MEETING NEW CHALLENGES IN THE RETAIL FOOD BUSINESS

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Vector magnetometer as an attitude determining instrument

The solid state vector magnetometer sensor system is presented for the accuracy and reliability of existing systems, and for providing independent measures of attitude. Since a large number of aircraft heading reference systems depend on measurement of the earth's magnetic field, it can be shown that by substituting a 3-axis magnetometer for the remote sensing unit, both heading and attitude measurement functions can be derived using common elements. Sample calculations are made using the earth's magnetic field data acquired during actual flight conditions

A Study of Perceptions Regarding the Changing Roles, Skills, and Effectiveness of Human Resource Functions in Healthcare

Current research clearly states that human resource practice can be a value-added function in an organization. Paradoxically, however, the value of many human resource (HR) and organization departments (OD) is often neither clearly defined nor understood, thus contributing to the failure of many senior executives. The initial work on the relationship between a firm’s performance and its human resource practices was conducted by Becker and Huselid (1998). In their study of 740 corporations, they found that firms with the greatest intensity of HR practices that reinforce performance had the highest market value per employee. They argued that HR practices are critical in determining the market value of a corporation and that improved HR practices can lead to a significant increase in the market value of corporations. The purpose of this study, therefore, was to investigate healthcare HR executive and non-HR executives’ perceptions regarding the changing roles, skills and effectiveness of HR departments. More specifically, this study found that HR professionals need to have stronger management and leadership skills, develop a strategic management perspective, remain functionally competent in HR, and develop internal consulting skills. Findings suggest that HR executives perceive themselves to have a higher degree of competency within their individual organizations than in comparison to their non-HR manager (CEO). This suggests that HR leaders believe there to be higher expectations in levels of responsibility for the HR profession as a whole, than from the perceived expectations of their individual managers. In terms of scholarship, this study adds to the growing body of research surrounding strategic healthcare and HR practices by providing evidence of the value that increased HR skill development can have in shaping and reflecting organizational goals

Alien Registration- Dunn, George, Jr. (Auburn, Androscoggin County)

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Inflation and Unemployment In EMU and the United States. ACES Working Papers No. 10, 2008

The original purpose of this paper was to see why the Phillips Curve numbers seem to be so much worse for the EMU countries than the United States since EMU was began operation in 1990. The problem is that there is no evidence of a Phillips curve relationship in EMU or in the United States during this seventeen year period. As can be seen in Figures 1 and 2, it just is not there. In about half the years unemployment and inflation moved in the opposite direction, as Phillips would predict, but in other half of the years they moved in the same direction. This may be a matter of time lags, with unemployment lagging inflation, but it seems clear that the Phillips curve is a poor tool for explaining these year to year outcomes in Europe or the United States

The Decline Of Manufacturing In The United States And Its Impact On Income Inequality

The decline of manufacturing in the United States has been a perceptible trend, starting in the aftermath of World War II when manufacturing represented over one quarter of our Gross Domestic Product, to today, when it is less than 12%. The unemployment of the Great Recession, and the most recent State of the Union Address by President Obama, have now made this front page news. The declining trend has been masked by the facts that the U.S. remains, in total, the world’s largest manufacturer, and, along with China, the top value added producers. A second trend has been the decline of manufacturing employment as a percentage of the total labor force, running from just under one quarter post WWII, to less than 8% today. And finally the third trend has been the premium of manufacturing compensation versus all industries, from 11% in 1950 to 23% in 2010. Together these three trends are the major components of the increasingly palpable trend of income inequality from 1950 to 2010. In 1950 the top 20% had 17.3% of family income, whereas in 2010 it was 20%. The Gini coefficient, another measure of negative income distribution, moved from .379 to .440 over the same time frame

Endocytosis and the Nitric Oxide-Dependent Release of Chloride

Understanding the regulation of retinal synapses is a key step in elucidating the processing of information in the retina. Our lab has previously shown that nitric oxide (NO) can alter the synaptic response properties of amacrine cells by releasing Cl- from internal acidic compartments. This alteration in the Cl- gradient brings about a positive shift in the reversal potential of the GABA-gated current, which can convert inhibitory synapses into excitatory synapses. Recently, we have shown that the cystic fibrosis transmembrane regulator (CFTR) Cl- channel is involved in the Cl- release. Here, we test the hypothesis that (acidic) synaptic vesicles are a source of NO-releasable Cl- in chick retinal amacrine cells. If SVs are a source of Cl-, then depleting synaptic vesicles should decrease the NO-dependent shift in the reversal potential of the GABA-gated current. The efficacy of four inhibitors of dynamin (a GTPase required for some forms of endocytosis) were evaluated. In order to deplete synaptic vesicles, voltage-steps were used to activate voltage-gated Ca2+ channels and stimulate the synaptic vesicle cycle either under control conditions or after treatment with the dynamin inhibitors. Voltage-ramps were used to measure the NO-dependent shift in the reversal potential of the GABA-gated currents under both conditions. Our results reveal that activating the synaptic vesicle cycle in the presence of dynasore and dyngo 4a blocked the NO-dependent shift in Erev-GABA. However, we also discovered that some dynamin inhibitors reduced Ca2+ signaling and L-type Ca2+ currents. Conversely, dynasore also increased neurotransmitter release at autaptic sites. To try to resolve the mechanism underlying the inhibition of the NO-dependent shift in the reversal potential for the GABA-gated currents, and to verify the effects of inhibiting endocytosis on the NO-dependent release of Cl-, we also tested the effects of the clathrin assembly inhibitor Pitstop 2 and found that this compound also inhibited the shift. These data provide evidence that dynamin inhibitors have multiple effects on amacrine cell synaptic transmission. These data also suggest that inhibition of endocytosis disrupts the ability of NO to elicit Cl- release from internal stores, which may in part be due to depletion of synaptic vesicles