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Communicator Vol. 2, No. 1, School Of Communication

Communicator: School of Communication Newsletter

Research Partnership Model Instituted; Notes from the Chair; In Memory: Charles T. Brown 1912-2003; Undergrad Programs Attract Top Students to Communication Department; Historical Overview of Department of Communication; New Faculty/ Faculty Announcements/Faculty Honors/Faculty In Print; Grant Activities; Students in the News/Student Awards; Communication Day a Success

Hexapod Herald - Vol. 15, No. 5, October 2003

Hexapod Herald and Other Entomology Department Newsletters

Welcome

Congratulations

Faculty news

Publications

Museum news

Fond farewells

Grants

Graduate student news

From the office

Montpelier: James Madison University Magazine, James Madison University

Montpelier Magazine- 2000-2005

Montpelier is an official publication of James Madison University and is produced quarterly for alumni, parents of JMU students, faculty and staff members, and friends of the university. The publication is named for the home of James and Dolley Madison. Montpelier is produced by the Division of University Advancements. Editorial and advertising offices are located at 26 Medical Arts West, MSC 5718, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA 22807. Staff can be reached at (540) 568-3191 or [email protected].

Utilising Riometry To Observe Gravity Waves In The Sunlit Mesosphere, M. J. Jarvis, R. E. Hibbins, Michael J. Taylor, T. J. Rosenberg

All Physics Faculty Publications

The novel use of imaging riometers to observe mesospheric gravity waves is described. Imaging riometers respond to changes in the absorption of cosmic radio noise in the ionospheric D-region which enables them to detect the compression and rarefaction of the atmosphere at 90 km altitude generated by the passage of gravity waves. A considerable advantage of this method is that, unlike conventional techniques which rely on imaging faint optical emissions from the airglow layer at 87 km altitude, riometers remain operative under daylit, moonlit or cloudy conditions. This is particularly important for research into gravity wave forcing of mesospheric temperature …

Where's (The) Computer Science In Service-Learning?, Pete Sanderson

Mathematics Faculty Scholarship

Service-learning is a form of experiential learning that integrates classroom concepts with related community service. Computer science faculty and students stand to reap great benefit from the integration of service-learning practice and philosophy into curricula. Many faculty are already doing so, yet computer science is not very visible in the service-learning community. Similarly, service-learning is not very visible in the computer science education community. It is imperative for those computer science faculty involved in service-learning to develop, apply and disseminate effective frameworks for integrating service learning into undergraduate computer science curricula so that its benefits may be more fully realized.

Influences On Achievement In Literacy And Numeracy, Sheldon Rothman, Julie Mcmillan

LSAY Research Reports

This report examines the influence of a range of factors on the literacy and numeracy achievement levels of Year 9 students in Australia. The data were obtained from students in the first wave of LSAY and were analysed using hierarchical linear modelling to account for the sample design of LSAY. Modelling procedures followed a theoretical construct, incorporating variables believed to be important influences on achievement in literacy and numeracy. In addition, variables were selected to ensure consistency between cohorts and between literacy and numeracy. Included in the analyses were variables relating to students (gender, Indigenous background, language background, home location), …

Connections, Volume 2 No. 1 (October 2003), College Of Educational And Professional Studies

The Chat Room (CEPS Newsletter)

Connections is the College of Education and Professional Studies newsletter. This is Volume 2 No. 1, October 2003.

Can Document-Genre Metadata Improve Information Access To Large Digital Collections., Kevin Crowston, Barbara H. Kwasnik

School of Information Studies - Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Women's Studies University Of Nebraska-Lincoln Fall 2003, Joy Ritchie, Erika Hamilton

Women's and Gender Studies Program: Information and Materials

What are the challenges and opportunities facing Women's Studies in the current climate of higher education and at UNL? Forty-four faculty and graduate students began discussing this question at our first luncheon meeting of the semester. Our Colloquium Series continues to highlight one of our strengths. This fall it included Professors Chantal Kalisa (Modern Languages) and Rose Holz (History) discussing their research in "Finding a Research Topic and Doing it Too: Lessons from Two Women's Studies Projects." In October, four Ph.D. students, Em-orn Dispanya, Razia Khan, Kyoko Matsunaga, and Yeaji Shin, presented their creative work and research in "Perspectives of …

Feminine Context Of Prehistoric Notation Systems, David Oldroyd

Accounting Historians Notebook

A radical school of modern feminism exists which believes in the existence of a time in prehistory, before the male take-over, when society was universally matriarchal, and women enjoyed a more central role in society than men. The idea of an ancient matriarchy first gained ground in the 19th century amongst evolutionary theorists, such as Engels. He linked the oppression of women to the rise of the state, which he said had resulted in the separation of private and public domains, the activities of women being relegated to the private service of their husbands (Leacock, 1978, p. 255; Siverblatt, 1991, …

Requests Of Brown By Lc Classification: October 2003, Ruth E.. Souto

HELIN Monthly Loan Statistics

Requests of Brown from other HELIN libraries - October 2003

Sensitivity Analysis Of Neural Control, Chin-Wang Tao, Hung T. Nguyen, J. T. Yao, Vladik Kreinovich

Departmental Technical Reports (CS)

We provide explicit formulas that describe how sensitive the resulting signal of a neural network is to the measurement errors with which we measure the inputs.

Real-Time Algorithms For Statistical Analysis Of Interval Data, Berlin Wu, Hung T. Nguyen, Vladik Kreinovich

Departmental Technical Reports (CS)

When we have only interval ranges [xi] of sample values x1,...,xn, what is the interval [V] of possible values for the variance V of these values? There are quadratic time algorithms for computing the exact lower bound V- on the variance of interval data, and for computing V+ under reasonable easily verifiable conditions. The problem is that in real life, we often make additional measurements. In traditional statistics, if we have a new measurement result, we can modify the value of variance in constant time. In contrast, previously known algorithms for processing interval data required that, once a new data …

Recent Paleoseismic Investigations In Northern And Western Thailand, Clark H. Fenton, Punya Charusiri, Spencer H. Wood

Geosciences Faculty Publications and Presentations

Recent paleoseismic investigations have identified a number of active faults in Northern and Western Thailand. Northern Thailand is an intraplate basin and range province, comprised of north-south-trending Cenozoic intermontane grabens and half grabens, bounded by north- to northwest-striking normal to normal-oblique faults and northeast-striking left-lateral strike-slip faults. The basin-bounding normal faults are marked by steep, linear range fronts with triangular facets and wineglass canyons and have slip rates of 0.1 to 0.8 mm/yr. Based on limited data, the average vertical displacement-per-event is about 1.0 to 1.5 m. These faults are characterized by recurrence intervals of thousands to tens of thousands …

Cc: Connecticut College Magazine, Fall 2003, Connecticut College

Alumni News/Connecticut College Magazine

No abstract provided.

Uni Schedule Of Classes, Fall 2003, University Of Northern Iowa

UNI Schedule of Classes

A listing and schedule of the courses being taught as well as policies and procedures concerning attending classes at the University of Northern Iowa.

Split Knowledge Level Modeling, Michael A. Zang, Jens G. Pohl

Collaborative Agent Design (CAD) Research Center

Traditional approaches to building intelligent information systems employ an object model to define a representational structure for the information of interest within the target domain of the system. At runtime, the model provides a constrained template for the creation of the individual object instances and relationships that together define the state of the system at a given point in time. The ontology also provides a vocabulary for expressing domain knowledge typically in the form of rules (declarative knowledge) or methods (procedural knowledge). Agents operating within the system utilize the encoded knowledge to progress the state of the system towards the …

Dayton Engineer, Fall 2003, University Of Dayton

Dayton Engineer

The Dayton Engineer, published out of the Office of Public Relations, later University Communications, then University Marketing and Communications, provided news from the University of Dayton School of Engineering to alumni and friends. It was published from the late 1990s to about 2010.

Notable 19th Century American Accountants That Could Be Considered For The Accounting Hall-Of-Fame, George C. Romeo

Accounting Historians Notebook

In America, the 19th century marked the beginning of substantial economic changes (development of the vast railroad system, industrialization, and unsatiated demand for capital), providing an environment conducive to the establishment of a new profession, public accountancy. There were many accounting pioneers in the United States who helped the accounting profession develop during this transitional period. Many of the 19th century American accountants are not as well known as their 20th century counterparts, and only two accountants who worked primarily in the 19th century are currently in the Hall of Fame; Charles E. Sprague and Charles Haskins. Until recently, there …

Accounting Historians Notebook, 2003, Vol. 26, No. 2 (October) [Whole Issue]

Accounting Historians Notebook

Copyright held by: Academy of Accounting Historians

Ua66/1/5 Applied Research & Technology Program Newsletter, Issue 2, Wku Applied Research & Technology Program

WKU Administration Documents

Newsletter created by and about the Applied Research & Technology Program.

Alumni Newsletter, Fall 2003, California State University, Monterey Bay

Alumni Association Newsletters

Science Academic Center Named After Local Donor -- Accreditation! -- Splish Splash! -- Alums Graduate from NPS -- New Student Housing Project -- Take Me Out to the Ball Game... -- Walter Davis Combines Recreation, Business Career -- University Athletics Boosted to NCAA Division II -- Another Chance for Alums to Help CSUMB's Seniors -- CSU Campuses Filling Up Fast -- Otter Fodder -- Become an Otter Ambassador! -- Alumni Visitor Center to be Built -- Visit the E-Com Alum Store -- John Oliveira Names Top Finalist for National Award -- Sacramento Alumni Mixer -- World Theater Events -- Stephanie …

Whitworth Today Fall 2003, Whitworth University

Whitworth Alumni and Bulletin Publications

No abstract provided.

Gallaudet Today Volume 34 Number 1 Fall 2003, Todd Byrd

Gallaudet Today

No abstract provided.

Ua1b5 New Faculty 2003-2004, Western Kentucky University

WKU Administration Documents

List of new WKU faculty.

Student Fact Book, Fall 2003, Twenty-Seventh Annual Edition, Wright State University, Office Of Student Information Systems, Wright State University

Wright State University Student Fact Books

The student fact book has general demographic information on all students enrolled at Wright State University for Fall Quarter, 2003.

Stability In The Proportion Of Harbor Seals Hauled Out Under Locally Ideal Conditions, Michael Simpkins, David Withrow, Jack Cesarone, Peter Boveng

United States Department of Commerce: Staff Publications

We monitored the haul-out behavior of 68 radio-tagged harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) during the molt season at two Alaskan haul-out sites (Grand Island, August-September 1994; Nanvak Bay, August-September 2000). For each site, we created a statistical model of the proportion of seals hauled out as a function of date, time of day, tide, and weather covariates. Using these models, we identified the conditions that would result in the greatest proportion of seals hauled out. Although those “ideal conditions” differed between sites, the proportion of seals predicted to be hauled out under those conditions was very similar (81.3% for …

Implications Of Test-Driven Development: A Test Study, Reid Kaufmann, David S. Janzen

Computer Science and Software Engineering

A Spring 2003 experiment examines the claims that test-driven development or test-first programming improves software quality and programmer confidence. The results indicate support for these claims and inform larger future experiments.

Instruction Size Report, Fall 2003, University Of Northern Iowa

Institutional Effectiveness & Planning Documents

Gives breakdowns of student credit hours offered by status of instructor, average class size overall, and average class size by status of instructor.

@Csc.Calpoly.Edu, Fall 2003, Computer Science And Software Engineering Department

Computer Science and Software Engineering Department Newsletter

No abstract provided.