...Relationship between Religion and International Trade Hilal AKINCI, Yeditepe University, İstanbul 2014 The main aim of this paper is to show whether or not religion has impacts on international trade and how it does happen. To do so, researches about the topic will be covered and some worldwide statistics are gathered together. Empirical Studies There are few empirical studies about impacts of religion on international trade or its relationship with international trade. In shared research of Emilia Justyna Powell, University Alabama, and Stephanie J. Rickard, London School of Economics, impacts of Islamic law on international trade is examined. Two models which are monadic and dyadic techniques are used in this study. The main purpose of them to demonstrate whether or not countries governed by Islamic law are effected regarding their international trade although they believe that “the importance of countries’ legal systems for trade has declined over time, possibly due to the increased role of international arbitration bodies and/or the standardization of international sales contracts (Powell & and Rickard, 2010). This research is important as being the first direct test of the effect of Islamic law on countries’ trade relations. The researched draws our attention to the situation that trade can be conceptualized as the aggregate flow of goods and services between countries but in fact that flows are a series of contracts between buyer and seller countries. Enforcement...
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...Income inequality damages growth, OECD warns Chris Giles in London Rising income inequality over the past 30 years has damaged growth rates in rich countries by limiting educational opportunities for poor children, according to research by the OECD, the group of mainly rich nations. The finding that higher inequality harms economic performance mirrors the results of a similar study by the International Monetary Fund earlier this year. But the OECD’s analysis goes further because it concentrates on rich countries and attempts to establish the exact cause of inequality’s harmful effects on growth. The OECD said the research showed governments should focus policy on ensuring poorer children gain better education and the supporting people into employment. As inequality has moved higher up the political agenda in rich countries, there has been a flurry of research papers looking into the link between inequality and growth. Clear conclusions have been difficult to achieve because economic theory is ambiguous and the subject has been plagued by research finding spurious associations in the data rather than meaningful causal relationships. Higher inequality can hinder growth by destroying trust in society, hitting investment in skills and reducing demand growth for goods and services from poorer families who tend to spend more of their incomes. But it also provides greater incentives for people to strive to climb the ladder of opportunity and can provide necessary savings to...
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...states that affect their collective decision making? By extension is the public mood correlated or even predictive of economic indicators? Here we investigate whether measurements of collective mood states derived from largescale Twitter feeds are correlated to the value of the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) over time. We analyze the text content of daily Twitter feeds by two mood tracking tools, namely OpinionFinder that measures positive vs. negative mood and Google-Profile of Mood States (GPOMS) that measures mood in terms of 6 dimensions (Calm, Alert, Sure, Vital, Kind, and Happy). We cross-validate the resulting mood time series by comparing their ability to detect the public’s response to the presidential election and Thanksgiving day in 2008. A Granger causality analysis and a Self-Organizing Fuzzy Neural Network are then used to investigate the hypothesis that public mood states, as measured...
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...SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE HEALTH, EXERCISE SCIENCE, AND ATHLETICS Principles of Healthful Living Fall 2015 Class: HLTH Instructor: Dr. Akili Section number:101-44 Office Hours: By Appointment Class Location: H-312 Prerequisites: NONE Units: 3.0 Class Hours: T, TR 5:10p.m.-6:35 p.m. Phone: e-mail: sakili@swccd.edu Course Description: Addresses contemporary public health issues and development of holistically healthy living. Provides an overview of epidemiology, chronic and infectious diseases, environmental health, injury prevention, chemical dependency, nutrition, health policies and promotion, global health, body composition, fitness, psychological wellness, fertility, sexuality, emergency preparedness, disaster response, conflict resolution, and end of the life cycle. Text: Insel, P. & Roth, W. (2011). Core concepts in health. 13th ed. brief. New York, NY: McGraw- Hill. ISBN: 978-0-07-8028533 MHID: 0-07-802853-1 Student Learning Outcomes: Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to: 1. Identify present health condition that may develop into disease and modify them as necessary. 2. Identify causes and health consequences...
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...mood states that affect their collective decision making? By extension is the public mood correlated or even predictive of economic indicators? Here we investigate whether measurements of collective mood states derived from large-scale Twitter feeds are correlated to the value of the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) over time. We analyze the text content of daily Twitter feeds by two mood tracking tools, namely OpinionFinder that measures positive vs. negative mood and Google-Profile of Mood States (GPOMS) that measures mood in terms of 6 dimensions (Calm, Alert, Sure, Vital, Kind, and Happy). We cross-validate the resulting mood time series by comparing their ability to detect the public’s response to the presidential election and Thanksgiving day in 2008. A Granger causality analysis and a Self-Organizing Fuzzy Neural Network are then used to investigate the hypothesis that public mood states, as measured by the OpinionFinder and GPOMS mood time series, are predictive of changes in DJIA closing values. Our results indicate that the accuracy of DJIA predictions can be significantly improved by the inclusion of specific public mood dimensions but not others. We find an accuracy of 87.6% in predicting the daily up and down changes in the closing values of the DJIA and a reduction of the Mean Average Percentage Error by more than 6%. Index Terms—stock market prediction — twitter — mood analysis. I. I NTRODUCTION TOCK market prediction has attracted much attention from academia as...
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...Kudler Fine Foods – Marketing Research LaToya Grant MKT 421 Bryan Rice January 26, 2012 Kathy Kudler discovered a way to cope with the stress in her life by preparing gourmet meals and shopping for gourmet items. With no upscale gourmet food stores in her area she decided to open her own. She left her very successful day job and started a chain of Kudler Fine Food Stores. Kudler Fine Foods is an upscale store with three locations in the San Diego area, each in high-end shopping centers. The stores offer a fine selection of baked goods, pastries, fresh produce, meats, seafood, packaged goods, cheeses, and other specialty items. All items are made to order and baked goods and pastries are prepared on site. They offer over a variety of fresh fruits and vegetables including 16 different kinds of apples. Their meat comes from organic farms and Kudler also carries tropical fruits and spices. Kudler is also popular because of the amount of and types of cheese they carry, “250 varieties from 21 different countries” (Strategic Plan, 2003). Importance of Marketing The first store opened in La Jolla in 1998. It is located in a well populated area with high end tastes, homes there are worth about $2 million. With no gourmet food stores in the area, this was the perfect place to start a business. The La Jolla store is very successful and offered enough cash flow to open another business in nearby Del Mar and the last store in Encinitas. The Del Mar location has proven...
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...Fall Semester 2012 FIRST YEAR SEMINAR SECTION 311 Instructor | Dr. Miriam McMullen-Pastrick | Class Times & Locations | Class ScheduleCAS 100A Section 001 MWF 10:10-11:00AM 124 OBSCAS 100A Section 002 MWF 11:15-12:05PM 124 OBSCAS 100A Section 007 MWF 3:35-4:25PM 121 OBSCAS 101 Section 001 MWF 2:30-3:20PM 144 HML1st YR SMNR Section 311 T 4:00-4:50PM 41 Kochel | Office | 051 Kochel | Phone | 898-6302 | Voicemail | 898-6302 | Office HoursDr. Miriam | Monday, Wednesday 12:45 - 2:00 PM 051 KochelTuesday 2:45 - 3:45 PM 051 KochelAnd by appointment - - please ask!!! | Mr. Zachary Kachaylo | Tuesday 4:00 – 4:50 051 Kochel Wednesday 5:00 – 5:45 | Division Phone | 898-6108898-6151 | Copy & Multimedia Center | 898-6286 | Assignment Assistance Hotline | Sunday 8:30-9:30 PM898-6302 | I will check my voicemail every fifteen (15) minutes and return your call in the order it was received. If this does not occur, please, contact your mentor, give her/him your phone number and your mentor will contact me. Satisfies First Year Seminar Requirement 8/26/13 - 12/13/13 Text Required Gordon, Virginia N...
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...Developing Negotiation Skills in the Classroom: A Case Simulation Maureen Hannay Troy University ABSTRACT Effective negotiation skills are required in all positions and at all levels of modern organizations. Employees in the human resources department utilize these skills on a daily basis when they deal with such items as new hire packages, salary increases, performance issues, labor contracts, and terminations. Research indicates that by using practical, real-life simulated negotiation scenarios, learners can develop more effective negotiating skills. This paper introduces a case where students can be assigned to a management team or a union team to negotiate a mock collective bargaining agreement. Guidance is provided on how to apply the case in the classroom and facilitate the discussion at the conclusion of the exercise. INTRODUCTION Employees in every organization utilize negotiating skills on a daily basis. From negotiating deadlines and workloads to prices of supplies and contracts with unions, negotiations range from the small and mundane to the large and exceptional. A company with effective negotiating capabilities can gain a competitive advantage, reduce costs, increase profits and improve relationships (Masters, Albright & Irr, 2003). When identifying the ten managerial roles that leaders perform to accomplish organizational objectives, Mintzberg (1973) classified the role of “Negotiator” as one of the essential decisional roles that must be executed by managers...
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...Technology. My academic preparation includes MBA in International Business (Dalhousie, Canada), and MS in Marketing and Ph.D. in International Business with focus on International Marketing—both from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. I have worked at a managerial level in a large multinational enterprise. I have taught a wide range of courses--International Business, International Marketing, The Global Village, Self-Marketing, Marketing Internship, Principles of Marketing, Consumer Behavior, Marketing Research, Seminar in Marketing, and Marketing Management at undergraduate, graduate and executive levels. My research interests are in international business, business sustainability, international marketing ethics, advertising ethics, self-marketing, export marketing, cross-cultural marketing, experiential education, and effective pedagogy. My research articles are published in numerous journals that include International Journal of Business Strategy, The Journal of Current Research in Global Business, Competition Forum, Journal of the Northeastern Association of Business Economics and Technology, Journal for Advancement of Marketing Education, Applied Business Review, Journal of Promotion Management, Journal of Global Business, Journal of Marketing Education, and Journal of the Academy of...
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...10/25/2013 Department of Physics | Loyola College | JOURNAL | PHYSICA | JOURNAL | PHYSICA | CONTNETS * About college * About physics department * Students club * Science news * Science facts * Picture of the day * Puzzle * Riddle ABOUT COLLEGE Glorious college: Loyola College Loyola College was founded by the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) in 1925, with the primary objective of providing University Education in a Christian atmosphere for deserving Students, especially those belonging to the Catholic Community. Although this college is meant primarily for Catholics, it admits other students irrespective of caste and creed. The College aims at training young men and women of quality to be leaders in all walks of life, whom we hope will play a vital role in bringing about the desired changes for the betterment of the people of our country, more particularly of the dalits and other poorer and marginalized sections of society. The College trains young men and women to serve their fellowmen in justice, truth and love. Loyola College became autonomous in July 1978. The College, however, continues to be affiliated to the University of Madras and is autonomous, in the sense that it is free to frame its own course of studies and adopt innovative methods of teaching and evaluation. The University degrees will be conferred on the students passing the examinations conducted by the college. In Loyola, we look at education differently...
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...Needed: Required Text: * Hacker, Diana, Ed. Rules for Writers. Boston: Bedford, 2008. * Everything’s an Argument 5th edition. Boston: Bedford 2010. Required Supplies/Materials: You will need daily access to a computer and a printer, both must function properly. You will need access to the Internet. You will receive all assignments, announcements, grades, additional reading materials, videos, handouts and due dates on Moodle. You will also be expected to upload your assignments to our Moodle room: https://moodle.clark.edu/ * ------------------------------------------------- Student Learning Outcomes: 1. Use library resources to find and evaluate relevant sources for a paper. Communicate ethically by using MLA documentation, presenting well reasoned...
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...Grant Still MGMT 320 Section C November 18, 2014 Consumerism: Gotta Buy ‘Em All It is the day after Thanksgiving, known colloquially to Americans as “Black Friday”. Hundreds of thousands of shoppers line up outside of department stores, anxiously waiting to get their hands on the latest of gadgets and gizmos to purchase for families, friends, and loved ones for the holiday season. Many of the retailers in America have offered attractive promotional sales on this day to attract high traffic and volume in their stores. Realizing this, consumers in America who take a part in Black Friday see this as a fight to the death. This “fight to the death” literally came true in the year 2013, as one death and fifteen injuries resulted from the madness of the shopping event, according to BlackFridayDeathCount.com. On the flip side for businesses, Americans spent an average of $407.02 from the Thursday through Sunday that bookends Black Friday, as stated by the National Retail Federation. This topsy-turvy day recognized by a vast majority of American culture has been seen by many as the yearly peak of the country’s ever-increasing trend towards consumerism. Consumerism, the belief that goods give meaning to individuals and their roles in society, has presented itself to Americans in both a positive and negative spirit. On the one hand, consumer spending drives the economy, gives consumers a vast myriad of retailers to choose from, and renders shopping as a social experience. ...
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...------------------------------------------------- Honors Center 140 ------------------------------------------------- Office hours: By appointment, Honors Center CLASS TEXTS Required: Ballenger, Bruce. The Curious Researcher (7th Edition) Williams, Joseph. Style: Lessons in Clarity and Grace (9th Edition) A portfolio. This should be a notebook with rings and paper you can move work in and out. Additional required assigned readings (on line or on E-reserve) This class is designed to introduce you to and allow you to develop and practice techniques and skills of writing. You’ll learn to develop ideas and clarify ideas, formulate questions and research them rigorously, and draft and revise until your writing reflects university level work. You will be asked to write in several different genres and conduct research in order to provide evidence and support for your work. In addition, and not least, you will work to create an engaging and credible authorial voice. REQUIREMENTS Active Class Participation: Attendance is mandatory. A writing class is a class designed around participation. You need to be prepared, having read and written what is required for the day, and you need to be engaged in discussing, creating, and revising. If you are absent or tardy you are not participating. You are expected to participate actively, respectfully, and qualitatively. GRADE F work is failed work. D work is inadequate. Poor effort, empty thinking, weak writing. The argument (or other purpose) is...
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...minority groups. According to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Overview of Race and Hispanic Origin: 2010 (2011), “American Indian or Alaska Native refer to a person having origins in any of the original peoples of North and South America (including Central American) and who maintains tribal affiliation or community attachment” (Humes, Jones, & Ramirez, 2011, p. 3). 2,475,956 out of 308, 745,538 people that live in America are believed to be American Indian/Alaska Native, including those who report affiliations with tribes and South and Central American Indian groups (Humes et. al,, 2011, p. 4). This number is questionable because of the controversy about American Indian/Alaska Native citizenship, which will be explained in the latter part of this paper. As social workers, it is important to be knowledgeable about the American Indian/Alaska Native population. Thoroughly examining the origins and history of oppression that this group has, and continues to, endure is one of the best ways to learn...
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...Family Violence & Abuse Written Assignment Module 4 Course Project Part 1 Interview and Community Directory Personal Interview It’s OK to ask for help… Call if you need help… no one has the right to hurt you 1 (800) 4-A-CHILD 1 (800) 422-4453 By: Nichole George Table of Contents Page 1………………………………………………………..…………………Cover Page Page 2… ……………………………………………………………………Table of Contents Page 3- 4……………………………………………………...………Child Abuse & Neglect Page 5-12……………………………………...…………………………Interview in person Each state provides its own definitions of child abuse within civil and criminal statues, but they are informed by the following definitions of various forms of child abuse: Physical, Neglect, Sexual, Emotional and Psychological. According to Wallace, “The physical battering of children is not a new phenomenon.” Wallace also states, “Physical child abuse may be defined as any act that results in a non-accidental physical injury by a person who has care, custody, or control of a child. This definition contains two key aspects: The act is intentional or willful, and the act resulted in a physical injury. An accidental injury does not qualify as child abuse.” Children have suffered trauma at the hands of parents and caregivers since the beginning of recorded history. Child neglect is the leading form of child abuse in the United States and occurs when a caretaker fails to provide for a child’s basic needs, which include food...
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