Noteworthy publications and creative productions

Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and Technology

Feng, Chang-Xue Jack, Z. -G. Yu, and A. Kusiak. "Selection and Validation of Predictive Regression and Neural Network Models Based on Designed Experiments." IIE Transactions (Institute of Industrial Engineers) 38, no. 1 (2006): 13-23.

Krishnamoorthi, K. S., A First Course in Quality Engineering: Integrating Statistical and Management Methods of Quality. UpperSaddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2006.

Lin, Gary C., and D.-C Gong. "On a Production-inventory System of Deteriorating Items Subject to Random Machine Breakdowns with A Fixed Repair Time." Mathematical and Computer Modelling 43, no. 7-8 (2006): 920-932.

Lin, Gary C., and Dennis E. Kroll. "Economic Lot Sizing for an Imperfect Production System Subject to Random Breakdowns." Engineering Optimization 38, no. 1 (2006): 73-92.

Lin, Gary C., Dennis E. Kroll, and C. J. Lin. "Determining a Common Production Cycle Time for an Economic Lot Scheduling Problem with Deteriorating Items." European Journal of Operational Research 173, no. 2 (2006): 669-682.

Shao, X. -Y., Z. -H. Wang,; P. -G. Li, and Chang-Xue "Jack" Feng. "Integrating Data Mining and Rough Set for Customer Group-based Discovery of Product Configuration Rules." International Journal of Production Research 44, no. 14 (2006): 2789-2811.

Sverdlin, Alexey V., and Arnold R. Ness. "Effect of Alloying Elements on the Heat Treatment of Steel." In Steel Heat Treatment Handbook, 2nd ed., edited by G. E. Totten and M. A. H. Howes. New York, NY: Marcel Dekker, Inc., 2006.

Sverdlin, Alexey V., and Arnold R. Ness. "Fundamental Concepts in Steel Heat Treatment." In Steel Heat Treatment Handbook, 2nd ed., edited by G. E. Totten and M. A. H. Howes. New York, NY: Marcel Dekker, Inc., 2006.

International Studies

Bukowski, Charles. "Slovene-Serbian Relations: Reclaiming the Past." Slovene Studies (2006).

Bukowski, Jeanie. "Spanish Water Policy and the National Hydrological Plan: An Advocacy Coalition Approach to Policy Change." South European Society and Politics 12, no. 1 (2007).

Mao, Kristina. "The Legal Status of Diaoyu Islands." In "A Legitimate Chinese Political System Must Have Chinese Characteristics," American Review of Chinese Studies 6, no. 2 (2005).

Library

Chen, Xiaotian. "Metalib, Webfeat, and Google: The Strengths and Weaknesses of Federated Search Engines Compared with Google." Online Information Review 30, no. 4 (2006): 413-427.

Chen, Xiaotian. "Overlap Between Traditional Periodical Indexes and Newer Mega Indexes." Serials Review 32, no. 4 (2006): 233-237.

Spires, Todd. "Major Literary Award Winners in the Medium-Sized Academic Library." Electronic Journal of Academic and Special Librarianship 7, no. 2 (2006).

Spires, Todd. "Using OCLC's WorldCat Collection Analysis to Evaluate Peer Institutions." Illinois Libraries 86, no. 2 (2006): 11-19.

Marketing

Blodgett, J., A. Bakir, and Donna Hill. "Cross-Cultural Complaining Behavior: An Alternative Explanation." Journal of Consumer Satisfaction, Dissatisfaction and Complaining Behavior 19 (2006): 103-117.

Goitein, Bernard J., and Edward U. Bond. "Assessment of a Typology of Effective Management Decision Making Modes." In How Professionals Make Decisions, edited by H. Montgomery, R. Lipshitz, and B. Brehmer. New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2005.

Hartman, J., B. S. Shim, B. Barber, and Matthew O'Brien. "Adolescents' Utilitarian and Hedonic Web Consumption Behavior: Hierarchical Influence of Personal Values and Innovativeness." Psychology & Marketing 23, no. 10 (2006): 813-839.

Hill, Donna J., Patricia Hatfield, and Philip Horvath. "Summary Brief Understanding Capital Budgeting Practice: What They Don't Teach You in B-School." In Advances in Marketing: Managerial, Pedagogical, Theoretical, edited by W. J. Kehoe and L. K. Whitten. Charlottesville, VA: Society for Marketing Advances, 2005.

Johlke, Mark C. "Sales Presentation Skills and Salesperson Job Performance." Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing 21, no. 5 (2006): 311-319.

Mathematics

Azumaya, G., George Szeto, and Larry Xue. "On Algebras Arising from the Elements of a Galois Group for a Galois Algebra." Scientiae Mathematicae Japonicae 63, no. 2 (2006): 191-203.

Bedenikovic, Tony, Alberto Delgado, and Mathew Timm. "A Classification of 2-Complexes with Nontrivial Self-Covers." Topology and Its Applications 153, no. 12 (2006): 2073-2091.

Hussain, N., and Gerald Jungck. "Common Fixed Point and Invariant Approximation Results for Noncommuting Generalized (f,g)-nonexpansive Maps." Journal of Mathematical Analysis & Applications 321, no. 2 (2006): 851-861.

Hussain, N., and Gerald Jungck. "Compatible Maps and Invariant Approximations." Journal of Mathematical Analysis & Applications 325, no. 2 (2007): 1003-1012.

Jungck, Gerald, and B. E. Rhoades. "Fixed Point Theorems For Occasionally Weakly Compatible Mappings." Fixed Point Theory 7, no. 2 (2006): 287-296.

Kasube, Herbert. "The Role of the History of Mathematics in Courses Beyond Calculus." In Innovative Approaches to Undergraduate Mathematics Courses Beyond Calculus, edited by R. J. Maher. Washington, DC: The Mathematical Association of America, 2005.

Lang, Michael S., and P. M. Terwilliger. "Almost-Bipartite Distance-Regular Graphs with the Q-Polynomial Property." European Journal of Combinatorics 28, no. 1 (2007): 258-265.

McAsey, Michael, and Libin Mou. "Generalized Riccati Equations Arising in Stochastic Games." Linear Algebra and its Applications 416, no. 2-3 (2006): 710-723.

Mou, Libin. "A Variational Formula for Stochastic Controls and Some Applications." Pure and Applied Mathematics Quarterly (2006).

Mou, Libin. "Two-person Zero-sum Linear Quadratic Stochastic Differential Games by a Hilbert Space Method." Journal of Industrial and Management Optimization 2, no. 1 (2006): 93-115.

Nanyes, Ollie. "Limits of Functions of Two Variables." The College Mathematics Journal 36, no. 4 (2005): 326-329.

Sterling, Mary Jane. Algebra II for Dummies. Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2006.

Szeto, George, and Larry Xue. "Some Notes on the Structure of Galois Algebras." JP Journal of Algebra, Number Theory and Applications 6, no. 1 (2006): 1-9.

Szeto, George, and Larry Xue. "Galois Groups of a Semiconnected Galois Extension." In Pragmatic Algebra, edited by K. -B. Nam. Delhi: SAS International Publications, 2006.

Szeto, George, and Larry Xue. "The Center Hopf Galois Extensions." JP Journal of Algebra and Number Theory 5 (2005): 491-501.

Szeto, George. "On Azumaya Smash Products." Bulletin of Mathematics 29, no. 2 (2005): 387-392.

Xue, Larry. "On Azumaya Commutator Hopf Galois Extensions." Southeast Asian Bulletin of Mathematics 29, no. 2 (2005): 409-413.

Xue, Larry. "On Characterizations of a Commutator Galois extension." JP Journal of Algebra and Number Theory 6, no. 3 (2006): 597-607.

Xue, Larry. "On the Azumaya Invariant Subring of a Galois Extension." International Journal of Mathematical Sciences 4, no. 2 (2005): 217-224.

Mechanical Engineering

Abanto-Bueno, Jorge, and J. Lambros. "An Experimental Study of Mixed Mode Crack Initiation and Growth in Functionally Graded Materials." Experimental Mechanics 46, no. 2 (2006): 179-196.

Abanto-Bueno, Jorge, and J. Lambros. "Parameters Controlling Fracture Resistance in Functionally Graded Materials Under Mode I Loading.e" Intrnational Journal of Solids & Structures 43, no. 13 (2006): 3920-3939.

Al-Bakhit, H., and Ahmad Fakheri. "Numerical Simulation of Heat Transfer in Simultaneously Developing Flows in Parallel Rectangular Ducts." Applied Thermal Engineering 26, no. 5-6 (2006): 596-603.

Fakheri, Ahmad, and M. Fazel. "A Methodology for Optimization of Shell and Tube Heat Exchangers in Series." International Journal of Heat Exchangers 7, no. 1 (2006): 87-102.

Kandula, S. S. V., Jorge Abanto-Bueno, J. Lambros, and P. H. Geubelle. "Cohesive Modeling of Quasi-Static Fracture in Functionally Graded Materials." Journal of Applied Mechanics, Transactions ASME 73, no. 5 (2006): 783-791.

Multimedia

Ferolo, James, J. Goldman, C. Carr, and J. Parsons. Oyez.org, US Supreme Court Multimedia Web site, (2006).

Lamoureux, Edward Lee, "Medium-Effects Theory." In Encyclopedia of Religion, Communication, and Media, edited by D. A. Stout. New York: Routledge, 2006.

Music

Dzapo, Kyle. "Sunday Afternoon Live." Solo Recital, Chazen Museum of Art, Broadcast live on Wisconsin Public Radio, Madison, WI (April 30, 2006).

Dzapo, Kyle. "Joachim Andersen: Chopin of the Flute." Illustrated lecture/recital presented at Bruno Walter Auditorium, Lincoln Center, New York, NY (May 20, 2006).

Dzapo, Kyle. "Insights into Compositions by Weber, Strauss, and Szymanovski." Pre-concert lectures, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago, IL (February 2-3, 2006).

Dzapo, Kyle. "Joachim Andersen's Opus 15: Masterful Etudes in the Midst of it All." Pan, Journal of the British Flute Society 26, no. 1 (2007).

Heinemann, Stephen. Silhouettes. Ithaca, NY: Ensemble Publications (2007).

Heinemann, Stephen. The Candid Voice for trumpet, alto saxophone, and jazz ensemble. Performed by Todd Kelly (trumpet), Stephen Heinemann (alto saxophone) and the Bradley Jazz Ensemble in Switzerland at the Montreux Jazz Festival, with subsequent performances in Italy at the Umbria and Tuscany Jazz Festivals (July 2006).

Henry Liebenow, Marcia. CD recording of the Grieg Violin Sonatas with pianist Antonio Pompa-Baldi for Centaur Records, Baton Rouge, LA (January 2006).

Henry Liebenow, Marcia. Concordia String Trio performances and seminars at Tufts University, St. Botolph Club, Berklee College of Music, and St. Clements Church, Boston, MA (March 27-April 1, 2006).

Henry Liebenow, Marcia. Faculty Chamber Music Recitals at the Red Lodge Music Festival, Montana, world premiere of John Harmon Crazy Horse, Legend of the Great Plains (June 10-18, 2006).

Henry Liebenow, Marcia. Soloist with Marcus Neiman and the Sounds of Sousa Band, Lakeside, OH (July 3, 2006).

Henry Liebenow, Marcia. Recitals with Dr. Benjamin Moritz at Mansfield University and Lebanon Valley College in Pennsylvania, and Bradley University and Eureka College in Illinois (Sept. 28-Oct. 2, 2006).

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