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Usa V. Raymond Jackson

2011 Decisions

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2011 Decisions

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Information System Maturity And The Hospitality Enterprise Performance, Daniela Garbin Praničević, Nikša Alfirević, Mojca Indihar Štemberger

Economic and Business Review

The purpose of this paper is to empirically evaluate the relationship between the maturity of hotels’ information systems and their performance. This study uses customized models of information system (IS) maturity and hotel performance measurement. Since we wanted to include the intangible aspects of performance, we opted for an adapted application of the Balanced Scorecard model. In the empirical part of the paper, fundamental constructs of the model are verified, while the individual items are further evaluated by employing discriminant analysis to distinguish hotels with relatively low and high performance levels. The findings demonstrate the existence of a significant and …

Search For Ultrahigh Energy Neutrinos In Highly Inclined Events At The Pierre Auger Observatory, P. Abreu, M. Aglietta, E. J. Ahn, I. F.M. Albuquerque, D. Allard, I. Allekotte, J. Allen, P. Allison, J. Alvarez Castillo, J. Alvarez-Muñiz, M. Ambrosio, A. Aminaei, L. Anchordoqui, S. Andringa, T. Antičić, A. Anzalone, C. Aramo, E. Arganda, F. Arqueros, H. Asorey, P. Assis, J. Aublin, M. Ave, M. Avenier, G. Avila, T. Bäcker, M. Balzer, K. B. Barber, A. F. Barbosa, R. Bardenet, S. L.C. Barroso, B. Baughman, J. Bäuml

Faculty Publications

The Surface Detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory is sensitive to neutrinos of all flavors above 0.1 EeV. These interact through charged and neutral currents in the atmosphere giving rise to extensive air showers. When interacting deeply in the atmosphere at nearly horizontal incidence, neutrinos can be distinguished from regular hadronic cosmic rays by the broad time structure of their shower signals in the water-Cherenkov detectors. In this paper we present for the first time an analysis based on down-going neutrinos. We describe the search procedure, the possible sources of background, the method to compute the exposure and the associated …

An Analytical Study Of Some Biomechanical Variables In Coxless Four Rowing Over A 2000-Meter Race, Hisham Mohammed Nasser

Modern Sport

Rowing is considered one of the sports that demands high levels of performance, which can only be achieved through the application of advanced scientific methods to reach top-level results. The importance of this study lies in analyzing biomechanical variables in coxless four rowing (with two oars per rower) to identify strengths and weaknesses, aiming to correct technical flaws and enhance performance. The study aimed to analyze specific biomechanical variables during a 2000-meter rowing race and to determine the relationship between these variables and performance outcomes. The researcher employed a descriptive method, selecting a sample of four elite Iraqi rowers from …

Topographic Control Of Asynchronous Glacial Advances: A Case Study From Annapurna, Nepal, Beth Pratt-Sitaula, Douglas W. Burbank, Arjun M. Heimsath, Neil F. Humphrey, Michael Oskin, Jaakko Putkonen

All Faculty Scholarship for the College of the Sciences

Differences in the timing of glacial advances, which are commonly attributed to climatic changes, can be due to variations in valley topography. Cosmogenic 10Be dates from 24 glacial moraine boulders in 5 valleys define two age populations, late-glacial and early Holocene. Moraine ages correlate with paleoglacier valley hypsometries. Moraines in valleys with lower maximum altitudes date to the lateglacial, whereas those in valleys with higher maximum altitudes are early Holocene. Two valleys with similar equilibrium-line altitudes (ELAs), but contrasting ages, are < 5 km apart and share the same aspect, such that spatial differences in climate can be excluded. A glacial mass-balance cellular automata model of these two neighboring valleys predicts that change from a cooler-drier to warmer-wetter climate (as at the Holocene onset) would lead to the glacier in the higher altitude catchment advancing, while the lower one retreats or disappears, even though the ELA only shifted by ~120 m.

Newman V. State Appellant's Reply Brief Dckt. 38281

Not Reported

No abstract provided.

When A Promotion Is Denied: The Effects Of Decision Stage On Perceptions Of Promotion And Price Fairness, Monika Kukar-Kinney, Lan Xia, Kent B. Monroe

Economic and Business Review

Marketers frequently use promotions to enhance sales and increase consumers’ perceptions of value. However, most promotions usually come with restrictions, such as time expiration, quantity or product model restriction, etc. In the present research, the effect of the stage in the purchase process when the consumer finds out about the restriction is investigated. The findings indicate that the later in the purchase process the consumer discovers the restriction, the greater is the perception that the effort invested into the purchase is wasted, consequently resulting in lower promotion and price fairness. This effect is mediated through the feeling of entitlement to …

Are Pakistani Consumer Ricardian?, Muhammad Waqas, Masood Sarwar Awan

Economic and Business Review

The purpose of this study is to check the Ricardian Equivalence Hypothesis in case of Pakistan by using annual data for the period of 1973-2009. Government expenditure, private consumption expenditure, tax revenue, government debt, disposable income, government budget deficit and wealth are the variables which are used for analysis. Cointegration results show a long run relationship among the variables. Results of structural form consumption function invalidate the Ricardian Equivalence Hypothesis in case of Pakistan. These results draw attention towards the significance of fiscal policies in boosting private consumption and controlling budget deficits, which are the prime goals of stabilization policies …

Revisiting The Relationship Between Exchange Rates And Output Within Svar Blanchard-Quah Framework: Empirical Evidence From Turkey, Germany And Russia, Oguzhan Ozcelebi, Nurtac Yildirim

Economic and Business Review

It seems important to determine the effects of exchange rate fluctuations on economic performance. In this study, we attempt to shed some light the relationship between industrial production difference and exchange rates using two Structural Vector Autoregression (SVAR) Blanchard-Quah models for the cases of Turkey and Germany and Turkey and Russia. Results from the impulse response functions (IRFs) and forecast error variance decompositions (FEVDs) of the two SVAR models emphasized that effects of nominal exchange rate on industrial production difference and real exchange rate are temporary. Nevertheless, macroeconomic policies of Turkey, Germany and Russia influencing nominal exchange rates should be …

Florida Sentinel Bulletin, December 30, 2011, Gwen Hayes

Florida Sentinel Bulletin Collection

The December 30, 2011, issue of the Florida Sentinel Bulletin.

Symmetry Breaking From Radiation Reaction In Ultra-Intense Laser Fields, Chris Harvey, Thomas Heinzl, Mattias Marklund

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

No abstract provided.

Partition Decoupling For Multi-Gene Analysis Of Gene Expression Profiling Data, Rosemary Braun, Gregory Leibon, Scott Pauls, Daniel Rockmore

Dartmouth Scholarship

Background:

Multi-gene interactions likely play an important role in the development of complex phenotypes, and relationships between interacting genes pose a challenging statistical problem in microarray analysis, since the genes involved in these interactions may not exhibit marginal differential expression. As a result, it is necessary to develop tools that can identify sets of interacting genes that discriminate phenotypes without requiring that the classification boundary between phenotypes be convex.

Results:

We describe an extension and application of a new unsupervised statistical learning technique, known as the Partition Decoupling Method (PDM), to gene expression microarray data. This method may be used …

Book Review: Methodologies For Conducting Research On Giftedness, Edited By Bruce Thompson And Rena F. Subotnik (2010), Michael S. Matthews

Gifted Children

No abstract provided.

Teachers' Ability To Identify Divergent Thinking In Their Students, Vicky Morgan, Nancy Latham, Rena Shifflet

Gifted Children

No abstract provided.

Book Review: Identifying Academically Talented Minority Students, By David Lohman (2006), Scott Peters

Gifted Children

No abstract provided.

Identification And Intervention For Rural, Low-Income, Gifted Students: A Follow-Up Study, Shirley Aamidor

Gifted Children

No abstract provided.

The Weekly Challenger, December 29, 2011, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al

Weekly Challenger Newspaper Collection

The December 29, 2011, issue of The Weekly Challenger.

Buckskin Properties, Inc. V. Valley County Respondent's Cross Appellant's Brief Dckt. 38830

Idaho Supreme Court Records & Briefs, All

No abstract provided.

State V. Hawkins Appellant's Brief Dckt. 38532

Idaho Supreme Court Records & Briefs, All

No abstract provided.

Measurement Of The Bs0 Lifetime In Fully And Partially Reconstructed Bs0→Ds-(Φπ -)X Decays In P̄P Collisions At √S=1.96tev, T. Aaltonen, B. Álvarez González, S. Amerio, D. Amidei, A. Anastassov, A. Annovi, J. Antos, G. Apollinari, J. A. Appel, A. Apresyan, T. Arisawa, A. Artikov, J. Asaadi, W. Ashmanskas, B. Auerbach, A. Aurisano, F. Azfar, W. Badgett, A. Barbaro-Galtieri, V. E. Barnes, B. A. Barnett, P. Barria, P. Bartos, M. Bauce, G. Bauer, F. Bedeschi, D. Beecher, S. Behari

Faculty Publications

We present a measurement of the Bs0 lifetime in fully and partially reconstructed Bs0→Ds-(Φπ -)X decays in 1.3fb -1 collected in pp̄ collisions at √s=1.96TeV by the CDF II detector at the Fermilab Tevatron. We measure τ(Bs0)=1.518±0.041(stat)±0. 027(syst)ps. The ratio of this result and the world average B0 lifetime yields τ(Bs0)/τ(B0)=0.99±0.03, which is in agreement with recent theoretical predictions. © 2011 American Physical Society.

State V. Allen Respondent's Brief Dckt. 38665

Idaho Supreme Court Records & Briefs, All

No abstract provided.

Phillips V. Blazier-Henry Appellant's Brief Dckt. 38666

Idaho Supreme Court Records & Briefs, All

No abstract provided.

Noise, Bifurcations, And Modeling Of Interacting Particle Systems, Luis Mier-Y-Teran-Romero, Eric Forgoston, Ira B. Schwartz

Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

We consider the stochastic patterns of a system of communicating, or coupled, self-propelled particles in the presence of noise and communication time delay. For sufficiently large environmental noise, there exists a transition between a translating state and a rotating state with stationary center of mass. Time delayed communication creates a bifurcation pattern dependent on the coupling amplitude between particles. Using a mean field model in the large number limit, we show how the complete bifurcation unfolds in the presence of communication delay and coupling amplitude. Relative to the center of mass, the patterns can then be described as transitions between …

Earlier Surgical Intervention In Congenital Heart Disease Results In Better Outcome And Resource Utilization, Roheena Z. Panni, Awais Ashfaq, Muhammad M. Amanullah

Section of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Background:Congenital heart disease (CHD) accounts for a major proportion of disease in the pediatric age group. The objective of the study was to estimate the cost of illness associated with CHD pre, intra and postoperatively, among Patients referred to a tertiary care hospital in Karachi, Pakistan. This is the first study conducted to estimate the cost of managing CHD in Pakistan.

Methods:

A prevalence based cost of illness Study Design was used to estimate the cost of cardiac surgery (corrective & palliative) for congenital heart defects in children Results:The mean age at the time of surgery in group …

Department Of Audit, 2011 Annual Report, Tennessee. Comptroller Of The Treasury.

Annual Reports

No abstract provided.

Tennessee Comprehensive Annual Financial Report For The Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2011, Tennessee. Department Of Finance & Administration.

Annual Comprehensive Financial Reports

No abstract provided.

Mcdermott V. State Respondent's Brief Dckt. 38288

Not Reported

No abstract provided.

The Hubble Space Telescope * Cluster Supernova Survey. Ii. The Type Ia Supernova Rate In High-Redshift Galaxy Clusters, K Barbary, G Aldering, R Amanullah, M Brodwin, N Connolly, Ks Dawson, M Doi, P Eisenhardt, L Faccioli, V Fadeyev, Hk Fakhouri, As Fruchter, D G. Gilbank, Md Gladders, G Goldhaber, A Goobar, T Hattori, E Hsiao, Xiaosheng Huang, Y Ihara, K Kashikawa, B Koester, K Konishi, M Kowalski, C Lidman, L Lubin, J Meyers, T Morokuma, T Oda, N Panagia, S Perlmutter, M Postman, P Ripoche, P Rosati, D Rubin, Dj Schlegel, Al Spadafora, Sa Stanford, M Strovink, N Suzuki, N Takanashi, K Tokita, N Yasuda

Physics and Astronomy

We report a measurement of the Type Ia supernova (SN Ia) rate in galaxy clusters at 0.9 < z < 1.46 from the Hubble Space Telescope Cluster Supernova Survey. This is the first cluster SN Ia rate measurement with detected z > 0.9 SNe. Finding 8 ± 1 cluster SNe Ia, we determine an SN Ia rate of 0.50+0.23 –0.19 (stat) +0.10 –0.09 (sys) h 2 70 SNuB (SNuB ≡ 10–12 SNe L –1 ☉, B yr–1). In units of stellar mass, this translates to 0.36+0.16 –0.13 (stat) +0.07 –0.06 (sys) h 2 70 SNuM (SNuM ≡ 10–12 SNe M –1 ☉ yr–1). This represents a …

Lawson Alexander V. Atty Gen Usa

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