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Dr. Duane M. Jackson, Morehouse College, July 2011
No full textThis video is a conversation with Dr. Duane M. Jackson. Dr. Jackson talks about his paper, "Recall and the Serial Position Effect: The Role of Primacy and Recency on Accounting Students' Performance." Jackie Daniel, AUC Woodruff Library, is the interviewer
"Reflections on the subject of Emigration from Europe with a view to Settlement in the United States" By M. Carey.
No full text"Reflections on the subject of Emigration from Europe with a view to Settlement in the United States: containing bried sketches of the moral and political character of those states.
By M. Carey, member of the American philosophical, and of the American Antiquarian Society, and author of The Olive Branch, Cindiciae Hibernicae, essays on banking, on political economy, and on internal improvement.
To which are now added the English editor's comments on the subject; together with Important Advice to Emigrants, and Cautions Against Impositions Practiced in the Outports
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
No full textWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
Dr. Glendon Swarthout
No full textHosted by Roger M. Busfield, MSU Assistant Professor of Speech and Theater, Meet the Author is designed to introduce a general audience to a contemporary author and their work through in-depth interviews. This episode features a conversation between Dr. Glendon Swarthout, prolific author and English professor at MSU, and assistant professors Sam S. Baskett and Theodore B. Strandness
Early loss, fractionation, and redistribution of chlorine in the Moon as revealed by the low-Ti lunar mare basalt suite
No full textThe relative abundances of chlorine isotopes measured in low-Ti basalts from the Moon appear to reflect mixing between two reservoirs: One component representing the urKREEP—the final product of the crystallization of the lunar magma ocean, the other representing either a mare basalt reservoir or meteoritic materials.Jeremy W. Boyce, Sarah A. Kanee, Francis M. McCubbin, Jessica J. Barnes, Hayley Bricker. Allan H. Treima
A Multicultural Examination of the Relationship between Coping and Well-Being in Parents of Children with Disabilities
No full textThesis (Ph.D.), Counseling Psychology, Washington State UniversityPrior coping literature has typically focused on Western models, with an emphasis on changing one’s environment or situation from an individualistic perspective. However, alongside the increasing cultural diversity in the U.S., there has been a recent movement towards examining collectivistic models of coping in reaction to the exclusion of cultural orientations that consider one’s impact on relationships in managing stress. People of Color who have children with disabilities are a highly vulnerable group given their barriers to services and experienced stigma from outside and within their cultural communities. Using the Double ABCX Model (McCubbin & Patterson, 1983) as a framework, this study explored the relationship between caregiver stress and well-being outcomes, while testing the mediating effects of coping. The sample consisted of 386 caregivers of children with disabilities. The majority of the sample were female (96%). Participants completed self-report questionnaires to assess for family strains, stigma, coping, and well-being. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was employed to determine the effects of Individualistic and Collectivistic coping strategies on well-being for both European Americans and People of Color. Engagement, Disengagement, and Collectivistic Coping strategies significantly predicted overall Well-Being. Coping was a partial mediator for many of the relationships between Pile-up factors and Well-Being. People of Color endorsed Collectivistic Coping strategies to a greater degree than European Americans. Results from this study demonstrate the use of bi-cultural coping amongst Caregivers of Color and highlight the utility and importance of considering coping and well-being from a cultural lens in working with this population at large.Washington State University, Counseling Psycholog
Simulation of thermal plant optimization and hydraulic aspects of thermal distribution loops for large campuses
No full textFollowing an introduction, the author describes Texas A&M University and its utilities system. After that, the author presents how to construct simulation models for chilled water and heating hot water distribution systems. The simulation model was used in a $2.3 million Ross Street chilled water pipe replacement project at Texas A&M University. A second project conducted at the University of Texas at San Antonio was used as an example to demonstrate how to identify and design an optimal distribution system by using a simulation model. The author found that the minor losses of these closed loop thermal distribution systems are significantly higher than potable water distribution systems. In the second part of the report, the author presents the latest development of software called the Plant Optimization Program, which can simulate cogeneration plant operation, estimate its operation cost and provide optimized operation suggestions. The author also developed detailed simulation models for a gas turbine and heat recovery steam generator and identified significant potential savings. Finally, the author also used a steam turbine as an example to present a multi-regression method on constructing simulation models by using basic statistics and optimization algorithms. This report presents a survey of the author??s working experience at the Energy Systems Laboratory (ESL) at Texas A&M University during the period of January 2002 through March 2004. The purpose of the above work was to allow the author to become familiar with the practice of engineering. The result is that the author knows how to complete a project from start to finish and understands how both technical and nontechnical aspects of a project need to be considered in order to ensure a quality deliverable and bring a project to successful completion. This report concludes that the objectives of the internship were successfully accomplished and that the requirements for the degree of Degree of Engineering have been satisfied
Fast ultrasonic phased array inspection of complex geometries delivered through robotic manipulators and high speed data acquisition instrumentation
No full textPerformance of modern robotic manipulators has enabled research and development of fast automated non-destructive testing (NDT) systems for complex geometries. This paper presents recent outcomes of work aimed at removing the bottleneck due to data acquisition rates, to fully exploit the scanning speed of modern 6-DoF manipulators. State of the art ultrasonic instrumentation has been integrated into a large robot cell to enable fast data acquisition, high scan resolutions and accurate positional encoding. A fibre optic connection between the ultrasonic instrument and the server computer enables data transfer rates up to 1.6GB/s. Multiple data collection methods are compared. Performance of the integrated system allows traditional ultrasonic phased array scanning as well as full matrix capture (FMC). In FMC configuration, linear scan speeds up to 156mm/s with 64 pulses per frame are achieved - this speed is only constrained by the acoustic wave propagation in the component. An 8x increase of the speed (up to 1.25m/s) can be achieved using multiple transmission elements, reaching the physical limits for acceptable acoustic alignment of transmission and reception paths. Scan results, relative to a 1.2m × 3m carbon fibre sample, are presented
Concentration of autoantibodies to native 60‐kd ro/ss‐a and denatured 52‐kd ro/ss‐a in eluates from the heart of a child who died with congenital complete heart block
No full textObjective. To determine the serologic specificity of acid eluates from tissues of a child who died with congenital complete heart block (CCHB).
Methods. Tissues were extracted, acid eluted, and the IgG and antibody titers determined on the eluates by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.
Results. Antibodies to native 60-kd and denatured 52-kd Ro/SS-A were found to be enriched only in the heart eluate, and not in the eluates from brain, kidney, and skin.
Conclusion. These findings indicate a major role for anti-native 60-kd Ro/SS-A in the immunopathogenesis of CCHB
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