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Individuals With Disabilities Performing Service Topic Bibliography, Robin Vue Benson, Robert D. Shumer, Madeleine S. Hengel, Craig Hollander

Bibliographies

Disabled and special needs populations have frequently been the beneficiaries of service-learning programs. In this revised version of an earlier introduction to service-learning and special needs individuals we add new studies that illustrate the use of service for disabled individuals as both recipients and deliverers of program activity. Our goal is to provide information on the value of service for special needs populations and programs.

The items in this bibliography were obtained through searches of the ERIC database, our own collection of material, and selected websites dealing with special needs programs. These searches have significantly expanded the number of items …

Fuzzy Based Forebody Vortex Flow Controller For The X-29a Aircraft, Jin Suzuki

Masters Theses

This paper demonstrates the development and performance of A Fuzzy Logic based regulator for an aircraft which is equipped with pneumatic forebody Vortex Flow Controller at high angle-of-attack flight condition. The VFC provides the pilot additional control power at flight conditions where conventional effectors such as rudder and differential flaps lose effectiveness.

Fuzzy Logic Control (FLC) is applied to a mixed bang-bang and conventional type control system. This unique configuration ensures robustness of the system and simplifies the controller design. Performance of the FLC based regulator shows a 10.3% reduction in cost function compared to the system controlled by a …

A Robust Estimate For An Autoregressive Time Series, Jeffrey Terpstra

Dissertations

A weighted rank-based estimate for estimating the parameter of an auto-regressive time series is considered. When the weights are constant, the estimate is equivalent to using Jaeckel’s estimate and Wilcoxon scores. The estimate can be shown to be asymptotically normal at rate y/n. In a linear regression setting this estimate has the desired properties of a continuous totally bounded influence function and a positive breakdown point. It is shown via examples and Monte Carlo that these properties are preserved in an autoregressive time series setting.

Groundwater-Kalamazoo River Interaction Near The Parchment City Wellfield, Parchment, Michigan, W. Richard Laton

Dissertations

A detailed hydrogeologic study of the Kalamazoo River and its interaction with the groundwater was completed near Parchment, Michigan. The Kalamazoo River between Portage Creek and Allegan Dam is a Federal superfund site due to PCB contamination trapped in its sediments. The City of Parchment pumps all of its drinking water from a glacial aquifer 850 feet from the Kalamazoo River. This study focused on the hydrogeology and groundwater/surface interaction of the area through the use of surface and downhole geophysics, installation of monitoring wells and peizometers, seepage meters and chemical sampling. It was determined that the Kalamazoo River is …

Does Law Need An Analyst? Prospects For Lacanian Psychoanalysis In Law, Richard E. Redding

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.

Numerical Modeling Of Self-Propagating Polymerization Fronts: The Role Of Kinetics On Front Stability, Stanislav E. Solovyov, Victor M. Ilyashenko, John A. Pojman

Faculty Publications

Frontal propagation of a highly exothermic polymerization reaction in a liquid is studied with the goal of developing a mathematical model of the process. As a model case we consider monomers such as methacrylic acid and n-butyl acrylate with peroxide initiators, although the model is not limited to these reactants and can be applied to any system with the similar basic polymerization mechanism. A three-step reaction mechanism, including initiation, propagation and termination steps, as well as a more simple one-step mechanism, were considered. For the one-step mechanism the loss of stability of propagating front was observed as a sequence …

The Future Information Infrastructure In Economics, William L. Goffe, Robert P. Parks

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Domination In Digraphs, Lisa Hansen

Dissertations

No abstract provided.

The Future Of Information Commerce Under Contemporary Contract And Copyright Principles , Stephen P. Tarolli

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.

Autonomous Construction Of Multi Layer Perceptron Neural Networks, Thomas F. Rathbun

Theses and Dissertations

The construction of Multi Layer Perceptron (MLP) neural networks for classification is explored. A novel algorithm is developed, the MLP Iterative Construction Algorithm (MICA), that designs the network architecture as it trains the weights of the hidden layer nodes. The architecture can be optimized on training set classification accuracy, whereby it always achieves 100% classification accuracies, or it can be optimized for generalization. The test results for MICA compare favorably with those of backpropagation on some data sets and far surpasses backpropagation on others while requiring less FLOPS to train. Feature selection is enhanced by MICA because it affords the …

An Investigation Of The Divine Proportion In Varying Facial Types, Gender And Age Groups, Chris A. Coleman

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

This retrospective study evaluated the 26 cephalometric measurements which comprise 13 ratios that were purposed by Robert M. Ricketts to be Divine Proportions. The hypothesis that was tested in this study was one that stated that these 13 ratios were not only Divine Proportions, but were constant in all facial types, in both genders and in all stages of growth. In an effort to test this hypothesis, cephalographs were chosen at random from the files of Dr. Ruel Bench, which are currently housed in the Ricketts Research Library at Loma Linda University. Each film tracing was reviewed for accuracy and …

Strategy For Cost-Effective Reduction Of The Sum Of Health Risk Estimates For Exposures To Mixtures Of Toxic Substances, David W. Gaylor, James J. Chen

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

The authors argue that a minimization approach can provide guidance for effective use of funds to reduce the sum of estimated risks or the upper limit of the sum of risk estimates for mixtures of chemicals.

Book Review Of Joshua M. Epstein & Robert Axtell, Growing Artificial Societies: Social Science From The Bottom Up (Mit Press 1996), Sean D. Detweiler

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

Review of the book Joshua M. Epstein & Robert Axtell, Growing Artificial Societies: Social Science from the Bottom Up (MIT Press 1996). Acknowledgements, appendices, index, introduction references. LC 96-25332; ISBN 0-262-05053-6. [208 pp. Cloth $39.95. 55 Hayward St., Cambridge MA 02142.]

Scientific Facts Vs. Political Values, Thomas G. Field Jr.

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

Professor Field takes exception to a recent Science editorial.

Table Of Contents Volume Eight, Number Three, Summer 1997, Risk Editorial Board

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

Table of contents for the journal RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (ISSN: 1073-8673)

Practical Sliced Configuration Spaces For Curved Planar Pairs, Elisha Sacks

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

Seed Sets And Search Structures For Accelerated Isocontouring, Chandrajit L. Bajaj, Valerio Pasucci, Daniel R. Schikore

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

Improving Data Availability In Mobile Computing Using Prewrite Operations, Sanjay Kumar Madria, Bharat Bhargava

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

Exploiting And-Or Parallelism In Prolog: The Oasys Computational Model And Abstract Architecture, I. P. Vlachavas

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

Solving Composite Problems With Interface Relaxation, Mo Mu

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

News From Hope College, Volume 28.6: June, 1997, Hope College

News from Hope College

No abstract provided.

Methods Of Digital Classification Accuracy Assessment, Jeffrey R. Allen

Theses

Landcover classification of remotely sensed data has found many useful applications in industries such as forestry, agriculture, and defense. With the push toward end users, class maps are often incorporated directly into geographical information systems for use in solving large, complex problems. However, errors are inherent in the classification process. The importance of assessing the thematic accuracy of data derived from remote sensing platforms is universally recognized and has motivated much research. Classification accuracy assessment is often required to determine the "fitness of use" or suitability of a data set for a particular application. Failure to identify the magnitude of …

Assessing The Pragmatic Skills Of Adolescents With And Without Learning Disabilities On A Dramatization Task, Amy L. Juergens

Masters Theses

This study was designed to compare the pragmatic skills of adolescents with and without learning disabilities as measured by a dramatization task. Seventeen high school students with learning disabilities and 17 normal-achieving high school students participated in this study. Twenty scenes were presented verbally to the participants who were instructed to act out the part of a character in each scene, making up the dialogue to fit the scene. The responses were scored for their pragmatic appropriateness and linguistic quality. Task reliability and validity analyses indicated that the dramatization task was an effective measure of key aspects of pragmatic skills. …

The Last Prisoners Of World War Ii, Margaret M. Mastroberardino

Pace International Law Review

No abstract provided.

Satellite Data And Environmental Law: Technology Ripe For Litigation Application, Sharon Hatch Hodge

Pace Environmental Law Review

Earth observation satellite technology is not a junk science, and this Comment tells the litigator how to use the data properly to ensure successful acceptance as evidence. Prudence is essential in the application of satellite data, and the legal practitioner must keep an eye toward several areas of concern including reliability of the particular data set, characteristics of the data, and costs. Remote sensing data are desired as both scientific and demonstrative evidence. The litigator must have the expert prepared to address concerns of the opponent and the court. The call has been made to bring the legal community into …

An Improved Multi-Layer Fabrication Process For Yba2Cu3O7-X-Based Circuits, H.Q. Li, R.H. Ono, L.R. Vale, D.A. Rudman, Sy_Hwang Liou, W.H. Mallison

Sy-Hwang Liou Publications

Improved via connections in structures of YBa₂Cu₃O_7-x/SrTiO₃/ YBa₂Cu₃O_7-x (YBCO/STO/YBCO) multilayers have been made using a combined HF wet-etching and ion-milling process. The critical current density J_c of the via is as high as 2×10⁶ A/cm² at 76 K, and is dominated by edge contacts in the ab-plane, YBCO and Sr₂AlNbO₆ (SAN) multilayer test circuits were also made with this process. The 4° crossovers in a SAN test chip had a critical temperature T_c of 88 K and J_{c …}

Eimeria (Protozoa: Eimeriidae) From North American Sciurids, Glaucomys Sabrinus And Tamias Townsendii: With A Description Of A New Species, Claire A. Fuller, Donald W. Duszynski

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty Publications

From 1990 to 1991, 11 northern flying squirrels, Glaucomys sabrinus, and 30 Townsend's chipmunks, Tamias townsendii, were live-trapped, marked, and released in MacDonald Forest, Benton Co., Oregon and their feces at each capture examined for the presence of coccidian parasites. Two eimerians were found in G. sabrinus: Eimeria doreyi and a second species we describe here as new. One species, Eimeria vilasi, was identified from T. townsendii. Sporulated oocysts of the new eimerian are strongly ellipsoidal, pointed at 1 end, and are 47.2 × 25.0 (41-52 × 22-31) μm with ovoidal sporocysts, 19.0 × 10.5 …

The Impact Of Political Instability On Economic Growth: Evidence From Developing Countries, Uisoon Kwon

Masters Theses

This thesis examined the impact of political instability on economic growth. This thesis included forty three developing countries and employed multiple regression analysis. Three hypotheses were tested. First, cross-nationally, political instability may serve to decrease the availability of factors of production. Second, cross-nationally, political instability will decrease the quantity of labor. Third, cross-nationally, political instability may negatively influence the timing and organization of the production process.

The statistical results of multiple regression were not significant at .05 level using t-test. Therefore the null hypotheses were not rejected. Based on statistical results, possible reasons for the statistical insignificance were considered in …

The Education And Cultural Adaptation: Experiences Of Japanese Children In Foreign Cultures, Akiko Namiki

Masters Theses

This thesis explores the experiences of Japanese children and adolescents who reside in the United States as a consequence of their parents' jobs and examines how they adapted to a local society and how their cultural identities were affected by living in the United States before establishing stable identities. This study was completed by relating existing literature to interviews with a sample of Japanese children and adolescents, their mothers, and their teachers who reside in a Midwestern urban areas.

Experiences of the Japanese children and adolescents were examined in terms of their English language skills, Japanese language skills, family lives, …

Little Golden Bookstm: An Analysis Of Every Child’S Literature, Sandra Ballman-Burke

Masters Theses

Modeling theory proposes that consequences received by the model are considered critical in determining whether or not modeled behaviors will be imitated (Bandura, Ross & Ross, 1961).

Despite the apparent significance of consequences, analyses of children's literature have failed to explore this link. Utilizing feminist research perspectives, I sought to examine variables explored in previous analyses of picture books, with emphasis on consequences received by models. I was interested in (a) consequences received by female and male characters when engaged in instrumental/independent activities (Kortenhaus & Demarest, 1993); (b) the ways in which female and male characters are stereotyped; and (c) …