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Dr. Eric Yellin – Faculty Author Interview
No full textDr. Eric Yellin, Associate Professor of History and American Studies discusses his new book, Racism in the Nation’s Service: Government Workers and the Color Line in Woodrow Wilson’s America, published recently by the University of North Carolina Press. In this book, Dr. Yellin argues that President Wilson’s administration successfully segregated the federal government in the age of progressive politics. He investigates how the enactment of the segregation policy imposed a color line on American opportunity and implicated Washington in the economic limitation of African Americans for decades to com
Assuring the quality of interpretative comments in clinical chemistry
No full textThe provision of interpretative advice on laboratory results is a post-analytic activity and an integral part of clinical laboratory services. It is valued by healthcare workers and has the potential to prevent or reduce errors and improve patient outcomes. It is important to ensure that interpretative comments provided by laboratory personnel are of high quality: comments should be patient-focused and answer the implicit or explicit question raised by the requesting clinician. Comment providers need to be adequately trained and qualified and be able to demonstrate their proficiency to provide advice on laboratory reports. External quality assessment (EQA) schemes can play a part in assessing and demonstrating the competence of such laboratory staff and have an important role in their education and continuing professional development. A standard structure is proposed for EQA schemes for interpretative comments in clinical chemistry, which addresses the scope and method of assessment including nomenclature and marking scales. There is a need for evidence that participation in an EQA program for interpretative commenting facilitates improved quality of comments. It is proposed that standardizing goals and methods of assessment as well as nomenclature and marking scales may help accumulate evidence to demonstrate the impact of participation in EQA for interpretative commenting on patient outcome
Conference 2014 speaker series: an interview with Eric Newton
No full textEric Newton is senior adviser to the president at the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, which funds ideas that promote quality journalism and media innovation, based on a principle that democracy thrives when people and communities are informed and engaged. A former managing editor of the Oakland Tribune, he is also author of the innovative digital educational book on the history and future of news, Searchlights and Sunglasses
Ker-I Ko and the study of resource-bounded Kolmogorov complexity
No full textKer-I Ko was among the first people to recognize the importance of resource-bounded Kolmogorov complexity as a tool for better understanding the structure of complexity classes. In this brief informal reminiscence, I review the milieu of the early 1980’s that caused an up-welling of interest in resource-bounded Kolmogorov complexity, and then I discuss some more recent work that sheds additional light on the questions related to Kolmogorov complexity that Ko grappled with in the 1980’s and 1990’s.
In particular, I include a detailed discussion of Ko’s work on the question of whether it is NP-hard to determine the time-bounded Kolmogorov complexity of a given string. This problem is closely connected with the Minimum Circuit Size Problem (MCSP), which is central to several contemporary investigations in computational complexity theory.Peer reviewe
Levinas, Adorno, and the Ethics of the Material Other by Eric Nelson, SUNY Press, 2020 pp. 480
No full textThis is a number of reviews and responses to Eric S. Nelson\u27s Levinas, Adorno, and the Ethics of Materials Other (2020) SUNY Press. This includes:
The Relation of the Ethics of the Material Other to the Rights of the Stranger by Emilia Angelova
Nelson\u27s Defense of Asymmetrical Ethics: On Religion and Human Rights by Curtis Hutt
On Nelson and East Asian Philosophies by Leah Kalmanson
Author Response: The Ethics of the Material Other and the Right of the Other by Eric S. Nelso
Spending and economic activity from recreation at Oregon State Park units - coastal region and Milo McIver State Park, an update
No full textEric M. White, Darren Goodding, and Randall S. Rosenberger.This archived document is maintained by the State Library of Oregon as part of the Oregon Documents Depository Program. It is for informational purposes and may not be suitable for legal purposes.Includes bibliographical references (page 25).Mode of access: Internet from the Oregon Government Publications Collection.Text in English
Touching Freud's dog: H.D.'s tactile poetics
No full text"Do not touch me", Frau Emmy warns Freud in 1889. "Do not touch", Freud echoes in 1933. This time, he is referring to his pet chow, Yofi, warning H.D. that "she snaps - she is very difficult with strangers". Examining the prohibition in light of work by Jacques Derrida and Jean-Luc Nancy, this article charts the withdrawal that always interrupts touch. Despite Freud's taboo, however, H.D.'s writing seeks to make contact in strange and unnerving ways. Developing Julia Kristeva's account of the semiotic, this paper proposes a literature of touch. Reading H.D.'s poems, alongside Tribute to Freud, and her letters, the author demonstrates that H.D.'s poetics are always haunted by the very (im)possibility of contact
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Ad hoc : overloading and language design
No full texttextThe intricate concepts of ad-hoc polymorphism and overloading permeate the field of programming languages despite their somewhat nebulous definitions. With the perspective afforded by the state of the art, object-oriented Fortress programming language, this thesis presents a contemporary account of ad-hoc polymorphism and overloading in theory and in practice. Common language constructs are reinterpreted with a new emphasis on overloading as a key facility.
Furthermore, concrete problems with overloading in Fortress, encountered during the author's experience in the development of the language, are presented with an emphasis on the ad hoc nature of their solutions.Computer Scienc
To branch or not to branch: regulation of microtubules and neuronal morphology by PSD-95 and cypin
No full textNeuronal morphology is crucial for normal communication and health and is altered in many disease states. Microtubules are key regulators of neuronal morphology and are key components in transport of molecular cargo. Therefore, regulation of microtubule behavior is very important for establishing proper neuronal morphology and function. Thus, we examined the role of two proteins, PSD-95 and cypin, on microtubule dynamics and structure. First we show that PSD-95, a well-known synaptic protein, negatively regulates dendrite branching through a novel interaction with EB3, a plus-end microtubule-binding protein. Second, we show that cypin, a protein known to positively regulate dendrite branching, alters microtubule behavior and binds to assembled microtubules as well as tubulin heterodimers. We also show that PSD-95 and cypin have opposite but complimentary roles in changing microtubule stability, with cypin increasing and PSD-95 decreasing the stability of microtubules. Finally, we examine the ability of small molecules compounds to modify the cellular functions of cypin. We show that cypin’s guanine deaminase activity and interaction with PSD-95 can be altered by these compounds, affecting cellular behavior.Ph. D.Includes bibliographical referencesIncludes vitaby Eric S. Swee
First in the Nation in Education : Final Report,1984.
No full textThis report is one step in an ongoing process of change and is a plea for commitment for high standards in education in Iowa. Contains the final reports of the six subcommittees as adopted by the Excellence in Education Task Force, and the five recommendations made by the Task Force
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