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Interview with Margaret Howell Heath
Margaret Howell Heath
Jan 01, 0001
In her October 12, 2006 interview with Nicole L. Wilson, Margaret Howell Heath explains why she joined the WAVES and shares her experiences being stationed in San Francisco. This interview was conducted for inclusion into the...
Published by: Winthrop University
Interview with Gwen P. Howell
Gwen P. Howell
Jan 01, 0001
Interview with Gwen P. Howell, member of the South Carolina Mothers Association.
Published by: Winthrop University
Japan's English medium instruction initiatives and the globalization of higher education
Heath Rose, James McKinley
Jan 01, 2018

This article analyzes a recent initiative of Japan’s Ministry of Education, which aims to internationalize higher education in Japan. The large-investment project “Top Global University Project” (TGUP) has emerged to create...

The influence of two crop by-products on the hygrothermal properties of earth plasters

The incorporation of natural fibres in earth construction elements is a common practice that is found both in traditional and in contemporary building systems. The positive effect that such materials have on the mechanical...

PSK Method for Solving Mixed and Type-4 Intuitionistic Fuzzy Solid Transportation Problems
P. Kumar
Apr 01, 2019
In this article, the author categorises the solid transportation problem (STP) under uncertain environments. He formulates the mixed and fully intuitionistic fuzzy solid transportation problems (FIFSTPs) and utilizes the...
The influence of two crop by-products on the hygrothermal properties of earth plasters

The incorporation of natural fibres in earth construction elements is a common practice that is found both in traditional and in contemporary building systems. The positive effect that such materials have on the mechanical...

Japan's English medium instruction initiatives and the globalization of higher education
Heath Rose, James McKinley
Jan 01, 2018

This article analyzes a recent initiative of Japan’s Ministry of Education, which aims to internationalize higher education in Japan. The large-investment project “Top Global University Project” (TGUP) has emerged to create...

What drives success in English medium taught courses? The interplay between language proficiency, academic skills, and motivation.
This article explores the relationship between course performance, English
language proficiency, motivation, and academic language skills in an English
medium instruction (EMI) university context. It analyses test and...
Conceptualizations of language errors, standards, norms and nativeness in English for research publication purposes
James McKinley, Heath Rose
Dec 31, 2018
Adherence to standards in English for research publication purposes (ERPP) can be a substantial barrier for second language (L2) writers and is an area of renewed debate in L2 writing research. This study presents a qualitative...
Conceptualizations of language errors, standards, norms and nativeness in English for research publication purposes
James McKinley, Heath Rose
Dec 31, 2018
Adherence to standards in English for research publication purposes (ERPP) can be a substantial barrier for second language (L2) writers and is an area of renewed debate in L2 writing research. This study presents a qualitative...
The prevalence of pedagogy-related research in applied linguistics
Heath Rose, James McKinley
Aug 01, 2017
In this article, we respond to the special issue ‘Definitions for Applied Linguistics’, where the past and future of applied linguistics are discussed, and the place of pedagogy in the field’s scope is debated. In the issue...
Performance Characteristics of Discrete-Time Queue With Variant Working Vacations
P. Laxmi, Rajesh P.
Apr 01, 2020
This article analyzes an infinite buffer discrete-time single server queueing system with variant working vacations in which customers arrive according to a geometric process. As soon as the system becomes empty, the server...
Customer Engagement in Sport
Customer engagement (CE) is an emerging perspective that provides a holistic view of the ways in which customers’ interactive experiences with organizations create value for both the parties. Central to this, is the need to...
What drives success in English medium taught courses? The interplay between language proficiency, academic skills, and motivation.
This article explores the relationship between course performance, English
language proficiency, motivation, and academic language skills in an English
medium instruction (EMI) university context. It analyses test and...
Exploring the role of self-efficacy beliefs and learner success in English Medium Instruction
English medium instruction (EMI) is a growing phenomenon in higher education contexts across the globe, and EMI programs are expanding rapidly in Japan as part of their internationalization efforts. This paper explores the...
Intrinsically p-biharmonic maps
Peter Hornung, Roger Moser
Nov 01, 2014
For a compact Riemannian manifold $N$, a domain $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^m$ and for $p \in (1,\infty)$, we introduce an intrinsic version $E_p$ of the $p$-biharmonic energy functional for maps $u : \Omega \to N$. This requires...
Customer Engagement in Sport
Customer engagement (CE) is an emerging perspective that provides a holistic view of the ways in which customers’ interactive experiences with organizations create value for both the parties. Central to this, is the need to...
The Synthetic Chemistry of Carboxyalkyl-P, P-Diphenyl Phosphines
Larry S. Andrews
Jan 01, 0001
This 55 page thesis examines the preparation of carboxyalkyl-P and P-diphenyl phosphines to determine their acidity characteristics as a function of structure and to characterize their ability to function as chelating agents.
Published by: Ursinus College
Has Simeon's vision prevailed among Canadian policy scholars?

Concerned by the proliferation of idiosyncratic prescriptive case studies in the nascent subfield of policy studies, Richard Simeon, in his seminal 1976 article, asked scholars to produce more comparative policy research that...

Geopolymer stabilisation of unfired earth masonry units
D Maskell, A Heath, P J Walker
Mar 01, 2014
Contemporary domestic structures typically use masonry units that are approximately 100mm thick. There is interest in using commercial methods of manufacture to produce earthen bricks that have a similar form factor to...
Diabetes Prediction Using Enhanced SVM and Deep Neural Network Learning Techniques: An Algorithmic Approach for Early Screening of Diabetes
Diabetes, caused by the rise in level of glucose in blood, has many latest devices to identify from blood samples. Diabetes, when unnoticed, may bring many serious diseases like heart attack, kidney disease. In this way, there...
The relevance of the interpersonal theory of suicide for predicting past-year and lifetime suicidality in autistic adults.
BACKGROUND: While there are known risk factors for suicidality in autistic adults, these are often unconnected from theoretical frameworks that might explain why risk is elevated and guide clinical interventions. The present...

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