Andrew Apcar Greene and Drs. Michael J. Swenson and Paul Dishman, Marriott School of Management Competitive intelligence is a systematic and ethical program for gathering and analyzing information about your competitor’s activities and general business trends to further your own company’s goals1. When practiced responsibly it’s legal and ethical, although some companies have been known […]
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A Key Ingredient in Fraud Detection: The Net Worth Method
Chad O Albrecht and Dr. W Steve Albrecht, SOAIS When someone is suspected of committing fraud within a business, one of the most effective procedures to determine if the person is actually committing fraud is to determine their net worth by performing a calculation known as the net worth method. The net worth method is […]
Comparison of Two Body Composition Measurement Methods: Bod Pod and DEXA
Kenric L. Russell and Dr. Larry Tucker, Physical Education People with excess weight, and especially excess body fat, have an increased risk for many health problems. These problems include heart disease, hypercholesterolemia, hypertension, increased morbidity and mortality from diabetes, and cancer. The National Center for Health Statistics recently reported that 33% of Americans are overweight. […]
A Novel Method for the Preparation of Sulfhydryl-Terminated Self-Assembled Monolayers on Gold
Justin Gregory Peacock and Dr. Matthew R. Linford, Chemistry and Biochemistry Introduction and Methods Self-assembled monolayers (SAM’s) on gold have been extensively studied during the past 20 years because of their use in biochemical surface recognition, as nanotechnological structures, as nano-chemical wires and circuits in electronics, as a means of creating patterned surfaces, as sensors […]
Statistical Process Control Methods for Multiple Stream Processes: A Comparative Study
Jared Caleb Christensen and Dr. Scott D. Grimshaw, Statistics The Shewhart control chart is the most common statistical process control (SPC) tool used to determine stability. One fundamental assumption of the Shewhart chart is that the output comes from a single, continuous stream. This implies the monitoring of a single source of variation. Filling machines […]
Fast Simulation Methods For Electrons in a Penning Trap
Brent A. Chipman and Dr. Ross Spencer, Physics and Astronomy The motivation for this work comes from the paper “Parametrically Pumped Electron Oscillators” by J. Tan and G. Gabrielse (1). Tan and Gabrielse describe a number of unexplained behavior exhibited by electrons confined in a parametrically pumped penning trap. In order to gain a better […]
Measurement Techniques and Computational Methods for Acoustic Data in Concert Halls
Gordon Dix and Dr. Tim Leishman, Physics and Astronomy Designing and constructing a world-class concert hall is the culmination of many different, yet interrelated, disciplines. The architects must make the building structurally sound, while preserving its aesthetic beauty. Electricity, water, air conditioning, heating, and many other aspects of the inner workings of the hall must […]
Use of a Gradient-based Search Method to Reconstruct the Temperature Profile along an Optical Fiber Thermometer
David G. Barker and Dr. Matthew R. Jones, Mechanical Engineering Advances in the area of Optical Fiber Thermometry (OFT) are leading to more accurate temperature measurements in high-temperature environments. A typical OFT application is when the tip of an optical fiber is inserted into an environment where the temperature is to be measured. The other […]
A Comparison of Computational Efficiency: Cholesky Decomposition and Spectral Methods for the Generation of Fractional Brownian Motion
Micah S. Allred and Dr. David Clark, Mathematics Since its popularization by Mandelbrot and Von Ness in the early 60’s, Fractional Brownian Motion (fBm), has found a great many applications in such fields as Option Pricing, Signal Processing, Internet Traffic, Hydrology, and Geology. This process is an extension of Brownian Motion which allows for a […]
Will the New “Aggregate Estimate” Method Affect the FICA Tax Liability of Restaurants?
Terry Jackson and Dr. Ron Worsham, SOAIS In the past year, a landmark Supreme Court decision changed the way restaurants calculate social security taxes related to employee tips. In the case of the United States v. Fior D’Italia, Inc. [2002-1 USTC ¶50,459], the Supreme Court ruled against Fior D’ Italia, Inc. by concluding that the […]
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