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The Importance Of Metrics And Communication In Cafeteria School Policy, Andre Sanchez, Atreya Chakraborty Apr 2011

The Importance Of Metrics And Communication In Cafeteria School Policy, Andre Sanchez, Atreya Chakraborty

Interdisciplinary Perspectives: a Graduate Student Research Showcase

Obesity has become an epidemic amongst American youth in the 21st century, and is spreading not only into other developed nations such as the UK and Australia, but is also beginning to effect developing nations such as India (Bhardwaj, 2008). It is estimated that nationwide, childhood obesity affects around 17% of American children (Center For Disease Control, 2011). Obesity has been linked to many health disorders, including but not limited to, heart disease and diabetes. Subsequently, this rise in childhood obesity is having a severe impact on the healthcare services sector in America, with some studies suggesting childhood obesity in …


Social Media And Supply Chain, Gema Vinuale, Pierre Frédouë, Antoine Jonquais, Nikhilesh Dholakia, Douglas Hales Apr 2011

Social Media And Supply Chain, Gema Vinuale, Pierre Frédouë, Antoine Jonquais, Nikhilesh Dholakia, Douglas Hales

Discovery@URI

With the rapid growth of social media, new challenges are being created for each process of supply chain management (SCM). In order to take advantage of the great potential of social media, managers and designers of SCM systems need to figure out ways to employ social media to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of their systems. This study is based on a systematic, multi-judge Q-sort assessment and analysis of a specified universe of reported early-stage cases and examples of social media usage in SCM contexts. The results of the Q-sort analysis help us in developing a conceptual model that depicts …


Internal Revenue Code §6015: A Viewpoint On The Social Injustices Of The United States Tax Law, Caitlin Giudice, Amy Zumbahlen, Darryl Brown, Faculty Advisor Apr 2011

Internal Revenue Code §6015: A Viewpoint On The Social Injustices Of The United States Tax Law, Caitlin Giudice, Amy Zumbahlen, Darryl Brown, Faculty Advisor

John Wesley Powell Student Research Conference

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Determinants Of Banks' Total Risk: Accounting Ratios And Macroeconomic Indicators, Mike Salkeld, Jeungbo Shim, Faculty Advisor Apr 2011

Determinants Of Banks' Total Risk: Accounting Ratios And Macroeconomic Indicators, Mike Salkeld, Jeungbo Shim, Faculty Advisor

John Wesley Powell Student Research Conference

No abstract provided.