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Art in Early Modern Italy: Artemisia Gentileschi and Caravaggio
Authors: Holwerda Joslin
Published: January 2019

This paper compares the careers of two internationally known painters from seventeenth century Rome, one male and one female, to further understand the broader gender relations of early modern Italy. Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio and Artemisia Gentileschi are individually known for being Italy’s greatest painters of the Baroque period. As artists, the professional challenges that they faced exemplified the dichotomy between genders in the early modern period. While Caravaggio’s controversial art style and violent lifestyle did not hinder his success, Gentileschi faced persistent apprehension and criticism by her contemporaries, solely because she was a woman working in an almost exclusively male profession. The professional restrictions and limitations that were experienced by female artists in the seventeenth century are represented in the career and reputation of Artemisia Gentileschi. By comparing the art, careers, and reputations of Rome’s most notable painters, this paper offers insight into how art is representative of gender and gender relations in early modern Italy.
The Trials of Jamestown: An Investigation of the External Factors Influencing England’s First American Colony
Authors: Dries Ally Julma
Published: January 2019

This paper closely examines the first years of the colony of Jamestown and the factors contributing to its initial failures. While drawing attention to the faults of the settlers themselves, investigations of different primary and secondary sources work to shine a light on outside influences such as the imbalance of political power in the governmental structure, a lack of proper preparation, as well as the extreme social circumstances and pressures the settlers would have endured. With these factors in consideration, this paper highlights the positive contributions of the colony, drawing on the works of Karen Kupperman to expand on the notion of Jamestown as a model for future colonies. This paper essentially argues that England’s first colony was ultimately a success, in spite of the many trials it faced, as it not only persevered through these hardships, but provided guidelines essential to the founding of future colonies in North America.
The Spectacle of Death
Authors: Cino Carina Sarah
Published: January 2019

This paper discusses death in Renaissance Europe as a specactle of public punishment. With particular focus on capital punishment in various cities in Italy, this paper argues that public executions were meant as a sign of state power, utilized to control the general public. The ways in which executions were used by both state and community are explored in depth, justifying the connection between power and public violence.
Science versus ‘Science’: Exploring the Life of Benjamin Banneker in the Context of Thomas Jefferson’s Views in Notes on the State of Virginia
Authors: Evans Emma
Published: January 2019

Despite substantive research being conducted on the interaction between Thomas Jefferson’s views on race and the life of Benjamin Banneker, recent interpretations of Jefferson’s influence on constructing modern American racism suggest this relationship should be re-examined. New understandings of Jefferson interpret him as a key instigator of a modern American racism, as he was a leader of his time who distinctly incorporated claims of science in the justification for racial inferiority. This new analysis of Jefferson’s influence suggests a new interpretation of his interaction with Benjamin Banneker should occur, as the approach taken when comparing the two men has been one which represented Jefferson as a symbol for the common southern American slave owner. With new research challenging this view, new studies into Banneker should follow suit. This paper seeks to build upon the work of Jordan Winthrop, Robert Pierce Forbes, Bruno Carvalho, LaGarrett King, and Angela G Ray and conducts this reassessment of the dynamic between Banneker and Jefferson with new research included to evaluate Banneker’s significance on discussion of race accordingly. This paper argues that comparing Banneker to Jefferson in this novel context heightens Banneker’s significance, as he becomes one of the first African Americans to challenge this new racism and hence sets critical precedents for addressing similar rhetoric. Banneker’s role transforms from one of many individuals who challenged slavery into a man who framed a template for social action against racist dogma guised by science.
The Formidable Widow: Comparing the Representations and Life Accounts of Widows in 17th Century England.
Authors: Nickerson Rebecca
Published: January 2019

The status and degree of agency of widows have changed along with societal perceptions of them throughout the centuries. Widows in 17th century England were afforded greater legal rights than the average contemporary woman, and yet their status as widows made them subject to a wide degree of stereotypes within popular forms of media at the time. Studies on the lives of these women have been limited to mainly legal rights, sexuality, literature studies and case studies of their day to day experiences. This paper examines specific perceptions of widows within contemporary forms of media and compares them to case studies of the lived experiences of widows. This examination takes place in order to determine if a dichotomy between the ideas of how a widow would live and act within her status of legal power matched up with the actual lived experiences of these women.
The United States and Sputnik: A Reassessment of Dwight D. Eisenhower's Presidential Legacy
Authors: Bologna Matthew Joseph
Published: January 2019

Dwight D. Eisenhower's legacy as President of the United States from 1953 to 1961 has experienced a dramatic reversal in scholarly assessment.  Previously denounced as a "do-nothing" president whose ignorance and complacency tarnished the prestige of the executive office, the declassification of National Security Archives, the publication of Eisenhower's memoirs, and the memoirs of those closest to the president has contributed to a shift in Eisenhower's reputation from animosity to admiration.  Scholars now praise Eisenhower for his modesty, wisdom, and resourcefulness.  This paper contributes to the ongoing historiographical revaluation of Eisenhower's presidential legacy by examining his handling of an overlooked episode of American history - the Sputnik Crisis of 1957.  Upon receiving word of the successful launch of the Soviet satellite in October 1957, Eisenhower surrounded himself with scientists, academics, and engineers to formulate the most appropriate policy responses to Sputnik, and to refute Congressional calls for increased military spending.  As such, Eisenhower accelerated the American satellite program, established the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), reorganized the Department of Defense to eliminate inter-service rivalry, and provided for moderate infusions of federal funding into post-secondary education via the National Defense Education Act.  Indeed, Eisenhower's strategic handling of the Sputnik Crisis cements Eisenhower's reputation as an effective, proactive, and overall effective president.
THE FATE OF A LEGENDARY PRACTICE
Authors: Oscher Steve
Published: January 2019

Calvin T. Jones, DMD slammed the door to his office, walked to his desk, and glared at the diplomas on his wall. UNC at Chapel Hill (Magna Cum Laude), University of Florida (Doctor of Dentistry), all those awards for service and achievement. So perfect, and yet he thought.....how could my career have fallen into total chaos? As Calvin reached for his bottle of Tums, he reflected on the events that brought him to this crossroad in his career.

In the months prior to his graduation, Calvin had reviewed the American Dental Association’s suggested questions for new dentists interviewing to enter the practice of dentistry: Who is the patient population? What kind of care will I be providing? What is the practice’s experience with employee dentists? Why are they hiring now? How is compensation calculated? How long do dentists typically stay in this position? Is there an opportunity for an equity ownership? It was that last question...the opportunity for a “piece of the pie”, that Calvin allowed himself a wry smile.

Dr. Albert S. Waxman was a legend in the Florida dental community. A frequent speaker at UF, Calvin was honored when Dr. Waxman, after a Dental School reception, invited Calvin to visit his office in Tampa. His professors were excited to hear that Al Waxman had taken an interest in one of their top students. Two weeks later, Calvin visited the Hyde Park Family Dentistry Center and was impressed by the facility, the location, the employees, and most importantly, Dr. Waxman. As the meeting ended, Calvin was surprised when Dr. Waxman extended an offer to join his practice after graduation. Everything he had hoped for was falling into place. He accepted Dr. Waxman’s offer the next day.
After seven years, Dr. Waxman offered and Calvin accepted, a 50% interest in the practice. As an equal partner, Calvin expected that he would be able to introduce new ideas and opportunities into the dental practice. Yet, with each suggestion there appeared to be more resistance from Dr. Waxman. Employees became divided in their loyalties. The practice administrator Calvin had been responsible for hiring was now viewed as the devil incarnate by Dr. Waxman.

What happened? How did things go so wrong?
As Calvin returned to the present, his anger started to build, first at himself, then Dr. Waxman, and finally at this mess of a business relationship. A few moments ago, Dr. Waxman informed him that he wanted to dissolve their business relationship.

Was there still a way to salvage the relationship? What could Dr. Calvin Jones do?
SECURING THE MUMA JOURNALS
Authors: Gill Grandon
Published: January 2019

Grandon Gill, Professor and Academic Director of the Doctor of Business Administration program at the Muma College of Business (MCOB) of the University of South Florida, pondered the question. A few months before, he had volunteered to take on the creation of two open access journals, to be called the Muma Case Review (MCR) and the Muma Business Review (MBR). The first of these would publish business discussion case studies and technical notes intended for educational purposes and would exist entirely online. The second would publish research of interested to business practice and would initially publish online and would also provide printed volumes.

Just a week before, Gill had committed to launching the MCR within two months. At the time, this deadline did not seem unreasonable. He already had sufficient case studies to provide a year’s worth of content. What he did not have, however, was a specific plan for delivering the content. Originally, he had planned to use the publishing component of the review system that would be handling submission and review of manuscripts. The MCOB’s dean, however, had indicated that he wanted a level of branding that could not be accommodated by the review system. Thus, a new solution to the reader-facing front end of the two journals was required.
Gill’s instinctive reaction had been to propose a front-end solution that employed WordPressTM, a content management system that provided flexible functionality that could be adapted to a journal front end. According to the web survey group W3Techs, as of early 2015, nearly a quarter of the top 10 million websites in the world used WordPress. Gill, himself, had used it for years for his personal blog and was comfortable with its capabilities.

As he thought about it further, however, Gill also recalled that his personal website had been taken down at least five times by anonymous hackers. In each case, WordPress had been identified as a likely source of the problem—although that had never actually been confirmed. His dean would not be pleased if similar disruption of the MCOB’s flagship journal websites took place. Should Gill be considering alternative solutions? And, even if he did choose WordPress or a similar content management system, there were many possible ways it could be deployed: as a service provider, as an application hosted in the cloud or on a local server. Each had its own pros and cons from a security standpoint. And the costs could be very different. This decision was proving to be far less straightforward than he had first thought.
DIVIDE OR CONVERGE?
Authors: Gonzalez Gilbert
Published: January 2019

Gilbert Gonzalez, founder and CEO of Mission Critical Solutions (MCS), was reflecting on the path forward for his company. MCS maintained and updated a five-year strategic plan each year since its inception in 1990. In the early years, the strategic plan focused on the key strategic factors (KSFs) and resulted in a narrow mission. Year after year, that focus on the KSFs was rewarded by the market. Doing the most important things well kept the organization focused and efficient.

The consistently evolving mission of the organization necessitated adding new products, services, and solutions. In the early 1990s, deploying PCs, implementing local area networks (LANs), and providing onsite support met the challenges their customers faced. A few years later, the company’s clients’ needs led to the addition of a Wide Area Network (WAN) solution to aggregate offices and link applications. By 1996, information technologies (IT) and telecommunications began to converge. Common structured cable plants and digital trunks sharing voice and data traffic were new and mandatory elements of the clients’ solutions. Subtly, the technologies evolved and converged. Internet Protocol (IP) Telephony and Unified Communications converged onto the clients’ LAN/WAN networks. It was clear that most technology would speak IP in the future. In the early 2000s, building automation, audio video (AV), security, surveillance, and control system endpoints converged onto the network. The trend of unusual devices converging onto the network, also known as “the Internet of things,” will continue. Wireless innovations and mobility meant that technology could move not just around the facility, but also around the world.

For MCS, the end result of this phenomenon was a group of specialized departments and teams: information technologies, passive cabling systems, electrical systems, building automation and controls, audio video, security and surveillance, and unified communications. All of these departments, staffed 200 associates strong, were coordinated by the project management team, and collaborated to meet the requirements of the company’s clients. Thus, the marketing elevator speech for MCS required a tall building! Their clients expressed surprise and confusion at the breadth of services offered. While the devices had converged, the clients’ perception of their vendors and providers had not. The question at hand was whether MCS should stay converged in a functional organization strategy with capability-based teams, or organize into separate standalone entities with unique identities and separate overheads, focusing more on the individual capability-based technology specialization.
PHYSICIAN EMR ADOPTION IN AN ACADEMIC SETTING
Authors: J Culumber Janene
Published: January 2019

Mark Hulse, Chief Information Officer at Moffitt Cancer Center wondered out loud as he stared at the results of the survey used to determine organizational readiness for change. Much about this implementation seemed to be different from his prior experiences: the academic setting, the physician led leadership structure, the regulatory requirements driving change, and the government incentives to reduce the financial burden of implementation.

Hulse’s decision of how to proceed was influenced by a number of issues. First, electronic clinical documentation was implemented but very few physicians had adopted the technology, as it was more cumbersome then their current process. Attempts to push adoption had resulted in considerable frustration from the physicians. Second, the organization was running out of time. To earn government incentives for meaningful use (approximately $6 million), certain aspects of the electronic records had to be in place in six months. The project was plodding along, but it was feasible to continue with the current path and implement just enough to meet the requirements for year 1. But after the initial year, the next phase would be Computerized Provider Order Entry, requiring even further adoption and significant clinical workflow changes. The risks would continue to compound making it challenging to hit stage 1 in time to achieve any incentives.

Both Hulse and Dr. Phil Smith, the Chief Medical Information Officer, believed there was another alternative. The organization needed to change its view from an IT driven project to an institutional change in clinical and operational workflows. But, that would entail a much longer process and would require the organization to forgo the significant financial incentives. Would the executive leadership even entertain such an idea?

Hulse and Smith stared at each other; they both knew neither proposition was without great risk. They were already receiving angry emails from physicians and the executive team was anxious, to say the least.

Hulse sighed, “This is not going to be an easy decision to make.”
Cost Estimating - Make or Buy?
Authors: Montgomery Troy
Published: January 2019

Determining how a corporate real estate organization estimates its project costs is a big decision that impacts budgets, customers, and the bottom line. Our next management meeting is only a few days away. What recommendations should we make for improvement of cost estimating?

Troy Montgomery, a consultant at Humana in April of 2015, was tasked with providing leaders of Humana’s corporate real estate group, Workplace Solutions (WPS), with an answer to how to provide early cost estimates on large construction projects. Should they create a solution internally, outsource development of a solution, or look to an existing solution to provide a “cost calculator”? There was so much variation in the types of projects WPS worked on, not to mention an assortment of internal clients they served. Such complexity made it virtually impossible to come to a straight forward recommendation.
Humana was a leading health and well-being company focused on making it easy for people to achieve their best health with clinical excellence through coordinated care. When Humana needed a new or renovated office building, call center, pharmacy, or medical center they engaged the WPS team to manage the start to finish solution. Similar to any other large project, the end user was concerned with three things: time, cost, and quality. The initial questions from WPS internal clients were typically “How long is this project going to take and how much will it cost?” WPS managers believed they provided sufficient cost estimates once all of the planning activities were completed, contracts selected, and construction drawings finalized. However, they were curious if could provide better estimates at the initial onset of a new project, before all of the planning is complete.
In late 2014 and early 2015 Montgomery led a small, cross-functional team of WPS associates through process improvement initiatives. The team had only been commissioned for six months and due to their success, WPS leaders challenged the team to identify additional improvement opportunities. Determining a solution to an issue like cost estimating would not only build the credibility of Montgomery’s team, but it would also open up new opportunities for additional improvements in the future.
First, the team identified the current methodology for cost estimating within WPS. In parallel they researched cost estimating tools on the market and investigated best practices within the industry. Based on the team’s analysis, WPS leaders recognized they needed a solution in a short period of time. Should they task internal resources, purchase an out-of-the-box IT tool, or commission an external vendor to create a solution?
Today, I Fired My Sales Force
Authors: W Hammond Robert
Published: January 2019

Companies literally spend billions training sales people and yet continue to have problems transforming sales teams. In support of finding new approaches to this problem the following paper applies different theories to the problem and describes the results of a pilot survey conducted with sales teams in the Americas and Asia.
“How much is this worth?” Humana’s Chief Innovation Officer Explains Why This is the Wrong Question
Authors: Montgomery Troy
Published: January 2019

Chris Kay, Humana’s Chief Innovation Officer, shared insights into the innovation decision-making process. Kay discussed specific strategies employed by Humana to bring consumer insights to action and he shared examples of the development of innovation ideas.
“The first, and most often wrong, question is, ‘How much is this worth?’” Chris Kay, the Chief Innovation Officer at the $50B health and wellness company Humana, shared his perspective on the criteria in selecting innovation ideas. Business leaders have a tendency to examine how much an innovation is worth in the early phases of innovation, but Kay argued organizations should focus measurements on customer desirability.
During a one hour interview Kay discussed a number of interesting innovation topics including why asking “How much is this worth?” is the wrong question to ask early in the innovation process. Kay confirmed that the majority of value is created in understanding the customer experience and innovating around it. At Humana early metrics concentrate on experiential measures of member health. Experiential measures are driven by research and based on customer insights and unmet needs.
Kay also discussed the importance of Co-creation, an innovation approach where Humana partners with smaller startup companies on new ideas. Humana’s innovation team seeks the best and brightest venture capital backed start-ups to form partnerships. Creating a shared view of success allows both the partner and Humana to capture knowledge, build value, and learn from failures. Decisions on these disruptive innovation ideas are typically made by a team of external partners, advisors, and leaders outside of Humana’s established lines of business.
Innovation at Humana also occurs internal to the organization. Humana is a diverse health and wellness company with lines of business including health insurance, health data analytics, pharmacy, and healthcare service providers. Kay highlights the importance of working across horizontal lines of business in such a large organization to minimize the effects of innovating in silos. Working off of horizontal platforms allows the company to take advantage of diverse resources to gain synergies when pursuing innovation ideas. Innovation across horizontals also increases transparency and allows Humana to build a portfolio of innovation ideas.
Research Debate: Where Do Entrepreneurs Come From?
Authors: Gonzalez Gilbert
Published: January 2019

Is Entrepreneurship a skill to be trained, a natural ability, or both? Understanding the source of supply and/or the quantity supplied of entrepreneurs is crucial to encouraging new business creation.
Can a community increase the supply and/or quantity supplied of entrepreneurs through programs, training, stimulus, and regulatory change? It is generally agreed that small and medium sized businesses (SMB) play a significant role in a capital market and the region of the community or nation in which they operate. The supply of SMBs stimulates growth, creates jobs, and, maybe more importantly, creates high quality jobs. The positive impact of SMB growth and sustainment is of interest to researchers, government, and industry. The significance of SMBs’ current role in our nation and communities makes it a mandate to understand the variables that can influence and/or increase the supply of viable SMBs. Adam Smith recognized that the key catalyst needed to activate all the unique combinations of factors of production needed for a viable enterprise is the fourth factor of production: entrepreneurship. This is why in his work Wealth of Nations, entrepreneurship is segregated and distinguished from labor (Smith, 1789). The act of forming and causing an ongoing business enterprise from nothing is unique from that of growing or sustaining an ongoing enterprise.
The supply of new SMBs is driven from one key catalyst–the individual who acts on an idea and acquires capital, employees, and land to cause that idea to become a functioning business. The entrepreneurship factor acts as a catalyst on the other three factors of production to create economic output. In periods of recession or slow growth, many economists believe that it is the single best solution to lowering unemployment, stimulating growth, and restoring a higher level of prosperity for their community.
The ongoing debate and discussion about the total supply and quantity supplied of entrepreneurs is of interest to researchers looking to understand how to increase the total number of viable SMBs. Understanding whether there is a change in the quantity supplied, or if an overall shift in the entire supply curve occurs is crucial to developing the most efficient strategies by the stakeholders charged with inducing growth in startups. To understand this difference, one must understand how nature and nurture impact the career decision to become an entrepreneur. This question drives the well-documented debate: Can a community increase the total supply, or is it just a movement along the same supply curve? Implied in this debate is the question: Do entrepreneurial intentions form naturally, or can they be created through nurturing?
Regulations and Economic Welfare
Authors: J Antia Murad
Published: January 2019

The president recently signed an executive order fulfilling his pledge to reduce federal regulations because it is a widely held belief that unfettered business activity and free-market solutions are integral to economic growth and prosperity, and that government intervention and regulation would be inimical to growth and prosperity. It is difficult to argue with the success of a laissez-faire economic system especially when compared to the economies of the east European countries of yesteryear. But, can regulatory intervention promote a more competitive, efficient and fair economy? It is evident that in some instances, regulations can stimulate competition, fair play and innovation.
The Hard Truth About Soft Skills
Authors: (Tres) Bishop Desmond
Published: January 2019

This article provides value to hiring managers and academics by positing a conceptual model that could potentially revitalize the methods employed to train, coach, interview and hire new college graduates. The model shows that success (measured as employee productivity) is the summation of education (hard skills) plus experience (time in one’s domain) plus soft skills. Each of the variables (employee productivity, education, experience and soft skills) is moderated by cost and organizational culture. Further, the author argues that these soft skills are the preeminent factor among the 3 independent elements for new employee success. It turns conventional wisdom on its head by declaring that it is soft skills development that is the single most important predictor of a new employee’s success in a world obsessed by hard skills.
What Critical Factors Do Companies Consider When Selecting Innovation Ideas?
Authors: Montgomery Troy
Published: January 2019

Organizations are constantly seeking ways to reinvent themselves through innovation. The process of selecting ideas in the early stages of innovation has a significant impact on the probability for success of new products or services. This paper investigates the critical factors organizations consider in the selection process.

Innovation management in organizations should be viewed in the context of systems thinking. Managers must take a holistic approach to selecting the ideas best suited for their organization. Decision-making is a major component of innovation management, especially in the early stages of innovation. Organizations must choose which innovation ideas warrant allocation of scarce resources. The selection of some ideas over others will impact the probability for success of new products or services. Extant literature provides insight into the factors managers should consider during idea selection in the front-end phases of innovation. The academic literature studied for this research question review article contained both quantitative and qualitative research. Additionally, a number of related theories impact innovation idea selection including: portfolio theory, contingency theory, systems theory and organization ambidexterity theory. This article provides a consolidated reference for organizations developing innovation decision-making frameworks. One things seems clear from the research–a reductionist approach towards innovation management will prove inadequate. In other words, there is no “golden ticket” or single answer to the innovation idea selection process. Managers must consider the key factors from literature and then determine the best fit application to their current business environment and constraints
Which Drivers of User Engagement Support the Cost-Effectiveness of Online Self-Help Programs? Amazon Turkers Tell Web Managers What Matters.
Authors: Bosman Michiel , Swart Joan
Published: January 2019

Open Forest is a provider of online mental health self-help programs and, in this context, it is crucial to understand the needs of potential users. With a high prevalence of ADHD, user needs to establish commitment and loyalty centered on the ability to engage with others online.

Access of care, purported cost savings and convenience for both clients and healthcare professionals are but some of the reasons why there is a lot of interest in the development of effective, evidence-based telemental health services. Even more than in “classical” face-to-face therapy, online mental health programs (“telemental health” and/or online self-help programs) must focus on client retention. The online self-help mental health programs have huge efficiency and scalability potentials, but to be effective, clients will have to actively participate in these programs. To address the client retention issue, this study aims to replicate previous research in user commitment to User Generated Content (UGC) websites, and create a framework for enhancing user engagement in online mental health self-help websites.
Human Interaction Management Impact on Hospital Labor Planning
Authors: J Tarpey Richard
Published: January 2019

Labor cost is the single highest expense for hospitals. Rather than relying on new technology, this case study seeks to utilize Human Interaction Management to redesign work structure and process to improve labor forecasting and scheduling outcomes.

This study takes a distinctly unique approach to the hospital workforce planning (forecasting and scheduling) problem. The study is differentiated from precedent work in its focus on the structure of the work and the human interactions involved in labor planning, rather than strictly quantitative mathematical models and algorithms. Hospital labor planning involves many dimensions and levels of complexity. Within this complexity, we believe there are many improvement opportunities. This study focused on examining human processes, interactions and work involved with forecasting workload and subsequent labor scheduling. The objective was to redesign necessary components to optimize human interactions, flow of information, and knowledge sharing in order to address the large amounts of complexity and variability.

The study concluded that a centralized role-process structure that facilitates and encourages more human interactions and feedback across the different roles resulted in more accurate labor forecasts, subsequently leading to more accurate labor schedules. We found that large amounts of critical knowledge and information was locked within the human participants who did not interact with other roles. There was a lack of a path for the critical information to flow across the roles where needed to successfully perform tasks. The drivers for the improvements were task focus and more information sharing leading to a richer collection of information and knowledge used as input to the work tasks. Redesigning work activities and roles resulted in better forecasting and scheduling outcomes as well as an additional benefit of freeing up clinical department leader time to focus on more patient and employee centric tasks within their departments.
Startup Business Plans: Academic Researchers and Expert Practitioners Still Disagree?
Authors: Gonzalez Gilbert
Published: January 2019

Academic researchers and practitioners disagree on the value and methodology of creating a startup plan. An analysis of the differences and the motivations of these two district communities gives insight into the challenges of planning a successful launch.
What Factors Influence Companies’ Successful Implementations of Technology Risk Management Systems?
Authors: E Fulford James
Published: January 2019

During the initial literature review on this research question, areas of focus included the following:
• Current qualitative and quantitative methodologies for technology risk analysis.
• Business applications for expanding the use of qualitative and quantitative technology and security risk models.
• Implementation of qualitative and quantitative technology and security risk analysis methodologies models by practitioners.
Information Technology (IT) risk analysis has become be an integral part of the enterprise risk management systems in many organizations. However, many companies have struggled to effectively implement these systems. This has become a serious problem in many cases where governmental regulations, industry requirements, and even contractual language for doing business have increasingly included technology risk management obligations that companies must meet. Currently, technology risk management is not as mature a field as those like IT Audit or Information Security, which have had professional certification processes for over 23 years. Technology risk management, on the other hand, has had similar certifications for less than 10 years. As such, many of the current technology risk management practitioners have come from other fields, which has made it difficult to construct a common body of knowledge on which technology risk management systems can be built. In many cases, such factors, as well as others, are making it difficult to implement technology risk management systems. This research will seek to evaluate those factors in more detail to determine common ones that have the most impact on the success of technology risk management projects and make recommendations for overcoming the factors that limit the success of these projects.
Public Facilities Management: Moving toward crisis
Authors: J Smith Rebecca
Published: January 2019

Facilities management has become increasingly challenging over the years as facilities expand and the cost of construction increases, all while available funds continues to remain volatile. Deferred maintenance is a mounting problem that is insurmountable in some cases. Why is this the case and how did we get here?
Facilities Management: How Public Leadership is Responding to Crisis.
Authors: J Smith Rebecca
Published: January 2019

Facilities management has become increasingly challenging over the years. Given all that history has shown us regarding catastrophic failures due to a lack of maintenance, why do public facilities continue expanding at a rate that surpasses the ability and/or commitment to responsibly maintain them?
Understanding how a company can operate in an economic development zone
Authors: Bettendorf Hugh
Published: January 2019

Economic Development Zones were created to reduce unemployment in depressed areas of the country. Different levels of government offer companies’ incentives to relocate to these areas or expand their business by creating Economic/Empowerment/Enterprise Zones. These incentives for relocating, expanding, or starting a business can be very lucrative for a company. Understanding why there is a disconnect between companies and the government might bring to light problems which would allow for improvement to the program
The $30M Delimma - A New Auditor For The College
Authors: B Murphy-Braynen Marlo , Jammeh Abdoulie
Published: January 2019

Marlo Murphy-Braynen, CFO at The College of The Bahamas (the College) rose early on September 28, 2017, and headed into the office, where many tasks awaited her. An online payment solution was urgently needed, to address the long line of students who queued up daily at the Business Office. In three weeks the College’s annual budget was due; normally this would take three months to prepare. There were deadlines too, associated with several union negotiations. And, at a time of critical cash flow shortages, a three year audit backlog had put an important $30M loan in jeopardy. The loan was needed to facilitate the College’s strategic transition to university status. The Caribbean Development Bank had specified that the College’s three-year audit backlog must be completed before the loan would be finalized.
Can Insider Trading Information be an Effective Tool for Investment Managers?
Authors: G Koch Christian
Published: January 2019

The Legend of Martha Stewart: Insider Trading
For decades institutional investment managers and individual investors have searched for different ways to make outsized returns in the stock market. Finance theories were created by academics to suggest that this task is not possible because the market is efficient. However, as a scholar-practitioner, I have come to realize that Insider Trading disclosure data provides a unique information signal that can be used as an effect tool for identifying investments at the company level.
Informing Science Institute: A Case Study
Authors: G Koch Christian , Johnson Jeff
Published: January 2019

It was late on a Friday evening and the “big” question had raised its ugly head again. Husband and wife, Eli Cohen and Betty Boyd, were slowly sipping their second glass of their favorite merlot and debating how to make Informing Science Institute (ISI) into a sustainable organization. They had founded ISI, an academic association, in 1998 to foster the development of a scientific discipline called Informing Science.
Exploring Impediments to the Proliferation of Commercial Unmanned Aerial System Use in the National Airspace System of the United States
Authors: Spencer Darren
Published: January 2019

The UAS industry is experiencing a rapid expansion, doubling every year since 2013, as adopters of this disruptive technology find new ways to benefit from these aerial platforms (Spencer, 2018). Of particular interest is the use of small to medium sized UASs, with a cost to the user of less than $2,000 that are the catalyst for this growth. Despite this rapid growth, UAS operators claim an inability to use these systems to their full potential due to regulatory obstacles.

A collection of industry experts were interviewed to discuss the UAS industry, and to explore these perceived obstacles that may be hindering an increased use of these systems across the United States. Represented in the body of 12 interviewees were UAS operators, academic experts, UAS reporters, and legal and regulatory professionals from across the country with on average at least five years of experience in UASs, and at least 10 years in aviation to provide a breadth of experience and array of viewpoints.
Distribución y abundancia del gavilán caracolero (Rostrhamus sociabilis) y la correa (Aramus guarauna), y su interacción con la chivita (Pomacea flagellata) en la Laguna de Bacalar, Quintana Roo, México
Authors: Correa Sandoval Jorge , García Reynoza Xanny Lenisse
Published: January 2019

Los factores intrínsecos como la migración y la inmigración, y externos como la competencia por alimento con otras especies limitan a las poblaciones de aves. El gavilán caracolero (Rostrhamus sociabilis) y la correa (Aramus guarauna) se distribuyen en el mismo hábitat y ambas se alimentan casi exclusivamente de caracoles del género Pomacea. En este documento reportamos la distribución y abundancia de ambas especies de aves así como el tamaño de presa utilizado por éstas en la Laguna de Bacalar, en Quintana Roo, México. De junio de 2012 a agosto de 2013 realizamos 10 salidas de campo, recorrimos 36 transectos de 500 m de longitud. Registramos 319 gavilanes caracoleros. La abundancia extrapolada promedio mensual fue de 63.3 ± 46.2 individuos. Registramos 181 adultos, 87 juveniles y 66 individuos indeterminados. Los gavilanes siempre estuvieron presentes en toda la laguna. Registramos 339 correas en los transectos. La abundancia extrapolada promedio mensual fue de 73.3 ± 82.8 individuos. Las correas siempre estuvieron presentes en toda la laguna. Tuvimos evidencia de selección de caracoles respecto a las presas disponibles en su hábitat. La longitud sifonal (LS) promedio de los caracoles consumidos fue de 37 ± 0.56 (n = 4312). La LS más pequeña depredada fue de 17 mm y la mayor de 55 mm y, de las disponibles en el ambiente, la LS promedio fue 33 ± 2.82 mm. Recomendamos realizar estudios detallados sobre la ecología reproductiva y alimenticia de estas dos especies de aves así como estudios de consumo humano de los caracoles chivita en la Laguna de Bacalar y proponer medidas de manejo y conservación.
An Analysis of Industrial Change in Turkey. II: Sectoral Development and Value Adding
Authors: YÜCEKAYA Ahmet
Published: January 2019

The success of companies in each sector is related not only with the performance of the company but also with the sectoral development. The value adding level in each sector also creates extra gains that make companies successful. In this paper, regional distribution of the largest companies in Turkey is analyzed. The annual data of the largest companies in the country based on the company performances, sectoral changes, ownership structure and value adding levels are examined below. Trend analysis for sectoral development is made and sectors are classified as rising and falling based on their performances. The data illustrates that the country replaces high value adding sectors with the low value adding ones. The value adding analysis confirms these results. It is also interesting to see that the share of the state rapidly decreases over time while the share of the private ownerships and foreign companies rise rapidly. A trend analysis is also employed for the changes in ownership structure and the results are presented. The overall results depict that the country is becoming a more industrialized; however, new policies and incentives are needed to increase the value adding in each sector.
Multiple Regression Analysis System in Machine Learning and Estimating Effects of Data Transformation&Min-Max Normalization
Authors: SAYLI Ayla , AKBULUT Ceyda , KOSUTA Kemal
Published: January 2019

Machine learning area is a recent topic in data analysis and a researcher or worker of the area is called “Data Scientist” which nowadays has been a highly preferred job title in computing. In this study, we have two aims that the first is to implement a multiple regression analysis system which is developed in Ubuntu operating system on the Anaconda platform using Python3 in order to construct models of each attribute to make their estimations for future decisions taking less risk in advance of past experiences hided in cumulated data and the second aim is to find out effects of data transformation and min-max normalization in the data preparation before building models. After the system implementation, we test the system to determine the best estimation model of each attribute of the vehicles sold in the five European countries between 1970 and 1999. We have constructed six versions of the original dataset and these versions are used to construct regression models for further estimations. Finally, we compute the regression criterion value of R-Squared for each constructed-model and we compare the models according to these values. Computational results are very promising that the system can be used efficiently and the effects of the data transformation and min-max normalization are significant for some attributes.
The Roles of Weight Stigma, Emotion Dysregulation, and Eating Pathology in Suicide Risk
Authors: Douglas Valerie Jane , Kwan Mun Yee , Gordon Kathryn H.
Published: January 2019

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1740144521000589#bib0100 Using an interpersonal theory of suicide and affect regulation framework, we investigated the relationships between perceived burdensomeness, thwarted belongingness, weight stigmatization, emotion dysregulation, eating pathology, and suicide risk. Three main hypotheses were investigated. First, we predicted a positive linear relationship between weight stigmatization and risk. Second, an indirect effect of weight stigmatization on risk via perceived burdensomeness and thwarted belongingness was posited. Third, we hypothesized that weight stigmatization would indirectly affect suicide risk via emotion dysregulation and eating pathology. Undergraduates (N = 156) completed online surveys. Linear regressions and indirect effect analyses were performed. Weight stigmatization was directly, positively associated with increased suicide risk. Weight stigmatization indirectly affected suicide risk via perceived burdensomeness but not thwarted belongingness. Higher stigmatization was associated with higher levels of perceived burdensomeness, which was associated with higher risk. An indirect effect of weight stigmatization on suicide risk through emotional dysregulation emerged. Higher weight stigmatization was associated with higher emotional dysregulation, which was associated with higher suicide risk. When all models were combined, only an indirect effect via perceived burdensomeness remained. Our findings may have clinical and public health implications for suicide prevention among people with weight stigma-related risk factors.
Ecological efficiency of international joint ventures// ECONOMICS, POLITICS, LAW: TRENDS AND PROSPECTS: сб.науч.тр./ OEAPS Inc.; редкол.: Флора Бертран (отв.ред.) [и др.]. - Берлин, Германия : OEAPS Inc., December 2018. - С. 5-7.
Authors: Dudnik Anna Igorevna
Published: January 2019

The article describes the concept of ecological efficiency in terms of international joint ventures. It discoveries the main features, specific terms and notions, it also gives the examples from energy industry. The article suggests the measures which company can take for increasing ecological efficiency of its projects.
Pedoman observasi dan wawancara
Authors: uswadin
Published: January 2019

Pedoman observasi dan wawancara
[Aeroion spectroscopy for reaction analysis on tissue cultures and slices]
Authors: Gradov Oleg
Published: January 2019

Градов, О. В., and Адамович, Е. Д. Аэроионная спектроскопия и аэроионная спектрометрия как методы исследования (верификации) биофизического эффекта и объективных механизмов воздействия на переживающие слайсы и культуры тканей аэроионов с различным зарядом и массой. In ЭКСПЕРИМЕНТАЛЬНАЯ И ТЕОРЕТИЧЕСКАЯ БИОФИЗИКА ‘15 (2015), Пущино, pp. 18–18.
[Conform mapping in dendrochronography]
Authors: Gradov Oleg
Published: January 2019

Градов, О. В., and Нотченко, А. В. Полуавтоматическая дендрохронография для исследования морфогенеза и тератоморфозов на спилах высших растений. Лесотехнический журнал 4, 8 (2012), 47–57.