Judge E. P. Oliphant

"This brief biography of Judge E. P. Oliphant and extracts from his journal throw much light on the times and influences operating in the Pacific Northwest during the American Civil War.

Money stock control and its implications for monetary policy

Monetary policy ; Money supply

STEAMED: EXAMINATIONS OF POWER STRUGGLES ON THE VALUE FORUM

This study examines Valve Corporation’s Steam gaming forum to understand how members constitute meaning and overcome perceived system abuses. By going outside the system, into what could be called the meta-system, users augment their power within a Steam’s structure where they are in a lower power position. Using qualitative analysis and structurating activity theory as a sensemaking mechanism, two incidents involving developer-user conflict were analyzed. The examination found how users were incorporating outside systems into Steam to create a system network they could use against developers. Also, several instances of systemic contradiction were found and defined. This paper expands upon structurating activity theory and gives indications for future research

Dependences of the Casimir-Polder interaction between an atom and a cavity wall on atomic and material properties

The Casimir-Polder and van der Waals interactions between an atom and a flat cavity wall are investigated under the influence of real conditions including the dynamic polarizability of the atom, actual conductivity of the wall material and nonzero temperature of the wall. The cases of different atoms near metal and dielectric walls are considered. It is shown that to obtain accurate results for the atom-wall interaction at short separations, one should use the complete tabulated optical data for the complex refractive index of the wall material and the accurate dynamic polarizability of an atom. At relatively large separations in the case of a metal wall, one may use the plasma model dielectric function to describe the dielectric properties of wall material. The obtained results are important for the theoretical interpretation of experiments on quantum reflection and Bose-Einstein condensation.Comment: 5 pages, 1 figure, iopart.cls is used, to appear in J. Phys. A (special issue: Proceedings of QFEXT05, Barcelona, Sept. 5-9, 2005

The Importance Of Culture Change And Change Management In Successful Implementation Of Sap Enterprise Resource Planning Systems

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) has enabled organizations to connect vendors, the organization, and customers in an almost seamless manner with real-time accurate communication and information. In an increasingly competitive environment, businesses are looking for ways to become more competitive within their marketplace. Many are turning to ERP solutions to facilitate multiple competitive priorities to stand above competing businesses or to create a new competitive advantage. Critical success factors and change management are the primary vehicles for the achievement of success in the adoption of these systems. This research studies how change management becomes a significant link to successful ERP implementation

Judge E. P. Oliphant

"This brief biography of Judge E. P. Oliphant and extracts from his journal throw much light on the times and influences operating in the Pacific Northwest during the American Civil War.

Absorption spectrum in the wings of the potassium second resonance doublet broadened by helium

We have measured the reduced absorption coefficients occurring in the wings of the potassium 4S-5P doublet lines at 404.414 nm and at 404.720 nm broadened by helium gas at pressures of several hundred Torr. At the experimental temperature of 900 K, we have detected a shoulder-like broadening feature on the blue wing of the doublet which is relatively flat between 401.8 nm and 402.8 nm and which drops off rapidly for shorter wavelengths, corresponding to absorption from the X doublet Sigma+ state to the C doublet Sigma+ state of the K-He quasimolecule. The accurate measurements of the line profiles in the present work will sharply constrain future calculations of potential energy surfaces and transition dipole moments correlating to the asymptotes He-K(5p), He-K(5s), and He-K(3d).Comment: 2 figure