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Communication And Common Interest, Peter Godfrey-Smith, Manolo Martínez

Publications and Research

Explaining the maintenance of communicative behavior in the face of incentives to deceive, conceal information, or exaggerate is an important problem in behavioral biology. When the interests of agents diverge, some form of signal cost is often seen as essential to maintaining honesty. Here, novel computational methods are used to investigate the role of common interest between the sender and receiver of messages in maintaining cost-free informative signaling in a signaling game. Two measures of common interest are defined. These quantify the divergence between sender and receiver in their preference orderings over acts the receiver might perform in each state …

The Grizzly, November 7, 2013, Sabrina Mcgettigan, David Rogers, Mary Deliberti, Briana Keane, Briana Mullan, Vivek Reddy, Olivia Z. Schultz, Bethany Mitchell, Dom Roher, Deana Harley, Dana Feigenbaum, James Wilson, Adebayo Adeyemo

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Poet Brian Teare Invited to Ursinus • The Street Piano Program Expanded to Collegeville • Tour Guides Serve as Ambassadors of the Ursinus Student Body • Campus Sculptures Donated Over Time • Counselor Sets Goals • Foreign Film Screenings at Ursinus • Students Speak About Kemper • Opinion: UC-Themed Anonymous Accounts are Hurtful; Courtyard Pilot Program's Work Not Yet Complete • Ursinus Men's Basketball Preview • Moliken Headed for Coaches Hall of Fame • Fall Sports Come to a Close

Volume Cxxxi, Number 7, November 1, 2013, Lawrence University

The Lawrentian

No abstract provided.

November 6, 2013 Cal Poly Report, Public Affairs Office

Cal Poly Report

No abstract provided.

The Daily Egyptian, November 06, 2013, Daily Egyptian Staff

November 2013

No abstract provided.

Volume 105 Issue 9, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

The Southwestern - Archive

No abstract provided.

The Lumberjack, November 6, 2013, The Lumberjack Staff

2013

The student newspaper of Humboldt State University

Prospectus, November 6, 2013, Ben Boltinghouse, Alex Wallner

Prospectus 2013

THANKSGIVUHKKAH; Encouraging first-generation college students; 150th anniversary Gettysburg Address; How to recognize the warning signs of depression; Public Safety discusses domestic violence; Social media: So first century BC; Detained in Guantanamo without charge for 11 years; Cobras basketball begins season; AFI's out to make melancholy matter

Easterner, Vol. 65, No. 7, November 6, 2013, Associated Students Of Eastern Washington University

Student Newspapers

This issue of the Easterner contains an interview with Associated Students (ASEWU) president D.J. Jigre and articles on minimum wage increases, suicide prevention, Harvest Fest, a campus talk by ghost hunter Ross Allison, the Veterans Center, the tennis season, the sportsman's club, and sports psychologist Nicole Baldwin.

Parental Support Group Member's Views On Inclusion, Kaitlyn Blasy

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to measure the view that parents involved in support groups for parents of children with special needs have on inclusion. Parents were surveyed using the "Parent Opinion About Inclusion/Mainstreaming" questionnaire developed by Leyser and Kirk (2004). Children whose parents completed the survey were ages 4 through 20 and were included in various educational settings. Parents were found to be generally supportive of the idea of inclusion. Benefits of inclusion included social skills for both students with and without disabilities, academic skills, and equal opportunities. Perceived problems with inclusion included experience and adaptability of general …

November 6, 2013 Faculty Senate Minutes, University Of South Carolina

Faculty Senate

No abstract provided.

Volume 51, Number 12: November 06, 2013, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

No abstract provided.

Front Matter Fall 2013 Vol 23 No 1

Journal of Aviation/Aerospace Education & Research

No abstract provided.

Predictive Power Of English Testing: Training International Flight Students, Mark Dusenbury, Elizabeth Bjerke

Journal of Aviation/Aerospace Education & Research

Due to the impending pilot shortage in Asian countries many prospective students are being sent to the United States to receive their initial flight training. The purpose of this study was to determine if Chinese students entering an American flight program with higher English testing scores are more successful in completing their private pilot certification. A sample size of 141 Chinese students was used for this study. T-test analyses was conducted to determine if students who had higher English scores were more successful in completing private pilot training. Significant relationships were found between oral scores, Versant scores and private pilot …

A Design For Inspiring Students With Near-Space Exploration, Jeremy Straub, Gail Ingwalson, Ronald Fevig

Journal of Aviation/Aerospace Education & Research

The prevalence of overseas success in engineering education represents a significant threat to the United States. Once the dominant force in advancing technology, the U.S. is seeing significant amounts of research and development work moving overseas. U.S. competitiveness and increased productivity requires demand for high-value-added products (Porter & Rivkin, 2012) such as those designed and developed by those with advanced training in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) disciplines. The U.S. economy, thus, depends on the production of skilled scientists and engineers--not just to sustain American leadership in science, but to sustain its national economy.

Diversified Microbiota Of Meconium Is Affected By Maternal Diabetes Status, Jianzhong Hu, Yoko Nomura, Ali Bashir, Heriberto Fernandez-Hernandez, Steven Itzkowitz, Zhiheng Pei, Joanne Stone, Holly Loudon, Inga Peter

Publications and Research

Objectives This study was aimed to assess the diversity of the meconium microbiome and determine if the bacterial community is affected by maternal diabetes status. Methods The first intestinal discharge (meconium) was collected from 23 newborns stratified by maternal diabetes status: 4 mothers had pre-gestational type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) including one mother with dizygotic twins, 5 developed gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and 13 had no diabetes. The meconium microbiome was profiled using multi-barcode 16S rRNA sequencing followed by taxonomic assignment and diversity analysis. Results All meconium samples were not sterile and contained diversified microbiota. Compared with adult feces, the …

Teacher Perspectives Regarding Gifted Diverse Students, Toni Szymanski, Thomas Shaff

Gifted Children

Abstract

Understanding teacher perceptions of diverse, gifted students is a first step to exploring the underrepresentation of non-white students in programs for advanced academic ability. As professionals, teachers are responsible for making referrals for special programming and are often the “gatekeepers” for student identification. This qualitative study used exploratory interviews to examine perceptions of five second- and third-grade teachers and the talented and gifted coordinator at a school in which 65% of the student population was Hispanic. Three themes emerged in the findings: (a) Teachers experience differences in training to work with diverse, low income students and gifted students; (b) …

Characterizing The Implementation Of Cbt For Youth Anxiety, Meghan Smith

Theses and Dissertations

Although evidence-based treatments (EBTs) often perform well in research settings, when EBTs are delivered in practice settings they sometimes fail to outperform usual care (UC). One reason for this could be that therapists in practice settings may not follow the EBT protocol as closely or may deliver more therapeutic interventions that align with other treatment domains. I tested this possibility in the context of cognitive-behavioral treatment (CBT) for youth anxiety by comparing how CBT was delivered in practice (i.e., community-based clinics) and research (i.e., lab) settings. A diverse sample of youth (aged 7-15) received one of two treatments to address …

Metergoline, The Basolateral Amygdala And The Ventral Pallidum: Implications For Panic Disorder, Douglas Ryan Schuweiler

Theses and Dissertations

Panic disorder (PD) is a common mental illness characterized by recurring spontaneous panic attacks. Scientific investigation into PD has been accelerated by the development of rat models of PD. These models can be validated by responses to intravenous sodium lactate (NaLac), including tachycardia, that are similar to PD patient responses. Previous work on established PD models has suggested that antagonism of serotonin (5-HT) receptors in the basolateral amygdala (BLA) may be sufficient to model PD. To test this hypothesis metergoline (MET), a 5-HT receptor antagonist, or vehicle was microinjected into the BLA of anesthetized rats. Following the microinjection, NaLac or …

Uc Agenda 2013-11-06, Northern Illinois University

University Council Archives

No abstract provided.

Epiphany: A Story Of Improving Teaching Effectiveness In An Executive Mba Economics Course, Anthony J. Mento, John Larson

Journal of Executive Education

This paper discusses the reengineering of an executive MBA economics principles course. Traditional lecture-test structure was changed to a seminar style. Events leading to this change are described. Many years of evaluation results are presented to quantitatively and qualitatively depict the dramatic impacts of the changes. Learning theories that help explain the effects are then discussed, especially as they may help others redesign their teaching methodologies. Non-theoretic learning strategies for students and seven research-based principles for more effective teaching are also presented to help explain the results achieved.

Expectations Of Executive Mbas, Ernest A. Capozzoli, David Gundersen

Journal of Executive Education

Currently there are over 200 EMBA programs worldwide. These programs have grown in popularity and have increased by over a third in the last three years. Overall, schools are aggressively marketing their EMBA programs, and, as a consequence, prospective EMBA participants have numerous options for EMBA program enrollment. To successfully compete in the current environment, EMBA programs must understand and market to the expectations of prospective EMBAs. This paper explores the suitability of using the Teaching Goals Inventory (TGI) developed by Angelo and Cross (1993) as an instrument to analyze the expectations of EMBA candidates in the United States and …

The Impact Of An Accounting Simulation On Performance And Perception In Accounting Courses, Steve Smalt, Gary L. Selden

Journal of Executive Education

The accounting profession has given ever-increasing focus and attention to the effectiveness and nature of accounting education. Executive education struggles with how to make accounting understandable and applicable to those responsible for other functions. Graduates of Executive MBA programs often have a negative perception of the accounting field before entering the EMBA. Adult education literature clearly touts the value of simulation, gaming theory, and modeling. This empirical study was designed to investigate the effect of integrating an accounting simulation, The Accounting Game, into an accounting course, on students’ self-reported perceptions and on course performance. Additionally, the simulation was instituted …

Phoenix, 2013-11-05, Student Life

Phoenix

The Phoenix is a student newspaper published at Governors State University since August 2002. The newspaper features student reporting, opinions, news, and photos.

Depression Is Associated With Repeat Emergency Department Visits In Patients With Non-Specific Abdominal Pain, Andrew C. Meltzer, Benjamin Bregman, Janice Blanchard

Emergency Medicine Faculty Publications

Introduction: Patients with abdominal pain often return multiple times despite no definitive diagnosis. Our objective was to determine if repeat emergency department (ED) use among patients with non-specific abdominal pain might be associated with a diagnosis of moderate to severe depressive disorder.

Methods: We screened 987 ED patients for major depression during weekday daytime hours from June 2011 through November 2011 using a validated depression screening tool, the PHQ-9. Each subject was classified as either no depression, mild depression or moderate/ severe depression based on the screening tool. Within this group, we identified 83 patients with non-specific abdominal pain by …

Spartan Daily, November 5, 2013, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 141, Issue 29

The Daily Egyptian, November 05, 2013, Daily Egyptian Staff

November 2013

No abstract provided.

Grand Valley Forum, Volume 038, Number 11, November 5, 2013, Grand Valley State University

2013-2014, Volume 38

Grand Valley Forum is Grand Valley State's faculty and staff newsletter, published from 1976 to the present.

Post Protein Hydrolysis Removal Of A Potent Ribonuclease Inhibitor And The Enzymatic Capture Of Dna, Matt Ewert

USF Patents

The present invention concerns compositions and methods of extracting infectious pathogens from a volume of blood. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of creating a fibrin aggregate confining the pathogens and introducing a fibrin lysis reagent to expose the pathogens for analysis. The present invention also concerns materials and methods for removing aurintricarboxylic acid (ATA) from a sample.

The Parthenon, November 5, 2013, Bishop Nash

The Parthenon

The Parthenon, Marshall University’s student newspaper, is published by students Monday through Friday during the regular semester and weekly Thursday during the summer. The editorial staff is responsible for the news and the editorial content.