indirect effects was used to test for mediation of HOME standardized total scores between SES and developmental …


Open Systems Dynamics For Propagating Quantum Fields, Ben Baragiola Sep 2014

Open Systems Dynamics For Propagating Quantum Fields, Ben Baragiola

Physics & Astronomy ETDs

In this dissertation, I explore interactions between matter and propagating light. The electromagnetic field is modeled as a Markovian reservoir of quantum harmonic oscillators successively streaming past a quantum system. Each weak and fleeting interaction entangles the light and the system, and the light continues its course. In the context of quantum tomography or metrology one attempts, using measurements of the light, to extract information about the quantum state of the system. An inevitable consequence of these measurements is a disturbance of the systems quantum state. These ideas focus on the system and regard the light as ancillary. It serves …


An Action Research Case Study: A Sociocultural Perspective On Native American Students Learning Mathematics In A Public Elementary School Classroom, Lisa M. Tsuchiya Sep 2014

An Action Research Case Study: A Sociocultural Perspective On Native American Students Learning Mathematics In A Public Elementary School Classroom, Lisa M. Tsuchiya

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

This dissertation is a qualitative study utilizing action research methods to develop a case study on the experience of urban public elementary school Native American students in collaborative mathematics activities. Data was collected with observations, mathematics assessments, and interviews to study how public school Native first graders experience collaborative mathematics activities when culturally modified with Indigenous ways of knowing and being? A major challenge in analyzing this work was finding a theoretical framework that could explain the experience of Native students in a multicultural public school. Sociocultural theory was selected because it operationalizes the key features of the study: Indigenous …


Revisioning Reality: Normative Resistance In The Cultural Works Of The Lincoln Motion Picture Company, Nella Larsen, And Allan Rohan Crite, 1915-1945, Andrea Louise Mays Sep 2014

Revisioning Reality: Normative Resistance In The Cultural Works Of The Lincoln Motion Picture Company, Nella Larsen, And Allan Rohan Crite, 1915-1945, Andrea Louise Mays

American Studies ETDs

Despite the fact that nineteenth and twentieth century biologist and Social Darwinists theories of race have been dispelled, the social residue of white supremacist ideologies continue to have social and political implications throughout American society. America's racial hierarchy, and whiteness as a social and racial construct instantiated within it, against which every other group of people has been relationally situated, has helped not only to define non-white racial subjects in inferior terms, it has also guaranteed a perpetuation of race-based structural and social inequalities in United States of America. African American Studies, Critical Race Theory, Whiteness Studies, and most recently …