Parameter Estimation for a Modified Cable Model Using a Green\u27s Function and Eigenvalue Perturbation.

In this thesis we developed the Green\u27s Function for a tapered equivalent cylinder model of dendritic electrical propagation. We then use the Green\u27s Function to develop a Carleman linear embedding scheme which is used to estimate the effects of a nonlinear ion channel hot-spot on the tapered cylinder solution. Mathematica© was used to implement the Carleman embedding scheme

Identity Conversion: Female Muslim Converts in the United States

Thesis advisor: Natana DeLong-BasThis thesis seeks to investigate female conversion to Islam in the United States, and the role of gender and identity in this process. Utilizing various conversion studies, from four different fields, I will provide the background on conversion in general and will attempt to rationalize the decision for conversion to Islam in an environment, which may not be conducive to these beliefs. By looking at individual conversion narratives, the motivations for conversion, as well as the purposes for the conversion process will be revealed. Ultimately, this research attempts to understand the factors which may drive an individual to convert to Islam, when other religious options are easily accessible.Thesis (MA) — Boston College, 2017.Submitted to: Boston College. Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.Discipline: Middle Eastern Studies

Automatic memory processes in normal ageing and Alzheimer’s disease

This study examined the contribution of automatic and controlled uses of memory to stem completion in young, middle-aged and older adults, and compared these data with a study involving patients with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) who performed the same task (Hudson and Robertson, 2007). In an inclusion task participants aimed to complete three-letter word stems with a previously studied word, in an exclusion task the aim was to avoid using studied words to complete stems. Performances under inclusion and exclusion conditions were contrasted to obtain estimates of controlled and automatic memory processes using process-dissociation calculations (Jacoby, 1991). An age-related decline, evident from middle age was observed for the estimate of controlled processing, whereas the estimate of automatic processing remained invariant across the age groups. This pattern stands in contrast to what is observed in AD, where both controlled and automatic processes have been shown to be impaired. Therefore, the impairment in memory processing on stem completion that is found in AD is qualitatively different from that observed in normal ageing

Transparent Meta-Analysis: Does Aging Spare Prospective Memory with Focal vs. Non-Focal Cues?

Background: Prospective memory (ProM) is the ability to become aware of a previously-formed plan at the right time and place. For over twenty years, researchers have been debating whether prospective memory declines with aging or whether it is spared by aging and, most recently, whether aging spares prospective memory with focal vs. non-focal cues. Two recent meta-analyses examining these claims did not include all relevant studies and ignored prevalent ceiling effects, age confounds, and did not distinguish between prospective memory subdomains (e.g., ProM proper, vigilance, habitual ProM) (see Uttl, 2008, PLoS ONE). The present meta-analysis focuses on the following questions: Does prospective memory decline with aging? Does prospective memory with focal vs. non-focal cues decline with aging? Does the size of age-related declines with focal vs. non-focal cues vary across ProM subdomains? And are age-related declines in ProM smaller than agerelated declines in retrospective memory? Methods and Findings: A meta-analysis of event-cued ProM using data visualization and modeling, robust count methods, and conventional meta-analysis techniques revealed that first, the size of age-related declines in ProM with both focal and non-focal cues are large. Second, age-related declines in ProM with focal cues are larger in ProM proper and smaller in vigilance. Third, age-related declines in ProM proper with focal cues are as large as age-related declines in recall measures of retrospective memory

Graduate recital, instrumental conducting. La Voie, K., 1988

Recorded during a live performance at Dalton Center Recital Hall, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, April 13, 1988, 8:00 p.m., the 322nd concert of the School of Music's 1987-1988 season.University Concert Band, Karen La Voie, conductor.In partial fulfillment of the requirements of the Master of Music degree in instrumental conducting and music education, Western Michigan University, 1988.Information from performance program.(00:00) The royal fireworks music. Overture / George Frideric Handel -- (09:00) Elsa's procession to the cathedral: from Lohengrin / Richard Wagner ; transcribed by Lucien Cailliet -- (16:59) Apocalypse / Robert Jager -- (25:00) A few words from Karen La Voie, conductor -- (29:15) The little English girl: symphonic march / D. Delle Cese

School psychology : a developmental and social systems approach

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