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The Oswald Review Undergraduate Research And Criticism In The Discipline Of English: Volume 3 Fall 2001

The Oswald Review: An International Journal of Undergraduate Research and Criticism in the Discipline of English

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Investigating The Assumptions Of Pedagogy, Judith E. Rink

Faculty Publications

The purpose of this article is to discuss the relationship between learning theories and teaching methodology from the perspective of the researcher and the teacher. All teaching methodologies have their roots in particular learning theories. Teaching methodologies are discussed in terms of the learning theories upon which they are founded. Learning theories are discussed in terms of their assumptions and the issues which divide them. A case is made that researchers need to validate the treatment not only in terms of the methodology the teacher uses but the learning process experienced by the learner. If it is the process which …

2001 Aapp Monograph Series, John Mcfadden, Terry Carter, Brian L. Johnson, Christopher Leevy Johnson, Tracy Harrell Dunn, Joyce D. Jackson, Robert Ware, Shundelle Tjuan Dogan, Phyllis Weaks Sanders, Sirena C. Hargrove, Michael D. Amiridis, Maxime Henry, Vicki M. Young, Phyllis I. Perkins, Monique E. Davis

Monograph Series

The African American Professors Program (AAPP) at the University of South Carolina is pleased to produce this premier edition of its annual monograph series. It is fitting that the program assume a leadership role in promoting scholarly products that will prove to be useful in future research efforts by faculty and students in higher education.

Scholars who have contributed manuscripts for this monograph are to be commended for adding this additional responsibility to their academic workload. Writing across disciplines adds to the intellectual diversity of these papers. From neophytes, relatively speaking, to an array of very experienced individuals, the chapters …

Electrochemical Generation Of Superoxide In Room-Temperature Ionic Liquids, Inas M. Alnashef, Matthew L. Leonard, Matthew C. Kittle, Michael A. Matthews, John W. Weidner

Faculty Publications

We have demonstrated that superoxide ion can be generated electrochemically in room-temperature ionic-liquid solvents. In the absence of impurities, cyclic voltammetry showed that the super oxide ion is stable in these solvents. Similar superoxide ion chemistry has previously been demonstrated in volatile and environmentally suspect aprotic solvents such as dimethyl formamide and acetonitrile. However, ionic liquids are nonvolatile and should minimize the problems of secondary solvent waste. It is proposed that the resultant superoxide ion can be used to perform low temperature oxidation of wastes. Low-temperature oxidation of waste solvents can provide a much needed alternative to high-temperature waste incinerators, …

Inside An Agent, José M. Vidal, Paul A. Buhler, Michael N. Huhns

Faculty Publications

When we discuss agent-based system construction with software developers or ask students to implement common agent architectures using object-oriented techniques, we find that it is not trivial for them to create an elegant system design from the standard presentation of these architectures in textbooks or research papers. To better communicate our interpretation of popular agent architectures, we draw UML (Unified Modeling Language) diagrams to guide an implementer's design. However, before we describe these diagrams, we need to review some basic features of agents. The paper considers an architecture showing a simple agent interacting with an environment. The agent senses its …

Consensus Ontologies: Reconciling The Semantics Of Web Pages And Agents, Larry M. Stevens, Michael N. Huhns

Faculty Publications

As you build a Web site, it is worthwhile asking, "Should I put my information where it belongs or where people are most likely to look for it?" Our recent research into improving searching through ontologies is providing some interesting results to answer this question. The techniques developed by our research bring organization to the information received and reconcile the semantics of each document. Our goal is to help users retrieve dynamically generated information that is tailored to their individual needs and preferences. We believe that it is easier for individuals or small groups to develop their own ontologies, regardless …

Philosophical Agents, John R. Rose, Michael N. Huhns

Faculty Publications

Abstraction is the technique we use to deal with complexity. What is the proper kind and level of abstraction for complex software agents? We think it would be reasonable to endow agents with a philosophy. Then, by understanding their philosophies, we can use them more effectively. To endow agents with ethical principles, developers need an architecture that supports explicit goals, principles and capabilities, as well as laws and ways to sanction or punish miscreants. All of the ethical approaches described in this article are single-agent in orientation and encode other agents implicitly.

Trust And Persistence, Paul A. Buhler, Michael N. Huhns

Faculty Publications

We rely on computers to control our power plants and water supplies, our automobiles and transportation systems, and soon our economic and political systems. Increasingly, software agents are enmeshed in these systems, serving as the glue that connects distributed components. Clearly, we need mechanisms to determine whether these agents are trustworthy. What do we need to establish trust? Agents are often characterized by features such as autonomy, sociability, proactiveness, and persistent identity. This latter feature is key in determining trust. When agents operate over an extended period, they can earn a reputation for competence, timeliness, ease of use, and trustworthiness, …

Social Work Practitioners And Technology Transfer, Anna M. Scheyett, Amelia C. Roberts, Raymond Kirk

Faculty and Staff Publications

The application of new skills and interventions into the practice community is often slow and haphazard. A coaching intervention is proposed to augment traditional social work education techniques and maximize the integration of new knowledge into social work practice. This coaching model includes assessment of a practitioner's readiness for change, stage-wise coaching interventions, assessment of organizational barriers to the transfer of new information, and development of strategies to address these barriers. Implications for social work professionals development and future research are discussed.

Automating Supply Chains, Michael N. Huhns, Larry M. Stevens

Faculty Publications

A recent study found that supply-chain problems cost companies between 9 and 20 percent of their value over a six-month period (T.J. Becker, 2000). The problems range from part shortages to poorly utilized plant capacity. When you place this in the context of the overall business-to-business (B2B) market expected to reach US$7 trillion by 2004 (37 percent of which is projected to be e-commerce sales), it is easy to see that effective supply-chain management (SCM) tools could save companies billions of dollars. Attempts to automate solutions to these problems are complicated by the need for the different companies in a …

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Studies in Scottish Literature

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Some Comments On The Moralitas Of Robert Henryson's "Orpheus And Eurydice", Dietrich Strauss

Studies in Scottish Literature

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Some Early Vision Poems By Edwin Morgan, Rodney Stenning Edgecombe

Studies in Scottish Literature

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Roseneath: Scotland Or "Scott-Land"? A Reappraisal Of The Heart Of Midlothian, Julian Meldon D 'Arcy

Studies in Scottish Literature

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Lesley Stonn's Three Goose Quills And A Knife: A Burns Play Rediscovered, Chris Ravenhall

Studies in Scottish Literature

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"The Kind Of Poetry I Mean": Notes On Douglas Dunn's Criticism Of Scottish Poetry, Attila Dósa

Studies in Scottish Literature

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Having Fun With The Moralities: Henryson's Fables And Late-Medieval Fable Innovation, Arnold Clayton Henderson

Studies in Scottish Literature

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Cleansing The Hawker's Basket: Popular Literature And The Cheap Periodical Press In Scotland, Scott A. Mclean

Studies in Scottish Literature

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William Mcilvanney's Docherty: Last Of The Old Or Precursor Of The New?, K. M. Newton

Studies in Scottish Literature

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Travelers And Tourists: Rules Of Engagement In William Mcilvanney's Detective Fiction, Robert P. Winston

Studies in Scottish Literature

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Ossian And Cesarotti: Poems And Translations, Giuliana Bertipaglia

Studies in Scottish Literature

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Placing Earth At The Center Of The Cosmos: The Kingis Quair As Boethian Revision, Karin E. C. Fuog

Studies in Scottish Literature

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"Happy To Worship In A Romish Church": Boswell And Roman Catholicism, Sharon L. Priestley

Studies in Scottish Literature

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Violence And The Victimization Of Women: Engendering Sympathy For Hogg's Justified Sinner, Warren Fox

Studies in Scottish Literature

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Eliza Ogilvy, Highland Minstrelsy, And The Perils Of Victorian Motherhood, A. A. Markley

Studies in Scottish Literature

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Roaring Girls, Bogie Wives, And The Queen Of Sheba: Dissidence, Desire And Dreamwork In The Poetry Of Kathleen Jamie, Kaye Kossick

Studies in Scottish Literature

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Notes And Documents: A Prototype For Burns’S Kilmarnock Edition; Burns And John Knox; An Indian Mystic And Burns

Studies in Scottish Literature

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Brief Notice

Studies in Scottish Literature

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Book Reviews

Studies in Scottish Literature

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Contributors

Studies in Scottish Literature

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