Pipeline or Waterslide: Advancing Women into Executive Positions in Business and Financial Planning

We seek to understand the continued lack of females in upper management or “C-Suite” positions in business and more specifically looking at the continued lack of female planners in the financial planning industry. We hypothesis that although great strides are being made to foster inclusion these changes are stalled not only by unconscious prejudices against women, but also by a lack of confidence by women themselves. By conducting interviews with over a dozen women in a variety of executive and planning positions we attempted to bring a consensus of some of the root causes of this imbalance as well as what changes need to be made within corporate culture and by women seeking these positions based on these interviews and secondary data collected from previously conducted research

The God of Geometry, The God of Matter: The Connection Between Descarte's Math and Metaphysics

Building on the work of Henk Bos and John Schuster, I will examine how the story of Descartes-the-philosopher and Descartes-the-mathematician proceeds in the years immediately following 1628. Specifically, I will focus on the 1633 Le Monde and the 1637 Geometry and hope to show that Descartes is still trying in this period to integrate his distinctively Cartesian version of math with his distinctively Cartesian version of philosophy. Being even more specific, I will look at the creation story presented in Le Monde in conjunction with Descartes’ solution to the Pappus problem, which was published in the Geometry. On the reading I’ll offer, we find both a mathematical influence on the early metaphysics in Le Monde as well as (and this is the heart of my account) a metaphysical grounding for one very important part of the mathematical program that Descartes presents in the Geometry

The Effects of Graphic Organizer Instruction on Multiple Choice Assessments for Remedial Secondary Readers Reading Nonfiction Texts

Adding to the body of research supporting graphic organizer instruction in a variety of classroom settings, a study was conducted to determine the effectiveness of graphic organizer instruction with a group of remedial secondary students in a class specifically designed to improve reading skills as shown through a variety of standardized, multiple-choice assessments. In the study, a group of remedial secondary students read nonfiction texts and took multiple-choice quizzes. Each week, one half of the students in the group alternated using graphic organizers to record main ideas and important details from the text, prior to taking the quiz. The group that used the graphic organizers continually performed better on the quizzes, showing that graphic organizer instruction is an effective intervention with this population of students

Optimización de la gestión integral de residuos sólidos en el centro de reciclaje Fabricio Valverde - Isla Santa Cruz, Galápagos

The management of solid waste is a challenge for modern societies, this is mainly because of the permanent increase in the generations of solid waste and also that it’s management represents a complex issue, especially because of limited resources and the increasing interest from part of the community. The highest per capita daily waste generation rate in Ecuador is in the insular province of Galapagos, a situation of high concern due to the scientific and natural importance of this area...El manejo de residuos sólidos es un desafío para la sociedad moderna debido al permanente incremento en la generación de residuos sólidos y al complejo manejo de éstos; la situación se complica, especialmente por la limitación de recursos y el bajo interés por parte de la comunidad. El índice de generación de residuos per cápita diario más alto en el Ecuador está en la provincia insular de Galápagos, situación preocupante debido a la importancia científica y natural de esta zona..

Change of Fatigue and Mechanical Fracture Properties of a Cement Composite due to Partial Replacement of Aggregate by Red Ceramic Waste

Fine-grained cement-based composites used in civil engineering and construction industry are usually made of cement-based matrix and natural aggregate (such as sand, gravel, crushed stone, etc.). Red ceramic waste aggregate is considered as a perspective replacement of a part of natural aggregate in modern environmentally oriented building materials. Fine-grained cement composite with natural aggregate partially replaced by ceramic waste aggregate usually show different mechanical fracture characteristics from ordinary fine-grained concrete. The specimens were tested at six different ages. This was the reason for conducting the research programme. Altogether, 6 fine-grained cement mixtures with various proportions of natural and red ceramic waste aggregate were prepared. The aim of this paper is to present and compare mechanical fracture properties obtained from static and fatigue tests. Bulk density, flexural and compressive cube strength, fracture toughness and fatigue properties (S−N − Wöhler curve) were of special interest. All of these tests are important for a practical application of concrete with ceramic aggregate for structures. All the results were statistically analysed and they showed that the fatigue and mechanical fracture properties were improved or at least kept up with the increasing levels of red ceramic waste aggregate. Environmental impact of application in construction industry of composites in question is discussed

Hydraulic testing around Room Q: Evaluation of the effects of mining on the hydraulic properties of Salado Evaporites

Room Q is a 109-m-long cylindrical excavation in the Salado Formation at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) site. Fifteen boreholes were drilled and instrumented around Room Q so that tests could be conducted to determine the effects of room excavation on the hydraulic properties of the surrounding evaporate rocks. Pressure-buildup and pressure-pulse tests were conducted in all of the boreholes before Room Q was mined. The data sets from only eight of the boreholes are adequate for parameter estimation, and five of those are of poor quality. Constant-pressure flow tests and pressure-buildup tests were conducted after Room Q was mined, producing eleven interpretable data sets, including two of poor quality. Pre-mining transmissivities interpreted from the three good-quality data sets ranged from 1 x 10{sup -15} to 5 x 10{sup -14} m{sup 2}/s (permeability-thickness products of 2 x 10{sup -22} to 9 x 10{sup -21} m{sup 3}) for test intervals ranging in length from 0.85 to 1.37 m. Pre-mining average permeabilities, which can be considered representative of undisturbed, far-field conditions, were 6 x 10{sup -20} and 8 x 10{sup -20} m{sup 2} for anhydrite, and 3 x 10{sup -22} m{sup 2} for halite. Post-mining transmissivities interpreted from the good-quality data sets ranged from 1 x 10{sup -16} to 3 x 10{sup -13} m{sup 2}/s (permeability-thickness products of 2 x 10{sup -23} to 5 x 10{sup -20} m{sup 3}). Post-mining average permeabilities for anhydrite ranged from 8 x 10{sup -20} to 1 x 10{sup -19} m{sup 2}. The changes in hydraulic properties and pore pressures that were observed can be attributed to one or a combination of three processes: stress reduction, changes in pore connectivity, and flow towards Room Q. The effects of the three processes cannot be individually quantified with the available data

Material Substitution Workshop: Safer Products That Work: Cleaners and Degreasers for Industrial Maintenance and Auto Repair: State/Community Hazardous Material Source Reduction

Presentation details Minnesota Technical Assistance Program's safer chemicals work with auto repair shops and the City of Minneapolis Green Business Cost Share Program. Presented as Day 2 materials substitution workshop at the 2017 Triple Regional Pollution Prevention Roundtable.Ope

Catalytic cyclopropanation of polybutadienes

Catalytic cyclopropanation of commercial 1,2- or 1,4- cis -polybutadiene, respectively, with ethyl diazoacetate catalyzed by [Tp Br3 Cu(NCMe)] (Tp Br3 ¼ hydrotris(3,4,5-tribromo-1-pyrazo- lyl)borate) at room temperature afforded high molecular weight ( M n > 10 5 mol 1 ) side-chain or main-chain, respectively, carbox- yethyl cyclopropyl-substituted polymers with variable and con- trolled degrees of functionalization. Complete functionalization of 1,4- cis -polybutadiene afforded poly[ethylene-alt-(3-ethoxycar- bonyl-cyclopropene)]. Catalytic hydrogenation of residual dou- ble bonds of partially cyclopropanated polybutadienes provided access to the corresponding saturated polyolefins. Thermal properties are reported.MICINN CTQ2008-00042BQU MICINN HA2004-0067 Junta de Andalucia P05-FQM091