The Relationship Between Reasoning, And Emotional Intelligence In Social Interaction With Mathematics Achievement

The objectives of this research are to determine the relationship between reasoning, and emotional intelligence in social interaction with mathematics achievement. The survey was conducted at SLTP 5 Yogyakarta, Indonesia with 90 respondents selected by random sampling. The study reveals that there are positive relationship between: (a) reasoning and mathematics achievement; (b) emotional intelligence in social interaction and mathematics achievement. Together, there is a positive relationship between reasoning, and emotional intelligence in the social interaction with mathematics achievement. Key words : Emotional Intelligence, Mathematics Achievemen

Analyzing urban sprawl patterns through fractal geometry: the case of Istanbul metropolitan area

Over the last decade, there has been a rapid increase in the amount of literature on the measurement of urban sprawl. Density gradients, sprawl indexes which are based on a series of measurable indicators and certain simulation techniques are some quantitative approaches used in previous studies. Recently, fractal analysis has been used in analyzing urban areas and a fractal theory of cities has been proposed. This study attempts to measure urban sprawl using a sprawl index and analyses urban form through fractal analysis for characterizing urban sprawl in Istanbul which has not been measured or characterized yet. In this study, measures of sprawl were calculated at each neighborhood level and then integrated within sprawl index through “density” and “proximity” factors. This identifies the pattern of urban sprawl during six periods from 1975 to 2005, and then the urban form of Istanbul is quantified through fractal analysis in given periods in the context of sprawl dynamics. Our findings suggest that the fractal dimension of urban form is positively correlated with the urban sprawl index score when urban growth pattern is more likely “concentrated”. However, a negative relationship has been observed between fractal dimension and sprawl index score when the urban growth pattern changes from the concentrated to the semi-linear form

Book review : Market discipline

Banks and banking

A Qualitative inquiry into the relationship marketing practice of UK insurance brokers.

Significant changes in the UK insurance broking market in recent years have forced insurance brokers to ask: How can we retain our clients? What is the nature of our relationship with our clients? What are the key components in these relationships? How should we manage such relationships? Existing theories in the relationship marketing domain do not provide an answer to these questions. This research aims to form a framework reflecting the nature of broker-client relationship as a development process with key components influencing the quality of relationship attached to each stage of the process. Hence three research objectives are derived: 1) Form a development stage framework reflecting the nature of broker-client relationship; 2) Identify key components influencing relationship quality in each stages of the relationship; and 3) Discuss the model’s implication towards marketing practice. In this research the author takes an interpretivism-constructivist position, by bracketing the author’s value in the interview process, the interviewer (author) constructs the “reality” jointly with the interviewees (broker account executives). The qualitative approach is adopted so that the nature and meaning of broker-client relationships can be investigated in-depth. An abduction analytical approach is taken, which sits between induction and deduction, closer to an inductive perspective. The following data analysis process is then followed: organize data, immerse into data, generate categories and codes, coding data, generate themes, generate frameworks, and search for deviant cases and alternative understandings. Through the analysis of 5 in-depth qualitative interviews, the author reaches the following conclusions: A relationship typically has four stages: initiating, growing, maintaining and terminating. However, a relationship may not necessarily have all four stages, nor might it follow the same sequence. The key components affecting relationship quality in each stage of a relationship varies. In the initiating stage, the most critical components are trustworthiness, professionalism and communication. In the growing stage, they are trustworthiness, commitment, professionalism and calculative trust. In the maintaining stage, the most critical components are heuristic trust, communication, dependence, satisfaction and interaction and in the terminating stage, they are trustworthiness, professionalism and communication. The cost of maintaining a relationship increases whilst the relationship becomes closer. Customer’s expectation in a “too close” relationship can be excessively high. From the broker’s perspective, a balance must be maintained between both the total costs (the cost to the company plus social costs to the broker himself/herself) and the total benefits (benefit to the company and the broker himself/herself). The “tipping point” for the broker (the sole agent of the broker company) is the moment when such total costs overweigh total benefits. The above conclusion has three managerial implications for UK insurance brokers: 1) A relationship can be lost at any development stage of a relationship hence broker needs to be prepared to cope with such relationship. 2) Different strategy must be adopted for different stages of relationship. 3) Avoid the pitfalls of being “too close” in a relationship to keep relationship marketing efforts cost effective

Distribution of freshwater fish in the south-western corner of Australia

This study investigates the distribution of freshwater fishes in the Busselton to Walpole Region. A total of 311 sites in 19 major catchments along the south-west coast from Capel to Walpole, were sampled using a variety of methods. New data was collated with that from previous studies to generate 15 species distribution maps. Habitat and life history notes and recommendations for conservation are made for each species. Changes in fish distribution are also commented upon. This study contributes to series of documents published for the purposes of water allocation planning in the Busselton to Walpole Region

Rapid one-step separation and purification of recombinant phenylalanine dehydrogenase in aqueous two-phase systems

Background: Phenylalanine dehydrogenase (PheDH; EC 1.4.1.20) is a NAD +-dependent enzyme that performs the reversible oxidative deamination of L-phenylalanine to phenylpyruvate. It plays an important role in detection and screening of phenylketonuria (PKU) diseases and production of chiral intermediates as well. The main goal of this study was to find a simple and rapid alternative method for purifying PheDH. Methods: The purification of recombinant Bacillus sphaericus PheDH was investigated in polyethylene glycol (PEG) and ammonium sulfate aqueous two-phase systems (ATPS). The influences of system parameters including PEG molecular weight and concentration, pH and (NH4)2SO4 concentration on enzyme partitioning were also studied. The purity of enzyme was analyzed by sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Results: A single extraction process was developed for separation and purification of recombinant PheDH from E. coli BL21 (DE3). The optimized conditions for partitioning and purification of PheDH were 9% (w/w) PEG-6,000 and 16% (w/w) (NH4)2SO4 at pH 8.0. The partition coefficient, recovery, yield, purification factor and specific activity values were achieved 58.7, 135%, 94.42%, 491.93 and 9828.88 U/mg, respectively. Also, the Km values for L-phenylalanine and NAD+ in oxidative deamination were 0.21 and 0.13 mM, respectively. Conclusion: The data presented in this paper demonstrated the potential of ATPS as a versatile and scaleable process for downstream processing of recombinant PheDH

Distribution, identification and biology of freshwater fishes in south-western Australia

A total of 410 sites in the major watersheds in the south-western corner of Australia, bounded by Bunbury in the north-west and just east of Albany in the south-east, were sampled for fish. Sampling of the different sites was carried out using one or more of the following methods, namely seine netting, scoop netting, trapping and electrofishing to catch juvenile and adult fish, and light trapping, scoop netting and haul netting to collect larval fish. The fish caught at each site were identified and the number of each species recorded. These data were then collated, both with those derived from the studies of Christensen (1982) and Jaensch (1992) and with the records of the Western Australian Museum (WAM), to elucidate the distributions of each of the fish species found in freshwater in south-western Australia. The eight species endemic to south-western Australia are Tandanus bostocki, Lepidogalaxias salamandroides, Galaxias occidentalis, Galaxiella nigrostriata, Galaxiella munda, Bostockia porosa, Edelia vittata and Nannatherina baIstoni. The other species found in this region include Galaxias truttaceus and Galaxias maculatus, which are also represented in south-eastern mainland Australia and Tasmania, the anadromous lamprey Geotria australis, and those teleosts which are commonly found in freshwater, but belong to predominantly marine families, i.e. Leptatherina wallacei, Pseudogobius olonum and Afurcagobius suppositus. Finally, there are those species that have been introduced into the region, i.e. Oncorhynchus mykiss, Salmo trutta, Gambusia holbrooki and Perca fluviatilis

Polyinclusive strategies for the development of cities

The defining characteristic of the modern global city today is its excluding character. The city today consists to a large extent of poor people who have been excluded in the process of urban planning and whose right to be a part of the urban process has been largely ignored. Urban development that is geared to the needs of global capital displaces or excludes poor segments of the population and leads to the social and spatial segmentation of the mega-city into citadels and ghettos. This has created a growing disparity between “haves” and “have-nots”, both between and within nations. Globalisation proceeds selectively, including and excluding segments of economies and societies in and out of the networks of information, wealth and power that characterise the new dominant system. In the given perspective this paper attempts: · To analyse the effects of globalisation on urban growth and development in India. · To examine the policy and strategy of urban development during the past two and a half decades, including the organisational structure for managing urban sector schemes and the supporting financing system. · To suggest an integrated strategy for the development of inclusive cities. · To develop a framework of an inclusive, modern and environment friendly city.Inclusive cities;globalisation;Urban planning

Random Surfaces in Three-Dimensional Simplicial Gravity

A model of simplicial quantum gravity in three dimensions is investigated numerically based on the technique of the dynamical triangulation (DT). We are concerned with the surfaces appearing on boundaries (i.e., sections) of three-dimensional DT manifold with $S^{3}$ topology. A new scaling behavior of genus distributions of boundary surfaces is found.Furthermore, these surfaces are compared with the random surfaces generated by the two-dimensional DT method which are well known as a correct discretized method of the two-dimensional quantum gravity.Comment: 12 pages, Latex, 7 Postscript figures, uses psfig.sty and cite.st