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Multi-Level Issues in International HRM: Mean Differences, Explained Variance, and Moderated Relationships
[Excerpt] While neither denying that differences in HR systems exist, nor that some of the variety of practices is due to real differences across countries, we will attempt to dissect the issue of International HRM using ideas, concepts, and models emerging from multilevel theory and research. We posit that three ideas are critical to this line of research: Mean differences in the use of HR practices across countries, the amount of variance in HR practices that is explained by countries, and the extent to which countries (or specifically culture) moderates the relationships between HR practices and outcomes. Our conclusion is that these differences may not be as large as we think they are, and may in fact be due less to differences in culture and more to differences in institutional contexts
Environmental Regulations and the Structure of U.S. Hog Farms
The U.S hog production industry has been continually subjected to rapid structural changes since the early 1990s. The industry's move towards more concentrated large hog farms and geographical concentration of such farms, have triggered public concerns over the dangers such big animal feeding operations are likely to pose to the waters of the country. This study investigates the implications of state-level environmental regulations on the structure of hog farms. The results of this study suggest that environmental regulations will result in one of three possible scenarios: (1) a more competitive industry in which small hog operations are not adversely affected which will allow more small operations to enter rather than exit the industry; (2) a more concentrated hog production industry in which large operations survive while small operations exit the industry; (3) no change in the structure of the industry where both sizes of operations are not significantly affected by environmental stringency.Perfect competition, U.S. hog production industry, Environmental regulations, Environmental Economics and Policy, Livestock Production/Industries,
Mapping dynamical heterogeneity in structural glasses to correlated fluctuations of the time variables
Dynamical heterogeneities -- strong fluctuations near the glass transition --
are believed to be crucial to explain much of the glass transition
phenomenology. One possible hypothesis for their origin is that they emerge
from soft (Goldstone) modes associated with a broken continuous symmetry under
time reparametrizations. To test this hypothesis, we use numerical simulation
data from four glass-forming models to construct coarse grained observables
that probe the dynamical heterogeneity, and decompose the fluctuations of these
observables into two transverse components associated with the postulated
time-fluctuation soft modes and a longitudinal component unrelated to them. We
find that as temperature is lowered and timescales are increased, the time
reparametrization fluctuations become increasingly dominant, and that their
correlation volumes grow together with the correlation volumes of the dynamical
heterogeneities, while the correlation volumes for longitudinal fluctuations
remain small.Comment: v4: Detailed analysis of transverse and longitudinal parts. One
figure removed, two added. v3: Explicit decomposition into transverse and
longitudinal parts, discussion of correlation volumes. One more figure v2:
Modified introduction and forma
Soy protein enzymatic hydrolysis and polysaccharides interactions: differential performance on kinetic adsorption at air-water interface
The objective of the work was to study the impact of soy protein hydrolysis on kinetic adsorption to the air-water interface and the effect
of polysaccharides addition. Was used soy protein (SP) and theirs hydrolysates of 2% (H1) and 5.4% (H2) degree of hydrolysis. The
polysaccharides (PS) used were a surface active one called E4M and a non-surface active one, lamda carrageenan (C). The dynamic
surface pressure of interfacial films was evaluated with a drop tensiometer. In this contribution, we have determined the kinetic
parameters of adsorption to the air-water interface which determined the penetration (Kp) and rearrangement (Kr) rates of SP, H1, H2
and PS, as well as their mixed systems. It was observed an increase of Kp and Kr when the protein were hydrolyzed (from SP to H1),
however, when degree of hydrolysis progresses to H2 the parameters decreased again. In other hand, considerable differences were not
found between these two PS studied concerning the Kp to air-water interface at these conditions. In spite of the different surface active
nature of the PS, the proteins seem to control the behavior of the protein-PS interactions. However, when Kr of mixed systems was
analyzed, the degree of hydrolysis and PS nature started to have a huge importance. Hence, it could be observed synergic or antagonic
effects on Kr of biopolymers at liquid interface depending to the degree of hydrolysis of protein analyzed and the type of PS selected.CYTED through project 105PI0274CYCYT through grant AGL2007-60045Junta de AndalucĂa through grant PO6-AGR-01535Universidad de Buenos Aires, Agencia Nacional de PromociĂłn CientĂfica y TecnolĂłgica (PICT 2008-1901) and Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones CientĂficas y TĂ©cnicas de la RepĂşblica Argentin
Magnetic hallmarks of viscous electron flow in graphene
We propose a protocol to identify spatial hallmarks of viscous electron flow
in graphene and other two-dimensional viscous electron fluids. We predict that
the profile of the magnetic field generated by hydrodynamic electron currents
flowing in confined geometries displays unambiguous features linked to
whirlpools and backflow near current injectors. We also show that the same
profile sheds light on the nature of the boundary conditions describing
friction exerted on the electron fluid by the edges of the sample. Our
predictions are within reach of vector magnetometry based on nitrogen-vacancy
centers embedded in a diamond slab mounted onto a graphene layer.Comment: 5 pages, 6 figure
Professional Perspectives: Views of Service Needs for Individuals Diagnosed With Frontotemporal Dementia and Their Families
The purpose of this study was to explore professional\u27s perspectives on the service needs for people with Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD) and their families. A qualitative research design was used to obtain data from (n=4) four professionals from a variety of work settings. The results of this study supported previous literature in identifying the challenges in supporting and lack of services for people with FTD and their caregivers. The major theme which emerged in this research was that there is a need for FTD specific services. The subthemes which emerged to support this theme included: physical activities, more staffing, individualization, collaboration, financial barriers, and education. Implications for future include the need for social workers to provide education and advocate for service needs for people with FTD and their caregiver in multiple levels. In additional to exploring professional perspectives is imperative that future research explore the service and support needs from the perspective of those providing care for individuals diagnosed with FTD
Economic Moat: A Line of Defense for the Defense Industry
Defense contractor financial performance is traditionally measured using accounting profit. In academic literature, accounting profit has been proxied through different applications of accounting rates of return. However, the use of these rates pose certain limitations. First, accounting rates of return have been applied inconsistently. Next, academic research has not typically assessed accounting returns against a firms opportunity costs. As a result, there is a literature gap in defense research that assesses whether defense contractors earn sustainable returns beyond the cost to produce those returns
Professional Perspectives: Views of Service Needs for Individuals Diagnosed With Frontotemporal Dementia and Their Families
The purpose of this study was to explore professional’s perspectives on the service needs for people with Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD) and their families. A qualitative research design was used to obtain data from (n=4) four professionals from a variety of work settings. The results of this study supported previous literature in identifying the challenges in supporting and lack of services for people with FTD and their caregivers. The major theme which emerged in this research was that there is a need for FTD specific services. The subthemes which emerged to support this theme included: physical activities, more staffing, individualization, collaboration, financial barriers, and education. Implications for future include the need for social workers to provide education and advocate for service needs for people with FTD and their caregiver in multiple levels. In additional to exploring professional perspectives is imperative that future research explore the service and support needs from the perspective of those providing care for individuals diagnosed with FTD
Exploring Distortion and Clarity in the Modern Printed Portrait
My work has focused on two sides of the artistic process: inspiration and application. While studying abroad, I read, saw, and experienced modern France, living with a host family in Dijon. In the midst of this, I researched the work of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, a French printmaker who utilized the lithographic process and pushed it forward as a modern and respected art practice. Lithography is a type of art involving changing the chemical nature of limestone to attract ink where an image is drawn with greasy pens. Returning to the Puget Sound campus and to one of the few lithograph studios in the Northwest, I was allowed the opportunity to explore modern subjects in a process that certainly contributed to the style of the artists I studied. I used my research that I did in Dijon as a point of departure to aid my own exploration of lithography as a medium. I soon came to find the techniques involved in lithography are laborious, at times monotonous, and ultimately require patience and practice; yet they pay off in the unique nature of a lithographic print
THE EFFECT OF FAMILIARITY ON TRUTHINESS JUDGEMENT
Judgments on whether a statement is true are influenced by various factors. For example, Newman et al. (2012) found participants rated a statement as true if it was presented with a related photo, even if the photo did not provide any evidence that the statement is true. This phenomenon is known as the truthiness effect. Despite a large number of existing studies, little has been known about the mechanism underlies the truthiness effect. In the memory literature, previous studies demonstrated that simply repeating an item, such as a word, makes it more memorable (Jacoby & Whitehouse, 1989), suggesting that mere exposure facilitates conceptual processing and leads to high familiarity. The current study investigated whether pre-exposure of a photo increases familiarity, which influences people to judge a statement as true regardless of whether the statement is true. The study consisted of two phases: a pre-exposure phase, and a judgement phase. During phase 1, a series of photos were shown to participants, and they were asked to make a likeness judgment for each. In phase 2, they were shown a series of statements with a photo or no photo, where they would determine the truthfulness of the statement. Critically, half of the photos in phase 2 were used in phase 1. Participants judged statements as more truthful when they were presented with a photo, as compared to when they were not, which is consistent with previous studies. The truthiness effect disappeared when the photo was pre-exposed. The new finding suggests that familiarity through pre-exposure of a photo makes things more believable and truer even if the statement is indeed false
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