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Other Media - Digital Video files - Proper Role of Religion in a Free Society, Round table discussion, 2011
No full textEpisode of 'The Global Freedom Report,' a radio program hosted by Brent Johnson. A round table discussion about the proper role of religion in a free society with panelists Constance Cumbey, Biblical Scholar, Dr. Imad-ad-Dean Ahmad, Imam and author, and Tanya Smith, Atheist Alliance International. Video features still images related to the program.http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/107680/1/ProperRoleOfReligion.zip-
Differential diagnosis of Alzheimer dementia and depression using the Dean-Woodcock Neuropsychological Assessment System
No full textThis study investigated the utility of the cognitive measures of the Dean-Woodcock Neuropsychological Assessment System (D-WNAS) in the differential diagnosis of Alzheimer dementia (AD) from depression. Past research has found an overlap of symptoms in the early stages of AD and those found in geriatric depression. In both instances, patients are likely to report memory loss, attention deficits, and mood disturbances. As a result of this similarity, differentially diagnosing one from another is a vexing problem for the clinical practitioner. Although a number of screening measures have been offered, none have proven to be clinically useful. Some have proposed this is the result of reliance upon use of single-factor measures. Indeed, many have proposed a multiple factor assessment model would be of more utility in diagnosing AD and depression. Considering the importance of an accurate diagnosis in treatment, this study utilized a multiple factor cognitive model offered by the Dean-Woodcock Neuropsychological Assessment System to differentiate AD from depression.Specifically, subtest scores of the Woodcock-Johnson III - Tests of Cognitive Ability (WJ-III; cognitive measure of the Dean-Woodcock Neuropsychological Assessment System) were compared. Participants (n = 172) fell into one of three groups (i.e. Depressed, Demented, or Normal) based on the diagnoses of a board certified neurologist and neuropsychologist. Results showed clinical groups performed more poorly than normal participants on tests of the WJ-III. In addition, AD participants differed significantly from depressed participants on the Visual Matching and Spatial Relations tests of the WJ-III. However, in all, the WJ-III demonstrated a classification hit rate of less than 70%. Although groups were found to differ in specific ways, the classification hit rate of the WJ-III suggested it could not differentially diagnose AD from depression alone.Thesis (Ph. D.)Department of Educational Psycholog
Link stability estimation based on link connectivity changes in mobile ad-hoc networks
No full textDear Wang,
Re: Link Stability Estimation Based on Link Connectivity Changes in Mobile Ad-hoc Networks
I have not been able to assess if this is an author version peer-reviewed or is it an author version non peer reviewed. Could you please clarify this so I can proceed to add your paper to Spiral. Spiral digital repository only accept peer-reviewed papers.
30/11/12 author has confirmed peer reviewe
Oral History Interview, Dean and Anita Makuluni (1221)
No full textIn this interview, Dean ad Anita Makuluni discuss their story of how they met and fell in love while Anita was a Peace Corps volunteer in Dean's native Malawi. To learn more about this oral history, download & review the index first (or transcript if available). It will help determine which audio file(s) to download & listen to.In their March 2011 interview, husband and wife Dean and Anita Makuluni discuss meeting and falling in love while Anita was a Peace Corps volunteer in Dean's native Malawi. Their conversation touches on Malawian education and culture, their shared love of literature, and the seeming pull of fate that brought them together
The history of the iron industry in the Forest of Dean region 1562-1660.
No full textPhDThe indirect process of iron smelting in Britain entered on a
period of expansion from the 1540s until 1560 on the Weald., then over
the whole country. By 1600 nearly 18,000 tons of pig was made in
England and Wales, by the 1650s 22,000 tone and. by 1720 about 25,000.
In the l560a the process arrived near Dean; that region made about
1,500 tons of pig before 1610 and from the 1650s until the end of the
seventeenth century about 5,000 to 6,000 tons a year.
Growth was quickest while the better miivig districts were adopting
the new system; then followed adjustment to the rate of re-generation of
economically accessible fuel. This applied universally but Sweden,
competing with better ores and cheaper labour, restricted the rate of
profitable expansion in Britain after mid-century. Technical improvement
could somewhat counteract this: the capacity of British furnaces quintupled,
while forges doubled theirs and economies in rawmaterials and labour were
considerable. The control and flexibility of the new process, facilitating
the production of crudely standardised grades of iron and the separation
of furnace and finery, promoted growing centres of manufacture.
The wireworks, high quality ores and natural conditions focussed
innovation in Dean. This was profitable but the involvement of crown
and. court and a backward economy created conflict: its rational. solution
was state management in 1653 but the feebler crown evaded the problem by
abolition of the ironworks in 1674. The woods were not improved bit at
least the industry still obtained fuel from them. Technically, capitalist organisation was essential; in practice the
industry had to adapt to the agrarian rhythm of part-time contract labour.
Foreign competition resulted in the creation of efficient management in
large partnerships at the top, without greatly affecting the organisation
of work at the base
Confirmation of ad hoc Committee on Alleged Agreement between Dean Andrews and President Brown
No full textThe Faculty Senate hereby confirms the establishment and appointment of the following members to the Ad Hoc Committee on the Alleged Agreement between Dean Andrews and President Brown, and its charge as stated in the minutes of the Senate meeting of 9/15/75. Accepted - 11/26/75: Report of the ad hoc Committee on Alleged Agreement between Dean Andrews and President Brow
Dynamics System Modeling Approach in Node Mobility on Mobile Ad-hoc Network
No full textMovement of the nodes in a mobile ad-hoc network is affected by distance and strong transmit / receive signal between neighboring nodes to each other, so how the mobility of the nodes in the network connection can maintain connectivity in the line-of-sight is emerging challenges in the dynamics system. In mobile ad-hoc network each connection connectivity is temporary, so the topology changes that appear along with the mobility of the nodes in constructing communication calls will change the position of the transmitter and receiver. This research has been done on modeling the dynamics system approach for each node mobility scenarios were created based on the selected tests and determined. With quantitative methods used involve tools that can observe the data streaming process in real-time, the results obtained demonstrate the system dynamics can serve to test the mobility of the nodes that occur in mobile ad-hoc network is able to maintain a connection connectivity between each neighboring node
Confirmation of ad hoc Committee on Alleged Agreement between Dean Andrews and President Brown
No full textResolution Number: 1975-1976_01Academic Year: 1975-1976The Faculty Senate hereby confirms the establishment and appointment of the following members to the Ad Hoc Committee on the Alleged Agreement between Dean Andrews and President Brown, and its charge as stated in the minutes of the Senate meeting of 9/15/75. Accepted - 11/26/75: Report of the ad hoc Committee on Alleged Agreement between Dean Andrews and President BrownSUNY BrockportCollege Senate Resolution
Cerebral atrophy in mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer disease: rates and acceleration.
No full textOBJECTIVE: To quantify the regional and global cerebral atrophy rates and assess acceleration rates in healthy controls, subjects with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), and subjects with mild Alzheimer disease (AD). METHODS: Using 0-, 6-, 12-, 18-, 24-, and 36-month MRI scans of controls and subjects with MCI and AD from the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI) database, we calculated volume change of whole brain, hippocampus, and ventricles between all pairs of scans using the boundary shift integral. RESULTS: We found no evidence of acceleration in whole-brain atrophy rates in any group. There was evidence that hippocampal atrophy rates in MCI subjects accelerate by 0.22%/year2 on average (p = 0.037). There was evidence of acceleration in rates of ventricular enlargement in subjects with MCI (p = 0.001) and AD (p < 0.001), with rates estimated to increase by 0.27 mL/year2 (95% confidence interval 0.12, 0.43) and 0.88 mL/year2 (95% confidence interval 0.47, 1.29), respectively. A post hoc analysis suggested that the acceleration of hippocampal loss in MCI subjects was mainly driven by the MCI subjects that were observed to progress to clinical AD within 3 years of baseline, with this group showing hippocampal atrophy rate acceleration of 0.50%/year2 (p = 0.003). CONCLUSIONS: The small acceleration rates suggest a long period of transition to the pathologic losses seen in clinical AD. The acceleration in hippocampal atrophy rates in MCI subjects in the ADNI seems to be driven by those MCI subjects who concurrently progressed to a clinical diagnosis of AD
A Fair and Secure Cluster Formation Process for Ad Hoc Networks
No full textAn efficient approach for organizing large ad hoc networks is to divide the nodes
into multiple clusters and designate, for each cluster, a clusterhead which is responsible for
holding intercluster control information. The role of a clusterhead entails rights and duties.
On the one hand, it has a dominant position in front of the others because it manages the
connectivity and has access to other node¿s sensitive information. But on the other hand, the
clusterhead role also has some associated costs. Hence, in order to prevent malicious nodes
from taking control of the group in a fraudulent way and avoid selfish attacks from suitable
nodes, the clusterhead needs to be elected in a secure way. In this paper we present a novel
solution that guarantees the clusterhead is elected in a cheat-proof manner
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