Iowa Department of Commerce - Iowa Utilities Board, Agency Performance Plan

Annual Report, Agency Performance Plan

Iowa Department of Public Health Agency Performance Plan

Agency Performance Plan

Iowa Commission on the Status of Women Agency Performance Plan

Agency Performance Plan

Iowa Commission on the Status of African Americans Agency Performance Plan

Agency Performance Plan

Iowa Department of Commerce - Division of Banking, Agency Performance Plan

Annual Report, Agency Performance Plan

Iowa College Student Aid Commission, Agency Performance Plan

Annual Report, Agency Performance Plan

Iowa Department of Public Safety Agency Performance Plan

Agency Performance Plan

Performance in post-compulsory education: evidence from vocational and academic tracks

This paper investigates the factors in_uencing grade performance in two different high school tracks (academic and vocational), including the effect of the amount of work achieved while studying. The empirical strategy analyzes grade progression through the outcomes, passing, repeating and dropping out, conditioning on previous outcomes, and dealing with the endogeneity introduced by the working variable. The analysis is based on a unique Spanish data with information on schooling and labor histories. Findings show that working reduces performance in both tracks, mainly during the first year, although the ffects are less detri- mental in the vocational path. Additionally, good performance in compulsory education, at- tending a private high school, or having high-educated parents improve outcomes, particularly in academic high school.

Iowa Department of Commerce - Insurance Division, Agency Performance Plan

Annual Report, Agency Performance Plan

Iowa Department of Corrections - Board of Parole, Agency Performance Plan

Annual Report, Agency Performance Plan

Iowa Department of Education Annual Report, Agency Performance Plan

Annual Report, Agency Performance Plan

Iowa Department of Administrative Services Agency Performance Plan

Agency Performance Plan

Place marketing performance: benchmarking european cities as business destinations

The aim of this study is to develop a model measuring the performance of cities' marketing efforts. The model and the benchmarking methodology presented can be used by local authorities to position their marketing efforts and achievements against other (competing) cities and to identify best practices that can assist place marketers in learning how to be more efficient obtaining desired place marketing results, e.g., improved city brand image, with the available resources/budgets. The major implication for practitioners is that place marketing should be managed as a process, taking into account both the resource flows and the outputs, as well as the efficiency of this process.

A influência da ansiedade na resposta do paciente no período pós-operatório

O homem, ao se defrontar com a cirurgia e a anestesia, tem alterações hormonais provocadas pela ansiedade, moduladas pela avaliação cognitiva deste enfrentamento e acompanhadas de alterações fisiológicas perceptíveis. Os objetivos do presente estudo foram verificar a correlação entre o traço e o estado de ansiedade no período pré-operatóro, e a influência da ansiedade, na resposta do paciente, no período pós-operatório imediato, em sala de recuperação anestésica. A amostra foi composta por 33 pacientes cirúrgicos. Para a coleta de dados foram utilizados, além dos inventários auto-aplicáveis de traço-estado de ansiedade do paciente no período pré-operatório imediato, dois (2) formulários contendo parâmetros de avaliação clínica dos pacientes. Os dados foram coletados nos períodos pré-operatório imediato e pós-operatório imediato. Os resultados mostraram uma correlação estatisticamente significante e positiva entre o traço e o estado de ansiedade, no período pré-operatório ou seja, os pacientes ao enfrentar o ato anestésico-cirúrgico, têm seu estado de ansiedade alterado, quando correlacionado ao seu traço de ansiedade e uma correlação não significante entre o estado de ansiedade, no pré-operatório imediato com os parâmetros clínicos avaliados no período pós-operatório imediato, isto é, os pacientes não apresentaram alterações decorrentes do estado de ansiedade, no período pós-operatório imediato.

Optimization of floor cleaning coverage performance of a random path-planning mobile robot

Floor cleaning is a typical robot application. There are several mobile robots aviable in the market for domestic applications most of them with random path-planning algorithms. In this paper we study the cleaning coverage performances of a random path-planning mobile robot and propose an optimized control algorithm, some methods to estimate the are of the room, the evolution of the cleaning and the time needed for complete coverage.