687 research outputs found
Research Designs
No full textAuthor Paul E. Spector provides a clear introduction to the principles of experimental and non-experimental design, including single group design, pre-test, post-test designs, and factorial designs. Spector also covers hierarchical designs, multivariate designs, the Solomon four group design, panel designs, and designs with concomitant variables
E-Spector: Online Energy Inspection for Android Applications
No full textEnergy consumption is one of the most important aspects of mobile apps. During energy testing, it is important for developers to understand not only the energy consumption rate of an app, but also why energy is consumed. However, existing energy testing tools are more concerned about the accuracy of energy estimation, while typically not providing explanations on why and how exactly energy has been consumed. This paper presents E-Spector, an online energy inspection method for Android apps, which can not only visualize the energy consumption of an app in an instant online manner, but also can tell what happened behind each energy hotspot on the energy curve. E-Spector relies on static analysis and app instrumentation to collect the activities from an app execution in real-time. Then it presents the activities on an instant energy curve, such that the user can easily tell what happened behind each energy spike. Experimental result shows that the energy estimation error of E-Spector is less than 10% and its overhead on energy consumption is about 4%. We also show case studies to demonstrate the applicability and effectiveness of E-Spector in energy monitoring, analysis and bug inspection.National Key Research and Development Program [2016YFB1000105]; National Natural Science Foundation of China [61421091]CPCI-S(ISTP
Critique [of Asians, Jews, and the Legacy of Midas by Alan Spector]
No full textThe author of Asians, Jews, and the Legacy of Midas presents a provocative comparative analysis of Asians and Jews. Spector utilizes both a cultural and economic basis for understanding the function of Asian stereotyping and applies his analysis to the Jewish situation. While the American context provides the locus of his research, he does present his argument in an international context. Spector illustrates how the categorization of Asians and Jews as the model for economic success is dehumanizing as such a perception drain(s) the life out of human beings and concretizes them into non-human statues. The conclusion of this author\u27s work in dealing with oppression based in stereotype is actually a starting point which scholars should begin addressing. To be sure, the model minority, as applied to Asians and Jews, has generated numerous articles and papers, and yet scholars have failed to develop analyses which reflect an interdisciplinary and historical approach to the reasons for propagating such stereotypes
Job Satisfaction: Applications, Assessment, Causes and Consequences
No full textDistilling the vast literature on this frequently studied variable in organizational behaviour research, Paul E Spector provides the student and professional with a pithy overview of the application, assessment, causes and consequences of job satisfaction. In addition to discussing the nature of and techniques for assessing job satisfaction, the author summarizes the findings concerning how people feel towards work, including: cultural and gender differences in job satisfaction and personal and organizational causes; and potential consequences of job satisfaction and dissatisfaction. Students and researchers will particularly appreciate the extensive list of references and the Job Satisfaction Survey included in the Appendix
Spector, L. Covalent catalysis by enzymes
No full textLeonard B. Spector. Covalent catalysis by enzymes
As long as enzymes continue to catalyze, the analytical chemist will use them as components of a sensitive, highly selective, analytically useful reaction. For him, the details of the mechanistic aspects of enzyme catalysis are usually of secondary importance to the occurrence of the catalyzed reaction. Yet the advance of science, including analytical chemistry, ultimately depends on an understanding of all aspects of a subject, and this book provides an unconventional look at the mechanisms of enzyme catalysis. Its thesis is that enzymes, like many other catalysts, function by removing a molecular fragment from a substrate (reactant) to form a compound between that fragment and the enzyme. That fragment is subsequently transferred to a second reactant.
This contrasts with the popular view that the enzyme merely provides a favorable configuration and environment for direct transfer of the fragment between reactants. This “covalent” mechanism is supported by information concerning 465 enzymes, which contrast with a complete lack of information in favor of the “popular” interpretation. To the non-biochemist, at least, the arguments seem very persuasive and do not need the extra lessons in logic, which the author throws in for good measure. The book itself is well prepared and produced, with an abundance of formulas and references, and with a combined author and subject index.https://digitalcommons.rockefeller.edu/ru-authors/1163/thumbnail.jp
Mechanisms of top-down facilitation in perception of visual objects studied by fMRI
No full textPrior knowledge regarding the possible identity of an object facilitates its recognition from a degraded visual input, though the underlying mechanisms are unclear. Previous work implicated ventral visual cortex but did not disambiguate whether activity-changes in these regions are causal to or merely reflect an effect of facilitated recognition. We used functional magnetic resonance imaging to study top-down influences on processing of gradually revealed objects, by preceding each object with a name that was congruent or incongruent with the object. Congruently primed objects were recognized earlier than incongruently primed, and this was paralleled by shifts in activation profiles for ventral visual, parietal, and prefrontal cortices. Prior to recognition, defined on a trial-by-trial basis, activity in ventral visual cortex rose gradually but equivalently for congruently and incongruently primed objects. In contrast, prerecognition activity was greater with congruent priming in lateral parietal, retrosplenial, and lateral prefrontal cortices, whereas functional coupling between parietal and ventral visual (and also left lateral prefrontal and parietal) cortices was enhanced in the same context. Thus, when controlling for recognition point and stimulus information, activity in ventral visual cortex mirrors recognition success, independent of condition. Facilitation by top-down cues involves lateral parietal cortex interacting with ventral visual areas, potentially explaining why parietal lesions can lead to deficits in recognizing degraded objects even in the context of top-down knowledge
Review Of Rhythm And Life: The Work Of Emile Jaques-Dalcroze By I. Spector
No full textEmile Jaques-Dalcroze (1865-1950), an eminent Swiss musician, has been the subject of several biographical works. Spector presents a respectful chronicle of Dalcroze\u27s life as seen through a thorough study of his work as a music educator and composer. The author explains Dalcroze\u27s “Rhythmique” system and the relationship of its development to the musical and political environments in Europe from the early 1900s through the 1940s. Care is also taken to demonstrate the ways that the three elements of the system (movement, ear training, and improvisation) are integrated in practical use. Particularly useful chapters are included about “Rhythmique” schools in Hellerau, Germany (1910-14) and in Geneva, Switzerland (1914-24). Spector also chronicles the growth of the system around the world during the latter half of this century. Appendixes include an essay, “Jaques-Dalcroze as Music Educator” by Maria Adama van Scheltema, and five examples of Dalcroze scores. There are numerous black-and-white photographs and drawings and an extensive bibliography
Acts of Devotion: Loving God with Body and Soul in The Cloud of Unknowing and The Book of Margery Kempe
No full text42 pg.The thesis examines the relationship between the active and contemplative life in the medieval English texts The Cloud of Unknowing and The Book of Margery Kempe. The similarities and differences between the views of the Cloud's author and Margery Kempe on the interplay between the active and contemplative life is discussed. I use their positions to support my theory that the mixed life, which involves aspects of both the contemplative and active life, permits an individual to serve God with both body and spirit. The diverse actions a person performs physically and spiritually will validate the multitude of paths that may be pursued in forming a relationship with God. The texts will be used to demonstrate that man must integrate both the physical and spiritual to unite with God in spiritual marriage. I will establish that Margery Kempe's call to serve all of humanity in the active life is the fruit of her commitment to contemplative prayer. The proof of a holy active life being rooted in prayer will be further established by the Cloud author's praise for the physicality involved in contemplation.Advisor(s): Spector, Stephen . Committee Member(s): ;Stony Brook University Libraries. SBU Graduate School in Department of English. Charles Taber (Dean of Graduate School)
Circuits of imperial citizenship: Indian print culture and the politics of race, 1890-1914
No full textAt the turn of the twentieth century, Indian immigrants throughout the British empire faced a rise in discriminatory legislation. They responded by asserting that as imperial citizens, Indians should be treated equally with white British subjects. Although imperial citizenship had no fixed legal meaning, Indian activists invoked imperial citizenship as a legal status and as an identity that carried racial and civilizational overtones. Through a close reading of iterations of imperial citizenship across a wide range of print culture sources, I show how imperial citizenship, although ostensibly race-blind, was an implicitly racialized discourse. Based on research from archives in Ottawa, Vancouver, Durban, Pietermaritzburg, Pretoria, and London, I map how the discourse of imperial citizenship circulated across the empire in a transnational print sphere of periodicals, pamphlets, and petitions. By focusing on the work of activists in Canada and South Africa, I explore the ways in which local political and racial contexts precluded the potential for material forms of transnational collaboration. My dissertation nuances the “transnational turn” in the humanities by emphasizing the role of local factors in shaping larger global politics. By analyzing both the discourse of imperial citizenship and the material production and dissemination of that discourse, this dissertation argues that diasporic Indians navigated the global color line by aspiring to whiteness in the name of an imperial citizenship that was founded on racial discrimination while purporting to stand for equality and justice. By bringing together scholarship on citizenship, empire, immigration, and whiteness, my research reveals the complex and contradictory development of anti-racist politics in the early twentieth century.Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2019-05-01The student, Irina Spector-Marks, accepted the attached license on 2017-04-18 at 17:25.The student, Irina Spector-Marks, submitted this Dissertation for approval on 2017-04-18 at 18:08.This Dissertation was approved for publication on 2017-04-21 at 12:06.DSpace SAF Submission Ingestion Package generated from Vireo submission #10869 on 2017-08-10 at 15:06:07Made available in DSpace on 2017-08-10T20:33:06Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2
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MFA10 (MFA 2010)
No full textCatalogue of a culminating student exhibition held at the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum in 2010. Content includes Foreword / Buzz Spector -- Thinking as making / Robert Gero -- A new set of conversations / Patricia Olynyk -- MFA 2010 graduates. Clyde Ashby / Aaron Bos-Wahl / Andrew Cozzens / John Early / Ryan James Fabel / Joel Fullerton / Mary Beth Hassan / Wenting Hsu / John Nicholas Hutchings/ Dani Kantrowitz / Larry Keaty / Mamie Korpela / Paola Laterza / Mad Mohre / Emily Moorhead / Jonathan Muehlke / Jessa Richardson / Nicolette Ross / Carlie Trosclair / About the Sam Fox School.https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/books/1007/thumbnail.jp
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