An Examination of Mature Interpersonal Relationships Among International and American College Students

Educating students to relate harmoniously with people from different backgrounds has become an important agenda for student affairs professional because of the increasingly diverse nature of the American society. The purpose of this study was to assess how American and international college students develop mature interpersonal relationship skills. All the participants were from a mid-sized comprehensive institution in the Southern United States. The two main constructs measured were tolerance and quality of relationships. Attempts were also made to identify other predictors that may influence mature interpersonal relationships: gender, age, educational level, and academic achievement as measured by GPA. Both quantitative and qualitative data were collected. A sample of 93 international and 93 American students completed the Mines- Jensen Interpersonal Relationships Inventory to collect quantitative data. Using MANOVA for statistical analysis, this study revealed statistically significant differences between American and international students‘ self-reported levels of tolerance and quality of relationships. Also, there were no statistically significant differences in the self-reported levels of tolerance and quality of relationships between male and female students. Multiple regression analysis was also conducted to determine whether the independent variables (GPA, educational level, and age) predict students‘ self-reported levels on tolerance and quality of relationships. There were no statistically significant relationships between all the independent variables and students‘ self-reported levels of tolerance. Statistically significant relationships were identified by senior status and GPA less than 2.0. Senior status positively predicted student‘s self-reported levels of quality of relationships whereas GPA less than 2.0 was negatively related to quality of relationships. Qualitative data were collected using interviews in order to gain broader perspectives about the development of mature interpersonal relationships. Five international students and five American students were recruited to participate in the study. Responses on how international and American students develop mature interpersonal relationships were quite similar. Also, international and American students noted that the college environment expanded their views about diversity, through meeting of diverse spectrum of students with varied ideas or beliefs. However, international and American students noted different views about how student affairs professionals could enhance tolerance among students from different backgrounds

Industrial manufacture of sugar-free chocolates: applicability of alternative sweeteners and carbohydrate polymers as raw materials in product development

Chocolate is dense suspension of solid particles comprising 60-70% sugar and non-fat cocoa solids. Until recently, it was rarely produced as a sugar-free product due to the multi-functional properties of sweetness, bulkiness and textural characteristics that sugar offers to products. Today's consumers are concerned about the high sugar levels, calories and cariogenicity effects in confectionery products, hence increasing popularity of 'light' and 'sugar-free' products. Development of sugar-free chocolates is most challenging since all sugar needs to be replaced. In-depth understanding of the applicability of alternative sweeteners and carbohydrate polymers as ingredients in sugar-free chocolate manufacture would therefore have significant industrial applications

Cmos Rotary Traveling Wave Oscillators (Rtwos)

Rotary Traveling Wave Oscillator (RTWO) represents a transmission line based technology for multi-gigahertz multiple phase clock generation. RTWO is known for providing low jitter and low phase noise signals but the issue of high power consumption is a major drawback in its application. Direction of wave propagation is random and is determined by the least resistance path in the absence of an external direction control circuit. The objective of this research is to address some of the problems of RTWO design, including high power consumption, uncertainty of propagation direction and optimization of design variables. Included is the modeling of RTWO for sensitivity, phase noise and power analysis. Research objectives were met through design, simulation and implementation. Different designs of RTWO in terms of ring size and number of amplifier stages were implemented and tested. Design tools employed include Agilent ADS, Cadence EDA, SONNET and Altium PCB Designer. Test chip was fabricated using IBM 0.18 μm RF CMOS technology. Performance measures of interest are tuning range, phase noise and power consumption. Agilent ADS and SONNET were used for electromagnetic modeling of transmission lines and electromagnetic field radiation. For each design, electromagnetic simulations were carried out followed by oscillation synthesis based on circuit simulation in Cadence Spectre. RTWO frequencies between 2 GHz and 12 GHz were measured based on the ring size of transmission lines. Simulated microstrip transmission line segments had a quality factor between 5.5 and 18. For the various designs, power consumption ranged from 20 mW to 120 mW. Measured phase noise ranged between -123 dBc/Hz and -87 dBc/Hz at 1 MHz offset. Development also included the design of a wide band buffer and a printed circuit board with high signal integrity for accurate measurement of oscillation frequency and other performance measures. Simulated performance, schematics and measurement results are presented

QUEUES WITH SERVER UTILIZATION OF ONE

In most queueing systems of type GI/G/1, the stability condition requires that the server utilization be strictly less than 1. The standard exception is a D/D/1 system in which stability still holds for server utilization equal to 1. This paper presents other cases when server utilization can equal 1, and discusses their characteristics

Hidden hurts, healing from within : restorative justice for victims and convicted offenders in Bermuda

This thesis sought to explore how restorative justice (RJ) could be implemented into the Bermuda Department of Corrections using action research. The aim was to explore how RJ can work for victims and incarcerated offenders in Bermuda in regards to the potential for reduction of harm, increasing empathy and as an addition to the existing CJS. Training was provided and partnerships established with the Bermuda Police Service and Prison Fellowship Bermuda for the specific purpose of the initiative. Phase-one involved the introduction of two prerequisite programmes (Victim Empathy and the Sycamore Tree) that offenders were invited to voluntarily participate in. Respectively, one programme delivered by Corrections staff and consisting of only prisoners and the other delivered by Prison Fellowship facilitators and involving 16 surrogate victim-participants. A mixed-method approach was used to examine impact and process. These included questionnaires pre and post the phase-one programmes and the CRIME-PICS II psychometric to assess attitudinal change, participatory and non-participatory observations and a focus group. Both programmes increased the offenders’ empathy while the Sycamore Tree programme involving participants from the community, helped create further positive attitudinal change on the main scales measured by the CRIME-PICS II. 93% of the Sycamore Tree victim-participants were ‘very satisfied’ overall and ‘would definitely’ recommend the programme to others. Qualitative findings indicated victim healing, with some referring to a sense of closure and forgiveness for themselves and the offender. The second-phase introduced RJ conferencing, two conferences were held and the experience of participants was again very positive. The offenders considered trained conference facilitators from the Police and Corrections as being impartial. Overall benefits for both parties (offenders and victims) indicated a promising start to the initiative. A number of previous findings from empirical research were found in the current study. Victims valued having a voice and rehabilitation; and offenders valued the ‘victim’s forgiveness and reintegration’. The social interconnectedness of Bermuda creates a need for RJ as the stigmatization of criminality often extends beyond the offender to include their family. The pilot indicated the need in some cases for reparatory preparation work with offenders and their families before the offender feels comfortable, or able to call upon family members as conference supporters. Further the importance of community lay in the fact that the likelihood of victims coming into contact with the person who offended against them, once released is virtually inevitable. The success of the action research pilot led to the Department of Corrections adopting the initiative and continuing with it and produced nine trained facilitators. The content of the Sycamore Tree Project was superior as a phase-one prerequisite programme to RJ conferencing; however, an adaption to the programme would be needed to reduce the strong religious content. Victims and offenders benefitted from the initiative

CLOSET IMPURITIES: MISCEGENATION AND THE RACIAL CLOSET IN URBANO DUARTE AND ARTUR DE AZEVEDO’S O ESCRAVOCRATA

Abstract: Through a close reading of Artur de Azevedo and Urbano Duarte’s 1882 play O Escravocrata [The Slaveocrat], I examine the period anxieties surrounding miscegenation between black men and white women in the wake of abolition and turn of the century European immigration. Juxtaposing Brazil and the United States, I argue that these socially prohibited relationships challenged both slavery as an institution and Brazilian racial categorization. Drawing from queer theory, I show how the progeny of these interracial relationships lived in what I term a “racial closet,” a space marked by clandestinity and precarity, and how the constitutive practice of “racial outing,” the public revelation of African heritage was a way of sustaining white supremacy and the social and political distinctions between black and white, free and enslaved. Key words: Slavery; Miscegenation; Theater; Abolition Resumo: Através de uma leitura atenta da peça teatral, O Escravocrata (1882), de Artur Azevedo e Urbano Duarte, o seguinte ensaio examina as ansiedades brancas em torno da mestiçagem entre homens negros e mulheres brancas depois da abolição e no contexto da imigração europeia para o Brasil. Por meio de uma lente crítica e comparativa entre o Brasil e os Estados Unidos, proponho que tais relações proibidas desafiaram tanto a instituição escravocrata como as estruturas nacionais de categorização racial. Partindo da teoria queer, procuro demonstrar como os frutos destas relações inter-raciais acabavam por ocupar um “armário racial” – um espaço marcado pela clandestinidade e precariedade – e como a prática de “flagramento racial,” a revelação pública de ascendência africana, funcionou como método de reproduzir as estruturas vigentes de supremacia branca e as distinções sociais e políticas entre branco e negro, livre e escravo.Palavras-chave: Escravidão; Mestiçagem; Teatro; Aboliçã

Catlin's Boundary Systems for Sums of Squares Domains

For any given sum of squares domain in $\mathbb{C}^n,$ we reduce the complexity in Catlin's multitype techniques by giving a complete normalization of the geometry. Using this normalization result, we present a more elementary proof of the equality of the Catlin multitype and the commutator multitype for such domains when both invariants are finite. Finally, we reformulate algebraically Catlin's machinery for the commutator multitype computation at the origin for any given sum of squares domain in $\mathbb{C}^n$

Medicine as a weapon in the struggle for Namibian liberation

International Seminar Series: Seminar On Southern African Responses To Imperialism, Harare 22-24 April 1987Ford Foundatio

PREDATORY PERVERSIONS: HOMOSEXUALITY AND THE EROTICS OF BRAZILIAN HISTORY IN ADOLFO CAMINHA’S BOM-CRIOULO

Abstract: Through an examination of period medical literature, this article examines Adolfo Caminha’s decidedly tragic and homophobic construction of homosexuality as a synthesis of the medical, historical, and the political. Homosexuality is not merely theorized as a sexual practice or identity, but rather the embodiment of two foundational historical institutions that shaped Brazil’s past and present: Portuguese colonialism and slavery.  For Caminha, homosexuality as an embodiment of these two institutions, is what I am terming a “predatory perversion,” depraved, destructive, and above all, non-generative forces that would only result in Brazil’s demise.Key Words: Homosexuality, Medicine, Slavery, Colonialism Resumo: Através de uma análise crítica de literatura médica do fim do século dezenove, este ensaio examina a construção decididamente trágica e homofóbica da homossexualidade como uma síntese de ideologias médicas, históricas, e políticas. Teorizo a homossexualidade no romance não apenas como uma prática sexual ou faceta identitária, mas também como a encenação de duas instituições fundamentais que geraram o presente e o passado do Brasil: o colonialismo português e a escravidão. Para Caminha, a homossexualidade como encarnação simbólica, constitui o que denomino “perversão predatória” – composta por forças depravadas, destrutivas, e, sobretudo, não-generativas que só resultariam na destruição do Brasil.Palavras Chaves: Homosexualismo, Medicina, Escravidão, Colonialism