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Opening A Can Of Words, Don Hauptman

Word Ways

Although my Word Ways article are usually light, involving puns and other forms of wordplay, in this issue I'm focusing on a weightier topic: the state of the language. So let's get serious.

Optimal Adaptation In Autonomic Web Processes With Inter-Service Dependencies, Kunal Verma, Prashant Doshi, Karthik Gomadam, John A. Miller, Amit P. Sheth

Kno.e.sis Publications

We present methods for optimally adapting Web processes to exogenous events while preserving inter-service dependencies. For example, in a supply chain process, orders placed by the manufacturer may get delayed in arriving. In response to this event, the manufacturer has the choice of either waiting out the delay or changing the supplier.

Inquiry, November 2005, Office Of Vice President For Research

Research and Discovery News

• Customer service initiative
• Congratulations - Dr. William Cobern
• New process for industrial contracts
• Grant submissions
• Research to commercialization seminar
• Grant awards
• Announcements
• Joining the CTA has benefits for WMU researchers

Planner, Volume 20, Number 6, November-December 2005, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants (Aicpa)

Newsletters

No abstract provided.

The Demise Of African American Participation In Baseball: A Cultural Backlash From The Negro Leagues, David C. Ogden

Communication Faculty Proceedings & Presentations

Sixty years ago baseball was a major business and cultural force for African Americans. But the end of the Negro Leagues and the desegregation of baseball heralded a new era that marked the beginning of a cultural drift between baseball and African Americans. This paper will explore the social factors embedded in the Negro Leagues that gave baseball cultural relevance for African Americans and what is impeding those factors from operating again.

Campus Connection, November 2005, Vol. 7 No. 3, California State University, Monterey Bay

Campus Connection

The Search For A New CSUMB President: The Process -- A Greener Policy For The CSU -- David Disend Named Interim VP For University Advancement -- Voters Approve Reduced Fees For Staff & Faculty Housing -- Make Way For The Bikes -- Writing Comes Naturally To Ruth Paget -- CSUMB Gets $2.5 Million Grant -- More Changes In UPD -- CSUMB News Website Upgrade -- CSUMB: We Are "Unwired" -- Upcoming Events From Music And Performing Arts (Faculty Recital, Annual Winter Concert) -- Students Raise $3,500 For Katrina Relief -- New Employees -- Transfers & Promotions -- Probation Passed -- …

Kentucky Warbler (Vol. 81, No. 4), Kentucky Library Research Collections

The Kentucky Warbler

No abstract provided.

Meeting Minutes, Wku Council Of Academic Deans

Council of Academic Deans

Meeting regarding graduate assistants, scholarships, mission statement, tenure, promotion, winter term, leadership celebration week, administrative handbook, course class benefit, final exams, awards, Gate Keeper Courses, add / drop, strategic planning and faculty leave.

Research Note: International Issues In Media And Information Literacy, Jeremy Harris Lipschultz, Michael L. Hilt

Communication Faculty Publications

The emerging field of media and information literacy studies continues to be influenced by a wide range of interdisciplinary research. An inventory of current research on media and information literacy, using Studies in Media & Information Literacy Education (SIMILE) as a database, reveal emphases in studies about schools and education, library usage, mass media, intercultural communication, and global media. As individuals around the globe are empowered by their media and information literacy skills, it is possible that these abilities will be harnessed as cultural tools in the grassroots battles to maintain local and national identities.

Uup Insight | I.07-11, Dawn M. Svoboda-Pappas, Sara Battaglia, United University Professions

UUP Insight

Newsletter of the Stony Brook Chapter of the United University Professions | v. : ill. ; 28 cm (original analog pub.),UUP Professional Perspective | Insight | UUP Newsletter | UUP/SB Newsletter

Review: The Discipline Of Law Schools: The Making Of Modern Lawyers (Philip C. Kissam, Carolina Academic Press, 2003), And The Shame Of American Legal Education (Alan Watson, Ph-Dosije, 2004), James M. Donovan

Law Faculty Scholarly Articles

No abstract provided.

Cortical Complexity In Cetacean Brains, Patrick R. Hof, Rebecca Chanis, Lori Marino

Veterinary Science and Medicine Collection

Cetaceans (dolphins, whales, and porpoises) have a long, dramatically divergent evolutionary history compared with terrestrial mammals. Throughout their 55–60 million years of evolution, cetaceans acquired a compelling set of characteristics that include echolocation ability (in odontocetes), complex auditory and communicative capacities, and complex social organization. Moreover, although cetaceans have not shared a common ancestor with primates for over 90 million years, they possess a set of cognitive attributes that are strikingly convergent with those of many primates, including great apes and humans. In contrast, cetaceans have evolved a highly unusual combination of neurobiological features different from that of primates. As …

School Reform Strategies And Normative Expectations For Democratic Leadership In The Superintendency, George J. Petersen, Theodore J. Kowalski

Graduate Studies in Education

The ability of the superintendent to communicate ethical leadership to the community and demonstrate a positive relationship with the board president and the board of education has considerable influence on communities’ perceptions of the quality of educational programs and the academic achievement of children. This investigation employed social capital theory as a conceptual lens to investigate these relationships. Our findings suggest that district superintendents tread a fragile bridge where the sustainability of their leadership is dependent upon their mastery of the interplay among ethics, advocacy, and community relations.

Cal Poly Professor Publishes Print Publishing Guide, Public Affairs Office

Press Releases

No abstract provided.

On Improving Local Website Search Using Web Server Traffic Logs: A Preliminary Report, Qing Cui, Alex Dekhtyar

Computer Science and Software Engineering

In this paper we give a preliminary report on our study of the use of web server traffic logs to improve local search. Web server traffic logs are, typically, private to individual websites and as such – are unavailable to traditional web search engines conducting searches across multiple web sites. However, they can be used to augment search performed by a local search engine, restricted to a single site. Web server traffic logs, which we will refer to as simply logs throughout this paper, contain information on traffic patterns on a web site. By using this information, instead of pure …

Flexible Social Structure Of A Desert Rodent, Rhombomys Opimus: Philopatry, Kinship, And Ecological Constraints, Jan Randall, Konstantin Rogovin, Patricia Parker, John Eimes

Biology Department Faculty Works

We tested hypotheses based on philopatry, kinship, and ecological constraints to explain sociality in a semifossorial desert rodent, the great gerbil, Rhombomys opimus. Data were collected in the field in Uzbekistan in the spring and fall of 1996 and 1998–2004. Population densities fluctuated dramatically with high turnover in both males and females to reveal that dispersal and social structure were density dependent. Fewer gerbils dispersed at higher densities and members of family groups dispersed together. A majority of females lived in groups at high densities, but as population densities declined, proportionally more females were solitary. DNA analysis revealed that group-living …

Bateman Gradients In Field And Laboratory Studies: A Cautionary Tale, Patricia Parker, Zuleyma Tang-Martinez

Biology Department Faculty Works

Since tools of molecular genetics became readily available, our understanding of bird mating systems has undergone a revolution. The majority of passerine species investigated are socially monogamous, but have been shown to be genetically polygamous. Data sets from natural populations of juncos suggest that multiple mating by females results in a sexual selection gradient as steep for females as for males (a result that does not support Bateman's predictions). However, in males, fitness is enhanced directly through fertilization success with multiple matings; in females fitness benefits may be enhanced immediately through direct access to food, protection against predators, or other …

Members In Large Public Accounting Firms, November 2005, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants (Aicpa)

Newsletters

No abstract provided.

In-Service Teachers And Computer Mediated Discussions: Range And Purposes Of Reflection, Gaoyin Qian, Liqing Tao

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

The purpose of this qualitative study was to understand discourse types (i.e., factual, prudential, and justificatory) of in-service teachers in the graduate program in literacy education when they engaged in Computer Mediated Discussion (CMD). This study also sought to uncover the kind of support that CID provided, and to identify their attitudes towards and feelings about such forms of discussion based on their online journal entries and responses to a questionnaire. Fourteen graduate students participated in a weekly reflection for 10 weeks on the readings and on the literacy development of the children they selected for case study. Results indicated …

The Deaf Catholic, November-December 2005

ICDA The Deaf Catholic

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in USA

ICDA The Deaf CatholicFinding Aid

The Davideon Project: Capitalizing The Possibilities Of Streaming Video As Flexible Learning Objects For The Humanities , Andra Rosendaal, Johan Oomen

Innovate: Journal of Online Education

No abstract provided.

Using The Sections Framework To Evaluate Flash Media, Jim Boyes, Sandra Dowie, Ismael Rumzan

Innovate: Journal of Online Education

No abstract provided.

Videoconferencing K-12: The State Of The Art, Scott Merrick

Innovate: Journal of Online Education

No abstract provided.

Innovative Teaching: Sharing Expertise Through Videoconferencing, Michael Luck, Gerard Michael Laurence

Innovate: Journal of Online Education

No abstract provided.

Five Roles I Play In Online Courses, Scot Headley

Innovate: Journal of Online Education

No abstract provided.

Preparing Academic Staff For E-Learning At The University Of Botswana, Dianne Thurab-Nkhosi, Marilyn Lee, Daniela Gachago

Innovate: Journal of Online Education

No abstract provided.

November 1, 2005, Council On Graduate Studies

Minutes

No abstract provided.

The Queen City Brew, Library Newsletter, Vol. 2, Issue 3, November 2005, Johnson & Wales University - Charlotte

JWU Library Newsletter - Charlotte Campus

No abstract provided.

Checkup, Lehigh Valley Health Network

Checkup

No abstract provided.

Double Arrays, Triple Arrays, And Balanced Grids With V = R + C - 1, John P. Mcsorley

Articles and Preprints

In Theorem 6.1 of McSorley et al. [3] it was shown that, when v = r+c−1, every triple array TA(v, k, λ_rr, λ_cc, k : r × c) is a balanced grid BG(v, k, k : r×c). Here we prove the converse of this Theorem. Our final result is: Let v = r +c−1. Then every triple array is a TA(v, k, c−k, r−k, k : r × c …