Review of the Marshallese-English Online Dictionary

National Foreign Language Resource Cente

Reassembling Knowledge Translation Through a Case of Autism Genomics: Multiplicity and Coordination Amidst Practiced Actor-Networks

Knowledge translation (KT) has become a ubiquitous and important component within the Canadian health research funding environment. Despite a large and burgeoning literature on the topic of KT, research on the science of KT spans a very narrow philosophical spectrum, with published studies almost exclusively positioned within positivism. Grounded in a constructionist philosophical position and influenced by actor-network theory, this dissertation aims to contribute to the Canadian KT discussion by imagining new possibilities for conceptualizing KT. This is an empirical-theoretical study which is based on eight months of data collection, including interviews, participant observation, and document analysis. This data collection took place in a basic science laboratory, a clinic, and amongst families involved in genomic research pertaining to Autism Spectrum Disorder in a Canadian city. Interviews were transcribed verbatim and organization of the data was aided by QSR Nvivo software. Theoretical insights put forward in this dissertation are based on a detailed description of the everyday, local, micro-dynamics of knowledge translation within a particular case study of an autism genomics project. Through data collection I have followed the practices of a laboratory, clinic, and family homes through which genomic knowledge was assembled and re-assembled. Through the exploration of the practices of scientists, clinicians, and families involved in an autism genetics study, I examine the concepts of multiplicity, difference, and coordination. I argue that autism is practiced differently, through different technologies and assessments, in the laboratory, clinic, and home. This dissertation closes with a new framework for and model of the knowledge translation process called the Local Translations of Knowledge in Practice model. I argue that expanding the range of theoretical and philosophical positions attended to in KT research will contribute to a richer understanding of the KT process and move forward the Canadian KT agenda. Ethics approval for this research was obtained from The University of Western Ontario and from the hospital in which the data was gathered

Leadership UD Annual Report: 2016-17

Members of the 2016-17 cohort: Joan Bauman — Finance and Administrative Services Phyllis Bergiel — College of Arts and Sciences Jennifer Brancato — Library Colleen Brown — Campus Ministry Tony Caporale — School of Business Administration Veronica Champion — Student Development Anne Crecelius — School of Education and Health Sciences Wiebke Diestelkamp — College of Arts and Sciences Dave Dunn — UDRI Mike Elsass — School of Engineering Mary Fisher — School of Education and Health Sciences Racqueal Gamble — Enrollment Management Beth Hart — UDit Steve Kendig — Finance and Administrative Services Mike Krug — Provost’s Office Denise Platfoot Lacey — School of Law Lindsay Maxam — Student Development Nancy Miller — College of Arts and Sciences Mike O’Connor — UDRI Candise Powell — UDRI Cilla Shindell — University Marketing and Communications Todd Smith — College of Arts and Sciences Denise Taylor — School of Engineering Krystal Warren — Athletic

Leadership UD Annual Report: 2015-16

Members of the 2015-16 cohort: Denise Baker — School of Law Mike Bennett — Campus Ministry Kevin Cane — Student Development Wes Cummings — Advancement Lee Dixon — College of Arts and Sciences Sean Gallivan — School of Education and Health Sciences Thusitha Gunsekera — UDRI Beth Hart — School of Engineering Kate Holley — UDRI Grace Kim — School of Education and Health Sciences Christine Kremer — Enrollment Management and Marketing Lindsay Lease — Finance and Administrative Services Patrick Luckett — Finance and Administrative Services Karen McBride — Center for International Programs Lisa McCaffrey — UDRI Matt Mize — UDit Peggy Nicodemus — School of Business Administration Amanda Pollack — Student Development David Sipusic — Finance and Administrative Services Andrea Zavakos — School of Business Administratio

Initial and non-initial indirect objects in Spanish

From the introduction: In this paper I survey various constructions in Spanish that involve indirect objects. I claim that many final 3\u27s in Spanish do not head initial 3-arcs, in particular, those that appear in Causative Clause Union, in the Inalienable Possessor construction, in Inversion, and in constructions in which the final 3 is an initial Oblique. The analysis and discussion is carried on within the framework of Relational Grammar (Perlmutter, 1980, and to appear, a and b). I present an argument that because Relational Grammar posits initial syntactic relations that are distinct from both semantics and final syntactic relations, it is capable of capturing generalizations about Spanish structure (especially the phenomenon of clitic doubling) that are difficult to capture in frameworks that do not include this theoretical proposal. The paper is organized as follows: In section 1, I present analyses (most of which have appeared previously in the literature) of various types of final 3\u27s in Spanish. Section 2 discusses characteristics that all final 3\u27s share, justifying their inclusion together in one syntactic class. Section 3 demonstrates that this class is not completely uniform, and that class-internal differences may be characterized in terms of the analyses in section 1. In particular, I argue that the phenomenon of clitic doubling provides evidence that most types of final 3\u27s are not initial 3\u27s. This section thus provides new arguments for these analyses, in addition to those that have appeared previously. Section 4 briefly discusses some alternative proposals that are precluded by the facts presented in this paper, and summarizes the arguments from Spanish indirect objects for claiming that it is necessary to distinguish the three notions: semantic role, initial syntactic relation, and final syntactic relation

Leadership UD Annual Report: 2014-15

2014-15 Leadership UD cohort members included: David Ausdenmoore — School of Business Administration Ken Bloemer — School of Engineering Maria Burkett — University Honors Program Laura Cotten — University Honors Program Jerry Duncan — Facilities Management Gwyn Fox Stump — Student Development Ann Garcia — Finance and Administration Josh Gold — UDRI Sangita Gosalia — Center for International Programs Re’Shanda Grace-Bridges — Student Development Pam Gregg — UDRI Leslie King — Fitz Center for Leadership in Community Jennifer Koesters — Enrollment Management and Marketing Doug Lemaster — Dining Services Jamie Luckett — UDit Brandy McFall — University Advancement Adrienne Ross-Green — Athletics Jennifer Speed — College of Arts and Sciences Melinda Warthman — School of La

Fortis/lenis consonants in Guichicovi Mixe: A preliminary acoustic study

From the introduction: This paper focuses on the fortis/lenis contrast in consonants in the Guichicovi dialect of Mixe (Mixe-Zoquean; Oaxaca, Mexico), and uses instrumental data to support a proposed phonological analysis of this contrast. In the remainder of Sect. 1, I briefly survey prior work on this contrast, especially as it impacts on the claim that Mixe has three contrastive vowel lengths. I summarize the phonetic and phonological facts that were determined by ordinary techniques of phonetic transcription, and describe the phonological hypothesis for which I wanted confirmation from instrumental data. In Sect. 2, I describe the instrumental study, including the words tested, the recording procedures, and the measurements made. In Sect. 3, I present the results of this study. In Sect. 4, I discuss the implications of these results for Mixe and for phonological theory, and present some considerations for the design of a larger, more complete study

Study of a signal processor employing a synthetic phase isolator

Evaluation of signal data processor employing synthetic phase isolator techniqu

A feasibility study of signal processing to improve antenna gain Final report

Feasibility of signal processor with phase isolator for adaptive antenna arra