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Educational Assessment As Invitation For Dialogue, Ronald C. Arnett, Pat Arneson

Journal of the Association for Communication Administration

This article offers a communicative foundation for viewing the act of educational assessment as an opportunity for dialogue with a larger public in the U.S. There are three main areas which comprise an invitation for dialogue with the public: the politics of assessment, foundation for dialogue about the communication discipline and the proposal for a dialogic communication with the public as a way to create shared meaning about the process of communication. Invitation to dialogue envisions communication as socially constructed. Both self and other are central to the emergence of truth. The wise communicator is careful, but in the midst …

National Preferences In Business And Communication Education: A Survey Update, Jerry L. Winsor, Dan B. Curtis, Ronald D. Stephens

Journal of the Association for Communication Administration

This article discusses the results of a survey in the U.S. regarding national preferences in business and communication education. From the results of this and the previous study, it appears that the skills most valued in the contemporary job-entry market are communication skills. The skills of listening, oral communication (both interpersonal and public), written communication and the trait of enthusiasm are indicated to be the most important. Again, it would appear to follow that university officials wishing to be of the greatest help to their graduates in finding employment would make sure that basic competencies in oral and written communication …

Continuum Limit Of Lattice Approximation Schemes, Carl M. Bender, Alexander Tovbis

Faculty Bibliography 1990s

Boundary-layer perturbation theory problems are inherently singular. However, it is known that discretizing the problem by introducing a lattice may convert such problems into regular perturbation problems. The singular nature of boundary-layer problems is then relegated to and hidden in the continuum limit, the subtle limit in which the lattice spacing tends to zero. If the lattice is introduced cavalierly, then extrapolating to zero lattice spacing gives a sequence of extrapolants that at first approaches the correct limit and then veers off, thereby revealing the asymptotic nature of such problems. However, discretizing the problem following the procedures described here yields …

On Lucasian Numbers, Peter Hilton, Jean Pedersen, Lawrence Somer

Faculty Bibliography 1990s

No abstract provided.

Transform Coding Of Signals Using Approximate Trigonometric Expansions, Qurban A. Memon, Takis Kasparis

Faculty Bibliography 1990s

For signal representation it is always preferred that a signal be represented using a minimum number of parameters. in any transform coding scheme, the central operation is the reduction of correlation and thereby with appropriate coding of the transform coefficients, allows data compression to be achieved. The objective of data encoding is to transform a data array into a statistically uncorrelated set. This step is typically considered a "decorrelation" step, because in the case of unitary transformations the resulting transform coefficients are relatively uncorrelated. Most unitary transforms have the tendency to compact the signal energy into relatively few coefficients. The …

An Approach To The Synthesis Of Biological Tissue, Jannick P. Rolland, Robin N. Strickland

Faculty Bibliography 1990s

Mathematical phantoms developed to synthesize realistic complex backgrounds such as those obtained when imaging biological tissue, play a key role in the quantitative assessment of image quality for medical and biomedical imaging. We present a modeling framework for the synthesis of realistic tissue samples. The technique is demonstrated using radiological breast tissue. The model employs a two-component image decomposition consisting of a slowly, spatially varying mean-background and a residual texture image. Each component is synthesized independently. The approach and results presented here constitute an important step towards developing methods for the quantitative assessment of image quality in medical and biomedical …

Transfer Of Momentum And Torque From A Light Beam To A Liquid, A. Yu. Savchenko, N. V. Tabiryan, B. Ya. Zel'dovich

Faculty Bibliography 1990s

Refraction or absorption of light results in the force and torque, i.e., transfer of momentum and angular momentum from light to the medium. In transversely inhomogeneous beams, the force per unit volume f may have curlf not equal 0 leading to flow or to nonthermal and nongravitational convection in liquids. The force and the torque in scattering systems are as strong as in absorbing materials and may allow one to carry out experiments avoiding thermal effects. Nonlinear optical response of liquid crystals due to this convection is discussed.

Dynamics Of Low-Dimensional Dipolar Systems, J. M. Sun, Weili Luo

Faculty Bibliography 1990s

Time decays of low-dimensional magnetic dipoles with anisotropic energy barriers were studied theoretically. We found that the dynamic behaviors are interaction specific. For a chain with ferromagnetic coupling, a single mode dominates and the decay is essentially exponential. For antiferromagnetic coupling, the dynamics can be characterized by two distinct groups of time scales. The spectrum results in a plateau in the decay of remanent magnetization. This novel behavior differs from the prediction of the mean-field theory. For a two-dimensional rectangular lattice, a transition between the bimodal decay and a quasilogarithmic decay occurs when the ratio of length to width varies.

Practical Considerations On Color Image Enhancement Using Homomorphic Filtering, Liviu I. Voicu, Harley R. Myler, Arthur R. Weeks

Faculty Bibliography 1990s

We present a study concerning the practical possibilities of using the homomorphic filtering for color image enhancement, Two of the most popular color models, RGB and C-Y (color difference), are employed and the results are comparatively discussed. The homomorphic filtering has proven to be a viable tool for both color models considered.

Mathematical Modeling Of Melting During Laser Materials Processing, J. Xie, A. Kar

Faculty Bibliography 1990s

Melting is encountered in almost all laser materials processing. This article deals with a one-dimensional heat conduction problem to investigate the melting rate during laser materials processing. The problem is solved approximately to obtain a correlation among melt depth, power density, and laser irradiation time. Based on this correlation, the dynamics of melting, a relationship between the melt depth and power density and an average melting velocity are expressed by simple analytic formulas. These expressions are further simplified for high power densities (I greater than or equal to 10(9) W/m(2)). The times to reach the melting and boiling temperatures at …

Melting And Vaporization For Large-Area Film Removal With A Chemical Oxygen-Iodine Laser, J. Xie, A. Kar

Faculty Bibliography 1990s

Large-area film removal with lasers is a physical process of melting and vaporization of films. A mathematical model is developed to simulate the melting and vaporization of films under the irradiation of a chemical oxygen-iodine laser. The cross section of the film after laser scanning and the substrate surface temperature during laser irradiation are presented. There is an optimum laser power at which relatively wide films can be removed by maintaining low temperature at the substrate surface. The optimum laser power is associated with other process parameters. The results of film removal with TEM31 and TEM00 beams are compared, and …

Normal Lattices And Coseparation Of Lattices, Barry B. Mittag

Mathematics Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Criminal Behavior And Age: A Test Of Three Provocative Hypotheses, Charles R. Tittle, Harold G. Grasmick

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

The Link Between Established Psychological Type Preferences And Academic Achievement In Elementary School Students, Shelley Nacke

Theses

Sixty-four third through eighth grade students from a rural parochial school were tested using the Murphy-Meisgeier Type Indicator for Children (MMTIC). Students were divided into three groups on the basis of the MMTIC scores: those showing no undetermined preferences, those showing one undetermined preference and those showing two or more undetermined preference. Grade point averages (GPA) were used to determine academic achievement for these students. Mean GP A scores for the three groups were compared using the t-test. Those students with two or more undetermined preferences showed significantly lower mean GP A scores than those students with no undetermined preferences.

Organizational And Social Systems, Ronald James Snelson

Theses

This project explores systems theory and practice as applied to Communications. A system is an organized or complex whole; an assemblage or combination of things, or parts forming a complex or unitary whole. A system is made up of (1) inputs, (2) operations (or processes), (3) outputs. Each interacts with, and is dependent on the proper functioning of the other. If something happens to one part the others parts are affected. Thus, within an organization, what happens to one can affect the whole.

An organization is a system. The systems approach has three goals: ( 1) to define relationships both …

Airline Deregulation: Success Of Failure, Bonnie E. Barczykowski

Theses

This thesis focused on the study of airline deregulation and the impact it made on the airlines and the consumers.

The history of the airline industry was reviewed, as well as the specific events which lead to the formation of the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978.

Following deregulation there were debates as to whether deregulation bad achieved its original goals . These debates have continued up until today.

The hypothesis stated herein was that research would indicate that airline deregulation had benefited the industry as a whole and that if further deregulation and more adherence to policies under deregulation were …

Incorporating Critical Thinking Skills Into The Language Arts Curriculum, Particularly In The Field Of Detective Fiction, Charles E. Bright

Theses

In this age of accelerated change and continuing complexity, there is a widely-recognized need to incorporate critical thinking skills into all aspects of everyday life and not simply as an optional philosophy class at the post-secondary level of American education.

Chapter One of this culminating project investigates the historical roots of critical thinking, with a brief investigation into the history of bow education in America (with slight digressions such as Alcott/Emerson's Temple School and John Dewey's Chicago experiments) has historically failed to foster the development of critical thinking skills in America's students by its centuries old tradition of emphasizing rote …

Lawyers Rule: A Comment On Patterson's Theories Of Truth, David Luban

SMU Law Review

No abstract provided.

Universities And Other Institutions Of Higher Learning - Recent Developments In The Law

The Journal of Law and Education

No abstract provided.

Symmetrically Continuous Function Which Is Not Countably Continuous, Krzysztof Ciesielski

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

We construct a symmetrically continuous function f : R → R such that for some X ⊂ R of cardinality continuum f|X is of Sierpi´nskiZygmund type. In particular such an f is not countably continuous. This gives an answer to a question of Lee Larson.

Constitutional Law - Fourteenth Amendment - Due Process Clause Requires That A State Provide Fair Notice Of The Magnitude Of A Punitive Damages Award Assessed Against A Tortfeasor - Bmw Of N. Am., Inc. V. Gore, 116 S. Ct. 1589 (1996)., Thomas R. Calcagni

Seton Hall Law Review

No abstract provided.

Diophantine Type Fractional Derivative Representation Of Structural Hysteresis, Part I: Formulation, Joe Padovan, Jerzy T. Sawicki

Mechanical Engineering Faculty Publications

Based on a diophantine representation of the operational powers, a fractional derivative modelling scheme is developed to simulate frequency dependent structural damping. The diophantine set of powers is established by employing the curvature properties of the defining empirical data set. These together with a remezed least square scheme are employed to construct a Chebyschev like optimal differintegro simulation. Based on the use of the rational form resulting from the diophantine representation, a composition rule is introduced to reduce the differintegro simulation to first order form. The associated eigenvalue/vector properties are then explored. To verify the robustness-stability accuracy of the overall …

Lesley News (April 1997), Lesley College

Lesley News

A newsletter published monthly during the school year by the Lesley College Office of Communications for the Lesley Community from 1991-1998.

Three High School Teachers' Conceptions Of The French They Teach, Patrick R. Moran

Educational Studies Dissertations

This study investigates secondary French teachers' conceptions of the French they teach.

Lesley News (December 1997), Lesley College

Lesley News

A newsletter published monthly during the school year by the Lesley College Office of Communications for the Lesley Community from 1991-1998.

Welcome To The Tvi Service-Learning Program, Mary Prentice, Rudy M. Garcia

Project Summaries

We are delighted that you have agreed to participate in this exciting opportunity for TVI faculty and students to become involved in Service-Learning!

The concept of service-learning is not new, of course, but in the past decade, many higher education professionals have taken the lead in promoting this as an essential dimension of the college experience. Campus Compact, for example is a consortium of over 500 college presidents who have mandated integrating service programs into their institutions. Simultaneously, the American Association of Community Colleges has recently awarded 15 grants to community colleges to create Learn and Serve Program, to develop …

Reading Together: California Campuses And Communities Connect Through America Reads, America Reads

Project Summaries

Reading Together provides an in-depth look at how America Reads is working in California. It describes how America Reads operates in schools and communities and offers insight into what makes for strikingly successful programs.

As the data and case studies show, America Reads programs are doing great things throughout this state. Since the spring of 1998, more than 9,300 California college students have worked as America Reads tutors in more than 900 schools. Because of America Reads, almost 25,000 California elementary school children have so far received the extra help they need to learn to read and their numbers will …

Problem Construction And Creativity: The Role Of Ability, Cue Consistency, And Active Processing, Roni Reiter-Palmon, American Institutes For Research, Jennifer O'Connor Boes, Mark A. Runco

Psychology Faculty Publications

Problem construction has been suggested as the first step in creative problem solving, but our understanding of the underlying process is limited. According to a model of problem construction (Mumford, Reiter-Palmon, & Redmond, 1994), problem construction ability, active engagement in problem construction, and the presence of diverse and inconsistent cues influence creative problem solving. To test these hypotheses, 195 undergraduates were asked to solve 6 real-life problems and complete a measure of problem construction ability. Active engagement in problem construction was manipulated by instructions to the participants. Cue consistency was manipulated by the information presented in the problem situation. The …

Geometry Of Post's Correspondence Problem, Mostafa Ghandehari

Mathematics Technical Papers - Archive

Orthogonality of vectors with integer coordinates in an n-dimensional Euclidean space is used to show that Post's correspondence problem is solvable for words over a one-symbol alphabet. We also use orthogonality to discover a match for an instance of Post's correspondence problem with three symbols

Correlation Of Changes In The Outer-Zone Relativistic-Electron Population With Upstream Solar Wind Measurements, J B. Blake, D N. Baker, Niescja E. Turner, K Ogilvie, R P. Lepping

Physics and Astronomy Faculty Research

A study has been made of the correlation of the population of relativistic electrons in the outer-zone magnetosphere with the properties of the solar wind (speed, density, magnetic field) during a solar minimum period. The study is based upon observations made in the Spring of 1995 with sensors aboard 1994-026 and WIND. It is found that a large relativistic electron enhancement depends upon a substantial solar-wind speed increase associated with precursor solar-wind density enhancement, and, in particular, upon a southward turning of the interplanetary magnetic field