Analysis of Selected Basis Relationships for Spring Wheat

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New way to be a chair via distributed shared model

Being a chair in today\u27s higher education is more stressful due to various issues related to enrollment, administration demands, and limited and shrinking resources. Chairs have to manage and juggle demands from all stakeholders including students, faculty, staff, and administration. This presentation is about how to meet these challenges by creating a shared management system that enables and empowers faculty in the department by giving them portfolios. This model moves away from chair centric model that one person holds all decision making power by controlling resources. Since my department moved to shared distributed chair model, the department productivity is higher than ever. This presentation will share this journey and how one can make such a model work

Hunter Activities, Conflicts, and Opinions Following Implementation of a Controlled Waterfowl Hunting Program on the Rend Lake Public Hunting Area in 1995-96

Waterfowl Program Periodic Report no. 90Report issued on: 2 December 199

An analysis of the relationships between selected variables and the adoption and diffusion of computers for instructional purposes among community college faculty

The adoption of computers by faculty for instructional purposes depends on a universe of variables which either facilitate or hinder the change process. This study surveyed 305 community college faculty in order to examine the relationships between the intensity of adoption and perceived faculty barriers to the adoption of computers. The perceived barriers examined were (1) administrative support for educational computing, (2) the institution\u27s economic climate, (3) the complexity of computers, and (4) the attitudes of faculty towards the use of computers. The variables of age and sex (gender) were also examined for relationships to the areas of adoption and perceived barriers;It was concluded that no significant relationships existed between the degree of computer adoption for instructional purposes and the perceived barriers. No significant relationships were found between age and the degree of adoption or the perceived barriers. Significant differences did exist between sex and the degree of computer adoption. However, no significant relationships were found between sex (gender) and the perceived adoption barriers

Paper Session II-A - ISSA Concept of Operation and Utilization

At the time that NASA decided to redesign the Space Station and identified Boeing as the Prime Integration Contractor, a new approach oriented toward operations and science utilization was introduced into the process of defining and documenting the design of what would become the International Space Station Alpha (ISS A). This paper provides a brief history of studies that contributed to the evolution of the operation and utilization concept of the Space Station Freedom Program to the current ISSA concept. Emphasis is placed on the importance of defining and documenting a concise concept of operation for the ISSA prior to the design phase. This paper focuses on the use of that documented Concept of Operation and Utilization as the most significant driver for ISSA design specifications. An example is presented of a payload-related need documented in the Concept of Operation and Utilization and subsequently developed into a program detailed design. A brief view of future challenges concludes the operations and utilization perspective of ISSA

A vector error correction forecasting model of the U.S. economy

Any research or policy analysis in economics must be consistent with the time-series properties of observed macroeconomic data. Numerous previous studies of such time series reinforce the need to specify correctly a model's multivariate stochastic structure. This paper discusses in detail the speciation of a vector error correction forecasting model that is anchored by long-run equilibrium relationships suggested by economic theory. The model includes six variables - the CPI, the implicit price deflator for GDP, real money balances (MI), the federal funds rate, the yield on long-term (10-year) government bonds, and real GDP - and four cointegrating vectors. Model forecasts during the 1990's are compared to those made by the Federal Reserve and by private forecasters.Forecasting ; Econometric models

A Method for Broad-Scale Environmental Evaluation as Applied in an Environmental Analysis of Central Ohio

Author Institution: Ohio Biological SurveyA general but comprehensive environmental analysis of the environmental resources of a large region may be conducted utilizing an analysis/index matrix and maps of the analyzed resources. This methodology, previously applied to the 10,976 square mile Central Ohio Water Development Region, incorporates ecologically sound data in a format intelligible to decision makers. Resource maps of the region were completed with features rated, where possible, according to relative significance. Two gridded, summary, composite maps, one for natural components and one for human components, were then compiled. Each grid cell on the natural composite map indexes the significant features in that cell and the land use analog of the ecological serai stage (one of four categories) predominant in that cell. The analog is a comprehensive indicator of the relative degree of natural ecological integrity in the cell. Each grid cell on the human composite map indexes the significant features in that cell and the fair market land value category (one of four categories) predominant in the cell. The land value category is a comprehensive indicator of the human value attributed to that area. The two values for each grid cell on both composite maps are inserted into an analysis/index matrix to yield one of three final analysis/index values. These values, one from a natural perspective and one from a human perspective, indicate areas of overall, relative environmental importance. The natural and the human composite maps may be combined to indicate the areas of potential conflict and tradeoff between these two value systems

TB170: The Flora and Plant Communities of Maine Peatlands

The objectives of this study are (1) to classify and describe the plant communities of Maine peatlands, (2 ) to demonstrate the relationships between the communities, (3) to characterize the communities in terms of physical and chemical variables, (4) to show the geographic distribution of the communities, (5) to investigate the relationships between plant communities and peatland geomorphic/hydrologic types, (6) to report the areal cover of vegetation cover-types (aggregated communities ) for individual peatlands, and (7) to document the flora of Maine\u27s peatlands, including vascular plants, bryophytes, and lichens.https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/aes_techbulletin/1046/thumbnail.jp