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Modelling The Impact Of Urbanization On Groundwater Using System Dynamic Technique. A Case Study Of Arusha Municipal Well Field In Northeastern Tanzania, Nimzihirwa Kashimbiri Dec 2009

Modelling The Impact Of Urbanization On Groundwater Using System Dynamic Technique. A Case Study Of Arusha Municipal Well Field In Northeastern Tanzania, Nimzihirwa Kashimbiri

Tanzania Journal of Engineering and Technology (TJET)

This paper is concerned with the impact of urbanization in aquifer well-system located in the Municipal area of Arusha city, Tanzania. A system dynamic (SD) model was built under VENSIM PLE workbench from twenty-five years (1978-2003) physical and non-physical data to simulate their interactions and relations. This involved use of mathematics ideas and concepts in studying the physical and non – physical components separately, and finally putting them together in new form (model) and study their relations. After model was found to be structurally complete and simulate properly by using the model and unit check tool of VENSIMPLE, parametric calibration …

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A Systemic Framework For Implementation Of Tqm Programmes, Emanuel Mjema Dec 2009

A Systemic Framework For Implementation Of Tqm Programmes, Emanuel Mjema

Tanzania Journal of Engineering and Technology (TJET)

The purpose of this paper is to present a systemic framework for implementation of TQM program in a manufacturing organisation that produces motor vehicle components in Port Elizabeth - South Africa. The approach used included conceptualisation of the systemic framework and then involvement of the stakeholders in adding scenarios to be considered in the design and implementing the framework in the real field. The findings obtained during the implementation of the systemic framework established that reduction of scrap rate, reduction of production costs, reduction of cycle time and employee motivation could be achieved through the implementation of a Systemic Framework …

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Masthead Dec 2009

Masthead

Journal of Digital Forensics, Security and Law

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Front Matter Dec 2009

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Journal of Digital Forensics, Security and Law

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Back Matter Dec 2009

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Journal of Digital Forensics, Security and Law

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Lessons For The Tarp Warrants From 1983 Chrysler Auction, Linus Wilson Dec 2009

Lessons For The Tarp Warrants From 1983 Chrysler Auction, Linus Wilson

Documents

Vol. 16, No. 2.

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Front Matter Dec 2009

Front Matter

City University of New York Law Review

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Great Northwest Athletic Conference Track And Field Academic Award Winners, Great Northwest Athletic Conference Dec 2009

Great Northwest Athletic Conference Track And Field Academic Award Winners, Great Northwest Athletic Conference

Track and Field

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Tonnage Measurement Of Ships : Historical Evolution, Current Issues And Proposals For The Way Forward, Aji Vasudevan Dec 2009

Tonnage Measurement Of Ships : Historical Evolution, Current Issues And Proposals For The Way Forward, Aji Vasudevan

World Maritime University Dissertations

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Challenges Towards Fuel Cell Adoption On Board Merchant Ships, Rona Riantini Dec 2009

Challenges Towards Fuel Cell Adoption On Board Merchant Ships, Rona Riantini

World Maritime University Dissertations

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Ship Registration : A Critical Analysis, Rhea Rogers Dec 2009

Ship Registration : A Critical Analysis, Rhea Rogers

World Maritime University Dissertations

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Planned Growth As A Determinant Of The Markup: The Case Of Slovenian Manufacturing, Nina Ponikvar, Maks Tajnikar Dec 2009

Planned Growth As A Determinant Of The Markup: The Case Of Slovenian Manufacturing, Nina Ponikvar, Maks Tajnikar

Economic and Business Review

The paper follows the idea of heterodox economists that a cost-plus price is above all a reproductive price and growth price. The authors apply a firm-level model of markup determination which, in line with theory and empirical evidence, contains proposed firm-specific determinants of the markup, including the firm’s planned growth. The positive firm-level relationship between growth and markup that is found in data for Slovenian manufacturing firms implies that retained profits gathered via the markup are an important source of growth financing and that the investment decisions of Slovenian manufacturing firms affect their pricing policy and decisions on the markup …

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Accounting Student’S Learning Approaches And Impact On Academic Performance, Suhaiza Ismail Dec 2009

Accounting Student’S Learning Approaches And Impact On Academic Performance, Suhaiza Ismail

Jurnal Akuntansi dan Keuangan Indonesia

The objective of the study is threefold. Firstly, the study explores the learning approaches adopted by students in completing their Business Finance. Secondly, it examines the impact that learning approaches has on the student’s academic performance. Finally, the study considers gender differences in the learning approaches adopted by students and in the relationship between learning approaches and academic performance. The Approaches and Study Skills Inventory for Students (ASSIST) was used to assess the approaches to learning adopted by students whilst the students final examination result was considered in examining the performance of the students. The results indicate that majority of …

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Pengaruh Bankruptcy Risk, Size Dan Book-To-Market Perusahaan Terhadap Imbal Hasil, Cynthia Afriani Utama, Astari Lumondang Dec 2009

Pengaruh Bankruptcy Risk, Size Dan Book-To-Market Perusahaan Terhadap Imbal Hasil, Cynthia Afriani Utama, Astari Lumondang

Jurnal Akuntansi dan Keuangan Indonesia

This study investigates: a) the influence o f firm size and book-to-market ratio on bankruptcy risk, and b) the effect o f bankruptcy risk, firm size, and book-to-market ratio on subsequent return. The study employs Altman Z-Score and Ohlson 0-Score as proxies for bankruptcy risk. The results show that size has positive impact on Bankruptcy Risk measured by Altman Z-Score while book-to-market has positive impact on bankruptcy risk measured Ohlson 0-Score. Furthermore, the results show that none o f the variables has significant impact on subsequent return. Overall, this study asserts Dichev’s (1998) findings that bankruptcy risk is not rewarded …

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Detection Of Psilocybin Mushroom Analogs In Chocolate: Incorporating Current Events Into The Undergraduate Teaching Laboratory, Brandon Huskins, Christopher Dockery Dec 2009

Detection Of Psilocybin Mushroom Analogs In Chocolate: Incorporating Current Events Into The Undergraduate Teaching Laboratory, Brandon Huskins, Christopher Dockery

Faculty Articles

In this experiment, tryptamine is used as a psilocin analog and is dispersed onto a Fisher brand cellulose laboratory sponge to simulate dehydrated mushrooms. The resulting “mushroom” material is ground, molded into chocolate, and presented to student groups for real-world and applied analyses. Students isolate the tryptamine from the chocolate using their knowledge of drug chemistry, solubility, pH, extractions, etc. Qualitative analysis is conducted by comparison to standards (Thin Layer Chromatography or Gas Chromatography) and quantitative analysis is conducted by Gas Chromatography using the method of internal standards.

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Minimising Inventory Costs By Properly Choosing The Level Of Safety Stock, Liljana Ferbar Tratar Dec 2009

Minimising Inventory Costs By Properly Choosing The Level Of Safety Stock, Liljana Ferbar Tratar

Economic and Business Review

Markets are everyday becoming ever more demanding and companies are adjusting in different ways. The objective of forecasting in a demand-driven supply network is to identify the probable range of expected demand so that supply can cover demand anywhere within the statistical range. Supply can cover the range either through having the capacity to replenish within lead times or by carrying excess inventory (safety stock). Nowadays, many companies put a lot of their energy and finance into setting the right level of safety stock and reducing related expenses. In this paper, we improve an existing method for calculating the safety …

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The Role Of Women In Family Businesses, Jaka Vadnjal, Blaž Zupan Dec 2009

The Role Of Women In Family Businesses, Jaka Vadnjal, Blaž Zupan

Economic and Business Review

The role of women in family businesses is explored in the paper. Although recognised as generally very important players, the role of women is oft en defined as invisible in business decision-making, supportive in men’s traditional business domains and only rarely adequately recognised and rewarded. The paper explores possible differences in the views of men and women who manage small family firms. Their attitudes opposing the traditional business roles of women, different views on managerial, ownership and transition issues and possible gender discrimination are examined. The findings support the paradigm of a different, more feminine style of management, while signs …

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Achieving A Response From Fast-Growing Companies: The Case Of Slovenian Gazelles, Mojca Bavdaž, Mateja Drnovšek, Aleša Lotrič Dolinar Dec 2009

Achieving A Response From Fast-Growing Companies: The Case Of Slovenian Gazelles, Mojca Bavdaž, Mateja Drnovšek, Aleša Lotrič Dolinar

Economic and Business Review

Non-mandatory business surveys generally suffer from low response rates and potential non-response bias. Achieving a response is most problematic in small- and medium-sized enterprises because of their scarce human resources. The problem becomes exacerbated in fast-growing companies – ‘gazelles’. The paper addresses the effectiveness of data collection efforts to achieve a response among the top Slovenian gazelles in 2008. We analyse the impact on response rates and data quality. Finally, we look for evidence of non-response bias.

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Trust And The Successful Coordination Of Sme Co-Operation – An Empirical Study In Slovenia, Matthias Fink, Alexander Kessler, Mojca Duh, Jernej Belak, Richard Lang Dec 2009

Trust And The Successful Coordination Of Sme Co-Operation – An Empirical Study In Slovenia, Matthias Fink, Alexander Kessler, Mojca Duh, Jernej Belak, Richard Lang

Economic and Business Review

This paper aims to investigate the role of trust and test the impact of trust on performance in the context of co-operation between small- and medium-sized enterprises (‘SMEs’) in a transition country. Based on a sample of 122 Slovenian SMEs, an analysis based on OLS regression reveals that trust does have a strong impact on performance. We thereby identify trust as a powerful co-ordinating mechanism for SME relationships involving co-operation in transition economies.

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Sustaining The Challenge From The Outskirts: City Centre Retail Viability In Ljubljana, Slovenia, Andreja Cirman, Marko Pahor Dec 2009

Sustaining The Challenge From The Outskirts: City Centre Retail Viability In Ljubljana, Slovenia, Andreja Cirman, Marko Pahor

Economic and Business Review

Like many other cities, Ljubljana is no exception to changes in its retail landscape. With retail suburbanisation, the city centre's monopoly as a shopping district has been lost. Our paper studies customer-perceived shopping area attributes and their impacts on patronage. The conceptual framework is set up to investigate factors that draw consumers to different shopping areas. The model was tested on a sample of consumers to evaluate the importance of various shopping area attributes and their performance in two decentralised shopping areas and the downtown shopping area in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

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Involvement, Knowledge Sharing And Proactive Improvement As Antecedents Of Logistics Outsourcing Performance, Andreja Križman Dec 2009

Involvement, Knowledge Sharing And Proactive Improvement As Antecedents Of Logistics Outsourcing Performance, Andreja Križman

Economic and Business Review

The purpose of this article is to present the research results of a study on the impact of the drivers of logistics outsourcing performance: involvement, knowledge sharing, and innovation. The sample was derived from companies in the Slovenian market who choose to outsource their logistics services to logistics service providers. The article also attempts to contribute to the theoretical and methodological findings and managerial implications in logistics outsourcing discussions. On the basis of the existing literature and some new arguments derived from in-depth interviews with logistics experts, the measurement and structural models were empirically analysed on a sample of manufacturing …

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The Role Of Traditional Knowledge In Fisheries Management : A Study Case Of Panglima Laot (Sea Commander) In The Aceh Province Of Indonesia., Prayudi Budi Utomo Dec 2009

The Role Of Traditional Knowledge In Fisheries Management : A Study Case Of Panglima Laot (Sea Commander) In The Aceh Province Of Indonesia., Prayudi Budi Utomo

World Maritime University Dissertations

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Evil Has A New Name (And A New Narrative): Bernard Madoff, A. Christine Hurt Dec 2009

Evil Has A New Name (And A New Narrative): Bernard Madoff, A. Christine Hurt

Faculty Scholarship

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Cyber Warfare And Precautions Against The Effects Of Attacks, Eric Talbot Jensen Dec 2009

Cyber Warfare And Precautions Against The Effects Of Attacks, Eric Talbot Jensen

Faculty Scholarship

Ninety-eight percent of all U.S. government communications travel over civilian-owned-and-operated networks. Additionally, the government relies almost completely on civilian providers for computer software and hardware products, services, and maintenance. This near-complete intermixing of civilian and military computer infrastructure makes many of those civilian objects and providers legitimate targets under the law of armed conflict. Other civilian networks, services, and communications may suffer collateral damage from legitimate attacks on government targets. To protect those civilian objects and providers from the effects of attacks, the law of armed conflict requires a state to segregate its military assets from the civilian population and …

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Asymmetric Threats And Their Challenges To Freedom Of Navigation, K. R. Deepak Kumar Dec 2009

Asymmetric Threats And Their Challenges To Freedom Of Navigation, K. R. Deepak Kumar

World Maritime University Dissertations

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A Comparative Study On The Effective Implementation Of The Mandatory Imo Member State Audit Scheme : A Case Study Of The Republic Of Korea, Dong Min Seo Dec 2009

A Comparative Study On The Effective Implementation Of The Mandatory Imo Member State Audit Scheme : A Case Study Of The Republic Of Korea, Dong Min Seo

World Maritime University Dissertations

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The Role Of Naval Forces In The Non-Military Maritime Domain, Faleh M. Alfaleh Dec 2009

The Role Of Naval Forces In The Non-Military Maritime Domain, Faleh M. Alfaleh

World Maritime University Dissertations

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Archipelagic Sea Lanes Passage And Maritime Security In Archipelagic Southeast Asia, Vivien Jane Evangelio Cay Dec 2009

Archipelagic Sea Lanes Passage And Maritime Security In Archipelagic Southeast Asia, Vivien Jane Evangelio Cay

World Maritime University Dissertations

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Intensitas Kompetisi Pasar Dan Budget Emphasis Pada Hubungan Antara Partisipasi Dan Senjangan Anggaran, Yulius Kurnia Susanto Dec 2009

Intensitas Kompetisi Pasar Dan Budget Emphasis Pada Hubungan Antara Partisipasi Dan Senjangan Anggaran, Yulius Kurnia Susanto

Jurnal Akuntansi dan Keuangan Indonesia

The research examines the intensity o f market competition and budget emphasis on the relationship between budgetary participation and slack. Forty four managers from hotel industry in Jakarta had participated in the research. The collecting data employed used a questionnaire survey via electronic-mail. Data were analyzed using a two-way analysis o f variance. The results showed that the relationship between budgetary participation and slack were dependent on the intensity o f market competition and budget emphasis. Under low levels o f the intensity ofmarket competition, budgetary participation had a positive effect on budgetary slack, but under high levels it had …

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Income Tax Gap: Kajian Deskriptif Dan Empiris Atas Koreksi Pajak Di Indonesia, Siti Nuryanah, Christine Christine Dec 2009

Income Tax Gap: Kajian Deskriptif Dan Empiris Atas Koreksi Pajak Di Indonesia, Siti Nuryanah, Christine Christine

Jurnal Akuntansi dan Keuangan Indonesia

Income tax could provide insights into the effectiveness o f tax policy and the role o f accounting. This paper examines the Indonesia income tax gap by focusing on accounts o f taxpayer ’s income statements frequently adjusted by tax auditors. The study also examines the reasons for these tax audit adjustments. This paper finds that the tax non-compliance can be traced into some accounts which are: 1) general and administrative costs; 2) COGS; and 3) sales. This study reveals that the main reason of the tax adjustments is due to the lack o f evidence or supporting documents. The …

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