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News From The South Carolina Library Association V.1 N.4 10/2003 Oct 2003

News From The South Carolina Library Association V.1 N.4 10/2003

South Carolina Libraries

News from the South Carolina Library Association v.1 n.4 10/2003

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Corner Cases In Value-Based Partial Redundancy Elimination, Thomas Vandrunen, Antony L. Hosking Oct 2003

Corner Cases In Value-Based Partial Redundancy Elimination, Thomas Vandrunen, Antony L. Hosking

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

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Anthropometric And Physiological Responses To Prolonged Open Water Rowing: A Case Study, Dan A. Gordon Oct 2003

Anthropometric And Physiological Responses To Prolonged Open Water Rowing: A Case Study, Dan A. Gordon

Journal of Human Performance in Extreme Environments

The objective of the study was to examine the anthropometric and physiological responses to a prolonged period of open water rowing 4950 km. A single male (novice) rower underwent assessment of anthropometric variables, pre- and post-race, for the assessment of mass (kg), girths of selected regions, skinfold thickness and regional muscularity. The results showed that following 61 days of continual rowing there was a decrease in the participant's mass by 11.7%, sum of skinfolds decreased by 19.5 cm and regional muscularity decreased by 11.1 %. The data would suggest that the participant exhibited symptoms of muscle atrophy and energy deficit. …

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The Impact Of Simulated Digital Data Radio Communication Induced Interference On Voice Radio Communication Intelligibility, Daniela Kratchounova Oct 2003

The Impact Of Simulated Digital Data Radio Communication Induced Interference On Voice Radio Communication Intelligibility, Daniela Kratchounova

Journal of Human Performance in Extreme Environments

Testing to date indicates there is a significant potential for adverse interference from the digital system to the analog system, especially for General Aviation (GA) aircraft. This type of interference can be described as short, random bursts of noise capable of completely obliterating parts of the voice communication. The subsequent degrading effects on voice radio communication could jeopardize flight safety. To address this issue, the goal of the present study was to examine the degree to which such noise impacts voice radio communication intelligibility. Intelligibility was assessed employing a classic, well-established psycho-acoustic method, which uses human beings, rather than electronic …

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The Adverse Impact Of Remote Command And Control Under Live Fire, Kip Smith Oct 2003

The Adverse Impact Of Remote Command And Control Under Live Fire, Kip Smith

Journal of Human Performance in Extreme Environments

The US Army is planning a shift in the mode of command and control between soldiers and their battlefield leaders. Soldiers will receive orders from afar through electronic means of communication. This practice is known as remote command and control. Reliance on remote command and control has the potential to erode trust between soldiers and their leaders and should, we hypothesize, slow soldiers' response times to commands to move and to shoot. We have conducted two field experiments to test this hypothesis (Pangburn, Freund, Pangburn, & Smith, 2003). Our laboratory was a paintball assault lane. While a paintball lane is …

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Comparison Of Simulated High Altitude Pilot Effective Performance Time Between Habitual Smokers And Non-Smokers, James F. Fletcher Oct 2003

Comparison Of Simulated High Altitude Pilot Effective Performance Time Between Habitual Smokers And Non-Smokers, James F. Fletcher

Journal of Human Performance in Extreme Environments

Smoking attenuates the amount of oxygen that diffuses from the lung tissue and oxygenates the blood (Guyton, 1996). High altitudes attenuate the oxygen available for transport to the blood. However, little has been reported on the combined effects of these two forms of hypoxia (inadequate oxygenation of the blood). It may be that, together, these two hypoxic conditions react exponentially to critically affect human performance. Fifty-two participants were screened for cotinine serum values >200 ng/dl-1 , to flesh out nicotine usage, through urine sampling. Nineteen participants were entered into the smoker's group and 33 into the non-smoker's group. All of …

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Transactional Stress: Challenge In A Capsule Environment, G. Daniel Steel Oct 2003

Transactional Stress: Challenge In A Capsule Environment, G. Daniel Steel

Journal of Human Performance in Extreme Environments

For the past five decades, research into specific features of capsule environments has been of interest to psychologists who study extreme environments. Along with this interest is a corollary theoretical effort to develop a classification system along general dimensions. The main impetus behind this endeavour appears to be a concern regarding the hypothetically harmful impact of the features. This article provides a brief overview of the environmental classification systems of Sells (1973), Harrison and Connors (1984), and Suedfeld (1987), and notes that many aspects of these approaches overlap the revised and more general transactional model of stress proposed by Folkman …

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Assessment Of Real Data And Theoretical Issues In Extreme Aviation Environments, Peter I. Terrence, Richard D. Gilson, Peter A. Hancock Oct 2003

Assessment Of Real Data And Theoretical Issues In Extreme Aviation Environments, Peter I. Terrence, Richard D. Gilson, Peter A. Hancock

Journal of Human Performance in Extreme Environments

We investigated performance in extreme aviation situations using data recorded from actual in-flight emergencies that resulted in an accident. Response times to such sounds as alarms, auditory cues, and critical verbal statements were extracted from cockpit voice recorder (CYR) transcripts. Preliminary screening identified 14 CYR transcripts which permitted response time evaluation. Results from these selections showed crewmember response times ranging from 1 second to 41 seconds, with a mean and standard deviation of 9.57 s and 10.56 s, respectively. Despite the evident problems of sample size resulting in a positively skewed distribution and the limitations on the inferences drawn from …

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Supporting Decision-Making In The Battlefield: Utility Of Multimedia Information Transmission, Sandro Scielzo, Adams Greenwood-Ericksen Oct 2003

Supporting Decision-Making In The Battlefield: Utility Of Multimedia Information Transmission, Sandro Scielzo, Adams Greenwood-Ericksen

Journal of Human Performance in Extreme Environments

In the theatre of war, environmental and workload factors (e.g., noise, time pressure) may dramatically overburden operator's cognitive processes. Well designed multimedia technology can successfully minimize both intrinsic (working memory capacity) and extrinsic (inefficient use of information) sources of cognitive load, thereby facilitating the decision-making process. These positive mediating effects of multimedia technology can occur during three distinct phases of human information processing: 1) during sensorial information acquisition, by filtering out unnecessary environmental noise and transferring information via context-dependent modalities; 2) during decision-making, by making critical task-relevant cues more salient; and 3) following response execution, by providing necessary feedback to …

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Evaluating Human Performance And Advanced Technology Design In Extreme Environments, J. Christopher Brill, Mustapha Mouloua, Peter A. Hancock, Robert S. Kennedy Oct 2003

Evaluating Human Performance And Advanced Technology Design In Extreme Environments, J. Christopher Brill, Mustapha Mouloua, Peter A. Hancock, Robert S. Kennedy

Journal of Human Performance in Extreme Environments

Evaluating human performance in extreme environments offers unique challenges to human factors practitioners, researchers, and designers. Existing methodologies do not facilitate making cross-modal comparisons of cognitive-attentional demand levels. The present paper describes a multi-sensory protocol device for the evaluation of workload when assessing human performance and the differential demands placed upon sensory modalities.

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Human Error: The Principal Cause Of Skydiving Fatalities, Christian L. Hart, James D. Griffith Oct 2003

Human Error: The Principal Cause Of Skydiving Fatalities, Christian L. Hart, James D. Griffith

Journal of Human Performance in Extreme Environments

Between 1993 and 2001, 308 people died while participating in civilian recreational skydives in the United States. Using a database generated by the United States Parachute Association, the authors of the present study conducted an analysis to determine the proportion of fatalities that were due to human error. The results of the analysis indicated that human error was the principal cause in 86% of the cases. Methods for reducing human error fatalities are suggested.

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Mitigating The Negative Effects Of Stress In Space Flight: Atransactional Approach, Haydee M. Cuevas Oct 2003

Mitigating The Negative Effects Of Stress In Space Flight: Atransactional Approach, Haydee M. Cuevas

Journal of Human Performance in Extreme Environments

The primary goal of this theoretical paper is to highlight how a transactional approach to investigating stressor effects during space flight can lead to a greater understanding of the complex processes by which humans adapt psychologically and physically to the adverse conditions encountered in this extreme environment.Transactional approaches conceptualize stress as occurring in the nature of the "transaction" (Le., interaction) between the individual and the stimulus environment, emphasizing the role of cognitive appraisal (Le., perceived ability to cope with the situation). Interventions that positively influence this cognitive appraisal process may, therefore, lessen the experience of stress and optimize human performance …

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A Research Agenda For The United States Coast Guard, Krystal A. Bradley, Jeanne L. Weaver, Peter A. Hancock Oct 2003

A Research Agenda For The United States Coast Guard, Krystal A. Bradley, Jeanne L. Weaver, Peter A. Hancock

Journal of Human Performance in Extreme Environments

Historically, the United States Coast Guard has not been widely recognized as an armed force relative to those branches housed under the Department of Defense. However, the country's implementation of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has resulted in an increased awareness of the Coast Guard as a critical agency in the country's line of defense. In large part, this change has occurred because the Coast Guard has been incorporated as a part of DHS while previously the agency was housed under the Department of Transportation. Consequently, many problems relating to the day to day operations of the Coast Guard …

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Urban Combat: The Ultimate Extreme Environment, Donald R. Lampton, Bryan R. Clark, Bruce W. Knerr Oct 2003

Urban Combat: The Ultimate Extreme Environment, Donald R. Lampton, Bryan R. Clark, Bruce W. Knerr

Journal of Human Performance in Extreme Environments

Urban combat is one of the most extreme environments imaginable. Our paper describes training and simulation research to improve the training of small teams that operate on foot in urban combat and stability operations. We present an overview of urban combat as an extreme environment. Next, we trace the history of the training and technology developments that shaped our present research. The focus of our paper is the After Action Review (AAR) process as applied to small team exercises conducted in immersive virtual environments. A PC-based AAR system is described and examples are given of its use for training and …

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Ancient Egyptian Religion On The Silver Screen: Modern Anxieties About Race, Ethnicity, And Religion, Caroline T. Schroeder Oct 2003

Ancient Egyptian Religion On The Silver Screen: Modern Anxieties About Race, Ethnicity, And Religion, Caroline T. Schroeder

Journal of Religion & Film

This essay examines the depiction of religion, race, and ethnicity in four films: The Mummy, Stargate, The Ten Commandments, and Prince of Egypt. Each film - explicitly or implicitly, deliberately or not - uses ancient Egyptian religion as a foil to dramatize American concerns about race and ethnicity. The foil is the mysterious, and often false, religiosity of an often Orientalized religious and ethnic "other."

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When The Master Is Not Master: The Critique Of Enlightenment In Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, J. Heath Atchley Oct 2003

When The Master Is Not Master: The Critique Of Enlightenment In Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, J. Heath Atchley

Journal of Religion & Film

The concept of enlightenment plays a key role in the plot development of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. A subtle reading of the film, however, can show how it offers a filmic critique of enlightenment, both as a religious concept associated with Buddhism and as a broader concept associated with mastery in virtually any form (religious, martial, political). This paper argues that Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon puts forth a novel image of this concept. According to this image, enlightenment does not produce mastery, as is conventionally thought. Instead, enlightenment paradoxically eschews mastery and critiques the knowledge that supports it.

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The Believer, John Martin Oct 2003

The Believer, John Martin

Journal of Religion & Film

This is a review of The Believer (2001).

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George Winston Is Next Performing Arts Artist, University Relations Oct 2003

George Winston Is Next Performing Arts Artist, University Relations

Campus News Archive

No abstract provided.

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Communications Oct 2003

Communications

East Texas Historical Journal

No abstract provided.

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Etha Information Oct 2003

Etha Information

East Texas Historical Journal

No abstract provided.

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Table Of Contents Oct 2003

Table Of Contents

East Texas Historical Journal

No abstract provided.

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Ethj Vol-41 No-2 Oct 2003

Ethj Vol-41 No-2

East Texas Historical Journal

No abstract provided.

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List Of Books Reviewed Oct 2003

List Of Books Reviewed

East Texas Historical Journal

No abstract provided.

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"Someone Get The Governor An Aspirin": Ross Sterling And Martial Law In East Texas, Page S. Foshee Oct 2003

"Someone Get The Governor An Aspirin": Ross Sterling And Martial Law In East Texas, Page S. Foshee

East Texas Historical Journal

No abstract provided.

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The 1976 Gop Primary: Ford, Reagan, And The Battle That Transformed Political Campaigns In Texas, Sean P. Cunningham Oct 2003

The 1976 Gop Primary: Ford, Reagan, And The Battle That Transformed Political Campaigns In Texas, Sean P. Cunningham

East Texas Historical Journal

No abstract provided.

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A "Grand Old Church" Rose In The East: The Church Of God In Christ (Cogic) In East Texas, Karen Kossie-Chernyshev Oct 2003

A "Grand Old Church" Rose In The East: The Church Of God In Christ (Cogic) In East Texas, Karen Kossie-Chernyshev

East Texas Historical Journal

No abstract provided.

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U.S. Forest Service Research At Nacogdoches, Texas, Ronald E. Thill Oct 2003

U.S. Forest Service Research At Nacogdoches, Texas, Ronald E. Thill

East Texas Historical Journal

No abstract provided.

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The Texas Gray Squirrel Migration Of 1857, Stanley D. Casto Oct 2003

The Texas Gray Squirrel Migration Of 1857, Stanley D. Casto

East Texas Historical Journal

No abstract provided.

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Book Reviews Oct 2003

Book Reviews

East Texas Historical Journal

No abstract provided.

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Institutional Members Oct 2003

Institutional Members

East Texas Historical Journal

No abstract provided.

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