Automated writing evaluation (AWE) software is an increasingly popular tool for English second language learners. However, research on the accuracy of such software has been both scarce and largely limited in its scope. As such...
Numerous video games marketed entirely for entertainment purposes, also known as commercial, off-the-shelf (COTS) titles, can serve as an effective tool for teaching students complicated skills such as executive functioning...
On January 26, 2001, The Rockefeller University presented Raymond and Beverly Sackler Lecture by Joshua Lederberg, Professor Emeritus (The Rockefeller University)
In this article, an improved system is constructed using interval type-2 fuzzy sets (IT2FS) and a fuzzy logic controller (FLC) with non-singleton inputs. The primary purpose is to better model nutritional input uncertainty which...
Four Talks on the Occasion of the Installation of Dr. Joshua Lederberg as President of The Rockefeller University, October 16, 1978
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Winthrop University has selected "Spare Parts" by Joshua Davis as its Common Book for the 2017-18 academic year. Since 2011, Winthrop has used its Common Book to emphasize global awareness through the Global Learning Initiative.
Rockefeller University Research Profiles are a series of scientific profiles that were published quarterly, from 1980-1990, by the Rockefeller University. Each issue features the research and achievements of an individual...
In this study, the authors examined the impact of irrelevant visual images in a PowerPoint lecture on attention and information retention performance. They found students viewing text-only PowerPoint slides retained less...
Constitution Day Sparks Student Discussions of Free Speech Chin Brings "Sexy Bad Girl Haikus," Asian American Blues Poems and Elegies to Ursinus Reading Next Year's Study Abroad Application Opens on October 3rd Armstrong...
Breaking Down the Barriers: One Man's Struggle with Homosexuality, Stereotypes and the Military Maintenance Man, Humanitarian Pledging Private Eyes Pledging Underway Once Again Olympic Update Are There Really any Losers in...
Sometime in 1954, two young curators climbed into a 1936 Morris 8 and drove the fifty-some miles from Cambridge to Chigwell. The car’s driver, Rupert Hall, later admitted that this journey was a bit of a stretch for the small...
In this paper, I examine potential determinants of crime by analyzing aggregate data from seven states in the southeast of America over time: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee....
Game theory has long predicted that the density of competitors and their behaviors should affect foraging, and moreover suggests that multiple strategies can evolve and co-exist within a single species. I show that both of these...
Rifl, the ortholog of the yeast Rapl interacting factor 1, a telomere length regulator was identified. Immunofluorescence did not reveal an association of human Rifl with telomeres. Preliminary co-immunoprecipitation with known...
The purpose of this paper is to explore the factors that ultimately make up the concept of quality in college institutions. Using several proxies to measure this concept of quality, this paper will seek to determine what effect...
An imbalance of energy intake and output can lead to the development of obesity. When foods rich in fat are consumed, cells can store excessive amounts of fat in the form of triglycerides. This increased triglyceride storage may...