A modern data communication system consists of a network of information processing stations or nodes interconnected by data transmission channels or links. Information flows from node to node in packetized data units. These packets can originate from a variety of sources, and the paths over which they traverse the network can intersect, so that multiple packets are often intended for delivery o...

Student-based teaching evaluations are one critical component of instructor and course evaluation in most universities. The purpose of this study is to critically examine several factors that drive student-based ratings of instructors and courses in an undergraduate mechanical engineering program. The findings are based on a statistical study of student ratings in 181 mechanical engineering cou...

virtual learning is a new idea that has gotten a new form with the emergence of new technologies such as the wireless networks. the mobile phone (cell phone) is a device that is used by most people nowadays. therefore, one can use the mobile phone for virtual learning on a wide scale. one of the popular and at the same time simple and inexpensive services on the mobile phone is the sms (short m...

* » by BARBARA WILSON W. H. Auden's For the Time Being is "A Christmas Oratorio," combining elements of the traditional Christmas pageant and the medieval miracle play with the oratorio form. It uses contemporary language and popular 6ong techniques to present a story of great scope that is uniquely historical as well as modern. Varying verse forms and meters are employed as the equivalent to m...

Past research indicates several factors influencing teaching evaluation ratings instructors receive. We analyzed teaching evaluations from psychology courses during fall and spring semesters of 2003– 2004 to determine if class size, class level, instructor gender, number of publications (faculty instructors), average grade given by the instructor, and instructor rank predicted teaching evaluati...

Recent evidence documents a clustering of gross underwriting spreads on initial public offerings (IPOs) at seven percent. This trend is puzzling for several reasons. First, if association with a high reputation underwriter is valuable, why don’t all firms select high reputation underwriters? Second, what incentives do underwriters have to engage in costly reputation enhancement relative to thei...

There will be 3 to 4 homeworks in the semester. The first homework is already up or will be by the end of the day.

Personal reputation has been argued to demonstrate important influences on work outcomes. However, substantive research on personal reputation is relatively scarce. This two-study investigation empirically supports and extends existing theory regarding the temporal development of personal reputation (i.e., antecedents and consequences), and thus contributes to a more informed understanding of b...