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Online Learning and Effective Leadership: The Importance of Relationship Building and Culture
Online and blended learning are becoming more important in k-12 public schools because of their flexibility and increased opportunity for students in urban as well as rural environments. Implementing and sustaining technology-based learning is a complex process that requires educational leaders to have a broad spectrum of knowledge and skills which are critical to the success of online programs. This case study research used in-depth interviews to gather data on how one district was able to provide a successful program using effective leadership skills. Three areas critical to success were identified in the data: clear vision and achievable goals, appropriate resources, and relationship building. The emphasis leadership put on orchestrating a culture of support, trust, open communication, and collaboration was an important aspect of the success and expanded capacity of the district’s program. The study suggests that the changing roles of educational leaders in a technological world involve shared responsibility, flexible rather than rigid hierarchy, and teamwork in order to anticipate the needs of students facing a technology driven future
Using Google Analytics, Voyant and Other Tools to Better Understand Use of Manuscript Collections at L. Tom Perry Special Collections
[Excerpt] Developing strategies for making data-driven, objective decisions for digitization and value-added processing. based on patron usage has been an important effort in the L. Tom Perry Special Collections (hereafter Perry Special Collections). In a previous study, the authors looked at how creating a matrix using both Web analytics and in-house use statistics could provide a solid basis for making decisions about which collections to digitize as well as which collections merited deeper description. Along with providing this basis for decision making, the study also revealed some intriguing insights into how our collections were being used and raised some important questions about the impact of description on both digital and physical usage. We have continued analyzing the data from our first study and that data forms the basis of the current study. It is helpful to review the major outcomes of our previous study before looking at what we have learned in this deeper analysis. In the first study, we utilized three sources of statistical data to compare two distinct data points (in-house use and online finding aid use) and determine if there were any patterns or other information that would help curators in the department make better decisions about the items or collections selected for digitization or value-added processing. To obtain our data points, we combined two data sources related to the in-person use of manuscript collections in the Perry Special Collections reading room and one related to the use of finding aids for manuscript collections made available online through the department’s Finding Aid database ( http://findingaid.lib.byu.edu/). We mapped the resulting data points into a four quadrant graph (see figure 1)
Endoscopic Management of Pancreatic Pseudocysts
Recently, endoscopic interventional procedures were introduced for nonsurgical therapy of symptomatic pancreas pseudocysts. We reported 25 patients treated by endoscopic retrograde pancreas
drainage (ERPD), endoscopic cystogastrostomy (ECG), or endosopic cystoduodenostomy (ECD)
Toward an Understanding of the Economics of Charity: Evidence from a Field Experiment
This study develops theory and uses a door-to-door fundraising field experiment to explore the economics of charity. We approached nearly 5000 households, randomly divided into four experimental treatments, to shed light on key issues on the demand side of charitable fundraising. Empirical results are in line with our theory: in gross terms, our lottery treatments raised considerably more money than our voluntary contributions treatments. Interestingly, we find that a one standard deviation increase in female solicitor physical attractiveness is similar to that of the lottery incentive¡ªthe magnitude of the estimated difference in gifts is roughly equivalent to the treatment effect of moving from our theoretically most attractive approach (lotteries) to our least attractive approach (voluntary contributions).
Prediction of the Atomization Energy of Molecules Using Coulomb Matrix and Atomic Composition in a Bayesian Regularized Neural Networks
Exact calculation of electronic properties of molecules is a fundamental step
for intelligent and rational compounds and materials design. The intrinsically
graph-like and non-vectorial nature of molecular data generates a unique and
challenging machine learning problem. In this paper we embrace a learning from
scratch approach where the quantum mechanical electronic properties of
molecules are predicted directly from the raw molecular geometry, similar to
some recent works. But, unlike these previous endeavors, our study suggests a
benefit from combining molecular geometry embedded in the Coulomb matrix with
the atomic composition of molecules. Using the new combined features in a
Bayesian regularized neural networks, our results improve well-known results
from the literature on the QM7 dataset from a mean absolute error of 3.51
kcal/mol down to 3.0 kcal/mol.Comment: Under review ICANN 201
The Separable Kernel of Nucleon-Nucleon Interaction in the Bethe-Salpeter Approach
The dispersion relations for nucleon-nucleon (NN) T-matrix in the framework
of Bethe-Salpeter equation for two spin one-half particle system and with
separable kernel of interaction are considered in the paper. The developed
expressions are applied for construction of the separable kernel of interaction
for S partial-waves in singlet and triplet channels. We calculate the low
energy scattering parameters and the phase shifts and also the deuteron binding
energy with the separable interaction. The approach can be easily extended to
higher partial-waves for NN-scattering and other reactions (anti N N-, pi
N-scattering).Comment: RevTex 4 style, 9 pages, 1 figur
Relativistic Contributions to Deuteron Photodisintegration in the Bethe-Salpeter Formalism
In plane wave one-body approximation the reaction of deuteron
photodisintegration is considered in the framework of the Bethe-Salpeter
formalism for two-nucleon system. Results are obtained for deuteron vertex
function, which is the solution of the homogeneous Bethe-Salpeter equation with
a multi-rank separable interaction kernel, with a given analytical form. A
comparison is presented with predictions of non-relativistic, quasipotential
approaches and the equal time approximation. It is shown that important
contributions come from the boost in the arguments of the initial state vertex
function and the boost on the relative energy in the one-particle propagator
due to recoil.Comment: 29 pages, 6 figure
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