12 research outputs found
Audio Interview with Mrs. Jettie Willey, Mrs. Roseanna Shank, Rev. B.A. Rathbone and Hugo Carlson
No full textAudio - Mrs. Jettie Willey, Mrs. Roseanna Shank, Rev. B.A. Rathbone and Hugo Carlson discuss many firsts to happen in the Athabasca area including: Mr. Dean , the first school teacher in Athabasca, MacLeod's Creamery had the first electricity in the early 1940's, the first wheat was grown west of town by C.B. Major, etc. Many details including prices/costs and wages of teachers and farming in the early twentieth century in Athabasca are provided. Prices of fur trading (live black foxes shipped to Newfoundland cost a thousand dollars), the life of fur traders and other businesses are discussed in great detail. The Reverend Rathbone talks about the Anglican Church's various buildings and personnel (50 minutes)The ""Play"" as listed on cassette appears to be a rehearsal and not worth keeping. Play has not been identified, actors not identified, appears more of a nonsense session rather than a serious rehearsal. Interviews of Seniors is quite informative, however, no one is identified either interviewers or those being interviewed
Adjoint modeling to quantify stream flow changes due to aquifer pumping
Full text linkNovember 2013.As populations grow and demand for water increases, new sources of water must be found. If groundwater resources are developed to meet these growing demands, the increased pumping of aquifers should not reduce flows in rivers to levels that would limit the availability of water for drinking water supply, irrigation, and riparian habitat. Stream depletion is the term for the change in the river flow rate due to pumping in an aquifer that is hydraulically connected to the river. In many regions of the U.S., a new well cannot be sited until it is shown that pumping the new well will not cause substantial stream depletion. Numerical simulations are typically used to quantify stream depletion. In the standard approach, two numerical simulations are run—one without pumping and one with pumping in a well at the proposed location. In both simulations, the water flux between the river and aquifer is calculated, and the difference between these fluxes is the stream depletion due to pumping at the proposed well location. If multiple well locations are considered, one addition simulation must be run for each additional potential well location; thus, this approach can be inefficient for siting new wells. The goal this research was to develop an adjoint-based modeling approach to efficiently quantify stream depletion due to aquifer pumping. In a single simulation of an adjoint model, stream depletion is calculated for a well at any location in the aquifer; thus, it is computationally efficient when the number of well locations or possible well locations is large. The adjoint approach was developed to be used with standard groundwater flow simulators, and therefore can be applied in practice. The research included rigorous development of the adjoint equation for calculating stream depletion in confined and unconfined aquifers with various models of groundwater/surface water interaction, along with numerical simulations to verify the adjoint equation. In addition, we used the adjoint method to investigate the sensitivity of stream depletion to the hydraulic conductivity of the stream channel, a parameter which is known to be uncertain
A Crash Course in Flying : Designing and Drafting Ellen Mclaughlin's Tongue of a Bird
No full textiii, 58 p.The author describes the process of designing and modeling the sets for the Kalamazoo College production of Tongue of a Bird
Embracing structure: opportunities and challenges of implementing structure in organizations
No full textStructure —explicit and predetermined rules, specificity, and order imposed to guide behavior—has long been recognized as a means of elevating outcomes for individuals, groups, and organizations beyond default processes. Yet, structured tools are often underutilized in practice, raising critical questions: why are they resisted, and how can organizations encourage greater adoption? Addressing these challenges requires increasing awareness of their benefits and targeting psychological barriers to their use. The papers in this symposium tackle these issues in three ways. First, they highlight the limitations of default processes, demonstrating that humans underperform in detecting their partner’s conversational topic preferences compared to machine learning algorithms. Second, they illustrate the benefits of structure, showing how structured tools enhance conversational safety, promote equal speaking time in groups, and empower individuals to make voluntary choices during consent procedures. Third, they explore psychological barriers, such as concerns about enjoyment, that undermine the adoption of structured approaches. Collectively, this symposium showcases structure as a powerful tool for improving outcomes for individuals, groups, and organizations, while emphasizing the importance of thoughtful design and implementation that accounts for individuals’ psychological needs and motivations. Topic preference detection: A novel approach to understand perspective taking in conversation Author: Michael Yeomans; Imperial College London Author: Alison Wood Brooks; Harvard Business School Unlocking the power of equal airtime: Nudging conversational safety in group conversations Author: F Katelynn Boland; Author: Nicholas Demetrio Zambrotta; UC Berkeley, Haas School of Business Author: Nicole Abi-Esber; London School of Economics and Political Science Structuring Requests to Empower Voluntary Consent Author: Rachel Schlund; Cornell University Author: Roseanna Sommers; Author: Vanessa Bohns; Cornell University Overcoming Resistance to Structured Collaboration: The Role of Hedonic Perceptions Author: Kelly Harrington; Northwestern University Author: Loran F. Nordgren
A Web-Based Framework for Personalised Language Rehabilitation
Full text linkThis research project presents the research and development of web-based framework for simple
language rehabilitation software that personalises to patient needs. This prototype uses a simple
language task to demonstrate the viability of complete system that rehabilitates communication for
people with Aphasia (PWA). Current rehabilitation techniques are repetitive and drill-based with
little personalisation. Personalisation has been shown to enhance learning and maintain motivation
in educational systems. We implement these same techniques in the application framework with the
aim of enhancing quality of therapy and motivation in aphasic people. PWA can use the software
independently and still receive a degree of personalised therapy without a human speech and
language pathologist. Intelligent and adaptive software in this space does not currently exist. The
framework uses Intelligent Tutoring System (ITS) techniques to achieve this goal. The ASPIRE ITS
authoring tool was used to author a simple language tutor whose components would be integrated
into the prototype framework. The domain ontology was constructed, task sets created, constraints
generated, and feedback messages customised. This project found that the framework was viable,
but that some functionality provided by ASPIRE may be insufficient. The components of the
framework are designed to be modular, this way the constraints or feedback could be extended or
replaced to meet future requirements
Parent and teacher perceptions of challenging behavior in their children and students with charge syndrome
No full textParent and special educator perceptions of challenging behaviors are very important portions of the assessment process leading to the development of an appropriate Individual Education Plan (IEP) for children with CHARGE syndrome. Parents and special education teachers may view the child in similar ways; however, they need to encourage each other about possible future outcomes and “not limit their expectations” (Salem-Hartshorne & Jacob, 2005, p. 267). Research correlating how parents and special education teachers and related-service providers perceive the challenging behavior of children with CHARGE syndrome is necessary to show support for the collaborative Individualized Education Plan (IEP) process.
This quantitative nonprobability survey research study utilized the Survey for Parents of Children with CHARGE in Regards to Behavior Problems instrument (Hartshorne & Cypher, 2004) to survey parents’ perceptions of challenging behavior of their children with CHARGE syndrome. Teachers of the same children were nominated by the parents through the snowballing process to participate in a one-word adapted and author approved version of the same survey called the Survey for Teachers of Children with CHARGE in Regards to Behavior Problems instrument (Hartshorne & Cypher, 2004). Results in perceptions of challenging behaviors for children with CHARGE syndrome were compared using descriptive statistics and multivariate analysis (MANOVA) between participant groups
The Heroine’s Path. Teresa de la Parra: Charting the Path of Latin American Heroines
Full text linkAs a heroine in the novel of her own story, the Venezuelan author Teresa de la Parra (1889-1936), was an acknowledged noted novelist and gifted public speaker in her lifetime when she was invited to deliver three lectures in Bogotá and Barranquilla, Colombia, in 1930, and later in Cuba. The lectures were not published until 1961 in Caracas by the Venezuelan critic Arturo Uslar Pietri and I translated the lectures for the book, Teresa de la Parra: A Literary Life (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2012). The Tres Conferencias: Influencia de las mujeres en la formación del alma americana or Three Lectures: Women’s Influence in the Formation of the American Soul, described the important roles women played during the Conquest, Colonial, and Independence eras in Latin America. The Colombian Lectures represent her last work. In the 1970’s, when critics began to value women’s writing for its valuable contribution to literature, they began to read and value this author’s work that addressed female heroines.
In these lectures de la Parra declared herself a “moderate feminist” as she highlighted the important roles the founding mothers played in Latin American history and in the formation of its ethos and culture. She wanted to uncover the hardships that had been imposed on women starting with the conquest of México. As Spain conquered more of the Latin American continent, women played important roles, but de la Parra pointed out that the stories of half the human race had been ignored by Latin American historians, who tended to write about battles and victories rather than the sacrifices and the heroic contributions of women. By recuperating the voices of the “founding mothers,” Queen Isabela, Ňusta Doña Isabela (el Inca Garcilaso’s mother) Doña Marina, Madre Castillo, Policarpa Salavarrieta, Manuela Sáenz and her contemporaries Delmira Augustini and Gabriela Mistral, de la Parra created a community of heroines.Como heroína en la novela de su propia historia, la escritora venezolana Teresa de la Parra (1889-1936), fue una reconocida novelista y talentosa oradora pública, cuando en 1930 fue invitada a dar tres conferencias en las ciudades de Bogotá y Barranquilla (Colombia), y posteriormente en La Habana (Cuba). Las conferencias no fueron publicadas sino hasta 1961 en Caracas, por el crítico venezolano Arturo Uslar Pietri. Pietri y yo tradujimos las conferencias para el libro, Teresa de la Parra: Una vida literaria (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2012). Las Tres Conferencias: Influencia de las mujeres en la formación del alma americana describieron los importantes papeles que desempeñaron las mujeres durante las épocas de conquista, colonial e independencia en América Latina. Las Tres Conferencias representan su último trabajo. En la década de 1970, cuando los críticos comenzaron a aceptar los escritos de las mujeres por su valiosa contribución a la literatura, comenzaron a leer y a valorar el trabajo de esta escritora quien escribía sobre las heroínas femeninas.
En estas conferencias, de la Parra declaró ser una "feminista moderada" al resaltar los importantes papeles que desempeñaron las madres fundadoras en la historia latinoamericana y en la formación de su ética y cultura. Quería descubrir las dificultades que se habían impuesto a las mujeres a partir de la conquista de México. Mientras España conquistaba más del continente latinoamericano, las mujeres desempeñaban papeles importantes, pero de la Parra señaló que las historias de la mitad de la raza humana habían sido ignoradas por los historiadores latinoamericanos, quienes solían escribir sobre batallas y victorias en lugar de los sacrificios y los aportes heroicos que hacían las mujeres. Al recuperar las voces de las “madres fundadoras”, la reina Isabela, Ňusta la Doña Isabela (la madre del Inca Garcilaso) Doña Marina, Madre Castillo, Policarpa Salavarrieta, Manuela Sáenz y sus contemporáneas Delmira Augustini y Gabriela Mistral, de la Parra creó una comunidad de heroínas.Como heroína na obra que conta sua própria história, a autora venezuelana Teresa de la Parra (1889-1936) foi uma reconhecida romancista e palestrante talentosa, quando foi convidada para conduzir três palestras em Bogotá e Barranquilla, na Colômbia, em 1930 e depois em Cuba. As palestras não foram publicadas até 1961 em Caracas pelo crítico venezuelano Arturo Uslar Pietri e traduzidas por mim para o livro Teresa de la Parra: Uma Vida Literária (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2012). As Três Conferências: A Influência das Mulheres na Formação da Alma Americana (original: Tres Conferencias: Influencia de las mujeres en la formacíon del alma americana)descreveu os importantes papéis desempenhados pelas mulheres durante as eras da Conquista, Colonial e da Independência na América Latina. As palestras colombianas representam seu último trabalho. Na década de 1970, quando os críticos começaram a valorizar a escrita feminina por sua valiosa contribuição à literatura, eles começaram a ler e a valorizar o trabalho dessa autora que abordava heroínas do sexo feminino.
Nessas conferências, de la Parra declarou-se uma “feminista moderada”, ao destacar os importantes papéis desempenhados pelas mães fundadoras na história da América Latina e na formação de seu etos e cultura. Seu objetivo era descobrir as dificuldades que foram impostas às mulheres a partir da conquista do México. Conforme aEspanha conquistava os territórios do do continente latino americano, as mulheres passaram a desempenhar papéis importantes, porém, De la Parra aponta que metade dahistória da raça humana havia sido ignorada pelos historiadores latino americanos, que insistiam em recontar batalhas e vitórias , em detrimento do dos sacrifícios e os feitos heróicos das mulheres. Ao recuperar as vozes das “mães fundadoras”, Rainha Isabela, Dona Isabela (mãe do Inca Garcilaso), Dona Marina, Madre Castillo, Policarpa Salavarrieta, Manuela Sáenz e suas contemporâneas Delmira Augustini e Gabriela Mistral, de la Parra criou uma comunidade de heroínas
The Factory Times Wildcat Detectives Fall 2024
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The Factory Times The Poly Debrief Spring 2025
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