214 research outputs found
The Structure of Writing Processes as Revealed by Secondary Task Demands
No full textThis study investigates how working memory capacity may account for why better writers are able to coordinate mutliple subprocesses more easily than poor writers. Writing, while distracted by secondary task demands, offers one way to explore the importance of working memory to the structure inherent in the writing subprocesses. For the study, the author chose experiments based on the finding that good writers manage the simultaneous demands of writing subprocesses better than poor writers(Levy & Ransdell, 1995, pp. 767–779). Students composed essays while distracted by concurrent loads on working memory. The author found that when relatively minor demands were made on working memory, i.e., unattended and attended background speech, these variables caused a decrease in fluency, but had no effect on quality. Attended, but not unattended, speech reliably reduced average sentence length. A concurrent task of remembering six digits reduced fluency by nearly 50% also reliably decreased quality and sentence length. Resources which are relatively stable in the face of dual-task demands were allocated for the regulation of writing quality, sentence length, pause duration and location. The author found that better writers write longer sentences, pause for shorter durations and at clause boundaries more often than poorer writers. Competing tasks first disrupt the timing of writing and only impact quality when larger secondary task demands in working memory are required
Louisa May Alcott and George Eliot on class, gender, and marriage
No full textThis comparative dissertation explores in-depth the categories of class, gender, and marriage in both the writings of the American Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888), and the British author, George Eliot (1819-1880). In addition, and when relevant, additional topics and categories are investigated, including, but not limited to: religion, morals, race, and education. The primary Alcott fictional works studied include Moods (1864 & 1882), Little Women (1868-69), and Work (1873). The primary Eliot fictional works studied include Adam Bede (1859), The Mill on the Floss (1861), Middlemarch (1871-72), and Daniel Deronda (1876). Although the focus is on their most famous works, additional novels, essays, and other writings are also considered when relevant.
It is the goal of this dissertation to show the impact these two women had on their overall societies by way of their writings. Both Alcott and Eliot relied heavily on the topics of class, gender, and marriage in their storylines, both had revolutionary ideas when it came to these topics, and both implemented these revolutionary ideas into their stories in a way that helped change the way their contemporary readers thought and behaved in their own ways of life
The Lure of Lectures Vs. The Call of Cooperative Learning In College Classrooms
No full textCooperative learning, once common on college campuses, lost favor with that population, and gained favor with K-12 educators. However, the academic achievement benefits remain and the focus on cooperation rather than competition appeals to adults. This manuscript argues that cooperative learning strategies are viable alternatives to the traditional lecture format that is worth considering. Whether the strategies occur throughout the entire class period or interspersed with a traditional format, the students benefit. The author explains how she uses cooperative strategies, interspersed with traditional format in a post-secondary setting
Purdue football team, 1887
No full text1887 Purdue Football Team 1st Row: Charles B. Gough BS '90, Jacob M. Sholl BME '89 2nd Row: ___ Moon, Samuel H. Caraway MS '89, Luther J. Hord BSPH '89, ___ McCoy, George H. Searcy BSSC '89 & MS '92, ___ Gregory 3rd Row: William J. Ransdell CE '90, John B. Burris BSSC '88, Dumont Lotz BSSC '89 & MS '90, Charles E. Middleton BSCE '80Football Group and Game Shots (Before 1901); PhotoIntercollegiat
Observing Environments
No full text> Context • Society is faced with “wicked” problems of environmental sustainability, which are inherently multiperspectival, and there is a need for explicitly constructivist and perspectivist theories to address them.
> Problem • However, different constructivist theories construe the environment in different ways. The aim of this paper is to clarify the conceptions of environment in constructivist approaches, and thereby to assist the sciences of complex systems and complex environmental problems.
> Method • We describe the terms used for “the environment” in von Uexküll, Maturana & Varela, and Luhmann, and analyse how their conceptions of environment are connected to differences of perspective and observation.
> Results • We show the need to distinguish between inside and outside perspectives on the environment, and identify two very different and complementary logics of observation, the logic of distinction and the logic of representation, in the three constructivist theories.
> Implications • Luhmann’s theory of social systems can be a helpful perspective on the wicked environmental problems of society if we consider carefully the theory’s own blind spots: that it confines itself to systems of communication, and that it is based fully on the conception of observation as indication by means of distinction
How do military men perceive sexual consent and how does it make them behave?
No full textAccording to recent research, sexual assault in military population has become an increasing problem since 2016 and affects thousands of individuals each year (Ferdinando, 2018). However, it is unclear what is driving this particular pattern. As consent is an important part of the ethicality of sexual activity (Beres, 2007), sexual assault may be the consequence of a misunderstanding in regards to whether consent occurred (Jozkowski, et al. 2019). The current study will attempt to examine what factors might be influencing those perceptions of consent (Humphreys, T, P, & Brousseau M, M, 2010), and whether there is a difference in those factors between military and civilian population. Specifically, we are measuring empathy (Davis, M, H, 1980), sexual media diet (e.g., pornography watching) (Peter, J, & Valkenburg, P, M, 2007), and masculinity (Snell, W, E, Jr, 1989),as potential predictors of liberal perceptions of consent. Participants will be recruited to complete an online survey that has been approved by the MSU IRB. The research is currently in progress
N C Med J
No full textINTRODUCTIONIn 2013, a total of 1,085 North Carolina residents died due to unintentional poisoning; 91% of these deaths were attributed to medications or drugs (over-the-counter, prescription, or illicit). Proper disposal of unused, unneeded, and/or expired medications is an essential part of preventing these unintentional deaths, as well as averting the other adverse consequences of these drugs on the environment and population health.METHODSOperation Medicine Drop is a medication take-back program coordinated by Safe Kids North Carolina, a county-level, coalition-based injury prevention organization. The Operation Medicine Drop program and event registration system were used to review and validate the number of events, the counties where the events were held, and the number of unit doses (pills) collected from March 2010 to June 2014. SAS version 9.4 was used to generate basic counts and frequencies of events and doses, and ArcGIS version 10.0 was used to create the map.RESULTSFrom March 2010 to June 2014, Operation Medicine Drop held 1,395 events with 245 different participating law enforcement agencies in 91 counties in North Carolina, and it collected 69.6 million unit doses of medication. More than 60 local Safe Kids North Carolina community coalitions had participated as of June 2014. Every year, Operation Medicine Drop has witnessed increases in events, participating agencies, participating counties, and the number of doses collected.CONCLUSIONOperation Medicine Drop is an excellent example of a successful and ongoing collaboration to improve public health. Medication take-back programs may play an important role in preventing future overdose deaths in North Carolina.CC999999/Intramural CDC HHS/United State
Generalized iterative methods and nonlinear functional equations.
No full textPerturbations of nonlinear operators are also investigated. If F'(x)(B(0; 1)) (R-HOOK) B(0; c((VBAR)(VBAR)x(VBAR)(VBAR))) and if F is perturbed by a nonlinear operator G satisfying a boundedness condition, then F + G is an open mapping from X onto Y. The case where both F and G are Gateaux differentiable operators satisfying various coercive conditions again yields surjectivity results for the sum F + G. These proofs rely on the existence of contractor inequalities derived from the hypotheses. Finally, if G is a compact operator and I - F is compact, then F + G is surjective; the proof uses methods of algebraic topology.Let X and Y be Banach spaces, P be a Gateaux differentiable mapping from X to Y and c : {0, (INFIN)) (--->) (0, (INFIN)) be a continuous nonincreasing function for which (INT)('(INFIN)) c(u)du = (INFIN). If P'(x)(B(0; 1)) contains B(0; c((VBAR)(VBAR)x(VBAR)(VBAR))) for each x (epsilon) X, then P is an open mapping of X onto Y. If the differentiability assumption on P is removed and instead P is both open and locally expansive, then P(X) = Y. If A is a continuous mapping from X to X satisfying for each x (epsilon) X, (GREATERTHEQ) c(max{(VBAR)(VBAR)x(VBAR)(VBAR), (VBAR)(VBAR)y(VBAR)(VBAR)}) (VBAR)(VBAR)x - y(VBAR)(VBAR)('2) for some j (epsilon) J(x -y), then A is a homeomorphism of X onto X. The main technique used in establishing these results is a new fixed point theorem which includes Ekland's Theorem as a special case
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