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An analysis of supply chain related graduate programmes in Europe
No full textThis is the post-print version of the Article. The official published version of the Article can be accessed from the links below. Copyright @ 2013 Emerald Group Publishing Limited.Purpose – Motivated by a lack of studies in graduate level supply chain education, this research aims to explore trends in supply chain-related graduate programmes in Europe and to propose a framework for designing such programmes.
Design/methodology/approach – The authors determine “knowledge” and “skills” areas applicable to supply chain management (SCM) education and analyse supply chain-related graduate programmes published by the European Logistics Association in 2004. They revisit the same programmes in 2011 to determine the recent situation and the trends. The authors use cluster analysis to reveal the similarities and differences among these programmes.
Findings – The authors find two distinct clusters: focused and diversified. Focused programmes offer modules in knowledge and skills areas apart from SCM at a negligible level and place more emphasis on SCM in 2011 when compared to 2004. Diversified programmes show a similar increase in the emphasis on SCM with more variety in the knowledge and skills areas.
Research limitations/implications – The authors' findings are based on SCM programmes delivered in Europe and over two discrete time periods. Future research should seek to extend this analysis to other continents with larger samples and incorporate the industry perspective to determine the potential gap between what programmes offer and what industry requires.
Practical implications – SCM-related graduate programmes continue to redefine themselves. Clustering predominantly serves the universities in re-assessing and re-engineering their programmes, helps prospective graduates in their selection process and assists managers in their recruitment practices.
Originality/value – This paper establishes a baseline for assessing SCM-related graduate programmes with respect to the knowledge and skills they offer and introduces a framework that may serve as a starting point for the design and positioning of such programmes
Electrochemical and Theoretical Studies of Some Aromatic Oxime Derivatives Carrying -C=O and -NH-R ' Groups in the alpha- Position
No full textTOPCU, Saim/0000-0002-1169-6037WOS: 000388988100105The electrochemical reduction behavior of a series of aromatic oxime derivatives was characterized by voltammetry on a mercury electrode. Oxime compounds have both carbonyl and amino groups next to the functional oxime group and carry different substituent groups on the benzene side ring. Square wave voltammetry and differential pulse voltammetry revealed a strong pH dependency of the reduction peak potential and currents, while cyclic voltammetry revealed an irreversible nature of the electrode reaction. Substituent effects on the reduction of substances were closely related to their molecular structures estimated by theoretical Hartree-Fock calculations. The structure-reduction potential and pK(a)-substituent relationships are discussed. (C) 2016 The Electrochemical Society. All rights reserved.Giresun UniversityGiresun University [Fen 08/23]The author is grateful to M. Tas for supplying the oxime compounds. This study was supported by the Research Fund of Giresun University, project no: Fen 08/23
First inventory of the shallow-water benthic hydrozoan assemblages of the Gökçeada Island (northern Aegean Sea)
No full textThe hydroid fauna of the Mediterranean Sea is considered one of the best known in the world, but the hydrozoans of the
Aegean Sea remain poorly studied, hindering efforts to identify alien and invasive species in the region. The spatial and
seasonal composition of the shallow-water (0–20 m depth) benthic hydrozoan assemblage from Gökçeada Island was
investigated in summer 2012 and winter 2013. Overall, 48 hydrozoan taxa were identified, and their presence and ecological
features are discussed herein. Twelve species are recorded for the first time in the Aegean Sea, and the same number for the
Turkish coasts. Differences in species composition were detected between the northern and southern coasts of Gökçeada by
cluster, multidimensional scaling (MDS) and permutational multivariate analysis of variance (PERMANOVA) analysis,
whereas seasonal and vertical distribution patterns were not statistically significant. Differences in species richness and
composition between the northern and southern coasts may be explained by the distinct geomorphological aspects of the
shores, providing a spatial heterogeneity in the availability of substrates for the hydroid colonies. Observed differences are
attributable to the occurrence and/or abundance of common species such as Sertularella ellisii, Aglaophenia tubiformis, Clytia
hemisphaerica, Clytia linearis, Eudendrium racemosum, Plumularia obliqua, Eudendrium capillare, Turritopsis dorhnii and
Dynamena disticha, rather than to the presence of rare, exclusive species
Resistance training might have improved insulin resistance by attenuating sarcopenia
No full textYildiray Topcu,1 Fatih Tufan,2 M Akif Karan1 1Department of Geriatrics, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, 2Department of Gerontology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Istanbul University, Istanbul, TurkeyWe read the valuable article of Oliveira et al1 entitled “Resistance training improves isokinetic strength and metabolic syndrome-related phenotypes in postmenopausal women” with interest. In their well-designed prospective study, the authors observed improvement in metabolic syndrome-related phenotypes after 12 weeks of resistance training. We have some comments that could facilitate interpretation of the results of this study
Polymeric planar microcavities doped with a europium complex
No full textOrgano-metallic europium complex tetrakis (dibenzoyl methide) triethylammonium (EuD4TEA) shows a sharp emission spectrum, which makes it interesting for photonic applications. In this work, we embedded it into all-polymeric planar microcavities and investigated the effect of the photonic environment on its emission spectrum. To this end, submicron-sized EuD4TEA crystals were loaded into a blend of polystyrene and carboxylic terminated polystyrene matrix, which served to stabilize the emitter in the polymer and to make the composite processable. The new composite was then casted by spin-coating as a defect layer in a polymeric planar microcavity. Spectroscopic studies demonstrate that fine spectral tuning of the cavity mode on the sharp organometal luminescence is possible and produces spectral redistribution of the fluorophore emission, along with a remarkable cavity quality factor
Dr. Duane M. Jackson, Morehouse College, July 2011
No full textThis video is a conversation with Dr. Duane M. Jackson. Dr. Jackson talks about his paper, "Recall and the Serial Position Effect: The Role of Primacy and Recency on Accounting Students' Performance." Jackie Daniel, AUC Woodruff Library, is the interviewer
"Reflections on the subject of Emigration from Europe with a view to Settlement in the United States" By M. Carey.
No full text"Reflections on the subject of Emigration from Europe with a view to Settlement in the United States: containing bried sketches of the moral and political character of those states.
By M. Carey, member of the American philosophical, and of the American Antiquarian Society, and author of The Olive Branch, Cindiciae Hibernicae, essays on banking, on political economy, and on internal improvement.
To which are now added the English editor's comments on the subject; together with Important Advice to Emigrants, and Cautions Against Impositions Practiced in the Outports
The significance of neighborhood in Istanbul
No full textAbstract The neighborhood is prominent in contemporary urban studies. One reason for choosing neighborhood as a unit of action is that the neighborhood provides an efficient scale within which to measure any change in target population’s circumstances. Neighborhood here is defined as the bundle of spatially based attributes associated with clusters of residences. This bundle of attributes is multidimensional consisting of everything from topography and structures and demography to social interactions. For most people, residence and the context in which it exists, that is to say neighborhood, is the largest consumption item of a lifetime. How much an individual’s needs and aspirations are met by his neighborhood is a concern for researchers and planners. This study expresses a belief in the value of the concept of place as part of the neighborhood question. There are now many established ways of looking at the neighborhood, as place, as network, as image, as property and as administrative unit. These all have something to offer individually and deserve continuing attention to help counteract some of the deficiencies of our contemporary society. In this study respondents from two districts of Istanbul are asked for their subjective assessments of a set of domains associated with neighborhood satisfaction. The neighborhoods are chosen to be one traditional and one modern context. The results indicate significant differences among the residents of traditional and modern neighborhoods. Keywords: Neighborhood satisfaction, context, subjective assessment, traditional, modern
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
No full textWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
Dr. Glendon Swarthout
No full textHosted by Roger M. Busfield, MSU Assistant Professor of Speech and Theater, Meet the Author is designed to introduce a general audience to a contemporary author and their work through in-depth interviews. This episode features a conversation between Dr. Glendon Swarthout, prolific author and English professor at MSU, and assistant professors Sam S. Baskett and Theodore B. Strandness
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