Productive procrastination replaces one adaptive behavior with another adaptive-albeit less important-behavior (e.g., organizing notes instead of studying for an exam). We identified adaptive and maladaptive procrastination styles associated with academic and alcohol outcomes in 1106 college undergraduates. Cluster analysis identified five academic procrastination styles-non-procrastinators, ac...

We present three attacks on the Prime Power RSA with modulus N = pq. In the first attack, we consider a public exponent e satisfying an equation ex − φ(N)y = z where φ(N) = pr−1(p − 1)(q − 1). We show that one can factor N if the parameters |x| and |z| satisfy |xz| < N r(r−1) (r+1)2 thereby extending the recent results of Sakar [16]. In the second attack, we consider two public exponents e1 and...

This paper examines the allocation of productive resources within rural households of poor countries. Building upon the existing literature, it provides a consistent framework from which to study productive efficiency and intrahousehold equity. The topics discussed include returns to scale and household centralization; specialization and gender casting; separate spheres and commitment failure; ...

Knowing the beneficial or productive usage time for large high performance computing (HPC) platforms is important for computing metrics that capture the reliability, availability, and serviceability (RAS) of the platform. Currently, application execution time is generally accounted as all productive system time, yet large-scale, long-running applications incur fault tolerance overhead such as c...

This paper traces the environmental and economic effects of a “Table field Fish pond” (TFFP) land use scheme in Lijin County in the Yellow River Delta of China with reference to the optimization of ecological-productive structures resulting from a land use / land cover change (LUCC) approach. “Table fieldFish pond” is an effective reconstructed land use system and eco-agricultural pattern to ch...

There is convergence of opinion that stimulating broad-based economic growth from productive-sector activity is a priority in the next phase of Vanuatu’s development. A recent study commissioned jointly by AusAID and NZAID examined some of the issues and options in supporting this objective. While the report (Bazeley and Mullen 2006) also discusses theoretical aspects of achieving equitable gro...

In the BC central interior, fine-textured glaciolacustrine sediments are an important soil parent material on many productive forest sites, particularly along major river valleys such as the Fraser and Nechako. With easy proximity to major transportation routes and wood processing facilities, many such sites were harvested early in the history of logging in this region, long before the advent o...

OBJECTIVE To determine the effect of inequalities in income within a state on self rated health status while controlling for individual characteristics such as socioeconomic status. DESIGN Cross sectional multilevel study. Data were collected on income distribution in each of the 50 states in the United States. The Gini coefficient was used to measure statewide inequalities in income. Random ...

Introduction The Productive Diversity policy was launched by Paul Keating in 1992 with the objective of increasing Australian business access to, and success in trading with increasingly diverse domestic and export markets. The policy was argued as a ‘win-win’ strategy that could support the needs of Australian businesses in a global trading environment while at the same time, take advantage of...