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A Covariance Analysis Of Consumer Healthcare Expenditures And Healthcare Sector Price Movements

Stander Symposium Projects

In recent years, an increasing portion of consumer expenditures on services is allocated to healthcare. The aging of the U.S. population, the Affordable Healthcare Act, and the rising per unit costs of hospital trips all have influenced this trend. In this study, we test the hypothesis that healthcare sector prices covary directly with consumer expenditures on healthcare services. Using regression analysis, we regress 5 Healthcare sector ETF's on Healthcare consumption expenditures. The ETF's are: (1) Healthcare Sector ETF (XLV), (2) Healthcare Equipment ETF (XHE), (3) Biotech ETF (XBI), (4) Pharmaceuticals ETF (XHP), and (5) Healthcare Services ETF (XHS). Quarterly data …

Automatic Intrusion Detection On Pipeline Right-Of-Way Via Aerial Imagery

Stander Symposium Projects

Object detection in aerial imagery has received a great deal of attention in recent years and become one of the most popular research areas in the field of surveillance systems. Issues in aerial imagery, such as low resolution, the presence of noise, complex appearances of objects and more importantly viewpoints variations of objects have made the process of intrusion detection on oil pipeline Right-of-Way (RoW) more challenge. Thus, a detection system must be able to extract prominent features from an object which has to be distinct and stable under different conditions during the image acquisition process. In this work, we …

Reading Interventions In Relation To The Ohio Third Grade Reading Guarantee

Stander Symposium Projects

Reading is one of the most critical skills that students learn in their first few years of education. A strong foundation in reading at the early childhood level can promote success in the rest of schooling and beyond. This is especially true for children of poverty; reading abilities and the strong education that follows provide students with opportunities to break the poverty cycle. The importance of reading achievement has a political dimension, as demonstrated by Ohio’s Third Grade Reading Guarantee. This legislation, which has many implications in education, requires that all third grade students who do not pass the Reading …

The Importance Of Faculty Mentoring For Graduate Students’ Success

Stander Symposium Projects

Faculty members can play an important role in the development of graduate students. Faculty typically serve as academic advisers for graduate students navigating what experiences students have brought into the program as well as trying to map the best curriculum to match students’ academic and personal goals. In this relationship, it can be transformative or transactional depending on the input of both student and faculty with having different experiences. While advising is part of the faculty and student relationship, it is paramount for the relationship to also include mentoring and professional socialization. Through the socialization process, students need to be …

Research Exercise: Digital Marketing And Changing Marketing Industry

Stander Symposium Projects

The purpose of this pilot study on digital marketing/social media is to understand best practices as it applies to professional sport teams, corporations and marketing organizations. Current students and professionals could apply this information in their daily work. A literature review on digital media revealed shared practices and up-and-coming trends for those in the digital media industry. Using the information gathered from the literature review, a survey was then created and validated by a panel of experts who are currently working in the profession. The survey was conducted during the spring semester of 2015, utilizing a sample of individuals drawn …

Regional Review: Reaching New Heights In The Region Spring 2015, Heather Garcia ,Editor

Regional Campuses Publications

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Bulletin 2220: Best Management Practices For Small Scale Poultry Producers In Maine, Richard Brzozowski, Donna R. Coffin, Michael Darre

Cooperative Extension - Agriculture

Written for small-scale poultry producers. University specialists, Extension educators, and agriculture service providers from New England and New York developed this list of Best Management Practices to assist small-scale poultry growers to provide the best of care for their birds, minimize losses due to disease and predation, as well as minimizing the impact on the environment while assuring a high quality, wholesome product for their family and customers.

Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 56 Number 3, Spring/Summer 2015, Santa Clara University

Santa Clara Magazine

16 - SILICON VALLEY STORY by Michael S. Malone '75, MBA '77. The hidden history behind the heart of ingenuity.

22 - BARCELONA SIESTA by Maya Kroth '01. On a Fulbright to Spain, in pursuit of the meaning of sleep. In the 21st century, it's not what it used to be. By Maya Kroth '01.

26 - BUILD IT BEAUTIFUL. See how the campus has been transformed in the past two decades-thanks in no small part to Joe Sugg. Illustration by Rod Hunt.

28 - A GOOD BASEBALL MAN by Jeff Gire. Charlie Graham and a tale of the Red …

Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 56 Number 2, Winter 2015, Santa Clara University

Santa Clara Magazine

10 - May the Rhodes rise to meet you - On the road with Aven Satre-Meloy ’13.

16 - Season tough, photos by Denis Concordel.

18 - Space Aces by Sam Scott '96. 20 - The fragility of faith by Michael C. McCarthy, S.J. '87. A professor of religious studies and executive director of SCU’s Ignatian Center for Jesuit Education confesses that it’s not merely an academic question when he asks: “How can a thinking person still believe in God?”

26 - Rebound by Mitch Finley '73. Lessons from the court and the chapel in dealing with addiction, mental illness, …