On morality in minority fiction : subtexts of closeting, communication, and community in Babel-17 and Fledgling

In On Moral Fiction (1978), John Gardner claims that contemporary authors no longer write moral fiction. Gardner rightly advocates for moral fiction, but he was wrong-or at the very least working from a limited, white male perspective-when he made the rather blanket assertion that twentieth-century authors have abandoned moral fiction. The goal of this dissertation is to explore some of the moral literature that Gardner\u27s mainstream gaze overlooked and to examine how expanding the pool of authors may serve to provide relevant and important insights into modern society and its struggles. Specifically, this study will examine how Samuel R. Delany and Octavia Butler use closet imagery to grapple with cyclical prejudice in their science fiction novels Babel-17 (1966) and Fledgling (2005), respectively. These fantastic texts expose the marginalization imposed on those deemed Other, which seems appropriate to study given Gardner\u27s (and his society\u27s) privileging of white male art as the art of the age. These novels promote the analysis of societal hierarchies, leading readers to better understand how such privileging comes to occur and why it is so detrimental to society. The texts include characters who are Other in terms of race, sex, sexuality, socio-economic status, as well as other aspects of identity, and they frequently have to contend with identity-based prejudice. However, the traditionally mainstream characters must also combat prejudice as they interact with the traditionally marginalized, revealing prejudice\u27s multifold consequences. Through the fantastic genre of science fiction, Delany and Butler are able to create supernatural polyoids-characters who embody multiple seemingly-conflicting aspects of identity-whom society can neither neatly classify nor dichotomize; they fit all categories and yet none. Because they do not fit into a single social category, they do not have a prescribed community, and therefore, they must form new, nontraditional communities. These individuals have the potential to connect the various Others, but their society members\u27 deeply-ingrained fear and hatred of the Other present constant obstacles for the polyoids and their newly formed communities. Both Babel-17 and Fledgling urge readers to contemplate the influence of prejudice, fear, and hate and to envision a society in which communication and community are employed to combat them

Factors Influencing the Development and Evolution of Remembering Interactions

This dissertation examines the concept of memory from the perspective of a natural science of behavior. In making this analysis, the philosophy of Interbehaviorism and system of Interbehavioral Psychology are described. Further, perspectives on memorial interactions in psychology in general, and behavior analysis in particular are examined. A number of implications and limitations of these perspectives are exposed. An alternative conceptualization of memory, derived from a natural science of behavior, is described, along with a comprehensive review of memorial interactions. Included in this review are memorial interactions of the remembering, reminiscing, and memorizing types. The aim of this analysis is to provide a naturalistic approach to memorial interactions of various sorts, such that future work may be pursued from this foundation. An experimental analysis of remembering interactions is explored, and results are reviewed. The implications of the data are considered and future conceptual and experimental work is suggested. Such studies are of importance within the analysis of behavior, as they expand the scope of events available for investigation, and facilitate an understanding of complex psychological happenings within a thoroughly naturalistic framework

Bridging The Divide: Second Language Teachers, Pedagogy, Content Knowledge, And Technology

Abstract This study examines the use of technology, pedagogy and content knowledge with second language teachers, and comparing Title 1 and non Title 1 schools. Technology can be used to provide unique learning opportunities for second language learners. Second language students can benefit from technology by practicing skills, increasing motivation, providing authentic materials, creating interaction between students, teachers and peers, creating individual learning, encouraging global understanding and increasing communication in safe ways (Lai & Kritsonsis, 2006). Although technology shows promise for increasing second language student achievement, students continue to have varied access at home, perpetuating the digital divide that was thought to disappear with large financial investments. By looking at how K-12 second language teachers use technology and the differences that exist between title I and non-title I schools this study will serve to assess the current state of technology integration and offer suggestions to enhance future integration. This study used the TPACK framework to examine second language teachers use of technology with their students

Updated Interactive Thrifty Food Plan (TFP) Calculator: Design a Food Plan Using Your Own Criteria for Cost and Health

The Thrifty Food Plan Calculator is a simple Excel-based tool that allows you to create your own TFP-style model diets. The calculator uses nearly the same price, food composition, consumption, and dietary guidance data as USDA’s 2021 TFP update. After entering your model diet’s daily calorie consumption for 97 modeling categories and selecting an age-sex demographic group and cost reference period, the calculator will show how your model diet compares to the official TFP model diet in relation to daily cost, food group, energy and nutrient requirements, and distance from current consumption

Fixed Points of Functions below the Line y = x

This paper concerns fixed points of functions whose graphs lie on or below the line y = x. Using the Monotone Convergence Theorem, we show that positive fixed points of such functions are “attracting on the right” so long as we include a couple of further assumptions about these functions near their fixed points. As an illustrative example, we confirm that this is the case for the function y = x sin x; the positive fixed points of this function “attract on the right” and “repel on the left.” Further, we generalize by showing that differentiability is in fact not needed to conclude that a fixed point is attracting on the right. Continuing in this direction, we identify a class of discontinuous functions whose fixed points are attracting on the right

Low-Code as Enabler of Digital Transformation in Manufacturing Industry

[EN] Currently, enterprises have to make quick and resilient responses to changing market requirements. In light of this, low-code development platforms provide the technology mechanisms to facilitate and automate the development of software applications to support current enterprise needs and promote digital transformation. Based on a theory-building research methodology through the literature and other information sources review, the main contribution of this paper is the current characterisation of the emerging low-code domain following the foundations of the computer-aided software engineering field. A context analysis, focused on the current status of research related to the low-code development platforms, is performed. Moreover, benchmarking among the existing low-code development platforms addressed to manufacturing industry is analysed to identify the current lacking features. As an illustrative example of the emerging low-code paradigm and respond to the identified uncovered features, the virtual factory open operating system (vf-OS) platform is described as an open multi-sided low-code framework able to manage the overall network of a collaborative manufacturing and logistics environment that enables humans, applications, and Internet of Things (IoT) devices to seamlessly communicate and interoperate in the interconnected environment, promoting resilient digital transformation.This work was supported in part by the European Commission under the Grant Agreements No. 723710 and 825631.Sanchis, R.; Garcia-Perales, O.; Fraile Gil, F.; Poler, R. (2020). Low-Code as Enabler of Digital Transformation in Manufacturing Industry. Applied Sciences. 10(1):1-17. https://doi.org/10.3390/app10010012S117101Sanchis, R., & Poler, R. (2019). Enterprise Resilience Assessment—A Quantitative Approach. Sustainability, 11(16), 4327. doi:10.3390/su11164327Lowcomote: Training the Next Generation of Experts in Scalable Low-Code Engineering Platformshttps://www.se.jku.at/lowcomote-training-the-next-generation-of-experts-in-scalable-low-code-engineering-platforms/Waszkowski, R. (2019). Low-code platform for automating business processes in manufacturing. IFAC-PapersOnLine, 52(10), 376-381. doi:10.1016/j.ifacol.2019.10.060Lundell, B., & Lings, B. (2004). Changing perceptions of CASE technology. Journal of Systems and Software, 72(2), 271-280. doi:10.1016/s0164-1212(03)00087-6Fuggetta, A. (1993). A classification of CASE technology. Computer, 26(12), 25-38. doi:10.1109/2.247645Troy, D., & McQueen, R. (1997). An approach for developing domain specific CASE tools and its application to manufacturing process control. Journal of Systems and Software, 38(2), 165-192. doi:10.1016/s0164-1212(96)00120-3Huff, C. C. (1992). Elements of a realistic CASE tool adoption budget. Communications of the ACM, 35(4), 45-54. doi:10.1145/129852.129856Orlikowski, W. J. (1993). CASE Tools as Organizational Change: Investigating Incremental and Radical Changes in Systems Development. MIS Quarterly, 17(3), 309. doi:10.2307/249774Iivari, J. (1996). Why are CASE tools not used? Communications of the ACM, 39(10), 94-103. doi:10.1145/236156.236183Zolotas, C., Chatzidimitriou, K. C., & Symeonidis, A. L. (2018). RESTsec: a low-code platform for generating secure by design enterprise services. Enterprise Information Systems, 12(8-9), 1007-1033. doi:10.1080/17517575.2018.1462403GAVRILĂ, V., BĂJENARU, L., & DOBRE, C. (2019). Modern Single Page Application Architecture: A Case Study. Studies in Informatics and Control, 28(2). doi:10.24846/v28i2y201911Wu, Y., Wang, S., Bezemer, C.-P., & Inoue, K. (2018). How do developers utilize source code from stack overflow? Empirical Software Engineering, 24(2), 637-673. doi:10.1007/s10664-018-9634-5Hamming, R. W. (1950). Error Detecting and Error Correcting Codes. Bell System Technical Journal, 29(2), 147-160. doi:10.1002/j.1538-7305.1950.tb00463.xForresterhttps://go.forrester.com/The Maturity of Visual Programming. Режим дoступуhttp://www. craft. ai/blog/the-maturity-of-visualprogrammingVirtual Factory Operating Systemwww.vf-OS.euvf-OS D1.1: Vision Consensushttps://www.vf-os.eu/resultsvf-OS Wikihttps://cigipsrv1.cigip.upv.es:4430/mediawiki/index.php/Wiki_Homevf-OS D2.1: Global Architecture Definitionhttps://www.vf-os.eu/resultsSiemens MindSpherehttps://new.siemens.com/vn/en/products/software/mindsphere.htmlPTC ThingWorx Platformhttps://www.ptc.com/en/resources/iiot/product-brief/thingworx-platformGE Predixhttps://www.ge.com/digital/iiot-platformIBM Cloudhttps://www.ibm.com/cloudMicrosoft Azure IOT Suitehttps://azure.microsoft.com/es-es/blog/microsoft-azure-iot-suite-connecting-your-things-to-the-cloud/Software AG ADAMOShttps://www.softwareag.com/corporate/company/adamos/default.htm

The Ursinus Weekly, January 15, 1909

Notice • Week of Prayer • The Dean\u27s column • Lectures • Basketball in the academy • Societies • Personals • Alumni notes • Advisory Council • Notes • Seminary notes • Group meetings • The Literary Supplement: An undemocratic constitution; The responsibilities of political power in the hands of the people; Two leading novelists of American fiction; The close of the year; The cry of the childrenhttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/2855/thumbnail.jp

The Ursinus Weekly, May 21, 1909

Brotherhood of St. Paul fletcherizes • Buffalo Bill in Philadelphia • Malcolm Shackelford entertains audience • Glee club • Lecture • Baseball • Ursinus Union • Tennis tournament • Society notes • Alumni notes • Personals • Field house fund • Literary Supplement: A day in May; The power of sentiment; A generation of vipers; Literary criticism on Tolstoy; The power of ideas; Money and hypocrisyhttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/2873/thumbnail.jp