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A Comment On 'Does The Aggregate Demand Curve Suffer From The Fallacy Of Composition', Ben L. Kyer, Gary E. Maggs

Economics Faculty/Staff Publications

Commentary on "Does the Aggregate Demand Curve Suffer From the Fallacy of Composition," by Ira Saltz, Pat Cantrell, and Joseph Horton, is provided.

Greedy Algorithms For Optimizing Multivariate Horner Schemes, Martine Ceberio, Vladik Kreinovich

Departmental Technical Reports (CS)

For univariate polynomials f(x1), Horner scheme provides the fastest way to compute the value. For multivariate polynomials, several different version of Horner scheme are possible; it is not clear which of them is optimal. In this paper, we propose a greedy algorithm that will hopefully lead to good computation times.

A univariate Horner scheme has another advantage: if the value x1 is known with uncertainty, and we are interested in the resulting uncertainty in f(x1), then Horner scheme leads to a better estimate for this uncertainty than many other ways of computing f(x1). The second greedy algorithm that we propose …

Interval Approach To Phase Measurements Can Lead To Arbitrarily Complex Sets - A Theorem And Ways Around It, Bharat C. Mulupuru, Vladik Kreinovich, Roberto Osegueda

Departmental Technical Reports (CS)

We are often interested in phases of complex quantities; e.g., in non-destructive testing of aerospace structures, important information comes from phases of Eddy current and magnetic resonance.

For each measurement, we have an upper bound D on the measurement error dx=X-x, so when the measurement result is X, we know that the actual value x is in [X-D,X+D]. Often, we have no information about probabilities of different values, so this interval is our only information about x. When the accuracy is not sufficient, we perform several repeated measurements, and conclude that x belongs to the intersection of the corresponding intervals. …

Departures From Karachi Airport: Some Reflections On Feminist Outrage, Ambreen Hai

English Language and Literature: Faculty Publications

Prefatory Note: This essay revisits an experience - my encounter with an airport border control official as I was leaving Pakistan - that occurred in October 2000. At First, this otherwise trivial incident seemed to me illustrative of several postcolonial and/feminist concerns, such as the regulation of national and gender identities at sites of border crossing, or the patriarchal oppressiveness of state power and practices. But as I retold the story, I began to realize that there were additional dimensions to it that called for something else, that required me to re-examine, though not altogether repudiate, my initial indignation. This …

Proximal Factors Predicting Student Performance In A Self-Paced College Psychology Course, Ronald L. Skidmore

Faculty Research at Morehead State University

This study examined the effectiveness of using selected self-report measures assessing motivational orientation, learning strategies, procrastination, and perceptions of daily hassles to facilitate the prediction of student engagement in a self-paced introductory psychology course. Research has shown these factors to be associated with academic success, and of concern to instructors and students alike. Surveys that economically and effectively assess these factors would be invaluable for the instructor attempting to predict student engagement and determining possible interventions to promote academic success. Four surveys purporting to measure the constructs were chosen. A demographic survey was also administered.

Acuta Journal Of Telecommunications In Higher Education

ACUTA Journal

In This Issue

Legislative and Regulatory Update

ln-House Regulations Make Members Happy, Sad

The TEACH Act and the IT Organization

Coming to Grips with piracy on the University Network

Canadian Legislative and Regulatory Update

Universal Service: Universal Mystery?

Do You Take This Vendor...

Enterprise Portal Solution

DMCA, TEACH Act, privacy/Security

Wireless Local Number portability

ACUTA Legislative and Regulatory Matrix

Interview

Bill D. Morris Award

Columns

Managing Interjurisdictional Waters Under The Great Lakes Charter Annex, Mark Squillace, Sandi Zellmer

Nebraska College of Law: Faculty Publications

In spring 1998, the Nova Group of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, proposed to ship nearly 160 million gallons of Lake Superior water annually via tanker to Asia. See INTERNATIONAL JOINT COMMISSION, PROTECTION OF THE WATERS OF THE GREAT LAKES: FINAL REPORT TO THE GOVERNMENTS OF CAVADA AND THE UNITED STATES 44 (2000) (2000 IJC Report). Nova's proposal coincided with declining water levels in the Great Lakes, and the resulting public outcry and pressure from other Great Lakes governments persuaded Ontario to revoke Nova's permit just a few months later. The Nova proposal prompted the eight American states and two Canadian …

Organic Diodes, Field -Effect Transistors, And An Inverter Circuit By Microfabrication Techniques, Guirong Liang

Doctoral Dissertations

The objective of this work is to fabricate microelectronic devices and circuits based on organic and polymer materials by micro fabrication techniques.

The organic microelectronic device is one of the most promising alternative to traditional inorganic devices due to its varieties of advantages, such as low-cost, large area (e.g. for display), and distinguished mechanical property (insensitive to mechanical deformation). For practical applications, it is necessary to reduce the fabrication cost as well as to improve the device's performance. In this work several fabrication processes have been developed to build organic diodes, field-effect transistors (FETs) and circuits.

Simple spin coating and …

Vocabulary Instruction And Its Effects On Writing Quality, Denise Soileau Moseley

Doctoral Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to compare the quality of writing, specifically in terms of vocabulary use, of students in the 8th grade whose teacher used intensive vocabulary instruction only or intensive vocabulary instruction together with explicit writing instruction. The investigation sought to determine if a deep knowledge of pretaught words would have an effect on those words used in student writing. All students in the study had the same intensive vocabulary instruction, but one group had the added component of explicit instruction on how to use pretaught words in their writing.

Intact groups, consisting of 87 students in …

Ntid Research Bulletin Fall 2003, Ntid Department Of Research And Teacher Education

National Technical Institute for the Deaf Papers

No abstract provided.

Nebraska Earth Systems Education Network – Fall 2003

Nebraska Earth Systems Education Network

Content:

College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources Open House by Rosalee Swartz

What’s New at Morrill Hall? by Kathy French

Four Upcoming Geography Events by Charles Gildersleeve

Sand Hills Discovery Experience

Citizen team searches for heritage trees as “living witnesses” by Christine Meyer

New School of Natural Resources Offers Many Careers and Benefits

What's Happening: October, 2003, Maine Medical Center

What's Happening

No abstract provided.

Catholic Deaf Newsletter, October 2003

Catholic Deaf Newsletter

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in Harford, CT

Catholic Deaf Newsletter Finding Aid

Harding Magazine Fall 2003 (Vol. 11, No. 3), Harding University

Harding Magazines

Publication distributed to alumni and friends of the university.

Chittenango 2020, Elizabeth Kamell

School of Architecture - All Scholarship

The re imagining of Chittenango by 2020

Fall 2003, Nsu Oceanographic Center

Currents

No abstract provided.

Field, Issue 69, Fall 2003, Multiple Contributors

FIELD: Contemporary Poetry and Poetics

No abstract provided.

Use Of Pop-Up Satellite Archival Tags To Demonstrate Survival Of Blue Marlin (Makaira Nigricans) Released From Pelagic Longline Gear, David W. Kerstetter, Brian E. Luckhurst, Eric Prince, John E. Graves

Marine & Environmental Sciences Faculty Articles

No abstract provided.

Textile Society Of America Newsletter 15:3 – Fall 2003, Textile Society Of America

Textile Society of America: Newsletters

Peru Study Tour Report
TSA News
President’s Letter, Shep Award
TSA Member News
Fiber Program at the University of Kansas
Book Reviews, Conference Reviews
Exhibition Reviews
Collections News
Conferences & Symposia, Calls for Papers
Calendar- Exhibitions
Calendar – Lectures & Workshops, Tours, Publication News
Workshop Registration

Cultivating The Habits Of Commonsense Leadership, James P. Evans

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)

An article discussing strategies for cultivating good leadership habits.

Line In The College Biz: What Happens When Capitalism And Education Collide? Teachers Become Clerks Selling Degrees., Lynne Drury Lerych

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)

An article discussing trends in academia.

Table Of Contents - Fall 2003

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)

Academic Leadership Journal Fall 2003 Table of Contents.

Academic Leadership In Ivy Tech State College: Academic Chairs’ Tasks And Job Challenges, Michael Petty

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)

This study was conducted to establish baseline information about Ivy Tech State College academic chairs’ personal/background characteristics and to determine those chairs’ rating of the importance of their tasks and their perceptions of the job challenges they will face in the future. In addition, the study compared Ivy Tech chairs’ personal/ background characteristics and perceptions of their tasks and job challenges with the findings of the 1992 International Community College Chair Survey. Although there were some statistically different ratings, in essence both samples of chairs highly rate the importance of their myriad tasks and they are in general agreement as …

Making Music And Learning Leadership: Cassatt String Quartet, Susan Leshnower

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)

An article discussing the Cassatt String Quartet's efforts at teaching leadership through chamber music.

Traveling Lite With Skip: Pay Attention To The Man Behind The Curtain, William "Skip" Boyer

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)

An article discussing the need for critical thinking in leadership.

Vignette - Fall 2003, University Of Alabama At Birmingham

UAB Nursing magazine

No abstract provided.

News From Hope College, Volume 35.2: October, 2003, Hope College

News from Hope College

No abstract provided.

Septic Arthritis Of The Hip In Children: Aga Khan University Hospital Experience In Pakistan, Muhammad Umer, Pervaiz Hashmi, Tashfeen Ahmad, M Ahmed, Masood Umer

Section of Orthopaedic Surgery

Objective: To present clinical, radiological and bacteriological features and short term outcome of septic arthritis of the hip in children.
Methods: There were 23 male and 16 female children, including 6 neonates and 10 infants with a mean age of 3.9 years. Diagnosis of septic hip was made on clinical grounds, supplemented by X-rays, leukocyte count and the erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR). Thirty nine patients with 40 hips were followed for a mean time period of 76 weeks. All patients had a positive joint aspirate (pus) and underwent surgical decompression along with intravenous antibiotic therapy.
Results: Symptoms of pain, fever …

Guidelines For Submissions To The Southeastern Librarian

The Southeastern Librarian

Guidelines for article submissions to The Southeastern Librarian.

Nova Law Review-Volume 28-2003-2004, Maria N. Vernace, Julie Feder, Harris S. Nizel, Sarah M. Yoho, Ian Dolan, Michele Pasqualino, Teisha Powell, Tracy Perez, Arnold Rose, Scott Atherton, Mark D. Friedman, Diane Howard, Chad Silverman

Law Review Mastheads

No abstract provided.