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Everyday tactics and spaces of power: the role of informal economies in post-Soviet Ukraine

Utilising de Certeau's concepts of daily life and his delineation between strategies and tactics as everyday practices this paper examines the role of informal economies in post-Ukraine. Based on 700 household surveys and seventy-five in-depth interviews, conducted in three Ukrainian cities, the paper argues that individuals/households have developed a wide range of tactics in response to the economic marginalisation the country has endured since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Firstly, the paper details the importance of informal economies in contemporary Ukraine while highlighting that many such practices are operated out of necessity due to low wage and pension rates and high levels of corruption. This challenges state-produced statistics on the scale of economic marginalisation currently experienced in the country. By exploring a variety of these tactics the paper then examines how unequal power relations shape the spaces in which these practices operate in and how they can be simultaneously sites of exploitation and resistance to economic marginalisation. The paper concludes pessimistically by suggesting that the way in which these economic spaces are shaped precludes the development of state policies which might benefit the economically marginalised.
Sign Language Studies with Children and Chimpanzees

With the beginning of Project Washoe in 1966 a new field of scientific inquiry opened. Sign language studies with chimpanzees provide a new tool for studying linguistic behavior as an expression of intelligence and for understanding the continuity between human and non-human intelligence. In this article we have answered many of the criticisms of sign language studies with chimpanzees by taking a close look at the procedures and results of this new field of scientific inquiry. We have tried to shed more light than heat on the subject and hope that we have shown how the work of comparative psychologists has contributed to the understanding of the nature of language and intelligence.
Causal Inferences in Nonexperimental Research

Taking an exploratory rather than a dogmatic approach to the problem, this book pulls together materials bearing on casual inference that are widely scattered in the philosophical, statistical, and social science literature. It is written in nonmathematical terms, and it is imaginative and sophisticated from both a theoretical and a statistical point of view.Originally published in 1964.A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.
MEASURING IMPLICIT AND EXPLICIT LINGUISTIC KNOWLEDGE

Although claims about explicit and implicit language knowledge are central to many debates in SLA, little research has been dedicated to measuring the two knowledge types (R. Ellis, 2004, 2005). The purpose of this study was to validate the use of the battery of tests reported in Ellis (2005) to measure implicit and explicit language knowledge. Whereas Ellis (2005) tested only second-language (L2) learners (of English), this study tested both L2 and heritage language (HL) learners (of Spanish). Results showed that test scores loaded on a two-factor model, as in Ellis (2005), thereby providing construct validity for the tests, on a population of HL learners who have little explicit knowledge by virtue of the environment in which they acquired Spanish.
Experimental assessment of wireless coexistence for 802.15.4 in the presence of 802.11g/n

Wireless coexistence is a growing concern, given the ubiquity of wireless technology. Although IEEE Standards have started to address this problem in an analytical framework, a standard experimental setup and process to evaluate wireless coexistence is lacking. Literature that reports experimental assessment of wireless coexistence places little emphasis on separation distance of wireless nodes under test or the spectrum occupancy of the interfering network, making comparisons difficult. This paper provides an extensive literature survey of 802.15. 4 and 802.11 b/g/n wireless coexistence and demonstrates that in a higher wireless channel occupancy environment, ZigBee coexists with 802.11n better than with 802.11g. A reproducible, versatile, and practical test setup is presented to serve as a starting point toward establishing standard practice for wireless coexistence testing of wireless systems in general and wireless medical devices in particular. Experimental evaluations demonstrated consistency with results reported in the literature.
Utilization of signal transduction pathway by the human T-cell leukemia virus type I transcriptional activator tax

The human T-cell leukemia virus type I (HTLV-I) trans-activator (tax)-inducible enhancer was localized to three copies of 21-base-pair repeats within the long terminal repeat. Interestingly, the TGACG motif found in the center of the 21-base-pair tax-responsive element (TRE) is also present in the cyclic AMP (cAMP)-responsive elements (CREs) and activating transcription factor (ATF)-binding sites. In this study, we demonstrate that the three TRE-binding proteins, TREB-1, TREB-2, and TREB-3, also bind to various CREs and ATF-binding sites and that the TREs can confer upon a heterologous promoter responsiveness to various inducing agents, including tax, cAMP, and E1a. Furthermore, the transcriptional activation of the HTLV-I promoter by tax can be inhibited by several protein kinase inhibitors, including sangivamycin. Our results indicate that the TREs, CREs, and ATF-binding sites are similar cis-acting elements and further suggest (i) that the transcriptional activation of the HTLV-I promoter by tax involves the action of a protein kinase and (ii) that induction by tax, cAMP, and E1a might be mediated by distinct factors or kinases.
Refugee Integration Policy: The Effects of UK Policy-Making on Refugees in Scotland

Abstract While the concept of migrant integration is a contested one, national, sub-national and local governments over the past forty to fifty years have professed support for integration in various forms. However, practical measures have been rare, with broad race-relations policies from the 1960s being the primary means of ‘inclusion’. Under New Labour, refugees were identified as a migrant population with particular challenges and they have been the only migrant group subject to specific integration programmes. Nevertheless, policy and rhetoric about asylum seekers and refugees more generally have tended to operate against integration and have made it increasingly difficult for refugees to rebuild their lives. This paper examines refugee integration from the perspectives of the refugees themselves, using both qualitative and quantitative methods. It also looks at the governance of integration in Scotland and highlights Scottish distinctiveness vis-à-vis the UK. The article suggests that the consequences of broader UK Government policy around asylum and refugee issues negates any positive support in the form of refugee integration programmes and actively inhibits integration.
University ’ s repository of research publications and other research outputs Comet 81 P / Wild 2 : the size distribution of finer ( sub-10 m ) dust collected by the Stardust spacecraft

The fluence of dust particles < 10 micrometres in diameter was recorded by impacts on aluminium foil of the NASA Stardust spacecraft during a close fly-by of comet 81P/Wild 2 in 2004. Initial interpretation of craters for impactor particle dimensions and mass was based upon laboratory experimental simulations using >10 μm diameter projectiles and the resulting linear relationship of projectile to crater diameter was extrapolated to smaller sizes. We now describe a new experimental calibration programme firing very small monodisperse silica projectiles (470 nm to 10 μm) at ~ 6 km s -1 . The results show an unexpected departure from linear relationship between 1 and 10 μm. We collated crater measurement data and, where applicable, impactor residue data for 596 craters gathered during the post-mission preliminary examination (PE) phase. Using the new calibration, we recalculate the size of the particle responsible for each crater and hence reinterpret the cometary dust size distribution. We find a greater flux of small particles than previously reported. From crater morphology and residue composition of a sub-set of craters, the internal structure and dimensions of the fine dust particles is inferred and a ‘maximum-size’ distribution for the sub-grains composing aggregate particles is obtained. The size distribution of the small particles derived directly from the measured craters peaks at ~175 nm, but if this is corrected to allow for aggregate grains, the peak in sub-grain sizes is at <100 nm.
Predictive Significance of the Alterations of p16INK4A, p14ARF, p53, and Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen Expression in the Progression of Cervical Cancer

Purpose: The purpose of this research was to evaluate the clinical significance of p16INK4A, p14ARF, p53, and proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) expression in tumor progression of cervical cancer. Design: Seventeen patients (40 samples) with consecutive cervical lesions from normal squamous epithelium, inflammation of the cervix to cervical intraepithelial neoplasm (CIN) and invasive cervical squamous cell cancer (SCC), or from CIN to SCC were collected for this study. Expression of p16INK4A, p14ARF, p53, and PCNA were detected by immunohistochemistry on paraffin-embedded sections. Human papillomavirus DNA was detected simultaneously with PCR and typed according to its DNA sequence. Results: p16INK4A overexpression was significantly higher in CIN (75%) and in SCC (75%) than in normal or inflammation of the cervix (12.5%; P < 0.01, P < 0.05, respectively). The positive rate of p14ARF expression was higher in SCC (83%) than in normal/inflammation of the cervix (25%; P < 0.05). PCNA expression was negative in normal or inflammation of the cervix, but an increased in expression was seen in 63.2% in CIN and 100% in SCC (P < 0.01, P < 0.05). When the time interval for disease progression from initial biopsy to CIN 3 or invasive cancer was compared with states of p16INK4A expression, cases stained positive for p16INK4A progressed within 64.2 months as compared with 122.3 months among those stained negatively (P < 0.01). Cases with increased p14ARF expression also had a short time interval for disease progression of 78.8 months as compared with 108.3 months in cases that were p14ARF negative. Cases with stable or decreased p53 expression had the shortest time interval for progression of 32.3 months in contrast to cases with no p53 expression (113.9 months). However, cases with increasing p53 expression progressed within 60.8 months. Conclusions: Our results suggested that altered states of p16INK4A, p14ARF, p53, and PCNA may be valuable markers to predict the progression of cervical neoplasia.
Cyclophosphamide, Adriamycin and Platinum (CAP) Combination Chemotherapy, A New Effective Approach in the Treatment of Disseminated Breast Cancer. Preliminary Report

The prospective controlled Phase III clinical trial tested the therapeutic value of the cis-platinum-adriamycin-cyclophosphamide combination (CAP), compared with the combination including cyclophosphamide, methotrexate, 5-fluorouracil, vincristine and prednisolone (CMFVP), in untreated metastatic breast cancer. One hundred and twenty-three patients (> 2 cycles) were evaluated: 61 on the CAP, and 62 on the CMFVP schedule. An objective response (CR+PR) to CAP combination chemotherapy was achieved in 72% of patients (43/61), with a high rate (36%) of complete remissions. In terms of metastatic site, the response rate appeared to be particularly high in soft tissue and visceral organ (lung, liver) metastases. In the CMFVP group, an objective response was noted in 26 of 62 patients (42%), with 16% complete remissions. The difference in overall therapeutic response - and in the complete remission rate as well - was statistically significant to the advantage of the CAP regimen (P < 0.01). The duration of remissions was 6-28 + months (mean = 14) for the CAP, and 4-15+ months (mean = 9) for the CMFVP schedule. Toxic side effects were more pronounced in the CAP group, particularly myelosuppression, with anemia prevailing. Side effects to CMFVP treatment were moderate. In 39 CMFVP previously treated cases, CAP was administered as second-line treatment, and an objective response was observed in 51% of cases (20/39). Results of this controlled trial showed the advantage of the CAP combination chemotherapy in the treatment of metastatic breast cancer.
The reinforcing value of physical contact and the effect on canine heart rate of grooming in different anatomical areas

Abstract The human-animal relationship frequently involves physical touch, and this may have benefits for both participants. Grooming of horses at the withers has a calming effect on recipients, a phenomenon regularly used to reward horses. No studies on the effect on heart rate of grooming in different anatomical areas have been conducted in dogs, even though they are often given physical contact as a putative reinforcer. Kennelled Greyhounds (n = 16) and guide dogs (Golden Retrievers, Labrador Retrievers and their crosses, n = 12) were stroked for eight minutes using a grooming device in each of four areas in random order. These sites were selected on the basis of their being innervated by the dorsal branches of the spinal nerves, lateral branches of the spinal nerves, ventral branches of the spinal nerves and the caudal nerves. Heart rate measurements were taken every 30 seconds using an ECG recorder. There were no observed differences in the mean heart rate based on the region of the body groomed (p = 0.893), nor was any interaction of any other factor with area of the body significant (all p > 0.5). However, for all dogs, there was a highly significant trend (overall reduction) over time (p < 0.001), and Greyhounds had consistently higher mean heart rates than guide dogs (p < 0.001). Within Greyhounds, groomed dogs had significantly lower mean heart rates than non-groomed animals (n = 8, p = 0.003). That is, grooming had a substantial effect on reducing heat rate, but the area of the body where grooming was conducted was not important. In addition, males had consistently lower heart rates than females (p < 0.001). If having a reduced heart rate is a sign of reduced stress, then we can assume that non-invasive interventions that have this effect are reinforcing. The extent to which all dogs are reinforced by physical contact depends on their socialization and familiarity with personnel. The intrinsic reinforcing value of physical contact for dogs seems likely to be outweighed by its effect as a secondary reinforcer.
Expressing Temporal Frequency in Academic English

Recent studies have shown the need for more attention to be paid to English as form and not only as communication. This article describes a methodology for discovering how the communicative notion of temporal frequency is expressed in academic English. Almost 300 different linguistic devices are identified and described, along with the number of times they each occur in two large corpora of written academic English which can be used for computer analysis. The article also highlights the potential of computer-assisted analysis of authentic texts to help improve the basis for the development of language teaching materials.
Forms of Social Capital and the Incorporation of Albanian Immigrants in Greece

In this article we present findings of a qualitative study of Albanian immigrants in Athens and Mytilene (on the island of Lesvos) in Greece. The study investigates the role that various forms of social capital can play in the social, economic and institutional incorporation of Albanian immigrants in Greek society. The paper focuses specifically on immigrants’ interpretations and experiences of social incorporation processes in Greece, placing emphasis on the significance of family, kinship, ethnic and other social networks for immigrants’ working and life trajectories in the country. Finally, the investigation of the impact of three main forms of social capital—bonding, bridging and linking—on the social incorporation of Albanian immigrants, leads to the question of Greek migration policy formation and reveals the need for its radical restructuring.
Fast and accurate database homology search using upper bounds of local alignment scores

MOTIVATION It is widely recognized that homology search and ortholog clustering are very useful for analyzing biological sequences. However, recent growth of sequence database size makes homolog detection difficult, and rapid and accurate methods are required. RESULTS We present a novel method for fast and accurate homology detection, assuming that the Smith-Waterman (SW) scores between all similar sequence pairs in a target database are computed and stored. In this method, SW alignment is computed only if the upper bound, which is derived from our novel inequality, is higher than the given threshold. In contrast to other methods such as FASTA and BLAST, this method is guaranteed to find all sequences whose scores against the query are higher than the specified threshold. Results of computational experiments suggest that the method is dozens of times faster than SSEARCH if genome sequence data of closely related species are available.
On Politics and the Little Tools of Democracy: A Down-to-Earth Approach

The aim of this paper is not to explore what democracy is in some normative sense, but rather how, and with what, democracy gets carried out in practice. In doing this the author seeks to rework the focus on the tactics and materialities of government developed within Foucault's work on governmentality, as well as in actor-network theory, by way of a deliberative approach: Political technologies are not to be understood in a context of the microphysics of power, as techniques of domination exclusively, but as tools for public involvement, for democratisation and deliberation as well, it is argued. Hence the notion ‘tool of democracy’. Empirically the paper attends to the early 1970s and explores the contestation over a power plant that never came into existence. It demonstrates that non-existent objects may have long lasting political effects: The power plant took part in bringing a politics of emissions down to earth, thus enabling the evironmental issue as well as another political landscape. By exploring these events, closely and historically, the paper argues that perhaps democracy was never like we thought it to be.
Violations and errors during simulation-based driver training

The effectiveness of virtual driving instruction can increase when techniques that automatically distinguish between violations and errors are available, two behaviours requiring different types of remediation. This study reports the analysis of the objectively measured performance of 520 participants completing a simulation-based training programme. Factor analysis of failure reasons showed that violations and errors were the primary underlying factors. Men committed more violations and women made more errors; the magnitude of sex differences corresponded to the factor loadings. Factor analysis of the mean task completion times yielded a factor that can be described as the extent to which motivation for speed resulted in quicker task execution. Quicker participants completed more tasks, committed more violations, but made fewer errors. Participants reduced errors during forced-paced driving and increased speed during self-paced driving. The authors would recommend exploiting the distinction between violations and errors by developing interfaces and feedback for both types of aberration.
IMPOSED CONSTITUTIONS AND ESTABLISHED RELIGION

Abstract Today the idea of imposed constitutionalism takes place against a backdrop of widespread commitment to democratic self-determination. This can create a tension between equality and autonomy, where the franchised majority supports the marginalizationof some, but also resists interference by outsiders in the matter. However, interfering in constitutional processes abroad in order to ensure that they empower as many people as possible can establish egalitarianism as nothing more than a formalistic constraint demanded by outsiders. For a constitution to succeed it must be established by local self-interest, not external pressure that is by definition temporary.
Functional Heterogeneity of Retinal Dopaminergic Neurons Underlying Their Multiple Roles in Vision

Dopaminergic neurons play key roles in the CNS, mediating basic mechanisms of vision, movement, motivation, and mood. The most accessible dopaminergic neurons of the vertebrate CNS are the dopaminergic amacrine cells of the retina. Here, we have characterized the intrinsic neural activity, synaptic input, and light responses of retinal dopaminergic neurons in situ, using targeted electrophysiological recordings of fluorescent neurons in TH::RFP (tyrosine hydroxylase gene promoter::red fluorescent protein) transgenic mice. Dopaminergic amacrine cells exhibit two classes of intrinsic bursting in the dark, shaped by inhibitory synaptic inputs, and two classes of light responses, ON-transient and ON-sustained, as well as light-independent activity, tuned to mediate specific dopaminergic functions in vision. The functional heterogeneity revealed in dopaminergic amacrine cells provides a cellular basis for the multiple roles of dopaminergic amacrine neurons in vision and is likely a general property of dopaminergic neurons throughout the CNS.
Factors Affecting Students’ Choice of Science Subjects in Nigerian Secondary Schools

Abstract The aim of the study was to investigate factors influencing the choice of science subjects in Nigerian secondary schools. 1240 students aged between 12 and 18 years from 31 secondary schools in Benue and Cross River States of Nigeria were given scales on intelligence, attitudes to science, personality and ‘subject choice and rated ability’, to determine the effect of age, sex, attitudes to science, IQ and personality on science choice. Results from t‐test analysis, correlation and multiple regression analyses showed that attitudes to science was the most important factor in science choice, followed by IQ. Sex and personality were important to a lesser degree. The place of age in science choice needs further investigation.
What if We Randomize the Governor's Schedule? Evidence on Campaign Appearance Effects From a Texas Field Experiment

Candidate appearances have long been a staple of American campaigns, yet we don't know much about what happens when elites meet the masses. In 2006, we conducted a statewide field experiment assessing the effectiveness of personal appearances by the incumbent governor. Republican Rick Perry's campaign appearances were randomly assigned to specific media markets for 3 days in January 2006, while we simultaneously collected public opinion, media coverage, contribution, and volunteer data. We find increased public support for Perry, but also increased support for his Democratic opponent. Contrary to some recent studies of TV advertising, appearance effects persisted for at least 1 week. The tone of news media coverage of the governor's appearances doesn't influence the mobilization of Perry voters, but less favorable stories might exacerbate countermobilization effects. Perry's appearances were more unambiguously effective in generating contributions and volunteers.