242 research outputs found
The Influence of Social Networking Technology in an Engineering Organization
Computer facilitated Social Networking (SN) is becoming more prevalent in our society, both in our personal and professional lives. As its use grows, there is a desire to determine how it will impact an organization. If it can positively impact an organization then it is an initiative that could be embraced and leveraged for any number of business related activities from marketing to engineering. This project develops and implements a social networking treatment for an engineering organization in order to determine how it impacts the responsiveness and performance of the organization. The treatment includes an online tool, a training package, and organizational support throughout the study. The analysis of the data showed that, within the scope of this study, when an organization is provided with a social networking program and associated training and resource allocation there is no apparent impact on the organization. The tool was not used enough to itself have a significant impact on the organization however, subtle changes in the organization as a result of the overall treatment process are noticeable. Some factors that may have impacted the results were a lack of usefulness of the SN tool, the adequacy of the training was insufficient, and participants didn\u27t see the instilled benefit in using the SN tool. This paper presents the methodology, results, conclusions, and courses of action for follow up research
Economic Problems of Florida Governors, 1700-1763
Many problems plagued the eighteenth-century Florida governor, but none vexed him more than the economic plight of his settlement. Florida was a poverty-stricken military outpost of the Spanish Empire on the northeastern fringe of New Spain. It was unable to sustain itself with mining or agricultural enterprises and was wholly dependent upon outside aid for its existence. Want, misery, and destitution were the lot of the soldiers and their families living in this unpopular community. Securing money and supplies for them was the governor’s greatest single responsibility; no colonial question received his more devoted attention
Influence of Gibberellic Acid and Indole-3-Acetic Acid on the Morphology and Population Dynamics of Eudorina elegans
Assuming optical density to be a function of population density, colorimetric techniques were used to determine the effects of two growth regulator substances, indole-3-acetic acid and gibberellic acid, on the morphology and population dynamics of Eudorina elegans. A tube of culture medium without organisms was used as a reference point to calibrate the colorimeter. Chemically-treated cultures and soil-water control cultures were compared to the reference reading and growth curves were plotted. Colony counts were made at the termination of the experiment and comparisons were made with the colorimeter readings. Results demonstrated gibberellic acid to be a promoter of cell division and/or growth in concentrations below 75 ppm and to be inhibitory at concentrations of 75 ppm and above. Indole-3-acetic acid produced little effect on populations at low concentrations and was strongly inhibitory above concentrations of 5 ppm
Reviews - Vistas of Science Books
The National Science Teachers Association has conceived and developed the Vistas of Science series. In so doing, NSTA advances its own central purpose: improvement of the teaching of science. In addition, Vistas books provide scientific background for those who would be well-informed, responsible citizens
Optimal compression of constrained quantum time evolution
The time evolution of quantum many-body systems is one of the most promising
applications for near-term quantum computers. However, the utility of current
quantum devices is strongly hampered by the proliferation of hardware errors.
The minimization of the circuit depth for a given quantum algorithm is
therefore highly desirable, since shallow circuits generally are less
vulnerable to decoherence. Recently, it was shown that variational circuits are
a promising approach to outperform current state-of-the-art methods such as
Trotter decomposition, although the optimal choice of parameters is a
computationally demanding task. In this work, we demonstrate a simplification
of the variational optimization of circuits implementing the time evolution
operator of local Hamiltonians by directly encoding constraints of the physical
system under consideration. We study the expressibility of such constrained
variational circuits for different models and constraints. Our results show
that the encoding of constraints allows a reduction of optimization cost by
more than one order of magnitude and scalability to arbitrary large system
sizes, without loosing accuracy in most systems. Furthermore, we discuss the
exceptions in locally-constrained systems and provide an explanation by means
of an restricted lightcone width after incorporating the constraints into the
circuits.Comment: 16 pages, 17 figure
Review - Laboratory Manual, Basic Life Science
High schools and colleges alike are challenged again to review course content in Life Sciences in light of this forward looking science course at the junior high school level. This manual synthesizes traditional and experimental life science activities into 31 functional laboratory activities
Reviews - \u3ci\u3eLibrary Material for Elementary Science\u3c/i\u3e
A 68 page bulletin including a list of selected books for use in elementary science as general reading and as references
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