Strengthening the Teacher Toolkit: Effective Autism Inclusion Methods

The focus of this Capstone Project is on Autism inclusion methods. This is an important issue for teachers because they are often not given the tools and resources to effectively include their students with Autism Spectrum Disorders into a general education classroom. It is argued that some of the most effective methods include peer-mediated instruction, antecedent procedures, and school-wide organizational change. Considerations of the issue, should include the perspectives of both Special Education and General Education teachers. Three themes/action options emerged from an analysis of the data and were explored as ways to address the issue presented. Antecedent procedures are argued to be the most effective way to achieve the goals of Autism Inclusion

Electrodeposition Of Cadmium On N-Type Silicon Single Crystals Of Different Surface Orientations

The mechanisms related to the initial stages of the nucleation and growth mechanism of cadmium on (100) and (111) n-type silicon have been studied as a function of different potential steps. Within appropriate potential ranges the initial deposition kinetics corresponds to a model including progressive nucleation and diffusion controlled cluster growth. Nucleation rate and the number of atoms in the critical nucleus are determined from the analysis of current transients at different overpotentials. Values of Ncrit are 16 ± 1 (-16 mV ≥ η ≥ -19 mV) and 7 ± 1 (-14 mV ≥ η ≥ -18 mV) for n-Si(100) and n-Si(111) respectively. Keywords: Electrodeposition; n-Si(111); n-Si(100); Nucleation and growth mechanismGlobal Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences Vol. 14 (3) 2008: pp. 349-35

Caractérisations physico-chimiques des eaux souterraines de la localité de Yamtenga (Burkina Faso)

Dans la localité de Yamtenga au Burkina Faso, les eaux souterraines constituent les ressources hydriques primordiales pour l’alimentation en eau de boisson de la population rurale et pour l’irrigation des terres agricoles. Ce travail visait à étudier la qualité physico-chimique des eaux de forages et de puits de cette localité. Pour y parvenir, des prélèvements d’eau, au niveau de onze forages et puits, ont été effectués au cours de quatre séances de prélèvement à Yamtenga (Novembre 2010 à Octobre 2011). Différents paramètres physico-chimiques ont été mesurés :  température, pH, conductivité électrique, indice de Ryznar, turbidité, dureté. Les ions majeurs (Na+, K+, Ca2+, Mg2+, HCO3-, NO3-, SO4 2-, Cl-) ont été dosés par différentes méthodes dont la spectrométrie d’absorption atomique à flamme et la colorimétrie. Les éléments traces métalliques (ETMs) tels que : Fe2+, Mn2+, Tl+, Cu2+ et Zn2+ ont été dosés par des méthodes voltamétriques à redissolution. Les résultats ont montré que certains points d’eau ne sont pas conseillés à la  consommation comme eau de boisson. Les paramètres qui déclassent ces eaux souterraines comme eau de boisson sont le fer, le manganèse et le thallium. Les eaux souterraines de Yamtenga sont classées bicarbonatées calciques et magnésiennes pour tous les ouvrages échantillonnés.Mots clés : Yamtenga, eaux souterraines, analyses physico-chimiques, éléments traces métallique

DIPL 3104 Public International Law

International law distributes power, resources, and rights to individuals, states, corporations, and other entities. International courts adjudicate key ethical questions such as the expression of religion in public, the rights of groups, or the duty to prosecute or to amnesty heinous violations. States use international law as a justification both for military intervention and for the refusal to intervene. Refugees fleeing war zones encounter international law when they cross borders, enter camps, plead for citizenship, search for food and water, or claim basic rights. Whether considering the international order from the perspective of the most or the least powerful people or groups, comprehending it requires understanding the power, limitations, and functions of international law

Sorption of Bisphenol A as Model for Sorption Ability of Organoclays

The arrangement of bisphenol A molecules into organoclays and their interactions with the intercalated surfactant were studied. The organoclays were prepared via solid-state intercalation of four cationic surfactants, such as dodecyltrimethyl-, tetradecyltrimethyl-, hexadecyltrimethyl-, and didodecyldimethyl-ammonium, as bromide salts, at different loading levels into the interlayers of two natural clays. The natural clays, the prepared organoclays, and the spent organoclays were characterized by X-ray powder diffraction, infrared spectroscopy, and scanning electron microscopy. X-ray powder diffraction measurements showed successive interlayer expansions of the d(001) basal spacing due to the intercalation of the cationic surfactants and the bisphenol A sorption. The increased d(001) basal spacing of the organoclays after bisphenol A sorption indicates that the molecules are integrated between the alkyl chains of the surfactant in the organoclays interlayers. Infrared spectroscopy was employed to probe the intercalation of the cationic surfactants and the sorbed bisphenol A. New characteristic bands attributed to the bisphenol A phenol rings appear in the range 1518-1613 cm(-1) on the infrared spectra of the spent organoclays, proving the presence of bisphenol A in the hydrophobic interlayers. Scanning electron microscopy of the organoclays before and after BPA sorption shows that their morphology becomes fluffy and that the presence of the organic molecules expands the clay structure

Information Length Analysis of Linear Autonomous Stochastic Processes

When studying the behaviour of complex dynamical systems, a statistical formulation can provide useful insights. In particular, information geometry is a promising tool for this purpose. In this paper, we investigate the information length for n-dimensional linear autonomous stochastic processes, providing a basic theoretical framework that can be applied to a large set of problems in engineering and physics. A specific application is made to a harmonically bound particle system with the natural oscillation frequency ω, subject to a damping γ and a Gaussian white-noise. We explore how the information length depends on ω and γ, elucidating the role of critical damping γ=2ω in information geometry. Furthermore, in the long time limit, we show that the information length reflects the linear geometry associated with the Gaussian statistics in a linear stochastic process

Relations between entropy rate, entropy production and information geometry in linear stochastic systems

In this work, we investigate the relation between the concept of ``information rate'', an information geometric method for measuring the speed of the time evolution of the statistical states of a stochastic process, and stochastic thermodynamics quantities like entropy rate and entropy production. Then, we propose the application of entropy rate and entropy production to different practical applications such as abrupt event detection, correlation analysis, and control engineering. Specifically, by utilising the Fokker-Planck equation of multi-variable linear stochastic processes described by Langevin equations, we calculate the exact value for information rate, entropy rate, and entropy production and derive various inequalities among them. Inspired by classical correlation coefficients and control techniques, we create entropic-informed correlation coefficients as abrupt event detection methods and information geometric cost functions as optimal thermodynamic control policies, respectively. The methods are analysed via the numerical simulations of common prototypical systems.Comment: 32 page