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Cirt Newsletter--November 2011, Center For Instruction & Research Technology (Cirt)

CIRT News

This issue contains:

Faculty Spotlight: Finding and Presenting Images with ARTStor

Using Peer Instruction To Boost Student Engagement And Promote Learning

Upcoming Events

Digital Thinking: Uses for Video in Scholarship

Changes to the Online ISQ Process

New Poster Templates

Best Practices Online: Blogs

Blackboard News

iTunes U in Blackboard

New Faculty Bio Tool

App Review: ShowMe

News from ITS: December Outages and New Student E-mail

New in CIRT: Changes to Equipment Checkout Procedures

Quantification Of Vascular Perfusion In The Spinal Cord After Injury., Ruthie S. Fligor

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Traumatic injury destroys blood vessels at the injury epicenter and is followed by local angiogenesis and regional inflammation. Healing from injury depends on vascular health because blood supply is directly responsible for the health and function of surrounding tissue. This work establishes a new method for qualitatively and quantitatively measuring the blood supply of spinal cord (SC) tissue. Systemically injecting fluorescent microspheres (FMs) and cryostat sectioning SC tissue reveals a novel and potentially powerful way of assessing blood supply. This method is easily incorporated with existing tissue processing protocols because it does not require chemical digestion of the tissue region …

A Statin-Regulated Microrna Represses C-Myc Expression And Function., Apana Agha L. Takwi 1980-

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

c-Myc dysregulation is one of the most common abnormalities found in human cancer. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are functionally intertwined with the c-Myc network as multiple miRNAs are regulated by c-Myc, while others directly suppress c-Myc expression. In this work, we identified miR-33b as a primate-specific negative regulator of c-Myc. The human miR-33b gene is located at 17pl1.2, a genomic locus frequently lost in medulloblastomas, which are pediatric brain tumors that display c-Myc overproduction. Through a small-scale screening with drugs approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), we found that lovastatin up-regulated miR-33b expression, reduced cell proliferation, and impaired c-Myc …

School Of Music Faculty/Staff Newsletter, November 2011, School Of Music

School of Music Faculty/Staff Newsletter

Accomplishments and news from the faculty and staff of the School of Music at Illinois State University.

Wglt Program Guide, November-December, 2011, Illinois State University

WGLT Program Guides

This guide details programming for WGLT, a public radio station owned by Illinois State University.

2011 November, Office Of Communications & Marketing, Morehead State University.

Morehead State Press Release Archive, 1961 to the Present

Press releases for November of 2011.

Assessing Event Quality Of High School Football Games: Development Of A Scale, Kevin Byon, Matthew Ziemnik, Eddie T. C. Lam, James J. Zhang

Journal of Applied Marketing Theory

The purpose of this study was two-fold: (a) to identify the dimensions of event quality associated with high school football games and (b) to develop a scale, Event Quality Scale of High School Football (EQS-HSF) that measures event quality of high school football games. Applying a random cluster sampling method, participants were adult spectators (N = 404) from three high school football home games. Following the scale development procedures suggested by Churchill’s (1979), a total of 25 items under six factors (Game Attractiveness, Event Setting, Economic Consideration, Social Opportunity, Exciting Atmosphere, and Enjoyment Experience) were written and validated through qualitative …

Puffery, Whitney Warne

Theses

The external body is a place to perform a version of ourselves, rather than be ourselves. To perform is to strike a balance between the self and the rules, between individual action and gesture and the script--between what you know and what other people tell you to know. Puffery explores the culturally constructed performance and expected behaviors of the modern female. I have created video and photography documented durational performances that question a female's relationship with exterior presentation. Viewers watch as she exposes her façade--examining it and breaking it down in an effort to negotiate self, power, and control.

The George-Anne, Georgia Southern University

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Editors’ Comments For Jamt Volume 2, Number 2, Richard E. Mathisen, Mike Musante

Journal of Applied Marketing Theory

We welcome you to the current issue of the Journal of Applied Marketing.

The objective of Journal of Applied Marketing Theory is to provide a forum for academic research that advances marketing knowledge as well as present insight for marketing managers. The focus of the journal is the publication of academic research that offers a link from theory to practice. The journal seeks to publish articles that expand our understanding of marketing issues while also providing value to marketing practitioners. In support of this philosophy, we have emphasized that manuscripts published in the journal provide summaries that present clear transitions …

An Integrated Model Of Media Satisfaction And Engagement: Theory, Empirical Assessment And Managerial Implications, Russ Merz

Journal of Applied Marketing Theory

Media satisfaction theorists suggest that satisfaction with media vehicles is linked to audience loyalty, greater vehicle usage, and other media related behaviors. More recently, similar claims are made by media engagement theorists regarding levels of newspaper readership and receptivity to advertising messages. The dilemma for media managers charged with making decisions about how best to manage and strengthen customer relationships through the delivery of high quality business operations is which model to choose. To date no study has examined the relative effects of customer satisfaction and engagement resulting from business operations onto the future intentions of media audiences. This study …

An Experimental Approach To Testing Imc Effects On Consumer Attitudes, Behavioral Intentions And Recall, John M. Mcgrath

Journal of Applied Marketing Theory

The objective of this study is twofold: to build upon the thin body of academic experimental research in the field of Integrated Marketing Communications (IMC), and to provide practitioners with methods they can use to test the effectiveness of marketing communication campaigns. On the first account, significant results were observed for attitude toward the ad (Aad), but only for a subset of the sample. Despite this, the experiment provides a framework for future academic studies of IMC effects and suggests specific ways that methods can be refined in future experiments. On the second account, the study’s design suggests opportunities for …

Social Marketing As A Catalyst For Building New Relationships Between Sport Practitioners And Academicians, Eric C. Schwarz, Dallas Branch

Journal of Applied Marketing Theory

Social marketing, conceptualized by Kotler and Zaltman (1971) as a means to promote social objectives and causes more effectively, has the potential to be the catalyst for addressing the disparity and creating positive perceptions. Social marketing is a significant means to address communication, conceptualization, and intellectual gaps between groups, which often results in clarifying differences in product and value outcomes; and the need for change and shifts in paradigms associated with practitioner-academician interaction (Hanna, 2001). Primary and secondary research conducted showed that there is fragmentation within the sport industry between academicians and practitioners, resulting in a large intellectual gap. It …

Professionalism And Ethics: A Quantity Surveying Perspective, Tony Cunningham

Other Resources

The Society of Chartered Surveyors in Ireland requires its members to “Be able to justify your own actions at all times, and demonstrate your own personal commitment to abide by ethical standards to maintain the integrity of the profession.” Society of Chartered Surveyors (2006). This paper presents a review of six readings provided to final year students of the Dublin Institute of Technology DT111 BSc (Hons) Construction Economics and Management Programme as part of their coursework for the Construction Administration and Management Module (RECE4815). The paper discusses the principles and means by which the above standards are achieved in the …

Processing And Dielectric Properties Of Tio2 Thick Films For High-Energy Density Capacitor Applications, Sheng Chao, Fatih Dogan

Materials Science and Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Nanosized titanium dioxide (TiO₂) powders (∼40 nm) were used for preparation of tape-casting slurries. Effect of various solvents and dispersants on the dispersibility of TiO₂ slurries was studied by sedimentation tests and rheology measurements. TiO₂ green tapes were prepared by tape-casting method and densified at 1000°C with a sintered density >95%. Dielectric properties of TiO₂ tapes were studied by measuring of dielectric constant, loss factor and dielectric breakdown strength (BDS) with respect to their microstructural development. BDS values as high as ∼1400 kV/cm were obtained for sintered tapes so that energy densities up to 14 …

Learning Human Emotion Patterns For Modeling Virtual Humans, Shu Feng, Ah-Hwee Tan

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

Emotion modeling is a crucial part in modeling virtual humans. Although various emotion models have been proposed, most of them focus on designing specific appraisal rules. As there is no unified framework for emotional appraisal, the appraisal variables have to be defined beforehand and evaluated in a subjective way. In this paper, we propose an emotion model based on machine learning methods by taking the following position: an emotion model should mirror actual human emotion in the real world and connect tightly with human inner states, such as drives, motivations and personalities. Specifically, a self-organizing neural model called Emotional Appraisal …

Dropout Prevention: Factors Contributing To The Resiliency Of At-Risk Hispanic Students And Their Pursuit Of A High School Diploma, William Roach

Theses and Dissertations - UTB/UTPA

Dropping out of high school has become a reality for far too many Hispanic high school students. Some estimates have the Hispanic dropout rate at close to 50% (Stutz & Hobbs, 2008). Research on factors contributing to this high dropout rate is well documented and schools across the nation are well aware of the problem. But in spite of this knowledge, the dropout epidemic persists. The purpose of this study was to determine, from a student perspective, what can be done to reduce the number of Hispanic dropouts. Forty-six at-risk Hispanic seniors in a small Texas high school along the …

Propensity For Violence Among Homeless And Runaway Adolescents: An Event History Analysis, Devan M. Crawford, Les B. Whitbeck, Dan R. Hoyt

Department of Sociology: Faculty Publications

Little is known about the prevalence of violent behaviors among homeless and runaway adolescents or the specific behavioral factors that influence violent behaviors across time. In this longitudinal study of 300 homeless and runaway adolescents aged 16–19 years at baseline, we use event history analysis to assess the factors associated with acts of violence over three years, controlling for individual propensities and time-varying behaviors. The results indicate that females, non-minorities, and non-heterosexuals were less likely to engage in violence across time. Those who met criteria for substance abuse disorders (i.e. alcohol abuse, alcohol dependence, drug abuse) were more likely to …

The Good, The Bad, And The Actively Verified, John Williamson

Dartmouth College Master’s Theses

We believe that we can use active probing for compromise recovery. Our intent is to exploit the differences in behavior between compromised and uncompromised systems and use that information to identify those which are not behaving as expected. Those differences may indicate a deviation in either con figuration or implementation from what we expect on the network, either of which suggests that the misbehaving entity might not be trustworthy. In this work, we propose and build a case for a method for using altered behavior directly resulting from or introduced as a side-effect of the compromise of a network service …

Thermodynamics Of Magnetic Multilayers, Tathagata Mukherjee

Department of Physics and Astronomy: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

Our interest in thermodynamics of magnetic thin film heterostructure began by exploring the possibility to use magnetic nanostructures in the search for optimized magnetocaloric materials for potential room temperature refrigeration. In the present thesis magnetic thin film heterostructures are experimentally realized by Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE) and Pulsed Laser Deposition (PLD). Co/Cr and Fe/Cr superlattices were fabricated using mean-field theoretical concepts as guiding principles. The potential of artificial antiferromagnets for near room-temperature refrigeration is explored. Magnetocaloric properties are deduced from measurements of the temperature and field dependence of the magnetization of our samples. The effects of intra-plane and inter-plane exchange …

The Unconstitutionality Of State Regulation Of Immigration Through Criminal Law, Gabriel J. Chin, Marc L. Miller

Duke Law Journal

The mirror-image theory of cooperative state enforcement of federal immigration law is a phenomenon—one of the most wildly successful legal ideas in decades. The mirror-image theory proposes that states can enact and enforce criminal immigration laws that are based on federal statutes. The theory that it is unobjectionable for a state to carry out federal policy is the basis of Arizona’s Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act—better known as SB 1070—and similar laws enacted in Alabama, Georgia, Indiana, and Utah. The same theory has provoked the introduction of bills in numerous other states and earlier but more narrowly …

A False Start In The Race Against Doping In Sport: Concerns With Cycling’S Biological Passport, Nicholas Hailey

Duke Law Journal

Professional cycling has suffered from a number of doping scandals. The sport’s governing bodies have responded by implementing an aggressive new antidoping program known as the biological passport. Cycling’s biological passport marks a departure from traditional antidoping efforts, which have focused on directly detecting prohibited substances in a cyclist’s system. Instead, the biological passport tracks biological variables in a cyclist’s blood and urine over time, monitoring for fluctuations that are thought to indirectly reveal the effects of doping. Although this method of indirect detection is promising, it also raises serious legal and scientific concerns. Since its introduction, the cycling community …

(Re)Conceptualizing Intercultural Communication In A Networked Society, Damien S. Pfister, Jordan Soliz

Department of Communication Studies: Faculty Publications

We offer four theses about how intercultural communication is altered in a digitally networked era. Digital media shape intercultural communication by (1) producing new public fora capable of (2) hosting rich, multimodal ‘‘spaces’’ of contact on (3) a scale of many-to-many communication that (4) challenges traditional modes of representation

An Analysis Of Secondary Educator And Administrator Abilities To Identify Youth Gang Indicators And Risk Factors: A Phenomenological Study, Kenneth Shane Lancaster

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

The purpose of this phenomenological qualitative research study was to examine secondary educator and administrator perceptions of their abilities to recognize indicators and risk factors of gang participation in a northeast Georgia school district. The study employed an interpretive phenomenological approach to obtain an understanding of educator and administrator perceptions. The study sample utilized 28 participants consisting of 14 administrators, seven veteran educators, and seven nonveteran educators. Major themes included a lack of gang awareness training as components of teacher preparatory programs, a lack of staff development exercises pertaining to youth gang indicators and risk factors, and the development of …

Experiences Of Looping For Students With Learning Disabilities: A Phenomenological Case Study, Laura C. Brown

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

The problem is the academic, social, and emotional needs of students with learning disabilities are not being met within the general classroom. Looping, the practice of a teacher staying with the same group of students for two or more years, has been suggested as an educational approach designed to meet the needs of students with disabilities. The purpose of this research project was to examine the experiences of looping for students with learning disabilities from the perspectives of the looping teacher, the students with learning disabilities, and their parents. Therefore, a phenomenological case study design was utilized. The methods of …

Georgia High-Stakes Testing: The Correlation Between Eighth Grade And Ninth Grade Achievement, Venita Lee Bruton

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

Standardized tests are an education reality and an important accountability consideration in most states and school systems. Most states require standardized assessments to meet requirements of the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. Changes to curriculum and instruction and to the school culture frequently occur through a school improvement process, and standardized test data are often used to inform these decisions. The school improvement process and professional development should focus on student learning, but how administrators and teachers perceive standardized testing and the ensuing data analyses is an important consideration in understanding what needs improvement and the professional …

Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I Gene Poly-Morphisms And Left Ventricular Function In Turkish Obese Women With Insulin Resistance., Yalin T. Yaylali, Guzin F. Yaylali, Ibrahim Susam, Fulya Akin, Sebahat Turgut

Saudi Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

The Delmar Loop Area Retail Plan & Development Strategy, Washington University In St. Louis

Books and Monographs

The HR&A team set out to create a visionary plan for the future of The Loop Area, identifying opportunities for growth through comprehensive analysis.

The HR&A team formally defined The Loop Area as the census block groups within approximately one-half mile of the proposed trolley route, which will run from the Missouri History Museum in Forest Park north on DeBaliviere Avenue, turn west at Delmar Boulevard, and continue west through the Delmar Loop to Delmar and Kingsland. This area is roughly bounded by Olive Blvd. /Maple Ave. to the north, Union Blvd. to the east, Forest Park Parkway to the …

Internationalization To What Purposes?: Marketing To International Students, Gary Rhoades

Higher Learning Research Communications

Amidst global discourse about universities’ internationalization, how do universities position themselves and their purposes in recruiting international students? For professionals working to establish partnerships and increase cultural enrichment both on their home campuses and through international exchange, the purposes that are often foregrounded in professional associations speak to the public good, to the broad social benefits of such activities. However, my research on the marketing that international offices at four universities in the UK and U.S. are doing to international students suggest that as in the marketing of U.S. universities to domestic students, it is the private benefitsof higher education, …

Regulating Business Impacts On Human Rights In Southeast Asia - Lessons From The Eu, Mahdev Mohan

Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law

The mid-June endorsement by the United Nations Human Rights Council of a new set of Guiding Principles for Business and Human Rights has been welcomed as the authoritative global standard for corporations to respect human rights. The Guiding Principles are the culmination of a 6-year UN-commissioned study by Professor John Ruggie, which concludes that companies should carry out human rights due diligence to identify, prevent, mitigate, and account for how they address their adverse human rights impacts. Drawing on related regulation in Europe, this article considers how best to implement the Guiding Principles in Southeast Asia.