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• 2221. [Article] Choice and Success: The Evolution of a Modern Hero

  The phenomenon of modern fantasy is the result of a tradition that originated with romance. It is a tradition that has experienced continual redefinement and utilization over the years. This is evidenced ...

  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Choice and Success: The Evolution of a Modern Hero Author: Ranstead, Laurence W. Year: 1977 The phenomenon of modern fantasy is the result of a tradition that originated with romance. It is a tradition that has experienced continual redefinement and utilization over the years. This is evidenced by the rediscovery of certain characteristics of the Medieval Romance and the development of others by the Romantics, William Blake, William Wordsworth, and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. These characteristics are identifiable in the works of such later writers as Charles Dickens, William Morris, H.G. Wells, G.B. Shaw, C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkein. The concern of these succeeding authors is the same as that of the Romantics, i.e., the nature and condition of man in modern technological society. The study of the works of these authors reveals two distinct approaches to the relationship of man and his society, and these approaches produce two different types of hero. Title: Choice and Success: The Evolution of a Modern Hero Author: Ranstead, Laurence W. Year: 1977 The phenomenon of modern fantasy is the result of a tradition that originated with romance. It is a tradition that has experienced continual redefinement and utilization over the years. This is evidenced by the rediscovery of certain characteristics of the Medieval Romance and the development of others by the Romantics, William Blake, William Wordsworth, and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. These characteristics are identifiable in the works of such later writers as Charles Dickens, William Morris, H.G. Wells, G.B. Shaw, C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkein. The concern of these succeeding authors is the same as that of the Romantics, i.e., the nature and condition of man in modern technological society. The study of the works of these authors reveals two distinct approaches to the relationship of man and his society, and these approaches produce two different types of hero. Close

• 2222. [Article] Infrastructure politics: the dynamics of crossing San Francisco Bay

  Analyzes the efforts to deal with the San Francisco Bay Bridge controversy, 1945-59, to develop a theory of the politics of transport infrastructure projects by studying the influence of urban rivalry ...

  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Infrastructure politics: the dynamics of crossing San Francisco Bay Author: Adler, Sy Year: 1988 Analyzes the efforts to deal with the San Francisco Bay Bridge controversy, 1945-59, to develop a theory of the politics of transport infrastructure projects by studying the influence of urban rivalry and the circumstances that allow political stalemates to be broken. Title: Infrastructure politics: the dynamics of crossing San Francisco Bay Author: Adler, Sy Year: 1988 Analyzes the efforts to deal with the San Francisco Bay Bridge controversy, 1945-59, to develop a theory of the politics of transport infrastructure projects by studying the influence of urban rivalry and the circumstances that allow political stalemates to be broken. Close

• 2223. [Article] Geomorphic character, age and distribution of rock glaciers in the Olympic Mountains, Washington

  Rock glaciers are tongue-shaped or lobate masses of rock debris which occur below cliffs and talus in many alpine regions. They are best developed in continental alpine climates where it is cold enough ...

  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Geomorphic character, age and distribution of rock glaciers in the Olympic Mountains, Washington Author: Welter, Steven Paul Year: 1987 Rock glaciers are tongue-shaped or lobate masses of rock debris which occur below cliffs and talus in many alpine regions. They are best developed in continental alpine climates where it is cold enough to preserve a core or matrix of ice within the rock mass but insufficiently snowy to produce true glaciers. Previous reports have identified and briefly described several rock glaciers in the Olympic Mountains, Washington {Long 1975a, pp. 39-41; Nebert 1984), but no detailed integrative study has been made regarding the geomorphic character, age,and distribution of these features. Title: Geomorphic character, age and distribution of rock glaciers in the Olympic Mountains, Washington Author: Welter, Steven Paul Year: 1987 Rock glaciers are tongue-shaped or lobate masses of rock debris which occur below cliffs and talus in many alpine regions. They are best developed in continental alpine climates where it is cold enough to preserve a core or matrix of ice within the rock mass but insufficiently snowy to produce true glaciers. Previous reports have identified and briefly described several rock glaciers in the Olympic Mountains, Washington {Long 1975a, pp. 39-41; Nebert 1984), but no detailed integrative study has been made regarding the geomorphic character, age,and distribution of these features. Close

• 2224. [Article] Fostering Intelligent Moderation in the Next Generation: Insights from Remida-Inspired Reuse Materials Education

  Ecologically minded leaders and early childhood teacher educators offer a culturally significant shiny fish project in their community as a way to launch an environmental-material reuse project. Questioning ...

  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Fostering Intelligent Moderation in the Next Generation: Insights from Remida-Inspired Reuse Materials Education Author: Parnell, William A., Downs, Christine, Cullen, Julianne Year: 2017 Ecologically minded leaders and early childhood teacher educators offer a culturally significant shiny fish project in their community as a way to launch an environmental-material reuse project. Questioning if environmental collapse is imminent, their project investigation of developing a locally relevant Remida Reggio-inspired center serves as hope for reconceptualizing early childhood practices, offering innovations, and fostering intelligent moderation of earthly resources. Finding widening circles of influence and engaging participants are key to nurturing hope, and these educators draw implications to manifest a large and impactful vision and call to action. Title: Fostering Intelligent Moderation in the Next Generation: Insights from Remida-Inspired Reuse Materials Education Author: Parnell, William A., Downs, Christine, Cullen, Julianne Year: 2017 Ecologically minded leaders and early childhood teacher educators offer a culturally significant shiny fish project in their community as a way to launch an environmental-material reuse project. Questioning if environmental collapse is imminent, their project investigation of developing a locally relevant Remida Reggio-inspired center serves as hope for reconceptualizing early childhood practices, offering innovations, and fostering intelligent moderation of earthly resources. Finding widening circles of influence and engaging participants are key to nurturing hope, and these educators draw implications to manifest a large and impactful vision and call to action. Close

• 2225. [Article] Myths and Measures: The Cultural Performance of Portland’s Strip Club Identity

  Identities of place develop through a multitude of perceptions. Place myths guide much of this perception. Portland, Oregon’s identity has evolved in particular around a much quoted but unchallenged statistic ...

  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Myths and Measures: The Cultural Performance of Portland’s Strip Club Identity Author: Coffey, Wayne Year: 2012 Identities of place develop through a multitude of perceptions. Place myths guide much of this perception. Portland, Oregon’s identity has evolved in particular around a much quoted but unchallenged statistic regarding the volume of nude dancing venues. This paper focuses on the literature specific to both nude dance venues and place identity; Portland’s legal history that contributed to this phenomenon; and some of the cultural and spatial variables pertinent to this issue. Two initiatives, aimed at restructuring the state constitution specifically to deal with nude dance venues and other adult entertainment, are analyzed. Title: Myths and Measures: The Cultural Performance of Portland’s Strip Club Identity Author: Coffey, Wayne Year: 2012 Identities of place develop through a multitude of perceptions. Place myths guide much of this perception. Portland, Oregon’s identity has evolved in particular around a much quoted but unchallenged statistic regarding the volume of nude dancing venues. This paper focuses on the literature specific to both nude dance venues and place identity; Portland’s legal history that contributed to this phenomenon; and some of the cultural and spatial variables pertinent to this issue. Two initiatives, aimed at restructuring the state constitution specifically to deal with nude dance venues and other adult entertainment, are analyzed. Close

• 2226. [Article] Does Rivals' Innovation Matter? A Competitive Dynamics Perspective on Firms' Product Strategy

  We build on the awareness-motivation-capability (AMC) framework of competitive dynamics research to examine how a signal of a rival's innovation, in the form of research and development (R&D) intensity, ...

  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Does Rivals' Innovation Matter? A Competitive Dynamics Perspective on Firms' Product Strategy Author: Chen, Tianxu, Tribbitt, Mark A., Yang, Yi, Li, Xiaomei Year: 2017 We build on the awareness-motivation-capability (AMC) framework of competitive dynamics research to examine how a signal of a rival's innovation, in the form of research and development (R&D) intensity, may influence a focal firm's product actions. We argue that a rival's R&D intensity increases a focal firm's awareness of a competitive threat and thus its motivation to react by increasing its product actions. However, this competitive impact is conditional on the focal firm's size and performance relative to the rival, as well as the strategic homogeneity of the two. We use the AMC framework to analyze such moderating effects. Title: Does Rivals' Innovation Matter? A Competitive Dynamics Perspective on Firms' Product Strategy Author: Chen, Tianxu, Tribbitt, Mark A., Yang, Yi, Li, Xiaomei Year: 2017 We build on the awareness-motivation-capability (AMC) framework of competitive dynamics research to examine how a signal of a rival's innovation, in the form of research and development (R&D) intensity, may influence a focal firm's product actions. We argue that a rival's R&D intensity increases a focal firm's awareness of a competitive threat and thus its motivation to react by increasing its product actions. However, this competitive impact is conditional on the focal firm's size and performance relative to the rival, as well as the strategic homogeneity of the two. We use the AMC framework to analyze such moderating effects. Close

• 2227. [Article] On the Coupling of DPG and BEM

  We develop and analyze strategies to couple the discontinuous Petrov-Galerkin method with optimal test functions to (i) least-squares boundary elements and (ii) various variants of standard Galerkin boundary ...

  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: On the Coupling of DPG and BEM Author: Führer, Thomas, Heuer, Norbert, Karkulik, Michael Year: 2015 We develop and analyze strategies to couple the discontinuous Petrov-Galerkin method with optimal test functions to (i) least-squares boundary elements and (ii) various variants of standard Galerkin boundary elements. An essential feature of our method is that, despite the use of boundary integral equations, optimal test functions have to be computed only locally. We apply our findings to a standard transmission problem in full space and present numerical experiments to validate our theory. Title: On the Coupling of DPG and BEM Author: Führer, Thomas, Heuer, Norbert, Karkulik, Michael Year: 2015 We develop and analyze strategies to couple the discontinuous Petrov-Galerkin method with optimal test functions to (i) least-squares boundary elements and (ii) various variants of standard Galerkin boundary elements. An essential feature of our method is that, despite the use of boundary integral equations, optimal test functions have to be computed only locally. We apply our findings to a standard transmission problem in full space and present numerical experiments to validate our theory. Close

• 2228. [Article] Geometric Approach to Convex Subdifferential Calculus

  In this paper, we develop a geometric approach to convex subdifferential calculus in finite dimensions with employing some ideas of modern variational analysis. This approach allows us to obtain natural ...

  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Geometric Approach to Convex Subdifferential Calculus Author: Mordukhovich, Boris S., Nam, Nguyen Mau Year: 2015 In this paper, we develop a geometric approach to convex subdifferential calculus in finite dimensions with employing some ideas of modern variational analysis. This approach allows us to obtain natural and rather easy proofs of basic results of convex subdifferential calculus in full generality and also derive new results of convex analysis concerning optimal value/marginal functions, normals to inverse images of sets under set-valued mappings, calculus rules for coderivatives of single-valued and set-valued mappings, and calculating coderivatives of solution maps to parameterized generalized equations governed by set-valued mappings with convex graphs. Title: Geometric Approach to Convex Subdifferential Calculus Author: Mordukhovich, Boris S., Nam, Nguyen Mau Year: 2015 In this paper, we develop a geometric approach to convex subdifferential calculus in finite dimensions with employing some ideas of modern variational analysis. This approach allows us to obtain natural and rather easy proofs of basic results of convex subdifferential calculus in full generality and also derive new results of convex analysis concerning optimal value/marginal functions, normals to inverse images of sets under set-valued mappings, calculus rules for coderivatives of single-valued and set-valued mappings, and calculating coderivatives of solution maps to parameterized generalized equations governed by set-valued mappings with convex graphs. Close

• 2229. [Article] Tigard-Tualatin School District Enrollment Forecast Update 2017-18 to 2026-27

  This report presents the results of a demographic study conducted by the Portland State University Population Research Center (PRC) for the Tigard‐Tualatin School District (TTSD). The study includes analysis ...

  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Tigard-Tualatin School District Enrollment Forecast Update 2017-18 to 2026-27 Author: Portland State University. Population Research Center, Rynerson, Charles, Yang, Xi Year: 2017 This report presents the results of a demographic study conducted by the Portland State University Population Research Center (PRC) for the Tigard‐Tualatin School District (TTSD). The study includes analysis of population, housing and enrollment trends affecting the District in recent years, estimates of the impacts of housing development on TTSD enrollment, and forecasts of district‐wide and individual school enrollments for the 2017‐18 to 2026‐27 school years. Title: Tigard-Tualatin School District Enrollment Forecast Update 2017-18 to 2026-27 Author: Portland State University. Population Research Center, Rynerson, Charles, Yang, Xi Year: 2017 This report presents the results of a demographic study conducted by the Portland State University Population Research Center (PRC) for the Tigard‐Tualatin School District (TTSD). The study includes analysis of population, housing and enrollment trends affecting the District in recent years, estimates of the impacts of housing development on TTSD enrollment, and forecasts of district‐wide and individual school enrollments for the 2017‐18 to 2026‐27 school years. Close

• 2230. [Article] Looking to the Future of Education: A Social Art Practice Pedagogy

  This article discusses how the implementation of a social practice arts pedagogy will benefit the American educational system. It discusses methodologies and influences that affect the current system and ...

  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Looking to the Future of Education: A Social Art Practice Pedagogy Author: Xochihua, Alexis Year: 2016 This article discusses how the implementation of a social practice arts pedagogy will benefit the American educational system. It discusses methodologies and influences that affect the current system and how this system does not prepare students for higher education or life. The social practice art pedagogy utilized arts-integrated pluralization of topics and integration of social examination in order to develop critical thinking skills, social awareness, and quality of education. Title: Looking to the Future of Education: A Social Art Practice Pedagogy Author: Xochihua, Alexis Year: 2016 This article discusses how the implementation of a social practice arts pedagogy will benefit the American educational system. It discusses methodologies and influences that affect the current system and how this system does not prepare students for higher education or life. The social practice art pedagogy utilized arts-integrated pluralization of topics and integration of social examination in order to develop critical thinking skills, social awareness, and quality of education. Close