A study to determine entry-level characteristics of prospective employees for business office positions ...

The findings of the study indicate that characteristics germane to current curricular offerings are important for entry-level task performance. These characteristics include accounting principles, analytical skills, human relation skills, and oral and written communication skills. However, the findings indicate that additional characteristics that relate to systems are also important for entry-level task performance. These characteristics include foundations in systems concepts and terminology, planning skills, data collection and analysis skills, and skills in the cost analysis of alternatives.Personal and work characteristics necessary for success as an entry-level employee in businesses which use systems planning and controlling in their approaches to organization and management were investigated in this study. The purpose of the study was to synthesize the judgments of supervisors employed in systems oriented business organizations to determine the importance of selected personal and work characteristics to task performance. The study also attempted to draw implications from the findings for future curriculum development in office education programs.Management theory is a dynamic discipline which changes as technology, institutions, and people change. One change in the theory of management is the systems concept. Today systems theory has become widely used as a tool for management. Literature and research indicate a need for educators to be apprised of the changes occurring in office situations. Studies also indicate that business education and office administration curricula should reflect the increased application of systems theory in business organizations

EC1461 Questions and answers Regarding Bacillary White Diarrhea

Extension circular 1461 is about Bacillary white Diarrhea and the effect it has on poultry

Mechanisms of fragmentation of Al-W granular composites under dynamic loading

Numerical simulations of Aluminum (Al) and Tungsten (W) granular composite rings under various dynamic loading conditions caused by explosive loading were examined. Three competing mechanisms of fragmentation were observed: a continuum level mechanism generating large macrocracks described by the Grady-Kipp fragmentation mechanism, a mesoscale mechanism generating voids and microcracks near the initially unbonded Al/W interfaces due to tensile strains, and a mesoscale jetting due to the development of large velocity gradients between the W particles and adjacent Al. These mesoscale mechanisms can be used to tailor the size of the fragments by selecting an appropriate initial mesostructure for a given loading condition.Comment: 10 pages, 3 figures, submitted to AP

Development of an Experiment of Opportunity Test Payload for the Space Transportation System

This paper describes a means for flying existing Sounding Rocket payloads aboard the Space Shuttle by developing small experiment carriers which become detached from the orbiter and are later retrieved and reused. An effort is underway at the Goddard Space Flight Center to develop such a carrier which would be flown as an Experiment of Opportunity Payload (EOP). The activity is viewed as a feasibility test, and success will encourage the construction of similar packages for additional sounding rocket experiments, for eventual evolution of pointed sounding rocket experiments into the Space Shuttle

Collected Observations Pertaining to Hog Cholera

This bulletin reports on the following: (1) the possible role of Salmonella suipestifer in failed vaccinations (vaccination breaks); (2) excessive serum dosages as a cause of vaccination breaks; (3) experiments with crystal-violet hog cholera vaccine and (4) hog cholera vaccine of tissue origin, and (5) phenolized hog cholera virus as a possible vehicle for pathogenic contaminants

Potential Predation On Fish Eggs By The Lobate Ctenophore Mnemiopsis-Leidyi Within And Outside The Chesapeake Bay Plume

In Chesapeake Bay in June, the predatory lobate ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi and the eggs of the bay anchovy Anchoa mitchilli typically reach seasonal and localized abundance together. When examined at small vertical (1-3m), horizontal (10-50m), and temporal (6-hour) scales, the co-occurrence of M. leidyi and fish eggs (32.3-74.2% of which were A. mitchilli) was greatest in the northern reaches of the mouth of Chesapeake Bay, where the water column was stratified. Stratification to the south was effected by the Chesapeake Bay plume. With estimates of ctenophore clearance rate reported elsewhere and observed densities of ctenophores and fish eggs, potential predation was judged to be greatest in the northern reaches of the Bay mouth. The observation that co-occurrence and potential predation are greatest in areas where Chesapeake Bay water mixes with coastal shelf water implies that those fishes that spawn in low-salinity surface waters of well-stratified water columns may afford protection of their eggs from ctenophore predation

Questioning Classic Patient Classification Techniques in Gait Rehabilitation: Insights from Wearable Haptic Technology

Classifying stroke survivors based on their walking abilities is an important part of the gait rehabilitation process. It can act as powerful indicator of function and prognosis in both the early days after a stroke and long after a survivor receives rehabilitation. This classification often relies solely on walking speed; a quick and easy measure, with only a stopwatch needed. However, walking speed may not be the most accurate way of judging individual’s walking ability. Advances in technology mean we are now in a position where ubiquitous and wearable technologies can be used to elicit much richer measures to characterise gait. In this paper we present a case study from one of our studies, where within a homogenous group of stroke survivors (based on walking speed classification) important differences in individual results and the way they responded to rhythmic haptic cueing were identified during the piloting of a novel gait rehabilitation technique