The Relationship of the First-year Seminar Course and Degree Completion at Kishwaukee College

The purpose of this quantitative study was to determine whether there is a relationship between students’ enrollment in the First-Year Seminar (FYS) course of Counseling and Student Development 100 (CSD 100), which is called The College Experience course at Kishwaukee College, and completion of an associate degree in a three-year period at Kishwaukee College. Specifically, what was the relationship between students who took the FYS course of CSD 100 and completed an Associate of Arts (AA) or Associate of Science (AS) degree over a three-year period, and does the effect of the relationship between students who took the FYS course of CSD 100 and completed an AA or AS degree over a three-year period vary by student characteristics? Data was collected for all full-time AA and AS degree-seeking students from 2014 to 2016 to allow for analysis of degree attainment within three years. I used descriptive statistics to calculate completion of an AA or AS degree and enrollment in an FYS course of CSD 100 to test the theory that those who complete the FYS course of CSD 100 obtain the degree or transfer to another institution at a higher rate. A multiple logistic regression was used to determine the impact that multiple variables had based upon students’ demographics, precollege preparation, college success, and environmental factors. Results indicated that students who enrolled in an FYS course of CSD 100 did not graduate at a higher rate than students who did not enroll in the course. When controlling for the demographic, precollege, environmental, and college variables, the variables that demonstrated a statistically significant difference for completion of an AA or AS degree were two or more races, high school GPA, placement in remedial English and math, and first-term college GPA. For a transfer, the results demonstrated significance for first-generation status and high school GPA. All other variables demonstrated no significant effect

An Innovative Approach Towards Applying Chaum Mixing to SMS

Currently there are few user-friendly applications for anonymous communication across multiple platforms, leaving data that is often both personal and private vulnerable to malicious activity. Mobile devices such as smartphones are prime candidates for such an application as they are pervasive and have standardized communication protocols. Through the application of mixing techniques, these devices can provide anonymity for groups of individuals numbering 30 to 40 members. In this work, a Chaum mix inspired, smartphone based network that uses the Short Message Service (SMS) is described first in theory and then in implementation. This system leverages both techniques used by current anonymity networks as well as knowledge gained from current and past research to make messages private and untraceable. The work addresses previously published attacks to anonymous systems through current and innovative mitigation technique

Concert recording 2013-12-05a

[Track 01]. Introduction -- [Track 02]. Papageno\u27s aria, Die Zauberflote / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -- [Track 03]. Canzonetta sull\u27aria, Le nozze di Figaro / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -- [Track 04]. Tutto e diposto...Aprite un po\u27 quegl\u27occhi, Le nozze di Figaro / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -- [Track 05]. Oh goodness me, what misery, Die Fledermaus / Johann Strauss -- [Track 06]. Parle-moi de ma mere, Carmen / Georges Bizet -- [Track 07]. Nous avons en tete une affaire, Carmen / Georges Bizet -- [Track 08]. Melons, coupons, Carmen / Georges Bizet -- [Track 09]. You are not rich, La Perichole / Jacques Offenbach -- [Track 10]. Alla bella despinetta, Cosi fan tutte / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -- [Track 11]. When I lay me down to sleep, Hansel and Gretel / Engelbert Humperdinck

Concert recording 2014-03-12a

[Track 01]. This nearly was mine from South Pacific / Rodgers and Hammerstein -- [Track 02]. Old man river from Showboat / Kern ; Hammerstein -- [Track 03]. Visione veneziana / Renato Brogi -- [Track 04]. Widmung / Robert Schumann -- [Track 05]. This is my beloved from Kismet / Wright ; Forrest -- [Track 06]. Vision fugitive from Herodiade / Jules Massenet -- [Track 07]. I will be loved tonight from I love you, you\u27re perfect, now change / DiPietro ; Roberts -- [Track 08]. Doin\u27 what comes natur\u27lly from Annie get your gun / Irving Berlin -- [Track 09]. I carry your heart / John Duke -- [Track 10]. Standchen / Franz Schubert -- [Track 11]. Ho capito...signor, si! from Don Giovanni / W.A. Mozart -- [Track 12]. When Fredric was a little lad from The pirates of Penzance / Gilbert and Sullivan -- [Track 13]. In trutina from Carmina burana / Carl Orff -- [Track 14]. Ombra mai fu from Serse / Handel -- [Track 15]. Younger than springtime from South Pacific / Rodgers and Hammerstein -- [Track 16]. Der Atlas / Franz Schubert

Waermetransformation mit dem Stoffpaar Zeolith-Wasser

SIGLETIB: DO 8813 / FIZ - Fachinformationszzentrum Karlsruhe / TIB - Technische InformationsbibliothekDEGerman

Interaction of Environmental Education and Montessori Pedagogy

M.S.E. Montessori EducationResearch shows that environmental education and time outdoors increase social emotional, cognitive, and physical health. We know it’s important to start early and to use a holistic systems-based lens. While research is underway in traditional early childhood programs, research is lacking on how environmental education is implemented and practiced in Montessori early childhood programs. The purpose of the study is to integrate information on the philosophical underpinnings of environmental education with Montessori philosophy and pedagogy, create a questionnaire to examine the implementation of environmental education in Montessori early childhood programming, and pilot the questionnaire to gather information through educators’ responses to systems-based environmental education-framed questions on teacher’s understanding of environmental education, program and pedagogical practices, health promotion, social systems education, natural systems education, and barriers to implementation. Special attention was paid to constructivism, realism mixed with wonder, interdisciplinary practices, biophilia versus ecophobia, critical pedagogy of place, local versus global awareness, and the use of play. A pilot questionnaire was created and sent out via the Internet; 43 questionnaires were returned with sufficient information and analyzed using descriptive statistics and qualitative methods. The results are included in full to support continuing conversation about the interaction between environmental education and Montessori pedagogy. Final discussion highlights discrepancies between the philosophical foundations of Montessori pedagogy and environmental education and the reported practices

Saturated Solar Ponds: Modified Equations and Results of a Laboratory Experiment

The diffusion equation for salt gradient solar ponds has been modified to include the Soret effect (a thermal cross-effect due to the temperature gradient). The contribution of the Soret effect to the diffusion flux of salt is shown to be on the order of 4% in the winter and 28% in the summer for the UNM NaCl solar pond. The traditional stability criterion for solar ponds remains practically unchanged by the Soret effect. However, the contribution of non-constant properties (diffusion coefficient, thermal diffusivity and viscosity)--which have been neglected so far--seems to be significant. Saturated solar ponds are described by a system of differential equations which include the Soret effect, the formation and redissolving of crystals. The analytical solutions of this system are given for the steady-state and constant properties. A laboratory experiment using KNO3 confirms the existence of a stable saturated gradient. Temperatures of up to 90° C and temperature gradients of up to 2°C/cm were used in the experiment without any sign of convective layers. A saturated gradient at steady state includes a super saturated region close to the surface which results in the fallout of crystals in that region. The diffusion flux of salt is thus balanced by a flux of crystals downwards and the net flux of salt is zero in a steady state