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New Horizons in Adult Education and Human Resource Development

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) employee resource groups have brought about substantial organizational change within corporations. Capitalist structures have enabled these changes to occur more quickly in the private sector than within the public sector. In this article, I explore how capitalism has converged with two approaches of organizing around sexuality: identity politics and queerness. As a result of this convergence, human resource development has occurred at the individual, organizational, and societal levels. Due to current forms of capitalism, employers have a need to keep employees happy and enable them to seek meaning through their jobs. As a result, LGBT employees and their allies have seized upon the opportunity by creating spaces that enable social support and working toward organizational change. Danger and promises of employee resource groups are also considered. Corporations take a variety of positions on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) issues, ranging from openly hostile to openly advocating for LGBT persons (Rocco, Delgado, & Landorf, 2008). In response to these environments, LGBT employee groups have formed to provide social support/networking opportunities to workers and provide a platform from which LGBT people and others can work toward organizational development and change within their workplaces. These groups take multiple forms: formally organized, informally organized, recognized by the employing organization, and existing outside the employing organization (e.g., in unions; Githens & Aragon, 2007). The number of LGB groups in Fortune 1000 companies (i.e., the top 1000 publicly-traded U.S. companies, based on revenue) grew from 2 in 1980 to 69 in 1998 (Raeburn, 2004b). Employee resource groups (ERGs) are formally sanctioned groups that organize around a shared identity or interest to organize programs, encourage discussion, seek organizational changes, advise their employers, and/or increase organizational effectiveness through addressing their shared interest. ERGs result in human resource development (HRD) at the individual, organizational, and societal levels. On the individual level, development occurs for members within the groups as they live more integrated lives and learn to facilitate organizational change. For those outside the groups, development 1 As of June 2008, the Human Rights Campaign database (www.hrc.org) lists 160 employee groups in Fortune 1000 companies. 2 The groups are also commonly called “affinity groups” or “employee networks. ”
Revision of the conodont zonation of the Wenlock-Ludlow boundary in the Prague Synform

The regional zonation of the Wenlock-Ludlow boundary is established for the Prague Synform using refined data from updated conodont records. The following conodont zones have been recognized in the Prague Synform: the Ozarkodina sagitta sagitta Zone, the Ozarkodina bohemica Interval Zone, the Kockelella crassa Zone, the Kockelella variabilis variabilis Interval Zone and the Ancoradella ploeckensis Zone. The Ozarkodina bohemica longa and Kockelella ortus absidata zones are used herein at subzonal level only because the entries of index taxa cannot be precisely detected. The Bohemian conodont zonal scale is correlated with the recently proposed standardized zonation. The established conodont zones are tentatively correlated with global graptolite zonation and matched against generalized eustatic and carbon isotope curves.
The Changing Face of Concentrated Poverty

Recent research by Jargowsky (2003) highlights dramatic changes in the spatial distribution of concentrated poverty throughout the metropolitan U.S. during the 1990s. Yet the traditional definition of concentrated poverty â€“ 40 percent of the tract population living below the federal poverty threshold â€“ remains problematic in light of burgeoning working poor populations, the emergence of inner-suburban poverty, and long-standing problems with the federal poverty threshold itself. Under such circumstances, the common assumption that concentrated poverty areas are â€˜underclassâ€™ neighborhoods plagued by social dysfunction and pathology appears open to question. This article assesses the physical environments and social profiles of inner suburban neighborhoods in Los Angeles County characterized by concentrated poverty. Findings reveal that such neighborhoods tend to be relatively clean and well maintained. Moreover, their residents are not disproportionately prone to high levels of unemployment, high school dropout rates, reliance on public assistance, or share of female-headed households â€“ variables traditionally used to define both concentrated poverty and â€˜underclassâ€™ areas. Results suggest the need for both quantitative and qualitative research methods in order to better depict emerging poverty patterns, as well as the development of flexible, place-specific policies able to address the multi-faceted needs of both poverty neighborhoods and that of their residents.
Caesarean Section: Reasons for and Actions to Prevent Unnecessary Caesareans

According to data from 150 countries, the worldwide caesarean section rate increased from 7% in 1990 to 19% in 2014. Latin America and the Caribbean region reported the highest CS rate 42%, followed by North America 32%, Oceania 31%, Europe 25%, Asia 19%, and Africa 7%. This trend is accompanied by increasing reports of severe adverse outcomes, such as invasive placenta, peripartum hysterectomy, and massive obstetric bleeding. The World Health Organization stated in 2015 that caesareans are effective in saving maternal and infant lives only when they are required for medically indicated reasons and that caesarean rates higher than 10–15% at a population level are not associated with reduced maternal or newborn mortality rates. More than 90% of women claim that they want to give birth in a natural way. In contrast, recent studies suggest that the majority of planned caesareans are carried out for psychosocial or nonmedical reasons. Knowledge about the indications for caesareans is a prerequisite in order to define actions to prevent unnecessary caesareans. The aim of this chapter was to present a review of the history behind, and to evaluate the indications for, caesarean sections in order to suggest appropriate actions to prevent unnecessary caesareans.
The Effect of Corporate Ownership on Inventory Management by Considering Corporate Governance as a Mediator

In this study we examine we examine relationship between corporate ownership and inventory management where corporate governance plays as a mediator. The study selects a sample of 166 selected firms listed on Tehran Stock Exchange using historical data over the period 2009-2013. The study considers the role of managers as shareholder, existence of managers with more than one responsibility and size of board of directors on inventory management. Using regression analysis, the study has disclosed a negative relationship between managers as shareholder and board size on one side and inventory size on other side. However the study did not find any evidence on relationship between managers' dual responsibility as a mediator on relationship between corporate ownership and inventory management.
SCOTTISH SCHOOL LEAVERS ' SURVEY HIGH ATTAINING FEMALE SCHOOL LEAVERS Report commissioned by THE SCOTTISH EXECUTIVE EDUCATION

Data that were originally gathered during the 1978-1990, 1994, and 1996 Scottish School Leavers Surveys were subjected to a secondary analysis to identify the qualifications, characteristics, and choices of high-attaining female school leavers. The analysis revealed that female and male high-attaining school leavers had broadly similar average qualifications, and most of them went on to further full-time study. However, males generally opted for more stereotypically "male" subjects such as engineering, technology, mathematics, and computing, while females generally chose more people-oriented subjects such as education, languages, and biological sciences. Those subject choices had an important impact on male and female school leavers' later attainment and opportunities. Female high-attainers generally outnumbered male high-attainers; however, the gap narrowed in later years of schooling. The study confirmed the relationship between social advantage and high attainment for students of both genders. The fact that girls appeared to take school more seriously than boys did appeared to be the only factor that could explain differences in males' and females' academic attainment. (Twenty-seven tables/figures are included. The bibliography contains 30 references. Appended is a table detailing responses to survey questions about parents' involvement in the secondary education of their highand low-achieving male and female children.) (MN) Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. CENTRE for EDUCATIONAL SOCIOLOGY SCOTTISH SCHOOL LEAVERS' SURVEY HIGH ATTAINING FEMALE SCHOOL LEAVERS Report commissioned by THE SCOTTISH EXECUTIVE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
Importance of Gamete Quality in Ecotoxicological Application: Natural versus Bred Population in Paracentrotus lividus

Several approaches have been tested to respond to the depletion of wild stocks, from the production of seeds to the setting up of closed echinoculture systems, starting with fertilization of eggs with the consequent development to adult sea urchins. Hence, in the last years, our research group has focused on the assessment of a feasible and sustain able strategy aimed to ensure a rapid and effective gonadal growth of healthy gametes in recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) to employ in ecotoxicological application. In order to compare the health of obtained gametes with wild populations, the effective ness of diets was evaluated with different biological parameters, such as fertilization and embryo-development test, and with histological analysis of gonads to appraise the stage of maturation. Moreover, the information regarding different breeding conditions of adults and genetic variability should be combined with the analysis of larval settlement and its requirements, demonstrating the importance of these parameters for the possible closure of the echinoculture cycle in RAS. Results achieved so far in terms of gonadal development and health of gametes have provided evidence of success in overcoming natural gaps between reproductive events in natural populations and an efficient and standardize breeding condition in RAS. merging the
Tuning G-ensemble to improve forecast skill in numerical weather prediction models

The process of weather forecasting produced by numerical weather prediction (NWP) models is complex and not always accurate. Moreover, it is generally defined by its very nature as a process that has to deal with uncertainties. In previous works, a new weather prediction scheme, Genetic Ensemble (G-Ensemble), was presented, which uses evolutionary computing methods. Particularly, it uses Genetic Algorithms (GA) in order to find the most timely 'optimal' values of model closure parameters that appear in physical parametrization schemes, which are coupled with NWP models. The presented scheme showed significant improvement of weather prediction quality and, moreover, the waiting time for an enhanced weather prediction result was reduced by executing a parallel G-Ensemble scheme over HPC platforms. In this work, however, we test the same scheme with different GA configurations regarding its Crossover type and ratio, and by variating its initial population size in order to get better predictions. The main concern behind this work is to provide a more detailed study on how the GA used in G-Ensemble scheme could be tuned depending on the available computational resources in operational scenarios. Finally, experimental results are discussed of a weather prediction case using historical data of a well known weather catastrophe: Hurricane Katrina that occurred in 2005 in the Gulf of Mexico. Obtained results provide significant enhancement in weather prediction.
A Prelimnary Survey on Perception of Turkish Aquaculture Stakeholders on Climate Change-Aquaculture InteractionsPreliminary

Turkey is a leading producer of marine and freshwater farmed products in the Mediterranean region. Turkish aquaculture production is dominated by rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax) and gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata). There are currently 2308 aquaculture farms in Turkey operating in marine (427) and freshwater environment (1881) (BSGM, 2017). In terms of socio-economic impact, Turkish aquaculture sector is not only contributing to food security at national level but is also creating employment and income. Turkey is also a net exporter of aquaculture products mainly rainbow trout, European sea bass and gilthead sea bream contributing to seafood trade Abstract
COMPARISON OF SUSCEPTIBILITY OF MELON APHID POPULATIONS, APHIS GOSSYPIIGLOVER (HEMIPTERA: APHIDIDAE), FROM SEVEN REGIONS IN IRAN TO PIRIMICARB AND MALATHION

The melon aphid, Aphis gossypii Glover (Hemiptera: Aphididae), is one of the most important pests of agricultural products in Iran. In this study, susceptibility of melon aphid populations collected from seven regions (Yazd, Varamin, Mohammadshahr, Esfehan, Karaj, Hashtgerd and Ramsar) 24 h after exposure to pirimicarb and malathion in 2009 was compared. Bioassay experiments on adults were carried out using leaf dipping method. Squash (Cucurbita pepo) leaves were dipped in different concentrations of insecticides in laboratory conditions (25 ± 0.2 oC, 60 ± 5%, 16: 8 (L: D) h). Control treatment was dipped in distilled water. Each test was replicated three times. The results showed that LC50 values of malathion for Ramsar, Karaj, Mohammadshahr, Hashtgerd, Varamin, Esfehan, and Yazd populations were 162.99, 159.19, 117.94, 79.96, 38.81, 36.32, and 20.25 ppm, respectively. Also, LC50 values of pirimicarb for Yazd, Mohammadshahr, Kararj, Hashtgerd, Ramsar, Esfehan, and Varamin populations were 1414.16, 1359.34, 1057.62, 970.33, 881.87, 806.14, and 601.98 ppm, respectively. According to results, aphid populations of Varamin and Yazd had the most susceptibility to pirimicarb and malathion, respectively. Also, aphids of Yazd and Ramsar populations had the least susceptibility to pirimicarb and malathion, respectively. Regarding the fact that Yazd and Ramsar populations had the least susceptibility to pirimicarb and malathion, respectively, there is a possibility that melon aphids in these regions are susceptible to other organophosphate and carbamate pesticides with similar mode of action. Therefore, in the pest management program, careful chemical control measures for melon aphid in these regions is recommended.
Numerical and Physical Investigation of a Surface-Piercing Hydrofoil

The objective of this work is to extend a 3-D boundary element method for modeling the hydrodynamic response of a surface-piercing hydrofoil with consideration for the effects of cavitation and/or ventilation. The problem is formulated as a mixed boundary value problem for the perturbation velocity potential. The effect of the submerged depth based Froude number and ventilation on the cavity pressure is considered. The numerical predictions are compared with experimental measurements conducted at a free surface cavitation tunnel. The results show good comparisons between experimental measurements and numerical predictions in the base cavitating regime, when the cavity is closed to the free surface. When the cavity is open to the free surface, the pressure in the ventilated cavity, Pc, varies between the vapor pressure (Pv) and the absolute ambient pressure (P) depending on the angle of attack, submergence, relative inflow velocity, difference between P and Pv, and is influenced by hysteresis effects. Consequently, the lift coefficients vary significantly. The upper limit of the measured lift coefficients matched well with numerical predictions for Pc=Pv (fully attached or base cavitating regime), and the lower limit matched well with numerical predictions for Pc=P (fully ventilated regime at very high Froude number and very low absolute ambient pressure).
Food plots as a habitat management tool: forage production and ungulate browsing in adjacent forest

A key challenge for wildlife management is to handle competing goals. High ungulate densities may be desirable from hunting and recreational perspectives, but may come in conflict with needs to limit or reduce browsing damage. Since browsing intensity is negatively related to forage availability it may be possible to mitigate damage on forest by increasing forage availability within the landscape. A commonly used method to increase the attractiveness of a localized part of the landscape is to establish food plots. In a multiyear setup using enclosures, wildlife observations, field surveys, and controlled biomass removal, we studied food plots to document forage production, utilization by ungulates, and browsing on adjacent forests in southern Sweden. The fenced parts of the food plots produced on average 2230 to 5810 kg ha-1 marrow-stem kale, second-year clover mix or early-sown rapeseed. The biomass of target crops was generally higher within ungrazed (exclosures) compared to grazed (controls) quadrats on the food plots, which demonstrates that the crops were used as forage by ungulates. Browsing on deciduous trees in the adjacent forest was higher within 70–135 m from the food plots compared to areas further away. For wildlife management, our study shows that establishment of food plots provides substantial amounts of forage both during growing season and at the onset of the dormant season, and that a large share of this food is consumed. Finally, our study documents that forage availability for ungulates at the onset of the often-limiting dormant season can be increased by fencing food plots throughout the growing season.
Financial contagion among members of the EU-8: a cointegration and granger causality approach

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine whether the banking crisis in the USA and Western Europe that began in August 2007 spilled over to the currencies of the EU‐8 such that it could be viewed as financial contagion. The currencies of the EU‐8 which the paper aims to study are of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland and Slovakia, daily, from 2005 to 2008.Design/methodology/approach – Contagion is said to be revealed if there are greater links after August 2007 compared with before. The links or bonds are revealed by the number of cointegrating vectors and the extent of Granger causality that exists among the currencies. The role of the euro is also identified using the same techniques.Findings – The bonds between these seven countries strengthen after the beginning of the banking crisis compared with before, whilst the ties with the euro remains stable.Research limitations/implications – A banking crisis not directly related to the EU‐8 spilled over to a change in th.
The Impact of Input and Output Tariffs on Firms' Productivity: Theory and Evidence

This paper studies the impact of trade liberalization on productivity. It shows that when intermediate inputs are not highly differentiated, lowering input tariffs leads to a rise in within‐firm productivity and wages, and lowering output tariffs has the opposite effect. When intermediate inputs are highly differentiated, the conclusions reverse. These predictions are supported by the data, given by the industrial survey from INEGI (Mexico's Insitituto Nacional de Estadistica Geografia e Informacion) in the period 1984–90. The paper yields estimates for the elasticity of substitution among intermediate inputs, which are useful in determining the direction of the impact of trade liberalization. These estimates can be used to assess the gains from trade liberalization.
Monetary Policy and National Divergences in a Heterogeneous Monetary Union

In spite of the structural heterogeneity of the Eurozone, the main objective of the European Central Bank (ECB) is to preserve price stability for the union as a whole, and she pays full attention to Union-wide inflation and output, neglecting national divergences. In this paper, we wonder, at a theoretical level, about the social loss associated with such a “centralized” objective, and we show the existence of an “optimal” contract for the common central bank, which ensures a correct stabilization of national magnitudes. Furthermore, we show that social welfare does not necessarily improve if the ECB worries about inflation divergences without being concerned about output divergences in the Union.
Neurobiological research on addiction: What value has it added to the concept?

Kalant, H. (2015). Neurobiological research on addiction: What value has it added to the concept? The International Journal Of Alcohol And Drug Research, 4 (1), 53-59. doi: http://dx.doi. org/10.7895/ijadr.v4i1. 196 The initial goal of neurobiological research on addiction was to identify the neural mechanisms involved in the mediation and expression of addictive behavior. More recently, however, it has attributed causal roles to these mechanisms, as illustrated by the definition of addiction as a brain disease caused by chronic exposure to a drug. This concept carries a number of implications that can be assessed experimentally and clinically. None of these implications is borne out by the currently available evidence. The interactions of neuronal systems involved in addiction are also involved in adaptation to experience and environmental change. Much of the neurobiological research to date has not differentiated between causes of addiction, neuronal mechanisms that are activated by them, and risk factors that contribute to individual vulnerability. It has largely ignored the important experiential and environmental influences known to affect the prevalence of addiction in different populations or different times, and it has so far directed much less attention to other forms of addiction-like behavior that do not involve drugs. These failures are not inherent in neurobiological research but require reorientation of objectives, including more emphasis on the study of mechanisms by which environment and experience, including drug experience, can determine whether genetic risk factors are expressed or remain dormant and can direct neuroadaptive mechanisms toward alternative outcomes.
Consumer Preferences for Traceable Fruit and Vegetables and Their Influencing Factor in Indonesia

Through a consumer survey in the Jabodetabek region, this paper examines the characteristics of consumers who prefer traceable fresh fruits and vegetables (FFV) in Indonesia and analyses the influencing factors that help explain why consumers purchase traceable FFV. A descriptive analysis, factor analysis, and binary logistic regression model were used to analyse the data. The results of this study show that respondents who consider buying the traceable product are lower than respondents who prefer to buy the ordinary product. This study also indicates that well-educated consumers and modern shoppers are more likely to buy traceable FFV. Although consumer income level has no significant impact on the traceable preference, the respondents who are more sensitive to the price are less likely to buy the traceable FFV. Another important result is the positive attitude towards traceable product, food safety concern, environmental concern, importance consideration of certification & product brand, and degree of trust. These are the factors which explain why consumers prefer to buy traceable FFV.