Online Journals: Utility of ToCs vs. Fulltext

The Caltech Library System (CLS) has maintained an extensive list of online journal websites for several years. The online journal list has grown to over 3000 entries, representing a mixture of free and subscription-based fulltext journals, as well as websites featuring tables of contents and abstracts. During the winter of 1999/2000, the online journals list was converted to an online journals database. Additional user functionality was added, without loss of previous features. In a previous study, search engines were employed to map the adoption rates of online journals into the web pages of research groups and individuals on the Caltech campus. It was established that the vast majority of online journal use on-campus was through the access avenues presented by the library, the online catalog and the online journals database. One of the new features introduced in the online journals database was an ability to limit displays to journals containing fulltext. Anecdotal evidence has been less than clear-cut with regard to the utility of non-fulltext resources. This study will allow for a thorough analysis of the question with hard data. It should be feasible to determine if there are discipline-based preferences or if personal preferences are the controlling factor. Analysis of the web server logs will also allow for a direct comparison of user preferences for searching and browsing. Again, we expect to be able to determine if there is a subject-specific bias or if behaviors are more individually idiosyncratic. Results of the study will inform the further development of the CLS online journal efforts - database development, online journal promotion, new candidates for licensing. The technologies employed in this project are well documented and may be exploited by other libraries seeking to gather empirical data for collection decisions and web development efforts

Interactional Diversity Opportunities Through Involvement: Fraternity and Sorority Student Leaders’ Experiences

This study examined the co-curricular experience of fraternity and sorority student leaders as it relates to their interactional diversity opportunities. Data were collected in the fall of 2008 from 75 students, representing four higher education institutions within the Southeast. Using quantitative and qualitative analyses, the researcher discovered differences in the ways fraternity and sorority student leaders involved themselves beyond the classroom and how that involvement impacted their interactional diversity experiences with peers. Further analyses revealed how fraternity and sorority student leaders perceive diversity affecting their co-curricular collegiate experience

Bering-Norton Petroleum Development Scenarios Economic and Demographic Analysis

The State of Alask

The Regional Economic Effect of Federal OCS Leasing: The Case of Alaska

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Alaska Economic Projections for Estimating Electricity Requirements for the Railbelt Volume IX

Prepared for the Office of the Governor State of Alaska Division of Policy Development and Planning and the Governor's Policy Review Committee under contract 2311204417Ye

Dynamics of Complex Quantum Systems: Dissipation and Kinetic Equations

We present a microscopic approach to quantum dissipation and sketch the derivation of the kinetic equation describing the evolution of a simple quantum system in interaction with a complex quantum system. A typical quantum complex system is modeled by means of parametric banded random matrices coupled to the subsystem of interest. We do not assume the weak coupling limit and allow for an independent dynamics of the ``reservoir''. We discuss the reasons for having a new theoretical approach and the new elements introduced by us. The present approach incorporates known limits and previous results, but at the same time includes new cases, previously never derived on a microscopic level. We briefly discuss the kinetic equation and its solution for a particle in the absence of an external field.Comment: 7 pages, Elsevier style file espcrc2.st

Statewide and Census Division Demographic and Economic Systems, Navarin Basin (Sale 83) Impact Analysis

This study examines economic and population impacts of the proposed Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) petroleum development of the Navarin Basin (Sale 83). The study begins with historical baseline analyses of the population and economies of the State of Alaska and the Aleutian Islands. Next, base case projections of conditions in the absence of OCS development are proposed. Subsequently, the impacts of OCS development are examined. The projections were done using the MAP and SCIMP models developed at the University of Alaska's Institute of Social and Economic Research. In the base case, statewide population increases to over 590 thousand by the year 2010. In the 1.2 Bbbl oil discovery case, the maximum percentage impact upon statewide population is 3 percent, or 16,800, in 1993. The Aleutian Islands' base case resident population is predicted to rise from 3,654 in 1980 to 8,348 in 2000 due to growth in the bottomfish industry. The maximum increase in population is 281, or 4 percent, in 1996. The maximum impact upon Aleutian Islands' resident employment is 12 percent (291) in 1996. The maximum impact upon Aleutian Islands' nonresident or enclave employment is 45 percent (770) in 1989 during the construction of OCS facilities.Prepared for Bureau of Land Management Alaska Outer Continental Shelf OfficeYe

North Aleutian Shelf Statewide and Regional Demographic and Economic Systems Impacts Analysis

Prepared for Bureau of Land Management Alaska Outer Continental Shelf OfficeYe

Lie-detection by strategy manipulation: Developing an Asymmetric Information Management (AIM) technique

Liars can, when prompted, provide detailed statements. Ideally, interview protocols to improve lie-detection should (a) encourage forthcoming verbal strategies from truth tellers and (b) encourage withholding verbal strategies from liars. Previous research has investigated (a) but not (b). We designed an asymmetric information management (AIM) instruction—informing interviewees, inter alia, that more detailed statements are easier to accurately classify as genuine or fabricated—to encourage truth tellers to be verbally forthcoming and to encourage liars to be verbally withholding. Truth tellers (n = 52) and liars (n = 52) took part in one of two counterbalanced missions, and were assigned to either the AIM or control interviewing condition. Truth tellers provided (and liars withheld) more information in the AIM condition (compared to the control condition), and thus, discriminant analysis classificatory performance was improved. Therefore, a simple instruction can simultaneously modify the respective strategies of liars and truth tellers