For companies seeking to operate and expand in China, as in any market, numerous permits, approvals, and reviews are required before they can proceed. From selling products to creating new manufacturing facilities, these processes—often referred to generally as “administrative licensing”—are necessary steps to invest, expand and conduct commercial operations in China. While administrative licen...

This article is reprinted with permission from StandardView (volume 4, #1), a publication of the ACM dedicated to improving the standards. The issue, titled "Best Practices for Standardization" was guest-edited by Jonathan Morell, a Principal Member of the Technical Staff at the Industrial Technology Institute's Center for Electronic Commerce. Information on StandardView can be obtained from th...

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Student learning style differences have been widely researched in both traditional face-to-face and online learning environments (Irani, Scherler & Harrington, 2003; Steinbronn, 2007; Williamson & Watson, 2007; Ugur, Akkoyunlu & Kurbanoglu, 2001). After conducting a literature review of adult student learning styles and teaching method analysis, it became apparent that there was not a significa...

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– Benchmarking: new approaches and algorithms ought to be validated against their predecessors to be able to accurately assess their contribution. – Best Practices: model benchmarks and reference models may contribute to improving the state of the practice of modeling by making good (or bad) examples widely accessible. – Validation: a body of examples that is generally accepted as being represe...

Aquatic plants are an important component of well functioning lake ecosystems. Plant abundance is influenced by sediments, nutrients and water clarity. Given the dominance of agriculture in Iowa, nutrients and soil lost from “leaky” watersheds combine to create ideal habitat for growth of aquatic plants in lakes and ponds and hasten eutrophication. Under these conditions, plant growth can becom...