A general simulation model of market competition is developed to explore the effectiveness of and interactions between different types product exploration and exploitation strategies i.e. innovation, imitation and process improvement. The model, like real markets, is highly nonlinear such that analytical solutions in the form of optimal marketing strategies are not possible. Hence, we use simul...

Our educational systems focus on honing children’s cognitive skills from the moment they enter the kindergarten classroom. But very little emphasis is placed on educating children in the management of the inner conflicts and unbalanced emotions they bring with them every day to school. As new research sheds light on the development of the brain and concepts such as “emotional intelligence” beco...

This paper reports on the development and validation of a survey instrument for measuring the culture of Quality Management (QM) in K-12 educational settings. The intent was to develop an instrument that would tap both the behavioral norms and the underlying values and beliefs associated with a Quality culture. The process used in the development and honing of this measurement instrument includ...

In this paper, we construct a fully homomorphic encryption (FHE) scheme over integers with the message space ZQ for any prime Q. Even for the binary case Q = 2, our decryption circuit has a smaller degree than that of the previous scheme; the multiplicative degree is reduced from O(λ(log λ)) to O(λ), where λ is the security parameter. We also extend our FHE scheme to a batch FHE scheme.

The internship program is an important in educational institutions, especially Vocational High Schools (SMK) Indonesia. purpose of this study was to evaluate the success rate Program honing students' skills and preparing students for world work. This research evaluation approach with CIPP model or context, input, process, product. conducted on 100 SMK who had completed during Covid-19 pandemic....

Honing and Ladinig (2008) make the assertion that while the internal validity of web-based studies may be reduced, this is offset by an increase in external validity possible when experimenters can sample a wider range of participants and experimental settings. In this paper, the issue of internal validity is more closely examined, and it is agued that there is no necessary reason why internal ...

OBJECTIVE The transition from childhood to adulthood is characterized by improved motor and cognitive performance in many domains. Developmental studies focus on average performance in single domains but ignore consistency of performance across domains. Within-individual variability (WIV) provides an index of that evenness and is a potential marker of development. METHOD We gave a computerize...

Moving pregnant sows from individual stalls to group housing will require many changes in management and feeding practices to maintain optimal biological performance and sow welfare. Dietary energy requirements of sows may change compared with stall housing but requirements for other nutrients are not likely to change significantly. Producers may need to consider feeding requirements to support...

Conceptually, motivation can be separated into two types, intrinsic and extrinsic. Intrinsic motivation involves goal-directed behaviors that meet internal psychological needs, while extrinsic motivation involves behaviors executed to obtain external reward or avoid punishment. Both these types of motivation are diminished in psychosis and are linked to amotivation and anhedonia, two of the neg...