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Implementation Through Innovation: A Literature-Based Analysis Of The Tuning Project, Krisztián Pálvölgyi

Higher Learning Research Communications

Tuning Educational Structures in Europe is perhaps the most important higher education innovation platform nowadays. The main objective of the Tuning Project is to develop a tangible approach to implement the action lines of the Bologna Process; thus, implementation and innovation are closely linked in Tuning. However, during its development, Tuning has evolved into a complex, multilevel policy implementation toolset with a worldwide significance. The purpose of this article is to present the complex nature of the Tuning Project, the environment and dynamics of its development, and the mechanisms of its operation from a multilevel implementation perspective, through a literature-review-based …

The Schroedinger Equation With Potential In Random Motion, Marius Beceanu, Soffer Avy

Mathematics and Statistics Faculty Scholarship

We study Schroedinger's equation with a potential moving along a Brownian motion path. We prove a RAGE-type theorem and Strichartz estimates for the solution on average.

The Good 5 Cent Cigar (11/18/2011), University Of Rhode Island

The Good 5 Cent Cigar (Student Newspaper Archives)

This is a digitized, downloadable version of the University of Rhode Island school newspaper.

A New Cohesion Metric And Restructuring Technique For Object Oriented Paradigm, Mehmet Kaya, Jim Fawcett

Electrical Engineering and Computer Science - Technical Reports

When software systems grow large during maintenance, they may lose their quality and become complex to read, understood and maintained. Developing a software system usually requires teams of developers working in concert to provide a finished product in a reasonable amount of time. What that means is many people may read each component of the software system such as a class in object oriented programming environment.

Achievement Centered Education Program, Eric Malina

Discipline-Based Education Research Group Speaker Series

• New General Education Program (Dec. 2007)

• Focus on Student Learning Outcomes

• Improve education
– Assessment
– Faculty reflections

• “ACE places responsibility for the success of the program with the faculty, who create, govern, manage and teach the courses.”
– From “Hallmarks of ACE” at ace.unl.edu/aboutace.shtml

• Skills
– Writing (ACE 1)
– Communication (ACE 2)
– Math / Reasoning (ACE 3)

• Knowledge
– Scientific Method (ACE 4)
– Humanities (ACE 5) – Social Sciences (ACE 6)
– Arts (ACE 7)

• Responsibilities
– Ethics / Civics / Stewardship (ACE 8)
– Diversity (ACE 9)

• …

Flyer News, Vol. 59, No. 17 (Nov. 18, 2011), University Of Dayton

Flyer News

Student-run newspaper of the University of Dayton.

Search Neutrality As An Antitrust Principle, Daniel A. Crane

Law & Economics Working Papers

Google's perceived dominance in Internet search, and the perception that Google exploits this dominance to favor its own websites and service, has led to call for a mandatory legal requirement of "search neutrality." This essay argues that a general principle of search neutrality ignores the realities of Internet search and would stymie search innovation.

Determination Of Isotherms Of Enantiomers On A Chiral Stationary Phase Using Supercritical Fluid Chromatography, Wade Newlin Mack Ii

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Supercritical fluids provide a robust, tunable environment with favorable transport properties and enhanced solubility. Supercritical carbon dioxide is an environmentally friendly substance that has distinct advantages to traditional solvents used in large scale chemical processing. Ibuprofen is an enantiomeric drug that has been shown to fight prostate cancer and has been used as a mild Alzheimer's disease treatment in the S conformation. Purification of high value products with decreased hazardous material consumption is accomplished by employing supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC). Large scale, single enantiomer purification of pharmaceuticals is dependent on scale-up information. Equilibrium isotherms provide the necessary information to scale-up …

Wave Sensing In The Upper-Great Lakes Observing System (Session Paper), Hunter C. Brown, Guy A. Meadows

Ocean Waves Workshop

No abstract provided.

Session 1 Presentation: Ocean Testing Of A Power-Capturing Wave Buoy, Kathleen Edwards

Ocean Waves Workshop

No abstract provided.

Lanthorn, Vol. 46, No. 25, November 17, 2011, Grand Valley State University

Volume 46, July 14, 2011 - June 18, 2012

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present. The Lanthorn, Vol. 46 No. 24 is missing.

11-17-2011 Swosu Raises $8,500 For Reserve Officer Program, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

THE BARK ARCHIVE 2011

A total of $8,500 was raised for the SWOSU Reserve Academy Volunteer Police Officers during a special fundraiser held November 16 on the Weatherford campus.

University Of Northern Iowa Secondary Teacher Education Senate Meeting Minutes, November 17, 2011, University Of Northern Iowa. Secondary Teacher Education Senate.

Documents - Secondary Senate

Meeting minutes from the Secondary Teacher Education Senate of the University of Northern Iowa.

Geometric Structures On Matrix-Valued Subdivision Schemes, James J. Smith

Dissertations

Surface subdivision schemes are used in computer graphics to generate visually smooth surfaces of arbitrary topology. Applications in computer graphics utilize surface normals and curvature. In this paper, formulas are obtained for the first and second partial derivatives of limit surfaces formed using 1-ring subdivision schemes that have 2 by 2 matrix-valued masks. Consequently, surface normals, and Gaussian and mean curvatures can be derived. Both quadrilateral and triangular schemes are considered and for each scheme both interpolatory and approximating schemes are examined. In each case, we look at both extraordinary and regular vertices. Every 3-D vertex of the refinement polyhedrons …

The Missouri Miner, November 17, 2011

The Missouri Miner Newspaper

No abstract provided.

The Weekly Challenger, November 17, 2011, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al

Weekly Challenger Newspaper Collection

The November 17, 2011, issue of The Weekly Challenger.

Pacificorp V. Idaho State Tax Commission Appellant's Reply Brief Dckt. 38307

Idaho Supreme Court Records & Briefs, All

No abstract provided.

Rating Report: Republic Of Portugal, Dominion Bond Rating Service (Dbrs)

Documents

No abstract provided.

Grading Practices: Teachers' Considerations Of Academic And Non-Academic Factors, Diana Yesbeck

Theses and Dissertations

In the current era of student accountability, coupled with high-stakes testing, schools have focused on the alignment of standardized curriculums and assessments. However, developing standardized grading practices are still under examination. Grading serves as an important responsibility, yet many teachers still find the process a challenge of determining which academic and non-academic factors correctly represent student achievement. This qualitative study was designed to examine the grading factors teachers consider when determining student final grades. Middle school language arts teachers from one mid-sized suburban school district in Virginia participated in qualitative interviews. The interviews addressed the following topics: (1) the purposes …

Montana Kaimin, November 17, 2011, Students Of The University Of Montana, Missoula

Montana Kaimin, 1898-present

Student newspaper of the University of Montana, Missoula.

The Grizzly, November 17, 2011, Liz Kilmer, Nick Pane, Jenna Yaich, Lisa Jobe, Ron Stranix, Eva Bramesco, Julia Fox, Sarah Bollert, Marina Mccann, Anna Larouche, Dave Muoio, Hilary Gibbs, Shane Eachus, James Noebels, Dixon Speaker

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Professor Named "Huffington Post" Contributor • November Focuses on Sophomores • UCDC Offers Multiple Performances This Week • Bearitones, B'Nats Premiere "Let's Du Et!?" • Students Compete at Simon Business School • Senior Interns at Sacred Heart • MCS Department Welcomes Professor Kirstie Hettinga • Opinion: Good Writers are an Endangered Species • Men's Indoor Track and Field has Conference Championship Aspirations • Martell Wins Defensive Player of the Year Award • Success is a Tradition for Racich's Wrestling Program • Field Hockey Headed Back to Final Four

Enhanced Quantum Dot Emission For Luminescent Solar Concentrators Using Plasmonic Interaction, Subhash Chandra, Manus Kennedy, John Doran, Sarah Mccormack, A. J. Chatten

Articles

Plasmonic excitation enhanced fluorescence of CdSe/ZnS core-shell quantum dots (QDs) in the presence of Au nanoparticles (NPs) has been studied for application in quantum dot solar concentrator (QDSC) devices. We observe that there is an optimal concentration of Au NPs that gives a maximum 53% fluorescence emission enhancement for the particular QD/Au NP composite studied. The optimal concentration depends on the coupling and spacing between neighboring QDs and Au NPs. We show the continuous transition from fluorescence enhancement to quenching, depending on Au NP concentration. The locally enhanced electromagnetic field induced by the surface plasmon resonance in the Au NPs …

The Fierce Green Fire: Vol. 2 Issue 11, Wofford College Environmental Studies Program

The Fierce Green Fire

No abstract provided.

Undergraduate Curriculum And Academic Policy Committee Minutes, November 16, 2011

Undergraduate Curriculum and Academic Policy Committee Minutes

Minutes from the Wright State University Faculty Senate Undergraduate Curriculum and Academic Policy Committee meeting held on November 16, 2011.

Energy Access Scenarios To 2030 For The Power Sector In Sub-Saharan Africa, Morgan Bazilian, Patrick Nussbaumer, Hans-Holger Rogner, Abeeku Brew-Hammond, Vivien Foster, Shonali Pachauri, Eric Williams, Mark Howells, Philippe Niyongabo, Lawrence Musaba, Brian Ó Gallachóir, Mark Radka, Daniel M. Kammen

Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei Working Papers

In order to reach a goal of universal access to modern energy services in Africa by 2030, consideration of various electricity sector pathways is required to help inform policy-makers and investors, and help guide power system design. To that end, and building on existing tools and analysis, we present several ‘high-level’, transparent, and economy-wide scenarios for the sub-Saharan African power sector to 2030. We construct these simple scenarios against the backdrop of historical trends and various interpretations of universal access. They are designed to provide the international community with an indication of the overall scale of the effort required. We …

Adaptation Can Help Mitigation: An Integrated Approach To Post-2012 Climate Policy, Francesco Bosello, Carlo Carraro, Enrica De Cian

Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei Working Papers

The latest round of international negotiations in Copenhagen led to a set of commitments on emission reductions which are unlikely to stabilise global warming below or around 2°C. As a consequence, in the absence of additional ambitious policy measures, adaptation will be needed to address climate-related damages. What is the role of adaptation in this setting? How is it optimally allocated across regions and time? To address these questions, this paper analyses the optimal mix of adaptation and mitigation expenditures in a cost-effective setting in which countries cooperate to achieve a long-term stabilisation target (550 CO2-eq). It uses an Integrated …

Longitudinal High-Dimensional Data Analysis, Vadim Zipunnikov, Sonja Greven, Brian Caffo, Daniel S. Reich, Ciprian Crainiceanu

Johns Hopkins University, Dept. of Biostatistics Working Papers

We develop a flexible framework for modeling high-dimensional functional and imaging data observed longitudinally. The approach decomposes the observed variability of high-dimensional observations measured at multiple visits into three additive components: a subject-specific functional random intercept that quantifies the cross-sectional variability, a subject-specific functional slope that quantifies the dynamic irreversible deformation over multiple visits, and a subject-visit specific functional deviation that quantifies exchangeable or reversible visit-to-visit changes. The proposed method is very fast, scalable to studies including ultra-high dimensional data, and can easily be adapted to and executed on modest computing infrastructures. The method is applied to the longitudinal analysis …

Assessing Association For Bivariate Survival Data With Interval Sampling: A Copula Model Approach With Application To Aids Study, Hong Zhu, Mei-Cheng Wang

Johns Hopkins University, Dept. of Biostatistics Working Papers

In disease surveillance systems or registries, bivariate survival data are typically collected under interval sampling. It refers to a situation when entry into a registry is at the time of the first failure event (e.g., HIV infection) within a calendar time interval, the time of the initiating event (e.g., birth) is retrospectively identified for all the cases in the registry, and subsequently the second failure event (e.g., death) is observed during the follow-up. Sampling bias is induced due to the selection process that the data are collected conditioning on the first failure event occurs within a time interval. Consequently, the …

Easterner, Vol. 63, No. 9, November 16, 2011, Associated Students Of Eastern Washington University

Student Newspapers

This issue of the Easterner contains articles about an unseasonably cold winter in Cheney, budget cuts, health clinic stress due to cold and flu season, Get Lit! headliners, VetCorp, the engineering club, the selection of Al Thompson as Dean of Students, the impact of budget cuts on campus safety, comic Jared Munson, body builder Rachel Gilmore, wrestler Taylor Burress, Roos Field groundskeeper John Undercoffler, roller girl Elizabeth Oliver, and basketball player Cliff Ederaine.

Exploring The Universe… One Electron At A Time, Jr Dennison

Presentations

No abstract provided.