Eina d'anàlisi de rendiment d'una xarxa : TaFanet v1.0

Treball de final de carrera que descriu el procés d'implementació de TaFanet v1.0.

Academic Building Revenue Bond Funds, Iowa State University of Science and Technology, Independent Auditor's Report Financial Statements and Supplemental Information, June 30, 2004

State University Audit Report

Xarxes interculturals als instituts: efectes de la composició social sobre el rendiment i les expectatives de l’alumnat d’origen estranger

El present informe aborda les variables que expliquen el rendiment acadèmic (entès com a obtenció del graduat escolar) per part de l’alumnat estranger en els centres d’educació secundària de Catalunya. L’anàlisi inclou dos tipus de variables: en primer lloc, les variables individuals (procedència i capital instructiu familiar) i, en segon terme, les variables relacionals (tipus de xarxa d’amistat segons capital instructiu i segons procedència). Al llarg de l’informe es detallen els efectes que aquestes variables, controlant per la composició social dels centres, tenen sobre les probabilitats d’obtenir el graduat escolar de l’alumnat estranger, en comparació amb l’alumnat autòcton. Les anàlisis han mostrat un pes central de les variables individuals en l’obtenció del graduat escolar, pes que és matisat per la composició social dels centres on s’escolaritza l’alumne. Alhora, s’ha observat l’existència d’un efecte de les variables relacionals basades en el capital instructiu, focalitzat especialment en l’alumnat estranger (independendentment del capital instructiu ) i l’alumnat autòcton de famílies poc instruïdes. Per la seva banda, les xarxes per procedència semblen incidir només en l’alumnat (autòcton i estranger) de capital instructiu familiar. En una segona part, l’estudi analitza l’efecte d’aquestes variables sobre les probabilitats d’escollir o Cicles Formatius de Grau Mitjà com a itineraris d’educació post obligatòria, fent esment alhora de les vies escollides per aquells que no han obtingut el graduat escolar (incorporació al món laboral, repetició de curs o realització d’un Programa de Qualificació Professional Inicial). L’anàlisi mostra de nou l’impacte del capital instructiu familiar a l’hora d’escollir itinerari, essent en aquest cas menys intens l’efecte de la procedència. Apareix com a peça especialment significativa el perfil de centre educatiu i les diferents polítiques d’orientació a l’educació post obligatòria. Les xarxes relacionals per capital instructiu apareixen com a significatives per a tots els alumnes, mentre que les xarxes relacionals segons procedència tenen efectes només sobre l’alumnat estranger.

2005-2006 Academic Year Iowa Community Colleges Tuition and Fees Report, 2005

This document shows the tuition and fees charged by the 15 community colleges for the adacemic year 2005-2006. It includes comparisions to the regents institutions and to national data.

Academic Building Revenue Bond Funds, Iowa State University of Science and Technology, Independent Auditor's Report, Financial Statements and Supplemental Information, June 30, 2005

State University Audit Report

Academic Building Revenue Bond Funds - Parity Bond Letter, Iowa State University of Science and Technology, November 8, 2005

State University Audit Report

Academic Building Revenue Bond Funds, Iowa State University of Science and Technology, Independent Auditor's Report, Basic Financial Statements and Supplementary Information, June 30, 2006

State University Audit Report

The Impact of Industry Collaboration on Academic Research Output: A Dynamic Panel Data Analysis

The aim of this paper is to analyse the impact of university knowledge and technology transfer activities on academic research output. Specifically, we study whether researchers with collaborative links with the private sector publish less than their peers without such links, once controlling for other sources of heterogeneity. We report findings from a longitudinal dataset on researchers from two engineering departments in the UK between 1985 until 2006. Our results indicate that researchers with industrial links publish significantly more than their peers. Academic productivity, though, is higher for low levels of industry involvement as compared to high levels.

Comparativa de rendiment OLAP per a diferents motors de bases de dades orientades a columnes

En aquest projecte es realitza una comparativa de rendiment i utilització entre els diferents models de bases de dades orientades a columnes mitjançant la construcció i explotació d'un cub OLAP utilitzant la suite de BI Pentaho.

Psychological distress in health sciences college students and its relationship with academic engagement

Objective: To determine the prevalence of psychological distress and its relationship with academic engagement (absorption, dedication and vigor), sex and degree among students from four public universities. Method: A non-experimental,comparative correlational, quantitative investigation without intervention. Study population: 1840 nursing and physical therapy students. The data collection tool used was a questionnaire. Results: A 32.2% prevalence of psychological distress was found in the subjects; a correlation between vigor and psychological distress was found for all of the subjects and also for women. High absorption and dedication scores and low psychological distress scores predicted higher vigor scores. Conclusion: The risk of psychological distress is high, especially for women. Women seem to have a higher level of psychological distress than men. Vigor, energy and mental resilience positively influence psychological distress and can be a vehicle for better results during the learning and studying process.







Audit of Academic Building Revenue Bond Funds of Iowa State University of Science and Technology (Iowa State University) as of and for the year ended June 30, 2007

Audit of Academic Building Revenue Bond Funds of Iowa State University of Science and Technology (Iowa State University) as of and for the year ended June 30, 2007

An ASsessment of Relationship between Students' Perception of Social Studies and their Academic Performance in Colleges of Education in Kaduna State

The objective of this study was to find out the relationship between students’ perception of Social Studies and their academic performance in the subject in Colleges of Education in Kaduna State. The respondents of the study comprised NCE 2 and NCE 3 students of Social Studies at the Federal College of Education in Zaria and the Kaduna State College of Education in Gidan Waya. The data for the study was collected using a questionnaire with reliability coefficient of 0.87. The Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation Coefficient was used to test the hypotheses formulated for the study. The hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance with df = 232. The findings were as follows: 1. The Social Studies students in colleges of education in Kaduna State do not record high academic performance in the subject. 2. Students’ perception of the Social Studies curriculum does affect their academic performance in the subject 3. Students’ perception of relevance of Social Studies education has no bearing on their academic performance in the subject. 4. Students’ perception of public attitude towards Social Studies has no impact on their academic performance in the subject. 5. Students’ general perception of Social Studies does not affect their academic performance in the subject. Based on these findings the following recommendations were proffered for Social Studies researchers and policy makers. a. There is need for further research in order to determine the actual cause of students’ failure to display high performance in Social Studies. b. The NCE Social Studies curriculum should be reviewed in terms of volume and difficulty.

When performance-approach goals predict academic achievement and when they do not: A social value approach

Research on achievement goal promotion at University has shown that performance-approach goals are perceived as a means to succeed at University (high social utility) but are not appreciated (low social desirability). We argue that such a paradox could explain why research has detected that performance-approach goals consistently predict academic grades. First-year psychology students answered a performance-approach goal scale with standard, social desirability and social utility instructions. Participants' grades were recorded at the end of the semester. Results showed that the relationship between performance-approach goals and grades was inhibited by the increase of these goals' social desirability and facilitated by the increase of their social utility, revealing that the predictive validity of performance-approach goals depend on social value.

Interconnection among academic journal platforms: Multilateral versus bilateral interconnection

Electronic academic journal websites provide new services of text and/or datamining and linking, indispensable for e¢ cient allocation of attention among abun-dant sources of scienti?c information. Fully realizing the bene?t of these servicesrequires interconnection among websites. Motivated by CrossRef, a multilateralcitation linking backbone, this paper performs a comparison between multilateralinterconnection through an open platform and bilateral interconnection, and ?ndsthat publishers are fully interconnected in the former regime while they can be par-tially interconnected in the latter regime for exclusion or di¤erentiation motives.Surprisingly, if partial interconnection arises for di¤erentiation motive, exclusion ofsmall publisher(s) occurs more often under multilateral interconnection. We also?nd that in the case of multilateral interconnection, a for-pro?t platform inducesless exclusion than an open platform. Various other extensions are analyzed.

Report of the Academic Building Revenue Bond Funds of Iowa State University of Science and Technology as of and for the year ended June 30, 2008

Report of the Academic Building Revenue Bond Funds of Iowa State University of Science and Technology as of and for the year ended June 30, 2008