34 research outputs found
China Miracle Or Mirage
For centuries China has been seen as a backward country. It was dominated by the European powers and, since the middle of the last century, by a very doctrinaire communist government. However, in the last 10 15 years China has emerged as an economic giant with an economy growing at 10% + per annum operating in a decidedly capitalistic fashion. Thus, we have the paradox of an anti communistic economic system operating under an anti capitalistic political system. The question for the future is whether this economic miracle will continue into the 21stcentury or is it but a temporary mirage and China will revert back to its previous secondary role on the worlds stage
Globalization, Free Trade, And Outsourcing: A College Students Perspective - Part III
As globalization becomes a growing factor in the US business world, it is important to understand what college students know and think about the subject. In the beginning of 2008, a survey was undertaken among a convenient and disperse group of students. The survey was conducted in NY and Connecticut among undergraduate and graduate students. The survey results were presented at Thirty Fifth Northeast Business & Economic Association conference in November 2008. Between the time that the first survey was taken and the second, there have been seismic changes in the US. Then the elected president was George W. Bush, a Republican, and today the president elect is Barak H. Obama, a Democrat. The Republicans, in general, and President Bush, in particular, were “internationalists” and strong advocates of free trade. The Democratic party philosophy was more domestically-oriented being anti-free trade, in general, and NAFTA, in particular. Additionally, the economic situation was perceptually better then than now. These changes were reflected in the attitudes of the college students that were surveyed. In 2009, the survey was repeated. After a devastating economic decline worldwide with millions of jobs lost in the US, the attitudes of college students in NY were again surveyed to measure any impact on their attitudes on globalization
Globalization: The Changing Views Of American College Students (2007 2010)
The attitudes of college students toward globalization and outsourcing are an important indicator of future leaders positions. Surveys conducted over the last four years provide an insight into the current situation and changes in attitudes over time. Today, there is a great deal (over 50%) of concern among college students about the positive value of globalization and support for laws to outlaw outsourcing. This is a reflection of the current economic situation and might change. With a large (82%) percentage of students still believing that the U.S. should embrace globalization, the future situation is yet to be determined
The 30/20 GHz fixed communications systems service demand assessment. Volume 3: Annex
A review of studies forecasting the communication market in the United States is given. The applicability of these forecasts to assessment of demand for the 30/20 GHz fixed communications system is analyzed. Costs for the 30/20 satellite trunking systems are presented and compared with the cost of terrestrial communications
The 30/20 GHz fixed communications systems service demand assessment. Volume 2: Main report
A forecast of demand for telecommunications services through the year 2000 is presented with particular reference to demand for satellite communications. Estimates of demand are provided for voice, video, and data services and for various subcategories of these services. The results are converted to a common digital measure in terms of terabits per year and aggregated to obtain total demand projections
The 30/20 GHz fixed communications systems service demand assessment. Volume 1: Executive summary
Demand for telecommunications services is forecasted for the period 1980-2000, with particular reference to that portion of the demand associated with satellite communications. Overall demand for telecommunications is predicted to increase by a factor of five over the period studied and the satellite portion of demand will increase even more rapidly. Traffic demand is separately estimated for voice, video, and data services and is also described as a function of distance traveled and city size. The satellite component of projected demand is compared with the capacity available in the C and Ku satellite bands and it is projected that new satellite technology and the implementation of Ka band transmission will be needed in the decade of the 1990's
Dinoflagellate blooms and physical systems in the Gulf of Maine
Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution May 1990Numerous studies have shown dinoflagellate blooms to be
closely related to density discontinuities and fronts in the ocean. The
spatial and temporal patterns of the dinoflagellate population
depend on the predominant mode of physical forcing, and its scales
of variability. The present study combined field sampling of
hydrographic and biological variables to examine the relationship of
dinoflagellate population distributions to physical factors along the
southwestern cost of the Gulf of Maine.
A bloom of Ceratium longipes occurred along this coast during
the month of June, 1987. A simple model which coupled along-isopycnal
diffusion with the logistic growth equation suggested that
the cells had a growth rate of about 0.1 d-1 , and had reached a
steady horizontal across-shelf distribution within about 10 d.
Fur~her variations in population density appeared to be related to
fluctuations of light with periods of -10 d. To our knowledge, this
was the first use of this simple diffusion model as a diagnostic tool
for quantifying parameters describing the growth and movement of
a specific phytoplankton population.
Blooms of the toxic dinoflagellate, Alexandrium tamarense
have been nearly annual features along the coasts of southern
Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts since 1972; however the
mechanisms controlling the distribution of cells and concomitant
shellfish toxicity are relatively poorly understood. Analysis of field
data gathered from April to September, 1987-1989, showed that in
two years when toxicity was detected in the southern part of this
region, A. tamarense cells were apparently transported into the
study area between Portsmouth and Cape Ann, Massachusetts, in a
coastally trapped buoyant plume. This plume appears to have been
formed off Maine by the outflow from the Androscoggin and Kennebec Rivers. Flow rates of these rivers, hydrographic sections,
and satellite images suggest that the plume had a duration of about
a month, and extended alongshore for several hundred kilometers.
The distribution of cells followed the position of the plume as it was
influenced by wind and topography. Thus when winds were
downwelling-favourable, cells were moved alongshore to the south,
and were held to the coast; when winds were upwelling-favourable,
the plume sometimes separated from the coast, advecting the cells
offshore.
The alongshore advection of toxic cells within a coastally
trapped buoyant plume can explain the temporal and spatial
patterns of shellfish toxicity along the coast. The general observation
of a north-to-south temporal trend of toxicity is consistent with the
southward advection of the plume. In 1987 when no plume was
present, Alexandrium tamarense cells were scarce, and no toxicity
was recorded at the southern stations. A hypothesis was formulated
explaining the development and spread of toxic dinoflagellate
blooms in this region. This plume-advection hypothesis included:
source A. tamarense populations in the north, possibly associated
with the Androscoggin and Kennebec estuaries; a relationship
between toxicity patterns and river flow volume and timing of flow
peaks; and a relationship between wind stresses and the distribution
of low salinity water and cells. Predictions of the plume-advection hypothesis were tested
with historical records of shellfish toxicity, wind speed and direction,
and river flow. The predictions tested included the north-south
progression of toxic outbreaks, the occurrence of a peak in river flow
prior to the PSP events, the relationship of transit time of PSP
toxicity along the coast with river flow volume, and the influence of
surface wind stress on the timing and location of shellfish toxicity.
All the predictions tested were supported by the historical records.
In addition it was found that the plume-advection hypothesis
explains many details of the timing and spread of shellfish toxicity,
including the sporadic nature of toxic outbreaks south of
Massachusetts Bay, and the apparently rare occurrence of toxicity
well offshore on Nantucket Shoals and Georges Bank.This research was supported by
ONR contract N00014-87-K-0007 and ONR grant N00014-89-J-111
to Donald M. Anderson, and NOAA Office of Sea Grant contract
NA86AA-D-SG090
Discovery of Isotopes of the Transuranium Elements with 93 <= Z <= 98
One hundred and five isotopes of the transuranium elements neptunium,
plutonium, americium, curium, berkelium and californium have so far been
observed; the discovery of these isotopes is discussed. For each isotope a
brief summary of the first refereed publication, including the production and
identification method, is presented.Comment: To be published in Atomic Data and Nuclear Data Table
Lavoisier und seine Vorläufer : eine historisch-kritische Studie
von Max SpeterVollst. zugl.: Berlin, Univ., Diss., 191