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Activity Based Learning In A Freshman Global Business Course: Analyses Of Preferences And Demographic Differences
The present study investigates pre-business students’ reaction to Activity Based Learning in a lower division core required course entitled Introduction to Global Business in the business curriculum at California State University Chico. The study investigates students’ preference for Activity Based Learning in comparison to a more traditional lecture and exam format. It also investigates whether or not students’ with perceived interests in different aspects of business have preferences for activities that focus on different types of processes. It further analyzes whether or not gender and class standing play a significant role in these dynamics
Freshman Linked Cohort Classes In The Study Of Business: A Comparative Analysis Of Performance And Completion Of The Lower Division Core
The paper presents the results of a study designed to measure the efficacy of using cohort linked freshmen courses in preparing students for the study of business. Specifically, an experimental group of students were enrolled in three linked freshmen courses each oriented toward global business: 1) freshmen composition, 2) small group communications, and 3) introduction to global business. The control group of students was enrolled in the introduction to global business course. However, they independently enrolled in any other non-business focused freshmen courses to fill out their schedules
Freshman Linked Cohort Classes In The Study Of Business: Results Of Performance And Graduation In Business
The paper presents the results of a study designed to measure the efficacy of using cohort linked freshmen courses in preparing students for the study of business. Specifically, an experimental group of students were enrolled in three linked freshmen courses each oriented toward global business: 1) freshmen composition, 2) small group communications, and 3) introduction to global business. The control group of students was enrolled in the introduction to global business course. However, they independently enrolled in any other non-business focused freshmen courses to fill out their schedules
THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS IN SMALL DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
The expected benefits from herbicide resistant transgenic rice in Uruguay are estimated with stochastic simulation techniques. Economic surplus methods that account for private profits are used to measure the magnitude and distribution of the benefits between producers and a multinational firm. Further, the adoption rate of transgenic rice is endogenous in the model and depends on the expected profitability of the technology. The results show that the potential benefits from the technology are relatively small because of the small production base. Multinational firms are, therefore, unlikely to develop locally adapted transgenic rice varieties without strategic partnerships with local institutions.Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies,
Report on uniform town accounting under the provisions of no. 109 of the Acts of 1915
The Committee duly appointed by your Excellency under the provisions of No. 109 of the Acts of 1915, entitled An Act Providing for the Establishment of a Uniform System of Accounting in Towns and Villages , respectfully report
Pseudo-distances on symplectomorphism groups and applications to flux theory
Starting from a given norm on the vector space of exact 1-forms of a compact
symplectic manifold, we produce pseudo-distances on its symplectomorphism group
by generalizing an idea due to Banyaga. We prove that in some cases (which
include Banyaga's construction), their restriction to the Hamiltonian
diffeomorphism group is equivalent to the distance induced by the initial norm
on exact 1-forms. We also define genuine "distances to the Hamiltonian
diffeomorphism group" which we use to derive several consequences, mainly in
terms of flux groups.Comment: 21 pages, no figure; v2. various typos corrected, some references
added. Published in Mathematische Zeitschrif
Evidence for a Young Stellar Population in NGC 5018
Two absorption line indices, Ca II and Hdelta/FeI4045, measured from high
resolution spectra are used with evolutionary synthesis models to verify the
presence of a young stellar population in NGC 5018. The derived age of this
population is about ~2.8 Gyr with a metallicity roughly solar and it completely
dominates the integrated light of the galaxy near 4000 A.Comment: 13 pages, 7 figures (figs 3-7 are color figures), to be published in
the May 2000 issue of the Astrophysical Journa
Spanning Trees on Graphs and Lattices in d Dimensions
The problem of enumerating spanning trees on graphs and lattices is
considered. We obtain bounds on the number of spanning trees and
establish inequalities relating the numbers of spanning trees of different
graphs or lattices. A general formulation is presented for the enumeration of
spanning trees on lattices in dimensions, and is applied to the
hypercubic, body-centered cubic, face-centered cubic, and specific planar
lattices including the kagom\'e, diced, 4-8-8 (bathroom-tile), Union Jack, and
3-12-12 lattices. This leads to closed-form expressions for for these
lattices of finite sizes. We prove a theorem concerning the classes of graphs
and lattices with the property that
as the number of vertices , where is a finite
nonzero constant. This includes the bulk limit of lattices in any spatial
dimension, and also sections of lattices whose lengths in some dimensions go to
infinity while others are finite. We evaluate exactly for the
lattices we considered, and discuss the dependence of on d and the
lattice coordination number. We also establish a relation connecting to the free energy of the critical Ising model for planar lattices .Comment: 28 pages, latex, 1 postscript figure, J. Phys. A, in pres
Correlated radio--X-ray variability of Galactic Black Holes: A radio--X-ray flare in Cygnus X-1
We report on the first detection of a quasi-simultaneous radio-X-ray flare of
Cygnus X-1. The detection was made on 2005 April 16 with pointed observations
by the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer and the Ryle telescope, during a phase where
the black hole candidate was close to a transition from the its soft into its
hard state. The radio flare lagged the X-rays by approximately 7 minutes,
peaking at 3:20 hours barycentric time (TDB 2453476.63864). We discuss this lag
in the context of models explaining such flaring events as the ejection of
electron bubbles emitting synchrotron radiation.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figure
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