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Children and Violence on Television: A Survey of Eau Claire Parents
No full textCommunication Research Methods students, Amanda (Barnes) Boldt, Erik Neudecker, and Jayne Hughes, designed and presented a poster about the study for UW-Eau Claire’s Student Research Day (May 1-2, 1995). Faculty Advisers/Collaborators: Judy R. Sims and Joseph Giordano. The Eau Claire Leader Telegram published a story about the research, "Research in Teaching: Eau Claire parents control children's viewing habits" (August 27, 1995, 6).The primary objective of this study, which was accepted for presentation as a poster in UW-Eau Claire’s Student Research Day (May 1-2, 1995), was to gather data concerning a number of areas related to children’s viewing of violent television programming, including: (1) parental monitoring of children’s television viewing; (2) parental evaluations of warnings/advisories, proposed congressional legislation, and “other” potential solutions to violent content on television; (3) the relationship between children’s viewing of television programs containing violent content and children’s display of verbal and nonverbal aggressive behavior; (4) the relationship between children’s viewing of Saturday morning television cartoons and children’s desires to purchase toy weapons; and (5) parental perceptions of the level of violent content on local and/or national television news. Undergraduate students enrolled in a Communication Research Methods course during the Fall Semester 1994 administered questionnaires to a purposive sample of 877 parents and/or legal guardians of children ages 3-12 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Of the 877 questionnaires distributed, 351 were returned, achieving a 40% response rate. The UW-Eau Claire Student Research Day poster focused mainly on results related to parental evaluations of warnings/advisories, proposed legislation and “other” potential solutions to violent content on television, including, e.g., (1) a majority of parents and/or guardians ranked “parental control” as their first choice for the most effective solution to violent content on television; (2) “safe harbor” legislation (i.e. the Children’s Protection from Violent Programming Act), which was proposed in 1993 and would have directed the Federal Communications Commission to limit violent programs to time slots when children would be least likely to be viewing, was ranked second; and (3) “warnings/advisories,” which parents and/or legal guardians ranked as third for the most effective solution to violent content on television.The research was supported with funding from the UW-Eau Claire Office of University Research, WEAU-TV 13, and the UW-Eau Claire Department of Communication and Journalism
Visualisation of amphetamine contamination in fingerprints using tof-sims technique
No full textTime-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (TOF-SIMS) was applied to detect traces of amphetamine on fingerprints. In the present study, three different lift tapes and latent powder fingerprints were tested. The obtained results show that it is possible to identify traces of a drug as well as its distribution over the tested fingerprint after its transfer from the primary base onto an adhesive lifter (secondary base). Moreover, images obtained by the TOF-SIMS technique enable the observation of very small areas of the analysed fingerprint as well as the identification of micro-objects (residues of a contaminant) that were left on the fingerprint. The use of the black latent fingerprint powder did not interfere with the TOF-SIMS analysis, which makes it possible to effectively use this technique to study the traces of substances on the revealed fingerprints.ChemE/Advanced Soft Matte
Transferability of the Leadership Eau Claire training
No full textPlan BThe purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness and measure the impact of the Eau Claire Leadership program. A survey was administered to the Leadership Eau Claire alumni that reside in the Chippewa Valley. The respondents were asked to score their level of leadership in non-profit organizations before participating in Leadership Eau Claire and following their participation. The purpose of the second part of the survey was to measure the affect of Leadership Eau Claire on nine traits often used to describe effective leaders. Overall, the training transfers from the learning environment to the daily activities of the participants. The leadership skills were affected, but only moderatel
Universal Processor Architecture for Biomedical Implants: The SiMS Project
No full textHEALTHCARE in the 21st century is changing rapidly. In advanced countries, in particular, healthcare is moving from a public to a more personalized nature. However, the costs of healthcare worldwide are increasing every year. Better use of technology can and should be used to get control of these costs. At the same time, implants have clearly benefitted from the astounding technology-miniaturization trends of late, boasting smaller sizes, lower power consumption and increased performance of the transistor devices. However, such advances do not come for free. Adverse effects in current implant designs are being witnessed, such as increasing power consumption, absence of design for reliability and highly application-specific nature. Operating under the assumption that implants will constitute an important means towards improved, personal healthcare and, in view of the aforementioned design phenomena, we believe that a new paradigm in implant design is required. This dissertation establishes the concept of Smart implantable Medical Systems (SiMS). SiMS is a systematic approach – a framework – for providing biomedical researchers and, hopefully, industry with a toolbox of ready-to-use, highly reliable implant sub-systems and models in order to construct optimal implants for various medical applications. The SiMS framework has to guarantee essential attributes, such as high dependability, modular design, ultra-low power consumption and miniature size. Having defined the SiMS framework, this dissertation is, then, concerned with exploring the optimal microarchitectural details of a crucial SiMS component: the SiMS processor. Contrary to the current state of the art, this processor aspires to be a new universal, low-power and low-cost processor and capable of efficiently serving a wide range of diverse implant applications.Computer Science and EngineeringElectrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Scienc
'A bright memory to remain' : the life and works of Charles Sims RA (1873-1928)
No full textThis thesis investigates the life and work of the English painter Charles Sims RA (1873-1928). It takes the form of a monograph and examines key themes of Sims' career within a chronological framework. The study makes consistent reference to the Sims Archive — the artist's studio contents recently brought to light by the author in negotiation with the artist's family and currently in the possession of Northumbria University. For the first time Sims' working practices and motivations have been explored in detail, thus contributing to knowledge of this particular neglected painter and more generally allowing some additional insight into the problems besetting and opportunities afforded to British artists of his generation. Sims' career spanned a transitional period in British art history which is currently being reassessed by art historians: the debates surrounding the effects of European modernism on British art, the inevitable impact of the Great War and the search during the 1920s for a visual language appropriate to modern life. Sims negotiated disparate experiences and preoccupations in an interesting way, and produced a stylistically diverse body of work in his continued search, I argue, for an alternative to modern reality. He attempted the combination of ancient religions, past art and modern experience into pictorial idylls that were simultaneously familiar and unattainable. The thesis aims to explore Sims' inspiration and reassesses his career within the context of his better known contemporaries by cross-referencing information held in national and international collections, libraries and archives with the hitherto unseen material here
Synthesis of furanosesquiterpenoid natural products
No full textThe effect of addition of a catalytic quantity of a crown ether in the reaction of a phosphonate anion with a carbonyl compound (Wadsworth-Emmons reaction) has been studied and found to greatly facilitate this reaction. This modification of the Wadsworth-Emmons reaction, using a catalytic amount of 15-crown-5, has been employed in the synthesis of the naturally occurring furanosesquiterpene Pallescensin-E. The structure of this compound has been confirmed by comparison of its spectral data with that of the synthesised isomer, 4,l0-dihydro-7,8-dimethyl 10H-benzof4,5Jcycloheptafl,2-bJ furan.Homosesquirosefuran, an analogue of the naturally occurring furanosesquiterpene Sesquirosefuran, has been synthesised via the dianion of methylacetoacetate.An approach to the synthesis of Pinguisone (a component of the essential oil of the liverwort Aneura pinguis)has been attempted employing two Diels-Alder reactions to generate the four cis-methyl groups found in the natural product.In a study of the reaction of n-(2-methylallyl)nickel bromide complex with a range of epoxides, this complex was found not only to react with reactive epoxides (e.g. styrene epoxide) but also with less reactive propylene epoxide.Substrates for possible intramolecular n-allylnickel cyclisation to generate an a-methylene-6-valerolactone ring system have been prepared
Library licensing and criminal law: The Aaron Swartz case
No full textReviews the ways that library licenses for subscription content contributed to criminal charges against activist Aaron Swartz, when he downloaded content from JSTOR on the MIT campus. (Author Note: This piece predates Swartz's death by suicide in 2013.)Sims, Nancy, A. (2011). Library licensing and criminal law: The Aaron Swartz case. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, 10.5860/crln.72.9.8637
Newspaper coverage of the 1992 presidential campaign
No full textIn the first phase of this study, coding was performed by 24 students in an undergraduate Communication research methods course at a mid-western university. Before the course finished, the primary researchers notified students they could apply to participate in the university’s first Research Day Poster Session. Four students from the course were selected to participate: Berchild, J; Bloom, K.; Guigisberg, P.; and Kohut, D. The four students assisted the primary researchers in summarizing the data; in addition, the students prepared the Research Day Poster, which was presented on April 28,1993 at the UW-Eau Claire Student Research Day Poster Session. The poster was honored with the Undergraduate Second Place Award.
A paper based on the research was submitted by primary researchers (Sims, J. and Giordano, J.) to the Speech Communication Association and selected for presentation at the Political Communication Poster Session: “The 1992 Presidential Campaign" at the annual meeting of the Speech Communication Association. Miami, FL, November 18 - 21. 1993. Sims, J. and Giordano, J. (1993, November 19). Newspaper coverage of the 1992 presidential campaign: A content analysis of character/competence/image issues versus platform/political issues. ERIC Number: ED385883.
In 1994, a paper based on the research also was submitted for publication by primary researchers (Sims, J. and Giordano, J.); it was accepted for publication in the peer reviewed Journal of Communication Studies. Sims, J.R. & Giordano, J. (1994). Newspaper coverage of the 1992 presidential campaign. Journal of Communication Studies, 12 (2), 77-94.The purpose of this research study was to assess the amount of front-page newspaper coverage allotted to “character/competence/image” issues versus “platform/political” issues in the 1992 presidential campaign. Using the methodology of textual analysis with the approach of content analysis, researchers coded the front page of the following five newspapers between August 1 and November 3, 1992: The New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, The Milwaukee Journal, and Minneapolis Star Tribune. Researchers coded coverage of President George Bush, Vice-President Dan Quayle, Governor Bill Clinton, and Senator Al Gore. A content analysis of the articles was conducted using headline word cues to determine article eligibility; standardized coding sheets were designed and used for category classification. Descriptive statistics were performed to analyze the data. Results of the study indicated that of the 555 articles coded by the researchers, “character/competence/images” issues accounted for either a majority or a plurality of front-page coverage for four of the five newspapers during the coding period. Analysis of the summarized data also revealed that all five newspapers featured more coverage of “character/competence/image” issues than “platform/political” issues during the final month and days before the election. By providing insight into the types of issues that compromised the agenda set by the media, and by presenting evidence suggesting a strong historical trend of such issue coverage, the links between issue coverage, the process of opinion formation, and democratic decision-making in society can be better understood.University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Student Research Day Poster Session (1993, April 28
Sim-biosis : di-simulando "The Sims"
No full textThe Sims (2000-2003) is a fascinating computer game that allows the user to simulate human behaviour and the triviality of everyday interactions. This essay makes sense of the appeal of what superficially looks like a virtual dollhouse. The researchers conclude that The Sims is an example of a new form of interactive narrative that allows the user to play an array of possible roles: spectator, player and intertextual author
Challenging notions of gendered game play: teenagers playing 'The Sims'
No full textThis paper challenges notions of gendered game playing practice implicit in much research into young women's involvement with the computer gaming culture. It draws on a study of Australian teenagers playing The Sims Deluxe as part of an English curriculum unit and insights from feminist media studies to explore relationships between gender and game playing practices. Departing from a reliance on redetermined notions of "gender", "domestic space", and "successful game play", it conceptualizes The Sims as a game in which the boundaries between gender and domestic space are disturbed. It argues that observing students' constructions of gender and domestic space through the act ofgame play itself provides a more productive insight into the gendered dimensions of game play for educators wishing to work computer games such as TheSims into curriculum development.No Full Tex
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