The present study investigated whether the complementarity principle (mutual interactive behaviors are opposite on control and similar on affiliation) applies to teacher-child interactions within the kindergarten classroom. Furthermore, it was examined whether interactive behaviors and complementarity depended on children's externalizing and internalizing behaviors, interaction time, and intera...

In a letter dated September 21, 2000 US Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt conveyed his decision that the remains of Kennewick Man are Native American under the meaning of NAGPRA and that these remains are culturally affiliated with five claimant tribes. SAA is pleased that the remains have now received appropriate scientific documentation and appreciates the Department’s extensive efforts...

We estimate the effect of electorally induced policy uncertainty on investment in the manufacturing sector. Because state governors exercise considerable influence over legislation and considerable discretion over regulation and permitting, and because the policies relevant to business investment vary systematically by party, uncertainty over the partisan affiliation of the future governor is a...

Researchers have found that religious affiliation, religious attendance, religious beliefs, and prayer are associated with teen sexual attitudes and behavior.(Wallace & Williams, 1997; Whitehead, Wilcox, & Rostosky, 2001) Holding strong religious beliefs and praying are linked to reduced sexual activity among adolescents (Meier, 2003; Resnick et al., 1997) and teens (girls in particular) from m...

1 Allianz-AG, München Dr. Markus Müller ist zuständig für die Koordination der internationalen e-Business und IT-Aktivitäten der Allianz Gruppe. Dr. Ralf Schneider koordiniert die e-Business Aktivitäten in Deutschland. 2 sd&m AG, München Zusammenfassung: In diesem Artikel werden nach einem Überblick über die e-Business Strategie der Allianz zwei beispielhafte e-Business Projekte und deren techn...

Semi-structured processes appear in many domains. Especially within multinational enterprises, it is often impossible to implement completely structured and standardized processes because of a rapidly changing environment. Nevertheless, semi-structured processes have a potential for improvement. In order to meet or even outreach compliance and governance requirements it is essential for an ente...

The technique of group secret handshake (GSH) has been used to help the members affiliated with same in achieving private authentication. After executing GSH protocols, participants can compute a shared key, or generate public encryption key while true self-compute their decryption keys. This paper presents concrete protocol Multiple Groups. Only legitimate member prove that it belongs set affi...

As process management projects have increased in size due to globalised and company-wide initiatives, a corresponding growth in the size of process modeling projects can be observed. Despite advances in languages, tools and methodologies, several aspects of these projects have been largely ignored by the academic community. This paper makes a first contribution to a potential research agenda in...

The Integrated Enterprise The Integrated Enterprise The Integrated Enterprise The Integrated Enterprise The Integrated Enterprise Getzner Textil AG employs a workforce of 800 employees in the manufacture of high fashion shirting materials. Between 1989 and 1991 Getzner redesigned all its business processes. Using an integrated software package, the textile company was able to improve the speed ...

In recognition of the limitations of more traditional methods such as surveys and quantitative techniques, small business researchers are making increasing use of qualitative methods. This paper reports on a relatively novel qualitative method in small business research the use of longitudinal focus groups, conducted twice a year in 5 locations around England, as a means of tracking the experie...