Gender and innovation processes in wheat-based systems

This WHEAT report is based on 43 village case studies from eight countries set in diverse wheat-based farming regions of the Global South

Dynamical Heterogeneities and Cooperative Motion in Smectic Liquid Crystals

Using simulations of hard rods in smectic-A states, we find non-gaussian diffusion and heterogeneous dynamics due to the equilibrium periodic smectic density profiles, which give rise to permanent barriers for layer-to-layer diffusion. This relaxation behavior is surprisingly similar to that of non-equilibrium supercooled liquids, although there the particles are trapped in transient (instead of permanent) cages. Interestingly, we also find stringlike clusters of up to 10 inter-layer rods exhibiting dynamic cooperativity in this equilibrium state.Comment: 10 pages, 4 figure

Reviews [1989,Vol. 16, no. 2]

Books reviewed are: Diran Bodenhorn, Economic Accounting Reviewed by Catharine M. Lemieux; Brown, Donald E., Hierarchy, History, and Human Nature: The Social Origins of Historical Consciousness Reviewed by Jenice P. Stewart; Chambers, R. J., and Dean, G. W., Editors, Chambers on Accounting, Accounting Thought and Practice Through the Years series Reviewed by Chris Poullaos; Esteban Hernandez-Esteve, ed., Historia de la Contabilidad en Espana (The History of Accounting in Spain), Reviewed by Salvador Carmona; Anne Loft, Understanding Accounting in its Social and Historical Context Reviewed by Victoria Beard; Frank J. Swetz, Capitalism Arithmetic: The New Math of the 15th Century Reviewed by Maurice S. Newman; P. Tantral, Accounting Literature in Non-Accounting Journals: An Annotated Bibliography Reviewed by Robert J. Bricker; Basil S. Yamey, Art Accounting Reviewed by Stephen D. Strang

Reviews [1992, Vol. 19, no. 1]

Books reviewed are: Dale L. Flesher, The Institute of Internal Auditors: 50 Years of Progress Through Sharing Reviewed by Frank E. Ryerson III; O. Finley Graves, ed., The Costing Heritage: Studies in Honor of S. Paul Garner Reviewed by Jack Ruhl; Finley Graves, Graeme Dean and Frank Clarke, Replacement Costs and Accounting Reform in Post World War I German Reviewed by Dieter Schnedier; Roxanne T. Johnson, An Analysis of the Early Record Keeping in the DuPont Company 1800-1818 Reviewed by Harvey Mann; T. A. Lee, ed., The Closure of the Accounting Profession Reviewed by Kathie Cooper; Paul J. Miranti, Jr., Accountancy Comes of Age: The Development of an American Profession, 1886-1940 Reviewed by Joni Young; Larry Neal, The Rise of Financial Capitalism: International Capital Markets in the Age of Reason Reviewed by Christopher J. Napier; Leonard Spacek, The Growth of Arthur Andersen & Co. 1928-1973: An Oral History Reviewed by Stephen A. Zef

Placement testing and morphosyntactic development in second language learners of English

The primary purpose of this dissertation is to discover whether two current proposals for specific indicators of morphosyntactic development can successfully predict the placement of second language learners of English (ESL learners) in an intensive English program. This research is important because most of the placement/proficiency tests that are currently in use do not include a clear, empirically-tested theory of how second language learners (L2 learners) acquire the morphosyntax of the target language, which is one essential component of L2 proficiency. In order to determine which morphosyntactic elements could be included in a new assessment measure, I examined semi-spontaneous oral production data from 48 ESL learners of mixed L1 background at an intensive English program at the University of Pittsburgh. The measures examined and methodology used were based primarily on Young-Scholten, Ijuin, & Vainikka's (2005) Organic Grammar and Pienemann's (2003) Rapid Profile, two proposals that intend to account for L2 learner development. In order to test the proposals of each, I created implicational tables based on the production data. It was found that Organic Grammar could not fully account for the order of emergence of morphosyntactic features in these data. While Rapid Profile made more accurate predictions, the predictions were not useful in distinguishing between learners at intermediate and advanced levels. Despite these problems, it was possible to combine the results from the Organic Grammar and Rapid Profile tables to produce a new table describing the order of emergence of morphosyntactic forms. It is possible that this table can be integrated into current scale measures of placement/proficiency, such as the ACTFL scale. A preliminary proposal for such a combined measure is proposed; however, further empirical research is necessary in order to determine the effectiveness and accuracy of the scale

Financial reporting and stewardship accounting in sixteenth-century Spain

This paper examines an early modern contribution to the literature on stewardship accounting, the Tratado de Cuentas or Treatise on Accounts, by Diego del Castillo, a sixteenth-century Spanish jurist

Reviews [1991, Vol. 18, no. 1]

Books reviewed are: R. Dan Brumbaugh, Jr., Thrifts Under Siege. Paul Zane Pilzer, Other Peoples Money. Stephen Pizzo, Mary Flicker, and Paul Muolo, Inside Job: The Looting of Americas Savings and Loans. A Review Essay: The Savings and Loan Crisis by James Schaefer; Edward I. Altman, The Prediction of Corporate Bankruptcy: A Discriminant Analysis Reviewed by Ahmed El-Zayaty; Hugh M. Coombs and J.R. Edwards (Eds), Accountability of Local Authorities in England and Wales 1831-1935 Reviewed by R. H. Jones; J.R. Edwards (Ed)., Legal Regulation of British Company Accounts 1836-1900. Reviewed by Bruce La Rochelle; Max Holland, When the Machine Stopped (A Cautionary Tale from Industrial America) Reviewed by Patti A. Mills; Selden R. Hopkins (Ed.), The Book-keeper and the American Counting Room, Reviewed by Gary John Previts; Luca Pacioli, Unsung Hero of the Renaissance Reviewed by Victoria Beard; McCraw, Thomas ed., Regulation in Perspective: Historical Essays Reviewed by Geofrey T. Mills; Lee D. Parker (Ed.), Financial Reporting to Employees: Front Past to Present Reviewed by Anne Loft; Robert H. Parker (Ed.), Accounting in Australia : Historical Essays Reviewed by Hekinus Manao; Relevance Rediscovered (An anthology of 25 significant articles from the NACA Bulletins and Yearbooks 1919-1929). Selected by Richard Vangermeersch. Reviewed by Lamont F. Steedl

Reviews [1990, Vol. 17, no. 2]

Books reviewed are: Philip D. Bougen, Accounting and Industrial Relations: Some Historical Evidence on Their Interaction Reviewed by Roxanne T. Johnson; Robert H. Frank, Passions Within Reason: The Strategic Role of the Emotions Reviewed by Eric W. Noreen; Axel Grandell, Historiska studier i folkliv, handelsteknik och redovisning Reviewed by Sten Jonsson; Thomas M. Porter, The Rise of Statistical Thinking, 1820-1900. Reviewed by James J. Tucker, III; Rasoul H. Tondkar and Edward N. Coffman, Editors, Working Paper Series Volume 4 Reviewed by Marilynn Collins; Stephen P. Walker, The Society of Accountants in Edinburgh 1854-1914 Reviewed by Richard K. Fleischma

Probative capacity of accounts in early-modern Spain

This paper examines the probative capacity of accounting records as explicated in the accounting literature of early-modern Spain. Several early examples of Hispanic legal texts constitute the principal sources. The chief findings to emerge from this study are that legal requirements greatly influenced accounting forms and procedure during this period and that Castilian jurisprudence encompassed a theory and standards of evidence to guide the use of accounting records as evidential matter

Evaluation of School Social Worker Tasks and Activities

The purpose of this study was to ascertain school social workers’ perception of how frequent they provide the activities of the school social workers job description. It was hypothesized that if school social worker is in one school building 100% of the time, they are able to provide all of the services required in the job description. Thirteen schools social workers indicated how frequent they provide services by percentage of time spent on each task. Overall, school social workers provided indirect social work services such as consultation with school personnel and crisis intervention. Those assigned to one building more individual counseling to students while those assigned to two buildings provided more diagnostic services such as home visits for special education assessment and writing special education reports. The priority of services showed overall consultation with school personnel as the highest rank services. For those workers assigned to one school services were spread out evenly among the tasks. For those workers assigned to two buildings consultation had the highest ranking