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The Effect Of Arthur Andersen's Demise On Clients' Audit Fees And Auditor Conservatism: International Evidence, Bin Srinidhi, Mahmud Hossain, Chee Yeow Lim

Research Collection School Of Accountancy

Using samples from 12 non-U.S.A. countries, we find that following Arthur Andersen's failure in the United States of America, successor Big-N auditors charged an audit fee premium for ex-Andersen clients compared to existing clients and non-Andersen switch-ins. We show that this audit fee premium is not attributable to the Andersen switch-ins having lower prior earnings quality or lower bargaining power than non-Andersen switch-ins. We also show that ex-Andersen clients exhibit higher earnings quality after the switch than do ongoing clients and other switch-ins. These results suggest that the audit fee premium is attributable to auditor conservatism. Furthermore, we find that …

Bduol: Double Updating Online Learning On A Fixed Budget, Peilin Zhao, Steven C. H. Hoi

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

Kernel-based online learning often exhibits promising empirical performance for various applications according to previous studies. However, it often suffers a main shortcoming, that is, the unbounded number of support vectors, making it unsuitable for handling large-scale datasets. In this paper, we investigate the problem of budget kernel-based online learning that aims to constrain the number of support vectors by a predefined budget when learning the kernel-based prediction function in the online learning process. Unlike the existing studies, we present a new framework of budget kernel-based online learning based on a recently proposed online learning method called “Double Updating Online Learning” …

Interviewing Antonya Nelson, Caitlin Adams

A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University

No abstract provided.

Technology-Enhanced Multimedia Instruction In Foreign Language Classrooms: A Mixed Methods Study, Olha Ketsman

Department of Educational Administration: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

Technology-enhanced multimedia instruction in grades 6 through 12 foreign language classrooms was the focus of this study. The study’s findings fill a gap in the literature through the report of how technology-enhanced multimedia instruction was successfully implemented in foreign language classrooms.

Convergent parallel mixed methods study was used to produce well-substantiated conclusions about the topic. Quantitative and qualitative data were collected concurrently but separately and were equally weighted.

Foreign language teachers identified as those who extensively used technology-enhanced multimedia instruction participated in the study. Participation in the study involved completion of an online survey and a qualitative interview. Both the …

Hamstring-Dominant Strategy Of The Bone–Patellar Tendon–Bone Graft Anterior Cruciate Ligament–Reconstructed Leg Versus Quadriceps-Dominant Strategy Of The Contralateral Intact Leg During High-Intensity Exercise In Male Athletes, Kostas Patras, Franceska Zampeli, Stavros Ristanis, Elias Tsepis, Giorgos Ziogas, Nikolaos Stergiou, Anastasios D. Georgoulis

Journal Articles

Purpose

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction on the quadriceps-dominant strategy as a parameter associated with the neuromuscular control of the knee joint.

Methods

In this study 14 competitive soccer players who had undergone ACL reconstruction with bone–patellar tendon–bone autograft and 14 healthy competitive soccer players performed two 10-minute treadmill runs, 1 at moderate intensity and 1 at high intensity. Electromyographic recordings were acquired by use of a telemetric system at the third, fifth, seventh, and tenth minute of the runs from the vastus lateralis and the biceps femoris bilaterally. …

Adaptive In-Network Processing For Bandwidth And Energy Constrained Mission-Oriented Multi-Hop Wireless Networks, Sharanya Eswaran, James Edwards, Archan Misra, Thomas La Porta

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

In-network processing, involving operations such as filtering, compression and fusion, is a technique widely used in wireless sensor and ad hoc networks for reducing the communication overhead. In many tactical stream-oriented applications, especially in military scenarios, both link bandwidth and node energy are critically constrained resources. For such applications, in-network processing itself imposes non-negligible computing cost. In this work, we have developed a unified, utility-based closed-loop control framework that permits distributed convergence to both a) the optimal level of compression performed by a forwarding node on streams, and b) the best set of nodes where the operators of the stream …

Duplicate Bug Report Detection With A Combination Of Information Retrieval And Topic Modeling, Anh Tuan Nguyen, Tung Nguyen, Tien Nguyen, David Lo, Chengnian Sun

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

Detecting duplicate bug reports helps reduce triaging efforts and save time for developers in fixing the same issues. Among several automated detection approaches, text-based information retrieval (IR) approaches have been shown to outperform others in term of both accuracy and time efficiency. However, those IR-based approaches do not detect well the duplicate reports on the same technical issues written in different descriptive terms. This paper introduces DBTM, a duplicate bug report detection approach that takes advantage of both IR-based features and topic-based features. DBTM models a bug report as a textual document describing certain technical issue(s), and models duplicate bug …

When Would This Bug Get Reported?, Ferdian Thung, David Lo, Lingxiao Jiang, Lucia Lucia, Foyzur Rahman, Premkumar Devanbu

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

Millions of people, including those in the software engineering communities have turned to microblogging services, such as Twitter, as a means to quickly disseminate information. A number of past studies by Treude et al., Storey, and Yuan et al. have shown that a wealth of interesting information is stored in these microblogs. However, microblogs also contain a large amount of noisy content that are less relevant to software developers in engineering software systems. In this work, we perform a preliminary study to investigate the feasibility of automatic classification of microblogs into two categories: relevant and irrelevant to engineering software systems. …

No Tradeoff Between Confidentiality And Performance: An Analysis On H.264/Svc Partial Encryption, Zhuo Wei, Xuhua Ding, Robert H. Deng, Yongdong Wu

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

Partial encryption is often used as a tradeoff between security and performance to protect scalable video data. In this paper, we argue that although partial encryption is strong enough for access control, it is not adequate for content confidentiality protection. We conduct experiments to show that partially encrypted H.264/SVC (scalable video coding) streams leak significant content information from the enhancement layers in all three scalability dimensions. Our analysis concludes that such leakage is caused by the underlying coding techniques used in H.264/SVC, and all layers should be encrypted to protect confidential video streams.

The Policy Czar Debate, Justin Vaughn, José Villalobos

Departmental Papers (PS)

Presidential policy czars have been an important and powerful component of President Barack Obama’s approach to management and leadership in the first part of his time in office. By using czars, the President has been able to demonstrate the importance of policy issues, both to his own agenda and to the broader political system. In this chapter, we find that performance outcomes for these czars have been a mixed bag, with as many stories of success to report as tales of frustration and failure. As such, we posit that the cost of czars, in political and organizational terms, has outweighed …

Going Deep For Drug Discovery: An Ocean To Bedside Approach To Explore Sub-Seafloor Microbes For The Next Generation Of Antibiotics, Stephanie Forschner-Dancause, L. Laplante, David C. Smith, David C. Rowley

Pharmacy Practice and Clinical Research Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Leverage And Default In Binomial Economies: A Complete Characterization, Ana Fostel, John Geanakoplos

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

Our paper provides a complete characterization of leverage and default in binomial economies with financial assets serving as collateral. First, our Binomial No-Default Theorem states that any equilibrium is equivalent (in real allocations and prices) to another equilibrium in which there is no default. Thus actual default is irrelevant, though the potential for default drives the equilibrium and limits borrowing. This result is valid with arbitrary preferences and endowments, arbitrary promises, many assets and consumption goods, production, and multiple periods. We also show that the no-default equilibrium would be selected if there were the slightest cost of using collateral or …

Fibergramme Vol.35 No. 5, Weavers Of Orlando

Text Materials of Central Florida

FIBERGRAMME is published in September, November, January, March and May.

A Man's World: Revisiting Histories Of Men And Gender: Review Of "On The Make: Clerks And The Quest For Capital In Nineteenth-Century America; Jolly Fellows: Male Milieus In Nineteenth-Century America" By B.P. Luskey And R. Stott, Bruce Dorsey

History Faculty Works

No abstract provided.

Front Matter

Syracuse University Magazine

No abstract provided.

Su People, Jay Cox, Paula Meseroll, Christine Yackel, Kathleen Haley

Syracuse University Magazine

No abstract provided.

Alumni Journal, Brian Spector, Melanie Deziel, Rick Burton, Renée Gearhart Levy, David Marc, James T. Bruen, Deborah Duncan, Jay Cox, Christine Yackel

Syracuse University Magazine

No abstract provided.

What Is It? It=The Future

Syracuse University Magazine

No abstract provided.

Friendship Forged In Orange, Charles Salzberg

Syracuse University Magazine

No abstract provided.

Common Ground, Carol L. Boll

Syracuse University Magazine

No abstract provided.

Defining Unfairness In Unfair Trade Practices, Matthew W. Sawchak, Kip D. Nelson

North Carolina Law Review

No abstract provided.

Judicial Deference To Legislatures In Constitutional Analysis, Dru Stevenson

North Carolina Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Folly In Finality: The Constitutionality Of Alj Final Decision-Making Authority In North Carolina, Asher P. Spiller

North Carolina Law Review

No abstract provided.

Mathematical Problem Posing As A Measure Of Curricular Effect On Students' Learning, Jinfa Cai, John Moyer, Ning Wang, Stephen Hwang, Bikai Nie, Tammy Garber

Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science Faculty Research and Publications

In this study, we used problem posing as a measure of the effect of middle-school curriculum on students' learning in high school. Students who had used a standards-based curriculum in middle school performed equally well or better in high school than students who had used more traditional curricula. The findings from this study not only show evidence of strengths one might expect of students who used the standards-based reform curriculum but also bolster the feasibility and validity of problem posing as a measure of curriculum effect on student learning. In addition, the findings of this study demonstrate the usefulness of …

Enrichment Of Hp1a On Drosophila Chromosome 4 Genes Creates An Alternate Chromatin Structure Critical For Regulation In This Heterochromatic Domain, Nicole Riddle, Youngsook Jung, Tingting Gu, Artyom Alekseyenko, Dalal Asker, Hongxing Gui, Peter Kharchenko, Aki Minoda, Annette Plachetka, Yuri Schwartz, Michael Tolstorukov, Mitzi Kuroda, Vincenzo Pirrotta, Gary Karpen, Peter Park, Sarah C.R. Elgin

Biology Faculty Research

Chromatin environments differ greatly within a eukaryotic genome, depending on expression state, chromosomal location, and nuclear position. In genomic regions characterized by high repeat content and high gene density, chromatin structure must silence transposable elements but permit expression of embedded genes. We have investigated one such region, chromosome 4 of Drosophila melanogaster. Using chromatin-immunoprecipitation followed by microarray (ChIP-chip) analysis, we examined enrichment patterns of 20 histone modifications and 25 chromosomal proteins in S2 and BG3 cells, as well as the changes in several marks resulting from mutations in key proteins. Active genes on chromosome 4 are distinct from those in …

Restructuring Science, Reengaging Society, Danielle L. Lake

Faculty Peer Reviewed Articles

Much of Paul Rabinow’s work is centered on the need for restructuring science, but does not argue for the means by which we should do so. The following paper suggests various ways in which the sciences can be restructured so as to reengage society. Bryan Norton’s bridge concepts are suggested as a means to work past the narrow thinking which accompanies hyper-specialization and a lack of integration. Secondly, the need to acknowledge and examine the role of values in knowledge construction is highlighted. Next, I suggest the restructuring of our social systems needs to be accompanied by a restructuring of …

Mortgage Product Substitution And State Anti-Predatory Lending Laws: Better Loans And Better Borrowers? (2012), Raphael W. Bostic, Souphala Chomsisengphet, Kathleen C. Engel, Patricia A. Mccoy, Anthony Pennington-Cross, Susan M. Wachter

Finance Faculty Research and Publications

Mounting foreclosures and disclosures of abusive lending practices led many states to adopt new anti-predatory lending (APL) laws. Researchers have examined the impact of such laws on credit flows and the cost of credit. This research extends the literature by examining whether the market responded to these laws by substituting different mortgage products for those restricted by APL provisions. The evidence indicates that the laws were effective in restricting loans with targeted characteristics, and that the market substituted other product types to maintain access to credit and affordability in the face of these restrictions. The laws reduced the involvement of …

Analyzing Multiple-Probe Microarray: Estimation And Application Of Gene Expression Indexes, Mehdi Maadooliat, Jianhua Z. Huang, Jianhua Hu

Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science Faculty Research and Publications

Gene expression index estimation is an essential step in analyzing multiple probe microarray data. Various modeling methods have been proposed in this area. Amidst all, a popular method proposed in Li and Wong (2001) is based on a multiplicative model, which is similar to the additive model discussed in Irizarry et al. (2003a) at the logarithm scale. Along this line, Hu et al. (2006) proposed data transformation to improve expression index estimation based on an ad hoc entropy criteria and naive grid search approach. In this work, we re-examined this problem using a new profile likelihood-based transformation estimation approach that …

25(Oh)D3 And Cardiovascular Risk Factors In Female Nonhuman Primates., Matthew J Jorgensen, Lawrence L Rudel, Matthew Nudy, Jay R Kaplan, Thomas B Clarkson, Nicholas M Pajewski, Peter F Schnatz

Division of Internal Medicine Faculty Papers & Presentations

OBJECTIVE: To determine if interindividual differences in plasma concentrations of 25-hydroxyvitamin D(3) (25(OH)D(3)) have pathophysiologic significance, we evaluated a cohort of female monkeys, seeking to identify associations with clinically relevant cardiovascular risk factors, including age, abdominal obesity (waist circumference), and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C).

METHODS: One hundred fifty-five female vervet monkeys (Chlorocebus aethiops sabaeus) aged 3-25 years consumed a typical western diet for 7-8 weeks that provided a woman's equivalent of approximately 1000 IU/day of vitamin D(3). Measurements of vitamin D(3) and HDL-C concentrations, as well as waist circumference, were obtained.

RESULTS: Among young monkeys (aged 3-5 years), compared to …

Homeless Encampments On Public Right-Of-Way: A Planning And Best Practices Guide, Ellen M. Bassett, Andrée Tremoulet, Allison Moe

Urban Studies and Planning Faculty Publications and Presentations

Homelessness is a societal problem. Its causes are complex, and its effects have implications for many public agencies, including those not directly responsible for providing assistance to homeless individuals. Because homeless people constantly seek safe shelter and refuges, agencies that own public land and buildings sometimes find themselves in contact with this population. Nationally, the impact of homelessness appears to represent a substantial operational challenge for state transportation agencies and Departments of Transportation (DOTs). Two online surveys?one of state DOT managers and supervisors and the other of public sector managers of highway rest areas (DOT and other state agency staff)?conducted …