78 research outputs found
Building writing center assessments that matter
No full textIncludes bibliographical references and index.No less than other divisions of the college or university, contemporary writing centers find themselves within a galaxy of competing questions and demands that relate to assessment--questions and demands that usually embed priorities from outside the purview of the writing center itself. Writing centers are used to certain kinds of assessment, both quantitative and qualitative, but are often unprepared to address larger institutional or societal issues. In Building Writing Center Assessments that Matter, Schendel and Macauley start from the kinds of assessment strengths already in place in writing centers, and they build a framework that can help writing centers satisfy local needs and put them in useful dialogue with the larger needs of their institutions, while staying rooted in writing assessment theory. The authors begin from the position that tutoring writers is already an assessment activity, and that good assessment practice (rooted in the work of Adler-Kassner, O'Neill, Moore, and Huot) already reflects the values of writing center theory and practice. They offer examples of assessments developed in local contexts, and of how assessment data built within those contexts can powerfully inform decisions and shape the futures of local writing centers. With additional contributions by Neal Lerner, Brian Huot and Nicole Caswell, and with a strong commitment to honoring on-site local needs, the volume does not advocate a one-size-fits-all answer. But, like the modeling often used in a writing consultation, examples here illustrate how important assessment principles have been applied in a range of local contexts. Ultimately, Building Writing Assessments that Matter describes a theory stance toward assessment for writing centers that honors the uniqueness of the writing center context, and examples of assessment in action that are concrete, manageable, portable, and adaptable.--Provided by publisher
Topometric Maps of Indoor Environments: Extraction, matching and fusion
No full textThe merging of multiple partial maps of indoor environments createdby teams of human or robot agents into a single global map is a key problemthat, when solved, can improve mapping speed and quality. Existing mapmerging approaches generally depend on external signals which are not available indoors or only use the geometric properties of an environment. Inspired by the human understanding of environments in relationship to their context we propose a map merging system that extracts and uses topometric maps, a map representation containing both the geometric and topological characteristics of an environments, to solve the map merging problem in indoor spaces. In this research we demonstrate an intuitive approach to extracting topometric maps of 3D, multi-floor, indoor environments and use both the topological and geometric characteristics contained in the topometric maps to perform context-aware map matching and fusion.Geomatic
Shifting attention in viewer- and object-based reference frames after unilateral brain injury
No full textThe aims of the present study were to investigate the respective roles that object- and viewer-based reference frames play in reorienting visual attention, and to assess their influence after unilateral brain injury. To do so, we studied 16 right hemisphere injured (RHI) and 13 left hemisphere injured (LHI) patients. We used a cueing design that manipulates the location of cues and targets relative to a display comprised of two rectangles (i.e., objects). Unlike previous studies with patients, we presented all cues at midline rather than in the left or right visual fields. Thus, in the critical conditions in which targets were presented laterally, reorienting of attention was always from a midline cue. Performance was measured for lateralized target detection as a function of viewer-based (contra- and ipsilesional sides) and object-based (requiring reorienting within or between objects) reference frames. As expected, contralesional detection was slower than ipsilesional detection for the patients. More importantly, objects influenced target detection differently in the contralesional and ipsilesional fields. Contralesionally, reorienting to a target within the cued object took longer than reorienting to a target in the same location but in the uncued object. This finding is consistent with object-based neglect. Ipsilesionally, the means were in the opposite direction. Furthermore, no significant difference was found in object-based influences between the patient groups (RHI vs. LHI). These findings are discussed in the context of reference frames used in reorienting attention for target detection
A ‘no’ to data retention in the Netherlands
No full textCase C/09/480009 / KG ZA 14/1575, Privacy First cs vs. the Dutch State, 11 March 2015, ECLI:NL:RBDHA:2015:2498 The summary proceedings judge of The Hague has declared the ‘Wet bewaarplicht telecommunicatiegegevens’ non-binding. This law obliges providers of telephone services and internet services to store traffic data and location data of the users. The law infringes the respect for private and family life and the protection of personal data. The judge considers this infringement not be limited to what is strictly necessary (the official head note translated by the author)
Between myself and what I see. A reading of O filantropo
No full textEste trabalho desenvolve uma proposta de leitura de O filantropo (1998) ancorada na aproximação dessa ficção de Rodrigo Naves a ensaios do mesmo autor sobre obras de Jackson Pollock, Amilcar de Castro e Mira Schendel. Sugere que a incorporação de questões das artes plásticas articula-se no livro a uma reflexão acerca dos desafios impostos ao ato de experimentação intelectual do contexto histórico contemporâneo.This paper develops a reading of O filantropo (1998) groundedupon the confrontation of this fiction by Rodrigo Naves with essays by the same author concerning works produced by Jackson Pollock, Amilcar de Castro and Mira Schendel. It suggests that the incorporation of problems of the realm of the plastic arts is combined in the book with a reflection on the difficulties in apprehending intellectually the contemporary world
Working through partition: making a living in the Bengal borderlands
No full textPartition, the break-up of colonial India in 1947, has been the subject of considerable serious historical research, but almost exclusively from two distinctive perspectives: as a macropolitical event; or as a cultural and personal disaster. Remarkably, very little is known about the socioeconomic impact of Partition on different localities and individuals. This exploratory essay considers how Partition affected working people's livelihood and labour relations. The essay focuses on the northeastern part of the subcontinent, where Partition created an international border separating East Bengal - which became East Pakistan, then Bangladesh - from West Bengal, Bihar, Assam, and other regions which joined the new state of India. Based largely on evidence contained in "low-level" state records, the author explores how labour relations for several categories of workers in the new borderland changed during the period of the late 1940s and 1950s
Negotiating life: Garo death rituals and the transformation of society
No full textNegotiating Life analyzes the funerals of the Garo, a matrilineal hill society of the Indian State of Meghalaya. Garo funerals serve to dispose of the corpse, and to guide the soul of the deceased to the afterworld. In addition, the rituals allow for the reorganization of social relationships among people and their Houses. Mortuary rituals are instrumental in the transformation of the dead from social persons into anonymous ancestors. Particularly in the latter sense, the dead are a source of authority and prestige, and play an important role in structuring social relationships among people. The author argues that Garo mortuary rituals derive much of their significance from the transfer of gifts between representatives of the deceased and the people who attend a mortuary ritual. The kind of gifts that can be offered depend on the relationship that people trace to the deceased. The acceptance and rejection of these gifts is decided in processes of negotiation. Consequently, gift exchange plays an important role in defining and (re)constructing social relationships. It is shown that people's participation in rituals of death is of structural importance to Garo society and allows them to reconstruct life in the context of death.LEI Universiteit LeidenThe Netherlands Organization for the Advancement of Tropical Research (NWO-WOTRO, the Hague); the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (New Delhi); Leids Universitair Fonds (LUF)Interculturele studie van literatuur en samenlevin
Deployment of Indoor Point Clouds for Firefighting Strategy
No full textThe Deployment of Indoor Point Clouds for Firefighting Strategy project was realised as a Synthesis Project of the Geomatics Master Programme of the Built Environment Faculty at the Technical University of Delft. This project was executed by a team of five Master students in collaboration with the Dutch response team collective Veiligheidsregio Rotterdam-Rijnmond. The objective of this project is to develop an information system that makes use of indoor data to support tactical decision-making during fire emergency responses. The main challenge that response teams are facing when they develop deployment plans is the lack of appropriate information about indoor spaces. As a result, response teams may end up relying on inaccurate assumptions which can lead to dangerous situations. New technologies such as SLAM devices and augmented reality displays, combined with processing techniques, can be used to supply them with the information needed to make the right choices. The result of this project is a prototypical information system containing an interactive, 3D environment that can receive updates, merge data from different data sources, and accommodate mixed reality information sharing in real-time.Synthesis Project 2020Geomatic
Chronicle (Paterson, NJ), Vol. 29, No. 1, Jan. 6, 1957
No full textLocal information pertaining to Paterson, N.J. and surrounding Passaic County. Issues may include events, government, business, political cartoons, engagement and marriage announcements, and birth announcements. This publication was also known as the Paterson Chronicle (1952) and the Paterson Sunday Chronicle (1951-1952)
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