The first passage is a generic concept for quantifying when a random quantity such as the position of a diffusing molecule or the value of a stock crosses a preset threshold (target) for the first time. The last decade saw an enlightening series of new results focusing mostly on the so-called mean and global first passage time (MFPT and GFPT, respectively) of such processes. Here we push the un...

This research project examines the literacy practices that developed and were implemented around comics medium when two secondary teachers (one AP Science one English) used graphic novels for first time in their classroom instruction. Drawing from view of as a social practice, researchers ethnographic methods to examine case study classrooms. Using constant comparative analysis interpretive ana...