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Outcomes Of Camping: Perceptions From Camper Focus Groups, M. Deborah Bialeschki, Amy Krehbiel, Karla A. Henderson

Research in Outdoor Education

The Recreation and Leisure Studies De­partment at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (UNC-CH) and Morry's Camp are working together to develop an evaluation re­search plan that blends appropriate measurement tools with assessing desired outcomes. Several methodological techniques are in place to gather qualitative and. quantitative longitudinal data from Morry's Camp.

This paper, however, will focus on one set of qualitative results gathered from three exploratory focus groups conducted with campers. The purpose of this paper is to describe the match between the camp's objec­tives and the valued aspects of the camp experi­ence as articulated by the campers. Our …

An Examination Of The Effects Of Experiential Education In A Cross Cultural Context On The Moral Reasoning Of High School Students, Jordana Dezeeuw

Research in Outdoor Education

The purpose of this study was to ascertain if a student's moral reasoning may be enhanced during cross-cultural immersion programs, which intentionally incorporate experiential learning (i.e., the cycle of ex­perience reflection transfer new knowl­edge). Using the University of Minnesota's Cen­ter for the Study of Ethical Development Defin­ing Issues Test - 2 (DIT-2) as a quantitative in­strument, the study looked at the indicated differ­ences in the moral reasoning of 50 students between the ages of 14 and 18 before and after their experiences on Global Routes and Interlocken travel programs.

Grappling With The Theoretical And Measurement Issues Involved In Assessing The Impact Of A Combined Adventure/Social-Cognitive Prevention Program On Violent Behavior, Aleta L. Meyer

Research in Outdoor Education

The focus of this presentation is to out­line the issues we have been grappling with on the journey from developmental psychology to­ward the field of outdoor education, and to invite practitioners in outdoor adventure to join in this walk for the purpose of seeing how we might be able to collaboratively prevent youth violence and promote positive development.

Development And Validation Of An Outdoor Leader Experience Use History Instrument, Shayne Galloway

Research in Outdoor Education

This abstract describes the con­ceptualization, development, and validation of an instrument designed to measure the personal and professional experience levels of outdoor leaders - ­the Outdoor Leader Experience Use History (OLEUH). The OLEUH represents one method to generate empirical measurement in what has his­torically been an intuitive arena.

The Awareness Activation Model For Transfer Of Learning In Experiential Settings, Ron Ramsing, Karen P. Hurtes

Research in Outdoor Education

An individual applying her or his newfound knowledge and transferring the information, through action to a new setting is a valued out­come for experiential education practitioners. At the most basic level, the notion of transfer of knowledge appears so simple and commonsensical that it may only subconsciously serve as the focal point of initiative/rope course activities. Yet, transfer facilitated with intention may very well make any new knowledge acquired through experience more efficacious, applicable, and enduring for an individual. Intentional facµitation, including isomorphic framing, may be the "trigger" that activates one's sense of mindfulness toward long-term use or even a …

Youth Development Outcomes Of Adventure Program Perceptions, Marge Scanlin

Research in Outdoor Education

The research will encompass 100 camps randomly selected from various strata of ACA's accredited camps. A total of at least 5000 campers will complete three sets of surveys in 2002/03. Several youth develop­ment outcomes will be measured through pre-; post-, and follow-up surveys of camp­ers and their parents, staff observational checklists, and focus groups with a sample of participating camps. The outcomes under study include increased positive identity ; improved social skills; increased positive values; and learning new skills including cognitive, and psycho-motor skills.

A Multivariate Model Of Adventure Program Perceptions, Jim Sibthorp, Eddie Hill

Research in Outdoor Education

Continued interest in ·program evaluation· and improvement has led to calls for additional multivariate research, better measurement tools, and more complex research designs (Roberts & Yerkes, 2000; Ewert & Sibthorp, 2000). Through multivariate studies, researchers and practitioners can better discern which components of adventure programs have the greatest explanatory power regarding program outcomes, and which variables interact to facilitate or im­pede the learning of programmatic objectives. Recently, new instrumentation has been de­veloped to better address the needs of adventure education research and evaluation. The Life Effectiveness Questionnaire (LEQ) was de­signed to measure eight domains that are pos­sible outcomes for adventure …

Cooper Pair Islanding Model Of Insulating Nanohoneycomb Films, Shawna M. Hollen, J M. Valles Jr.

Physics & Astronomy

We first review evidence for the Cooper pair insulator (CPI) phase in amorphous nanohoneycomb (NHC) films. We then extend our analysis of superconducting islands induced by film thickness variations in NHC films to examine the evolution of island sizes through the magnetic field-driven SIT. Finally, using the islanding picture, we present a plausible model for the appearance and behavior of the CPI phase in amorphous NHC films.

State V. North Florida Women's Health & Counseling Services, Inc.: The Constitutionality Of The Parental Notice Of Abortion Act, Jesse Lieberman

Nova Law Review

No abstract provided.

Review: Clean Coastal Waters: Understanding And Reducing The Effects Of Nutrient Pollution., Jonathan Pennock

School of Marine Science and Ocean Engineering

Review of:

Clean Coastal Waters: Understanding and Reducing the Effects of Nutrient Pollution. 2000. Committee on the Causes and Management of Coastal Eutophication, National Research Council. National Academy Press, Washington, D.C. 405 pages. ISBN 0-309-06948-3. US $54.95

Virginia Commonwealth University Undergraduate Bulletin [2002], Virginia Commonwealth University

VCU Bulletins

Undergraduate bulletin for Virginia Commonwealth University for the academic year 2002-2003. It includes information on academic regulations, degree requirements, course offerings, faculty, academic calendar, and tuition and expenses for undergraduate programs.

Smokejumper Obituary: Braden, C. Murray (Missoula 1944), National Smokejumper Association

Smokejumper Obituaries

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Modeling The Effects Of Reservoir Competence Decay And Demographic Turnover In Lyme Disease Ecology, Eric M. Schauber, Richard S. Ostfeld

Publications

Lyme disease risk is related to the abundance of infected nymphal ticks, which in turn depends on the abundance and reservoir competence of wild hosts. Reservoir competence of a host (i.e., probability that an infected host will infect a feeding vector) often declines over time after inoculation, and small mammalian reservoirs typically undergo rapid population growth during the period when vector ticks feed. These processes can affect disease risk in the context of site-specific tick abundance and host community composition. We modeled the effects of reservoir decay and host demographic turnover on Lyme disease risk using a simple yearly difference …

2002-2003 Graduate Catalog, Sacred Heart University

Graduate & Undergraduate Catalogs

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Cocteau And The Gods, René Galand

French Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Civic Knowledge And Engagement: An Iea Study Of Upper Secondary Students In Sixteen Countries, Jo-Ann Amadeo, Judith Torney-Purta, Rainer Lehmann, Vera Husfeldt, Roumiana Nikolova

Civics and Citizenship Assessment

No abstract provided.

On Summand Sum And Summand Intersection Property Of Modules, Mustafa Alkan, Abdullah Harmanci

Turkish Journal of Mathematics

R will be an associative ring with identity and modules M will be unital left R- modules. In this work, extending modules and lifting modules with the SSP (or SIP) are studied. A necessary and sufficient condition for a module M to have the SSP is that for every decomposition M = A\oplus B and f\in Hom(A,B), Im(f) is a direct summand of B. Among others it is shown also that a (C_3) module with the SIP has the SSP, and a (D_3) module with SSP has the SIP.

Asymptotic Formulas For The Eigenvalues Of The Schrodinger Operator, Şi̇ri̇n Atilgan, Sedef Karakiliç, Oktay A. Veliev

Turkish Journal of Mathematics

In this paper, we obtain asymptotic formulas for the eigenvalues of the d-dimensional Schrodinger operator L=-\Delta +q(x) in d-dimensional parallelepiped F with Dirichlet and Neumann boundary conditions.

Remarks On Bounded Operators In Köthe Spaces, P. B. Djakov, T. Terzi̇oğlu, M. Yurdakul, V. P. Zahariuta

Turkish Journal of Mathematics

We prove that if \lambda(A),\lambda(B) and \lambda(C) are Köthe spaces such that L(\lambda(A),\lambda(B)) and L(\lambda(C),\lambda(A)) consist of bounded operators then each operator acting on \lambda(A) that factors over \lambda(B)\widehat\otimes_{\pi} \lambda(C) is bounded.

Becoming Visible. A Biography Of Elisabetta Caminer Turra (1751-1796) During Her Formative Years, Catherine M. Sama

Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

University Place

Syracuse University Magazine

No abstract provided.

Alumni News & Notes

Syracuse University Magazine

No abstract provided.

The Dynamics Of Research, Amy Shires

Syracuse University Magazine

No abstract provided.

Alumni News & Notes

Syracuse University Magazine

No abstract provided.

Learning The Chinese Language In An Australian School, Ruilan Yuan

Shannon Research Press

This study deals with the learning of Chinese as a foreign language across school grades in South Australia. The purposes of the study are briefly to measure student achievement in learning the Chinese language across grade levels from Year 4 to Year 12 over a period of 12 months; investigate the factors that influence learners' continuing with the study of the Chinese language; and identify the factors that influence student achievement in learning the Chinese language within and between school grades. The term 'Chinese language' in this study refers to the Mandarin Chinese language, rather than the many other dialects …

Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 44 Number 3, Winter 2002, Santa Clara University

Santa Clara Magazine

10 - GLOBALIZATION EMPOWERS GOOD AND EVIL By Rob Elder. Thomas Friedman, Pulitzer Prizewinning author and international affairs columnist for The New York Times, discusses this complex issue during a visit to campus.

14 - ON THE COLLISION OF WORLDS By Fred White. Corny science fiction movies inspire an SCU English professor to ponder deeply cosmic questions.

18 - THE CAMPAIGN FOR SANTA CLARA By Elizabeth Kelley Gillogly '93. SCU launches the largest campaign in its history, with plans for endowed scholarships, a new library, a new building for the Leavey School of Business, and much more.

George Fox University Catalog, 2001-2002, George Fox University Archives

Catalogs

Catalog of George Fox University. 83 pages, color.

On The Existence Of Nontrivial Solutions To Some Elliptic Variational Inequalities, Vy Khoi Le, Klaus Schmitt

Mathematics and Statistics Faculty Research & Creative Works

The paper is concerned with the existence of nontrivial solutions of the obstacle problem: u ε K: ∫Ω ▽u▽ (v - u) dx - λ ∫ Ω u (v - u) dx ≥ ∫ Ω p (x, u) (v - u) dx ∀x ε K, where K = {v ε Ho1(Ω): v ≤ Ψ a.e. on Ω}. By using a generalized mountain pass theorem for inequalities, we prove, subject to some restrictions on the obstacle Ψ, the existence of nontrivial solutions of the above inequality.

Generalized Moonshine And Orbifold Constructions, Michael Tuite, Rossen Ivanov

Conference papers

A brief review is given of some of our recent work on Generalised Monstrous Moonshine using abelian orbifoldings of the Moonshine Module.

A Multiple Regression Analysis Of Selected Variables Effecting The Transmission Of Video Over Internet Protocol Networks, David A. Rosenthal

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The goal of this study was to conduct multiple regression analyses of selected variables effecting the transmission of video over Internet Protocol (IP) networks, utilizing data from Peak Signal-to-Noise Ratio (PSNR) and Picture Quality Rating (PQR) measurement metrics. The variables selected for this research were congestion-specific in nature and multiple regression analyses were performed to identify the amount of variance in video signal quality attributable to their combined effects. The foundational research hypothesis constructed for this study proposed that increases in CODEC bit rates and network bandwidth would have no significant effect on the PSNR and PQR levels of transmitted …