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Assuring Quality In The Delivery Of On-Line Classes, Jane Whitney Gibson, Susan Colaric, Julia Teahen, Michael Nastanski, Regina A. Greenwood

HCBE Faculty Presentations

The symposium participants, all long-time online faculty and administrators, discuss various methods of assuring quality in the delivery of online classes. These methods include standardization of courses, utilizing online protocols for both students and faculty, developing faculty training programs, and reinforcing and evaluating faculty performance through peer mentoring and evaluation. Participants will include real-life experiences with the large online programs at their three institutions. The discussant will pull the symposium together with general comments and suggestions for other quality initiatives. Time for audience participation through a Q & A session will be provided.

Relinquished Responsibilities, Penny White

Scholarly Works

No abstract provided.

E Unibus Plurum: Genomic Analysis Of An Experimentally Evolved Polymorphism In Escherichia Coli, Margie A. Kinnersley, William E. Holben, Frank Rosenzweig

Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

Microbial populations founded by a single clone and propagated under resource limitation can become polymorphic. We sought to elucidate genetic mechanisms whereby a polymorphism evolved in Escherichia coli under glucose limitation and persisted because of cross-feeding among multiple adaptive clones. Apart from a 29 kb deletion in the dominant clone, no large-scale genomic changes distinguished evolved clones from their common ancestor. Using transcriptional profiling on co-evolved clones cultured separately under glucose-limitation we identified 180 genes significantly altered in expression relative to the common ancestor grown under similar conditions. Ninety of these were similarly expressed in all clones, and many of …

Analysis Of A New Modulation/ Multiplexing Technique Using Mutually Orthogonal Chaotic Waveforms, Chaitanya Jidge

Theses

A new digital modulation technique proposed [3] by Dr. Chance M. Glenn is presented and analyzed in this report. The report explains the MOC algorithm as a means of creating information-bearing baseband signals for modulation in digital communications. The process uses the natural diversity of chaotic oscillations. An orthogonal triplet of waveforms is extracted from the oscillations produced by a chaotic process. A simple digital communication system is built, which uses this triplet as basis waveforms to formulate a baseband waveform. There is a lot of research work done and still going on to use chaotic oscillations in the communication …

A Free And Undemocratic Press?, Stephen J. A. Ward

Center for the Study of Ethics in Society Papers

Papers presented for the Center for the Study of Ethics in Society Western Michigan University.

Lux, Fall 2009, Lindenwood University

LUX (2009-2010)

A fashion magazine of Lindenwood University.

Torture After Nuremburg: Us Law And Practice, Elizabeth Rapaport

Faculty Book Display Case

In this essay I will argue that the signature methods of interrogation used by CIA and military interrogators in the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT) -- torture lite' techniques such as hypothermia and stress positions -- may constitute torture, but that the question of their legality under U.S, and international law is not as straightforward as some critics of the Bush Administration maintained. I will take up only one thread in the complex discussion of GWOT interrogation practices and law, that of the boundary between torture and lesser cruelty.

Minnesota Tuning Project: Biology And Graphic Design, Kristi L. Kremers, Krista M. Soria, Lynn D. Akey

Academic Affairs Publications

Within the tuning methodology, a key step is the utilization of a consultative survey. The objectives established in the Bologna process for the tuning survey “include gleaning current perspectives on the diversity of practice and commonality of knowledge across borders and traditions, and seeking a simple and accessible language to create a scaffolding on which the various degrees can work in comfort and trust” (Adelman, 2009, p. 49). The Minnesota tuning surveys sought the consultation of previous graduates, current students, employers of graduates, and academic faculty for each of the disciplines involved in tuning.

Good Books For Good Times, Terrell A. Young, Barbara A. Ward

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

A quick trip to the local bookstore or library quickly dispels any notion that reading for pleasure is something of the past. ... Among the new offerings, we have no trouble finding several interesting titles with a wide range of themes, many helping us examine issues with different lenses so that we see the world anew. We hope you’ll find much food for thought and many pages to browse among these new books that caught our attention. Clearly, these are good books for good times.

Books reviewed for Grades K-2:
Auch, Mary Jane and Herm Auch. (2009). The plot chickens …

Graduate Bulletin | 2009-2010, Jacksonville State University

Bulletins & Catalogs | Graduate

Vol. 32, No. 1 (November 2009). Jacksonville State was granted University status in 1966 and began adding graduate programs to its curriculum at that time. Graduate bulletins and catalogs contain information on the academic calendar, policies and procedures, faculty, scholarships and tuition, and degree requirements for graduate programs.

An Anytime Algorithm For Computing Inconsistency Measurement, Yue Ma, Guilin Qi, Guohui Xiao, Pascal Hitzler, Zuoquan Lin

Computer Science and Engineering Faculty Publications

Measuring inconsistency degrees of inconsistent knowledge bases is an important problem as it provides context information for facilitating inconsistency handling. Many methods have been proposed to solve this problem and a main class of them is based on some kind of paraconsistent semantics. In this paper, we consider the computational aspects of inconsistency degrees of propositional knowledge bases under 4-valued semantics. We first analyze its computational complexity. As it turns out that computing the exact inconsistency degree is intractable, we then propose an anytime algorithm that provides tractable approximation of the inconsistency degree from above and below. We show that …

Graduate Connections- November 2009

Graduate Connections: A Newsletter for UNL Graduate Students

In This Issue:

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Navigating Graduate School ...... 1

Seven Keys to Success

Non-Traditional Students

Keeping Connected at a Distance

Good Practices in Graduate Education ...................................... 5

Types of Plagiarism

Essential Connections .................. 6

Tips for Forming Your Supervisory Committee

Top Ten Teaching Mistakes

Improving Teaching through Student Feedback

Teaching Tip ................................. 8

MERLOT

Professional Development ......... 11

Writing a Research Article

Transferable Skills

Funding Opportunities ............... 16

Announcements .......................... 17

Fellowship Competition

Insurance for Grad Assistants

Student Accounts

Volunteer Opportunities

Interactions ................................. 18

Fellowship Winners

GSA News

Events .......................................... 19

NAGPS Conference

Calendar …

The False Promise Of Adolescent Brain Science In Juvenile Justice, Terry A. Maroney

Notre Dame Law Review

Recent scientific findings about the developing teen brain have both captured public attention and begun to percolate through legal theory and practice. Indeed, many believe that developmental neuroscience contributed to the U.S. Supreme Court's elimination of the juvenile death penalty in Roper v. Simmons. Post-Roper, scholars assert that the developmentally normal attributes of the teen brain counsel differential treatment of young offenders, and advocates increasingly make such arguments before the courts. The success of any theory, though, depends in large part on implementation, and challenges that emerge through implementation illuminate problematic aspects of the theory. This Article tests the legal …

Web 2.0 Instructional Technology In The Classroom, Darren Hayes

Cornerstone 1 Reports : Expansion and Enhancements of the Thinkfinity Platform

No abstract provided.

Promotion Of Engaged Democracy And Community Partnerships Through Audience Response System Technology, Mary Ann Murphy

Cornerstone 2 Reports : Community Outreach and Empowerment Through Service Learning and Volunteerism

No abstract provided.

Community Outreach And Empowerment Through Service Learning And Volunteerism, Christopher Malone

Cornerstone 2 Reports : Community Outreach and Empowerment Through Service Learning and Volunteerism

Pace University and Vote 18 are teaming up in 2009-2010 to launch an exciting program for NYC high school kids to provide them with an in-depth experience in political literacy and civic engagement. The NYC Political Literacy Project brings Vote 18 together with Pace University students to provide high schoolers with a dynamic way to get involved with local, state, and national politics. The object is to teach civic engagement and literacy through direct interaction with real campaigns, issues, events, and people in each of the high school students’ local communities. Students will engage the events of their communities through …

The Lab Report, Volume 03, Issue 06, Todd Ristau

Lab Reports

• Nu Naybahood II, Here We Go Agin features Royal Shiree
• Student Spotlight: Royal Shiree
• Guest Profile: Craig Pospisil
• Guest Profile: Larry Pontius
• Rosalee Was Here by Maura Campbell in Vermont
• Treading Water by Timothy Cochran at Studio Roanoke
• From the Director: Writing For Collaboration

Third Practice Electroacoustic Music Festival, Department Of Music, University Of Richmond

Music Department Concert Programs

No abstract provided.

Rape, Feminism, And The War On Crime, Aya Gruber

Washington Law Review

Over the past several years, feminism has been increasingly associated with crime control and the incarceration of men. In apparent lock step with the movement of the American penal system, feminists have advocated a host of reforms to strengthen state power to punish gender-based crimes. In the rape context, this effort has produced mixed results. Sexual assault laws that adopt prevailing views of criminality and victimhood, such as predator laws, enjoy great popularity. However, reforms that target the difficulties of date rape prosecutions and seek to counter gender norms, such as rape shield and affirmative consent laws, are controversial, sporadically-implemented, …

Hardly A Walk In The Park: Courts' Hostile Treatment Of Site-Specific Works Under Vara, Virginia M. Cascio

DePaul Journal of Art, Technology & Intellectual Property Law

No abstract provided.

Apec Business Fellowship Program, Hwee Hoon Tan, Michael A. Netzley

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

Commissioned research study funded by IE Singapore and on behalf of APEC. The study examines SME internationalization in APEC member economies and recommends a new executive education program based on the study findings.

Apec Business Fellowship Program: Peru, Hwee Hoon Tan, Michael A. Netzley

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

A commissioned research report dedicated to one of the project's key sponsors, Peru. The report looks at SME internationalization within Peru and recommends several ways the the APEC business fellowship program can be adapted to audiences in Peru.

Cai Issues 20th Anniversary Retrospective: 20 Years Of Changes, Always A Kid At Heart, Children's Advocacy Institute, University Of San Diego School Of Law

CAI Special Reports

No abstract provided.

Putting The Public Back In Public Schooling: Public Schools Beyond The Corporate Model, Kenneth J. Saltman

DePaul Journal for Social Justice

No abstract provided.

Resisting Civil Death: Organizing For Access To Education In Our Prison Nation, Erica R. Meiners

DePaul Journal for Social Justice

No abstract provided.

Center For Terrorism Law: Monthly Activity Report, 2009-11, St. Mary's University School Of Law Center For Terrorism Law

Monthly Report

No abstract provided.

Copyright Consultations Submission, Writers Guild Of Canada, Kelly Lynne Ashton

Osgoode Hall Review of Law and Policy

The Writers Guild of Canada (―WGC‖) supports a copyright regime which balances the needs and interests of consumers with the rights and protections of authors. Works should be widely available for use by consumers provided that authors are fairly remunerated for those uses. Rather than criminalize consumers’ actions, the WGC would prefer to see a Copyright Act that pre-authorizes common consumer uses of works in exchange for a revenue stream payable to authors and copyright owners by using the current Private Copying Levy as a model for a more expanded collective licensing scheme. Further, Canada should embrace a National Digital …

Hostile Takeover: The State Of Missouri, The St. Louis School District, And The Struggle For Quality Education In The Inner-City, Justin D. Smith

Missouri Law Review

Missouri has been home to many of the landmark moments in the struggle for racial equality. The Missouri Compromise saved the Union; almost four decades later, the determination that Missouri slave Dred Scott was mere property split the Union. During the Civil War that followed, more battles and skirmishes took place in Missouri than in any other state outside of Virginia and Tennessee. After the Civil War Amendments abolished slavery and guaranteed every person equal protection of the law, the United States Supreme Court allowed a Jefferson City, Missouri, inn to refuse service to blacks. The Court later relied upon …

Calvin Theological Journal (Vol 44 No 2 - November 2009), Calvin Theological Seminary

Calvin Theological Journal

Articles: A Tale of Two Wills? Calvin and Amyraut on Ezekiel 18:23 by Richard A. Muller - 211 / Calvin's Understanding of Adam's Relationship to His Posterity: Recent Assertions of the Reformer's "Federalism" Evaluated by Aaron Denlinger - 226 / "It Varies from Canton to Canton": Zurich, Basel, and the Swiss Reformation by Amy Nelson Burnett - 251 / Destined to Disobey? Isaiah 6:10 in John 12:37-41 by Donald E. Hartley - 263 / The Missional Approach: Reconsidering Elenctics (Part 2) by Cornelis J. Haak - 288 / "Greatest Strategic Significance": The Story of the CRC's Selection of China …

Why Doctors Shouldn't Practice Law: The American Medical Association's Misdiagnosis Of Physician Non-Complete Causes, Robert Steinbuch

Missouri Law Review

This Article proposes that the AMA adopt rules governing restrictive covenants for doctors similar to those already adopted by the ABA for attorneys. The ABA's current rules allow for restrictive covenants in a limited number of situations - including restrictive covenants incident to the sale of a law practice - but specifically prohibit restrictive covenants as a condition to an employment agreement. The ABA's approach is nuanced and equitable. Both the underlying rationales and practical effects of the ABA's current rules governing non-compete clauses in the legal profession serve as persuasive justifications for adopting the same rules in the medical …