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The ILR School at Fifty: Voices of the Faculty, Alumni & Friends (Full Text)
A collection of reflections on the first fifty years of the School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University. Compiled by Robert B. McKersie, J. Gormly Miller, Robert L. Aronson, and Robert R. Julian. Edited by Elaine Gruenfeld Goldberg. It was the hope of the compilers that the reflections contained in this book would both kindle memories of the school and stimulate interest on the part of future generations of ILRies who have not yet shared in its special history.
Dedicated to the Memory of J. Gormly Miller, 1914-1995.
Copyright 1996 by Cornell University. All rights reserved
Water-Deficit Tolerance and Field Performance of Transgenic Alfalfa Overexpressing Superoxide Dismutase
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Interaction between a cationic surfactant-like peptide and lipid vesicles and its relationship to antimicrobial activity
We investigate the properties of an antimicrobial
surfactant-like peptide (Ala)6(Arg), A6R, containing a
cationic headgroup. The interaction of this peptide with
zwitterionic (DPPC) lipid vesicles is investigated using a range of microscopic, X-ray scattering, spectroscopic, and calorimetric methods. The ÎČ-sheet structure adopted by A6R is disrupted in the presence of DPPC. A strong effect on the
small-angle X-ray scattering profile is observed: the Bragg
peaks from the DPPC bilayers in the vesicle walls are
eliminated in the presence of A6R and only bilayer form factor peaks are observed. All of these observations point to the interaction of A6R with DPPC bilayers. These studies provide insight into interactions between a model cationic peptide and vesicles, relevant to understanding the action of antimicrobial peptides on lipid membranes. Notably, peptide A6R exhibits antimicrobial activity without membrane lysis
Qualidade de silagens de hĂbridos de sorgo (Soghum bicolor (L.) Moench) de portes baixo, mĂ©dio e alto com diferentes proporçÔes de colmo+folhas/panĂcula: 1. Avaliação do processo fermentativo
Pay for performance where output is hard to measure: the case of performance pay for school teachers
The introduction of performance-related pay with Performance Management in the state school sector of England and Wales represents a considerable change in the school management system. After 2000, all teachers were subject to annual goal setting performance reviews. Experienced teachers were offered an extended pay scale based on performance instead of seniority, and to gain access to the new upper pay scale, teachers had to go through a âthreshold assessmentâ based on their professional skills and performance. This paper reports the results of a panel survey of classroom and head teachers which started in 2000 just before implementation of the new system, and then after one and after four years of operation. We find that both classroom and head teacher views have changed considerably over time, from initial general skepticism and opposition towards a more positive view, especially among head teachers by 2004. We argue that the adoption of an integrative bargaining approach to performance reviews explains why a growing minority of schools have achieved improved goal setting, and improved pupil attainments as they have implemented performance management. Pay for performance has been one of the measures of organizational support that head teachers could bring to induce changes in teachersâ classroom priorities. We argue that the teachersâ case shows that a wider range of performance incentives than previously thought can be offered to employees in such occupations, provided that goal setting and performance measurement are approached as a form of negotiation instead of top-down
Paperâindustry, local labour market change and housingâThe case of Kuusankoski, Finland 1
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