Building a high-quality workforce : the Federal Career Intern Program /

"A report to the President and the Congress of the United States by the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board."

Department of Energy's civilian Nuclear Waste Program : hearing before the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, United States Senate, One Hundred Second Congress ....

Shipping list no.: 91-436-P (pt. [1]).

The JOBS evaluation : early lessons from seven sites /

"December 1994"--P.i.

Intermittent and flexible work schedules and welfare mothers' employment : phase 2 /

Enrollees chosen for the project were mainly from WIN (Work Incentive Program).

Royalty Management Program : hearing before the Committee on Mineral Resources Development and Production of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, United States Senate, One Hundredth Congress, second session ....

"July 12, 1988" -- pt.2.

Investing in innovation /

Mode of access: Internet.

Department of Defense authorization for appropriations for fiscal years 1990 and 1991 : hearings before the Committee on Armed Services, United States Senate, One Hundred First Congress, first session, on S. 1085 ...

Item 1034-A, 1034-B (MF).

Wild turkey harvest management : biology, strategies, and techniques /

"April 2000."

Reflecting on ethical and legal issues in wildlife disease

Disease in wildlife raises a number of issues that have not been widely considered in the bioethical literature. However, wildlife disease has major implications for human welfare. The majority of emerging human infectious diseases are zoonotic: that is, they occur in humans by cross-species transmission from animal hosts. Managing these diseases often involves balancing concerns with human health against animal welfare and conservation concerns. Many infectious diseases of domestic animals are shared with wild animals, although it is often unclear whether the infection spills over from wild animals to domestic animals or vice versa. Culling is the standard means of managing such diseases, bringing economic considerations, animal welfare and conservation into conflict. Infectious diseases are also major threatening processes in conservation biology and their appropriate management by culling, vaccination or treatment raises substantial animal ethics issues. One particular issue of great significance in Australia is an ongoing research program to develop genetically modified pathogens to control vertebrate pests including rabbits, foxes and house mice. Release of any self-replicating GMO vertebrate pathogen gives rise to a whole series of ethical questions. We briefly review current Australian legal responses to these problems. Finally, we present two unresolved problems of general importance that are exemplified by wildlife disease. First, to what extent can or should 'bioethics' be broadened beyond direct concerns with human welfare to animal welfare and environmental welfare? Second, how should the irreducible uncertainty of ecological systems be accounted for in ethical decision making?

Hardware gimmick or cultural innovation? Technological, cultural, and social foundations of the Japanese video game industry

This paper examines the role of creative resources in the emergence of the Japanese video game industry. We argue that creative resources nurtured by popular cartoons and animation sector, combined with technological knowledge accumulated in the consumer electronics industry, facilitated the emergence of successful video game industry in Japan. First we trace the development of the industry from its origin to the rise of platform developers and software publishers. Then, knowledge and creative foundations that influenced the developmental trajectory of this industry are analyzed, with links to consumer electronics and in regards to cartoons and animation industry.

A comparison of U.S. and Japanese management systems and their transferability to Singapore industry

This research compares U.S. and Japanese management systems and evaluates their transferability to the Singaporean manufacturing industry. The objectives were:- a) To determine the effectiveness of U.S. and Japanese management systems when applied to Singapore. b) Determine the extent of transferability of U.S. and Japanese management systems to Singapore. c) Survey general problems ecountered in the application of U.S. and Japanese management systems to the Singapore industry. The study using questionnaire survey and interviews covered a total of eighty companies from four groups of firms in four industrial sectors comprising of U.S. and Japanese subsidiaries based in Singapore and their respective parent companies. Data from the questionnaires and interviews were used to investigate environmental conditions, management philosophy, management functions/practices, management effectiveness, and firm productivity. Two-way analysis of variance was used to analyse the questionnaire data. The analysis of the perceptual data from the questionnaire survey and interviews suggested that both U.S. and Japanese parent companies performed better in almost all the management variables studied when compared to their subsidiaries in Singapore. U.S. subsidiaries have less difficulty in adjusting to the Singapore environmental conditions and obtained better results than the Japanese subsidiaries in management functions/practices and management philosophy than the U.S. subsidiaries. In addition, the firm productivity (in terms of labour and capital productivity) of U.S. subsidiaries in Singapore was found to be higher than those of the Japanese subsidiaries. It was found that the Japanese parent companies returned the highest score among the four groups of firms in all the four industrial sectors for all the four management variables (i.e. environmental conditions, management philosophy, management functions/practices, and management effectiveness) surveyed using questionnaires. In contrast, the average score for Japanese subsidiaries in Singapore was generally the lowest among the four groups of firms. Thus the results of this study suggest that the transfer of U.S. management system into the Singapore industry is more successful than the Japanese management system. The problems encountered in the application of U.S. and Japanese management in Singapore were identified and discussed by the study. General recommendations for the Singaporean manufacturing industry were then made based on the findings of the questionnaire survey and interview analysis.

Developing an intervention to equip nurses for acute life threatening events (ALTEs) in hospital:a phenomenological approach to healthcare research

Objectives: To understand staff's experiences of acute life threatening events (ALTEs) in a pediatric hospital setting. These data will inform an intervention to equip nurses with clinical and emotional skills for dealing with ALTEs. Method: A mixed design was used in the broader research program; this paper focuses on phenomenon-focused interviews analyzed using interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA). Results: Emerging themes included staff's relationships with patients and the impact of personhood on their ability to perform competently in an emergency. More experienced nurses described "automatic" competence generated through increased exposure to ALTEs and were able to recognize "fumbling and shaking" as a normal stress response. Designating a role was significant to staff experience of effectiveness. Key to nurses' learning experience was reflection and identifying experiences as "teachable moments." Findings were considered alongside existing theories of self-efficacy, reflective thought, and advocacy inquiry to create an experiential learning intervention involving a series of clinical and role-related scenarios. Conclusion: The phenomenological work facilitated an in-depth reading of experience. It accentuated the importance of exposure to ALTEs giving nurses experiential knowledge to prepare them for the impact of these events. Challenges included bracketing the personhood of child patients, shifting focus to clinical tasks during the pressured demands of managing an ALTE, normalizing the physiological stress response, and the need for a forum and structure for reflection and learning. An intervention will be designed to provide experiential learning and encourage nurses to realize and benefit from their embodied knowledge.

Vállalati jellemzők és összefüggéseik a válság időszakában – A „Versenyben a világgal” kutatási program 2009. évi felmérésében résztvevő vállalatok jellemzése

Tanulmányunkban a Versenyben a világgal kutatási program 2009-ben készült felmérésének 300 vállalatra kiterjedő mintáját elemeztük, a résztvevő vállalatok kiválasztott jellemzőit és e jellemzők összefüggéseit vizsgálva. A munka fő célja – hasonlóan a 2004-es versenyképességi felmérés mintájáról készült korábbi elemzéshez (Wimmer – Csesznák, 2005) – olyan vállalatcsoportok, kategóriák kialakítása volt, mely alapul szolgálhat a különböző kutatók által készítendő további elemzésekhez. Az előzetesen megfogalmazott elvárás az volt, hogy a kiválasztott jellemzők alapján egységes, minden kutató által azonosan értelmezett vállalatcsoportokat hozzunk létre. A hét vizsgált jellemző egy része objektív, mérhető vagy tényszerű szempontokra épül (pl. méret, tulajdonos, ágazat), míg mások a vállalatvezetők véleményén alapulnak (pl. a változásokhoz való viszony, vagy a vállalati teljesítmény megítélése a versenytársakhoz képest). Tanulmányunkban bemutatjuk a minta jellemzésére kialakított kategóriákat, majd ezek alapján jellemezzük a Versenyképesség-kutatás 2009. évi felmérésében résztvevő vállalatokat, s röviden összevetjük a minta jellemzőit az előző, 2004-ben vizsgált vállalati kör jellemzőivel. A tanulmány harmadik részében a kiválasztott jellemzők közötti kapcsolatokat, összefüggéseket vizsgáljuk, képet adva ezzel a magyar gazdaságban működő vállalatok bizonyos jellemzőiről is a 2008-ban kezdődött gazdasági válság első időszakában. _____ Our study analyses the main characteristics of the companies involved in the the Competitiveness Research Program survey carried out during 2009. The research was organised by the Competitiveness Research Centre at the Corvinus University of Budapest.

Horizontal diversity of higher education institutions. The case of Hungary – in European context

In the European Higher Education Area the diversification of higher education is considered to be an emphasized value, a guarantee of creativity. The various institutional rankings are the displays of vertical diversity, but in parallel with these, there is an increasing attention directed at horizontal diversity, the entirety of the institutions' activities. The European Mapping Project (U-map) undertook this challenge. The paper presents the research program, which is an attempt to adapt the U-map model to Hungary. According to the results, the U-map method which was intended for application on an international level, is very useful in the identification of the main groups of institutions in a specific national higher education system as well, and may provide a basis for the creation of institutional strategies and the development of the institutions’ network.

FCE LTER research site TS/Ph-6b, Taylor Slough

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