Hermeneutics: A Literary Interpretive Art

This thesis examines the historical traditions of hermeneutics and its potential to enhance the process of literary interpretation and understanding. The discussion draws from the historical emplotment of hermeneutics as literary theory and method presented in the Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism with further elaboration from several other texts. The central aim of the thesis is to illuminate the challenges inherent in the literary interpretive arts by investigating select philosophical and linguistic approaches to the study and practice of literary theory and criticism embodied within the canonical works of the Anthology. The narrative begins in ancient Greece, traverses medieval and modern developments in the western literary interpretive arts and closes with a brief survey of twentieth-century writings that form a diverse mosaic of disaggregated literary theory and criticism from several perspectives. The thesis concludes with suggestions for improving the literary interpretive process and forecasts the continuing expansion of the field into new culturally informed topic areas in the decades to follow

Flight data analysis of power subsystem degradation at near synchronous altitude Quarterly report

Flight data analysis of spacecraft power subsystem degradation at near synchronous altitud

Enabling the new careers of the 21st century

The new careers of the 21st century are turbulent compared to the ideal corporate climb of the 1950s. Owing to the greater presence of women in the workforce, diminished job security, and increased focus on psychological aspects of success, many workers have moved onto non-traditional career paths. The new careers involve changing organizations, lateral rather than vertical moves, and often include interruptions in employment. The expectation is that employees will manage their own careers, choosing to work for companies that provide opportunities to meet their objectives. Organizations need to embrace the realities of 21st century careers and recognize the importance of programs and policies that enable the careers of their employees. Career-enabling programs address time-control issues (e.g., parttime options, job sharing, flextime, telecommuting, and leaves) as well as knowledge and skill development (e.g., training, job rotation, tuition remission, mentoring). Such programs help employees meet both career and life goals and will promote the long-term success of the organization

Flight data analysis of power subsystem degradation at near synchronous altitude Final report

Comparison and analysis of radiation damage to power supplies of satellites at near-synchronous altitude

Strategy control and directed forgetting

Signals to subjects to forget presignal items (F-items) can completely eliminate the proactive interference postsignal items (R-items) would normally suffer from the F-items. To determine what happens to F-items, a strategy-control procedure was developed to test memory for F-items without destroying forget-signal credibility. The subjects saw short lists of paired associates, some containing a signal to forget presignal pairs. After each list, a single stimulus probe tested memory for the appropriate response. Tested pairs were always R-pairs unless a prearranged cue informed the subjects that the stimulus was from an F-pair. Although F-pairs did not interfere with recall of R-pairs, there was substantial recall of and interference among F-pairs. The results support a set differentiation mechanism of directed forgetting.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/33903/1/0000168.pd

A MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO INFORMATION SYSTEMS RESEARCH

Information Systems Working Papers Serie

Effects of motifs in music therapy on the attention of children with externalizing behavior problems

Recent studies highlight the role of attention (i.e., executive attention and joint attention) in the negative association between children’s externalizing behavior problems (EBPs) and self-regulation. In music therapy improvisation, “Motifs” represent a repeated and meaningful use of freely improvised or structured music. They have been reported to be effective in drawing attention toward joint musical engagement. This study aimed to examine the effects of clinically derived motifs on the attention of a child with EBPs. Video microanalysis of four therapy sessions was employed. Interaction segments with/without motifs were then selected for analysis: (a) Executive attention measurement: a two-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was conducted to examine the effects of Motifs (Factor I) across sessions (Factor II) on the duration of interaction segments. (b) Joint attention measurement: another two-way ANOVA investigated the effects of these two factors on the duration of joint attentive responses in each segment. Results showed that (a) the segments with Motifs tended to decrease in duration throughout the sessions, while (b) these segments showed a significant increase in proportions of joint attentional responses. These findings suggest a positive effect of Motifs on enhancing efficiency of joint attention execution over time, indicating the child’s recognition of the Motifs through learning

Neurology

Contains reports on eight research projects.U.S. Navy (Office of Naval Research (Nonr-1841(70))U. S. Public Health Service (MH-06175-02)U. S. Air Force (AF49(638)-1313)U. S. Public Health Service (B-3055-4)U. S. Public Health Service (B-3090-4