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Important factors affecting customers in buying Japanese vehicles in New Zealand: A case study
Get PDFThe Effects of Religious Freedom Laws on Employment , Small-Minority-Owned Businesses and Minority Populations
Get PDFTwenty states have now passed religious freedom laws to protect religious practices and beliefs. While many individuals and groups believe these laws are necessary to protect them from government intervention that may take away their rights, there are others who fear that these laws can be used by businesses to discriminate against the LGBT community in the name of religion. In a recent case in Indiana, several large corporations voiced their dissent over the state’s impending religious freedom law, causing the Governor to sign a new version of the bill. The purpose of this paper is to determine how these religious freedom laws have affected employment, small-minority-owned businesses and minority populations. Using regression analysis it was found that county employment was not affected by these state laws but there were fewer Asian firms and fewer Hispanics in counties in states with these laws. Moreover, the African American population was larger in counties in states with such laws. To overcome the negative views and opinions associated with religious freedom laws, states with those laws may also need to pass laws that ban discrimination against the LGBT community
Optimal Economies of Scope in the Residential Real Estate Brokerage Industry
Get PDFRecent studies of scale economies on residential real estate brokerages, using an efficient frontier, find increasing returns to scale for nearly the entire range of brokerage sizes, as measured by revenue units.1 However, the lower per unit cost of producing listing and sales may partially be explained by economies of scope. Economies of scope exist if producing sales and listings jointly in a single brokerage firm is more cost efficient than producing them in two separate brokerage firms that specialize. This study seeks to identify the inefficiencies in real estate brokerage. This is accomplished by first estimating economies of scope by specifying and estimating a composed-error translog cost function using Bayesian parameter estimates. Substantial economies of scope are found in the residential real estate brokerage industry. The results indicate that a firm that balances their output, rather than specializing in sales or listings, has an almost 53% cost saving advantage
Electromagnetic Wave Propagation for Industry and Biomedical Applications
Get PDFSuperconductors have a wide array of applications, such as medical imaging, supercomputing, and electric power transmission, but superconducting materials only operate at very cold temperatures. Thus, the quest to engineer room temperature superconductors is currently a hot topic of research. To accomplish this mission, it is important to have a complete understanding of the material properties that are being used to create these superconductors. Understanding the atomic and electromagnetic properties of the prospective materials will provide tremendous insight into the best choice for the materials. Therefore, a theoretical model that incorporates electromagnetic field theory and quantum mechanics principles is utilized to explain the electrical and magnetic characteristics of superconductors. This model can be used to describe the electrical resistance response and why it vanishes at the material’s critical temperature. The model can also explain the behavior of magnetic fields and why some superconducting materials completely exclude magnetic fields while other superconductors partially exclude these fields. Thus, this theoretical analysis produces a model that describes the behavior of both type I and type II superconductors. Since there are subtle differences between superconductors and perfect conductors, this model also accounts for this distinction and explains why superconductors behave differently than perfect conductors. Therefore, this theory addresses the major properties associated with superconducting materials and thus will aid researchers in the pursuit of designing room temperature superconductors
International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Get PDFA superconductor has the ability to conduct electricity perfectly and exclude magnetic fields from its interior. In order to understand electromagnetic characteristics of superconductors, their material properties need to be examined. To facilitate this understanding, a theoretical model based on concepts of electromagnetics is presented to explain the electrical and magnetic properties of superconductors. The permittivity response is the key aspect of the model and it describes the electrical resistance response and why it vanishes at the material’s critical temperature. The model also explains the behavior of magnetic fields and why they cannot exist inside superconducting materials. The theoretical concepts and equations associated with this model are used to demonstrate that they are sufficient in describing the behavior of both type I and type II (or high temperature) superconductors. This model is also able to explain why superconductors behave differently than perfect conductors. As a result, examining the permittivity response and understanding electromagnetic field theory provides insight into the major aspects associated with superconducting materials
The Cade Report, Vol. 2, Issue 3, December 2021
Get PDFThis issue of the Cade Report features the Cade Library awarded the NEH Grant. New library databases. Dean of Libraries Dawn Kight receives the Leadership in Librarianship award during the LOUIS Users\u27 Conference. Library Spotlight, Otis Johnson. Librarian Eddie Hughes serves as a contributing writer in the Cade Report. Dr. Troy Allen Book Collection. Health Literacy Project reaches community outreach goal. Cade Library Poetry Slam.https://digitalcommons.subr.edu/cade_report/1005/thumbnail.jp
The Cade Report, Vol.2, Issue 1, July, 2021
Get PDFThis issue of the Cade Report features librarians Maletta Payne and Daremy Butler to serve in the Inaugural LOUIS Cohort. Highlights of Black History Month. Employee Spotlight, Linda Forsyth 40 years of service. Celebration of National Library Week. Archives feature the Book of Kells Collection. New e-Book Collections. Professional Development.https://digitalcommons.subr.edu/cade_report/1003/thumbnail.jp
2021-2022 Operating Budget
Get PDF2021-2022 Operating Budget of Southern University Baton Rouge Campus
A Study of Information Literacy Instruction and Its Impact on STEM Students at HBCUs
Get PDFIn today’s complex information environment, students are entering college underprepared and lacking Information Literacy (IL) skills as they matriculate in STEM disciplines. Some universities have not developed effective systematic approaches for IL instructional programs to aid students in developing necessary 21st century IL skills. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate Information Literacy (IL) instruction and the impact it has on student achievement for students majoring in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) disciplines. This qualitative research followed a transcendental phenomenological approach by documenting and giving voice to the lived experiences of participants at HBCUs in a Southern state. Interviews with librarians, questionnaires prompting responses from STEM faculty and undergraduate v students, along with a student focus group were used to collect data and develop a deeper understanding of the phenomenon of IL instruction in STEM disciplines. Findings, using Moustakas (1994) data analysis method, revealed four themes from responses to research questions: (a) desire to improve academic effectiveness, (b) need for quality instruction and development, (c) willingness to enhance collaboration efforts, and (d) awareness of opportunities to elevate. The results of this study will inform the higher education community including administrations, STEM departments, and libraries, along with accrediting and funding agencies about STEM IL programs at HBCUs
The Cade Report, Vol.2, Issue 2, August, 2021
Get PDFThis issue of the Cade Report features Health Literacy Training with the NLM Grant Award. Dean of Libraries receives Ph.D. in Science-Mathematics Education. Library Leaders. Employee Spotlight, Vanissa Ely. Social Science Research Council (SSRC)Funds Proposal. Library Open House. Archives feature The Louisiana Works Progress Administration. New releases in the eBook Collection. Cade Library becomes OpenStax Partner. New library service: PrepStep. New faculty orientation.https://digitalcommons.subr.edu/cade_report/1004/thumbnail.jp