in the decision-making process at school, that they are told to improve more often, and that they are disciplined much more Although several studies from both the motivation and dropout literatures support the different parts of the motivational model, only one, to the best of our knowledge, has focused

on XML technology. The system is composed by XQuery modules, so that this allows its use not only in an XQuery engine but also in an XQuery-support XML native database. In order to test it, the mod-ules have been integrated in an eXist XML native database, an XML difference tool is used to observe

Capital, Networks, Syndication, Investment Performance JEL classification: G24, L14. Networks are widespread in many financial markets. Bulge-bracket investment banks, for instance, have strong relationships with institutional investors which they make use of when pricing and distributing corporate

have different characteristics and performance which make it difficult to choose the best XML DB to suit XML data. Thus, the major objective of this paper is to explore and compare between the performances of both: XML-enabled database and native XML database. Regarding this matter, our paper search

also be a world with different stock prices, so once cannot interpret the counterfactual world as an implementable alternative for the aggregate mutual fund sector. Later, when we discuss the effects of flows on Dumb money -Page 9 investor wealth, we consider an individual investor (who is too small

process by integrating new technologies like XML and advanced database features. However, so far no benchmark existed to evaluate different archiving scenarios and to measure the impact of a change in the archiving technique. We therefore designed and implemented a generic benchmark which is applicable

platform, the BEA WebLogic server, conducting an in-depth performance analysis of the platform under a number of different workload and configuration scenarios. The methodology we propose is the first one that uses a standard benchmark providing both a representative workload as Message-oriented middleware

in the commercial and research domains for a standardized benchmark suite for evaluating the performance and scalability of MOM. With all major vendors adopting JMS (Java Message Service) as a standard interface to MOM servers, there is at last a means for creating a standardized workload for evaluating products

serious alternative. This work analyzes the implementation of both a client-server and a peer-to-peer networking model for the prototype shooter game Planet π4. Initially, a survey introduces recent academic approaches to peer-to-peer systems specifically designed for games. Of those, one system

ABSTRACT This paper describes an enumeration of all households living in informal settlements in Kisumu, Kenya, implemented by their inhabitants and supported by savings groups, the Kenyan Homeless People's Federation (Muungano wa Wanvijiji), of which they are members, and Pamoja Trust, a