Math 110 Project

2011

A renewed, energetic interest in voting technologies erupted in political science following the 2000 presidential election. Spawned initially by the recount controversy in Florida, the literature has grown to consider the effects of voting technologies on the vote choice more generally. This literature has explained why localities have the voting technologies (lever machines, punch cards, etc.) they use.

2010

Growing complexity, dynamics and uncertainty distinguish today's business environment from the one we witnessed even a short decade ago. Funding and political support wax and wane; technology, materials, and product changes are rapid and profound. The competitive landscape shifts daily creating evolving goals and uncertainty that must be interpreted and managed. The global economy with its recent downturns not only affects financing and longevity of businesses, but also expands the need for teams of people to collaborate efficiently, make decisions quickly and take action, often across organizational and national boundaries. Organizations must rely on each other for products, expertise or facilities. Specialization of knowledge and decreasing product life cycles require flexibility as well as organized and structured ways to achieve goals.

2019

Please note that the exact time of the poster presentation will be determined during the semester. I can provide an institutional excuse if you have other classes or school activities this day. For more information about the Undergraduate Research Symposium, please visit their web site: https://in.nau.edu/undergraduate-research/undergraduate-symposium/ The 20 th century was a time of radical technological change, and the 21 st century likely will be too. We are surrounded by computers, smart phones, instant messaging and opportunities to play gamesdrastically altering how we interact with information and with each other. What are the impacts of these technologies on human psychology, including interpersonal relationships, mental processes, even the brain itself? And can we use research findings from psychological science to better use technology in our quest to promote human well being? In this course, we will tackle both of these questions, first, through critical reading and analysis of work drawn from the psychological research literature and from popular media, and second, through designing psychologically-based applications to promote human thriving.

2004

2019

I examine the behaviour of non-performing loans in European systemic and non-systemic banks. The distinction between systemic banks (GSIBs) and non-systemic banks (non GSIBs) is driven by policy reasons. The findings reveal that more profitable banks witness higher non-performing loans regardless of whether they are systemic or non-systemic. Systemic banks have fewer non-performing loans during economic booms and during periods of increased lending while non-systemic banks experience higher NPLs during periods of increased lending. I also observe that European non-systemic banks that exceed regulatory capital requirements have higher NPLs. In the post-2007 financial crisis period, the NPL of systemic banks is negatively associated with the economic cycle which imply that the NPL of systemic banks is procyclical with the state of the economy, and the NPL of systemic banks are positively associated with loan supply and bank profitability. On the other hand, the NPLs of non-systemic banks is negatively associated with regulatory capital ratios, and is positively associated with bank profitability for non-systemic banks in the post-2007 financial crisis period. The findings have implications.

Ethical values beyond the satisfaction of basic human needs are specific to each society at a given time. Modern societies are confronted to the challenges of disappearing natural resources, fierce competition on global markets, and climate change. In this paper we define 'good', and at the same time 'ethical' decisions in the 21st century as being in accordance with the principles of Sustainable Development. Operations Research can assist sustainable decision-making in two ways: (1) through the tools of systems thinking, in particular system dynamics and soft system modelling, to provide insight into the way complex non-linear living systems and human societies function, and help making sustainable decisions, and (2) through educating and training young people in systems thinking. The paper presents examples of simple models that could serve in classrooms.

Pratiman, 2020

This paper deals with science writing in the Hindi public sphere during the late nineteenth century and the early twentieth century.