Procedures were approved by the HealthONE Institutional Review Board and the University of Colorado Human Research Committee. We tested 30 PD patients and 19 healthy seniors matched for age, education, and scores on the North American Adult Reading Test (NAART), an estimate of premorbid verbal IQ (1). The demographics of seniors and PD patients are shown in Table 1. PD patients were recruited f...

It is known that parametric measures such as the Journal Index Factor or Hirsh provoke negative consequences in academic communities, significantly lowering job satisfaction and quality. A "game with algorithms" replaces researchers teacher ethos, frequently leading to frustration scientific misconduct. This situation analyzed compared similar phenomena business caused by so-called "motivations...

This paper reports the findings of an evaluation study of the 2006-2007 Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) Residential HVAC Retrofit program. The program’s savings calculations assumed that 96 percent of non-participant retrofits in their territory are not complying with California’s ambitious 2005 energy code to some degree. The evaluation study included comprehensive performance tes...

This study investigates risk factor disclosures under the voluntary, incentive-based disclosure regime provided by the safe harbor provision of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act and the SEC’s subsequent disclosure mandate. Firms subject to greater litigation risk disclose more risk factors, update the language more from year-to-year, and use more readable language than firms with low...

Students will do almost anything to avoid using thermal-property tables. In this paper, Matlab-based thermal-property software is described as an enticement for students to do computer programming in the design of thermal systems. Downloaded shareware was used for steam properties in a steam-cycle project, and an air-property package was developed for use with a gas-turbine project. Although th...