A proposed standard method for measuring low turbidities and a procedure for predicting particle size distribution from light scattering data

Dissertation (Ph.D.)--University of Kansas, Civil Engineering, 1985

Optimizing Genetics Services in a Social, Ethical, and Policy Context: Suggestions from Consumers and Providers in the New England Regional Genetics Group (NERGG) Optimizing Genetics Services in a Social, Ethical, and Policy Context: Suggestions from Consumers and Providers in the New England Regional Genetics Group (NERGG). By Dorothy C. Wertz and Robin Gregg. The Genetic Resource, Special Issue, Volume 10, Number 2, 1996. $10.00.

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CEO Wrongdoing: A Review of Pressure, Opportunity, and Rationalization

Wrongdoing, and specifically that which is committed by top executives, has attracted scholars for decades for a number of reasons. Among them, the consequences of wrongdoing are widespread for organizations and the people in and around them. Due to the vast array of consequences, there continues to be new questions and additional scholarly attempts to uncover why it occurs. In this review, we build upon previous efforts to synthesize the body of literature regarding the antecedents of CEO wrongdoing utilizing a framework that sheds light on the status of the literature and where unanswered questions remain. We apply the Fraud Triangle, a framework drawn from the accounting literature, to derive conclusions about what we know about the pressures faced by CEOs, the opportunities afforded to CEOs to commit wrongdoing, and contributing factors to a CEO's ability to rationalize misbehavior. We organize the literature on these conceptual antecedents of CEO wrongdoing around internal (e.g., compensation structure and organizational culture) and external (e.g., shareholder pressure and social aspirations) forces. In doing so, we integrate findings from a variety of disciplines (i.e., accounting, finance, and sociology) but remain focused on management scholarship since the last review of organizational wrongdoing to provide an updated state of the literature. This review offers a clear framework and a common language;it highlights gaps in the literature and specific directions for future research with the ultimate goal of understanding why CEOs engage in wrongdoing

Regulatory and Governance Impacts on Bank Risk-Taking

Risk in financial institutions is vitally important to regulators, policy makers, investors, and the stability of the financial system, yet some critical aspects of that risk remain poorly understood. In the case of U.S. startup banks, a critical choice that can influence risk-taking behavior is which of three regulators—with varying levels of stringency—to choose. The board of directors of the new bank makes this important decision, which may result in different risk implications, depending on board’s structure. Here, we examine banks’ risk behavior associated with the degree of board independence and the choice of regulator. We find that the regulatory environment and board independence jointly influence new bank risk. Our evidence suggests that the intensity of regulatory scrutiny is a partial substitute for board independence in achieving an optimal level of risk. We discuss the implications of our findings for theory and policy

Interview with Don Hardesty, Louis Jacobi, Marguerite Youngquist, Grace Heim, Edna Lomax, and Louise Lomax

Interviews with Don Hardesty, Louis Jacobi, Marguerite Youngquist, Grace Heim, Edna Lomax, and Louise Lomax containing various songs and folk tales. 00:00:05 - Treatment for rabies 00:04:09 - Introduction, Louis Jacobi of Agra, KS on June 9, 1962 00:04:58 - Song on fiddle, Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight 00:06:07 - Song, Lauderbach 00:07:22 - Song, Miss Brown Reel 00:08:53 - Song, Quadrille 00:10:20 - Song, Polka 00:12:58 - Song, Jenny Lind Polka 00:14:04 - Song, Little Brown Jug 00:14:39 - Song, Quadrille 00:15:52 - Song, Quadrille 00:16:21 - Song, [Name unintelligeble] 00:17:53 - Song, Irish Jig 00:21:30 - Song, The Girl I Left Behind Me 00:22:26 - Song, Swiss Tune 00:22:50 - Song, Quadrille 00:24:19 - Song, A Glide 00:25:10 - Song, Schottisch 00:26:46 - Song, A Pretty Tune 00:27:53 - Song, Unidentified 00:28:47 - Song, The Redwing 00:30:09 - Song, Unidentified 00:30:55 - Song, Unidentified 00:31:50 - Introduction, Marguerite Youngquist of Kensington, KS on June 10, 1962 00:32:07 - Song, Sweet Rosie O\u27Grady 00:32:35 - Introduction, Grace Heim of Oklahoma City, OK on June 16, 1962 in Franklin, Nebraska 00:33:10 - Ghost Story, Do You Want To Shave? 00:36:09 - Ghost Story, Thump, Thump, Thump 00:39:43 - Poem, Monkey\u27s Disgrace 00:40:59 - Song, Baby Bye, Here\u27s a Fly 00:41:52 - Song, I\u27m a Man 00:43:26 - Introduction, Marguerite Youngquist of Kensington, KS, on June 20, 1962 00:43:56 - Song, A Man Named Birch 00:45:14 - Introduction, Edna and Louise Lomax of Modoc, KS on April 20, 1962 00:46:07 - Song, Unidentified 00:47:06 - Song, Unidentified 00:47:55 - Song, Unidentified 00:50:23 - Song, Skip To My Lou 00:52:23 - Song, Unidentified 00:55:34 - Song, Wayne County Bachelor 00:58:45 - Song, Unidentified 01:01:10 - Song, Unidentified 01:03:51 - Song, Unidentified 01:06:39 - Song, Unidentifiedhttps://scholars.fhsu.edu/sackett/1058/thumbnail.jp

Antecedents of New Director Social Capital

Prior research shows that firms benefit from the social capital of their boards of directors but has not explored the antecedents of new director social capital. We argue that firms can attract directors with social capital by offering more compensation. We also argue that more complex firms (firms with a greater scale and scope of operations) are more attractive to such directors because of the greater experience and exposure that such directorships provide. Similarly, we argue that firms with high-status directors on their current boards will be more attractive to directors with social capital. We analyse the social capital of new outside directors added to boards of semiconductor firms between 1993 and 2007. Surprisingly, we find no support for the hypothesis that higher compensation is associated with adding directors with high status or board ties. However, firm complexity is associated with the ability to add new directors who have social capital, and the status of current board members is associated with the ability to add new directors who also have high status

Bank Privatization in Hungary and the Magyar Kulkereskedelmi Bank Transaction

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Microscopic Calculation of the Constitutive Relations

Homogenization theory is used to calculate the macroscopic dielectric constant from the quantum microscopic dielectric function in a periodic medium. The method can be used to calculate any macroscopic constitutive relation, but it is illustrated here for the case of electrodynamics of matter. The so-called cell problem of homogenization theory is solved and an explicit expression is given for the macroscopic dielectric constant in a form akin to the Clausius-Mossotti or Lorentz-Lorenz relation. The validity of this expression is checked by showing that the macroscopic dielectric constant is causal and has the expected symmetry properties, and that the average of the microscopic energy density is the macroscopic one. Finally, the general expression is applied to Bloch eigenstates. Finally, the corresponding many-body problem is briefly discussed.Comment: 14 pages, 2 figure