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Mississippi’s foundational epoch—in which the state literally took shape—has for too long remained overlooked and shrouded in misunderstanding. Yet the years between 1798, when the Mississippi Territory was created, and 1840, when the maturing state came into its own as arguably the heart of the antebellum South, was one of remarkable transformation. Beginning as a Native American homeland subject to contested claims by European colonial powers, the state became a thoroughly American entity in the span of little more than a generation. In Old Southwest to Old South: Mississippi, 1798–1840, authors Mike Bunn and Clay Williams tell the story of Mississippi’s founding era in a sweeping narrative that gives these crucial years the attention they deserve.Several key themes, addressing how and why the state developed as it did, rise to the forefront in the book’s pages. These include a veritable list of the major issues in Mississippi history: a sudden influx of American settlers, the harsh saga of Removal, the pivotal role of the institution of slavery, and the consequences of heavy reliance on cotton production. The book bears witness to Mississippi’s birth as the twentieth state in the Union, and it introduces a cast of colorful characters and events that demand further attention from those interested in the state’s past. A story of relevance to all Mississippians, Old Southwest to Old South explains how Mississippi’s early development shaped the state and continues to define it today.

Introducing the Liberal Arts: A Guidebook for English Learners offers students a broad introduction to the essential disciplines of a Liberal Arts education. Covering Humanities, Social Sciences, and Sciences, each of the 31 chapters—written by experienced professors—guides readers through subjects ranging from English Literature and Sociology to Biology and Physics. Each chapter provides context and explains the relevance of the subject to the overarching Liberal Arts curriculum, making this book an indispensable resource for those exploring or considering a Liberal Arts education.Building Academic Vocabulary for Success This book not only introduces readers to key academic subjects but also supports language learners by integrating high-frequency English words from the General Service List (GSL) and the Academic Word List (AWL). Each chapter highlights essential vocabulary in bold, helping learners focus on the most critical terms for both everyday and academic English. Accompanied by carefully curated vocabulary lists and glossaries, this approach ensures that students develop the language skills necessary for success in their academic journey.Engaging, Flexible Teaching Tool Designed for teachers and students alike, this book is a flexible resource that can be tailored to individual needs. Whether used as a supplemental text or a core part of the curriculum, the suggestions for group discussions, presentations, and writing exercises encourage active engagement with the material. By blending academic content with structured vocabulary development, this volume provides both an introduction to Liberal Arts disciplines and a pathway for improving English proficiency.

Introducing the Liberal Arts: A Guidebook for English Learners offers students a broad introduction to the essential disciplines of a Liberal Arts education. Covering Humanities, Social Sciences, and Sciences, each of the 31 chapters—written by experienced professors—guides readers through subjects ranging from English Literature and Sociology to Biology and Physics. Each chapter provides context and explains the relevance of the subject to the overarching Liberal Arts curriculum, making this book an indispensable resource for those exploring or considering a Liberal Arts education.Building Academic Vocabulary for Success This book not only introduces readers to key academic subjects but also supports language learners by integrating high-frequency English words from the General Service List (GSL) and the Academic Word List (AWL). Each chapter highlights essential vocabulary in bold, helping learners focus on the most critical terms for both everyday and academic English. Accompanied by carefully curated vocabulary lists and glossaries, this approach ensures that students develop the language skills necessary for success in their academic journey.Engaging, Flexible Teaching Tool Designed for teachers and students alike, this book is a flexible resource that can be tailored to individual needs. Whether used as a supplemental text or a core part of the curriculum, the suggestions for group discussions, presentations, and writing exercises encourage active engagement with the material. By blending academic content with structured vocabulary development, this volume provides both an introduction to Liberal Arts disciplines and a pathway for improving English proficiency.

The MoDELS (Model Driven Engineering, Languages, and Systems) conference is a continuation of the successful series of UML conferences. This volume contains the ?nal versions of the technical papers presented at MoDELS 2005 in Montego Bay, Jamaica, October 2-7, 2005. The UML series began in 1988 at Mulhouse, France when the Uni?ed Modeling Language was relatively new. Since then the conferences have been annually, with an increase in both attendance and the breadth of the work presentedattheconferences.Theappearanceofnewresearchareasandtopicsin prior conferences was the motivation for renaming the conference to re?ect the broadermissiontheconferenceswereenabling.Amongthenewareastakingtheir place alongside UML and related standards, such as Model Driven Architecture (MDA), are model refactoring, aspect oriented modeling, and model quality control. The call for papers for MoDELS 2005 resulted in the submission of 215 abstracts and 166 papers. Each submission was reviewed by at least 3 referees assignedfromthesetof51ProgramCommitteemembers.Afterseveralroundsof discussion within the ProgramCommittee, 46 papers (40 scienti?c papers and 6 experience papers) were selected for publication.The Program Committee also selected a paper for the Best Paper MoDELS 2005 Award. The paper is by Friedrich Steimann and is titled "Domain Models are Aspect Free." The review process was managed using the VirtualChair reviewing system, developed by Vahid Garousi at Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada.

As UML provides only limited means for the design and development of test artifacts, a consortium was formed by the Object Management Group (OMG) to develop a UML profile for model-driven testing – the UML Testing Profile (UTP), an official OMG standard since 2005.

Model-driven development has become the most important new paradigm in software development and has already demonstrated considerable impact in reducing time to market and improving product quality. However, the development of high-quality systems not only requires systematic development processes but also systematic test processes. This book is about systematic, model-driven test processes in the context of UML. As UML provides only limited means for the design and development of test artifacts, a consortium was formed by the Object Management Group (OMG) to develop a UML profile for model-driven testing – the UML Testing Profile (UTP), an official OMG standard since 2005. Written by the original members of this standardization group, this book shows you how to use UML to test complex software systems. The authors introduce UTP step-by-step, using a case study that illustrates how UTP can be used for test modeling and test specification. You’ll learn how UTP concepts can be used for functional and non-functional testing, with example applications and best practices for user-interfaces and service oriented architectures. In addition, the authors demonstrate how to apply UTP using frameworks like TTCN-3 and the JUnit test framework for Java. This book is the definitive reference for the only UML-based test specification language, written by the creators of that language. It is supported by an Internet site that provides information on the latest tools and uses of the profile.

This book investigates inherent, structural differences in the Chinese and English writing systems which predispose learners from childhood to develop specific literacy-learning strategies, which can impair later efforts at learning foreign language literacy if the foreign language script varies significantly from the native language script.

This book focuses on appropriate English for Academic Purposes instructional concepts and methods in the Japanese context. All the research included was conducted in Japanese university settings, thus shedding new light on the effective implementation of EAP teaching and learning activities with Japanese learners of English.