CDMA data networks such as cdma2000 1x EVDO are proposed in the midst of evolving to the 3rd generation wireless networks. Basically they use time division multiplexing and rate control that need a downlink scheduling to increase the system capacity, thereby being able to support high speed data rates. As the systems will eventually support multimedia and data traffic together, we need to have ...

The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA) terminated the welfare program known as Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC). The federal government now provides states with block grants to provide cash assistance under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program. States have wide discretion to structure TANF eligibility, but federal...

There has never been a more important time than the present to be aware of the consultant’s job plan and how it can be changed to improve the work/life balance. One-quarter of physicians have considered either giving up clinical practice or taking early retirement due to antisocial working hours, conditions or domestic difficulties. Formal job planning meetings offer an opportunity either to ch...

In this paper we discuss a general framework for analyzing labor supply behavior in the presence of complicated budgetand quantity constraints of which some may be unobservable. The point of departure is that an individual’s labor supply decision can be considered as a choice from a set of discrete alternatives (jobs). These jobs are characterized by attributes such as hours of work, sector spe...

ÐA new method is presented for job assignment to and reassignment between machines in a computing cluster. Our method is based on a theoretical framework that has been experimentally tested and shown to be useful in practice. This aopportunity costo method converts the usage of several heterogeneous resources in a machine to a single homogeneous acost.o Assignment and reassignment are then perf...

Often trivialized within the broader journalistic field, lifestyle journalists would seem to have dream job: opportunity get paid do what they love. The present study explores an under-discussed but material aspect of job; namely, how undertake issues hostility. Through lens theory hostility towards press and in-depth interviews with (n = 24), this argues that tend cover hate against their audi...

Increasing diffusion of self-service technologies (SSTs) on the points of sale impacts on traditional retailing from several perspectives. For instance, SSTs have direct effect on front-line employees. Indeed, they may cause a potential reduction in personal contacts with clients, reduction of workers, modifying the job conditions and so on. To date, the effect of SSTs on the points of sale has...