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PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS AFFECTING CONSUMERS' FRESH BEEF CUT PURCHASING DECISIONS IN THE UNITED STATES, JAPAN, AND AUSTRALIA
The effects of product and economic characteristics on consumers who purchase six cuts of fresh beef (blocks/parts, steak, thinly sliced, diced, chopped, and ground) in urban areas of the United States, Japan, and Australia will be examined in this paper. Certain product characteristics (such as product freshness and display case cleanliness) were important to consumers of beef in all three countries while other product characteristics (such as price considerations for ground beef consumers) were important for consumers of different beef cuts in all three countries. Some product characteristics varied in importance across consumers from different countries and consumers of different beef cuts.Consumer/Household Economics,
Pengaruh Investment Opportunity Set (IOS), Mekanisme Good Corporate Governance dan Reputasi KAP terhadap Kualitas Laba Perusahaan (Studi Empiris pada Perusahaan Property And Real Estate yang Terdaftar di Bursa Efek Indonesia 2010-2012)
This study aimed to examine the effect of investment opportunity set (IOS), good corporate governance mechanism (audit committee, independent directors, institutional ownership, managerial ownership) and public accounting firms reputation on quality of corporate earnings. The sample was taken using the method of purposive sampling from property and real estate company listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange in 2010 until 2012. Obtained 81 samples from 33 property and real estate company for 3 years. Hypothesis testing is performed using multiple linear regression analysis. The results of this study indicate that audit committee have significant effect on corporate earnings. While investment opportunity set (IOS), independent directors, managerial ownership and institutional ownership of the firms reputation does not have significant effect on quality of corporate earnings.Keyword: Investment opportunity set (IOS), good corporate governance mechanism, public accounting firms, quality of corporate earnigs
Characterization of CoRoT target fields with BEST: Identification of periodic variable stars in the IR01 field
We report on observations of the CoRoT IR01 field with the Berlin Exoplanet
Search Telescope (BEST). BEST is a small aperture telescope with a wide field
of view (FOV). It is dedicated to search for variable stars within the target
fields of the CoRoT space mission to aid in minimizing false-alarm rates and
identify potential targets for additional science. CoRoT's observational
programm started in February 2007 with the "initial run" field (IR01) observed
for about two months. BEST observed this field for 12 nights spread over three
months in winter 2006. From the total of 30426 stars observed in the IR01 field
3769 were marked as suspected variable stars and 54 from them showed clear
periodicity. From these 19 periodic stars are within the part of the CoRoT FOV
covered in our data set
Structure and dynamics of a model glass: influence of long-range forces
We vary the amplitude of the long-range Coulomb forces within a classical
potential describing a model silica glass and study the consequences on the
structure and dynamics of the glass, via molecular dynamics simulations. This
model allows us to follow the variation of specific features such as the First
Sharp Diffraction Peak and the Boson Peak in a system going continuously from a
fragile (no Coulomb forces) to a strong (with Coulomb forces) glass. In
particular we show that the characteristic features of a strong glass
(existence of medium range order, bell-shaped ring size distribution, sharp
Boson peak) appear as soon as tetrahedral units are formed.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figures. To be published in J.Phys.: C
Monitoring Vibration of a Model of Rotating Machine
Mechanical movement or motion of a rotating machine normally causes additional vibration. A vibration sensing device must be added to constantly monitor vibration level of the system having a rotating machine, since the vibration frequency and amplitude cannot be measured quantitatively by only sight or touch. If the vibration signals from the machine have a lot of noise, there are possibilities that the rotating machine has defects that can lead to failure. In this experimental research project, a vibration structure is constructed in a scaled model to simulate vibration and to monitor system performance in term of vibration level in case of rotation with balanced and unbalanced condition. In this scaled model, the output signal of the vibration sensor is processed in a microcontroller and then transferred to a computer via a serial communication medium, and plotted on the screen with data plotter software developed using C language. The signal waveform of the vibration is displayed to allow further analysis of the vibration. Vibration level monitor can be set in the microcontroller to allow shutdown of the rotating machine in case of excessive vibration to protect the rotating machine from further damage. Experiment results show the agreement with theory that unbalance condition on a rotating machine can lead to larger vibration amplitude compared to balance condition. Adding and reducing the mass for balancing can be performed to obtain lower vibration level
Variability survey in the CoRoT SRa01 field: Implications of eclipsing binary distribution on cluster formation in NGC 2264
Time-series photometry of the CoRoT field SRa01 was carried out with the
Berlin Exoplanet Search Telescope II (BEST II) in 2008/2009. A total of 1,161
variable stars were detected, of which 241 were previously known and 920 are
newly found. Several new, variable young stellar objects have been discovered.
The study of the spatial distribution of eclipsing binaries revealed the higher
relative frequency of Algols toward the center of the young open cluster NGC
2264. In general Algol frequency obeys an isotropic distribution of their
angular momentum vectors, except inside the cluster, where a specific
orientation of the inclinations is the case. We suggest that we see the orbital
plane of the binaries almost edge-on.Comment: 18 pages, 8 figures, accepted for publication in Ap
The Berlin Exoplanet Search Telescope II. Catalog of Variable Stars. I. Characterization of Three Southern Target Fields
A photometric survey of three Southern target fields with BEST II yielded the
detection of 2,406 previously unknown variable stars and an additional 617
stars with suspected variability. This study presents a catalog including their
coordinates, magnitudes, light curves, ephemerides, amplitudes, and type of
variability. In addition, the variability of 17 known objects is confirmed,
thus validating the results. The catalog contains a number of known and new
variables that are of interest for further astrophysical investigations, in
order to, e.g., search for additional bodies in eclipsing binary systems, or to
test stellar interior models.
Altogether, 209,070 stars were monitored with BEST II during a total of 128
nights in 2009/2010. The overall variability fraction of 1.2-1.5% in these
target fields is well comparable to similar ground-based photometric surveys.
Within the main magnitude range of , we identify
0.67(3)% of all stars to be eclipsing binaries, which indicates a completeness
of about one third for this particular type in comparison to space surveys.Comment: accepted to A
An analog computer study of hydraulic servomechanism nonlinearlities
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Aeronautical Engineering, 1954.Includes bibliographical references (p. 105-106).by Keith A. Erikson, William R. Greenwood, Philip J. Bonomo.M.S
The Resolved Asteroid Program - Size, shape, and pole of (52) Europa
With the adaptive optics (AO) system on the 10 m Keck-II telescope, we
acquired a high quality set of 84 images at 14 epochs of asteroid (52) Europa
on 2005 January 20. The epochs covered its rotation period and, by following
its changing shape and orientation on the plane of sky, we obtained its
triaxial ellipsoid dimensions and spin pole location. An independent
determination from images at three epochs obtained in 2007 is in good agreement
with these results. By combining these two data sets, along with a single epoch
data set obtained in 2003, we have derived a global fit for (52) Europa of
diameters (379x330x249) +/- (16x8x10) km, yielding a volume-equivalent
spherical-diameter of 315 +/- 7 km, and a rotational pole within 7 deg of [RA;
Dec] = [257,+12] in an Equatorial J2000 reference frame (ECJ2000: 255,+35).
Using the average of all mass determinations available forEuropa, we derive a
density of 1.5 +/- 0.4, typical of C-type asteroids. Comparing our images with
the shape model of Michalowski et al. (A&A 416, 2004), derived from optical
lightcurves, illustrates excellent agreement, although several edge features
visible in the images are not rendered by the model. We therefore derived a
complete 3-D description of Europa's shape using the KOALA algorithm by
combining our imaging epochs with 4 stellar occultations and 49 lightcurves. We
use this 3-D shape model to assess these departures from ellipsoidal shape.
Flat facets (possible giant craters) appear to be less distinct on (52) Europa
than on other C-types that have been imaged in detail. We show that fewer giant
craters, or smaller craters, is consistent with its expected impact history.
Overall, asteroid (52) Europa is still well modeled as a smooth triaxial
ellipsoid with dimensions constrained by observations obtained over several
apparitions.Comment: Accepted for publication in Icaru
The BAST algorithm for transit detection
The pioneer space mission for photometric exoplanet searches, CoRoT, steadily
monitors about 12000 stars in each of its fields of view. Transit detection
algorithms are applied to derive promising planetary candidates, which are then
followed-up with ground-based observations. We present BAST (Berlin Automatic
Search for Transits), a new algorithm for periodic transit detection, and test
it on simulated CoRoT data. BAST searches for box-shaped signals in normalized,
filtered, variability-fitted, and unfolded light curves. A low-pass filter is
applied to remove high-frequency signals, and linear fits to subsections of
data are subtracted to remove the star's variability. A search for periodicity
is then performed in transit events identified above a given detection
threshold. Some criteria are defined to better separate planet candidates from
binary stars.
From the analysis of simulated CoRoT light curves, we show that the BAST
detection performance is similar to that of the Box-fitting Least-Square (BLS)
method if the signal-to-noise ratio is high. However, the BAST box search for
transits computes 10 times faster than the BLS method. By adding periodic
transits to simulated CoRoT data, we show that the minimum periodic depth
detectable with BAST is a linearly increasing function of the noise level. For
low-noise light curves, the detection limit corresponds to a transit depth
d~0.01%, i.e. a planet of 1 Earth radius around a solar-type star.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figures, to be published in A&
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