Previous research on the skills needed by data quality professionals have focused on Information Systems (IS) curriculum standards, survey input from Information Quality (IQ) professionals, and the training required by related disciplines such as database and quality management. In this paper, Internet-posted job descriptions for the position of data quality analysts are examined. The purpose o...

This submission presents the results of a preliminary numerical study of an un-tensioned spiral-strand cable subjected to explosively formed fragment impact. An effective approach to generate finite element models of multi-layer spiral-strands with complex contact conditions has been devised. The modified Johnson-Cook model coupled with the Cockcroft-Latham fracture criterion was used to model ...

Previous approaches to functional assessment of tic and habit disorders have centred largely around environmental contingencies or interceptive sensory processes as positive reinforcers. The current article argues rather that ongoing telic behavioral activity is functionally linked to tic onset and so type of behavioral activity and overall action plan at the time of ticcing should also be asse...

This study examines whether sell-side equity analysts engage in “social learning” which their earnings forecasts for certain firms are influenced by the and outcomes of “peer” associated with other respective portfolios. We find that analyst optimism is negatively correlated recent forecast errors, peers, on analyst's portfolio. An also more likely to issue “bold” when peers recently issued sim...