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Hierarchical Interest Graph From Tweets, Pavan Kapanipathi, Prateek Jain, Chitra Venkataramani, Amit P. Sheth

Kno.e.sis Publications

Industry and researchers have identified numerous ways to monetize microblogs for personalization and recommendation. A common challenge across these different works is the identification of user interests. Although techniques have been developed to address this challenge, a flexible approach that spans multiple levels of granularity in user interests has not been forthcoming. In this work, we focus on exploiting hierarchical semantics of concepts to infer richer user interests expressed as a Hierarchical Interest Graph. To create such graphs, we utilize users' tweets to first ground potential user interests to structured background knowledge such as Wikipedia Category Graph. We then adapt …

2014 Spring - Friendly Correspondence Newsletter, Courtright Memorial Library

Friends of the Library

No abstract provided.

Iowa Academy Of Science: The New Bulletin, V10n2, Spring 2014, Iowa Academy Of Science

New Bulletin

Inside This Issue:

--Message from the Executive Director

--Candidates for IAS President –Elect

--Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science

--Iowa Academy of Science 2014 Ballot

--Specify where your IAS donation goes

--2013 Member Donations to the Academy

--Announcements, Events & Deadlines

Coalition For Prisoners' Rights Newsletter, Vol 39-Mm, No. 4, Coalition For Prisoners' Rights

Coalition for Prisoners' Rights Newsletters

The Worst of the Worst?: Population Cap Decision

El Derecho a Volver

Save The Date: Free Her Rally

Crime of the Month

Voices From Inside

A Workshop On Using Your Superpower Of Influence, Amanda Quinn

All Capstone Projects

Have you ever felt that you needed to do something or feel a certain way because someone made you believe that there was no other option? I often find myself in certain situations in both my personal and professional life that there is some force a person is using to affect change in me. I really wanted to understand more about this force or power that is capable of doing this. I knew that my applied project and the development of a workshop on this topic was a perfect solution. Over the last year, I have paid attention to people …

Peace Communication, Shekinah Jovan Mccullum-Lawrence

All Capstone Projects

Researching peace processes and negotiations can benefit all who engage in any and all types of relationships. Unless peace messages are communicated effectively between parties, peace may not be achieved. Spending time in a traditional classroom setting having college students define, discuss, and study peace will offer students the opportunity to define peace for themselves and how they wish to live peace and harmony in the world. Research and study in peace and communication can provide tools for peace building, which will enhance interpersonal and intrapersonal communication particularly in situations of conflict. This capstone project is the creation of an …

The Media Bias Within Outlets Of Media: Television, Radio, And Newspapers, Tiffany N. Johnson

All Capstone Projects

This project report reviews the literature of social media, news organizations, and ethics of journalism. A case study of the Chicago Teacher's Strike of 2012 is presented, and author's reflections are presented.

The author recorded a 23 minute film video of interviews with individuals regarding their perceptions of media bias. "I wanted to see how individuals felt towards news media today and the effects that it has in regards to perception of news. I wanted to know how they gather news and what they take from each broadcast. I had the opportunity to shoot a film that consists of interviews …

Glis 709 Revisited, John A. Drobnicki

Publications and Research

The author describes a 2012 follow-up research project, where he revisited and re-implemented a survey project that had originally been done in 1992.

Free Trade As Neocolonialism: Cafta, The United States, And Guatemala, Margret Reuter

Honors Theses

In today’s world, free trade is seen as a forgone conclusion in the march towards economic development. The origin of free trade agreements rests in the neoliberalist surge of the twentieth century based upon finding a middle ground between central planning and laissez-faire capitalism. As the twentieth century progressed, neoliberalism and the ideas associated with it fell more to the side of laissez-faire capitalism. Free trade agreements between developed and developing countries demonstrate a play of power on behalf of the developed countries that seems unfair. There are stories that are not told about free trade agreements. Economic data analysis …

The Kids Are All Right (Their Parents Too) [Clark Magazine], Jim Keogh

The Clark University Poll (2012-2015)

Article covering Clark University psychology research professor Jeffrey Jensen Arnett, his pioneering theory of "emerging adulthood", and his Clark University Poll. This piece was featured on pages 28-33 of the Spring 2014 issue of Clark Magazine.

Effects Of Online Oral Practice On Japanese Pitch Accentuation Acquisition, Mayu Miyamoto

Open Access Theses

Even though there is a constant learners' need for pronunciation instruction in a Japanese language classroom, some teachers are hesitant to include pronunciation instruction due to time constrains or lack of knowledge on how to teach pronunciation. These problems occur due to the fact that pronunciation instructions were mostly conducted in classrooms. Computer-Assisted Language Learning is a great way to overcome these problems since learners can practice pronunciation through an online program outside of class. For this reason, this study was conducted outside of class using an online program. This research investigated the effectiveness of online oral practice on Japanese …

Relationships Between The Military Service Of Female Service Members And Marital Satisfaction Of Their Civilian Husbands, Kenona Hilaria Southwell

Open Access Theses

Research indicated that is need to assess the relationships of female service members who were found to have higher prevalence of divorce than their military and civilian counterparts. The aim of this study was to understand better civilian husbands' experiences of challenges and benefits from their active duty spouses' service and experiences of deployment, relocation, and training sessions. Further, the study assessed the influence of wives' service on couples' communication, conflict, and husbands' perceptions of marital satisfaction. This mixed-method study entailed conducting telephone interviews with 20 civilian husbands across the United States. Interviews were recorded, and transcribed verbatim.

The transcriptions …

Increasing The Supply Of Affordable Housing In Urban India - Mumbai, Upasna Viswanathan

Open Access Theses

The need for housing in today's world is irrefutable. The growing population, accompanied with the fast pace of urbanization, are producing great housing demand, in urban areas in particular. This study focused on one segment of housing - affordable housing, in Mumbai, India, the demand for which has been on a steady rise over the past decade. Though traditionally the State was the provider of affordable housing, private sector has been increasingly involved in the segment, beginning the economic meltdown of 2008-2009. Yet there is a huge demand-supply gap that exists, which needs to be filled. The researcher looks at …

Ang 6469 Anthropology Of Food, Roberta Baer

Service-Learning Syllabi

No abstract provided.

[Social Work] Newsletter, Spring 2014, University Of Northern Iowa. Department Of Social Work.

Social Work Newsletter

Inside This Issue:

-- Welcoming Dr. Steven Onken ...... 2
-- Undergraduate Student Highlights ...... 4
-- Student Social Work Association ...... 5
-- Graduate Student Highlights ...... 6
-- Master's of Social Work Student Association ...... 7
-- Political Activism ...... 8
-- Message from the Department Head ...... 9
-- Faculty Highlights ...... 10
-- Award Ceremony ...... 12
-- Program Mission ...... 13

Department Of Economics Newsletter, V19, Spring 2014, University Of Northern Iowa. Department Of Economics.

Department of Economics Newsletter

Inside This Issue:
--Scholarship News
--Alumni News
--Alumni Notes
--Alumni-in-Residence: Reflections from Derek Thoms, '02
--Spin and Win
--Economics Club
--Russia 2013
--Student Writing
--Undergraduate Research Program
--Lawrence M. Jepson International Economics Essay Contest
--Collage
--40 years...and counting!
--Current Faculty Research
-- Economics Students/Faculty Recognition
--From Our Emeritus Faculty
--Faculty Interview: An Interview With Ken McCormick
--Commentaries From Faculty
--Health Economics
--UNI NCAA Faculty Athletics Representative
--ELF Day (Economics, Laughter, & Fun)

The Link, Spring 2014, University Of Northern Iowa. Division Of School Library Studies.

The Link: A School Library Studies Alumni Newsletter

Inside this issue:

-- Welcome to The Link!
-- New Vision for Teacher Librarians and School Libraries in Iowa
-- Meet Alisa Weeks
-- Going and Coming
-- In Memoriam
-- Meet Jen Keltner, SLS Student
-- Meet Suzi Burris, SLS Alum (2011)

Csbs Kudos, April 2014, University Of Northern Iowa. College Of Social And Behavioral Sciences.

CSBS Kudos

Contents:

-- CSBS Faculty & Staff Go "Above & Beyond" for Students
-- Best Wishes...
-- ...and Congratulations!
-- Faculty & Staff Kudos
-- CSBS Shout-out!
-- Student Kudos
-- Collaboration Kudos
-- Alumni Kudos
-- CSBS in Pictures

Sustainable Kangaroo Harvesting: Perceptions And Consumption Of Kangaroo Meat Among University Students In New South Wales, Elisabeth Grant

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

Kangaroos have been cherished as a source of meat for over 40,000 years by Aboriginal Australians and for many years by Europeans once they invaded the continent, but somewhere along the way kangaroos lost their status as an important resource and came to be regarded as a pest, and then a national icon which was considered taboo to hunt (Jackson et al., 2010; Mulvaney et al., 1999). It wasn't until the 1950's that a kangaroo meat industry began, and in the past few decades Australians have re-realized the great potential of kangaroo meat, and conservationists have begun promoting the sustainability …

Seven Women Speak: Perceptions Of Economic Empowerment Opportunities Among Diverse Women In Four Different Cape Town Communities Today, Shanna Cole

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

The research study described in this paper examines different women’s perceptions of their economic opportunities and sense of empowerment in Cape Town today. Although post-apartheid South Africa boasts many more opportunities for women than under apartheid, there is still a large disparity in the treatment of women in the workforce compared to men – from the number of women employed to wage inequality to the levels and types of jobs to which women are constrained. This gender discrimination has reverberating effects on the poverty and development of South Africa the nation, as many argue that women’s economic empowerment is directly …

Imagined Communities: Changing Markets And The Implications For 21st Century Mali China Migration, Mamasa Camara

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

Over the last decade there has been a huge increase in engagement between China and Africa across all fronts of foreign relations especially in the realms of trade, finance and migration. As China continues to push into Africa in pursuit of economic resources and diplomatic relations, many Africans are migrating to China and specifically Guangzhou in search of economic opportunity backed by cheap labor markets and the prospects for “low end globalization.”As the contemporary African presence in China is a relatively new phenomenon, so are the discourses surrounding its presence, discourses often relegated to the spheres of economics, boasting China …

[Review Of] Encyclopedia Of Great Popular Song Recordings, Robert A. Aken

Library Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

التنبؤ بالتعثر المالي لشركات الاستثمار باستعمال النسب المالية لنموذج Kida وأثرها على Eps : دراسة في سوق العراق للأوراق المالية, سالم صلال راهي الحسناوي

Muthanna Journal of Administrative and Economics Sciences

تهدف الدراسة إلى استعمال النسب المالية لنموذج Kida للتنبؤ بالتعثر المالي لشركات الاستثمار المدرجة في سوق العراق للأوراق المالية ، إضافة إلى التعرف على مدى العلاقة الإحصائية لتلك النسب على ربحية السهم الواحد EPS لتلك الشركات . استعملت الدراسة الأساليب الإحصائية الوصفية ، بالإضافة إلى نموذج الانحدارالمتعدد لتحليل البيانات واختبار الفرضيات ، شمل النموذج على عدد من المتغيرات المستقلة والتي تمثلت في نسب الربحية والرافعة والسيولة والنشاط . بناءا على بيانات (8) شركات مساهمة ولثلاث سنوات ، دلت نتائج هذه الدراسة على قدرة الشركات على الاستمرار وابتعادها عن التعثر المالي ، كما أكدت الدراسة على أن نسبتي الربحية (العائد على …

إبداعية الإدارة العامة بحث مداخل تحديث بيئة المنظمات العامة, منى حيدر عبد الجبار الطائي

Muthanna Journal of Administrative and Economics Sciences

يمثل الفهم الصحيح لادوار وأشكال الادارات العامة في سعيها لإنجاز الأهداف تلبية للاحتياجات المجتمعية عبر مؤسساتها العامة ، بعداً إستراتيجياً في الأداء الفعال والكفء لهذه الادارات ، وقد كان للتطورات الحاصلة في البيئة الخارجية دوراً مؤثرا أسهم في دفع العديد من الدول لإعادة النظر في أجهزتها الإدارية العامة لتحسين مقدرتها على مواجهة التغيرات المتسارعة والتوجه نحو اعتماد مداخل واستراتيجيات إبداعية حديثة في العمل الإداري لضمان النجاح والتفوق المستمر. ويمكن القول أن نجاح جهود الاصلاح والإبداع تعتمد بشكل كبير على درجة الانسجام والتوافق بين المداخل والتقنيات الجديدة اللازمة لتحقيق التحديث الإداري, يستعرض هذا البحث اهم مداخل إبداع الإدارة العامة اللازمة للتطوير …

The Sodomy Trial Of Nicholas Sension, 1677: Documents And Teaching Guide, Richard Godbeer, Douglas L. Winiarski

Religious Studies Faculty Publications

The sodomy trial of Nicholas Sension in 1677 has long fascinated historians, in part because the surviving documentation from this particular case is exceptionally full and richly detailed, but also because it challenges long-held assumptions about attitudes toward sodomy in early America. The trial records cast light not only on the history of sexuality but also on a broad range of themes relating to seventeenth-century New England’s society and culture. Yet until now no complete edition of the documents from Sension’s trial has appeared in print. This edition is intended primarily for use in undergraduate courses. It includes a substantial …

The Peters Projection And The Latitude And Longitude Of Recolonization, Timothy Barney

Rhetoric and Communication Studies Faculty Publications

In 1973, German historian Arno Peters unveiled the “Peters projection,” a map that challenged the Eurocentric Mercator style by redrawing the so-called “Third World” to appear more prominent on the global landscape. The projection sparked intense debate among cartographers about the overt use of ideology in mapping, while simultaneously championed by international groups (from the UN to church organizations) as a corrective against the marginalization of developing nations. This essay addresses how the Peters map became a rhetorical emblem for an internationalist identity within the contentious spatial conceptions constraining the Cold War. Ultimately, the Peters projection, despite its radicalism, constituted …

Rural And Urban Differences In Vr Caseloads And Delivery Practices, Catherine Ipsen, Grant Swicegood, Kyle Colling, Bethany Rigles, Charles Asp, University Of Montana Rural Institute

Employment

Each year, Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) agencies provide case level data to the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA). This compiled data, named RSA 911, includes consumer characteristics, services provided, and employment outcomes of all case closures in the past year. Researchers and program evaluators use the RSA 911 data system to examine productivity across agencies, demographic and disability groups, and other service factors. The RSA 911 does not include information about where the consumer was served, such as county or zip code. This limits outcome evaluation for various geographies. For instance, while VR programs can be evaluated or compared across states, more …

Minimally Complex Exchange Mechanisms: Emergence Of Prices, Markets, And Money, Pradeep Dubey, Siddhartha Sahi, Martin Shubik

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

We consider abstract exchange mechanisms wherein individuals submit “diversified” offers in m commodities, which are then redistributed to them. Our first result is that if the mechanism satisfies certain natural conditions embodying “fairness” and “convenience” then it admits unique prices, in the sense of consistent exchange-rates across commodity pairs ij that equalize the valuation of offers and returns for each individual. We next define certain integers τ ij , π ij , and k i which represent the “time” required to exchange i for j , the “difficulty” in determining the exchange ratio, and the “dimension” of the offer space …

La Voz Spring 2014, El Instituto: Institute Of Latina/O, Caribbean, And Latin American Studies

La Voz

In this issue:

• Alturas Duo
• Dominican Citizenship
• Magdalena Gomez
• Roberto Tejada

La Voz Spring 2014, El Instituto: Institute Of Latina/O, Caribbean, And Latin American Studies

La Voz

In this issue:

• Elizabeth Mahan Fund for Graduate Studies
• Patrick "Pato" Hebert Art Installation
• Eyzaguirre Lecture: Diana Taylor
• Generation Sex: Teatro Luna