note: With the exception of the last pages –which would be the back cover of the printed issue– that are not included in this file, it has the same contents as the printed edition. All the articles are also available individually online and have been put together here for convenience only.] SIGMOD Record SIGMOD Record is a quarterly publication of the Special Interest Group on Management of Dat...

Title: Cross-Cultural Psychology. Subject(s): ETHNOPSYCHOLOGY; CULTURE; PSYCHOLOGY Source: Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, Jan2000, Vol. 31 Issue 1, p129, 19p Author(s): Kagitcibasi, Cigdem; Poortinga, Ype H. Abstract: A selection of current and presumably future issues is addressed in four sections. The first section deals with the pervasive controversy between relativistic and universal...

This document presents a transform-based approach to primary signal vertex finding feasibility analysis. An algorithm to find primary vertices has been developed using only Inner Detector measurements. Based on the information available to the algorithm, a metric has been developed to identify the signal vertex. The feasibility analysis demonstrates the theoretical distinguishability of differe...

The various elements of federalism as well as other aspects of state organisation are interrelated. The isolation or sealing off of any of these facets could limit the possibility for necessary cross-topic adjustments or trade-offs. Therefore, coordination is necessary and the approach ‘nothing is decided until everything is decided’ tends to be favourable. Key Messages Federalism and Peace Med...

Blow/Fill/Seal technology, originally developed in Europe and introduced in the U.S. in the late 1960's, has emerged as a preferred method for aseptic packaging of pharmaceutical and healthcare products due to unrivaled flexibility in container design, overall product quality, product output and low operational costs. The Weiler design incorporates the multi-step process of blow molding, asepti...

background: the purpose of this study was to investigate the association between physical inactivity and academic record in korean adolescents. methods: adolescent students from the first grade of middle school to the third grade of high school (n=75,066) participated in the 5th korea youth risk behavior web-based survey project in 2009. the association between physical inactivity and academic ...