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The Semiotic Ecology And Linguistic Complexity Of An Online Game World, Steven L. Thorne, Ingrid Fischer, Xiaofei Lu

World Languages and Literatures Faculty Publications and Presentations

Multiplayer online games form complex semiotic ecologies that include game-generated texts, player-to-player communication and collaboration, and associated websites that support in-game play. This article describes an exploratory study of the massively multiplayer online game (MMO) World of Warcraft (WoW), with specific attention to its qualities as a setting for second language (L2) use and development. This empirical study seeks to answer the following question: What is the nature of the linguistic ecology that WoW players are exposed to? Many studies have described the developmental opportunities presented by commercially available gaming environments (e.g., Gee, 2003, 2007), their value as sites of …

Predicting The Difficulty Of Pure, Strict, Epistatic Models: Metrics For Simulated Model Selection, Ryan J. Urbanowicz, Jeff Kiralis, Jonathan M. Fisher, Jason H. Moore

Dartmouth Scholarship

Background:

Algorithms designed to detect complex genetic disease associations are initially evaluated using simulated datasets. Typical evaluations vary constraints that influence the correct detection of underlying models (i.e. number of loci, heritability, and minor allele frequency). Such studies neglect to account for model architecture (i.e. the unique specification and arrangement of penetrance values comprising the genetic model), which alone can influence the detectability of a model. In order to design a simulation study which efficiently takes architecture into account, a reliable metric is needed for model selection.

Results:

We evaluate three metrics as predictors of relative model detection difficulty derived …

Easterner, Vol. 64, No. 1, September 26, 2012, Associated Students Of Eastern Washington University

Student Newspapers

This issue of the Easterner contains articles about the suspension of fraternity Sigma Nu, the trial of football player Dalis Bruce, mass casualty training in the Computer Engineering Building, the phasing out of the mathematics program, Associated Students (ASEWU) plans, progress on the Patterson Hall remodel, the closing of Ben Franklin, a study abroad program in Ghana on disability studies, club hockey, track athletes David Thor and Bernice Penaloza, the tennis season, graduate student Chris Hammer participation in the Paralympics.

Writing Tutoring To Resune On Sunday, Sept. 30th, Georgia Southern University, Zach S. Henderson Library

Library Publications (1999-2023)

• Writing tutoring to resune on Sunday, Sept. 30th

The Colby Echo (2012-09-26), Colby College

The Colby Echo

Published by the students of Colby College since 1877, The Colby Echo is the weekly, editorially independent student-run newspaper of Colby College in Waterville, Maine. Published monthly, 1877-1886; semi-monthly, 1886-1897; and weekly, during the academic year, 1898-present.

A Tiffany Window In The Virginia Museum Of Fine Arts And The Patronage Of The Saunders Family Of Richmond, Joshua Kline

Theses and Dissertations

The aim of this research is to present an important but forgotten Tiffany interior, that of All Saints Episcopal Church, and focuses on the source for the Saunders memorial window, Christ Resurrection. After portraying the Saunders Family and the context of the window and church interior as an important part of Richmond’s history, this thesis sets up a number of inquiries regarding Christ Resurrection. What are the literary sources; what are the formal sources, from the Renaissance to the late nineteenth century; and what is the meaning of the composition? This thesis utilizes an art historical method of archival, connoisseurial, …

Documents From The September 26, 2012 Meeting Of The Associated Students Of The University Of Montana (Asum), University Of Montana--Missoula. Associated Students

Senate Meeting Agendas and Minutes, 2007-Present

Agenda and meeting minutes from the September 26, 2012 meeting of the Associated Students of the University of Montana (ASUM). The following resolutions were decided at this meeting:

SB17-12/13: Board of Regents Non-Discrimination Policy 703

Usa V. Joel Berberena

2012 Decisions

USDC for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Usa V. Maury

2012 Decisions

USDC for the District of New Jersey

Usa V. Lee

2012 Decisions

USDC for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Ryan Shafik V. John Curran, Iii

2012 Decisions

USDC for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

Jose Lopez V. Correctional Med Serv

2012 Decisions

USDC for the District of New Jersey

Usa V. Derrick Clemons

2012 Decisions

USDC for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Spartan Daily September 26, 2012, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 139, Issue 15

Effect Of Accessory Power Take-Off Variation On A Turbofan Engine Performance, Anis Faidi

Theses and Dissertations

Engine fuel efficiency of aerospace vehicles can be reached by different techniques. One way to do that is to reduce aircraft subsystems power supply effects on the engine performance. Previous research work has showed that extracting bleed air from the high pressure compressor exit is more efficient than extracting the equivalent amount of energy from the low pressure spool shaft. A high bypass turbofan engine was modeled using the Numerical Propulsion System Simulation (NPSS). The baseline engine performance was evaluated at different flight conditions of Mach number and altitude. To better understand the effect of air bleed take-off and shaft …

Fall 2012 Student Composition Concert, Shea Felde

News and Events (Discontinued Series)

No abstract provided.

Multicultural Organizations Host Homecoming Tailgate, Katherine Filippo

News and Events (Discontinued Series)

No abstract provided.

Muse Literary Conference, Mallika Kavadi

News and Events (Discontinued Series)

No abstract provided.

Southern Educator, Georgia Southern University

College of Education: News & Publications (2003-2023)

• "Academically Adrift" Co-author to Speak
• New STEM Institute Wins First Race to the Top Grant
• Faculty News

Colloidal Metal Chalcogenide Nanocrystals, Xiaogang Peng, Zuoyan Peng, Lianhua Qu

Patents Granted

A method of synthesizing colloidal nanocrystals is disclosed using metal oxides or metal salts as a precursor. The metal oxides or metal salts are combined with a ligand and then heated in combination with a coordinating solvent. Upon heating, the metal oxides or salts are converted to stable soluble metal complexes. The metal complexes are formed by cationic species combining with the ligands and/or with the coordinating solvent. Finally, an elemental chalcogenic precursor, for example, Se, Te, or S, is introduced into the soluble metal complex to complete the formation of the nanocrystals at a controllable rate. High-quality CdSe, CdTe, …

Stony Brook Press, V. 34, N. 02, Stony Brook University. Stony Brook Press.

Stony Brook Press

v. 34, n. 02, v.:ill. ; 38 cm (original analog pub.)

Brennan Receives Nih Grant For Sickle Cell Research, Kim Hill

News and Events (Discontinued Series)

No abstract provided.

Newsroom, Georgia Southern University

Newsroom (2006-2023)

• Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health Receives $297,000 National Institutes of Health Grant to Support Cervical Cancer Education Program

2012-2013 Performance Forum - September 26, 2012, Takuya Yamamoto, Vijeta Sathyaraj, Meghan Yost, Jared Cooper, Victoria Hauk, Kelsey Maiorano, Michael Kaiser-Cross, Ruth Santos, Bartek Wawruch, Heqing Huang, Jie Ren, Hsin Hui Liu, Darren Matias

Performance Forum

No abstract provided.

Midwest Philosophy Colloquium To Host Michael Huemer And Russ Shafer-Landau, University Relations

Campus News Archive

The Philosophy Discipline invites the Morris community to the 37th Annual Midwest Philosophy Colloquium. This year’s colloquium is on the topic of moral realism and will feature two of the most notable moral realists in philosophy today: Professors Michael Huemer and Russ Shafer-Landau.

Viral Metagenomics Demonstrates That Domestic Pigs Are A Potential Reservoir For Ndumu Virus, Charles Masembe, George Michuki, Maria Onyango, Cecilia Rumberia, Martin Norling, Richard P. Bishop, Appolinaire Djikeng, Stephen J. Kemp, Alan Orth, Robert A. Skilton, Karl Ståhl, Anne Fischer

All Peer-Reviewed Publications

Background: The rising demand for pork has resulted in a massive expansion of pig production in Uganda. This has resulted in increased contact between humans and pigs. Pigs can act as reservoirs for emerging infectious diseases. Therefore identification of potential zoonotic pathogens is important for public health surveillance. In this study, during a routine general surveillance for African swine fever, domestic pigs from Uganda were screened for the presence of RNA and DNA viruses using a high-throughput pyrosequencing method. Findings. Serum samples from 16 domestic pigs were collected from five regions in Uganda and pooled accordingly. Genomic DNA and RNA …

The Legacy, September 26, 2012, Lindenwood University

The Legacy (2007-2018)

Student Newspaper of Lindenwood University

Resolution Enhancement Optimizations For Hyperspectral And Multispectral Synthetic Image Fusion, Charles R. Bostater

Ocean Engineering and Marine Sciences Faculty Publications

Many sensor systems are available for sensing the earth surface from satellites as well as airborne and mobile platforms. Thus, fusing data from multiple sensors is becoming a common theme in earth remote sensing. A major goal of remote sensing image fusion is resolution enhancement. In this paper, optimization techniques are presented and discussed in order to help make an image fusion process a practical method for not only spectral signature based image analysis but also for algorithm development in remote sensing of water. The technique described and explored in this paper includes the identification of feature areas, stratified random …

Introduction & Coda, Multi-Party Dispute Resolution, Democracy And Decision Making: Vol. Ii Of Complex Dispute Resolution, Carrie Menkel-Meadow

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

The Complex Dispute Resolution series collects essays on the development of foundational dispute resolution theory and practice and its application to increasingly more complex settings of conflicts in the world, including multi-party and multi-issue decision making, negotiations in political policy formation and governance, and international conflict resolution. Each volume contains an original introduction by the editor, which explores the key issues in the field. All three volumes feature essays which span an interdisciplinary range of fields, law, political science, game theory, decision science, economics, social and cognitive psychology, sociology and anthropology and consider issues in the uses of informal and …

September 26, 2012, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

No abstract provided.