407 research outputs found
Oral History Interview: Leonard Berkowitz (0232)
No full textNew York City, NY; Dr. Daniel Katz; the role of chance in success; University of Wisconsin-Madison; empirical versus theoretical psychology; aggression studies; Harry Harlow; psychology department; department reputation; Carl Rogers; Wilfred 'Wulf' Brogden; Mavis Hetherington; James Archer; primate laboratory; the 1960s; student unrest; undergraduate advising; Vietnam War; chairmanship; University of Michigan; Vilas Research Professorshi
Measurements and Models of Reactive Transport in Geological Media
No full textAuthor Brian Berkowitz answers questions about his recently published article and the scientific and societal implications of his findings.</jats:p
Doing Right by the Eyewitness Evidence:A Response to Berkowitz et al.
No full textBerkowitz et al. (2020) attribute to us the claim that “confidence trumps all,” and the few out-of-context quotations they selected can certainly be used to create that false impression. However, it is easily disproved, and we do so here. The notion that “confidence trumps all” is the mistake that the jurors made in the DNA exoneration cases, not a position that we have ever advocated
R&D and the Financing of Ideas in Europe. CEPS Working Documents No. 203, 1 October 2004
No full textIn March 2000 in Lisbon, EU heads of state and government set the strategic goal to become the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in the world, capable of sustainable economic growth with more and better jobs and greater social cohesion. These goals were confirmed at the Barcelona European Council, which added that investment in European R&D should be increased to 3% of GDP by 2010. This Working Document argues that the weakness of R&D and the slow accumulation of knowledge in the EU is probably a major reason why Europe has failed to catch up with the US productivity performance during recent decades. But the emphasis of the Barcelona Council on the spending target for R&D could be misplaced as the question is not so much one of increasing the level but rather of enhancing the efficiency of R&D in Europe. Thus it is important to understand how countries compare in their abilities to encourage greater levels of knowledge, and asks why the countries vary in their abilities to turn R&D into innovative and commercial products through the creation of new, successful companies (and consequently more employment). After an examination of various potential constraints on innovative entrepreneurship, efforts towards the enforcement of competition policy, the introduction of a European patent, adaptations of the tax systems in favour of entrepreneurship, a reduction of red tape, the adaptation of bankruptcy rules and the easing of finance for new ventures are all welcome measures. Nevertheless, actively subsidising investment by venture capitalists may not necessarily deliver the desired results. Consequently, policy measures aimed at enhancing the efficiency and productivity of R&D in Europe should focus on the level of knowledge of workers and the capacity of entrepreneurs to translate scientific excellence into viable technological innovation
An integrated environment for simulation and control of mobile robots
No full textThere have been increased interests in mobile robot research due to its many applications in areas such as material handling, explorations in hazardous environments, and military missions under extreme conditions. Many control schemes and robot systems have been developed, yet most of these systems eventually become individual experiments that are unique or specific to particular applications. It is very difficult to verify or reuse the controls developed and build upon the existing knowledge. We argue that it is necessary to develop an integrated experiment and simulation environment equipped with a user-friendly interface to examine existing controls and eventually serve as an experimental testbed for mobile robot research. The main contributions of this thesis are the design and integration of a hardware in the loop simulation environment for mobile robot control and navigation. We developed an easy to use graphical user interface (GUI) that can provide the users with the overall access to various robot functions including sensor feedback, object recognition, and tools for implementing the control strategies to study robot behaviors.M.S.Includes bibliographical referencesby Ron Berkowit
Legal Origins and the Evolution of Institutions: Evidence from American State Courts
No full textSeveral important studies of institutions assume that the quality of institutions is persistent following some formative historic event. The assumption of institutional persistence, however, begs the question of how these institutions persisted. To better understand this issue, this paper examines the evolution of state courts in the United States. We begin by reviewing the evidence that France, Spain, and Mexico operated civil-law legal systems in territory that would later make up thirteen states. One important philosophical difference between civil-law and common-law legal systems arises from differences in their beliefs regarding the appropriate degree of judicial independence. To show how these beliefs, if persistent, would manifest themselves, we present a model in which legislatures allocate budgets to their judges. In the model, common and civil-law legislatures have different preferences regarding the level of judicial independence. Our model predicts civil-law legislatures will give fewer discretionary resources to their judges when judicial elections are replaced by a system of appointments. We confirm this prediction using state-level data for the period 1961-1999. Finally, we argue that one important reason why civil-law preferences for a weak judiciary appear to have persisted in the American states is that the political culture within state legislatures is slow-moving.
El delincuente honrado, comedia edited with introduction, notes, exercises and vobabulary, by H. Chonon Berkowitz ... and Samuel A. Wofsy
No full textMunicipal University of Wichita faculty author
Reading Obama: Dreams, Hopes, and the American Political Tradition
No full textDerided by the Right as dangerous and by the Left as spineless, Barack Obama does not fit contemporary partisan categories. Instead, his writings and speeches reflect a principled aversion to absolutes that derives from sustained engagement with American democratic thought. In his book Reading Obama: Dreams, Hopes, & the American Political Tradition, author James T. Kloppenberg (Charles Warren Professor of American history at Harvard University) covers the sources of Obama\u27s commitment to democratic deliberation: the books he has read, the visionaries who have inspired him, the social movements and personal struggles that have shaped his thinking. Kloppenberg says that Obama\u27s positions on social justice, religion, race, family, and America\u27s role in the world do not stem from a desire to please everyone but from deeply rooted—although currently unfashionable—convictions about how a democracy must deal with difference and conflict.
Following Kloppenberg\u27s remarks, Dr. Peter Berkowitz (Tad and Dianne Taube Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University) offers some critical comments on those arguments before engaging with Kloppenberg and the audience in conversation about these ideas
Kontribusi Pemikiran Mike Eisdenberg Dan Bob Berkowitz Tentang Model The Big6 Bagi Solusi Permasalahan Literasi Informasi
No full textThe development of information has an impact on the emergence of the work of world leaders, not least in the field of libraries. Two of them are Mike Eisenberg and Bob Berkowitz with the work of a literacy model The Big6. The Big6 consists of 6 stages and each stage consists of 2 subdivisions. These two figures emphasize the importance of information skills for problem-solving with a systematic framework. The research method used is a literature study. Data collection is done by means of documentation from articles that have been published on the internet. The data analysis technique chosen is content analysis. To prevent misinformation, the author re-checks the articles used. The results of this study state that The Big6's literacy model can answer anxiety in unraveling information problems. The development of this model can be accessed on the official website of The Big6. One form of innovation from this model is the emergence of The Big6 in a technological context which is almost the same as the stages in Christine Bruce's Seven Faces of Information Literacy. The benefits of this research can be used as a solution in problem-solving. While the purpose of this study is to provide a broad overview of the stages of The Big6.Keywords: the big6; literacy model; Mike Eisenberg; Bob Berkowits
EU Cohesion Policy : Reassessing Performance and Direction
No full textThe book brings together academics, members of European institutions and regional and national level policymakers in order to assess the performance and direction of EU Cohesion policy against the background of the most significant reforms to the policy in a generation. Responding to past criticisms of the policy, the policy changes introduced in 2013 have aligned European Structural and Investment Funds with the Europe 2020 strategy and introduced measures to improve strategic coherence, perforation and integrated development
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