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The purpose of this essay was to survey the students’ interest for the past; in order to create new method tools for the teaching of history in today’s school. From this purpose, this question emerged: What kind of aspects affect the students’ interest for the past. How do these aspects promote the students’ historical consciousness? Are these aspects opportunities or holdbacks for the teaching of history’s purpose to develop the students’ historical consciousness? Interviews were conducted and from these five different categories were created: the past in everyday-life, interest for the past, acquisition of knowledge, how the past affects and the interest for history in school. These five categories were analyzed by using the concept and theory of historical consciousness. The result was that elder relatives and parents belong to the biggest factors, as well as the teaching of history in school. However, the crucial factor was whether the students could at all relate to the past. Furthermore, the interviewed students have a historical consciousness; however, it is flawed due to the fact that they do not see history as a whole.

Genetics is becoming increasingly integrated into peoples' lives. Different measures have been taken to try and better genetics education. This thesis examined undergraduate students at the University of North Texas not majoring in the life sciences interest in genetic concepts through the means of a Likert style survey. ANOVA analysis showed there was variation amongst the interest level in different genetic concepts. In addition age and lecture were also analyzed as contributing factors to students' interest. Both age and lecture were evaluated to see if they contributed to the interest of students in genetic concepts and neither showed statistical significance. The Genetic Interest Assessment (GIA) serves to help mediate the gap between genetic curriculum and students' interest.

M.Comm. / The purpose of this study is to discuss the deductibility of interest paid. Interest income is ignored for the purposes of this document. This study investigates the South African tax consequences of the eductibility of interest paid only. Interest is not defined in the Income Tax Act (South Africa, 1962) and therefore gives rise to litigation. Case law is an important source of this study. The deductibility of interest paid is of great importance, because of the aggressive globalization of groups of companies and the relaxation of exchange control. The companies should structure their finances in such a way that the interest on the financing of their new overseas ventures is still deductible and that the structuring does not give rise to diversionary transactions and be open to attack by SARS.

The pure expectations hypothesis says that forward rates, implied off a yield curve, are unbiased predictors of future spot rates. Which implies forward rates, according to the pure expectations hypothesis, should provide reliable forecasts of future spot rates. This study set out to see if the theory behind the pure expectations hypothesis holds in a South African context. If it does hold, it can have an impact on real world applications such as bond trading strategies and the setting of monetary policy. To test the theory behind the pure expectations hypothesis, South African government bond data for the short end of the yield curve was used. Various regression tests were run. These regressions tested mainly for forward rate forecast accuracy, the relationship between forecast errors and changes in the spot rate, for the presence of liquidity premiums and to test for market efficiency. The results indicated that forecast accuracy and the relationship between forecast errors and changes in the spot rate were contrary to the theory behind the pure expectations hypothesis. A liquidity premium was found to exist and there appeared to be weak form market efficiency. These results led to a conclusion that there is very little evidence to support the theory behind the pure expectations hypothesis. This was mainly due to the presence of a liquidity premium. The pure expectations hypothesis does not seem to be of any significant use within real world applications.

by O'Yang Wiley. / Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1990. / Bibliography: leaves 44-45. / ABSTRACT --- p.ii / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.iv / ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS --- p.v / Chapter / Chapter I. --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Chapter II. --- TIME SERIES AND UNIT ROOT --- p.5 / Definitions --- p.5 / Difference Between 1(0) and 1(1) Processes --- p.8 / Chapter III. --- FORMULATION OF LONG RUN FISHER OPEN HYPOTHESIS … --- p.10 / Chapter IV. --- UNIT ROOT TESTS --- p.14 / Dickey and Fuller Test --- p.14 / Augmented Dickey and Fuller Test --- p.16 / Phillips and Perron Test --- p.16 / Finite Sample Properties of Regression / Unit Root Tests --- p.18 / Chapter V. --- UNIT ROOT TEST RESULTS --- p.20 / Tentative ARIMA Model for the Interest Rate Series --- p.21 / Hong Kong --- p.21 / Singapore --- p.22 / Malaysia --- p.22 / Philippines and Japan --- p.23 / Tentative ARIMA Model for the Interest Rate Differentials --- p.23 / Hong Kong-Malaysia --- p.23 / Hong Kong-Singapore --- p.24 / Singapore-Malaysia --- p.24 / Others --- p.24 / Unit Root Test Results --- p.24 / Discussions and Findings --- p.36 / Chapter VI. --- CONCLUSIONS AND AREAS OF FURTHER RESEARCH --- p.40 / APPENDIX --- p.43 / BIBLIOGRAPHY --- p.44