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The Bg News November 4, 2008, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

The BGSU campus student newspaper. November 4, 2008. Volume 99-Issue 49.

Isu Symphony Orchestra: November 4, 2008, Glenn Block

School of Music Programs

This s the fortieth program of the 2008-2009 season.

Annual Fall Illinois Tour

November 4-6, 2008

The Acquisition Of Procedural Skills: An Analysis Of The Worked-Example Effect Using Animated Demonstrations, David Lewis

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

While many educators suggest active, rather than passive learning, this is not always the best solution, especially when learners are novices. Sweller and Cooper found learners who passively studied worked examples were significantly more efficient than those who actively solved problems (Cooper & Sweller, 1987; Sweller & Cooper, 1985) later described as the "worked-example effect" (Sweller & Chandler, 1991).

The current study tested the claims of Lewis (2005) who suggested animated demonstrations act as worked examples. It compared the performance of groups of preservice teachers who: studied animated demonstrations (demo); studied animated demonstrations and practiced procedures (demo+practice & demo2+practice), or …

Reburb: Redefining The Suburban Family Unit Under A New Construction Ecology, Matthew A. Lobeck

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

“Our structures might be machines for living in, but there was no longer much about them that was alive.”

-William McDonough, Cradle to Cradle

Home ownership is a significant driver within American culture. In Florida single-family homes represent one of the largest components of our built surroundings, significantly impacting the environment through material use and energy consumption. Currently, homes typically are built with little regard to the environmental context. By designing for the immediate goal of separation from the elements, they do not provide for convenient spatial expansion or adaptability, using material assemblies that do not lend themselves to be …

Landscape As Urbanism, Ryan Nicholas Abraham

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Scholars have suggested that landscape become the main ordering device in the development of the built environment. Traditional methods of urban planning have categorized landscape as a cosmetic application, the purpose of which is to beautify the urban environment after the planning and development phases. The problems associated with globalization and rapid urbanization at present includes the commoditization of urban form. As a result of this trend, many cities are becoming less and less distinguishable from one another, as urban form is generated without considering the particularities of site and context. The lack of a more specific understanding of a …

At Home In The World : The American Middle-Class House As A Twenty-First Century Public Square, Kathleen Holt

Dissertations and Theses

Using personal narrative, interviews, and research, this thesis project looks at how the middle-class American home has been transformed, by people like me, into a modem-day public square.

More Than Screening Tools? : An Examination Of Preliminary Applicant Evaluation Methods, Matthew Eric Paronto

Dissertations and Theses

The increased prevalence of technology in organizations has had significant impacts on the recruiting, screening, and hiring processes. However, little is known regarding whether preliminary applicant evaluation methods provide meaningful candidate information beyond possession of minimum qualifications. To address this gap in the literature, two preliminary applicant evaluation procedures used at a major utility company were examined across two separate studies.

Study 1 examined online applicant prescreening protocols across three positions. Archival prescreening data from 5,619 applicants were analyzed in terms of item characteristics that distinguished candidates at different points in the score distribution (high vs. low; highest vs. high), …

Cal Poly Alumni Association Announces 2008 Honored Alumni, Public Affairs Office

Press Releases

No abstract provided.

Grand Valley Forum, Volume 033, Number 11, November 3, 2008, Grand Valley State University

2008-2009, Volume 33

Grand Valley Forum is Grand Valley State's faculty and staff newsletter, published from 1976 to the present.

The Chanticleer, 2008-11-03, Coastal Carolina University

The Chanticleer Student Newspaper

The editorially independent student produced weekly newspaper of Coastal Carolina University.

Ccu Newsletter, November 3, 2008, Coastal Carolina University

Coastal Carolina University Newsletter

Coastal Carolina University's weekly on-campus newsletter.

Conversation Group Flyer 2008, Joseph A. Santiago, Jessica Ellis

Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Queer Center

This post contains the Conversation Group flyer for 2008 and the Ms Publisher file for it. Conversation Group Flyer 2008; Joseph A Santiago; Joe Santiago; Jessica Ellis; The GLBT Center offers weekly conversation groups which provide outreach and support to GLBTIQQ students, faculty, staff, and community members. Groups are designed to promote discussion in a safe, informal, and confidential environment. Conversation groups are held in the Center throughout the academic year most Monday and Thursday evenings from 7:30-9PM. The Center is open 24/7 for additional conversation and interaction. On the third Thursday of every month, the Center participates in Gay …

Commonwealth Times 2008-11-03

Commonwealth Times, 1969-

No abstract provided.

Faculty Senate Meeting Agenda And Minutes, November 3, 2008

Faculty Senate Minutes and Agendas

Agenda and minutes from the Wright State University Faculty Senate Meeting held on, November 3, 2008.

The Statesman, V. 52, I. 17, Stony Brook University

Stony Brook Statesman-Sucolian

v. 52, i. 17

Rotunda - Vol 87, No 9 - Nov 3, 2008, Longwood University

Rotunda

No abstract provided.

President's Weekly Perspective, 2008_11_03, David Schmidly

President Schmidly's Administration

No abstract provided.

State V. Martin Clerk's Record V. 1 Dckt. 35549

Idaho Supreme Court Records & Briefs, All

No abstract provided.

Ddasaccident803, Hd-Aid

Global CWD Repository

The accident occurred in a hazardous area high in the mountains. The demining group involved was searching the area with two mine dog teams and collecting discovered devices, moving them to a collection area. When the field supervisors went to count the discovered mines, the last collected item exploded, resulting in minor injuries to both supervisors.

A Better Life In New Shanghai?, Maura Cunningham

China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012

During the two years I recently spent in Nanjing as a student at the Hopkins-Nanjing Center, Shanghai became an increasingly frequent choice when I needed to get away and wander the streets of China for a bit. With the introduction of CRH express train service in 2007, travel time between Nanjing and Shanghai fell to only two hours, and I rejoiced in the improved accessibility of Shanghai’s malls, restaurants, bookstores, and cultural events. However, I often found that I ended my Shanghai sojourns as eager to return to Nanjing as I had been to leave it only a day or …

The Daily Gamecock, Monday, November 3, 2008, University Of South Carolina, Office Of Student Media

November

No abstract provided.

Daily Eastern News: November 03, 2008, Eastern Illinois University

November

No abstract provided.

Monitor Newsletter November 03, 2008, Bowling Green State University

Monitor

Official Publication of Bowling Green State University for Faculty and Staff

Central Florida Future, Vol. 40 No. 98, November 3, 2008

Central Florida Future

Trick-or-Treating for a good cause; Trick-or-Treating for UNICEF; She's got a little Cap'n in her; Knight Protection promotes safe sex; 2008 UCF Homecoming; Comedy Knight plans laughs; Service Day cleans and greens; Movie Knight whips out Indiana Jones.

Fault-Tolerant Adaptive Model Predictive Control Using Joint Kalman Filter For Small-Scale Helicopter, Carlos L. Castillo

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

A novel application is presented for a fault-tolerant adaptive model predictive control system for small-scale helicopters. The use of a joint Extended Kalman Filter, (EKF), for the estimation of the states and parameters of the UAV, provided the advantage of implementation simplicity and accuracy. A linear model of a small-scale helicopter was utilized for testing the proposed control system. The results, obtained through the simulation of different fault scenarios, demonstrated that the proposed scheme was able to handle different types of actuator and system faults effectively. The types of faults considered were represented in the parameters of the mathematical representation …

November Arts Events

News Releases

No abstract provided.

Vol. 35, No. 09 (November 3, 2008)

Indiana Law Annotated

No abstract provided.

Faculty Council Minutes, December 3, 2008, Faculty Council

Faculty Senate Minutes and Reports

No abstract provided.

Motion-Logger: An Attitude And Motion Sensing System, Andres Felipe Marquez

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This thesis proposes a motion sensing system for wheelchairs with the main objective of determining tips, falls and risky situations. The system relies on measurements from an Inertial Measurement Unit, (IMU), consisting of a 3-axis accelerometer and a 2-axis gyroscope as the source of information. The IMU was embedded in a portable device, the "Motion Logger", which collects motion data in a Secure Digital memory card after running a real time preprocessing algorithm. The algorithm was designed to reduce energy consumption and memory usage. Actual signal analysis and attitude estimation is carried out offline.

The motion sensing system was developed …

Copper Doped Window Layer For Cdse Solar Cells, Sheetal Kumar Chanda

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

CdSe solar cells with ZnTe as the window layer deposited by CSS process have shown V_oc's around 630mV. However the currents were very low and also the voltages were not meeting the desired objectives. To improve the performance the contact energy at the ZnTe/Cu interface should be minimized by doping the window layer.

Thermal evaporation was used to deposit ZnTe to have more control over the composition of the film. Initial experiments were done by depositing Cu doped ZnTe films on plain glass by co-evaporating both ZnTe and Cu. The conductivity was in the order of 10e3 which …