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...order to compare the different ways department chairman receive information on the quality of teaching within their departments, the study group is also comparing feedback procedures in the Business School with those used in the Law School and various departments in the College...
...metallic rumbles that build up steam and reach a feverish, hand-clapping pitch by the ends. None of which would mean anything without the hooks, which are especially abundant and prehensile. In fact, it seems Bowie has subordinated everything to them. The musicians play anonymously (Earl Slick's keening feedback on the beginning of "Station To Station" notwithstanding), and there is little of the musical richness of earlier albums. There aren't even any strings or saxes. What Bowie has done is to concentrate his energies on creating various succinct and catchy integrations of riff and lyric. Sounds like Elton...
Mixed Results. With that kind of buildup, a letdown was almost inevitable. "Impossible expectations have been raised," Physiological Psychologist Neal Miller of Rockefeller University, a leader in feedback research, told a New York symposium last week. Indeed, actual gains have been modest. Researchers have helped some incontinent patients to gain control of their urination and defecation through biofeedback. Among other researchers, Dr. John Basmajian, a professor of anatomy and rehabilitation medicine at Emory University, reports success in eliminating foot drop - difficulty in raising the foot while walking - though efforts to extend the technique to cerebral palsy victims have failed...
...controls, plus belt-carried batteries for power. Hilton's arm needs neither. Its controls are directly connected to the nerves in the stump of his severed arm. The power pack is inside the prosthesis. Unlike most other artificial arms and hands, it is also equipped with feedback devices that give him a sense of touch...
Whatever happens, Howard says that she will get feedback from the groups at a meeting scheduled for this Monday...