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From The Editor, Jeffrey Smith

The Confluence (2009-2020)

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Where Rivers And Ideas Meet, James D. Evans

The Confluence (2009-2020)

The St. Louis region is situated right at the confluence of the Missouri and Mississippi rivers, which has been constantly changing over the centuries—just like the rest of the region.

“We Shall Be Literally ‘Sold To The Dutch’”, Mark Alan Neels

The Confluence (2009-2020)

The politicization of immigrant groups is nothing new, as this study of German immigrants and anti-German sentiment suggests.

Fall 2009, Full Issue

The Confluence (2009-2020)

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November/December 2009, Stall Times

University Library Stall Times

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Lijia Zhang: Virtually And In Person

China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012

Last Thursday, Lijia Zhang gave a talk at the University of California, Irvine campus to a packed room. In addition to discussing her book, Socialism is Great!, Zhang also discussed her experiences as a writer in China.

Currently in residence as a fellow at the University of Iowa’s International Writer’s Program (for Iowa Citians, Zhang will be giving a reading at Prairie Lights todayat 4 p.m.), Zhang has also been hosting a talk show in China. Click here to see her interview with the Australian ambassador to China, Dr. Geoff Raby; you can find more videos at Blue Ocean Network’s …

Indentation As A Technique To Assess The Mechanical Properties Of Fallback Foods, Peter W. Lucas, Paul J. Constantino, Janine Chalk, Charles Ziscovici, Barth W. Wright, Dorothy M. Fragaszy, David A. Hill, James Jin-Wu Lee, Herzl Chai, Brian W. Darvell, Tony D.B. Yuen

Biological Sciences Faculty Research

A number of living primates feed partyear on seemingly hard food objects as a fallback. We ask here how hardness can be quantified and how this can help understand primate feeding ecology. We report a simple indentation methodology for quantifying hardness, elastic modulus, and toughness in the sense that materials scientists would define them. Suggested categories of fallback foods—nuts, seeds, and root vegetables— were tested, with accuracy checked on standard materials with known properties by the same means. Results were generally consistent, but the moduli of root vegetables were overestimated here. All these properties are important components of what fieldworkers …

Co-Evolution Of Transportation And Land Use: Modeling Historical Dependencies In Land Use And Decision-Making, Lei Zhang, Wei Zu, Mingxin Li

TREC Final Reports

The interaction between land use and transportation has long been the central issue in urban and regional planning. Models of such interactions provide vital information to support many public policy decisions, such as land supply, infrastructure provision, and growth management. Both the transportation and land use systems exhibit historical dependencies in policy decisions. For instance, the expansion of a roadway today will change travel demand patterns, and make certain other roads more or less likely to be expanded in the future. A specific land supply decision made at one point in time, by changing the relative attractiveness of other areas …

Communicative Correlates Of Satisfaction, Family Identity, And Group Salience In Multiracial/Ethnic Families, Jordan Soliz, Allison R. Thorson, Christine E. Rittenour

Department of Communication Studies: Faculty Publications

Guided by the Common Ingroup Identity Model (S. L. Gaertner & J. F. Dovidio, 2000) and Communication Accommodation Theory (C. Shepard, H. Giles, & B. A. LePoire, 2001), we examined the role of identity accommodation, supportive communication, and self-disclosure in predicting relational satisfaction, shared family identity, and group salience in multiracial/ ethnic families. Additionally, we analyzed the association between group salience and relational outcomes as well as the moderating roles of multiracial/ethnic identity and marital status. Individuals who have parents from different racial/ethnic groups were invited to complete questionnaires on their family experiences. Participants (N = 139) answered questions about …

Belief-Free Equilibria In Games With Incomplete Information: Characterization And Existence, Johannes Hörner, Stefano Lovo, Tristan Tomala

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

We characterize belief-free equilibria in infinitely repeated games with incomplete information with N > 2 players and arbitrary information structures. This characterization involves a new type of individual rational constraint linking the lowest equilibrium payoffs across players. The characterization is tight: we define a set of payoffs that contains all the belief-free equilibrium payoffs; conversely, any point in the interior of this set is a belief-free equilibrium payoff vector when players are sufficiently patient. Further, we provide necessary conditions and sufficient conditions on the information structure for this set to be non-empty, both for the case of known-own payoffs, and for …

On A Markov Game With One-Sided Incomplete Information, Johannes Hörner, Dinah Rosenberg, Eilon Solan, Nicolas Vieille

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

We apply the average cost optimality equation to zero-sum Markov games, by considering a simple game with one-sided incomplete information that generalizes an example of Aumann and Maschler (1995). We determine the value and identify the optimal strategies for a range of parameters.

Latino Definitions Of Success: A Cultural Model Of Intercultural Competence, Lucas Torres

Psychology Faculty Research and Publications

The present study sought to examine Latino intercultural competence via two separate methodologies. Phase 1 entailed discovering and generating themes regarding the features of intercultural competence based on semistructured interviews of 15 Latino adults. Phase 2 included conducting a cultural consensus analysis from the quantitative responses of 46 Latino adults to determine the cultural model of intercultural competence. The major results indicated that the participants, despite variations in socioeconomic and generational statuses, shared a common knowledge base regarding the competencies needed for Latinos to successfully navigate different cultures. Overall, the cultural model of Latino intercultural competence includes a set of …

Estimating The Parameters Of Rayleigh Cumulative Exposure Model In Simple Step-Stress Testing. Natasha Beretvas Is An, Mohammed Al-Haj Ebrahem, Abedel-Qader Al-Masri

Journal of Modern Applied Statistical Methods

Assumes the life distribution of a test unit for any stress follows a Rayleigh distribution with scale parameterθ , and that Ln(θ ) is a linear function of the stress level. Maximum likelihood estimators of the parameters under a cumulative exposure model are obtained. The approximate variance estimates obtained from the asymptotic normal distribution of the maximum likelihood estimators are used to construct confidence intervals for the model parameters. A simulation study was conducted to study the performance of the estimators. Simulation results showed that in terms of bias, mean squared error, attainment of the nominal confidence level, symmetry …

Estimation Of The Standardized Mean Difference For Repeated Measures Designs, Lindsey J. Wolff Smith, S. Natasha Beretvas

Journal of Modern Applied Statistical Methods

This simulation study modified the repeated measures mean difference effect size, d⁼_RM , for scenarios with unequal pre- and post-test score variances. Relative parameter and SE bias were calculated for dRM ≠ versus dRM = . Results consistently favored d^≠_RM over d⁼_RM with worse positive parameter and negative SE bias identified for d⁼_RM for increasingly heterogeneous variance conditions.

Community Based Divorce Education Programmes: Short-Term And Longer-Term Impacts, Sherrill Hayes, Lori Pelletier

Faculty Articles

Surveys of mandatory parent education in the USA (M J Geasler and K R Blaisure, ‘A review of divorce education programme materials’ (1998) 47 Family Relations 167–175; M J Geasler and K R Blaisure, ‘1998 Nationwide survey of court-connected divorce education programmes’ (1999) 37 Family and Conciliation Courts Review 36–63; S L Pollet and M Lombreglia, ‘A nationwide survey of mandatory parent education’ (2008) 46(2) Family Court Review 375–394) have demonstrated the positive impact of well-designed, evidence-based programmes on children and families. Divorce education programmes for parents are now required in many jurisdictions in 46 states in the USA (Pollet …

Hong Kong Happiness Index 2009 香港快樂指數 2009, Lok Sang Ho

Hong Kong Happiness Index 香港快樂指數調查

According to the survey, Hong Kong people in 2009 apparently are happier than they were in the previous year, with the overall happiness index rose to 70.6 in 2009, up from 69.3 in 2008. This is the second year in a row marked by a rise in the Lingnan Happiness Index.

The survey was conducted by CPPS from 9-13 November 2009 via randomized phone calls, and sponsored by the University’s Economics Department Master of Science in International Banking and Finance Programme. The research team successfully interviewed 828 Hong Kong residents aged 21 or above. On a scale of 0 to …

People Profile: Narda Tafuri, Editor

Against the Grain

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If Rumors Were Horses, Katina Strauch

Against the Grain

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From The Reference Desk, Thomas Gilson

Against the Grain

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From Your (What More Can Go Wrong) Editor, Katina Strauch

Against the Grain

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It Is Very Much An "E" And "Pod" World, David Taylor

Against the Grain

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Finding The Middle Way In Sustainable Digitization Efforts, Mitchell Davis

Against the Grain

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Dr. Jekyll (Library Science Professor) And Mr. Hyde (Op Book Vendor), Bob Holley

Against the Grain

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Are Any Book Still Out-Of-Print, John Riley

Against the Grain

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Letters To The Editor, Katina Strauch

Against the Grain

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Op Ed -- Another Name For The Out-Of-Print Book Market, Bob Holley

Against the Grain

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One Book, Twelve Hundred Downloads: How The Lyrasis Mass Digitization Collaborative Is Bringing The University Of Scranton's Out-Of-Print Books Back To Life, Kristen Yarmey-Tylutki

Against the Grain

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Atg Interviews Dona Straley, Meris Mandernach

Against the Grain

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Libraries' Changing Buying Habits: So Many Books, So Little Money, Narda Tafuri

Against the Grain

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People Profile: John Riley, Editor

Against the Grain

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