Browsing UMBC College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences by Issue Date
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Oedipus and Apollonius
(1992)Shakespeare's Pericles, Prince of Tyre was a reworking of the Historia Apollonii Regis Tyri, which dated back to late antiquity. The narrative of Apollonius of Tyre concerned father-daughter incest (assault), and the large ... -
The influence of Lysenkoism on China’s genetics : the importance of the 1956 Qingdao symposium
(1993)In 1956, prompted by Mao Zedong himself, the Qingdao symposium was convened to bring together scientists with training in "Morgan-Mendel" genetics and scientists following the Michurin school. The effects of government ... -
The Founding and Managing of IPCT-L: A Listowners' Perspective
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Computer Conferencing and online education
(1993-05-20)This article proposes a model for viewing computer conferencing within a communications framework. It supplies an overview of how CC is similar to, and yet different from other channels of communication. The capabilities ... -
Publishing and Editing an Electronic Journal on the Internet
(Institute of Education Sciences, 1994)Publication is at the heart of scholarship. Traditionally, print media has been perhaps the most important vehicle for communicating research results and scholarly thought. Experimentation in publishing electronic journals ... -
Professional and Technical Moonlighters
(1994)This paper reviews some of the literature on multiple job holders to set the stage for reporting the results of an exploratory study conducted on the Internet involving "moonlighters." The foci of this research were to ... -
Audiographics used in distance learning
(Australian Council for Computers in Education, 1994-09)This paper presents an introduction to audiographics technology, its advantages and disadvantages and a short summary of responses to an ongoing, informal inquiry into the present uses of audiographics. -
Deterrence Theory: Success or Failure in Arab-Israeli Wars
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Anthracite and the Irish : extricating the Irish immigrant mining community from the Molly Maguire myth, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, 1850-1879
(1996)The Molly Maguires were a reputed secret society of Irish immigrant mine workers who allegedly terrorized the anthracite coal fields of Pennsylvania from the Civil War until twenty men convicted as Molly Maguires were ... -
Facilitating Interaction in Computer Mediated Online Courses
(Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 1996)This paper contains background material for the discussions. First we will give a brief introduction to computer conferencing (CC), somewhat generically and look at both the advantages and the disadvantages of the various ... -
Where Interaction Intersects Time
(The University at Buffalo Institutional Repository, 1996-06)Educators normally do not have the opportunity or time to analyze individual students and tailor instructional materials or activities specifically to them. Students are usually grouped together into classes for economic ... -
World War II and the Shaping of Postwar America: Politics, Domestic Policy, and the Political Economy
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Amphetamine-induced c-fos mRNA expression is altered in rats with neonatal ventral hippocampal damage
(National Institute of Health, 1996-08)To further characterize the mechanisms underlying enhanced dopamine-related behaviors expressed during adulthood in rats with neonatal excitotoxic ventral hippocampal (VH) damage, we studied the expression of c-fos mRNA ... -
Student Attitudes About Computer Conferencing Used as a Supplemental Delivery System
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An evaluation of methylphenidate as a potential establishing operation for some common classroom reinforcers
(Wiley Online Library, 1997-11)We conducted reinforcer assessments for 3 boys with a diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder who alternately received either placebo or previously prescribed methylphenidate. Our purpose was to evaluate ... -
Soil Moisture Gradients and Controls on a Southern Appalachian Hillslope from Drought Through Recharge
(European Geosciences Union, 1998)Soil moisture gradients along hillslopes in humid watersheds, although indicated by vegetation gradients and by studies using models, have been difficult to confirm empirically. While soil properties and topographic features ... -
Linking Strategic Planning with Program Implementation for Distance Education
(EDUCAUSE, 1998)This article outlines some of the major factors and issues a college or university needs to address in planning for and implementing distance education. The authors propose that there is a need to conduct such planning and ... -
Abnormal cholecystokinin mRNA levels in entorhinal cortex of schizophrenics
(Elsevier, 1998-01-05)Limbic cortical regions, including anterior cingulate cortex (ACC), prefrontal cortex (PFC) and entorhinal cortex (ERC), have been implicated in the neuropathology of schizophrenia. Glutamate projection neurons connect ... -
Deconstructing the Affirmative Action Categories
(SAGE, 1998-04-01)Affirmative action preferences have traditionally benefited four racial and ethnic group categories: African Americans, Hispanics, Asian Americans, and Native Americans. These categories may be overinclusive, masking ... -
Barriers To Online Teaching In Post-Secondary Institutions: Can Policy Changes Fix It?
(University of West Georgia, 1998-06)Recent technological advances have increased the overall amount of information available and improved accessibility to that information, while at the same time the costs of publishing information have decreased. These ...