In this paper we describe an extracurricular approach to experimenting with robotics. We argue that university computer clubs are a good place for students to experience robotics outside the computer curriculum. Robot competitions are one way in which computer clubs can become involved with robotics. Some venues are more suitable than others for student university computer organizations. We des...

We report our analysis, using account data from a large discount brokerage firm, of the common stock investment performance of 166 investment clubs from February 1991 through January 1997. The average club tilted its common stock investment toward high-beta, small-cap growth stocks and turned over 65 percent of its portfolio annually. The average club lagged the performance of a broad-based mar...

Sinularia leptoclados (Ehrenberg, 1834) is re-described. Sinularia leptoclados var. gonatodes Kolonko, 1926 is synonymized with Sinularia maxima Verseveldt, 1977. Two new species of Sinularia with digitiform lobules, leptoclados-type surface clubs and unbranched interior spindles, are described. An updated maximum likelihood tree of Sinularia species with leptoclados-type clubs (clade 5C) based...

BACKGROUND This literature review on nursing journal clubs evaluates the efficacy of the teaching strategy within the clinical setting. METHOD Peer-reviewed articles were retrieved using an online journal database. Inclusion criteria incorporated information on efficacy of the teaching strategy, evidence-based practices, and continuing education as they related to nursing journal club initiat...

The work undertaken by Halifax in connection with a Social Club for the mentallydisordered, outlined below, represents a major part of their members' interests in mental health work. Readers will recall Dr. Russell Barton's address to the 1961 A.G.M. of the N.A.M.H., on Social Clubs, printed in the Winter 1961/62 issue of "Mental Health", in which he analysed replies from a questionnaire sent t...

This paper investigates patterns of structural change and specialization of Western European Countries for the period 1970 to 2005. We therefore assign individual countries to clubs, i.e. groups of countries which share common features, and analyze the development of both the clubs and their individual countries over time. Our results also show that structural convergence in Western Europe is m...

Ever since smoking was prohibited in restaurants, bars, and clubs, undesirable smells that were previously masked by cigarette smoke became noticeable. This opens up opportunities to improve the dance club environment by introducing pleasant ambient scents that mask the unwanted odors and to allow competing clubs to differentiate themselves. A field study was conducted at three dance clubs usin...

With the continuous development of social economy and standard of living, people are placing more and more emphasize on the health problem. Moreover, the idea that health can not be brought is filtering into people's minds, which influences people's life style, making people's interests to the health issue. This provides a stage to the health club which is operated for profits. Varieties of fit...

Bu araştırmanın amacı, Türkiye’deki profesyonel futbol kulüplerinin yönetsel sorunlarını incelemektir. Nitel araştırma yöntemlerinden olgu bilim deseninin kullanıldığı bu araştırmada, katılımcılar amaçlı örneklem yönteminden kolay ulaşılabilir yöntemi ile belirlenmiştir. Çalışmanın grubunu Ankara ilinde yer alan iki Süper Lig takımından sekiz yönetici oluşturmuştur. Ölçüm aracı olarak, araştırm...

We examine convergence in carbon dioxide emissions among 128 countries for the period 1960-2003 by means of a new methodology introduced by Phillips and Sul (Econometrica, 2007). Contrary to previous studies, our approach allows us to examine for evidence of club convergence, i.e. identify groups of countries that converge to different equilibria. Our results suggest convergence in per capita C...