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The 4 X 4 Semantic Model: Exploiting Data, Functional, Non-Functional And Execution Semantics Across Business Process, Workflow, Partner Services And Middleware Services Tiers, Amit P. Sheth, Karthik Gomadam

Kno.e.sis Publications

Business processes in the global environment increasingly encompass multiple partners and complex, rapidly changing requirements. In this context it is critical that strategic business objectives align with and map accurately to systems that support flexible and dynamic business processes. To support the demanding requirements of global business processes, we propose a comprehensive, unifying 4 X 4 Semantic Model that uses Semantic Templates to link four tiers of implementation with four types of semantics. The four tiers are the Business Process Tier, the Workflow Enactment Tier, the Partner Services Tier, and the Middleware Services Tier. The four types of semantics are …

Theory Of Dissociative Recombination Of A Linear Triatomic Ion With Permanent Electric Dipole Moment: Study Of Hco+, Nicolas Douguet, Viatcheslav Kokoouline, Chris H. Greene

Faculty Bibliography 2000s

We present a theoretical description of dissociative recombination of triatomic molecular ions having large permanent dipole moments. The study has been partly motivated by a discrepancy between experimental and theoretical cross sections for dissociative recombination of the HCO+ ion. The HCO+ ion has a considerable permanent dipole moment (D approximate to 4 D), which has not been taken explicitly into account in previous theoretical studies. In the present study, we include explicitly the effect of the permanent electric dipole on the dynamics of the incident electron using the generalized quantum defect theory, and we present the resulting cross section obtained. …

Arkansas Water Resources Center Annual Technical Report, 2008, Arkansas Water Resources Center

Arkansas Water Resources Center Annual Report

No abstract provided.

December 31, 2008: Ursula K. Leguin Responds, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “Ursula K. LeGuin Responds“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

Toward A Rural Critical Criminology, Joseph F. Donnermeyer, Walter Dekeseredy

Journal of Rural Social Sciences

A review of the extant literature reveals a recent growth in critical criminological analyses of rural crime and societal reactions to it. Nevertheless, rural critical criminology is still in a state of infancy and requires much more development. Thus, heavily influenced by Taylor, Walton, and Young’s(1973) path-breaking book The New Criminology and by research on woman abuse in rural communities, the main objective of this article, then, is twofold: (1) to describe the key reasons for a more fully developed rural critical criminology and (2) to outline some of its key elements. Also included in this article is a brief …

Evaluasi Pemanfaatan Laboratorium Dalam Pembelajaran Biologi Di Madrasah Aliyah Negeri Sekabupaten Sleman, Retna Sundari

Jurnal Penelitian dan Evaluasi Pendidikan

Penelitian ini bertujuan mengevaluasi pemanfaatan laboratorium pembelajaran biologi di Madrasah Aliyah Negeri se-Kabupaten Sleman. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian evaluasi model CIPP (Contex, Input, Process, Product). Subjek penelitian meliputi 5 Kepala Madrasah, 12 guru biologi dan 400 siswa kelas X di Madrasah Aliyah Negeri se-Kabupaten Sleman. Data dikumpulkan dengan angket, observasi dan wawancara terstruktur. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan (1) dukungan kepala madrasah terhadap program kegiatan laboratorium cukup tinggi, (2) ketersediaan sarana prasarana dalam kategori cukup, (3) pengelolaan laboratorium dalam kategori cukup, (4) pemanfaatan laboratorium dalam kategori cukup, (5) kendala-kendala yang dihadapi guru cukup tinggi, (6) minat siswa terhadap kegiatan laboratorium …

Keefektifan Pemanfaatan Laboratorium Di Madrasah Aliyah Yogyakarta, Sri Rahmiyati

Jurnal Penelitian dan Evaluasi Pendidikan

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengungkapkan keefektifan pemanfaatan laboratorium di Madrasah Aliyah di kota Yogyakarta. Variabel penelitian adalah kelengkapan sarana prasarana laboratorium, kemampuan guru dan teknis pengelolaan laboratorium. Subjek penelitian ini adalah empat Madrasah Aliyah di kota Yogyakarta yang memiliki laboratorium. Data dikumpulkan melalui angket, observasi, dan wawancara. Data dianalisis secara deskriptif. Hasil analisis menunjukkan bahwa kelengkapan sarana prasarana laboratorium berada pada kategori baik. Kemampuan guru pada kategori baik. Teknis pengelolaan laboratorium pada kategori baik. Supervisi/evaluasi yang dilakukan oleh kepala madrasah pada kategori cukup. Sikap siswa terhadap pembelajaran kimia menggunakan laboratorium pada kategori sangat baik. Faktor-faktor determinan pembelajaran kimia menggunakan laboratorium …

Peningkatan Keaktifan Dan Hasil Belajar Mata Kuliah Pendidikan Kesegaran Jasmani, Suharjana Suharjana

Jurnal Penelitian dan Evaluasi Pendidikan

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk meningkatkan keaktifan mahasiswa dalam pembelajaran, mengurangi kesalahan penguasaan konsep pembelajaran dan meningkatkan hasil belajar mahasiswa. Penelitian tindakan kelas pendekatan problem based learning berlangsung selama tiga siklus. Penelitian dilakukan pada mata kuliah Pendidikan Kesegaran Jasmani Program Studi D2-PGSD Penjaskes, Jurusan POR FIK-UNY, pada semester genap tahun ajaran 2007/2008. Disimpulkan bahwa penerapan pembelajaran problem based learning dapat meningkatkan keaktifan, pemahaman materi, prestasi belajar, dan kemampuan mahasiswa untuk menyelesaikan tugas individu.

Kata kunci: problem based learning, diskusi kelompok

Perbandingan Model Neural Network Dan Regresi Logistik Pada Kasus Masa Studi Mahasiswa Jurusan Pendidikan Matematika Fmipa Uny, Dhoriva Urwatul Wutsqa, Sri Rezeki

PYTHAGORAS : Jurnal Matematika dan Pendidikan Matematika

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk membandingkan model Neural Network (NN) dengan regresi logistik dalam memodelkan masalah klasifikasi pada kasus masa studi mahasiswa Jurusan Pendidikan Matematika FMIPA UNY, dan mengetahui faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi masa studi mahasiswa Jurusan Pendidikan Matematika FMIPA UNY. Subyek penelitian ini adalah mahasiswa Jurusan Pendidikan Matematika yang lulus sejak Agustus 2001 hingga November 2005. Jumlah responden dalam penelitian ini sebanyak 319 orang. Variabel respon (Y) dalam penelitian ini adalah ketepatan masa studi. Variabel penjelasnya yaitu jenis kelamin (X1), IPK tahun pertama (X2) dan program studi (X3). Variabel penjelas dipilih berdasarkan ketersediaan data. Untuk membandingkan kedua model digunakan kriteria ketepatan …

Penghitungan Premi Untuk Asuransi Kendaraan Bermotor Berdasarkan Sejarah Frekuensi Klaim Pemegang Polis Menggunakan Analisis Bayes, Aceng Komarudin Mutaqin, Komarudin Komarudin

PYTHAGORAS : Jurnal Matematika dan Pendidikan Matematika

Makalah ini membahas masalah penghitungan premi untuk asuransi kendaraan bermotor berdasarkan sejarah frekuensi klaim pemegang polis menggunakan analisis Bayes. Dilihat dari sudut pandang pemegang polis, premi yang dihasilkan bersifat adil, karena premi yang harus dibayarkan pada saat perpanjangan polis proporsional dengan taksiran frekuensi klaimnya. Sementara itu, dilihat dari sudut pandang perusahaan asuransi, akan menghasilkan keseimbangan finansial. Sebagai bahan aplikasi digunakan data klaim pemegang polis asuransi kendaraan bermotor dari salah satu perusahaan asuransi yang berdomisili di Bandung.
Kata kunci : sistem bonus malus, analisis Bayes, asuransi kendaraan bermotor, frekuensi klaim

Analisis Interaksi Genotip X Lingkungan Menggunakan Structural Equation Modeling, I Made Sumertajaya, Ahmad Ansori Matjjik, I Gede Nyoman Mindra Jaya

PYTHAGORAS : Jurnal Matematika dan Pendidikan Matematika

Additive Main Effect and Multiplicative Model (AMMI Model) nowadays is used to asses in plant breeding, especially to asses the Genotype × Environment Interaction (GEI) on multi-environment trial. The presence of genotype × environment interaction (GEI) creates difficulties in modeling complex trait that involve sequence biological process. Coupling Structural equation modeling with AMMI was developed to analyzed genotype × environment interaction (GEI). Structural equation modeling allows us to account for underlying sequential process in plant development by incorporating intermediate variables associated with those processes in the model. With this method we can incorporating genotypic and environmental covariate in the model …

Pemodelan Persamaan Struktural Dengan Analisis Linear Structure Relationship (Lisrel), Ida Mariati Hutabarat

PYTHAGORAS : Jurnal Matematika dan Pendidikan Matematika

The structural equation modeling is a part of statistics which can be used to analyze relation which is developed through one or more dependent variable which is explained by one or more independent variable, and at the same time one or more independent variable acts as an independent variable for the other dependent variable. In the covariance structure based structural equation modeling the analysis which is frequently used is the Linear Structure Relationship (LISREL) analysis. The aim of this study is to learn the accuracy and consistence of the estimated values of parameters of structural equation model using LISREL analysis. …

Seleksi Model Neural Network Menggunakan Inferensi Statistik Dari R^2 Increment Dan Uji Wald Untuk Peramalan Time Series Multivariat, Dhoriva Urwatul Wustqa

PYTHAGORAS : Jurnal Matematika dan Pendidikan Matematika

Dalam makalah ini akan dibahas tentang seleksi model neural network untuk peramalan time series multivariat melalui pendekatan statistika inferensial. Pembahasan mencakup dua kajian, yaitu kajian teoritis tentang sifat asimtotis dari penduga parameter model NN dan distribusi dari statistik uji yang digunakan, dan kajian empiris berupa penerapan teori untuk membentuk prosedur pemilihan model NN untuk peramalan time series multivariat. Prosedur yang diusulkan merupakan kombinasi dari metode forward berdasarkan pada inferensia statistik kontribusi penambahan R2 increment dan metode backward dengan uji Wald. Untuk melihat efektivitas dari prosedur digunakan data simulasi. Hasil simulasi menunjukkan bahwa prosedur seleksi model dapat secara efektif diterapkan untuk …

Making Methamphetamine, Ralph Weisheit

Journal of Rural Social Sciences

In many parts of the U.S. methamphetamine production remains a serious problem despite efforts to restrict access to precursor chemicals. Methamphetamine laboratories are a particular issue in rural areas, where many essential chemicals are available and where a lower population density means that noxious fumes are less likely to be noticed. This paper shows how the problem emerged and changed over time and includes: Early production in the U.S., the spread of meth production, the process of making meth, precursor control efforts, superlabs versus small local operations, health risks, contaminated lab sites, and children found in methamphetamine lab sites.

Rural Crime And Policing In American Indian Communities, L. Edward Wells, David N. Falcone

Journal of Rural Social Sciences

While people in rural places generally have less crime, American Indians and communities are an anomaly, by sufferingfrom unusually high rates of criminal victimization despite being predominantly rural.One element with thisheightened vulnerability to crime is the historic under-policing of Indian reservations and communities. This paper examines the policing of Indian communities, first by tracing the historical development of Indian tribal police in the United States overthe past two centuries, which shapes the legal-social context for presentday Indian police agencies. Next the paper identifies three major factorslimiting the implementation of effective police forces by Indian communities: (1) legal limitations on the …

Violent And Criminal Behaviors In Rural And Non-Rural African American Youth: A Risk-Protective Factor Approach, Elizabeth Trejos-Castillo, Alexander T. Vazsonyi, Dusty D. Jenkins

Journal of Rural Social Sciences

Once believed to be a poor inner city neighborhood characteristic, youth violence and crime are now recognized as problems in rural areas as well (Osgood and Chambers 2000). Studies on their etiology remain scarce, particularly with a focus on minority youth. Given the importance of individual characteristics and a positive future orientation (educational aspirations) during adolescence, the current study tested a riskprotective factor approach with measures of risk proneness, self-esteem, educational commitment, and educational expectations to predict both direct and “indirect” measures of violence and criminal behaviors (assault, encounters with law enforcement, and court appearances) in samples of rural (n=687) …

Usa V. Branch

2008 Decisions

USDC for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

Prudential Prop V. Boyle

2008 Decisions

USDC for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Circus Of Science Travels To Libby, University Of Montana--Missoula. Office Of University Relations

University of Montana News Releases, 1928, 1956-present

No abstract provided.

Levamisole-Induced Multifocal Inflammatory Leukoencephalopathy: A Casereport, Chueh-Hung Wu, Lu Lu

Rehabilitation Practice and Science

Levamisole, which is the L-isomer of tetramisole, has been used as an antihelminthic agent. Due to its immunomodulating property, it has been used to treat recurrent aphthous ulcers, pemphigus vulgaris, and malignant melanoma. It also has been used along with 5-fluorouracil to treat colon cancer. The side effects are mild and include nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and metal taste. However, existing evidence suggests that levamisole can induce multifocal inflammatory leukoencephalopathy. The course of levamisole-induced multifocal inflammatory leukoencephalopathy is monophasic and progressive. Clinical symptoms include gait ataxia, dysarthria, dysphasia, conscious disturbance and weakness of the extremities (from hemiparesis to tetraplegia). The exact …

Sonographic Appearance Of Surgically Repaired Achilles Tendons, Kao-Shang Shih, Ya-Ping Huang, Tyng-Guey Wang, Chun-Sheng Wu, Ching-Chuan Jiang

Rehabilitation Practice and Science

Background and purpose: Ultrasonography is an accurate and non-invasive imaging tool for assessing a ruptured Achilles tendon. This study attempts to correlate the sonographic appearances of surgically repaired Achilles tendons with their clinical outcomes.Methods: Ten patients (3 men and 7 women) with surgically repaired Achilles tendons were enrolled in this study. All patients had unilateral Achilles tendon ruptures related to sports injuries. All were treated by the same orthopedic surgeon at a University Hospital, from January 1990 to September 2000. Patients had a mean age of 47.2 years (range: 22-66). Mean post-surgical duration was 6.0 years (range: 2.1-12.1). All patients …

Ensemble Of Classifiers Based Data Fusion Of Eeg And Mri For Diagnosis Of Neurodegenerative Disorders, Tejash Patel

Theses and Dissertations

The prevalence of Alzheimer's disease (AD), Parkinson's disease (PD), and mild cognitive impairment (MCI) are rising at an alarming rate as the average age of the population increases, especially in developing nations. The efficacy of the new medical treatments critically depends on the ability to diagnose these diseases at the earliest stages. To facilitate the availability of early diagnosis in community hospitals, an accurate, inexpensive, and noninvasive diagnostic tool must be made available. As biomarkers, the event related potentials (ERP) of the electroencephalogram (EEG) - which has previously shown promise in automated diagnosis - in addition to volumetric magnetic resonance …

Exploration Of Multiple Pathways For The Development Of Immersive Virtual Reality Environments, Kevin Laurence Garrison

Theses and Dissertations

The focus of this thesis is the study and recommendation of optimal techniques for developing immersive virtual environments for generic applications. The overarching objective is to ensure that virtual environments can be created and deployed, rapidly and accurately, using commercial off-the-shelf software. Specific subjective and objective criteria have been employed to determine trade-offs between multiple pathways for designing such environments and specific recommendations are made for the applicability of each. The efficacy of the techniques developed as part of this research work has been demonstrated by applying them to three widely differing areas - visualizing arbitrary 2D surface data, synthesis …

The Ghost Of Robinson Jeffers, Temple Cone

Jeffers Studies

This article explores the paradoxical figure of the ghost in Robinson Jeffers’ poetry as a means of understanding his complex relationship with human presence in nature. In poems like “Tor House” and “The Place for No Story,” Jeffers’ spectral self-representation embodies both his desire for integration with the natural landscape and his ambivalence about human impacts on the environment. While Jeffers strives for an ecocentric vision that would minimize human presence, his use of the ghost figure reveals the inescapable trace of human consciousness in environmental perception and expression. The article argues that this tension ultimately suggests the possibility of …

Jeffers's Isolationism, Robert Zaller

Jeffers Studies

No abstract provided.

Bail Denied For Rubashkin For Second Time

Postville Project Documents

Reporting on the rejection of a second request for bail by Sholom Rubashkin, with the government believing that he was a flight risk.

Design And Development Of A Prototype For A Web-Based Interface For Online Material For Tanzanian Youth, Mjema A.M

Tanzania Journal of Engineering and Technology (TJET)

A prototype of a web-based interface for an online database was developed to be used by youth organizations in Dar-es-Salaam. A participatory approach involving secondary students in the identification of user interface requirements, in designing and testing the prototype was used. A questionnaire was designed and manned in seven secondary schools in Dar-es-Salaam to estimate the Internet usage. Interviews were conducted to countercheck the questionnaire responses. The interview and the questionnaire helped to come up with a set of user requirements for the web-based interface of an online information search. From the specifications of the user requirements the author was …

Comparison Of Bilateral Elbow Characteristics In High-Ranking Healthy Tennis Players: Neuroelectrophysiologic And Sonographic Assessment, Chao-Chang Lin, Yung-Cheng Huang, Yu-Hui Lien, Shin-Kung Wang, Sheng-Chu Su, Fu-Kong Lieu

Rehabilitation Practice and Science

The purpose of this study was to investigate whether the differences in nerve conduction, soft tissues, and joint angles of the elbow exist between the bilateral arms of college tennis players and their controls. Sixteen healthy high-ranking tennis players and 15 controls without any history of pain in their upper extremities were recruited. Nerve conduction tests, ultrasonography, and X-ray evaluation were conducted on the elbows bilaterally of the players and controls.Results of the players showed that the sensory amplitudes of the ulnar nerve of the dominant arm were decreased (p=0.003). In addition, the thickness of the ulnar collateral ligament of …

Nasogastric Tube Syndrome: A Casereport, Meng-Chang Wu, Hung-Chou Chen, Jiunn-Horng Kang, Shin-Ching Chen

Rehabilitation Practice and Science

The nasogastric tube syndrome (NG tube syndrome) is a rare but a potentially life-threatening complication of a patient with indwelling nasogastric tube feeding. The cause of the syndrome is due to the NG tube irritation, resulting in ulceration and infection of the posterior cricoid region with subsequent dysfunction of vocal cord abduction. This dysfunction may result in complete loss of vocal cord abduction and cause serious airway obstruction. Reports of this syndrome are rare in the literature. A 64-year-old female patient with long-term NG tube feeding, suffered from serious upper airway obstruction. The patient had obvious desaturation while the tracheostomy …

Combining Botulinum Toxin Type A Injection And Modified Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy In A Taiwanese Patient With Spastic Hemiplegic Cerebral Palsy: A Casereport, Yi-Chen Tseng, Jui-Yun Su, Yu-Ching Lin

Rehabilitation Practice and Science

Hypertonia interferes with selective motor control and performance of activities in children with spastic cerebral palsy. At present, most therapists use traditional therapeutic techniques such as neurodevelopmental treatment or other approaches to handle the problems posed by cerebral palsy but the results are not very good. Many studies had shown that botulinum toxin type A (BTX-A) injection can control abnormal muscle tone effectively without major side effects. Constraint-induced movement therapy (CIMT) includes constraint of the sound side upper limb and intensive therapy of the affected limb. In order to reduce spasticity and enhance the use of the affected limb simultaneously, …