Bringing the Field into the Classroom by Using Dynamic Digital Maps to Engage Undergraduate Students in Petrology Research

This article describes the use of Dynamic Digital Maps (DDMs) in undergraduate petrology courses. A DDM is a stand-alone computer program that presents interactive geologic maps, digital images, movies, animations, text and data. DDMs were developed for use in two undergraduate research projects, and impacts on student learning were evaluated by administering assessments on students before and after participation in one of the projects. Researchers found significant gains in both students' confidence in their ability to do research and to understand petrology, and noted that DDMs are versatile and can potentially be adapted effectively from 100-level introductory geology labs to research-oriented gradute level courses and in a variety of geologic subdisciplines. Educational levels: Graduate or professional, Graduate or professional

Income and expenses of Eighth District member banks - 1971

Federal Reserve District, 8th ; Bank profits ; Bank assets

Sexual Minority Women and Alcohol: Intersections between drinking, relational contexts, stress, and coping

Few studies explore sexual-minority women\u27s experiences and perceptions of alcohol. Qualitative interviews were conducted with six sexual-minority women who reported having sought help for alcohol problems in the past and six who did not. Themes emerged in two broad areas: (1) stressors that contributed to heavy or problem drinking and (2) factors that enhanced coping and reduced both stress and problem use. Alcohol use across groups was framed in terms of social context (e.g., bar patronage), stress management, and addiction. The findings of the study underscore the importance of considering the role of alcohol in managing stress as well as coping factors that may inform social service interventions

Think-Aloud Protocol Analysis in Translation Studies

Think-Aloud Protocol Analysis in Translation Studies: This paper reports on think-aloud protocol (TAP) research in Finland and Germany. It discusses some methodological issues: choice of subjects, TAPs in a language-learning and in a professional context, monologue and dialogue protocols, the use of models provided by psycholinguistics. Two types of processes - successful and less successful ones - are distinguished and specified as to the subjects' comprehension and reverbalisation processes, their focus of attention, decision-making, monitoring, flexibility, creative thinking and attitude toward the task. Some tentative results of the research going on in Germany and Finland are presented. The results are expected to serve as hypotheses for the teaching of translation.L'analyse par « Think-Aloud Protocol » en traductologie — Cet article rend compte d'une recherche en traduction menée en Finlande et en Allemagne selon le protocole de l'analyse « à haute voix » (TAP). Il aborde certains points de méthode : le choix des sujets, les TAP en apprentissage des langues et en contexte professionnel, les protocoles par monologue et par dialogue, l'utilisation de modèles issus de la psycholinguistique. On distingue deux types de processus - certains réussissant mieux que d'autres - du point de vue de la compréhension et de la reverbalisation des sujets, du point de vue de la focalisation de l'attention, de la prise de décision, du contrôle, de la souplesse, de la pensée créatrice et de l'attitude face au travail. Sont présentés certains résultats provisoires de la recherche menée en Allemagne et en Finlande. Ces résultats sont susceptibles de servir d'hypothèses en didactique de la traduction

The Monitor Model Revisited: Evidence from Process Research

Research on human translation processes to date reveals that there are many routes to successful performance and that consciousness raising helps to identify undesirable tendencies and routines. Research on translation processes also shows that expertise calls for monitoring skills and self-awareness. This paper focuses on the monitor model of translation and reports on empirical evidence that supports the model. It shows that tendencies towards literal translation emerge in the products and processes of novices and experts alike. It also argues for further research into the hypothesized literal translation automaton and its monitoring mechanism.La recherche dans le domaine des processus de la traduction humaine montre que les chemins pour arriver à de bons résultats sont nombreux et que la conscience joue un rôle important dans l’identification des tendances et routines indésirables. Cette même recherche met également en relief que l’expertise dans le domaine qui nous intéresse exige des compétences de monitoring et de conscience de soi. Cette étude se concentre sur la modélisation du monitoring de la traduction basée sur des données empiriques. Il ressort clairement de nos études, que la tendance à la traduction littérale se retrouve dans les produits et processus aussi bien chez les apprenants que chez les experts. Le présent article plaide également pour d’autres recherches dans le domaine de la supposition d’un automaton de la traduction littérale ainsi que de ses mécanismes de monitoring

Inflight and ground-based simulation of handling qualities of very large airplanes in landing approach

Inflight and ground based simulation of Boeing 367-80 variable stability aircraft handling qualities during landing approac

Simulation of three supersonic transport configurations with the Boeing 367-80 in-flight dynamic simulation airplane

In-flight dynamic simulator used to evaluate problems of low-speed approach and landing of supersonic transpor

Media(ted) fabrications: How the science-media symbiosis helped ‘sell’ cord banking

This paper considers the problematic role of the science–media symbiosis in the dissemination of misleading and emotionally manipulative information regarding services offered by CordBank, New Zealand's only umbilical cord blood banking facility. As this case study illustrates, the growing reliance of health and science reporters on the knowledge capital of medical specialists, biogenetic researchers, and scientists potentially enhances the ability of ‘expert’ sources to set the agenda for media representations of emerging medical and scientific developments, and may undermine the editorial independence of journalists and editors, many of whom in this case failed to critically evaluate deeply problematic claims regarding the current and future benefits of cord banking. Heavy reliance on established media frames of anecdotal personalization and technoboosterism also reinforced a proscience journalistic culture in which claims by key sources were uncritically reiterated and amplified, with journalistic assessments of the value of cord banking emphasizing potential benefits for individual consumers. It is argued that use of these media frames potentially detracts from due consideration of the broader social, ethical, legal, and health implications of emerging biomedical developments, along with the professional, personal, and increasingly also financial interests at stake in their public promotion, given the growing commercialization of biogenetic technologies