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A Tribute To Karl Menger, Seymour Kass

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

No abstract provided.

Reflections Of Glenmount Reform Effort, Gail Black, Ruth Miller

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

No abstract provided.

Resource Review: Research On Children's Learning As A Tool To Improve Math And Science Teaching, Cynthia Hudley

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

No abstract provided.

Helping Students With Attention Deficit Disorder Succeed In A College Mathematics Class, Pamela E. Matthews

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

No abstract provided.

John Dewey, The Math And Science Standards, And The Workplace, Bernard A. Fleishman

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

No abstract provided.

A Course In Mathematical Ethics, Robert P. Webber

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

No abstract provided.

Book Review: Nexus: Architecture And Mathematics, Edited By Kim Williams, Joseph Malkevitch

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

No abstract provided.

Back Matter, Issue 16, 1997

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

No abstract provided.

The Deaf Catholic, November-December 1997

ICDA The Deaf Catholic

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in USA

ICDA The Deaf CatholicFinding Aid

South Union Messenger (November 1997), Kentucky Library Research Collections

South Union Messenger

No abstract provided.

Inside Journalism, Columbia College Chicago

Inside Journalism

Newsletter published by the Journalism Department at Columbia College, November 1997. Six pages.

The Effect Of A Teacher Enhancement Project Designed To Promote Interactive-Constructivist Teaching Strategies In Elementary School Science On Students' Perceptions And Attitudes., John Dunkhase, Brian Hand, James Shymansky, Larry Yore

Educator Preparation & Leadership Faculty Works

This study takes place within the context of the Science: Parents, Activities, and Literature (Science PALS) project and examines elementary school students' reactions to instruction implemented by teachers participating in this special problem-centered professional development program. The study focuses on student perceptions of their science instruction and student attitudes toward science learning as a function of their exposure to interactive, constructivist teaching strategies designed to focus on student ideas, utilization of literature connections, and incorporation of parents as partners. Using student perceptions and attitudes as dependent variables, teacher participation as the main independent variable, and grade levels and student gender …

1997 November Alumni Newsletter, Loyola Law School - Los Angeles

Public Record

No abstract provided.

Ecophysiological Responses Of Three Riparian Graminoids To Changes In The Soil Water Table, Anna Sala, Robert S. Nowak

Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

We examined the effect of changes in soil water table on the water relations, leaf gas exchange, and aboveground biomass of three riparian graminoids native to the semiarid western United States: Carex lanuginosa, Juncus balticus, and Carex nebrascensis. All three species co-occur at the wettest microhabitats within riparian corridors, but J. balticus and C. nebrascensis extend into drier areas. Lowering the water table to 1 m had little effect on the leaf gas exchange characteristics of the three graminoids. In the greenhouse, experimental reductions of the water table when plants had three fully mature leaves did not affect gas exchange …

Fort Hays State Lady Tiger Basketball Media Guide 1997-1998, Fort Hays State University

Athletic Programs Collection

This color fifty two page document features the media guide for the 1997-1998 women's Tiger basketball season. It includes staff and team information, rosters, statistics, schedules, records, opponents, and photographs.

A Computerized Model Of Large-Scale Visual Interstellar Extinction, Jon Hakkila, Jeannette M. Myers, Brett J. Stidham, Dieter H. Hartmann

Publications

A numerical algorithm has been developed for calculating three-dimensional visual interstellar extinction and its error from inputs of Galactic longitude, Galactic latitude, and distance. The code sythesizes the results of several published studies and can be used both for making correction to individual observations and for correcting statisticlal samples. The studies have been modified to introduce a statistical extinction correction at large (poorly-sampled) distances, and to truncate values at the (assumed) edge of the Milky Way. When combined, the studies allow individual absorbing clouds in the interstellar medium to be indentified within 5 kpc. Several observational selection biases are noted …

From Expert Words Directly To Numerical Simulations: Group-Theoretic Approach To Computing With Words In Information/Intelligent Systems, Vladik Kreinovich, Brian Penn, Scott A. Starks

Departmental Technical Reports (CS)

In many real-life situations, e.g., when making an environmental decision, it is important to be able to predict long-term consequences of different decisions. Very often, these predictions must be done in the situation where the only available information consists of expert rules, which are formulated by words from natural language. One possible way to transform these expert words into numerical simulation (leading to prediction) is to use the fuzzy control methodology. However, there is a problem with using this methodology: it invokes replacing each word by a membership function, and this replacement drastically increases the required computer space (and thus, …

The Pinto Legacy: The Long Term Impact On Residents Of Elkhart County, Indiana, Paul J. Becker, Arthur J. Jipson, Alan Bruce

Faculty Research at Morehead State University

A paper presented by Paul J. Becker at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology in November of 1997 on the long term impact of two teenage girls that died following an accident involving a Ford Pinto in Elkhart County, Indiana.

Evolution Of Secondary Electron Emission Characteristics Of Spacecraft Surfaces, R. E. Davies, John R. Dennison

All Physics Faculty Publications

Secondary electron emission (SEE) plays a key role in spacecraft charging [Garrett, 1981; Frooninckx and Sojka, 1992] . As a result, spacecraft charging codes require knowledge of the SEE characteristics of various materials in order to predict vehicle potentials in various orbital environments [Katz, et. al., 1986]. Because SEE is a surface phenomenon, occurring in the first few atomic layers of a material, the SEE characteristics of a given surface are extremely sensitive to changes in surface condition--e.g., the addition or removal of surface contaminants, or changes in surface morphology. That spacecraft surfaces can and generally do undergo significant evolution …

Egg Removal By Brown-Headed Cowbirds: A Field Test Of The Host Incubation Efficiency Hypothesis, Douglas R. Wood, Eric K. Bollinger

Condor

No abstract provided.

University Of San Diego News Print Media Coverage 1997.11, University Of San Diego Office Of Public Relations

Print Media Coverage (1947-2009)

Printed clippings housed in folders with a table of contents arranged by topic.

Image Measurements Of Short Period Gravity Waves At Equatorial Latitudes, Michael J. Taylor, W. R. Pendleton Jr., S. Clark, H. Takahashi, D. Gobbi, R. A. Goldberg

All Physics Faculty Publications

A high-performance, all-sky imaging system has been used to obtain novel data on the morphology and dynamics of short-period (<1 hour) gravity waves at equatorial latitudes. Gravity waves imaged in the upper mesosphere and lower thermosphere were recorded in three nightglow emissions, the near-infrared OH emission, and the visible wavelength OI (557.7 nm) and Na (589.2 nm) emissions spanning the altitude range ∼80–100 km. The measurements were made from Alcantara, Brazil (2.3°S, 44.5°W), during the period August-October 1994 as part of the NASA/Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais “Guara campaign”. Over 50 wave events were imaged from which a statistical study of the characteristics of equatorial gravity waves has been performed. The data were found to divide naturally into two groups. The first group corresponded to extensive, freely propagating (or ducted) gravity waves with observed periods ranging from 3.7 to 36.6 min, while the second group consisted of waves of a much smaller scale and transient nature. The later group exhibited a bimodal distribution for the observed periods at 5.18 ± 0.26 min and 4.32 ± 0.15 min, close to the local Brunt-Vaisala period and the acoustic cutoff period, respectively. In comparison, the larger-scale waves exhibited a clear tendency for their horizontal wavelengths to increase almost linearly with observed period. This trend was particularly well defined around the equinox and can be represented by a power-law relationship of the form λ h = ( 3.1 ± 0.5 ) τ ob 1.06 ± 0.10 , where λ h is measured in kilometers and τob in minutes. This result is in very good agreement with previous radar and passive optical measurements but differs significantly from the relationship λ h ∝ τ105 ob inferred from recent lidar studies. The larger-scale waves were also found to exhibit strong anisotropy in their propagation headings with the dominant direction of motion toward the-NE-ENE suggesting a preponderance for wave generation over the South American continent.

Sediment Movement Within A Strip Intercropping System, John E. Gilley, L. A. Kramer, R. M. Cruse, A. Hull

Department of Agricultural and Biological Systems Engineering: Faculty Publications

This study was conducted to identify sediment movement within a strip intercropping system in southwestern Iowa during the third year of a three-year crop rotation. Soil loss, resulting from the application of simulated rainfall to a Monona silt loam soil, was measured from individual corn (Zea mays L.), soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr), and winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) strips, and from multiple strips which included all three crops. Because of the crop rotation and residue management procedures, used at the study site, a substantial amount of surface cover and vegetative mass was present on each of …

Center For Sustainable Agricultural Systems Newsletter, November/December 1997

Center for Sustainable Agricultural Systems: Newsletter (1993–2000)

Contents:

CSAS Publishes Book That Reviews Sustainable Ag Literature

NCR SARE Solicits PDP Proposals

Integrated Farm Update: Impact of Spring-grazing Crop Residues

Education in Scandinavia: from Farming to Food Systems

NSAS 1998 Annual Meetings

Ecosystems Provide Valuable "Services" Worth $33 Trillion

USDA Creates New Office of Pest Management

Sanet-mg Archives: A Valuable Resource

On The Admissibility Of Expert Testimony In Kansas, Mark D. Hinderks, Steve Leben

Faculty Works

No abstract provided.

Spectrum Of Hot O At The Exobases Of The Terrestrial Planets, Jane L. Fox, Aleksander B. Hać

Physics Faculty Publications

The distribution of energetic O produced in dissociative recombination of O₂⁺ at the exobases of the terrestrial planets is important in determining the structure of the outer hot O coronas and for the escape flux of O from Mars. Using recently measured values for the branching ratios of the energetically allowed channels in O₂⁺ dissociative recombination, along with models of the vibrational distribution of O₂⁺, we compute the velocity distribution of hot O atoms produced at the exobases of Mars, Venus, and Earth. We take into account the effects of the ion and …

Unofficial Grapevine, November 1997, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg.

Unofficial Grapevine

The November 1997 issue of the Unofficial Grapevine. Improperly labeled as Vol. 4, No. 12. This issue should be Vol. 5, No. 1.

Front Matter (Pdf), The Condor

Condor

No abstract provided.

1997 November, Morehead State University. Office Of Communications & Marketing.

MSU Clip Sheet Archives

MSU Clip Sheet newsletters published in November of 1997.

Responding To Price Signals In Communal Agriculture: Shaker Hog Production, 1788-1850, John E. Murray, Metin M. Cosgel

Economics Working Papers

Isolated Shaker communal farms stressed self-sufficiency as an ideal but carefully chose which goods to buy and sell in external markets and which to produce and consume themselves. We use records of hog slaughter weights to investigate the extent to which the Shakers incorporated market-based price information in determining production levels of a consumption good which they did not sell in external markets: pork. Granger causality tests indicate that Shaker pork production decisions were influenced as hypothesized, strongly by corn prices and weakly by pork prices. We infer that attention to opportunity costs of goods that they produced and consumed …