...The Big-Five Trait Taxonomy: History, Measurement, and Theoretical Perspectives Oliver P. John and Sanjay Srivastava University of California at Berkeley Running head: Big Five Trait Taxonomy Final draft: March 5, 1999 Author's Address: Oliver P. John Department of Psychology University of California, MC 1650 Berkeley, CA 94720-1650 W: (510) 642-2178; H: 540-7159; Fax: 643-9334 Email: ojohn@socrates.berkeley.edu; sanjays@socrates.berkeley.edu To appear in L. Pervin and O.P. John (Eds.), Handbook of personality: Theory and research (2nd ed.). New York: Guilford (in press). 2 Taxonomy is always a contentious issue because the world does not come to us in neat little packages (S. J. Gould, 1981, p. 158). Personality has been conceptualized from a variety of theoretical perspectives, and at various levels of abstraction or breadth (John, Hampson, & Goldberg, 1991; McAdams, 1995). Each of these levels has made unique contributions to our understanding of individual differences in behavior and experience. However, the number of personality traits, and scales designed to measure them, escalated without an end in sight (Goldberg, 1971). Researchers, as well as practitioners in the field of personality assessment, were faced with a bewildering array of personality scales from which to choose, with little guidance and no overall rationale at hand. What made matters worse was that scales with the same name often measure concepts that are not the same, and scales with different...
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...| |[Year] | | |Grizli777 | | | | | |SOHEL | |[Type the document title] | |[Type the abstract of the document here. The abstract is typically a short summary of the contents of the document. Type the abstract of the | |document here. The abstract is typically a short summary of the contents of the document.] | ACKHOWLEDGEMENT It is my great pleasure to convey my deep respect and indebtedness to my teacher Dr. Md Azam Khan, Chairmen, Department of Economics, Jagannath University for cordial guidance, pragmatic suggestions and continuous encouragement and inspirations of my term paper work, which enabled me to complete my dissertation work successfully. I would also like to offer my heartfelt thanks, gratitude, deep respect and indebtedness to Soma Bhattacharjee, Lecturer of Economics, Jagannath University for his continuous guidance, thoughtful suggestion and inspirations during the entire time of my term paper. I am indebted to the respondents of the study area who provided data and suggestions to complete the work. Contents ...
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...TDA 2.1: Child and young person development. 1 1.1 0 – 3 Years Physical Development New born babies are very limited to the movement and have very little control over their bodies. They rely on movement through reflexes but as they begin to get older they begin to develop crawling, sitting, grabbing, pointing, running rolling, hopping and jumping. As children begin to reach 2years there movement should become more controlled as they hit the age of 3 children should be able to develop some motor skills that will include activities such as painting, colouring and drawings. They should be able to figure out they can hold things and do things on their own. Communication and intellectual development Babies will begin to hear different sounds, languages and phrases used around them, as time goes by children will begin to make sounds of their own and by 12months some children will begin to say words which may not be fully clear. By the ages of 1 and 2 children will begin to pick up on words as their vocabulary will expand their they will start and try to string sentences together, by the age of 3 children will be able to speak clearly but will need help with their speech when speaking as common mistakes will be noticed in most children. Social, emotional and behavioural development Children will begin to find out their identify and who they are, many children will become attached to their parents at this stage as they begin to do things independently children can...
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...Capital Structure Decisions: Which Factors Are Reliably Important? Murray Z. Frank and Vidhan K. Goyal∗ This paper examines the relative importance of many factors in the capital structure decisions of publicly traded American firms from 1950 to 2003. The most reliable factors for explaining market leverage are: median industry leverage (+ effect on leverage), market-to-book assets ratio (−), tangibility (+), profits (−), log of assets (+), and expected inflation (+). In addition, we find that dividend-paying firms tend to have lower leverage. When considering book leverage, somewhat similar effects are found. However, for book leverage, the impact of firm size, the market-to-book ratio, and the effect of inflation are not reliable. The empirical evidence seems reasonably consistent with some versions of the trade-off theory of capital structure. When corporations decide on the use of debt finance, they are reallocating some expected future cash flows away from equity claimants in exchange for cash up front. The factors that drive this decision remain elusive despite a vast theoretical literature and decades of empirical tests. This stems in part from the fact that many of the empirical studies are aimed at providing support for a particular theory. The amount of evidence is large, and so it is often all too easy to provide some empirical support for almost any idea. This is fine for a given paper but more problematic for the overall development of our understanding of capital...
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...1. Ramada Demonstrates Its Personal Best In 1996 the latest D. K. Shifflet survey of customer satisfaction in the hospitality industry showed mid-tier hotels continuing their downward trend in perceived customer service, reflected by more and more respondents giving ratings on customer service in the 7 or lower range on Shifflet’s 10-point scale. While Ramada’s satisfaction rates held steady, “It was only a matter of time before we experienced the problem,” says Tim Pigsley, director of operations for Ramada Franchise Systems (RFS). Shifflet research highlighted three critical areas for study that could influence customer satisfaction: hiring (finding the best people to deliver Ramada’s brand of exceptional service), training (giving employees the tools to deliver exceptional service), and motivation (providing the impetus for Ramada employees to deliver exceptional service). Unlike some of its competitors, RFS is a totally franchised system. In such an environment, not only must headquarters contend with the variable human factor of all service operations, but additionally, RFS must contend with differing “exceptional service” standards among owners of the nearly 900 Ramada properties. “Due to the franchised system of property management, we needed for each management team and each employee to be committed to the change—to buy in to any new program—whatever shape it would take,” explains Pigsley. “We wanted to learn and borrow from the best so we started with Disney. In...
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...Fax: (091) 286908 helpdesk-pew@smeda.org.pk REGIONAL OFFICE PUNJAB REGIONAL OFFICE BALOCHISTAN Bungalow No. 15-A Chaman Housing Scheme Airport Road, Quetta. Tel: (081) 831623, 831702 Fax: (081) 831922 helpdesk-qta@smeda.org.pk 8 th Floor, LDA Plaza, Lahore, Tel: (042) 111-111-456 Fax: (042)6304926-7 helpdesk@smeda.org.pk October, 2008 Pre-Feasibility Study Dairy Farm (25 Animals) 1 INTRODUCTION TO SMEDA..........................................................................................................4 2 PURPOSE OF THE DOCUMENT.....................................................................................................4 3 CRUCIAL FACTORS & STEPS IN DECISION MAKING FOR INVESTMENT ..........................5 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 STRENGTHS ................................................................................................................................5 WEAKNESSES..............................................................................................................................5 OPPORTUNITIES ..........................................................................................................................5 THREATS ....................................................................................................................................5 4 PROJECT PROFILE...
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...Fax: (091) 286908 helpdesk-pew@smeda.org.pk REGIONAL OFFICE PUNJAB REGIONAL OFFICE BALOCHISTAN Bungalow No. 15-A Chaman Housing Scheme Airport Road, Quetta. Tel: (081) 831623, 831702 Fax: (081) 831922 helpdesk-qta@smeda.org.pk 8 th Floor, LDA Plaza, Lahore, Tel: (042) 111-111-456 Fax: (042)6304926-7 helpdesk@smeda.org.pk October, 2008 Pre-Feasibility Study Dairy Farm (25 Animals) 1 INTRODUCTION TO SMEDA..........................................................................................................4 2 PURPOSE OF THE DOCUMENT.....................................................................................................4 3 CRUCIAL FACTORS & STEPS IN DECISION MAKING FOR INVESTMENT ..........................5 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 4.1. 4.2. 4.3. 4.4. 4.5. 4.6. 4.7. 5.1 5.2 6.1 6.2 6.3 STRENGTHS ................................................................................................................................5 WEAKNESSES..............................................................................................................................5 OPPORTUNITIES ..........................................................................................................................5 THREATS ....................................................................................................................................5...
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...with the ability to charge lower prices and committing more shelf space to their own fruit juices and how important it is for business to follow customer trends as they hold the purchasing power. The report also compares and contrasts Boost Juice Bars and Spring Valley Juice marketing strategies, recommending that Boost Juice Bars continue on with their strong marketing mix and Spring Valley focus on their customer trends and target market. The report also recommends the industry swap to BPA free plastic bottles to better enhance their brand and health and safety of their consumers. Table of Contents 1. Introduction …………………………………………………………………………………3 2. Fruit Juice Industry Overview …………………………………………………………3 3. Environmental Analysis 3.1 Fruit Juice Industry Warned …………………………………………………4 3.2 Private-label Brands to Take Over …………………………………………5 3.3 Consumer Trends …………………………………………………………6 4. Marketing Analysis 4.1 Defining the Target Markets …………………………………………………6 4.2 Product Offering …………………………………………………………………7 4.3 Target Consumers with Promotion …………………………………………7...
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...Jonathan Heath Lo que indican los indicadores Cómo utilizar la información estadística para entender la realidad económica de México Prólogo de Eduardo Sojo Garza-Aldape Jonathan Heath Lo que indican los indicadores Cómo utilizar la información estadística para entender la realidad económica de México 332.972 Heath, Jonathan. Lo que indican los indicadores : cómo utilizar la información estadística para entender la realidad económica de México / Jonathan Heath ; pról. Eduardo Sojo Garza-Aldape . -- México : INEGI, c2012. xx, 419 p. : il. ISBN 978-607-494-288-0 1 . Desarrollo económico - México. 2. México - Condiciones económicas. I. Garza-Aldape, Eduardo Sojo. DR © 2012, Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía Edificio Sede Av. Héroe de Nacozari Sur Núm. 2301 Fracc. Jardines del Parque, CP 20276 Aguascalientes, Ags. www.inegi.org.mx atencion.usuarios@inegi.org.mx Lo que indican los indicadores Cómo utilizar la información estadística para entender la realidad económica de México Impreso en México ISBN 978-607-494-288-0 Advertencia El análisis, puntos de vista, comentarios y opiniones vertidas en este libro son de carácter estrictamente personal y no reflejan, en ningún momento, la posición oficial del Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (INEGI). Lo que indican los indicadores Contenido INEGI. Lo que indican los indicadores. Cómo utilizar la información estadística para entender la realidad...
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...Stock Price Sensitivity to Dividend Changes ∗ Cesare Fracassi Department of Finance - UCLA Anderson School of Management Email Address: cesare.fracassi.2009@anderson.ucla.edu First Draft April 4th , 2007 Current Draft: July 29, 2008 Abstract This paper examines the stock price sensitivity to dividend changes. The Dividend Signaling, the Free-Cash-Flow, the Maturity and the Catering Hypotheses all predict an average positive (negative) reaction to announcement of a dividend increase (decrease). However, these hypotheses have different cross-sectional predictions. This paper documents that the positive stock price response to dividend increases is due primarily to the signaling of higher future earnings, to the managers catering to the time-varying premium assigned by the market to dividend paying stocks, and partially to the reduction of agency problems. On the contrary, the negative price response to dividend decreases is mainly due to the transition from a mature life-cycle stage to a decline stage with higher systematic risk, as maintained by the Maturity Hypothesis. Keywords: Dividend; Signaling; Overinvestment; Life-Cycle. JEL Classification Numbers: G14, G35. ∗ I would like to thank Albert Sheen for his constant support and excellent insights. I would also like to thank Antonio Bernardo, my mentor over the years, and Mark Garmaise and Walter Torous for their helpful comments. All errors are mine. 1 1 Introduction The impact of...
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...GNU Scientific Library Reference Manual Edition 1.14, for GSL Version 1.14 4 March 2010 Mark Galassi Los Alamos National Laboratory Jim Davies Department of Computer Science, Georgia Institute of Technology James Theiler Astrophysics and Radiation Measurements Group, Los Alamos National Laboratory Brian Gough Network Theory Limited Gerard Jungman Theoretical Astrophysics Group, Los Alamos National Laboratory Patrick Alken Department of Physics, University of Colorado at Boulder Michael Booth Department of Physics and Astronomy, The Johns Hopkins University Fabrice Rossi University of Paris-Dauphine Copyright c 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 The GSL Team. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with the Invariant Sections being “GNU General Public License” and “Free Software Needs Free Documentation”, the Front-Cover text being “A GNU Manual”, and with the Back-Cover Text being (a) (see below). A copy of the license is included in the section entitled “GNU Free Documentation License”. (a) The Back-Cover Text is: “You have the freedom to copy and modify this GNU Manual.” Printed copies of this manual can be purchased from Network Theory Ltd at http://www.network-theory.co.uk/gsl/manual/. The money raised from sales of the manual...
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...Demography of Germany Concepts, Data, and Methods G. Rohwer U. P¨tter o Version 3 October 2003 Fakult¨t f¨r Sozialwissenschaft a u Ruhr-Universit¨t Bochum, GB 1 a 44780 Bochum goetz.rohwer@ruhr-uni-bochum.de ulrich.poetter@ruhr-uni-bochum.de Preface This text is an introduction to concepts and methods of demographic description and analysis. The substantial focus is on the demographic development of Germany, all data refer to this country. The main reason for this focus on a single country is that we want to show how the tools of demography can actually be used for the analysis of demographic problems. The text consists of two parts. Part I introduces the conceptual framework and explains basic statistical notions. This part also includes a short chapter that explains how we speak of “models” and why we do not make a sharp distinction between “describing” and “modeling” demographic processes. Then follows Part II that deals with data and methods. In the present version of the text, we almost exclusively discuss mortality and fertility data; migration is only mentioned in Chapter 6 and briefly considered in the context of a Leslie model at the end of the text. In addition to providing a general introduction to concepts of demography, the text also intends to show how to practically work with demographic data. We therefore extensively document all the data used and explain the statistical calculations in detail. In fact, most of these calculations are quite simple;...
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...FACTORS AFFECTING TEACHER MOTIVATION IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN THIKA WEST DISTRICT, KIAMBU COUNTY BY TERESA KEMUNTO NYAKUNDI A RESEARCH PROJECT SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT FOR THE AWARD OF DEGREE OF MASTER OF EDUCATION IN THE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION OF KENYATTA UNIVERSITY OCTOBER, 2012 DECLARATION This Research Project is my original work and has not been presented to any other university for a degree or any other award. Signature________________________________ Date__________________________ TERESA KEMUNTO NYAKUNDI REG. E55/CE/14342/2009 This Research Project has been submitted for examination with our approval as University Supervisors: Signature_______________________ Date ________________________ Prof. Grace Bunyi Associate Professor Department of Educational Management, Policy and Curriculum Studies, School of Education Kenyatta University Signature_______________________ Date ________________________ Dr. Libese Senior lecturer Department of Educational Management, Policy and Curriculum Studies, School of Education Kenyatta University ii DEDICATION I dedicate this study to my family. iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I acknowledge my supervisors Prof. Grace Bunyi and Dr. L.I Libese for their guidance during the writing of this project. If it were not for their guidance, this work could not have been a success. I also acknowledge teachers and principals of public secondary schools in Thika West District ...
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...SURFACE CASING DESIGN OF AN OIL WELL By MANISH PANT (R270307017) SANDEEP BAHUGUNA (R270307032) College of Engineering studies University of Petroleum & Energy Studies Dehradun May, 2011 Surface casing design of an oil well A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Technology (Applied Petroleum Engineering, upstream) Under the Guidance of ……………… Mr. Arun Chandel (Mentor) Approved …………..... Dean College of Engineering University of Petroleum & Energy Studies Dehradun May, 2011 CERTIFICATE This is to certify that Manish pant and Sandeep Bahuguna, students of B.Tech (APE)+ MBA(UAM) has written their thesis on “surface casing design for an oil Well” under my supervision and have successfully completed the project within stipulated time. They have demonstrated high performance levels and dedication during the completion of their thesis. …………… Mr. Arun Chandel (Mentor) Acknowledgement We would like to express our deepest gratitude to Dr. Shri Hari, Dean, COES, UPES for allowing us to perform the project work. We have received maximum co-operation and help from UPES faculty members. We would also like to express our sincere thanks to Mr. Sabyasachi Maiti, Course Coordinator, B.Tech (APE Upstream+ MBA (UAM)), for giving his full support during our project work. Lastly, we would like to thank our mentor, Mr. Arun Chandel...
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...psicológica 1.3. Tratamiento del TDAH 1.4. Tratamiento farmacológico y no farmacológico Tratamiento farmacológico Tratamiento no farmacológico 1.5. Causas del TDAH 2. CAPÍTULO II: TDAH Y TRASTORNOS ASOCIADOS 2.1. Trastornos de aprendizaje Dificultades en lenguaje y escritura Trastornos del habla Dificultades en el aprendizaje de matemáticas 2.2. Problemas perceptivo-motores 2.3. Trastornos del estado del ánimo y desórdenes por estrés socio-familiar 2.4. Trastorno negativista-desafiante y trastorno de conducta 2.5. Baja competencia social, conductas agresivas y Trastorno disocial 2.6. Trastornos por uso de sustancias 2.7. Tics 3. CAPÍTULO III: LAS FUNCIONES EJECUTIVAS, QUÉ SON Y CÓMO INTERFIEREN EN EL ÁREA ACADÉMICO Y SOCIAL DEL ALUMNO CON TDAH 3.1. Funciones ejecutivas 3.2. ¿Cómo se manifiesta la problemática en el rendimiento académico? 3.3. ¿Cómo se manifiesta la problemática en su comportamiento? 11 a 18 pag 4 a 10 pag 19 a 18 pag TDAH en el aula: Guía para docentes 1 4. CAPÍTULO IV: CÓMO PUEDE UN PROFESOR DETECTAR A UN ALUMNO CON TDAH Y QUÉ PASOS DEBE SEGUIR 4.1. Evidencias del TDAH 4.2. ¿Qué tipo de niños con TDAH nos podemos encontrar en el aula? 4.3. ¿En qué momento comienza a observarse los síntomas? 4.4. ¿A partir de cúando se puede realizar un diagnóstico correctamente? 4.5. ¿El comportamiento se modifica de acuerdo al contexto? 4.6. Errores frecuentes que nos pueden hacer sospechar Errores en lectura Errores en escritura Errores en cálculo 5. CAPÍTULO V: ESTRATEGIAS...
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