Assessing the impact of monetary tightening : a sectoral analysis of the UK and Scottish economies

The Bank of England has increased interest rates by one quarter of a percentage point on three occasions since last summer, in August and November of 2006 and in January of 2007. January‟s increase in the base rate to 5.25% surprised many analysts, most of whom had expected the decision to be delayed until February. Although rates were kept on hold in February and March, most commentators are expecting a further increase in April or May

An Electromyographic Study of the Effects of Plyometric Training Shoes on the Lower Extremity

Background and Purpose: Plyometric shoes have recently been introduced as an effective training tool to enhance several aspect of an athlete\u27s ability, including vertical jump. The SkyFlex® system utilizes plyomteric training shoes in conjuction with plyometric exercises and drills to achieve maximum athletic performance. There is currently limited research to validate the manufacturer\u27s claims of increasing vertical jump. The purpose of this study is twofold: l)To describe muscle activity during walking and jumping while wearing traditional athletic shoes and plyometric training shoes. 2)To measure the vertical jump of subjects trained with plyometric training shoes and a control group of subjects trained with traditional athletic shoes. Methods: l)Ten male subjects participated in lower extremity EMG analysis while walking and jumping with plyometric and traditional athletic shoes. The EMG data was analyzed for each muscle tested. 2)Thirty male subjects participated in a four week plyometric training program, one group training with plyometric and the other with traditional athletic shoes. Their vertical jump height was measured initially and then at the end of each week. A paired samples t-test and ANCOVA was used to analyze the data. Results: l)A significant increase in EMG activity was found in the anterior tibialis and the gastrocnemius during walking when wearing SkyFlex® shoes as compared to traditional shoes. No significant increase was noted during vertical jump. 2)The SkyFlex® training group did not demonstrate a more significant increase in vertical jump height as compared to the traditional athletic shoe group (p\u3c.05). Conclusion: The SkyFlex® plyometric shoe is no more effective in increasing vertical jump height than traditional plyometric training programs

Great Library of Alexandria

Though it was Alexandria's lighthouse at Pharos that was counted among the Seven Wonders of the World, Alexandria was a city in which wonders abounded. Perhaps most notable among these wonders was the Great Library of Alexandria (hereinafter Great Library or Library), an institution which has assumed legendary proportions in the mythos of western civilization. However, institutions which assume mythological proportions are often obscured by the very legends they generate. While the Great Library’s cultural and intellectual achievements resonate to this day, many do not, indeed cannot discern the true nature and history of the Great Library from the fog of legend that surrounds it. Was the Great Library, in fact, even a library? Was it a library in the modern professional sense of the word, or was it something else; a kind of proto-library containing a large collection of texts, for example. In order to explore these questions, and to bring clarity to the topic of the Great Library, this paper will examine the founding and history of the Great Library, which will illustrate its purpose and philosophy, and then will then analyze the Great Library according to established library criteria. Section I will provide an overview of the founding, intellectual achievements and fall of the Great Library. Section II will examine the characteristics of the Great Library according to modern professional criteria. While Section II will provide a deeper analysis, in short, the Great Library of Alexandria exhibits all the characteristics distinctive to the modern requirements of a library

Material Ecocriticism: Dirt, Waste, Bodies, Food, and other Matter

Chunks of walls and flooring crash in mangled heaps as an enormous orange crane smashes apart the science building. Fueled in part by energy funds, Trinity University is updating its campus. Several hundred feet away, purple martins swoop down to feed squawking chicks nestled in white plastic gourds dangling from an angular metallic pole. In the university\u27s community garden, ripe tomatoes are going to waste. Beyond the demolition site, a grackle lands on the neatly mown grass, where he puffs up and struts while other grackles watch him

MGMT 110: Pre and Post Module Standards Quiz

Pre and Post module standards quiz for MGMT 110: Introduction to Management and Information Studies. Offered Fall 2021

Survey Protocols to Examine Business Students’ Workplace Information Use During Internships and Co-ops

This document contains a survey protocol created in 2021 to study the information literacy experiences and needs of business student experiences during internships and co-ops

Examining business students’ workplace information use during internships and co-ops

Information literacy is essential for business students as they prepare for the workplace they will enter after leaving the university. Prior to graduation, students must also prepare for the information needs they will experience during internships and co-ops. To optimize instruction and teach students the information literacy skills they will need on-the-job, librarians need to understand what information sources employers require students to use during internship/co-op experiences and in what ways. In this study we surveyed business students and alumni at a large Midwestern university who had completed an internship or co-op regarding their information use during these workplace experiences