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    Farm-level Economic Evaluation of Net Feed Efficiency in Australia’s Southern Beef Cattle Production System: A Multi-period Linear Programming Approach

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    Selection of beef cattle for increased net feed efficiency is a current major focus for research. At present the trait seems to be more apparent in Australia’s southern beef production system which is dominated by mixed farming enterprises. Farm-level evaluation of net feed efficiency should take account of the farming system for which it is proposed along with the dynamic nature of genetic selection. Gross margin, linear programming and multi-period linear programming approaches to evaluation of the trait at the farm-level using a representative farm are compared. Implications of the trait for researchers and beef producers are identifiedfarm-level evaluation, genetic traits, linear programming, Farm Management,

    Learning to teach database design by trial and error

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    Proceedings of: 4th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems (ICEIS 2002), Ciudad Real, Spain, April 3-6, 2002The definition of effective pedagogical strategies for coaching and tutoring students according to their needs in each moment is a high handicap in ITS design. In this paper we propose the use of a Reinforcement Learning (RL) model, that allows the system to learn how to teach to each student individually, only based on the acquired experience with other learners with similar characteristics, like a human tutor does. This technique avoids to define the teaching strategies by learning action policies that define what, when and how to teach. The model is applied to a database design ITS system, used as an example to illustrate all the concepts managed in the model

    An Aggregated Information Technology Checklist for Operational Risk Management

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    This study addresses the issue of the Information Technology (IT) Governance frameworks and standards that respond to different levels of operational risks, especially those caused by the information systems and technology infrastructure. A requirement analysis regarding Basel II is conducted, a gap analysis between the Information Control Models (ICMs) is performed, and the aggregated IT checklist for Operational Risk Management (ORM) is proposed by mapping the control objectives in ICMs to the operational risk categories described in Basel II as loss event types. The validity and reliability of the study is based on the focus group assessment of the mappingsBasel II, Operational Risk Management, Information Control Model, Information Technology Governance.

    Perspectives Fall 2004

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    Fall 2004 employee newsletter published quarterly for employees of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida. Includes Brand Matters, Fall 2004

    'No research is insignificant': implementing a Students-as-Researchers Festival

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    There are increasing demands for Higher Education (HE) students to play a role in research-active communities and, similarly, for College Based Higher Education (CBHE) lecturers to develop their research practices. A cross-consortium Student Research Festival was designed to create a collaborative 'community of discovery' (Coffield and Williamson, 2011) and enable final year students to disseminate their research studies to a wider audience. The Festival drew on current HE pedagogies to build an open communicative space in which the three dimensions of practice architecture (Kemmis et.al., 2014) were embodied. The Festival was evaluated through a Collaborative Action Research project in order to establish how the sharing of research contributed to the participants' identity as researchers. Data were analysed using the a priori categories afforded by the practice architecture framework. Valuable insights emerged into the students' conception of research, as detached from the 'real' world and belonging to the privileged few. These views were challenged by the experience of the Festival, which narrowed the gap between student and researcher and unsettled existing roles. Recommendations include widening the scope of the Festival to include other stakeholders and embedding further research building opportunities in the undergraduate curriculum

    2017 Commencement for Jefferson College of Health Professions, Jefferson College of Pharmacy, and Jefferson College of Nursing

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    Jefferson College of Health Professions and Jefferson College of Pharmacy Monday, May 22, 10:00 a.m. Processional Trumpet Voluntary, John Stanley The Jefferson Processional, Burle Marx The Reverend R. Bruce Todd, Organist Opening Proclamation Richard W. Hevner, Chair, Board of Trustees Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health Presentation of Colors U.S. Armed Forces Career Center, Philadelphia The National Anthem Convocation and Remarks Stephen K. Klasko, MD, MBA, President and CEO Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health Mark L. Tykocinski, MD, Provost and Executive Vice President, Thomas Jefferson University Dean, Sidney Kimmel Medical College Conferring of Honorary Degree Patrick T. Harker, PhD by President Klasko Conferring of Degrees in Course President Klasko Jefferson College of Health Professions Debra S. Zelnick, OTD, Interim Dean Jefferson College of Health Professions Jefferson College of Pharmacy Rebecca S. Finley, PharmD Dean Jefferson College of Pharmacy Recessional Pomp and Circumstance, Elgar (Reverend Todd

    2017 Commencement for Jefferson College of Health Professions, Jefferson College of Pharmacy, and Jefferson College of Nursing

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    Jefferson College of Nursing Monday, May 22, 2:30 p.m. Processional Trumpet Voluntary, John Stanley The Jefferson Processional, Burle Marx The Reverend R. Bruce Todd, Organist Opening Proclamation Richard W. Hevner, Chair, Board of Trustees Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health Presentation of Colors U.S. Armed Forces Career Center, Philadelphia The National Anthem Convocation and Remarks Stephen K. Klasko, MD, MBA, President and CEO Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health Mark L. Tykocinski, MD, Provost and Executive Vice President, Thomas Jefferson University Dean, Sidney Kimmel Medical College Conferring of Honorary Degree Eileen T. Breslin, PhD, RN, FAAN by President Klasko Conferring of Degrees in Course President Klasko Jefferson College of Nursing Ann Phalen, PhD, Interim Dean Jefferson College of Nursing Recessional Pomp and Circumstance, Elgar (Reverend Todd
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