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Jour 7015: Advanced Media Writing (Syllabus), David Waters

Journalism and Strategic Media Syllabi Archive

Course Description: Designed to help students become more precise as well as versatile writers by diagnosing their writing, polishing their grammar and editing skills, and teaching them to write with clarity, cohesiveness, and conciseness.

Jour 7025/8025: Law Mass Communications (Syllabus), David Arant

Journalism and Strategic Media Syllabi Archive

Course Description: The study of laws and regulations affecting mass media with attention to social and political forces that shape the law; exploration of First Amendment theories as well as the constitutional framework of the legal system; in-depth legal research in the student's selected area of interest.

Jour 7050/8050: Mass Communication Theory (Syllabus), Erin Willis

Journalism and Strategic Media Syllabi Archive

Course Description: Key concepts and development of theories offered to explain operation and effects of mass communication media; multidisciplinary overview of theories dealing with advertising, broadcasting, print, and public relations messages, media, and effects.

Jour 7075: Mass Communication Research Methods (Syllabus), Rick Fischer

Journalism and Strategic Media Syllabi Archive

Course Description: Familiarization with content analysis, survey research, data analysis, and field studies as practiced by reporters, editors, and public relations decision makers; modern research techniques and class project using computer analysis.

Jour 7015: Advanced Media Writing (Syllabus), David Waters

Journalism and Strategic Media Syllabi Archive

Course Description: Designed to help students become more precise as well as versatile writers by diagnosing their writing, polishing their grammar and editing skills, and teaching them to write with clarity, cohesiveness, and conciseness.

Jour 7100: Entrepreneurial Journalism (Syllabus), Carrie Brown-Smith

Journalism and Strategic Media Syllabi Archive

Course Description: This course will examine business models and new media tools that can encourage entrepreneurial thinking and planning in various fields of mass communication, as well as the theory and practices of traditional media management. Subjects will include environment assessment, organization and strategy, budgeting, decision-making, and other functions in advertising, news, and public relations.

Jour 7330: Social Media Theory & Practice (Syllabus), Carrie Brown-Smith

Journalism and Strategic Media Syllabi Archive

Course Description: This course will combine theory and practice to help you develop your understanding of the many changes rocking the media landscape and build the skills you will need to join the fray. Social media is altering how journalists, advertisers and public relations professionals do their jobs and how we communicate in a Web 2.0 world. You will read research and theory by some of the most formative thinkers in our field examining the impact of social and new media, and then you will apply these core concepts to your real-world use of digital tools. We will be actively …

Jour 7450/8450: Public Relations Management (Syllabus), Vickye Hester

Journalism and Strategic Media Syllabi Archive

Course Description: Development and management of public relations practice, department, or consultancy through study of planning and decision-making techniques; aspects of public relations practice that differ significantly from other enterprises; development of proposals and presentations; and management of financial and human resources.

Jour 7450/8450: Public Relations Management (Syllabus), Rick Fischer

Journalism and Strategic Media Syllabi Archive

Course Description: Development and management of public relations practice, department, or consultancy through study of planning and decision-making techniques; aspects of public relations practice that differ significantly from other enterprises; development of proposals and presentations; and management of financial and human resources.

Blended Learning Environments In Higher Education: A Case Study Of How Professors Make It Happen, Sarah E. King, Katie Cerrone Arnold

Mid-Western Educational Researcher

Blended learning has become a prominent method of course content delivery in higher education. Researchers have found that motivation, communication, and course design are three factors that contribute to the overall success of blended learning courses and students’ satisfaction with blended learning courses. This qualitative study also found that course preparation emerged through the participant interviews as a contributing factor. What remains unclear, however, is whether faculty take these factors into consideration when preparing to teach a blended learning course and, if so, how. In this study, a collective case study of five faculty of blended learning courses was conducted …

Classroom Assessment In Action, Christopher Deluca, Teresa Chavez

Mid-Western Educational Researcher

Book/Media Review

Walking The Tight Rope And Not The Plank: A Proposed Standard For Second-Level Appellate Review Of Equitable Mootness Determinations, Matthew D. Pechous

Emory Bankruptcy Developments Journal

The Comment proposes that, for doctrinal and practical reasons, determinations of equitable mootness should be reviewed for an abuse of discretion. However, numerous scholars have recognized that the deference granted under the abuse of discretion standard is more of a spectrum than a single, easily definable standard. Therefore, the Comment also suggests that courts of appeals should be more willing to overturn determinations of equitable mootness than other issues reviewed for an abuse of discretion.

Bankruptcy Stigma And Vulnerability: Questioning Autonomy And Structuring Resilience, Yvana L.B.H. Mols

Emory Bankruptcy Developments Journal

Stigma is an enduring byproduct of bankruptcy, both as felt by the debtor and as perceived by society. The stigma exists even though some have declared its demise, and is certainly present after the BAPCPA amendments aimed at action intended to revive the stigmatic effect of filing for bankruptcy. Bankruptcy stigma may be a useful tool when it prompts individuals to make wiser fiscal decisions, but for debtors who face uncontrollable financial circumstances, this same stigma is burdensome and does not provide a social benefit.

Defining The Close Nexus: An Analysis Of A Bankruptcy Court's Chapter 11 Postconfirmation Jurisdiction, Timothy A. Davis

Emory Bankruptcy Developments Journal

The Comment analyzes the various areas of bankruptcy court jurisdiction with a specific emphasis on postconfirmation 'related to' jurisdiction in chapter 11 cases. The Comment also provides recommendations for courts and legislators to consider in clarifying the scope of postconfirmation 'related to' jurisdiction. These recommendations include the Supreme Court granting a writ of certiorari to provide guidance to the lower courts on postconfirmation jurisdiction, a statutory amendment, and the revision of the current jurisdictional scheme to create Article III bankruptcy judges.

Developing A Semantic Web Crawler To Locate Owl Documents, Ronald Dean Koron

Browse all Theses and Dissertations

The terms Semantic Web and OWL are relatively new and growing concepts in the World Wide Web. Because these concepts are so new there are relatively few applications and/or tools for utilizing the potential power of this new concept. Although there are many components to the Semantic Web, this thesis will focus on the research question, "How do we go about developing a web crawler for the Semantic Web that locates and retrieves OWL documents." Specifically for this thesis, we hypothesize that by giving URIs to OWL documents, including all URIs from within these OWL documents, priority over other types …

Role Of Na+K+2cl- Co-Transporters In Insulin Secretion, Saeed Alshahrani

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The objective of this study is to investigate the role of intracellular chloride concentration ([Cl^-]i) in insulin secretion in vivo and in vitro.

The maintenance of high [Cl^-]i in insulin-secreting pancreatic β-cells plays an important role in glucose-induced depolarization and insulin secretion. Insulinotropic glucose concentrations i.e., >6 mM induces electrical activity in β-cells which results in insulin secretion. This electrical activity is mainly due to electrogenic efflux of Cl^- from β-cells through volume-regulated anion channels (VRAC). The solute carrier family 12 group A member 1 (Slc12a1) and 2 (Slc12a2) encode several splice variants of the …

Radio-Frequency Heating Of Magnetic Nanoparticles, Mohammud Zafrullah Jagoo

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In the present study, a power supply capable of converting a direct current into an alternating current was built. The frequency of oscillation of the output current could be varied from 174.8 kHz to 726.0 kHz by setting a set of capacitors in resonance. To this power supply is attached a 20-turns copper coil in the shape of a spiral. Because of the high heat generated in the coil, the latter has to be permanently water-cooled. A vacuum pump removes the air between the sample holder and the coil. A fiber optic temperature sensor with an accuracy of 0.001 K …

Nano-Scale Rf/Microwave Characterization Of Materials' Electromagnetic Properties, Joshua Allen Myers

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There are two words that describe the direction of today's electronic technology, smaller and faster. With the ever decreeing size scientists and engineers must have a way to characterize materials in the nm range. In this thesis characterization of nano-materials is discussed based on scanning probe microscopy and an in-depth look at RF/microwave frequencies by scanning microwave microscopy. Recently, low-temperature spin-sprayed ferrite films (Fe3O4) with a high self-biased magnetic anisotropy field have been reported, showing FMR frequency>5 GHz. Such films hold great potential for RF/microwave devices and find immediate applications. In this study, we performed in situ scanning microwave …

Evaluation Brief #4: Does Paths To Quality™ Help Indiana Parents Find Quality Child Care?, Center For Families

Center for Families Publications

No abstract provided.

Low-Ses First-Generation Students’ Decision To Pursue Engineering, Michele L. Strutz, Matthew Ohland

School of Engineering Education Graduate Student Series

The ability of this nation to provide a growing economy, strong health and human services, and a secure and safe nation depends upon a vibrant, creative, and diverse engineering and science workforce” (Blue, et al., 2005, p. 4). To address these global opportunities and challenges, and for the U.S. to remain globally competitive, it is necessary for our engineering workforce to be diverse.Nevertheless, the U.S. cannot claim a diverse engineering workforce, and its engineering student bodies are certainly not diverse despite the legislation and programs put in place to increase racial, gender, and socioeconomic (SES) representation. Programs and resources that …

Optimization Of Peripheral Finned-Tube Evaporators Using Entropy Generation Minimization, Bruno Pussoli, Jader Barbosa Jr., Luciana Da Silva, Massoud Kaviany

International Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Conference

The peripheral finned-tube (PFT) is a new geometry for enhanced air-side heat transfer under moisture condensate blockage (evaporators). It consists of individual hexagonal (peripheral) fin arrangements with radial fins whose bases are attached to the tubes and tips are interconnected with the peripheral fins. In this paper, experimentally validated semi-empirical models for the air-side heat transfer and pressure drop are combined with the entropy generation minimization theory to determine the optimal characteristics of PFT heat exchangers. The analysis is based on three independent parameters, i.e., porosity, equivalent particle diameter and particle-based Reynolds number. The total heat transfer rate is a …

Development Of Microclimate Cooling Systems For Increased Thermal Comfort Of Individuals, Stefan Elbel, Chad D. Bowers, Hui Zhao, Sang Park, Predrag S. Hrnjak

International Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Conference

Miniature cooling systems have lately gained increased attention due to ever increasing needs to locally cool hot spots. Miniaturized cooling is needed in a variety of different applications, for example to cool powerful yet highly compact electronics or to increase the thermal comfort of individuals through man-mounted systems. This paper focuses on the development of components suitable to be used in miniaturized vapor compression systems. Of particular interest is the achievable cooling output to system mass ratio. Miniaturized aluminum microchannel heat exchangers, positive displacement compressors, and passive expansion devices have been designed, developed, and investigated both experimentally and numerically. Relevant …

Una Entrevista Con Mar González, Mayo, 2012, Patricia Hart

School of Languages and Cultures Working Papers

En 2012 en Madrid, Mar González habló de sus comienzos en el mundo del sonido cinematográfico, como meritoria con Antonio Bloch, su labor en la publicidad, y del equilibrio entre familia y trabajo que ha establecido con su marido, Aitor Berengeur, conocido especialista en el sonido cinematográfico. Comenta la profesionalidad con el sonido de algunos actores consagrados como Charo López y Pepe Sancho, y de sus experiencias en el rodaje de Carne trémula, con Pedro Almodóvar.

English Translation:

In 2012, Mar González spoke about her beginnings in the world of film sound as an intern with Antonio Bloch, about …

Self-Optimizing Control Of Cooling Tower For Efficient Operation Of Chilled Water Systems, Xiao Li, Yaoyu Li, John E. Seem, Pengfei Li

International High Performance Buildings Conference

The chilled-water systems, mainly consisting of electric chillers and cooling towers, are crucial for the ventilating and air conditioning systems in commercial buildings. Energy efficient operation of such systems is thus important for the energy saving of commercial buildings. This paper presents an extremum seeking control (ESC) scheme for energy efficient operation of the chilled-water system, and presents a Modelica based dynamic simulation model for demonstrating the effectiveness of the proposed control strategy. The simulated plant consists of a water-cooled screw chiller and a mechanical-draft counter-flow wet cooling tower. The ESC scheme takes the total power consumption of the chiller …

Combined Heat And Moisture Transfer In Buildings Systems, Rashmin Damle, Oriol Lehmkuhl, Joaquim Rigola, Assensi Oliva

International High Performance Buildings Conference

Temperature and humidity are the two main parameters indicating the comfort level of the building occupants. Although the effect of temperature is taken into account in thermal simulation of buildings, the moisture transfer through the rooms and porous building walls is sometimes neglected. The level of humidity can give different sensations of thermal comfort. It is necessary to take into account both heat and moisture transport in and around buildings to predict the hygrothermal behavior of rooms and building walls so as to calculate the energy demands correctly. In this work some benchmark exercises are worked out to see the …

The Low Frequency Performance Of Metamaterial Barriers Based On Cellular Structures, J Stuart Bolton, Srinivas Varanasi, Thomas Siegmund, Ray Cipra

Publications of the Ray W. Herrick Laboratories

No abstract provided.

Visualization Of Vapor Formation Regimes During Capillary-Fed Boiling In Sintered-Powder Heat Pipe Wicks, J. A. Weibel, S V. Garimella

CTRC Research Publications

The current study investigates capillary-fed boiling of water from porous sintered powder wicks used in emerging high-effective-conductivity vapor chamber heat spreaders intended for management of hot spots with heat fluxes exceeding 500Wcm-2. Characterization of 1 mm thick wicks composed of 100 lm sintered copper particles is performed in a test facility which replicates the capillary feeding conditions that occur in such devices. Boiling curves are obtained for a 5 mm x 5 mm heated input area, along with high-speed in-situ visualization of the evaporation/boiling processes. Understanding the vapor formation regimes is essential to predictive modeling of the observed characteristics. Schematic …

Comparison Of Equation-Based And Non-Equation-Based Approaches For Transient Modeling Of A Vapor Compression Cycle, Hongtao Qiao, Vikrant Aute, Reinhard Radermacher

International Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Conference

Transient modeling methods can also be classified into two categories based on equation specifications. The first category of methods are non-equation based methods, in which one has to describe the underlying physics with fundamental equations, formulate residual equations and provide an algorithm to solve the underlying nonlinear equations. The second category of methods are equation based methods, wherein the engineer only has to specify the underlying physics, that holds for each time step, in the form of equations and use an established modeling platform or a solver which will handle the formulation and solution of underlying nonlinear differential algebraic equations. …

1d Heat Exchanger Simulation To Capture The Cycling Transients Of Domestic Refrigeration Appliances Working With R600a, Erwin Berger, Martin Heimel, Raimund Almbauer, Wolfgang Lang

International Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Conference

To further increase the energy efficiency of domestic refrigeration systems, it is not sufficient anymore to optimize the single cycle components on their own. On the contrary, due to the strong system interactions, an integral consideration of the whole cooling cycle is necessary to capture the system dynamics in detail and to understand them. Just by understanding the occurring physical effects, loss mechanisms can be identified and efficient optimizing measures could be taken. In this work a transient model for the simulation of the evaporator and the condenser of domestic refrigeration appliances, based on the Finite Volume Method (FVM) is …

Carbon Nanotube Coatings For Enhanced Capillary-Fed Boiling From Porous Microstructures, J. A. Weibel, S. S. Kim, T. S. Fisher, S V. Garimella

CTRC Research Publications

Due to their high intrinsic thermal conductivity, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have previously been incorporated into a variety of thermal management applications to improve cooling performance. Implementation of controlled CNT growth techniques and functionalization methods are applied herein to enhance boiling heat transfer from the porous capillary wicking surfaces widely used in high heat flux thermal management devices. A microwave plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (MPCVD) synthesis process resulted in growth of a permeable CNT coating, and physical vapor deposition of copper over these nanotubes yielded the requisite hydrophilic wicking surface. An array of test samples was fabricated and then evaluated using …