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The Oval

No abstract provided.

Review: Alan Hardy, Anne Dodd, Graham D. Keevill, Et Al., Aelfric's Abbey: Excavations At Eynsham Abbey, Oxfordshire, 1989-92., Bailey K. Young

Faculty Research & Creative Activity

No abstract provided.

“Little Language” Project Modules, John Clements, Kathi Fisler

Computer Science and Software Engineering

Many computer science departments are debating the role of programming languages in the curriculum. These discussions often question the relevance and appeal of programming-languages content for today's students. In our experience, domain-specific, “little languages” projects provide a compelling illustration of the importance of programming-language concepts. This paper describes projects that prototype mainstream applications such as PowerPoint, TurboTax, and animation scripting. We have used these exercises as modules in non-programming languages courses, including courses for first year students. Such modules both encourage students to study linguistic topics in more depth and provide linguistic perspective to students who might not otherwise be …

University Of Northern Iowa Today, V93n3, Winter 2010, University Of Northern Iowa Alumni Association

UNI Today

Inside This Issue:

-- New Beginnings
-- A Treasure Trove of university history
-- UNI in Iowa: programs reach all 99 counties
-- Test your Religious literacy
-- Behind the curtain of Strayer-Wood Theatre
-- Summer storm changes UNI landscape
-- New sculpture dedicated to fallen soldiers
-- UNI opens Multimodal Transportation Center
-- Learning. Understanding. Wisdom
-- UNI Recipe Roundup: Corn Chowder
-- Together at last - UNI athletics administration under one roof
-- Academic advisors join Panther athletic teams
-- Birthday events and gifts commemorate Gallagher-Bluedorn's 10th year
-- UNI hosts "Power of the Purse III: Every Penny …

On The Value Of Philosophy: The Latin American Case, Manuel R. Vargas

Philosophy

There is very little study of Latin American philosophy in the English-speaking philosophical world. This can sometimes lead to the impression that there is nothing of philosophical worth in Latin American philosophy or its history. The present article offers some reasons for thinking that this impression is mistaken, and indeed, that we ought to have more study of Latin American philosophy than currently exists in the English-speaking philosophical world. In particular, the article argues for three things: (1) an account of cultural resources that is useful for illuminating the fact of cultural differences and variations in cultural complexity, (2) a …

Analysis Of Xbrl Literature: A Decade Of Progress And Puzzle, Saeed Roohani, Zhao Xianming, Ernest Capozzoli, Barbara Lamberton

Faculty Articles

XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting language) was recently, in 2008, in its 10th year. The concept was articulated in 1998 by Charles Hoffman, known as XFRML (eXtensible Financial Reporting Mark Up Language) to facilitate the business reporting process and improve financial reporting. The objective of this paper is to examine a decade (1998-2008) of XBRL articles published in various publications including trade, practitioner and academic journals to identify trends and patterns, milestones, and organizations actively contributed to this development. Another goal is to assess public perceptions of XBRL, its capabilities and its future. We examined published articles where XBRL appeared either …

"Passing" And Identity: A Literary Perspective On Gender And Sexual Diversity, Pamela L. Caughie

English: Faculty Publications and Other Works

For the literary scholar as for the gender theorist, truth is what makes sense in terms of a particular narrative. What is true is not simply that which corresponds to the real; rather, what is true is what is accepted as being true within a given discourse, institution, or discipline. Unlike biologists, literary scholars don’t ask “Is it true?” but “How is it true?” This question requires interrogating the normative standards by which claims of truth, authenticity, and legitimacy are established. And that means learning to read people the way many of us have learned to read literature, taking into …

Virginia Commonwealth University Undergraduate Bulletin Courses [2010], Virginia Commonwealth University

VCU Bulletins

Listing of undergraduate courses for 2010-2011.

Southern Encounters In The City: Reconfiguring The South From The Liminal Space, Eveljn Ferraro

Modern Languages & Literature

In Il pensiero meridiano, sociologist Franco Cassano claims that the cultural autonomy of the South hinges upon a radical redefinition of the relationship between South and North. Dominant representations of the South as a “not-yet North”1 (Cassano viii), always imperfectly mimicking a more advanced North, found themselves on the idea of a linear transition from backwardness to development where the differences are often reduced to a matter of time. If Gramsci, in The Southern Question, deconstructed the Italian North/South binarism by suggesting potential alliances among non-dominant groups (namely, Northern workers and Southern peasants), Cassano proposes a spatial rethinking of the …

Virginia Dental Journal (Vol. 87, No. 2, 2010)

Virginia Dental Journal

No abstract provided.

Vol Xviii (2010)

The Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Journal of Florida Literature

No abstract provided.

Environmental Dynamism, Innovation And Dynamic Capabilities: The Case Of China, Ilan Alon, Hao Jiao, Yu Cui

Faculty Publications

Based on the resource-based view, creating and maintaining a long-term competitive advantage requires significant attention to developing and nurturing dynamic capabilities in emerging markets. This study considers environmental dynamism as a moderating variable, then builds a theoretical model for innovation strategy and dynamic capabilities, and finally summarizes the building mechanism for dynamic capabilities. The empirical results find that an innovation strategy can build and upgrade dynamic capabilities in both stable and rapidly changing environments. Managerial implications and future research directions are discussed.

Dynamics Of Code-Switching In Academic Discourse: Evidenc, Ariel L. Ramos

CNU Journal of Higher Education

The aim of uniting the Filipinos for community building allowed government leaders and lawmakers to see the role of language motivating them to draft and promulgate laws for communication and instruction. However, at present, the government only perceives the critical role of Filipino in performing civic duties, declaring it a national code and English, to respond internationally, while regional languages are only used as auxiliary codes up to grade two only, leaving non-Tagalogs with doubts of the real purpose of legalizing Filipino and English as languages of communication and instruction. This paper reveals that auxiliary languages with English exist in …

Resisting Negative Images And Stereotypes: One Latina Prospective Teacher’S Story, Terri L. Rodriguez

Education Faculty Publications

This article focuses on one Latina prospective teacher’s act of resisting negative stereotypes regarding attire imposed upon her by a white female principal. The event is embedded within a larger life history study that explores the experiences of bilingual Latino prospective teachers in the elementary education program of a large Midwestern university. The selected narrative is contextualized in relation to resistance narratives. Patricia Morales tells about her experiences in U.S. schools. It explores how Patricia’s life history is marked by experiences of discrimination, yet how her constructions of these events represent “counterstories” (Delgado, 2000; Solorzano & Yosso, 2002) through which …

The Empirical Basis Of Ethics, Timothy A. Robinson

Philosophy Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Science-Technology Division Member Spotlight, Diane Foster

Sci-Tech News

Meet our featured member!

The Relationship Among Socioeconomic Status, Education, And Maternal Book-Sharing Practices, Jessica Shaw, Allisa Blackburn

Browse All Undergraduate research

Studies have shown that maternal book reading strategies in the toddler years impacts language and emergent literacy in the preschool years (Roberts, Jurgens, Burchinal, 2005). Certain forms of linguistic input, including the use of complex syntax and vocabulary, have been shown to be associated with better language and literacy outcomes for children. There is some research that suggests that parents from low income (SES), low education homes use fewer words and less complex vocabulary and syntax during book reading than parents from high SES, mid-high education homes (Horton-Ikard & Ellis Weisner, 2007) although results are mixed. More research is necessary …

A Comparison Of Intervention Approaches For Improving Literate Language Use By Children With Language Impairments, Kristina Morrey, Lichelle Slater, Kelsi Bailey

Browse All Undergraduate research

Westby (1985) has characterized language development in terms of an “oral-literature” continuum. Oral language resides at one end of this continuum while “literate language” resides at the other. Broadly defined, oral language acquisition has been characterized as the process by which children “learn to talk.” Literate language has been described as “talking to learn.” Literate language is used to monitor, reflect, reason, plan and predict and is more “scholarly” than oral language. Children who use literate tend to perform well in school (Wallach & Butler, 1994) and have diverse vocabularies that can be used to describe and elaborate on concepts …

Roads To The Great Eucatastrophie: The Christian Mythology Of C.S. Lewis And J.R.R. Tolkien, Laura Ann Hess

Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects

The purpose of this thesis is to analyze how C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien created mythology that is fundamentally Christian but in vastly different ways. This task will be accomplished by examining the childhood and early adult life of both Lewis and Tolkien, as well as the effect their close friendship had on their writing, and by performing a detailed literary analysis of some of their mythological works. After an introduction, the second and third chapters will scrutinize the elements of their childhood and adolescence that shaped their later mythology. The next chapter will look at the importance of their …

System Transformation In The Context Of Building An Integrative System In The Child Welfare System In Allegheny County Through Child And Adolescent Needs And Strengths Assessment, Svetlana Doni

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

In the last decade, the Allegheny County constituents could witness the transformation of a widely criticized system of divided services into a single Department of Human Services. As an attempt to improve service planning DHS moved to a common assessment (CANS Comprehensive) shared across the child-serving offices/systems that would lead to a shared service plan and an overall integrated service delivery process. The primary goal of the CANS is to support communication between systems and, in the end, help the integration process within DHS.

This study describes what CANS is and how it became a central point in Human Services …

Honorary Degree Award Citation For Judith Holland Sarnecki, Lawrence University

Faculty Award Citations

No abstract provided.

The Usefulness Of Graphic Organizers In Enhancing Science Learning, Kristina Condidorio

Education Masters

The purpose of this study was to investigate how graphic organizers can be used to further learning in science class. Graphic organizers facilitate learning in content areas by providing clear visualizations of ideas and facilitating student reflection. Research was conducted in a sixth grade science class with 25 students during a weather unit, and it was found that in using graphic organizers in science class, students were successful in using the open-endedness of graphic organizers to gain a more thorough understanding of concepts. In utilizing literacy strategies like graphic organizers in the content areas, student learning and independence is increased …

Folk Concepts, Jay H. Bernstein

Publications and Research

No abstract provided.

Relational Spirituality, Part 1 Paradise Unbound: Cosmic Hybridity And Spiritual Narcissism In The “One Truth” Of New Age Transpersonalism, Gregg Lahood

International Journal of Transpersonal Studies

Cosmological hybridization, a process in which spiritual paradises are bound together, is

highly active in American religious culture. Beginning with an early Christianized version of

the Buddha, this religious Creolization gathered speed after WWII and peaked during the

Vietnam War, leading to a complex spiritual revolution in which transcendence became an

all important orientation. This revolution set the scene for the emergence of a non-relational

transpersonal psychology in which Americanized nondualism gained ascendency. It is argued

here that popular New Age transpersonalism traps the spirit, breeding a self-serving, Selfas-

everything form of spiritual narcissism. Given that some are calling the …

Activating The Spirit Of Work: Business Advice Books And The Use Of Pastoral Power To Manage Employees, Tessa Pfafman

Iowa Journal of Communication

Business advice books (BABs) provide popular, organization-centered reading material and are widely used in corporate training programs. Studies suggest these books impact contemporary organizations through discursive constructions that reframe the meaning of organizing (Jackson 2001). Using Foucault's (1976, 1979, 1984, 1988) writings on pastoral power as a framework, this study analyzes how the rhetoric of BABs functions as discursive technology of the self to control employees. Critical rhetorical analysis indicates the spiritual rhetoric used by BABs invokes pastoral power to construct the self in ways consistent with organizational goals.

The Poetics Of Revision: Tulio Mora’S Cementerio General, Leslie Bayers

Academic Affairs Faculty and Staff Articles

No abstract provided.

A Story Without An End: The Resilience Of Yiddishism In Australia, Deborah Gurt

University Libraries Faculty and Staff Publications and Presentations

No abstract provided.

Subthalamic Nucleus Deep Brain Stimulation Changes Speech Respiratory And Laryngeal Control In Parkinson's Disease, Michael J. Hammer, Steven M. Barlow, Kelly E. Lyons, Rajesh Pahwa

Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders: Faculty Publications

Adequate respiratory and laryngeal motor control are essential for speech, but may be impaired in Parkinson's disease (PD). Bilateral subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation (STN DBS) improves limb function in PD, but the effects on respiratory and laryngeal control remain unknown. We tested whether STN DBS would change aerodynamic measures of respiratory and laryngeal control, and whether these changes were correlated with limb function and stimulation parameters. Eighteen PD participants with bilateral STN DBS were tested within a morning session after a minimum of 12 h since their most recent dose of anti-PD medication. Testing occurred when DBS was on, …

Foreign Language Comprehension: Understanding The Centrality Deficit, Amanda C. Miller

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The goal of this study was to determine how reading in a foreign language (L2) affects one's mental representation of the text and the ability to recognize and recall the text's important information. Using a within-participants design, the proportion of central and peripheral ideas recalled by participants reading in their L2 was compared to that when reading in their native language (L1). Readers recalled a greater proportion of central than peripheral ideas when reading in both their L2 and L1, but when their L2 and L1 recalls were directly compared, a very interesting, yet counterintuitive, result emerged. The greatest deficit …

“Styles Of The Flesh”: Considerations On Body Identity And Representing The Unclothed Woman In Fine Art, Gwen Shockey

Art Honors Papers

No abstract provided.