Let (* ) u,, du + q(x, t) u = 0 in D x [0, T], where D c R3 is a bounded domain with a smooth boundary dD, T> d, d: =diam D, q(x, I) E C( [O, 2’1, L”(D)). Suppose that for every (**) ~I,+~=f(x, l)EC’(dDx [0, T]), the value u*,;,:= h(s, t) is known, where N is the outer normal to dD, u solves (* ) and ( ** ) and satisfies the initial conditions u = U, = 0 at I = 0. Then q(x, I) is uniquely deter...

Most of Africa is focused on alleviating poverty and starvation, so IT practice does not enjoy the prominence in Africa. However, developing the IT Industry, and ensuring that practitioners are professional, will provide an industry that can create wealth. After a brief discussion on what is meant by professionalism, this paper will explore the issues relating to IT in Africa, especially South ...

This article is a reflection on significant recent growth in engineering education programs devoted to service-learning, sustainable development, humanitarian engineering, and so on, which we group under the term “engineering to help” (ETH). ETH programs are touted for their ability to provide engineering students, mainly from wealthy nations, with an opportunity to practice small-scale enginee...

Informal rewards, also known as pats on the back, are shown to be extremely effective rewards in some settings, prompting some managers to declare them as more “valuable” to employees than monetary rewards. On the other hand, salary and benefits continue to be the main motivators used by firms, and are clearly not substitutable by pats on the back. We name this puzzling dichotomy “the pat on th...

IMPORTATION AS AN EXCLUSIVE RIGHT ¶1 Making, selling, or using a U.S.-patented product or process in a foreign country does not infringe the United States patent. United States law cannot govern in other countries, and the patentee’s remedy is therefore dependent on the laws of the relevant foreign country. But when the patented product (or the product of the patented process) is brought into t...

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Blogging is a form of social communication that facilitates human interaction. The cultural orientations of individualism and collectivism, which relate to basic beliefs about human relationships and interactions, should be determinants of blogging. This study explores the impacts of individualism-collectivism orientation on perceived self-efficacy in blogging, along with blogging and attitudes...

As the global financial crisis dethrones the developed world from its economic supremacy, by leading the global economic recovery and growth, the global growth generator (3G) countries are expected to fill the vacuum. Capital market i.e. stock market development can play a crucial role in augmenting such growth in these 3G countries. This study aims at augmenting the determinants of stock marke...

ExEcutivE compEnsation has suddEnly bEcomE a high-profile topic about which almost everyone has an opinion. Many shareholders, workers, and politicians believe that the entire system is broken and requires a substantial overhaul. The purpose of this piece is to take a hard look at the facts and assess whether the situation is as bad as some people fear. It also proposes the “Incentive Account” ...

Pranab Bardhan ([email protected]) is with the Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley, US. Sandip Mitra ([email protected]) is with the Economic Research Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata. Dilip Mookherjee ([email protected]) is with the Department of Economics, Boston University, Boston, US and Abhirup Sarkar ([email protected]) is with the Economic Rese...