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Reading Teachers' Attitudes Toward Scripted Reading Programs: A Multiple Case Study, Holly G. Morgan

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In the aftermath of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act (2002), reading teachers have been faced with new challenges and pressures, including reading curricula. Many schools have scrambled to purchase materials that are labeled as being scientifically researched (Vogt & Shearer, 2007). As a result of the influx of scripted reading programs, the educational field has been flooded with primarily quantitative research that was designed to evaluate the effectiveness of a specific program. In addition, much of this research regarding the effectiveness of scripted reading programs has been promoted by the publishing companies themselves. The reading teachers’ attitudes toward …

Žižek And The Real Hegel, David J. Gunkel

Faculty Articles, Papers, and Other Scholarship

Žižek's reading of Hegel is, as he and many of his readers explicitly recognize, distinctly unorthodox. Efforts to appraise these readings often make reference to and mobilize the "real Hegel," a recognized standard and authorized understanding of Hegelian philosophy against which a particular interpretation may be compared and evaluated. This concept of "the real" is rooted in fundamental ontological assumptions that are at least as old as Plato. Žižek's critical interventions in the ontology of the real expose these assumptions and contest their procedures and outcomes. In doing so, Žižek not only questions the metaphysical foundations of traditional forms of …

Establishing A High-Technology Knowledge Transfer Network: The Practical And Symbolic Roles Of Identification, Edward U. Bond Iii, Mark B. Houston, Yihui Tang

Faculty Articles, Papers, and Other Scholarship

Knowledge transfer networks (KTNs) are composed of interconnected firms, government entities, and research organizations that play a critical role in the funding, development, and dissemination of knowledge in high-technology industries. Despite the common use of KTNs in situations that require technology inputs spanning multiple firms, little research has examined the start-up of KTNs and the marketing literature has essentially ignored them. Using social network, social identity, and relevant attribution and motivation theories, the authors build a conceptual model that explains key outcomes of start-up KTNs. A preliminary empirical investigation of a UK-wide KTN start-up finds evidence that social identification with …

Mozart Effect: Exploring The Relationship Between Classical Music And Improvement In The Spatial-Temporal Cognitive Abilities Of Elementary School Children, Michael J. Ader

Graduate Student Dissertations, Theses, Capstones, and Portfolios

The purpose of this study was to learn if classical music stimuli can be used to enhance the thinking abilities of children as measured by a cognitive testing instrument. A comparison of classical music exposure and student achievement was conducted to specifically ascertain if music of varying types had an effect on measurable intelligences (especially spatial-temporal intelligence), as measured by the Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test (NNAT). An exploration of the theoretical and empirical literature regarding the improvement of cognitive abilities of elementary school aged children was examined to identify if exposure to arts education produced measurable gains which could facilitate …

Vof/Navier-Stokes Numerical Modeling Of Surface Waves Generated By Subaerial Landslides, Stéphane Abadie, Denis Morichon, Stephan Grilli, Stéphane Glocker

Ocean Engineering Faculty Publications

Landslide generated waves are studied using a numerical model based on Navier-Stokes equations, with a VOF algorithm to track the interfaces. Unlike most earlier simulations of this problem, our model implicitly describes the coupling between slide and water. Simulations are first compared with earlier measurements of a solitary wave generated by a rigid bloc falling down in a shallow water flume. We then perform simulations to evaluate the role of slide deformation on the characteristics of generated waves. Results highlight both the importance and complexity of slide deformation on wave characteristics. Hence, we recommend to consider slide rheology in tsunami …

The Papua New Guinea Tsunami Of 17 July 1998: Anatomy Of A Catastrophic Event, D. R. Tappin, P. Watts, Stephan T. Grilli

Ocean Engineering Faculty Publications

The Papua New Guinea (PNG) tsunami of July 1998 was a seminal event because it demonstrated that relatively small and relatively deepwater Submarine Mass Failures (SMFs) can cause devastating local tsunamis that strike without warning. There is a comprehensive data set that proves this event was caused by a submarine slump. Yet, the source of the tsunami has remained controversial. This controversy is attributed to several causes. Before the PNG event, it was questionable as to whether SMFs could cause devastating tsunamis. As a result, only limited modelling of SMFs as tsunami sources had been undertaken, and these excluded slumps. …

Refinement Of Reduced-Models For Dynamic Systems, Huajun Li, Min Zhang, Sau-Lon James Hu

Ocean Engineering Faculty Publications

A refinement procedure for the reduced models of structural dynamic systems is presented in this article. The refinement procedure is to “tune” the parameters of a reduced model, which could be obtained from any traditional model reduction scheme, into an improved reduced model. Upon the completion of the refinement, the improved reduced model matches the dynamic characteristics – the chosen structural frequencies and their mode shapes – of the full order model. Mathematically, the procedure to implement the model refinement technique is an application of the recently developed cross-model cross-mode (CMCM) method for model updating. A numerical example of reducing …

2208-2009 Southern Illinois University Bulletin Carbondale Campus (Undergraduate Catalog), Southern Illinois University Carbondale

SIU Bulletins and Course Catalogs Archives

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Curriculum Reform In Science Education In Pakistan, Nelofer Halai

Book Chapters / Conference Papers

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Behavior Of An Escolar Lepidocybium Flavobrunneum In The Windward Passage As Determined By Popup Satellite Archival Tagging, David Kerstetter, P. H. Rice, Derke Snodgrass, Eric Prince

Marine & Environmental Sciences Faculty Articles

In June 2003, fisheries research was conducted in the Windward Passage using a chartered commercial pelagic longline vessel (Rice and Snodgrass 2003). This paper describes the habitat use by an escolar in this location tagged with a pop-up satellite archival tag (PSAT) that remained attached to the fish for 14 d. Data recovered from the PSAT were used to directly document diel vertical migration and ambient temperature range for the first time in a mesopelagic teleost.

Catalog 2008-09, Dmacc

Catalogs

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Truong V. Holmes : Brief Of Appellant, Utah Court Of Appeals

Utah Court of Appeals Briefs (2007– 2019)

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Equation Of State For A Van Der Waals Universe During Reissner–Nordstrom Expansion, Emil Prodanov, Rossen Ivanov, Vesselin Gueorguiev

Articles

In a previous work [E.M. Prodanov, R.I. Ivanov and V.G. Gueorguiev, Reissner-Nordström expansion, Astropart. Phys. 27 (2007) 150], we proposed a classical model for the expansion of the Universe during the radiation-dominated epoch based on the gravitational repulsion of the Reissner-Nordström geometry — naked singularity description of particles that "grow" with the drop of the temperature. In this work we model the Universe during the Reissner-Nordström expansion as a van der Waals gas and determine the equation of state.

Nearly-Hamiltonian Structure For Water Waves With Constant Vorticity, Adrian Constantin, Rossen Ivanov, Emil Prodanov

Articles

We show that the governing equations for two-dimensional gravity water waves with constant non-zero vorticity have a nearly-Hamiltonian structure, which becomes Hamiltonian for steady waves.

Understanding Big Bang In Loop Quantum Cosmology: Recent Advances, Parampreet Singh

Faculty Publications

We discuss the way non-perturbative quantization of cosmological spacetimes in loop quantum cosmology provides insights on the physics of Planck scale and the resolution of big bang singularity. In recent years, rigorous examination of mathematical and physical aspects of the quantum theory, have singled out a consistent quantization which is physically viable and various early ideas have been shown to be inconsistent. These include 'physical effects' originating from modifications to inverse scale factors in the flat models. The singularity resolution is understood to originate from the non-local nature of curvature in the quantum theory and the underlying polymer representation. Based …

A General Framework For Extending Means To Higher Orders, Jimmie Lawson, Yongdo Lim

Faculty Publications

Although there is an extensive literature on various means of two positive operators and their applications, these means do not typically readily extend to means of three and more operators. It has been an open problem to define and prove the existence of these higher order means in a general setting. In this paper we lay the foundations for such a theory by showing how higher order means can be inductively defined and established in general metric spaces, in particular, in convex metric spaces. We consider uniqueness properties and preservation properties of these extensions, properties which provide validation to our …

On Radicals Of Module Coalgebras, Yuqun Chen, Siu Hung Ng, Kar Ping Shum

Faculty Publications

We introduce the notion of an idempotent radical class of module coalgebras over a bialgebra B. We prove that if R is an idempotent radical class of B-module coalgebras, then every B-module coalgebra contains a unique maximal B-submodule coalgebra in R. Moreover, a B-module coalgebra C is a member of R if, and only if, D B is in R for every simple subcoalgebra D of C. The collection of B-cocleft coalgebras and the collection of H-projective module coalgebras over a Hopf algebra H are idempotent radical classes. As applications, we use these idempotent radical classes to give another proofs …

Instabilities Of Diffuse Interfaces, N. Bessonov, J. Pojman, G. Viner, V. Volpert, B. Zoltowski

Faculty Publications

Composition gradients in miscible liquids can create volume forces resulting in various interfacial phenomena. Experimental observations of these phenomena are related to some difficulties because they are transient, sufficiently weak and can be hidden by gravity driven flows. As a consequence, the question about their existence and about adequate mathematical models is not yet completely elucidated. In this work we present some experimental evidences of interfacial phenomena in miscible liquids and numerical simulations of miscible drops and diffuse interfaces. © 2008 EDP Sciences.

Bipartite Toughness And The K-Factors In Bipartite Graphs, Guizhen Liu, Jianbo Quan, Jonathan Z. Sun, Rui Xu

Faculty Publications

We define a new invariant t^B(G) in bipartite graphs that is analogous to the toughness t(G) and we give sufficient conditions in term of t^B(G) for the existence of k-factors in bipartite graphs. We also show that these results are sharp.

Unified Dynamical Symmetries In The Symplectic Extension Of The Interacting Vector Boson Model, A. I. Georgieva, H. G. Ganev, J. P. Draayer, V. P. Garistov

Faculty Publications

The algebraic Interacting Vector Boson Model (IVBM) is extended by exploiting three new subgroup chains in the reduction of its highest symplectic dynamical symmetry group Sp(12, R) to the physical angular momentum subgroup SO(3). The corresponding exactly solvable limiting cases are applied to achieve a description of complex nuclear collective spectra of even-even nuclei in the rare earth and actinide regions up to states of very high angular momentum. First we exploit two reductions in which collective modes can be mixed, and obtain successful descriptions of both positive and negative parity band conflgurations. The structure of band-head conflgurations, whose importance …

Holography From Loop Quantum Gravity, Rodolfo Gambini, Jorge Pullin

Faculty Publications

We show that holography follows directly from the basic structure of spherically symmetric loop quantum gravity. The result is not dependent on detailed assumptions about the dynamics of the theory being considered. It ties strongly the amount of information contained in a region of space to the tight mathematical underpinnings of loop quantum geometry. © 2008 World Scientific Publishing Company.

Nesting And Brood-Rearing Success And Resource Selection Of Greater Sage-Grouse In Northwestern South Dakota, Nicholas W. Kaczor

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Understanding population dynamics and resource selection is crucial in developing wildlife resource management plans, particularly for sensitive species. Greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) populations have declined range-wide at a rate of 2% per year from 1965 to 2003. In South Dakota, populations have generally declined. Reasons for the decline are mostly attributed to human-induced factors such as sagebrush degradation and removal, improper range management practices, oil and gas exploration, and West Nile virus infection. Sage-grouse occupy habitats at the eastern edge of their range in western South Dakota. We conducted a 2-year study to investigate the nesting and brood-rearing ecology of …

Minnesota's Pci Law: A Small Step On The Path To A Statutory Duty Of Data Security Due Care, James T. Graves

William Mitchell Law Review

No abstract provided.

American Employment-Based Immigration Program In A Competitive Global Marketplace: Need For Reform, Paschal O. Nwokocha

William Mitchell Law Review

No abstract provided.

Partnership Tax Allocations And The Internalization Of Tax-Item Transactions, Bradley T. Borden

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Faculty Excellence, University Of New Hampshire

Faculty Excellence Awards

Each year, the University of New Hampshire selects a small number of its outstanding faculty for special recognition of their achievements in teaching, scholarship and service. Awards for Excellence in Teaching are given in each college and school, and university-wide awards recognize public service, research, teaching and engagement. This booklet details the year's award winners' accomplishments in short profiles with photographs and text.

Unh: The Magazine Of The University Of New Hampshire, Winter 2008, Unh Magazine

UNH Magazine

Archived version of web content originally found at https://unhmagazine.unh.edu/pastissues.html

Aga Khan University, Report 2008, Aga Khan University

The Aga Khan University Reports Archives

• Chairman’s Message
• President’s Foreword
• Capitalising on Synergies
• University Overview
• Expanding the Frontiers of Knowledge
• A Bold Vision for the Future
• Alumni – Making a Difference
• Forging Meaningful Partnerships
• Investing in a Better Tomorrow
• University Update
• Major Partners and Institutional Collaborations
• University Governance
• University in Numbers
• Financial Information
• Addresses

Modernism And Postmodernism, Brad Kallenberg, Ethan Smith

Theology and Religious Studies Faculty Publications

The Global Dictionary of Theology is inspired by the shift of the center of Christianity from the West to the Global South. But it also reflects the increase in two-way traffic between these two sectors as well as the global awareness that has permeated popular culture to an unprecedented degree.

The editorial perspective of the Global Dictionary of Theology is an ecumenical evangelicalism that is receptive to discovering new facets of truth through listening and conversation on a global scale. Thus a distinctive feature of the Global Dictionary of Theology is its conversational approach. Contributors have been called on to …

An Efficient O(N) Algorithm For Computer Simulation Of Rigid Body Molecular Dynamics, Andy Ries

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

An efficient working model for the computer simulation of motion behaviors associated with molecular dynamics is presented. This model has been developed through a seamless integration between computational molecular dynamics, multibody dynamics, mathematical numerics, and computer science. Thus an efficient and effective rigid molecular modeling technique and O(n) simulation procedure has been produced as result of the integration. As computer simulation of molecular dynamics emerges as an effective method for nano phenomenon analysis, an efficient means to perform these simulations would greatly ease any computational burdens that may be presented for a researcher. Traditional methods for molecular dynamics simulations rely …