Purdue University

About: Purdue University is a education organization based out in West Lafayette, Indiana, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Context (language use). The organization has 73219 authors who have published 163563 publications receiving 5775236 citations. The organization is also known as: Purdue & Purdue-West Lafayette.

High degree efficient symmetrical Gaussian quadrature rules for the triangle

Abstract: Gaussian quadrature is required for the computation of matrices based on the isoparametric formulztion of the finite element method. A brief review of existing quadrature rules for the triangle is given, and the method for the determination of high degree efficient symmetrical rules for the triangle is discussed. New quadrature rules of degree 12–20 are presented, and a short FORTRAN program is included.

Social Psychology: Understanding Human Interaction

Abstract: Maps, Figures, and Tables A Note to My Fellow Teachers A Personal Welcome to Students Acknowledgments Supplements About the Authors CHAPTER 1: NEW WORLD ENCOUNTERS, PRECONQUEST-1608. Diverse Cultures: De Vaca's Journey Through Native America Native Americans Before the Conquest. Conditions of Conquest. West Africa: Ancient and Complex Societies. Europe on the Eve of Conquest. Spain in the Americas. The French Claim Canada. The English Take Up the Challenge. Conclusion: Campaign to Sell America. CHAPTER 2: ENGLAND'S NEW WORLD EXPERIMENTS 1607-1732. Profit and Piety: Competing Visions for English Settlement. Breaking Away: Decisions to Move to America A "New" England in America. Diversity in the Middle Colonies. Planting the Southern Colonies. Conclusion: Living with Diversity. CHAPTER 3: PUTTING DOWN ROOTS: OPPORTUNITY AND OPPRESSION IN COLONIAL SOCIETY, 1619-1692. Families in an Atlantic Empire. Social Stability: New England Colonies of the Seventeenth Century. The Challenge of the Chesapeake Environment. Race and Freedom in British America. Blueprint for Empire. Colonial Political Revolt. Conclusion: Foundations of an Atlantic Empire. CHAPTER 4: EXPERIENCE OF EMPIRE: EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY AMERICA, 1680-1763. Constructing an Anglo-American Identity: The Journal of William Byrd. Tensions in the Backcountry. Spanish Borderlands of the Eighteenth Century. The Impact of European Ideas on American Culture. Religious Revivals in Provincial Societies. Clash of Political Cultures. Century of Imperial War. Conclusion: Rule Britannia? CHAPTER 5: THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION: FROM ELITE PROTEST TO POPULAR REVOLT, 1763-1783. Moment of Decision: Commitment and Sacrifice. Structure of Colonial Society. Eroding the Bonds of Empire. Steps Toward Independence. Fighting for Independence. Conclusion: Preserving Independence. CHAPTER 6: THE REPUBLICAN EXPERIMENT, 1783-1788. A New Political Morality. Defining Republican Culture. Stumbling Toward a New National Government. "Have We Fought for This?" Whose Constitution? Struggle for Ratification. Conclusion: Success Depends on the People. CHAPTER 7: DEMOCRACY AND DISSENT: THE VIOLENCE OF PARTY POLITICS, 1788-1800. Force of Public Opinion. Principle and Pragmatism: Establishing a New Government. Hamilton's Plan for Prosperity and Security. Charges of Treason: The Battle over Foreign Affairs. Popular Political Culture. The Adams Presidency: Politics of Mistrust. Conclusion: Danger of Political Extremism. CHAPTER 8: REPUBLICAN ASCENDANCY: THE JEFFERSONIAN VISION, 1800-1814. Limits of Equality. The Republic Expands. Jefferson as President. Race and Dissent Under Jefferson. Embarrassments Overseas. The Strange War of 1812. Conclusion: The "Second War of Independence." CHAPTER 9: NATION BUILDING AND NATIONALISM, 1815-1825. A Revolutionary War Hero Revisits America in 1824. Expansion and Migration. Transportation and the Market Economy. The Politics of Nation Building after the War of 1812. Conclusion: The End of the Era of Good Feeling. CHAPTER 10: THE TRIUMPH OF WHITE MEN'S DEMOCRACY, 1824-1840. Democratic Space: The New Hotels. Democracy in Theory and Practice. Jackson and the Politics of Democracy. The Bank War and the Second Party System. Heyday of the Second Party System. Conclusion: Tocqueville's Wisdom. CHAPTER 11: SLAVES AND MASTERS, 1793-1861. Nat Turner's Rebellion: A Turning Point in the Slave South. The World of Southern Blacks. White Society in the Antebellum South. Slavery and the Southern Economy. Conclusion: Worlds in Conflict. CHAPTER 12: THE PURSUIT OF PERFECTION, 1800-1861. Redeeming the Middle Class. The Rise of Evangelicalism. Domesticity and Changes in the American Family. Reform Turns Radical. Conclusion: Counterpoint on Reform. CHAPTER 13: AN AGE OF EXPANSIONISM, 1830-1861. The Spirit of Young America. Texas, Manifest Destiny, and the Mexican-American War. Internal Expansionism and the Industrial Revolution. Conclusion: The Costs of Expansion. CHAPTER 14: THE SECTIONAL CRISIS, 1846-1861. Brooks Assaults Sumner in Congress. The Compromise of 1850. Political Upheaval, 1852-1856. The House Divided, 1857-1860. Conclusion: Explaining the Crisis. CHAPTER 15: SECESSION AND THE CIVIL WAR, 1860-1865. The Emergence of Lincoln. The Storm Gathers. Adjusting to Total War. Fight to the Finish. Effects of the War. Conclusion: An Organizational Revolution. CHAPTER 16: THE AGONY OF RECONSTRUCTION, 1863-1877. Robert Smalls and Black Politicians During Reconstruction. The President versus Congress. Reconstructing Southern Society. Retreat from Reconstruction. Reunion and the New South. Conclusion: Henry McNeal Turner and the "Unfinished Revolution." Appendix Glossary Credits Index

Guidelines for the use of flow cytometry and cell sorting in immunological studies (second edition)

Abstract: These guidelines are a consensus work of a considerable number of members of the immunology and flow cytometry community. They provide the theory and key practical aspects of flow cytometry enabling immunologists to avoid the common errors that often undermine immunological data. Notably, there are comprehensive sections of all major immune cell types with helpful Tables detailing phenotypes in murine and human cells. The latest flow cytometry techniques and applications are also described, featuring examples of the data that can be generated and, importantly, how the data can be analysed. Furthermore, there are sections detailing tips, tricks and pitfalls to avoid, all written and peer-reviewed by leading experts in the field, making this an essential research companion.

Predicting children's social and school adjustment following the transition from preschool to kindergarten.

Abstract: LADD, GARY W., and PRICE, JOSEPH M. Predicting Children's Social and School Adjustment Following the Transition from Preschool to Kindergarten. CHILD DEVELOPMENT, 1987, 58, 1168-1189. Research on early school transitions is important because the reputations children establish at the outset of grade school may follow them through many years of formal schooling. The purpose of this study was to explore the transition from preschool to kindergarten and to identify factors that predict children's social and school adjustment in new school environments. A sample of 58 children was identified prior to their entrance into kindergarten, and parent and school data were collected at 3 times of measurement: late preschool, early kindergarten, and late kindergarten. Children's prior behavior and the kindergarten peer context were among the factors found to predict posttransition social adjustment. Children who were cooperative "players" in preschool were seen as more sociable by kindergarten teachers, and children who pursued more extensive positive contacts with preschool classmates tended to become well liked by their kindergarten classmates. In contrast, children who spent more time in aggressive behaviors and who had a broader pattern of negative peer contacts in preschool were more likely to be rejected by peers and to be seen as hostileaggressive by teachers in kindergarten. Both experiential antecedents and concomitant features of the transition context emerged as predictors of school adjustment. Time spent in interactions with younger peers in preschool was negatively related to positive school attitudes throughout kindergarten, and the duration of children's preschool attendance and range of experiences with peers in other community contexts was negatively related to anxious behavior in the classroom and absences from school. Children who retained a larger proportion of their nonschool friendships during the transition had more favorable attitudes at the beginning of kindergarten, and those who attended class with a larger proportion of familiar peers tended to view school more positively and were less anxious at the outset of the school year.