Office of the University President Sous fonds: Dr. James A. Gibson

Dr. James A. Gibson was born in Ottawa on January 29, 1912 to John W. and Belle Gibson. At an early age the family moved to Victoria, B.C. where John W. Gibson was a director of the Elementary Agricultural Education Branch, Department of Education. Gibson received his early education in Victoria, receiving a B.A. (honours) at UBC in 1931. In 1931 he was awarded the Rhodes scholarship and received his B.A., M.A., B.Litt and D. Phil at New College, Oxford. This was to be the beginning of a long and dedicated relationship with the Rhodes Scholar Association. Upon his return to Canada, Dr. Gibson lectured in Economics and Government at the University of British Columbia. In 1938 he was married to Caroline Stein in Philadelphia, and the same year joined the staff of the Department of External Affairs as a Foreign Service officer. Within twenty minutes of his arrival he was seconded to the Office of the Prime Minister and Secretary of State for External Affairs, W. L. Mackenzie King in charge of War Records and Liaison Officer. This was a critical time in the history of Canada, and Dr. Gibson experienced firsthand several milestones, including the Royal Visit of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in 1939. Dr. Gibson was present at the formation of the United Nations in San Francisco in 1945, being part of the Prime Minister’s professional staff as well as attending conferences in Washington, Quebec and London as an advisor to the Canadian delegation. Gibson contributed many articles to the publication bout de papier about his experiences during these years. After his resignation in 1947, Gibson joined the staff of the fledgling Carleton College, as a lecturer. In 1949 he was appointed a professor and in 1951 became Dean of Arts and Sciences. Dr. Gibson acted as President from 1955 to 1956 upon the sudden death of Dr. MacOdrum. In 1963 Dr. Gibson accepted the invitation of the Brock University Founders’ Committee, chaired by Arthur Schmon, to become the founding president. Dr. Gibson guided the new University from a converted refrigeration plant, to an ever expanding University campus on the brow of the Niagara Escarpment. Dr. Gibson remained firmly “attached” to Brock University. Even after official retirement, in 1974, he retained the title President Emeritus. Gibson’s final official contribution was an unpublished ten year history of the University. In retirement Gibson remained active in scholarly pursuits. He was a visiting scholar at the Center of Canadian Studies, University of Edinburgh; continued his ongoing research activities focusing on W. L. Mackenzie King, the Office of the Governor General of Canada, and political prisoners transported to Van Dieman’s Land. He remained active in the Canadian Association of Rhodes Scholars, becoming editor from 1975 to 1994 and was appointed Editor Emeritus and Director for Life in 1995 in honour of his dedicated and outstanding service. In 1993 he was awarded one of Canada’s highest achievements, the Order of Canada. Gibson retained close ties with Brock University and many of its faculty. He maintained an office in the Politics Department where he became a vital part of the department. In 1996 Brock University honoured Gibson by naming the University Library in his honour. James A. Gibson Library staff was instrumental in celebrating the 90th birthday of Gibson in 2002, with a widely attended party in the Pond Inlet where many former students, including Silver Badgers. The attendees also included former and current colleagues from Brock University, Canadian Rhodes Scholars Association, family and friends. Gibson was later to remark that the highlight of this event was the gift of his original academic robe which he had personally designed in 1964. In 2003 Dr. Gibson moved to Ottawa to be near some of his children and the city of his birth and early career. In that year “two visits to Brock ensued: the first, to attend a special celebration of the James A. Gibson Library; his late to attend the 74th Convocation on Saturday, October 18, 2003. A week later, in Ottawa, he went for a long walk, returned to his residence, Rideau Gardens, went into the lounge area, took off his coat and folded it up, put it on the back of his chair, sat down, folded his hands in his lap, closed his eyes, and died”. With sources from: Carleton University The Charlatan, Gibson CV, and Memorial Service Programme

National Intelligencer, 15 August 1811 (vol. 11, no. 1692) - Newspaper

Volumes of interest were published between 1812 and 1815 with articles about the War of 1812.

National Intelligencer, 10 November 1812 (vol. 13, no. 1895) - Newspaper

The Intelligencer was an American newspaper that was established in Washington by Samuel Harrison Smith, a young Jeffersonian-Republican from Philadelphia. The paper was a supporter of the Jefferson and Madison administrations until 1810 when it was sold to Joseph Gales Jr. from North Carolina. In 1812 William Seaton joined Gales as a publishing partner. The paper made significant contributions to the nation and wielded considerable influence in political circles during its publication

National intelligencer, 22 May 1813 (vol. 13, no. 1977) - Newspaper

Volumes of interest were published between 1812 and 1815 with articles about the War of 1812. Issue for May 22, 1813 includes a letter of May 9th from Gen. W. H. Harrison to the Sec. of War, stating that the enemy had begun removing their artillery.

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SMOB

Activities of SOMB got off to an impactful start with ‘Shramdhan’ programme on world Environment Day. SOMB members actively participated in a campus cleaning drive at Lakeside Campus. Members also organised a tree planting programme on this day and planted few fruit trees at the marine sciences campus. We also had couple of high profile faculty members delivering lectures to SOMB community. This included Dr. Pattanathu Rahman, Sr. Lecturer and Programme Leader of Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering Group at Teeside University, UK; Dr. Dr.Velerie Vasilakov, Vladivostok State University, Russia; Dr. Sunil Kumar George, Research Scientist, Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Winston Salem, NC, USA and Prof. Kalliathe Padmanabhan, Department of Biochemistry, Michigan State University, USA.

Gestió de les tesis de màster basades en competències

La tesi de màster o treball final d’estudis es pot definir com un treball individual i tutoritzat en el qual l’estudiant desenvolupa diferents competències per tal d’assolir un objectiu ben definit. Aquestes competències normalment són un subconjunt d’aquelles que defineixen el programa de màster i que possiblement es desenvolupen parcialment o totalment en les diferents assignatures del màster. Atès que la tesi de màster acostuma a ser l’activitat amb més ECTS i temps de dedicació en la majoria dels programes de màster, es considera que una gestió i seguiment acurat de l’activitat que es porta terme és molt necessària per assegurar l’assoliment de competències, per part de l’estudiant. Les competències variaran d’una tesi a l’altra; no solament pel fet que els objectius puguin ser diferents, també per la pròpia naturalesa del màster (tecnològic, ciències experimentals, humanitats, econòmiques, etc.) i per la seva orientació (recerca, acadèmic, professionalitzador o mixt). No obstant això, s’ha de poder garantir que l’estudiant, mentre executa les activitats i tasques associades al compliment dels objectius del projecte, vagi desenvolupant i assolint les competències previstes. Partint d’aquesta base s’ha realitzat una anàlisi exhaustiva de com s’ha de desenvolupar i gestionar una tesi de màster orientada a competències. El treball s’ha realitzat en el context del Màster Oficial en Informàtica Industrial i Automàtica (MOIIA) de la UdG (MO2006-00276). Es tracta d’un màster de l’àmbit tecnològic orientat a la recerca (bàsica i Girona, juny 2008 Universitat de Girona aplicada) en què es desenvolupen tant competències metodològiques (derivades dels trets comuns de la recerca en aquest àmbit) com específiques de cada un dels perfils de recerca definits en el màster. Per tant, tot i que l’anàlisi efectuada està molt centrada en aquest màster, les conclusions i la proposta final per implementar una guia d’execució de la tesi de màster és prou genèrica com perquè pugui prendre’s com a referència per al desenvolupament de guies similars en altres estudis

De la gestión cultural a la administración de las culturas

Este texto, a partir de la aproximación reflexiva desde la docencia, la investigación y la extensión académica, propone las claves de lectura para la comprensión de la administración cultural. Para ello, propone como campo de acción la disciplina de la administración de la cultura, como un sector de actividad económica y de configuración empresarial de trascendencia. Producto de esta reflexión, identifica la problemática de reduccionismo gerencial a la que fue sometida la disciplina administrativa durante el siglo XX, para rescatar su lógica y ethos relacional con otras disciplinas. Además, establece un concepto y un marco de trabajo para el desarrollo de la administración como disciplina, en términos de tareas académicas, para profundizar en la investigación de la administración de las culturas, la generación de saberes y didácticas. Lo anterior, con el propósito de formar capital humano preparado para enfrentar este tema estratégico de las naciones, las cuales están envueltas en dinámicas locales, basadas en disputas hegemónicas y asimétricas, de una economía simbólica con valor estratégico y, por tanto, con la necesidad de una administración de las organizaciones del trabajo cultural.

Análisis de la metodología para evaluar la competitividad : caso Foro Económico Mundial y realidad empresarial colombiana

Este trabajo de investigación contiene un análisis acerca de la concepción de la competitividad en el marco del Foro Económico Mundial y de la realidad empresarial colombiana; se desarrolló teniendo en cuenta la metodología, los enfoques, indicadores y fuentes de información implementados por el Foro Económico Mundial en su Reporte Global de Competitividad para evaluar el nivel productivo de las Naciones del mundo con el fin de ponderar su desempeño en el ranking mundial de competitividad. El primer capítulo contiene el marco teórico, abarca los temas de competitividad y realidad empresarial. El segundo capítulo habla de los antecedentes de competitividad en Colombia; resalta la importancia y trascendencia del informe de la compañía Monitor. El tercer capítulo señala el nivel de competitividad de Colombia y de su realidad empresarial en la actualidad; se realizó un análisis del informe Nacional de Competitividad 2009 emitido por el Consejo Privado de Competitividad. El capítulo final es el encargado de desglosar todos los aspectos relevantes del Reporte Global de Competitividad; sus métodos, enfoques, indicadores y fuentes de información. Las conclusiones comprenden reflexiones del nivel de confiabilidad del Reporte Global de Competitividad, se analiza el impacto de la calificación dada por el FEM para la realidad empresarial colombiana, se estudia el perfil de la economía Colombiana y su comportamiento respecto a años anteriores en materia de competitividad.

A Gain Scheduling Model Predictive Controller for Blood Glucose Control in Type 1 Diabetes

This paper presents a control strategy for blood glucose(BG) level regulation in type 1 diabetic patients. To design the controller, model-based predictive control scheme has been applied to a newly developed diabetic patient model. The controller is provided with a feedforward loop to improve meal compensation, a gain-scheduling scheme to account for different BG levels, and an asymmetric cost function to reduce hypoglycemic risk. A simulation environment that has been approved for testing of artificial pancreas control algorithms has been used to test the controller. The simulation results show a good controller performance in fasting conditions and meal disturbance rejection, and robustness against model–patient mismatch and errors in meal estimation

Prediction of glucose excursions under uncertain parameters and food intake in intensive insulin therapy for type 1 diabetes mellitus

Considering the difficulty in the insulin dosage selection and the problem of hyper- and hypoglycaemia episodes in type 1 diabetes, dosage-aid systems appear as tremendously helpful for these patients. A model-based approach to this problem must unavoidably consider uncertainty sources such as the large intra-patient variability and food intake. This work addresses the prediction of glycaemia for a given insulin therapy face to parametric and input uncertainty, by means of modal interval analysis. As result, a band containing all possible glucose excursions suffered by the patient for the given uncertainty is obtained. From it, a safer prediction of possible hyper- and hypoglycaemia episodes can be calculated

Intersubjetividad de la realidad empresarial del sistema financiero colombiano : el caso COLPATRIA

Dentro de los aspectos más importantes para el desarrollo organizacional se encuentra el factor humano, donde existen diferentes formas para examinar la manera en que las personas perciben el desarrollo del negocio y su entorno. La intersubjetividad como asunto de la realidad empresarial se convierte entonces en una manera de recopilar la forma en que los involucrados en diferentes niveles de una organización perciben fenómenos, siendo esto fuente fundamental para la medición de la alineación de la organización con su plataforma estratégica. Este estudio busca examinar la forma en que los empleados de la empresa Colpatria perciben el sector financiero, en el cual se desempeña la empresa.

Los estereotipos judíos europeos en el cine posterior a la Segunda Guerra Mundial como aparato ideológico de representación

El presente trabajo de investigación hace un análisis sobre los estereotipos de los judíos en el cine posterior a la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Esta investigación se realizó a partir de la selección 8 filmes que permiten identificar la noción de Holocausto que ha determinado la construcción de un estereotipo de los judíos europeos que vivieron la Segunda Guerra Mundial, esto ha permitido la formación de imaginarios que a través del cine funcionan como aparato ideológico de representación. Los diferentes usos sociales de la imagen, así como los contextos de inserción de estas, estructuran un discurso que tiene como fin dar continuidad al proyecto educativo y la restauración de la memoria.

Análisis de la instrumentalización de las organizaciones internacionales por parte de los estados para construir su identidad de rol. Un estudio a partir de la experiencia de Francia entre 1940 y 1946 en el marco de los primeros años de la ONU

Analisis de la transformación de la identidad de rol francesa durante la segunda guerra mundial y la importancia de la fundación de la onu para la reconstrucción de dicha identidad.