Leadership Job Dimensions and Competency Requirements for Commissioned and Noncommissioned Officers Remediation of Inadequacies in Existing Data Bases

1986 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. R. Wallis ◽  
Arthur L. Korotkin ◽  
Kerry Yarkin-Levin ◽  
F. M. Schemmer ◽  
Michael D. Mumford
Keyword(s):  
Data Bases ◽  
Noncommissioned Officers ◽  
Existing Data

Use of multivariate methods in forest research site selection

1991 ◽  
Vol 21 (11) ◽  
pp. 1573-1580 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew J. Burton ◽  
Carl W. Ramm ◽  
Kurt S. Pregitzer ◽  
David D. Reed
Keyword(s):  
Site Selection ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Multivariate Methods ◽  
Data Bases ◽  
Principal Coordinates Analysis ◽  
Research Site ◽  
Principal Coordinates ◽  
Alternative Sites ◽  
Existing Data ◽  
Selection Of

In large-scale gradient studies, selection of the best research sites is critical but time-consuming and costly. Multivariate methods can be used to quickly identify suitable sites from existing data bases. Based on a study of acid deposition in the Great Lakes region (the Michigan Gradient Study), we illustrate the use of multivariate methods in screening potential research sites for similarity. Sites were examined using cluster analysis, principal coordinates analysis, and correspondence analysis. The graphical displays generated by the multivariate methods were used to identify similar sites across the gradient. A list of 31 potential sites was reduced to 5 similar research sites and several alternative sites. The results of the multivariate methods compared well with more traditional methods of research site selection but allowed for multiple comparisons of many potential sites using a variety of data from existing data bases. By eliminating sites that are unacceptable with respect to available data, the multivariate methods reduce the number of sites that require field visitation prior to final site verification. This process represents a substantial savings in time and effort when dealing with a long list of potential research sites.

Data entry using micro-computers: An experimental file of the International Bibliography of Economics

1979 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 203-207 ◽  
Author(s):  
George K. Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Data Entry ◽  
Computer Applications ◽  
Data Bases ◽  
Economics Literature ◽  
The Social ◽  
Experimental Project ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Existing Data

This paper describes an experimental project for the com puter storage and generation of a bibliography of economics literature published in 1979, as a contribution to the broader computer applications in the International Bibliography of the Social Sciences and reviews some of the appropriate tech nology for such a system, the adequacy of existing data bases and directories of these, and the creation of tertiary data bases.

Anthropometry and the Design of Products for Non-Military Use: Needs and Limitations

1978 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 686-687
Author(s):  
Charles L. Mauro ◽  
Mary A. Maney
Keyword(s):  
Data Base ◽  
End Users ◽  
Consumer Products ◽  
End User ◽  
Anthropometric Data ◽  
Data Bases ◽  
Case Examples ◽  
Existing Data

Generating a civilian anthropometric data base for use in the design of consumer products as well as all types of non-military products involves redefinition of end users of the products and also the end user of the data. A survey of the needs of designers and engineers will be summarized. Case examples are used to illustrate the lack of awareness of the availability of already existing data bases.

scholarly journals Why Is There So Little Shia–Sunni Dialogue? Understanding the Deficit of Intra-Muslim Dialogue and Interreligious Peacemaking †

Religions ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 567
Author(s):  
Krause ◽  
Svensson ◽  
Larsson
Keyword(s):  
Interreligious Dialogue ◽  
Data Bases ◽  
The Third ◽  
Organized Violence ◽  
Religious Dialogue ◽  
The World ◽  
Institutional Initiatives ◽  
Research Endeavor ◽  
Existing Data

Despite a growth in fatalities resulting from organized violence with Shia–Sunni dimensions over the last two decades, in this study, we show, using existing data-bases on interreligious dialogue and peacemaking, that only less than two percent of the interreligious peacemaking organizations in the world are specialized in dialogue between Shias and Sunnis. Why is there so little institutionalized Shia–Sunni dialogue occurring when the need for such dialogue is evident? This study identifies and discusses this lack of institutional initiatives designed to prevent violence, manage conflicts and facilitate processes of intra-Muslim de-sectarianization. We discuss what we see as the three seemingly most obvious explanations—(1) the dismissal of the relevance of a Shia–Sunni cleavage, (2) the inappropriateness of the interreligious dialogue concept in the Muslim context, and (3) the substitution of institutional interreligious dialogue by other channels. Although we suggest that the third is the most potent explanation to pursue, we do not aim to provide a comprehensive explanation for the Shia–Sunni religious dialogue deficit. Instead, our aspiration is mainly to present and substantiate a puzzle that has not been identified or discussed in previous research. This can set an agenda for a reinvigorated research endeavor into the contemporary challenges for interreligious peacemaking.

scholarly journals A Computerized Spreadsheet Program for Estimating Costs and Returns of Selected Field-Grown Nursery Stock

1990 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 49-52
Author(s):  
Larry A. Johnson ◽  
Kenneth M. Tilt
Keyword(s):  
Production Cost ◽  
Financial Models ◽  
Relevant Information ◽  
Data Bases ◽  
Spreadsheet Program ◽  
Christmas Trees ◽  
Nursery Stock ◽  
Risk Parameters ◽  
Existing Data ◽  
Potential Profit

Abstract A computerized, menu-driven spreadsheet program was developed to assist nursery producers and other nursery professionals with generating customized nursery budgets for field-grown nursery stock and Christmas trees. The compiled spreadsheet is a “stand alone” program with its financial models based on enterprise budgets taken from extension publications. The program enables the user to estimate production cost and potential profit of an existing or prospective crop. Advantages of the program include the user modifying existing data bases rather than entering all relevant information. Users of the program can also evaluate risk parameters of a decision through the “what-if” capabilities of the spreadsheet

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