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Aircraft attitude measurement using a vector magnetometer

The feasibility of a vector magnetometer system was investigated by developing a technique to determine attitude given magnetic field components. Sample calculations are then made using the earth's magnetic field data acquired during actual flight conditions. Results of these calculations are compared graphically with measured attitude data acquired simultaneously with the magnetic data. The role and possible implementation of various reference angles are discussed along with other pertinent considerations. Finally, it is concluded that the earth's magnetic field as measured by modern vector magnetometers can play a significant role in attitude control systems

Vector magnetometer as an attitude determining instrument

The solid state vector magnetometer sensor system is presented for the accuracy and reliability of existing systems, and for providing independent measures of attitude. Since a large number of aircraft heading reference systems depend on measurement of the earth's magnetic field, it can be shown that by substituting a 3-axis magnetometer for the remote sensing unit, both heading and attitude measurement functions can be derived using common elements. Sample calculations are made using the earth's magnetic field data acquired during actual flight conditions

A Study of Perceptions Regarding the Changing Roles, Skills, and Effectiveness of Human Resource Functions in Healthcare

Current research clearly states that human resource practice can be a value-added function in an organization. Paradoxically, however, the value of many human resource (HR) and organization departments (OD) is often neither clearly defined nor understood, thus contributing to the failure of many senior executives. The initial work on the relationship between a firm’s performance and its human resource practices was conducted by Becker and Huselid (1998). In their study of 740 corporations, they found that firms with the greatest intensity of HR practices that reinforce performance had the highest market value per employee. They argued that HR practices are critical in determining the market value of a corporation and that improved HR practices can lead to a significant increase in the market value of corporations. The purpose of this study, therefore, was to investigate healthcare HR executive and non-HR executives’ perceptions regarding the changing roles, skills and effectiveness of HR departments. More specifically, this study found that HR professionals need to have stronger management and leadership skills, develop a strategic management perspective, remain functionally competent in HR, and develop internal consulting skills. Findings suggest that HR executives perceive themselves to have a higher degree of competency within their individual organizations than in comparison to their non-HR manager (CEO). This suggests that HR leaders believe there to be higher expectations in levels of responsibility for the HR profession as a whole, than from the perceived expectations of their individual managers. In terms of scholarship, this study adds to the growing body of research surrounding strategic healthcare and HR practices by providing evidence of the value that increased HR skill development can have in shaping and reflecting organizational goals

Alien Registration- Dunn, George, Jr. (Auburn, Androscoggin County)

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Inflation and Unemployment In EMU and the United States. ACES Working Papers No. 10, 2008

The original purpose of this paper was to see why the Phillips Curve numbers seem to be so much worse for the EMU countries than the United States since EMU was began operation in 1990. The problem is that there is no evidence of a Phillips curve relationship in EMU or in the United States during this seventeen year period. As can be seen in Figures 1 and 2, it just is not there. In about half the years unemployment and inflation moved in the opposite direction, as Phillips would predict, but in other half of the years they moved in the same direction. This may be a matter of time lags, with unemployment lagging inflation, but it seems clear that the Phillips curve is a poor tool for explaining these year to year outcomes in Europe or the United States

Vote Intent and Beliefs about Democracy in the United States

Democracy is abstract and murky concept. This is particularly apparent in the wide variety of beliefs about democracy held by publics around the globe. Within democracies, political parties often define and name themselves by reference to a particular understanding of democracy. This paper focuses on this partisan division in understanding democracy. We suggest that parties will attract those who share similar beliefs about democracy. Specifically, we look at whether differences in beliefs about democracy predict party support in the United States. Examining the responses of U.S. participants to the fifth wave of the World Values Survey, we find that differences on a number of “essential” aspects of democracy among individuals predict vote intent (and party identification). Those more likely to understand democracy as a form of government that promotes civil liberties and the redistribution of wealth to protect the vulnerable are more likely to vote Democrat. Those who report stronger associations between democracy and both religious interpretation of laws and severe punishment of criminals are more likely to vote Republican. This research reinforces the idea that policy differences between the two main parties in the United States may derive from different understandings of the role of government in society