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The benefit of understanding biotechnology

If you would answer yes to the questions below, then you would benefit from understanding biotechnology: 1. Do farmers ask me to predict the work-load consequences of making different seed product choices? 2. Would the farmers I serve be happy if I can help them slow the evolution of their pest populations? 3. Can I describe how biotechnology will develop to bring new approaches to addressing crop management problems in the future? and 4. Am I considered an expert in my community on the science behind our food production system? This session will provide a chance to explore several on-line resources that can be used to put an agronomist in position to expand their understanding of biotechnology and work more effectively as a professional

Using apps to educate the public about transgenic technology

If you know a twenty-year-old American consumer, they have spent their entire life living with transgenic crops (GMOs). The opportunity for future farmers to take advantage of established and emerging technologies in genetic engineering and gene editing will depend in part on acceptance by these young consumers

Chicago Music City

Chicago Music City compares the strength and vitality of music industries and scenes across the United States. Sociologists, urban planners, and real-estate developers point to quality of life and availability of cultural amenities as important indicators of the health and future success of urban areas. Economic impact studies show the importance of music to local economies. This publication compares Chicago's musical strength with the 50 largest metropolitan areas in the U.S., focusing on 11 comparison cities: Chicago and its demographic peers, New York and Los Angeles, and eight other cities with strong musical reputations -- Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Las Vegas, Memphis, Nashville, New Orleans and Seattle

COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE RITUAL ASPECTS OF WESTERN AND ASIAN PERFORMANCE

This comparative study focuses on ritual aspects of Western and Asian performance. We may say that ritual in contemporary theater production has limitation to become realization. The limitation arises from contemporary period’s nature. We know that these days we do not have common or collective psyche. However, some theatre artists are trying to get back ritual function and process to recover real communion between spectator and performer throughout performance

STRATEGIC KNOWLEDGE DISCLOSURE: ITS EFFECT ON COMPETITIVE RESPONSE AND KNOWLEDGE-BASED COMPETENCIES IN THE GLOBAL HARD DISK DRIVE INDUSTRY

How does a leading firm sustain its competence-based advantage in a competitive landscape against threats of imitation and substitution? In high-velocity competitive markets, an inherent tension arises when firms wish to prolong the value of their technological competencies, while rivals seek to make those competencies obsolete. These markets are characterized by continuous technological change, fickle customers, and frequent shifts in the competitive landscape. Firms must continually update their innovative competencies that are recurrently targets of imitation and substitution, and managers face challenges in discerning the appropriate competencies their firms should commit to and which they should avoid, resulting in the difficulty of setting straightforward strategic goals for the firm. Looking in the hard disk drive industry from 1987 to 1999, I empirically show that leading firms' knowledge disclosure of core technologies has a positive effect on the probability of laggards imitating the leader. Moreover, I show that after leading firms disclose, they introduce next-generation products sooner and prevent laggards from quickly introducing their next-generation products. Thus, I suggest that a leading firm's knowledge disclosing activities can shape the competitive landscape by influencing rivals' scope of search for innovation opportunities. Namely, leading firms can prolong their established competencies by disclosing knowledge on their innovations by promoting imitation and delaying or preventing substitution

A Proposed Equipment Development Plan for Closed Circuit Television as it Relates to the Existing Curriculum at College of Southern Utah

A study of closed circuit television systems was made which could be utilized t o supplement conventional teaching methods at College of Southern Utah. A basic, but complete studio installation for production work and radio-television class room instruction in addition to four, individual, self-contained installations a re recommended f or regular classroom use. All equipment is to be compatible and provide for complete interchangeability of tapes within the system. Present costs of distribution systems indicate that video t apes produced in the classroom, in the field, or in the studio and played back in the class room would provide better utilization of available funds. It is recommended, however, that all future buildings be cabled with coaxial cable for closed circuit television distribution. This form would be less costly and more versatile than microwave distribution. Included are recommendations of presently available, commercial equipment that satisfy the indicated needs