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The Art Of Personal Science, Jeff Fajans Feb 2014

The Art Of Personal Science, Jeff Fajans

The Transdisciplinary STEAM+ Journal

Quantified Self isn’t really about finding answers or solving problems—it’s about asking new questions.


From The Inside Out, And Through., Dominique Ovalle Feb 2014

From The Inside Out, And Through., Dominique Ovalle

The Transdisciplinary STEAM+ Journal

These photographs describe “Science” born of consumerism, hijacked by me, economically disenfranchised, or rather—temporarily embarrassed, artist. I was putzing around Malibu—my old college stomping ground, looking for free food; maybe a sample of some gourmet $5 chocolate, and all I got were these photographs.


The Art / Crime Archive: An Anti-Boredom Space, Paul Kaplan, Brian Goeltzenleuchter, Dan Salmonson Feb 2014

The Art / Crime Archive: An Anti-Boredom Space, Paul Kaplan, Brian Goeltzenleuchter, Dan Salmonson

The Transdisciplinary STEAM+ Journal

This paper reports on an ongoing web-based project devoted to the study of deviant art and creative crime called the Art / Crime Archive: www.artcrimearchive.org. The Art / Crime Archive (ACA) is a collaborative laboratory, teaching center, and web-based platform devoted to the study of this space. The ACA is organized by an artist, a criminologist, and a computer engineer. The working process of the ACA involves locating, archiving, and discussing visual, audio, and text artifacts that support this shadow space. The work product is a dynamic archive which can be configured for a multiplicity of contexts—art exhibitions, academic …


The Efficacy Of Mathematics Education, Eric Geimer Feb 2014

The Efficacy Of Mathematics Education, Eric Geimer

The Transdisciplinary STEAM+ Journal

Evidence supports the notion that mathematics education in the United States is inadequate. There is also evidence that mathematics education deficiencies extend internationally. The worldwide mathematics education deficit appears large enough that improving student performance in this educational problem area could yield great economic benefit. To improve the efficacy of mathematics education, education’s root problems must first be understood. Often supposed educational root problems are considered and contrasted against potential deficiencies of mathematics methodologies and curricula that are based on mainstream educational philosophies. The educational philosophies utilized to form early-grade mathematics methodologies and related curricula are judged to be the …


The Quantified Self, Behind The Cover Art, Leslie Love Stone Feb 2014

The Quantified Self, Behind The Cover Art, Leslie Love Stone

The Transdisciplinary STEAM+ Journal

We lead quantified lives. The information we send and receive through our computers, CD players, and smart phones is coded in ones and zeroes. We exist as numerical accounts, license numbers, and login IDs. Anyone who has ever waited on hold for a live customer service representative understands the desire to be treated like a person, not a number. We each want acceptance for our inherent peculiarities and consideration for our circumstance—conditions we believe extrinsic to numbers.


Elderly Mental Health: Challenges And Promotion Strategies, Chak Yan, Isaac Kwok Feb 2014

Elderly Mental Health: Challenges And Promotion Strategies, Chak Yan, Isaac Kwok

International Conference: Overcoming Challenges in Active Ageing

No abstract provided.


Life Course Approach To Successful Ageing, Lok Kwan, David Dai Feb 2014

Life Course Approach To Successful Ageing, Lok Kwan, David Dai

International Conference: Overcoming Challenges in Active Ageing

No abstract provided.


Ageing In Place, Man Fuk, Edward Leung Feb 2014

Ageing In Place, Man Fuk, Edward Leung

International Conference: Overcoming Challenges in Active Ageing

No abstract provided.


Vocational Education And Training For Serving The Elderly, Carrie Yau Feb 2014

Vocational Education And Training For Serving The Elderly, Carrie Yau

International Conference: Overcoming Challenges in Active Ageing

No abstract provided.


Technology And Elderly: Embracing Technology To Improve Life Of The Elderly, Wing Chen, Janet Wong Feb 2014

Technology And Elderly: Embracing Technology To Improve Life Of The Elderly, Wing Chen, Janet Wong

International Conference: Overcoming Challenges in Active Ageing

No abstract provided.


The Development Of Active Aging Learning Center In Taiwan: Meeting Today's Challenges, Ai Tzu, Iris Li Feb 2014

The Development Of Active Aging Learning Center In Taiwan: Meeting Today's Challenges, Ai Tzu, Iris Li

International Conference: Overcoming Challenges in Active Ageing

No abstract provided.


Present And Future Needs Of The Elderly Community, Ching Choi Lam Feb 2014

Present And Future Needs Of The Elderly Community, Ching Choi Lam

International Conference: Overcoming Challenges in Active Ageing

No abstract provided.


The Excavation Of The Privateer Defence, David C. Switzer Feb 2014

The Excavation Of The Privateer Defence, David C. Switzer

Northeast Historical Archaeology

No abstract available at this time.


Evidence Of Children At Revolutionary War Sites, Michael Cohn Feb 2014

Evidence Of Children At Revolutionary War Sites, Michael Cohn

Northeast Historical Archaeology

No abstract available at this time.


Drinking Practices And Glassware Of The British Military, Ca. 1755-85, E. Ann Smith Feb 2014

Drinking Practices And Glassware Of The British Military, Ca. 1755-85, E. Ann Smith

Northeast Historical Archaeology

No abstract available at this time.


Geophysical And Soil Chemical Investigations At New Windsor Cantonment, Joseph Sopko Feb 2014

Geophysical And Soil Chemical Investigations At New Windsor Cantonment, Joseph Sopko

Northeast Historical Archaeology

No abstract available at this time.


Archaeology At New Windsor Cantonment: Construction And Social Reproduction At A Revolutionary War Encampment, Charles L. Fisher Feb 2014

Archaeology At New Windsor Cantonment: Construction And Social Reproduction At A Revolutionary War Encampment, Charles L. Fisher

Northeast Historical Archaeology

No abstract available at this time.


Archaeological Research At The 1778-79 Winter Cantonment Of The Continental Artillery, Pluckemin, New Jersey, John L. Seidel Feb 2014

Archaeological Research At The 1778-79 Winter Cantonment Of The Continental Artillery, Pluckemin, New Jersey, John L. Seidel

Northeast Historical Archaeology

No abstract available at this time.


Has Historical Archaeology Survived The Bicentennial?: An Inquiry Into The Development Of Historical Archaeology In The United States, Bert Salwen Feb 2014

Has Historical Archaeology Survived The Bicentennial?: An Inquiry Into The Development Of Historical Archaeology In The United States, Bert Salwen

Northeast Historical Archaeology

No abstract available at this time.


Introduction To Symposium On Archaeology Of The Revolutionary War Period, Paul R. Huey Feb 2014

Introduction To Symposium On Archaeology Of The Revolutionary War Period, Paul R. Huey

Northeast Historical Archaeology

A brief history of the Symposium on Archaeology of the Revolutionary War period.


Introduction To Archaeology Of The Revolutionary War Period, Charles L. Fisher Feb 2014

Introduction To Archaeology Of The Revolutionary War Period, Charles L. Fisher

Northeast Historical Archaeology

An introduction to the volume and to the archaeology of the Revolutionary War Period.


Opening Speech, Kin Chung, Matthew Cheung Feb 2014

Opening Speech, Kin Chung, Matthew Cheung

International Conference: Overcoming Challenges in Active Ageing

No abstract provided.


Log Roads To Light Rails: The Evolution Of Main Street And Transportation In Buffalo, New York, Michael A. Cinquino, Marvin G. Keller, Carmine A. Tronolone, Charles E. Vandrei Jr. Feb 2014

Log Roads To Light Rails: The Evolution Of Main Street And Transportation In Buffalo, New York, Michael A. Cinquino, Marvin G. Keller, Carmine A. Tronolone, Charles E. Vandrei Jr.

Northeast Historical Archaeology

No abstract available at this time.


Ceramics And Socio-Economic Statues Of The Green Family, Windsor, Vermont, Suzanne M. Spencer-Wood, Scott D. Heberling Feb 2014

Ceramics And Socio-Economic Statues Of The Green Family, Windsor, Vermont, Suzanne M. Spencer-Wood, Scott D. Heberling

Northeast Historical Archaeology

No abstract available at this time.


After The Loyalists: The Archaeology Of 19th Century Kingston, Heather Nicol, W. Bruce Stewart, I.A. Kerr-Wilson Feb 2014

After The Loyalists: The Archaeology Of 19th Century Kingston, Heather Nicol, W. Bruce Stewart, I.A. Kerr-Wilson

Northeast Historical Archaeology

No abstract available at this time.


"Depart From Hence And Keep This Thought In Mind": The Importance Of Comparative Analysis In Gravestone Research, Elizabeth A. Crowell, Norman Vardney Mackie Iii Feb 2014

"Depart From Hence And Keep This Thought In Mind": The Importance Of Comparative Analysis In Gravestone Research, Elizabeth A. Crowell, Norman Vardney Mackie Iii

Northeast Historical Archaeology

No abstract available at this time.


Ode To A Lunch Bowl: The Atlantic Lunch As An Interface Between St. Mary's County, Maryland, And Washington, D.C., George L. Miller Feb 2014

Ode To A Lunch Bowl: The Atlantic Lunch As An Interface Between St. Mary's County, Maryland, And Washington, D.C., George L. Miller

Northeast Historical Archaeology

No abstract available at this time.


In Memoriam Feb 2014

In Memoriam

Northeast Historical Archaeology

In remembrance of Gilbert W. Hagerty and Iain Walker.


Resources On Aging, Sociological Practice Editors Feb 2014

Resources On Aging, Sociological Practice Editors

Sociological Practice

No abstract provided.


The Older Person As Mediator Between Technology And Environment: Toward The Role Of "Technoguide, Arthur B. Shostak Feb 2014

The Older Person As Mediator Between Technology And Environment: Toward The Role Of "Technoguide, Arthur B. Shostak

Sociological Practice

No abstract provided.