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Wisc-Iii Coding Task And Coding Recall: A New Approach For Assessing Short-Term Visual Memory, Deirdre Rosenberg May 1997

Wisc-Iii Coding Task And Coding Recall: A New Approach For Assessing Short-Term Visual Memory, Deirdre Rosenberg

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This study examines an immediate recall technique using the Coding section of the WISC-HI as a screening measure of short-term visual memory. Fourth, seventh, and tenth grade students performed the Coding subtest from the WISC-HI, the Coding recall technique, and the Abstract Visual Memory (AVM) subtest from the Test of Memory and Learning (TOMAL). A positive correlation of Coding Recall with the AVM subtest was found to be statistically significant for fourth and seventh graders, but not tenth graders. The results suggest that the Coding recall technique may be a useful screening test for evaluating short-term visual memory in children …

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Alphabet Fantasy, Kimberly Kllc May 1997

Alphabet Fantasy, Kimberly Kllc

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The goal of this graduate thesis was to create 26 small felt sculptures of animals, creatures, and characters. These characters were designed to work together as one large twenty-six unit piece of work or in single units or small gcoups as smaller pieces of work. The entire group works together because the name of each animal or character begins with a different letter of the alphabet. It was a goal to make the animals and characters appealing and amusing. Bright colors were used as were simple facial features so they would appear friendly. Familiar shapes and animals were chosen to …

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Resolution Enhancement Of Thermal Infrared Images Via High Resolution Class-Map And Statistical Methods, David Schlingmeier May 1997

Resolution Enhancement Of Thermal Infrared Images Via High Resolution Class-Map And Statistical Methods, David Schlingmeier

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Remote sensing from long stand-off distances offers numerous advantages. As our ability to extract information from data has increased, so has the need for high spatial resolution. Such results are often not available due to technological or financial limitations on the detectors which scan the scene and produce the imagery. Therefore, for many years to come, spatial resolution enhancement using additional data from a variety of sources shall remain popular and cost-effective. Work has been on-going at the Rochester Institute of Technology's Center for Imaging Science in the spatial resolution enhancement of thermal infrared imagery. Background thermal imaging theory is …

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Autobiographical Illusions, Joy Duskin May 1997

Autobiographical Illusions, Joy Duskin

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None provided.

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The Collotype: History, Process & Photographic Documentaion, Denis Defibaugh May 1997

The Collotype: History, Process & Photographic Documentaion, Denis Defibaugh

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Historically the producers of collotype printing have been secretive and taken a proprietary attitude toward the production of collotype prints. Therefore, knowledge about and information on the growth of the collotype industry has been minimal. Although the collotype process produces prints that are amoung the most beautiful and delicate of any graphic arts medium, collotypes presently are rarely produced commercially or even as an artistic medium. Eventually, the making of collotypes will be a lost art. The primary objective of this thesis was to produce a portfolio of photographic images which illustrates all of the production steps in the making …

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An Investigation Into The Growing Popularity Of Script Typefaces And The Technical Means By Which They Are Created Today, Yacotzin Alva May 1997

An Investigation Into The Growing Popularity Of Script Typefaces And The Technical Means By Which They Are Created Today, Yacotzin Alva

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The examination of any current type specimen book invariably discloses a large number of faces designed to imitate some form of handwriting. Strictly speaking, such designs are known as script types. It is a matter of opinion which typefaces should be classified as scripts, especially since all early type designs were derived from written forms. Today, we typically label a typeface as a script if it retains the look of having been written with a pen or other writing implement. Type specimen catalogues of the nineteenth century list numerous examples of such written forms, though these are mostly restricted to …

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A Study In How The Ink Set, Solid Ink Density And Screening Method Influence The Color Gamut In Four Color Process Printing, Mattias Andersson May 1997

A Study In How The Ink Set, Solid Ink Density And Screening Method Influence The Color Gamut In Four Color Process Printing, Mattias Andersson

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The number of possible reproducible colors in a printing method is called the color gamut. This gamut is the range of colors around the spectrum and from light to dark that are available in the process. Previous research has found that the three parameters, spectral reflectance of the ink, solid ink density level and screening method, all influence the gamut in process color printing. This thesis evaluated how much these parameters change the color gamut both as individual parameters and in combination. A test target with 168 patches in the most saturated combinations of cyan, magenta, yellow and black was …

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Degree Of Quantization And Spatial Addressability Tradeoffs In Perceived Quality Of Color Images, Alexander Vaysman May 1997

Degree Of Quantization And Spatial Addressability Tradeoffs In Perceived Quality Of Color Images, Alexander Vaysman

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The objective of this thesis research was to investigate the tradeoffs between the number of quantization levels and spatial addressability of printed color images. Image quantization was done by employing the error-diffusion algorithm. The diffusion of error was performed in CMYK color space. The resulting images were printed on a color output device simulating different spatial addressabilities. To evaluate the perceived image quality, a psychophysical experiment was conducted followed by a statistical analysis of the experimental data. Based on the results of this analysis, the conclusions on the tradeoffs between the number of quantization levels and spatial addressability were drawn. …

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A Comparison Of Image Quality Of Ink Jet And Dye Thermal Printing For Use In Ophthalmic Photography/Angiography, William Fischer May 1997

A Comparison Of Image Quality Of Ink Jet And Dye Thermal Printing For Use In Ophthalmic Photography/Angiography, William Fischer

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Retinal photography and angiography is the process of documenting a person's retina, the inside lining of the eye, using a specially designed camera. Traditionally, these images have been recorded on both color slide and black and white film. Recent technological advances in electronic /digital imaging have led to new means of recording these retinal images. These images may be viewed on a computer monitor, but typically these images are printed to a high resolution /addressability output device. By utilizing a high resolution /addressability ink jet printer it may be possible to produce output of these images at a quality equal …

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Depiction Of Portraiture, Likeness Vs. Representation, Mario Guarriello May 1997

Depiction Of Portraiture, Likeness Vs. Representation, Mario Guarriello

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So the dreaded 'Thesis Paper' begins. I hope this paper can help you, the reader, understand the thought process behind this body of work. I have always felt that my artwork should stand on its own legs, unsupported by flowery, artspeak. This body of work is completely different from anything I have attempted before. This paper is as much an experiment as the work itself. I have divided this paper into three major sections; Looking Back, The Thesis Itself & Looking Ahead. I have found that this thesis has not only become about the last year, but my career as …

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Typography: Visual Connections To Art And Architecture Through The Ages, Andrea Haveman May 1997

Typography: Visual Connections To Art And Architecture Through The Ages, Andrea Haveman

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None provided.

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Valve Train Natural Frequency Measurement And Analysis, Cynthia Greene May 1997

Valve Train Natural Frequency Measurement And Analysis, Cynthia Greene

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Natural frequencies are very important characteristics of a valve train system. From the measured natural frequencies of a valve train the following can be determined: will the system have acceptable dynamic behavior, is one valve train system design superior to another, and is a dynamic model of the system properly setup. The three most important modes of vibration of a valve train system are the fundamental mode of vibration of the entire linkage (system natural frequency), translation of the valve spring, and torsion of the camshaft. Valve trains are nonlinear systems due to varying system geometry throughout the lift event. …

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Autonomy, Well-Being, And Design, Paul James May 1997

Autonomy, Well-Being, And Design, Paul James

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The objective of this thesis is to demonstrate how product design can effectively improve the quality of our lives by promoting individual autonomy in light of diminished physical capabilities due to illness and/or aging. Critical to this demonstration is an understanding of the relationship between personal well-being and our built environments. Developing this understanding became the initial focus of my research.

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An Investigation And Evaluation Of Promela/Spin As A Validation Tool For Asynchronous Concurrent Systems, Mark Bezdany May 1997

An Investigation And Evaluation Of Promela/Spin As A Validation Tool For Asynchronous Concurrent Systems, Mark Bezdany

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Historically, the consequences of implementing faulty designs of concurrent/ distributed systems have been well known. There have many documented occasions where the little-known and unaccounted-for situations have caused the loss of human life and limb. This problem can be generalized, nowadays, to systems termed as mission critical. This term has arisen because individuals, businesses, and governments have come to depend on their correct operation. Failures in these systems can have such an adverse impact, that they are simply unacceptable. Although, due to the inherent complexity of these systems, preventing such failures can prove to be a very difficult task. PROMELA/SPIN …

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Preferred Lightness And Chromatic Image Contrast Reproduction, Mihai Cuciurean-Zapan May 1997

Preferred Lightness And Chromatic Image Contrast Reproduction, Mihai Cuciurean-Zapan

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In this study, the image preference as a function of lightness and chromatic contrast of images produced on an ink-jet printer is examined. The purpose is to develop image manipulation rules, useful in the development of printer algorithms to produce images that are preferred by viewers over images that have been printed without application of these rules. Five images are used during the psychophysical experiment, two business graphics and three pictorial, processed in three different ways in RLAB color space, once having only the tightness contrast varied, then only the chromatic contrast, and finally both lightness and chromatic contrast varied. …

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The Greener Grass Principle, Mary Hazlewood May 1997

The Greener Grass Principle, Mary Hazlewood

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Discusses the making of the artist's animated film.

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Java Based Location Independent Desktop Environment, Jeffrey Harman May 1997

Java Based Location Independent Desktop Environment, Jeffrey Harman

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As the Internet grows and users become more mobile, users will need to be able to access from remote locations all of the same computing resources that they use in their offices. Some users accomplish this by taking everything with them, in the form of high-priced, high-powered laptop computers. This thesis investigates another possible solution to the problem of mobile users, that of a location independent user desktop. This thesis and its related project will produce a JAVA based User Name Service, Application Service and User Desktop Application that use a combination of local and remote servers to provide location …

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A Java Based Internet File System Service, Keith Miller May 1997

A Java Based Internet File System Service, Keith Miller

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As the Internet grows and users become more mobile, they will need to be able to access from remote locations all of the same things that they use in their offices. Some users accomplish this by taking everything with them, in the form of high-priced, high-powered laptop computers. Another solution is to use Internet-based services to deliver all of these same things to the user. This thesis and its related project address a Java-based File System Service that uses a combination of local and remote servers, as well as LANs and WANs (including the Internet) to provide users with access …

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Analysis Of Image Noise In Multispectral Color Acquisition, Peter Burns May 1997

Analysis Of Image Noise In Multispectral Color Acquisition, Peter Burns

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The design of a system for multispectral image capture will be influenced by the imaging application, such as image archiving, vision research, illuminant modification or improved (trichromatic) color reproduction. A key aspect of the system performance is the effect of noise, or error, when acquiring multiple color image records and processing of the data. This research provides an analysis that allows the prediction of the image-noise characteristics of systems for the capture of multispectral images. The effects of both detector noise and image processing quantization on the color information are considered, as is the correlation between the errors in the …

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Women Typeface Designers, Laura Webber May 1997

Women Typeface Designers, Laura Webber

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Nowhere is there a single, exclusive publication containing biographies, type specimens, and photographs of the many women typeface designers. From source to source, one will usually find the same names of male typeface designers repeated. However, one must refer to many sources to compile a list of women typeface designers. In an age of rapid access to all sorts of reference information, it seems silly that one must be forced to search many sources and possibly never find all they are looking for. This thesis project provides a single reference source of women typeface designers and samples of their typefaces …

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Digital Color Press Technologies: Analysis Of The Printing Characteristics As Compared With Swop, Jennifer Kerrigan May 1997

Digital Color Press Technologies: Analysis Of The Printing Characteristics As Compared With Swop, Jennifer Kerrigan

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At the introduction of any new technology, there is a steep learning curve for ser vice providers and end users alike. With new digital printing technologies, service providers must learn how to evaluate and optimize the print characteristics of their presses, in order to provide a product of highest quality. For print buyers, designers and other end users of digital imaging, it is important to understand the level of quality that can be expected from the new imaging devices, in order to develop a market and customer base for the new technologies.

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The Relationship Between Social Intelligence And Behavioral Functioning In Students With Learning Disabilities, James Vreeland Apr 1997

The Relationship Between Social Intelligence And Behavioral Functioning In Students With Learning Disabilities, James Vreeland

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Clinicians suggest that differences between the nonverbal Picture Arrangement (PA) and verbal Comprehension (C) WISC subtests reflect poor social perception, understanding, or action. In this study, data from 79 children with learning disabilities were subjected to repeated measures MANOVA to examine PA and C social sensitivity. Although PA and C scores correlated minimally with Teacher (TRF) and Parent (CBCL) reported behavior problems, those who scored significantly higher on PA than C (PA >C) displayed more TRF Internalizing, Withdrawal, Social, and Thought Problems than the C > PA group. The PA > C group had more TRF Withdrawal and Thought Problems than the …

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Destination-Imagination: An Introduction To The Memorial Art Gallery, Daniela Jorge Apr 1997

Destination-Imagination: An Introduction To The Memorial Art Gallery, Daniela Jorge

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The purpose of this CD-ROM is to provide children with an introduction to the Memorial Art Gallery as well as teach them how to look at art. The project will consist of two parts: a tour of the gallery and a section where children will be taught how to understand art. The presentation may be used in a kiosk, in a classroom as a teaching aid, or in a media center. The target audience will be kindergarten through sixth-grade children. The final product may be distributed to local schools and can also be used as a template by other galleries …

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Screening Measures For Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Heather Foley Apr 1997

Screening Measures For Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Heather Foley

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While performance-based measures have not typically been used by school psychologists in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) assessment, a growing body of evidence suggests that neuropsychological measures may provide valuable diagnostic information as part of a comprehensive evaluation of the disorder. The utility of two neuropsychological measures for use as screening measures in assessing ADHD was examined in the present study. The performance of 29 children with ADHD was compared with that of 96 controls on alternate forms of Trails B and a Figure Cancellation Task. Although a developmental trend was found suggesting increased performance with age, time to complete …

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Marker, Myth And Monolith: A Sculpture Garden, E. Blaise Depaolo Apr 1997

Marker, Myth And Monolith: A Sculpture Garden, E. Blaise Depaolo

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In my thesis proposal I said I wanted to make four large scale works, relative as a group but individual. As the work evolved in the design stage, it became obvious to me that what I was doing was designing a sculpture garden. I have referred to my thesis work as The Sculpture Garden since, and refer to it as such throughout this paper. The individual sculpture pieces I refer to as 'markers'. After much critical discourse with Rick Hirsch, I determined that the sculptures I wanted to create were in fact markers or signposts, beacons to whatever audience they …

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Searching For A Personal Aesthetic, J. Steven Cooper Apr 1997

Searching For A Personal Aesthetic, J. Steven Cooper

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Breakfast For Champions, Brenda Ragonesi Apr 1997

Breakfast For Champions, Brenda Ragonesi

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The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of participating in the school breakfast program on performance in mathematics by children of low socioeconomic status. Stanford Achievement Test (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1989) scores in mathematics were collected for children who qualified for and joined the school based, publicly funded, breakfast program, in a small rural Western New York district, both before and after this program became available. There were a total of 24 children who met this requirement and joined the program during second, third, or fourth grade. A control group was comprised of children in the same …

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Preparation And Characterization Of Bulk Nanostructures Cu-Co Magnetic Alloys, Michael Gartley Apr 1997

Preparation And Characterization Of Bulk Nanostructures Cu-Co Magnetic Alloys, Michael Gartley

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With new fabrication and measurement technologies now readily available, much attention has been focused on nanostructured materials. The sub-micron scale features of these materials gives them unique physical properties. To understand these properties, conventional methods of materials characterization are not always applicable. Therefore, new methods of characterization are needed for these nanostructured materials. In this project, we have developed nanostructured Cu-Co alloys. Alloys contain 0.3-5.0 wt% cobalt. Alloys are solution-annealed such that the cobalt dissolves in the solid copper phase. By subsequently aging the solid solutions with 1.5% Co at lower temperatures, the cobalt precipitates out of solution and forms …

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Kindergarten Screening In New York State, Allison Rohrer Apr 1997

Kindergarten Screening In New York State, Allison Rohrer

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This study investigated current practices in school districts in New York State for implementation of State and Federal mandates for screening of new entrants to school. The vagueness of the law allows for schools to determine what information they will collect and what instrument they will utilize. All 718 school districts in New York State were surveyed to ascertain the way that districts conducted Kindergarten screening. Questions included: the personnel involved in screening, the instrument used, the time it took to complete the screening, and how satisfied the district was with its current practice. Fifty-one percent (385) of the districts …

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Evolution Of Solutions To Real-Time Problems, Greg Semeraro Apr 1997

Evolution Of Solutions To Real-Time Problems, Greg Semeraro

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This thesis develops the theory and tools necessary for the determination of a near optimal Real-Time Operating System (RTOS) scheduling policy for an arbitrary multitasking problem specification. The solution is determined using a Genetic Algorithm (GA). All real-time operating systems provide some means of 'tuning' the characteristics of the scheduling policy to accurately meet the application requirements. This thesis shows the applicability of using a GA to determine these parameters for an arbitrary application. In addition, the RTOS parameters considered are broad enough to allow the results to be used for specifying and/or choosing an RTOS for the actual implementation …

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