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In the next millennium, it is anticipated that human factors issues
will take centre stage in initiatives targeted at enhancing
economic competitiveness and productivity. This development is
already discernible in nascent knowledge and digital based
industries and economies, which are expected to emerge in force in
the near future and continue to dominate thereafter. These
developments will establish irreversibly the emerging global
economy. The theme of the APCHI 2000 conference is: "Towards a
seamless integration of collaborative human computer systems" to
reflect the already discernible shift in focus of human computer
interaction (HCI). whilst the theme of the ASEAN Ergonomics 2000
conference is: "From user centeredness to people centeredness" to
reflect the imminent shift in focus that is required of human
factors.
The papers in these proceedings provide a good contrast of human
factors contributions to both old and new economies that make up
ASEAN and APEC. They highlight the diverse roles human factors can
play in advancing the quality of life in developed, developing and
third world nations. They also serve as a guide to human factors
practitioners in old economies on what to expect as their economies
develop.
Labeled A Nation at Risk, Americans are urgently seeking reform in
their public school systems. While many promising programs are
being developed, they have not yet been validated. The national
conference Making Schools Work for Underachieving Minority Students
shared the best of what is presently known and deliberated on the
implications for research, policy, and practice. Sponsored by
CRESST (Center for Research on Evaluation Standards and Student
Testing), The National Urban League, and the National Council of
LaRaza, the conference was financed by the U.S. Department of
Education. Closely following the structure of the conference, this
volume's contributors examine education's current status. They then
investigate potentially promising approaches to specific problem
areas. Contributors treat issues of evaluation and testing, and
conclude by addressing the potential of collaborative efforts.
Responding to a major challenge, community groups and organizations
throughout the country are seeking answers to the problem of
underachieving minority students. This volume builds on these
shared interests and is a first step toward an intervention
process. Topics covered include: creating effective instructional
programs; reducing the dropout rate; preparing students for
secondary and postsecondary success; helping limited English
proficient students; and improving teacher quality. The volume's
contributors hope to promote dialogue on promising practices,
foster collaboration, identify critical R & D needs and
collaborative arrangements, and identify testing and evaluation
issues for subsequent inquiry.
Students of twentieth-century Colombia and Venezuela will find
in the essays useful information on events taking place there
through the mid-1980s. Teachers of Latin American government and
politics will be able to use these essays as case studies of
consociational democracy in the region. And all Latin Americanists
will welcome the advent of scholarly writing informed by the
consociational model that provides us an approach to contemporary
Latin American politics that is at once enlightening and
convincing. "Southeastern Latin Americanist"
Venezuela and Columbia both have two-sided structures of
democracy. They combine the Liberal Democratic/Anglo-American model
and the Latin American model. The first includes the procedural
norms of free elections, citizen participation, individual rights,
and multi-interest groups. The second comprises the substantive
norms of economic development and social justice. The contributors
address the following questions: Is one or the other model more
significant? How much of a blending or overlap, if any, exists
between these two models? Is there a third model that is more
significant? In answering these questions, the contributors examine
such principal components as national structures and societal
evolution, political parties, economic development, the state and
the military, guerilla movements, international relations and
foreign policy, and the drug trade. Editor Donald L. Herman
concludes this study by offering a prognosis for the two respective
regimes for the rest of the twentieth century.
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Every major city has them, often considered the scourge of society,
the homeless derelict. There are many types; drug addicts,
alcoholics, thieves, mentally disabled, con artist, criminals, the
list is endless. The question is why do some of these individuals
elect to live life in this manner? This novel is about one such
person, Andrew, an alcoholic, and his attempt to become a
productive member of society with the help of his former
brother-in-law, Marty. As a one time noted scientist, whom was
instrumental in the development of Agent Orange, and realizing the
detrimental effects of this chemical if used, he drops out of
society leaving behind a wife, who bore him a daughter of which he
is not aware. In his journey to get out of the gutter, he is
confronted with, hate, lies, deceitfulness, scheming, rejection,
pressure, the very things that caused him to become a derelict in
the first place. Marty, realizing Andrew does not know about his
daughter Andrea, has the daunting task of arranging for the two to
meet, but his attempts are thwarted by one who does not want Andrew
returning into their lives, his former wife, Claire.
This book helps students explore Fourier analysis and its related
topics, helping them appreciate why it pervades many fields of
mathematics, science, and engineering. This introductory textbook
was written with mathematics, science, and engineering students
with a background in calculus and basic linear algebra in mind. It
can be used as a textbook for undergraduate courses in Fourier
analysis or applied mathematics, which cover Fourier series,
orthogonal functions, Fourier and Laplace transforms, and an
introduction to complex variables. These topics are tied together
by the application of the spectral analysis of analog and discrete
signals, and provide an introduction to the discrete Fourier
transform. A number of examples and exercises are provided
including implementations of Maple, MATLAB, and Python for
computing series expansions and transforms. After reading this
book, students will be familiar with: * Convergence and summation
of infinite series * Representation of functions by infinite series
* Trigonometric and Generalized Fourier series * Legendre, Bessel,
gamma, and delta functions * Complex numbers and functions *
Analytic functions and integration in the complex plane * Fourier
and Laplace transforms. * The relationship between analog and
digital signals Dr. Russell L. Herman is a professor of Mathematics
and Professor of Physics at the University of North Carolina
Wilmington. A recipient of several teaching awards, he has taught
introductory through graduate courses in several areas including
applied mathematics, partial differential equations, mathematical
physics, quantum theory, optics, cosmology, and general relativity.
His research interests include topics in nonlinear wave equations,
soliton perturbation theory, fluid dynamics, relativity, chaos and
dynamical systems.
This book helps students explore Fourier analysis and its related
topics, helping them appreciate why it pervades many fields of
mathematics, science, and engineering. This introductory textbook
was written with mathematics, science, and engineering students
with a background in calculus and basic linear algebra in mind. It
can be used as a textbook for undergraduate courses in Fourier
analysis or applied mathematics, which cover Fourier series,
orthogonal functions, Fourier and Laplace transforms, and an
introduction to complex variables. These topics are tied together
by the application of the spectral analysis of analog and discrete
signals, and provide an introduction to the discrete Fourier
transform. A number of examples and exercises are provided
including implementations of Maple, MATLAB, and Python for
computing series expansions and transforms. After reading this
book, students will be familiar with: * Convergence and summation
of infinite series * Representation of functions by infinite series
* Trigonometric and Generalized Fourier series * Legendre, Bessel,
gamma, and delta functions * Complex numbers and functions *
Analytic functions and integration in the complex plane * Fourier
and Laplace transforms. * The relationship between analog and
digital signals Dr. Russell L. Herman is a professor of Mathematics
and Professor of Physics at the University of North Carolina
Wilmington. A recipient of several teaching awards, he has taught
introductory through graduate courses in several areas including
applied mathematics, partial differential equations, mathematical
physics, quantum theory, optics, cosmology, and general relativity.
His research interests include topics in nonlinear wave equations,
soliton perturbation theory, fluid dynamics, relativity, chaos and
dynamical systems.
What are the important aspects of collective bargaining at the
local school district level? Beginning with a discussion on how
administrators and employees live and work together in the school
district environment, Herman succinctly details the strategies,
tasks, events, and influences that affect the collective bargaining
process. These details range from the initial certification
election of a union to the preparation for, negotiation of, and
administration of a union/management collective bargaining
agreement.
A useful road map to help implement the quality concept in the
educational environment...The authors do an excellent job of
unifying the concepts of TQM, effective schools, OBE, and shared
decision making.
Based on the author's junior-level undergraduate course, this
introductory textbook is designed for a course in mathematical
physics. Focusing on the physics of oscillations and waves, A
Course in Mathematical Methods for Physicists helps students
understand the mathematical techniques needed for their future
studies in physics. It takes a bottom-up approach that emphasizes
physical applications of the mathematics. The book offers: A quick
review of mathematical prerequisites, proceeding to applications of
differential equations and linear algebra Classroom-tested
explanations of complex and Fourier analysis for trigonometric and
special functions Coverage of vector analysis and curvilinear
coordinates for solving higher dimensional problems Sections on
nonlinear dynamics, variational calculus, numerical solutions of
differential equations, and Green's functions
Considering the crucial role of funding in education today, it is
imperative that educators understand the budgeting process
thoroughly. By presenting an overview of the basics of financial
matters that affect school districts and individual school
buildings, this highly practical book spells out the methodology,
individual roles, and rationale for site-based budgeting and
describes the relationship between central and site levels. It
discusses income, expenditures, and accounting responsibilities,
and emphasizes the opportunity and obligations of the
administration, faculty, staff, school site councils, and central
district officials related to the total budgeting, expenditure, and
control processes.
Nestled between the Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean, and
stretching from Hampton Roads to Assateague Island, Virginia's
Eastern Shore is a distinctly southern place with an exceptionally
southern taste. In this inviting narrative, Bernard L. Herman
welcomes readers into the communities, stories, and flavors that
season a land where the distance from tide to tide is often less
than five miles. Blending personal observation, history, memories
of harvests and feasts, and recipes, Herman tells of life along the
Eastern Shore through the eyes of its growers, watermen, oyster and
clam farmers, foragers, church cooks, restaurant owners, and
everyday residents. Four centuries of encounter, imagination, and
invention continue to shape the foodways of the Eastern Shore of
Virginia, melding influences from Indigenous peoples, European
migrants, enslaved and free West Africans, and more recent
newcomers. Herman reveals how local ingredients and the cooks who
have prepared them for the table have developed a distinctly
American terroir--the flavors of a place experienced through its
culinary and storytelling traditions. This terroir flourishes even
as it confronts challenges from climate change, declining fish
populations, and farming monoculture. Herman reveals this
resilience through the recipes and celebrations that hold meaning,
not just for those who live there but for all those folks who sit
at their tables--and other tables near and far.
Tran Duc Thao, a wise and learned scientist and an eminent Marxist
philoso pher, begins this treatise on the origins of language and
consciousness with a question: "One of the principal difficulties
of the problem of the origin of consciousness is the exact
determination of its beginnings. Precisely where must one draw the
line between the sensori-motor psychism of animals and the
conscious psychism that we see developing in man?" And then he
cites Karl Marx's famous passage about 'the bee and the architect'
from Capital: ... what distinguishes the worst architect from the
best of bees is this, that the architect raises his structure in
the imagination before he erects it in reality. At the end of every
labor process, we get a result that already existed in the
imagination of the laborer at its commencement. (Capital, Vol. I,
p. 178, tr. Moore and Aveling) Thao follows this immediately with a
second question: "But is this the most elementary form of
consciousness?" Thus the conundrum concerning the origins of
consciousness is posed as a circle: if human consciousness pre
supposes representation (of the external reality, of mental
awareness, of actions, of what it may), and if this consciousness
emerges first with the activity of production using tools, and if
the production of tools itself pre supposes representation - that
is, with an image of what is to be produced in the mind of the
producer - then the conditions for the origins of human"
From the eighteenth-century single-room "mansions" of Delaware's
Cypress Swamp district to the early twentieth-century suburban
housing around Philadelphia and Wilmington, the architectural
landscape of the mid-Atlantic region is both rich and varied. In
this pioneering field guide to the region's historic vernacular
architecture, Gabrielle Lanier and Bernard Herman describe the
remarkably diverse building traditions that have overlapped and
influenced one another for generations.
With more than 300 illustrations and photographs, "Everyday
Architecture of the Mid-Atlantic" explores the character of
pre-1940 domestic and agricultural buildings in the towns and rural
landscapes of southern New Jersey, Delaware, and coastal Maryland
and Virginia. Approaching their subject "archaeologically," the
authors examine the "layers" of a structure's past to show how it
has changed over time and to reveal telling details about its
occupants and the community in which they lived. The book provides
architectural information as well as a working methodology for
anyone wanting to explore and learn from traditional architecture
and landscapes.
The authors conclude that, as a vital cultural artifact, the
distinctive architecture of the mid-Atlantic needs to be
identified, recorded, and preserved. "Everyday Architecture of the
Mid-Atlantic" gives proof to the insights architecture offers into
who we are culturally as a community, a region, and a nation.
Advanced Guitar Theory and Technique Applied to the Metal and Shred
genres is an excellent tool to for the intermediate to advanced
guitarist wanting to take their technique and knowledge to new,
previously unobtainable levels. Throughout the book numerous
examples are given that relate theory and technique to the lesson
that is being taught. After reading this book you will be able to
solo over any background in any style that you choose and always
play in tune. Although this book is written with the metal and
shred player in the forefront, it is equally effective as a
learning resource for any style of playing. The book is divided
into three main sections that epitomize the essence of metal and
shred guitar; Theory, Arpeggios and Speed Picking. The Theory
section employs pattern based methods for teaching modal theory and
uses multiple angles and approaches to help you understand and
visualize the fretboard. The Arpeggio section goes over all of the
main arpeggios that guitarists rely upon and after giving a theory
lesson on how to build and apply arpeggios into your own playing
goes on to display examples of sweep picking licks that range from
merely advanced to virtuoso style sweep, slide and tap techniques.
The Speed Picking section displays outstanding examples and
exercises to help you get your picking technique up to speed.
Problem areas are isolated and addressed, helping you learn how to
effectively practice and greatly improve upon your picking
technique. This book contains a wealth of knowledge that any
guitarist will find invaluable.
Ronald Lockett (1965-1998) stands out among southern artists in the
late twentieth century. Raised in the African American industrial
city of Bessemer, Alabama, Lockett explored a range of recurring
themes through his art: faith, the endless cycle of life,
environmental degradation, historical events, the sweetness of
idealized love, mourning, human emotion, and personal struggle. By
the time Lockett died at age thirty-two, he had created an
estimated four hundred works that document an extraordinary
artistic evolution. This book offers the first in-depth critical
treatment of Lockett's art, alongside sixty full-color plates of
the artist's paintings and assemblages, shedding light on Lockett's
career and work. By placing Lockett at its center, contributors
contextualize what might be best understood as the
Birmingham-Bessemer School of art, which includes Thornton Dial,
Joe Minter, and Lonnie Holley, and its turbulent social, economic,
and personal contexts. While broadening our understanding of
southern contemporary art, Fever Within uncovers how one artist's
work has become emblematic of the frustrated, yearning, unredeemed
promises, and family and community resilience expressed by a
generation of African American artists at the close of the
twentieth century. Contributors include Paul Arnett, Sharon
Patricia Holland, Katherine L. Jentleson, Thomas J. Lax, and Colin
Rhodes.
Based on the author's junior-level undergraduate course, this
introductory textbook is designed for a course in mathematical
physics. Focusing on the physics of oscillations and waves, A
Course in Mathematical Methods for Physicists helps students
understand the mathematical techniques needed for their future
studies in physics. It takes a bottom-up approach that emphasizes
physical applications of the mathematics. The book offers: A quick
review of mathematical prerequisites, proceeding to applications of
differential equations and linear algebra Classroom-tested
explanations of complex and Fourier analysis for trigonometric and
special functions Coverage of vector analysis and curvilinear
coordinates for solving higher dimensional problems Sections on
nonlinear dynamics, variational calculus, numerical solutions of
differential equations, and Green's functions
In this abundantly illustrated volume, Bernard Herman provides a
history of urban dwellings and the people who built and lived in
them in early America. In the eighteenth century, cities were
constant objects of idealization, often viewed as the outward
manifestations of an organized, civil society. As the physical
objects that composed the largest portion of urban settings, town
houses contained and signified different aspects of city life,
argues Herman. Taking a material culture approach, Herman examines
urban domestic buildings from Charleston, South Carolina, to
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, as well as those in English cities and
towns, to better understand why people built the houses they did
and how their homes informed everyday city life. Working with
buildings and documentary sources as diverse as court cases and
recipes, Herman interprets town houses as lived experience.
Chapters consider an array of domestic spaces, including the
merchant family's house, the servant's quarter, and the widow's
dower. Herman demonstrates that city houses served as sites of
power as well as complex and often conflicted artifacts mapping the
everyday negotiations of social identity and the display of
sociability.
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