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Integrating Music Into Samoan Primary Schools: Teachers’ Perceptions And Potential Benefits, Jennifer Fortin

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

This study explores the knowledge-base of teachers’ beliefs and practices of music integration in Samoan primary schools, as well as the potential benefits it provides for young developing minds. Current Samoan teachers’ perceptions of the benefits of music are analyzed in light of data proving these benefits in Primary Education. Children gain only as much as teachers incorporate. Social benefits include a more positive learning environment, improved attention and attitude, as well as inspiration and motivation, along with academic benefits of increased verbal memory, abstract reasoning and reading development. Data was collected through a series of interviews, surveying, observation and …

Luxury’S Last Frontier: An Analysis Of Hanoi Residents’ Perceptions Of The Luxury Market In Vietnam, Rachel Schuh

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

One consequence of Vietnam’s rapid economic development in recent decades is the booming luxury market in Hanoi. Although few Vietnamese consumers can afford luxury goods, luxury consumption is highly visible in Hanoi. Luxury shopping centers continue to open throughout the city, and fancy cars are a common sight on city streets. Luxury consumers often influence trends in the wider marketplace, but luxury good consumption can also be a divisive issue. In addition, luxury consumers in developing countries, even more so than those in developed countries, are often believed to be motivated by status concerns. Thus, the phenomenon economists call conspicuous …

Dependence-Based Source Level Tracing And Replay For Networked Embedded Systems, Man Wang

Open Access Dissertations

Error detection and diagnosis for networked embedded systems remain challenging and tedious due to issues such as a large number of computing entities, hardware resource constraints, and non-deterministic behaviors. The run-time checking is often necessitated by the fact that the static verification fails whenever there exist conditions unknown prior to execution. Complexities in hardware, software and even the operating environments can also defeat the static analysis and simulations. Record-and-replay has long been proposed for distributed systems error diagnosis. Under this method, assertions are inserted in the target program for run-time error detection. At run-time, the violation of any asserted property …

Integrating Instructional Technology Into A Teacher Education Program: A Three-Tiered Approach, Elizabeth Truesdell, Rebecca Birch

Collected Faculty Scholarship

This project description examines how a teacher education program integrated new instructional technology through the creation of a Technology Facilitator position in the department. The project proceeded through a three-tiered system of learning literacy to establish a knowledge base amongst faculty members, augmenting required courses to model the use of instructional technology, and finally the transformation of the credential program where the activity of learning can only be accomplished through leveraging technology. As a professional program housed in a liberal arts institution, this project combines aspects of the essential learning outcomes of the 21st century with the professional skills required …

Csusb Magazine (Fall 2013), Csusb

CSUSB Magazine

Features:

Fierce compassion......Page 5
He has come a long way in school and now earned a prestigious college scholarship. But his success really began at home.

String theory......Page 7
A master guitar stringmaker for many music greats is making big dreams come true for many of its employees.

The best life lab......Page 10
How can lives change so much just by playing what amounts to a simple video game? The amazing work of neurofeedback.

Hikes into history......Page 14
Five CSUSB students map the tunnels of old Mojave mines, and what in the world is in those …

Dipl 6170 Advanced Topics In Economic Development, Yui Suzuki Ph.D.

Diplomacy Syllabi

This course deals with selected topics in economic development covering both macro and micro aspects. There are eight major topics of

(1) The Standard Growth Theory (Solow Model)

(2) Macro Stabilization Program - Balance of Payment Crisis and Need for Exceptional Financing

(3) Population Growth and Economic Development

(4) Institutional Economics

(5) Producer’s Behavior- Perfect and Monopolistic Competition

(6) Tenant/Landowner relations

(7) Local Credit Markets

(8) History, Expectation, and Development (Economies of Scale and Scope).

This list is also notable for what are left on. Absent, for instance, is the implication of international trade, a topic to be covered in …

Gallaudet Today Volume 43 Number 2 Fall 2013, Todd Byrd

Gallaudet Today

No abstract provided.

Ua64/2 The Challenge: Magazine For The Center For Gifted Studies (No. 32, Fall 2013), Center For Gifted Studies, Tracy Inman Editor

Gifted Studies Publications

No abstract provided.

The Utah Statesman, October 1, 2013, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

Imsa360: Fall/Winter 2013, Imsa Fund

IMSA Fund Reports

One of the best things about IMSA that never changes is that we continue to change, not “change for change’s sake,” but change to keep learning, leading and innovating, change grounded in who we are and who we aspire to be. One area of big change on the horizon relates to upgrading our facilities.

For some time now, we have coped with an aging campus, an academic building much of which has not been renovated since the 1970s (before IMSA opened and occupied the then- closed facility), and residence halls in serious need of major rehabilitation. Thankfully, the State of …

Ua68/1/3 Arts & Letters, Vol. 4, No. 2, Wku Potter College Of Arts & Letters

WKU Administration Documents

Magazine created by WKU Potter College of Arts & Letters regarding faculty and student research, events and programs.

Wsu Research News, Fall 2013, Office Of Research And Sponsored Programs, Wright State University

WSU Research News

A twenty-four page newsletter of the WSU Research News. The WSU Research News was published monthly beginning in June of 1968 and issued by the Office of Research Development. This newsletter was created to provide information to the WSU faculty about the availability of outside funds for research and educational programs, new developments that may affect availability of funds, and general information on research and educational activities at Wright State University.

Making A Stronger Case For Comparative Research To Investigate The Behavioral And Neurological Bases Of Three-Dimensional Navigation, Daniele Nardi, Verner P. Bingman

Faculty Research and Creative Activity

The rich diversity of avian natural history provides exciting possibilities for comparative research aimed at understanding three-dimensional navigation. We propose some hypotheses relating differences in natural history to potential behavioral and neurological adaptations possessed by contrasting bird species. This comparative approach may offer unique insights into some of the important questions raised by Jeffery et al.

Cats Update Fall 2013, Center For Academic Technology Support

Center for Academic Technology Support Docs

No abstract provided.

Fluid Motion ‐ Exhibit, Library, Said Shakerin

SOECS Exhibitions

This report provides complete documentation of activities leading to Fluid Motion, an exhibit held in Pacific’s Library, and Art with Fluid Mechanics, a related presentation given to Armchair Traveler Program at Delta College.

Exhibit: Fluid Motion, July 15‐October 15, 2013

Presentation: Art with Fluid Mechanics, October 15, 2013

About 40 still images displaying beauty and complexity of fluid motion were obtained, with permission, from scientists and artists from several countries for the exhibit and presentation. Due to space limitation, only sixteen images were shown in the Exhibit plus a scan of a page from Aramco World magazine (sand dune) and …

Profile: Stewarding The Legacy, University Relations

Profile (1996-)

Summer brings many visitors to the University of Minnesota, Morris campus. In June, some three hundred individuals attended the second Rural Arts and Culture Summit, co-sponsored by Morris’s Center for Small Towns and Springboard for the Arts. The summit brought together people who share an interest in the arts and the particular values and quality of life that are uniquely found in small towns. The people gathered for this two-day summit came to explore how these two things—the arts and small-town values—can converge to create vibrant, model communities.

--From Chancellor Johnson's Message

Uni Today, V96n3 [V97n2], Fall 2013, University Of Northern Iowa Alumni Association

UNI Today

Inside This Issue:

-- All for a Cause
-- Bucking the Trend
-- 80 years of Pinning Tradition
-- The Power of A
-- All Signs Point to Panther Pride
-- Tackling a New Stage
-- Shh - collaboration at work!
-- $2 million grant creates new center
-- Scholarships enhance opportunities
-- A grand adventure
-- Bridging two worlds
-- A family united
-- Class Notes
-- Calendar of alumni events

Illuminated Magazine, School Of Graduate Studies, East Tennessee State University

Illuminated: Graduate Student Research Magazine

The Tennessee Military Maneuvers of 1941 [History, M.A. Graduate Student: Joshua Savage]; Creating New Technology at ETSU to Help Monitor Volcanoes [Geosciences, M.S. (Geospatial Analysis Concentration) Graduate Student: Richard Freeman]; Meet Your Personal Librarian; Where Are They Now? [Melissa Wilson]; Solving Puzzles with Algebra [Mathematical Sciences, M.S. Graduate Student: Amanda Justus]; Where Are They Now? [Raquel Fratta]; A Closer Look at Perceptions of Chinese Business [Professional Communication, M.A. Graduate Student: Xueyi LI]; Improving Care for Children with Cleft Lip & Palate [Communicative Disorders, M.S. (Speech Pathology Concentration)]; Where Are They Now? [Hilary Anne Gibson]

Ua77/1 Wku Spirit, Wku Alumni Relations

WKU Administration Documents

WKU's alumni magazine. Contents:

• Ransdell, Gary. President’s Letter
• Record Number of WKU Students, Recent Graduates Earn National Scholarships
• First Cohort Begins WKU’s Doctor of Physical Therapy Program
• Gatton Academy of Mathematics & Science Named America’s Top High School for 2^nd Year in Row
• David Porter Elected Board of Regents Chair
• Regents Approve Budget, Tuition
• WKU Forensics Team Wins National Forensics Association Championship
• Faculty Member Awarded National Academy of Education Fellowship Grant – Jie Zhang
• WKU President Joins Institute for Shipboard Education Board – Gary Ransdell
• WKU Storm Chasers Document EF-4 Tornado, Other Severe Weather Events
• Paul & Ellen Schuhmann …

Jeanne Clery Disclosure Of Campus Security Policy And Campus Crime Statistics Report, 2012, University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Police Department

Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy

No abstract provided.

Profiles Of Academic Majors - 2013, Governors State University

Profiles of Academic Majors

The Profiles of Academic Majors (PAM) provides a ten-year longitudinal snapshot of selected enrollment (e.g., headcounts) and demographic (e.g., age) statistics arranged by fall term, fiscal year, or academic year as appropriate

Lost In Translation: Law, Economics, And Subjective Standards Of Care In Negligence Law, Charles R. Korsmo

Dickinson Law Review (1908-2003)

The law and economics movement has been a victim of its own success. Over the past four decades, it has generated an enormous specialist literature, often explicitly intended for other specialists. As is so often the case with increased specialization, the result has been escalating technical complexity accompanied by forbiddingly formal mathematics and a tendency to retreat into abstraction. As a result, economic analysis has often failed to provide general legal audiences with insight into important legal questions, even where the tools of economics would be appropriate and useful. This Article examines-and rectifies-just such a failure. In particular, this Article …

Free Your Mind-Unlock Your Inner Creativity, Alyssa Black, William Dow, Stephanie Harrison, Adam Kerbs, Katheleen Mcguire, Phillip Stroch, Jessica Urbano, Bradley Chase, Frank G. Jacobitz, Thomas Schubert

School of Engineering: Faculty Scholarship

Creativity is a major factor in many careers, subjects, and disciplines. Although many people first assume engineering to be a field of study that does not require any creativity, it is actually an essential tool for successful engineers. The mark of a truly accomplished engineer is the ability to problem-solve effectively; in other words, to generate creative solutions. Although the goal as engineers is to become more creative throughout one’s career, is it even possible to gain creativity? Is creativity an innate quality, or a learned one? Since the engineering process demands creativity, we looked into how creativity can be …

Icda Midwest Region E-Newsletter, October 2013

ICDA Mid-West Region Newsletter

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in USA

ICDA Mid-West Region Newsletter

Wright State University Magazine, Fall 2013, Office Of Communications And Marketing, Wright State University

Wright State University Magazine

Thirty-six page issue of the Wright State University Magazine. This magazine is published twice a year and focuses on news related to Wright State alumni, faculty, staff, and friends of the university.

Faculty Notes- John Carroll University, John Carroll University

Faculty Notes - John Carroll University

Oct. 2013, Vol. 6, Issue 3

Combined Erp/Fmri Evidence For Early Word Recognition Effects In The Posterior Inferior Temporal Gyrus, Joseph Dien, Eric S. Brian, Dennis L. Molfese, Brian T. Gold

Center for Brain, Biology, and Behavior: Faculty Publications

Two brain regions with established roles in reading are the posterior middle temporal gyrus and the posterior fusiform gyrus. Lesion studies have also suggested that the region located between them, the posterior inferior temporal gyrus (pITG), plays a central role in word recognition. However, these lesion results could reflect disconnection effects since neuroimaging studies have not reported consistent lexicality effects in pITG. Here we tested whether these reported pITG lesion effects are due to disconnection effects or not using parallel ERP/fMRI studies. We predicted that the Recognition Potential (RP), a left-lateralized ERP negativity that peaks at about 200–250 ms, might …

Analysis Of Environmental Factors Affecting Fruit Quality For The 2007 Growing Season In A California Vineyard, Sean Castorani

SNS Master's Theses

Wine grape quality is heavily influenced by a combination of soil properties and site topography. We used anthocyanin content and yield data from Vitis vinifera L. cv. Cabernet Sauvignon from a vineyard near Madera, California collected during the 2007 growing season. We compared sets of hypotheses regarding the anthocyanin content of winegrapes and vineyard yields as a function of vineyard soil and topographic properties. Each hypothesis was expressed as a regression model predicting a response variable (yield or anthocyanin content) from one or more predictor variables. We used a multiple working hypotheses approach to compare these models using information theoretic …

An Integrated Plasma Spectroscopic And Capacitive Sensing Platform For Water Quality Diagnostics, John William Sweeney

Doctoral Dissertations

Even in modern times, the consumption of polluted water continues to inflict tremendous suffering on millions of people worldwide that is largely preventable with adequate sanitation practices, routine water quality diagnostics, and treatment. However, conventional water quality monitoring practices remain a time consuming endeavor, where water samples collected on-site are transported to off-site laboratories for evaluation with laboratory-scale chemical analysis devices. While considerable efforts have been made to miniaturize these devices for in-field use, many of the devices reported in the literature provide an incomplete assessment of a water contaminant's environmental impact by focusing on identifying its chemical composition and …

Analysis And Optimization Of Cooperative Wireless Networks, Phuong Thanh Tran

Open Access Dissertations

Recently, cooperative communication between users in wireless networks has attracted a considerable amount of attention. A significant amount of research has been conducted to optimize the performance of different cooperative communication schemes, subject to some resource constraints such as power, bandwidth, and time. However, in previous research, each optimization problem has been investigated separately, and the optimal solution for one problem is usually not optimal for the other problems.

This dissertation focuses on joint optimization or cross-layer optimization in wireless cooperative networks. One important obstacle is the non-convexity of the joint optimization problem, which makes the problem difficult to solve …