Great Teaching: Undergraduate Agricultural Economics Millennial Students

Agribusiness, Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession,

AGRIBUSINESS AND THE AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS PROFESSION: RESEARCH AGENDAS IN AGRIBUSINESS

This paper presents a summary of work by various groups on the potential for agribusiness research by agricultural economists over the past decade. Methodology to establish research priorities in agribusiness are reviewed. This review leads to a consideration of the agribusiness research issues including: funding sources, identifying users of agribusiness research, data needs, and limitations of agribusiness research programs. The final part of the paper presents a potpourri of suggested research initiatives in agribusiness research for agricultural economists. Research in these areas may be difficult for a number of reasons including: decreased reliance on economic theory as the sole paradigm, providing competitive advantage to a single agribusiness firm while balancing public and private needs and funding sources, and data confidentiality. Suggestions for outlets for academic research are presented.Agribusiness, Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies,

FORECASTING FUTURE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR FOOD, AGRICULTURE, AND NATURAL RESOURCES HIGHER EDUCATION GRADUATES USING ADJUSTED BUREAU OF LABOR FORECASTS

Forecasts of the number of future professionals required for an ongoing safe, efficient US food system are highly important. The demand for adequately prepared higher education graduates must be met by the US Food, Agriculture, and Natural Resources Education System. Without accurate forecasts of the human resource needs of the food sector of the economy, adequate professionals may not be available when needed. This research effort makes use of Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) forecasted employment opportunities. The estimation of professionals required in the food and agriculture sectors of the economy is developed by selecting and manipulating data from the BLS model that is relevant to food and agriculture careers. These forecasts of needed professionals can be used by Directors of Resident Instruction to manage the educational system to meet the food sector demands for adequately educated human resources.employment, employment opportunities, food, agriculture, natural resources, directed graphs, education, bureau of labor, Labor and Human Capital,

AGRIBUSINESS INDUSTRY EXPECTATIONS OF COMPUTER SKILLS OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AND AGRIBUSINESS STUDENTS

The Agricultural Economics profession has been using computer technology in their research, extension, and teaching program for over three decades. However, commonly accepted nomenclature for the types and levels of computer skills required of students by agribusiness and agribusiness instructors to both plan and evaluate the type and levels of computer skills being taught to graduates of their program.Computer education, Agribusiness, Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession,

Skills, Qualities and Experiences Needed for Future Leaders in Food and Agribusiness Industries of Armenia

Armenian agribusiness industry, curriculum, skills, employer, education, Agribusiness, Industrial Organization, Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession,

Agribusiness Capstone Courses Design: Objectives and Strategies

This paper discusses the benefits of using strategic management principles as the cornerstone for building the agribusiness capstone experience. The necessity for agribusiness firms to create and implement strategies that build a sustainable competitive advantage in turn necessitates the development of strategic management skills in the leaders/managers of the future. As such, the objectives of a capstone course lean heavily toward the integrative development of strategic decision-making competence. This has a number of implications for the capstone professor in terms of course content, pedagogies, and subsequent measurement of student performance.Agribusiness, Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession,

Laser acceleration of protons from near critical density targets for application to radiation therapy

Laser accelerated protons can be a complimentary source for treatment of oncological diseases to the existing hadron therapy facilities. We demonstrate how the protons, accelerated from near-critical density plasmas by laser pulses having relatively small power, reach energies which may be of interest for medical applications. When an intense laser pulse interacts with near-critical density plasma it makes a channel both in the electron and then in the ion density. The propagation of a laser pulse through such a self-generated channel is connected with the acceleration of electrons in the wake of a laser pulse and generation of strong moving electric and magnetic fields in the propagation channel. Upon exiting the plasma the magnetic field generates a quasi-static electric field that accelerates and collimates ions from a thin filament formed in the propagation channel. Two-dimensional Particle-in-Cell simulations show that a 100 TW laser pulse tightly focused on a near-critical density target is able to accelerate protons up to energy of 250 MeV. Scaling laws and optimal conditions for proton acceleration are established considering the energy depletion of the laser pulse.Comment: 25 pages, 8 figure

Generation of GeV protons from 1 PW laser interaction with near critical density targets

The propagation of ultra intense laser pulses through matter is connected with the generation of strong moving magnetic fields in the propagation channel as well as the formation of a thin ion filament along the axis of the channel. Upon exiting the plasma the magnetic field displaces the electrons at the back of the target, generating a quasistatic electric field that accelerates and collimates ions from the filament. Two-dimensional Particle-in-Cell simulations show that a 1 PW laser pulse tightly focused on a near-critical density target is able to accelerate protons up to an energy of 1.3 GeV. Scaling laws and optimal conditions for proton acceleration are established considering the energy depletion of the laser pulse.Comment: 26 pages, 8 figure

Review: Free the Beagle - A Journey to Destinae

A review of Free the Beagle: A Journey to Destinae by Roy H. William

On‐line monitoring and PET imaging of the positron‐emitting activity created in tissue by proton radiotherapy beams

Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/135054/1/mp8193.pd