4,648 research outputs found
Evaluation of an improved driver education program for the Ann Arbor public schools
No full textAnn Arbor Public Schools, Mich.http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/1430/2/30056.0001.001.pd
Open access self-archiving: An author study
No full textThis, our second author international, cross-disciplinary study on open access had 1296 respondents. Its focus was on self-archiving. Almost half (49%) of the respondent population have self-archived at least one article during the last three years. Use of institutional repositories for this purpose has doubled and usage has increased by almost 60% for subject-based repositories. Self-archiving activity is greatest amongst those who publish the largest number of papers. There is still a substantial proportion of authors unaware of the possibility of providing open access to their work by self-archiving. Of the authors who have not yet self-archived any articles, 71% remain unaware of the option. With 49% of the author population having self-archived in some way, this means that 36% of the total author population (71% of the remaining 51%), has not yet been appraised of this way of providing open access. Authors have frequently expressed reluctance to self-archive because of the perceived time required and possible technical difficulties in carrying out this activity, yet findings here show that only 20% of authors found some degree of difficulty with the first act of depositing an article in a repository, and that this dropped to 9% for subsequent deposits. Another author worry is about infringing agreed copyright agreements with publishers, yet only 10% of authors currently know of the SHERPA/RoMEO list of publisher permissions policies with respect to self-archiving, where clear guidance as to what a publisher permits is provided. Where it is not known if permission is required, however, authors are not seeking it and are self-archiving without it. Communicating their results to peers remains the primary reason for scholars publishing their work; in other words,
researchers publish to have an impact on their field. The vast majority of authors (81%) would willingly comply with a mandate from their employer or research funder to deposit copies of their articles in an institutional or subject-based repository. A further 13% would comply reluctantly; 5% would not comply with such a mandate
Review of the literature on obstacle avoidance maneuvers: braking versus steering. Final report
No full textUniversity of Michigan, Ann Arbor, ITS Research Center of Excellencehttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/1068/2/86649.0001.001.pd
Large truck travel estimates from the National Truck Trip Information Survey. Special report
No full textGreat Lakes Center for Truck Transportation Research, Ann Arbor, Mich.Transportation Department, University Transportation Centers Program, Washington, D.C.http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/900/2/81918.0001.001.pd
Large-truck population estimates based on the 1987 truck inventory and use survey. Special report
No full textGreat Lakes Center for Truck Transportation Research, Ann Arbor, Mich.Transportation Department, University Transportation Centers Program, Washington, D.C.http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/942/2/82587.0001.001.pd
Washtenaw County alcohol safety action program evaluation summary. Final report
No full textAlcohol Safety Action Project--Washtenaw County, Ann Arbor, Mich.National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/280/2/29429.0001.001.pd
Analytic solution for brush-type tire model
No full textReference: Fancher, P., Segel, L., MacAdam, C., and Pacejka, H. Tire Traction Grading Procedures as Derived from the Maneuvering Characteristics of a Tire-Vehicle System. Ann Arbor, HSRI, Sept 1973. Volume II.Notes: Originally dated 13 June 1972National Bureau of Standards, Washington, D.C.National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/229/2/27053a01.0001.001.pd
Exploratory talk within collaborative small groups in mathematics
No full textThis report describes one aspect of a wider research study on exploratory talk within collaborative small groups in secondary mathematics lessons. It outlines students’ views of using collaborative activity to learn mathematics. The fuller research study explores the extent to which exploratory talk occurs in collaborative peer groups in secondary mathematics classrooms
Belva Ann Lockwood, Feminist Lawyer
No full textMrs. Dannett has been pursuing research in the University Archives on Belva Ann Lockwood, 1857 graduate of Genesee College and recipient of a master\u27s degree in 1872 and an honorary LL.D. in 1909 from Syracuse University.
Author, lecturer and historian, Mrs. Dannett is an authority on certain phases of the Civil War. Among her publications are two novels, five biographies and histories for both youth and adults, and many articles. Her writings show a special interest in the character and accomplishment of women throughout American history
Books, Bibles, and Boosters: Colleges on the Urban Frontier of Nebraska Territory (1854-1867)
No full textThe story of early Nebraska has often been told. It is the story of a rural frontier: of sod houses, cow chips, grasshopper plagues, and sun-bronzed farmers. Forgotten is that Nebraska in the beginning was also an urban frontier. Before the prairie sod was plowed, towns such as Brownville, Nebraska City, and Omaha were platted. These Missouri River ports became hubs of economic and social activity and centers of culture, providing not only opportunity and sophistication, but also continuity with a life left behind. This thesis describes Nebraska's urban frontier in its first decade, concentrating on the symbols of culture and continuity: the city and the college. It is a story that cannot be told without the church; for the bearers of the banner of Christ were among the most prominent of culture- bearers in the West.
That Nebraska Territory was part of an urban frontier should not be surprising. Americans generally have lost sight of their urban past in attempts to find national identity in the virtue and individuality of the yeoman farmer. In actuality, settlement on the North American continent has always included cities. As Professor Bohn U. Reps recounted in his book, Town Planning in Frontier America, urban planning began in December 1492 when Christopher Columbus erected a primitive military outpost on Santo Domingo. Whether Spanish, French, or British—colonists in the New World brought the seeds of civitas and urbanity. Europeans of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries commonly assumed that civilized life meant urban life. The economy, politics, and culture of seventeenth-century England, for instance, centered in its cities. That New England's first inhabitants also focused on urban communities was only natural. Settlement began in 1620 with a town——as it had done thirteen years before when Britons planted their first American colony on the James River. From Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay, crowded and discontent colonists dispersed to Gloucester and Salem on Cape Ann and eventually to Wethersfield, Hartford, and Windsor on the Connecticut River. These three river towns in turn sent out new groups, resulting in the founding of ten additional communities.
The urban pattern of settlement had begun. Agriculture remained a major occupation; yet, many colonists preferred city life. Towns provided companionship, economic opportunity, protection against Indian attacks, and continuity with the past. They continued an already established pattern of living. In addition, they represented refinement. Etymologically, "city" and "civilization" have a common root, as do "urban" and "urbane." Pioneers clearly felt that cities—as centers of commerce, culture, and communication——constituted a civilized state.
Nebraskans in the Territorial years shared this view. They were not Natty Bumppos in a barbaric wilderness. They were predominantly Easterners who continued to look eastward as they acclimated westward. Images and symbols became important to both survival and prosperity. What better image could a young, raw society project than that of a land of cities? Cities nurtured culture—and the symbol of highest culture was the college.
The story of Nebraska's nascent years has been written primarily from accounts of contemporaries: newspapers and periodicals, letters, diaries, legal records. Whenever possible, the flavor and immediacy of their words have been retained. Precision in the use of terms, such as "city," has seemingly been sacrificed. Yet, what actually is a city? The everyday concept is "a large locality." Historians and sociologists, however, have recognized the need to define "city" other than quantitatively. Lewis Mumford, author of the comprehensive City in History, attempted to summarize the city sociologically as "a geographic plexus, an economic organization, an institutional process, a theater of social actions, and an esthetic symbol of collective unity." Professor Robert S. Lopez of Yale University also has rejected any definition or classification based solely upon numerical figures. To do so would reduce many historical centers of creativity and action—such as medieval Paris and London or Calvin's Geneva—to mediocrity as rural communities. He, therefore, has identified four types of urban settlement: the stockade city with its kernel population, the agrarian city of landed elite, the market city of merchant leaders, and, finally, the industrial city. Ultimately, what the many definitions have in common is what urban theorist Max Weber recognized: "namely that the city consists simply of a collection of one or more separate dwellings but is a relatively closed settlement."
As Dr. C. Howard Richardson confirmed, most early Nebraska residents lived in compact settlements. About 70 percent of the pioneer houses recorded by government land surveyors or estimated from other sources in 1856 and 1857 were located at townsites. The remaining 30 percent were dispersed within rural hinterlands.^ Therefore, in this thesis the eastern region of Nebraska Territory has been considered urban and its nucleated settlements as cities. In keeping with mid-nineteenth- century usage, the terms "city," "town," and "community" are used synonymously. The reader is urged to remember that the American urban vision in the 1850s was only beginning to include industry. Also, attaching the word "city" to a western settlement more often indicated hope and process than a demographic verity.
The term "college" or "university" likewise expressed hope. The modest used "seminary"; the pretentious, "university." In reality, few of these embryo institutions offered more than what we would now recognize as upper elementary or secondary education courses. Retaining the imprecision of mid-nineteenth-century usage, and allowing for stylistic variety, this thesis has— except when specific institutions are named—used "college," "university," "school," "literary institution," and "institution of higher learning" interchangeably.
The research and writing of "Books, Bibles, and Boosters" has required the diligence of many late hours, the services of many libraries, and the patience of many people. I particularly appreciate the understanding of Creighton University faculty and of family and friends who have endured my preoccupation and reclusiveness.
For specific appreciation I single out the library staffs of the Nebraska State Historical Society, the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, Nebraska Wesleyan University and the Nebraska Methodist Conference Archives, Omaha Public, Midland Lutheran College, Grinnell College, Brown University, Boston Public, Chicago Theological Seminary and the Hammond Library, Garrett Biblical Institute, the American Baptist Historical Society, the Iowa Historical Society, the State Historical Society of Colorado in Denver, and the Illinois Historical Society.
Above all, I thank Dr. Orville H. Zabel for his inspiration and guidance, Dr. Robert A. Schanke for his encouragement and criticism, Dr. Allan M. Schleich for his indulgence and kindness, and Dr. Charles S. Wilhite for his support and love.ProQuest Traditional Publishing Optio
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