Approach to the use of EDP in an accounting practice; Computer research studies, 6

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Computer applications to accounting operation; Computer research studies, 3

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Relationships among CPAs, banks and service bureaus; Computer research studies, 4

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Current basic sources of ADP information; Computer research studies, 2

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Software trends;Hardware characteristics; Computer research studies, 5

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Computer survey results;Voluntary comments; Computer research studies, 1

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Flight Crew and Air Traffic Controller Interactions When Conducting Interval Management Utilizing Voice and Controller Pilot Data Link Communications

MITRE conducted this human-in-the-loop research project on Interval Management (IM) Controller Pilot Data Link Communications (CPDLC) to investigate the integration of two advanced Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) capabilities across both the air and ground domains to uncover any complications that could arise from two key capabilities that were developed separately. The simulation study included three levels of IM clearance complexity and looked at aircraft equipped only with voice communication capability and those with both voice and CPDLC. An en route air traffic environment was simulated with 50 percent of aircraft equipped with the IM capability. Results: Most pilots and controllers in the experiment deemed the IM and CPDLC to be compatible, although the controllers seemed to have more difficulty with mixed IM equipped aircraft than with mixed CPDLC equipped aircraft. Concerns were noted for use of IM with voice communications, since the data entry requirement for the flight crew was increased when CPDLC autoload into the FMS was unavailable. Not surprisingly, this was particularly the case with the most complex IM clearances. Application: The results are intended to be used by the FAA as well as EUROCAE and RTCA when developing the technical standards for the interface between the IM and CPDLC equipment. FAA Aviation Safety (AVS) sponsors who develop the regulatory and guidance material for CPDLC and ADS-B are expected to use the results in the development of Advisory Circulars (ACs) and Technical Standard Orders (TSOs) based on the international standards material. Recommendations for consideration by these groups are provided in the Conclusions and Recommendations section of the report

Relationship between household wealth inequality and chronic childhood under-nutrition in Bangladesh

BACKGROUND: Household food insecurity and under-nutrition remain critically important in developing countries struggling to emerge from the scourge of poverty, where historically, improvements in economic conditions have benefited only certain privileged groups, causing growing inequality in health and healthcare among the population. METHODS: Utilizing information from 5,977 children aged 0-59 months included in the 2004 Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey , this study examined the relationship between household wealth inequality and chronic childhood under-nutrition. A child is defined as being chronically undernourished or whose growth rate is adversely stunted, if his or her z-score of height-for-age is more than two standard deviations below the median of international reference. Household wealth status is measured by an established index based on household ownership of durable assets. This study utilized multivariate logistic regressions to estimate the effect of household wealth status on adverse childhood growth rate. RESULTS: The results indicate that children in the poorest 20% of households are more than three time as likely to suffer from adverse growth rate stunting as children from the wealthiest 20% of households (OR=3.6; 95% CI: 3.0, 4.3). The effect of household wealth status remain significantly large when the analysis was adjusted for a child's multiple birth status, age, gender, antenatal care, delivery assistance, birth order, and duration that the child was breastfed; mother's age at childbirth, nutritional status, education; household access to safe drinking water, arsenic in drinking water, access to a hygienic toilet facility, cooking fuel cleanliness, residence, and geographic location (OR=2.4; 95% CI: 1.8, 3.2). CONCLUSION: This study concludes that household wealth inequality is strongly associated with childhood adverse growth rate stunting. Reducing poverty and making services more available and accessible to the poor are essential to improving overall childhood health and nutritional status in Bangladesh