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An investigation into the technology behind the manufacturing of sugar cane and wood fiber paper : final report
Creators: name: Alam, Tashfiq
name: Archer, Andrew
name: Chan, Cassandra
name: Lau, Brian
name: Zhan, James
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2014

description: As the global human population continues to expand, so does the demand for resources and the consumption of paper products. In 1984, over 65% of the paper consumed worldwide was derived from wood pulp and only 25% of the paper consumption came from recycled waste paper (Kew, 2011). Sustainability has become a major part of how we interact with the environment and the availability of resources for future generations. To compensate for the increasing demand in paper and wood fibre pulp, sugar cane paper, which uses bagasse, has been introduced to the market. Bagasse is a by-product that remains after sugarcane and sorghum stalks have been used for their juice in the beverage industry. As of 2009, 5-10% of the paper produced worldwide has come from agricultural crops, such as bagasse. Currently, an increasing number of companies are considering converting their wood fibre paper factories into sugar cane paper factories. However, one of the issues that these companies face is the cost of transforming the factory into a sugar cane paper production facility. This report economically examines and compares the technologies used in manufacturing wood fibre paper and sugar cane paper. From thorough research, it was concluded that there is no significant cost of transitioning a wood fibre paper mill to produce sugarcane paper. In the manufacturing process, the same machine is used for making both wood fibre and sugar cane paper products. Thus, in regards to the manufacturing of sugar cane paper, the company does not need to think twice about transforming their factory since they would not need to purchase new equipment and sugar cane paper is a more sustainable option. Disclaimer: “UBC SEEDS provides students with the opportunity to share the findings of their studies, as well as their opinions, conclusions and recommendations with the UBC community. The reader should bear in mind that this is a student project/report and is not an official document of UBC. Furthermore readers should bear in mind that these reports may not reflect the current status of activities at UBC. We urge you to contact the research persons mentioned in a report or the SEEDS Coordinator about the current status of the subject matter of a project/report.”
Magnetic Field Morphology in Interstellar Clouds with the Velocity Gradient Technique
Creators: name: Hu, Yue
name: Yuen, Ka Ho
name: Lazarian, Victor
name: Ho, Ka Wai
name: Benjamin, Robert A.
name: Hill, Alex S.
name: Lockman, Felix J.
name: Goldsmith, Paul F.
name: Lazarian, Alex
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Magnetic fields, while ubiquitous in many astrophysical environments, are challenging to measure observationally. Based on the properties of anisotropy of eddies in magnetized turbulence, the Velocity Gradient Technique is a method synergistic to dust polarimetry that is capable of tracing plane-of-the-sky magnetic field, measuring the magnetization of interstellar media and estimating the fraction of gravitational collapsing gas in molecular clouds using spectral line observations. In this paper, we apply this technique to five low-mass star-forming molecular clouds in the Gould Belt and compare the results to the magnetic-field orientation obtained from polarized dust emission. We find the estimates of magnetic field orientations and magnetization for both methods are statistically similar. We estimate the fraction of collapsing gas in the selected clouds. By means of the Velocity Gradient Technique, we also present the plane-of-the-sky magnetic field orientation and magnetization of the Smith cloud, for which dust polarimetry data are unavailable.
description: 14 pages, 8 figures
B_s-\bar{B_s} mixing with a chiral light quark action
Creators: name: Becirevic, D.
name: Blossier, B.
name: Boucaud, Ph.
name: Leroy, J. P.
name: Yaouanc, A. Le
name: Pene, O.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the $B^0_s-\bar{B^0_s}$ mixing amplitude in Standard Model by computing the relevant hadronic matrix element in the static limit of lattice HQET with the Neuberger light quark action. In the quenched approximation, and after matching to the $\bar{\rm MS}$ scheme in QCD, we obtain $B^{\bar{\rm MS}}_{B_s}(m_b)=0.940(16)(22)$.
description: 6 pages, 3 figures, talk presented at Lattice 2005 (Heavy quark physics)
Ascending Chain Conditions in Free Baxter Algebras
Creators: name: Guo, Li
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Commutative Algebra (math.AC)
subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: Rings and Algebras (math.RA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 13E05, 16W99, 47C05

description: In this paper we study ascending chain conditions in a free Baxter algebra by making use of explicit constructions of free Baxter algebras that were obtained recently. We investigate ascending chain conditions both for ideals and for Baxter ideals. The free Baxter algebras under consideration include free Baxter algebras on sets and free Baxter algebras on algebras. We also consider complete free Baxter algebras.
description: 22 pages. No figures
Laser patterning on transition metal dichalcogenides thin films
Creators: name: Miranda, Daniel
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021

description: The motivation of this undergraduated thesis is to study and optimize the use of a simple laser-microscope setup for patterning
 selected transition metal dichalcogenides. Unlike e-beam lithography or nanoimprinting lithography, our laser
 patterning setup is clean-room free and does not require sample preparation of any kind, enabling easy access,
 fast and reliable nanostructuration. As a proof of concept of this technique, we devised an application consisting
 in fabricating a super-absorber in the whole visible. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 840064
Trace metals in six fish by-products of two farmed fishes, the gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata) and the meager (Argyrosomus regius): Interactions with the environment and feed
Creators: name: Kandyliari, Aikaterini
name: Karavoltsos, Sotirios
name: Sakellari, Aikaterini
name: Anastasiadis, Panagiotis
name: Asderis, Michalis
name: Papandroulakis, Nikos
name: Kapsofefalou, Maria
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Inorganic Chemistry

description: For the large producers of farmed fish, the utilization of fish by-products as ingredients of food is important and thus their characterization, in terms of chemical composition and safety, becomes necessary. In this study, eleven trace metal concentrations in by-products (head, gills, guts, trimmings, bones and skin) of two Mediterranean farmed fishes, the gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata) and the meager (Argyrosomus regius) were determined by ICP-MS. According to overall concentrations, the sequence of trace metal levels in decreasing order was Fe > Zn > Mn > Cu > As > Cr > Pb > Ni > Cd > V>Co. Higher median concentrations (μg g−1 d.w.) of As were determined in bones and guts (2.16 and 2.04), Cd, Co, Cu, Pb in guts (0.175, 0.058, 16.3, 0.381), Cr in skin and bones (1.51 and 1.45), Ni in guts and skin (0.231, 0,218), Fe and Mn in gills (50.1, 16.8) and V in trimmings (0.052). Trace metal levels determined in fish feed were considerably lower compared to EC limits (Directive 2002/32/EC). The highest bioconcentration factor (BCF) values were calculated for Cd, Ni, Pb in muscle, for Fe, Mn, Zn in gills, for Cd, Co, Cu, Zn in guts and for Cr in bones. Exploitation of fish by-products as additives in food industry appears feasible, based on the concentrations of metals examined.
Evidence of sporulation capability of the ubiquitous oil reservoir microbe Halanaerobium congolense
Creators: name: Jones, Aaron A.
name: Pilloni, Giovanni
name: Claypool, Joshua T.
name: Paiva, Antonio R.
name: Zarath M. Summers
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Ecology
subject: 20199 Astronomical and Space Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Subsurface lineages of microorganisms are often questioned for their autochthonous nature. We hypothesize that sporulation is critical to the delivery and ubiquity of Halanaerobium congolense in global subsurface hydrocarbon reservoirs, forming spores, or spore-like structures in order to survive surface conditions, and thriving in subsurface reservoir conditions. Genomic analysis of H. congolense revealed the presence of various genes essential for sporulation, many of which are homologous to those involved in various stages of sporulation in clostridia and bacilli. Transcriptomics revealed transcription of sporulation genes in H. congolense grown in sub-optimal conditions. This is further supported by microscopy evidence of spore-like structures.
11058: Frederick J Judd
Creators: name: Project Team, Lest We Forget
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 430304
subject: British history
classificationCode: 430308
subject: European history (excl. British, classical Greek and Roman)
classificationCode: 430316
subject: International history

description: Frederick J Judd was employed under the Brigadier General for the Supreme War Council for 12 months, during 1918/19 and was in charge of maps and papers in connection with the work of the Supreme War Council. He obtained photographs of the Versailles conference after the First World War. The story goes that he gave a French photographer a bottle of wine for them! He was given a pass for the conference and was supposed to send it back afterwards, but he never did.
Additional file 1 of Google Health Trends performance reflecting dengue incidence for the Brazilian states
Creators: name: Romero-Alvarez, Daniel
name: Parikh, Nidhi
name: Osthus, Dave
name: Martinez, Kaitlyn
name: Generous, Nicholas
name: Valle, Sara Del
name: Manore, Carrie A.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 1. Total, median, minimum, and maximum numbers of dengue cases and incidence from the period 2011–2016.
Rearmament to the Rescue? New Estimates of the Impact of ‘Keynesian’ Policies in 1930s’ Britain
Creators: name: Crafts, Nicholas
name: Mills, Terence C.
name: Crafts, Nicholas
name: Mills, Terence C.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Financial Economics
subject: defense news
subject: multiplier
subject: public works
subject: rearmament

description: We report estimates of the fiscal multiplier for interwar Britain based on quarterly data, time-series econometrics, and ‘defense news’. We find that the government expenditure multiplier was in the range 0.3 to 0.8, much lower than previous estimates. The scope for a Keynesian solution to recession was less than is generally supposed. We find that rearmament gave a smaller boost to real GDP than previously claimed. Rearmament may, however, have had a larger impact than a temporary public works program of similar magnitude if private investment anticipated the need to add capacity to cope with future defense spending.
Direct J/psi and psi' hadroproduction via fragmentation in the collinear parton model and k_T-factorization approach
Creators: name: Saleev, V. A.
name: Vasin, D. V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The p_T-spectra for direct J/psi and psi' in hadroproduction at Tevatron energy have been calculated based on NRQCD formalism and fragmentation approximation in the collinear parton model and k_T-factorization approach. We have described the CDF data and obtained a good agreement between the predictions obtained in the parton model and k_T-factorization approach. We performed the calculations using the relevant leading order in alpha_s hard amplitudes and the equal values of the color-octet long-distance matrix elements for the both models.
description: 10 pages, Latex, 4 eps figures, epsfig.sty, graphics.sty
The Prizefight Paintings of Thomas Eakins
Creators: name: Vogelsong, Diana
name: Sellin, David
Publisher: name: American University (Washington, D.C.)
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 3601
subject: Art history, theory and criticism

description: Research paper submitted to American University in partial fulfillment of the Degree of Master of Arts; approved as non-thesis option
Bidding Markets with Financial Constraints
Creators: name: Beker, Pablo F.
name: Hernando-Veciana, Angel
name: Beker, Pablo F.
name: Hernando-Veciana, Angel
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Financial Economics
subject: Marketing
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: bidding markets
subject: financial constraints
subject: markups
subject: money left on the table
subject: market shares
subject: industry dynamics

description: We develop a model of bidding markets with financial constraints a la Che and Gale (1998b) in which two firms optimally choose their budgets. First, we provide an alternative explanation for the dispersion of markups and “money left on the table” across procurement auctions. Interestingly, this explanation does not hinge on significant private information but on differences, both endogenous and exogenous, in the availability of financial resources. Second, we explain why the empirical analysis of the size of markups may be biased downwards or upwards with a bias positively correlated with the availability of financial resources when the researcher assumes that the data are generated by the standard auction model. Third, we show that large concentration and persistent asymmetries in market shares together with occasional leadership reversals can arise as a consequence of the firms internal financial decisions even in the absence of exogenous shocks.
The Catalytic Effect of the Heterotrophic Bacterium Virgibacillus marismortui on Basaltic Rock Dissolution Under Excess Nutrient Conditions
Creators: name: Yagmur Gunes
name: Balci, Nurgul
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Biotic and abiotic batch experiments were performed in the presence of excess nutrients (N and P) and basaltic rocks in the medium under various conditions (NA, non-agitated; A, agitated). Changes in solution chemistry were monitored to characterize the influence of aerobic heterotrophic bacteria (Virgibacillus marismortui) on the dissolution rates and mechanisms of two basaltic rocks collected from King George (BAn; basaltic andesine) and Deception Island (BD, basalt), Antarctica. The presence of bacteria in the medium accelerated dissolution of basaltic rocks by a factor of 1.5 to 3 depending on both the rock composition and experimental conditions. The calculated linear element release rates in the biotic experiments (B, biotic) are enhanced in comparison with abiotic systems (A, abiotic) in the order: BD-B-NA > BD-B-A > BAn-B-NA. Unlike the abiotic reference experiments (BD-A-NA; BD-A-A, BAn-A-NA) with pH shifts of less than 0.5 units an accelerated release of Si, Ca, Mg, Fe and Al coincided with an increase in protein concentrations and a marked decrease in pH in the biotic experiments. As indicated by solution acidity, element release, trends of the reactive fluids and surface chemistry of the reacted rock samples, the catalytic effect of bacteria on mineral dissolution reactions was predominantly acidification due to bacterial metabolism. The major catalytic effect of acidification on mineral dissolution was likely suppressed by ammonification, resulting in a pH increase in the reactive fluid. The absence of secondary phases (e.g. Fe and Al oxyhydroxides) on the surface of biotically reacted rock particles and the presence of divalent cations (i.e. Ca and Mg) on the cell surfaces further show the role of the bacteria and associated organic ligands for metal-complexation reactions during basalt dissolution. This study shows that aerobic heterotrophic bacteria may play a critical role for acidity driven silicate dissolution in environments rich in nitrogenated organic compounds and may even influence the amount of Ca and Mg being released from Ca and Mg rich silicates to environments.
11080: Edwin Thomas Franklin
Creators: name: Project Team, Lest We Forget
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 430304
subject: British history
classificationCode: 430308
subject: European history (excl. British, classical Greek and Roman)
classificationCode: 430316
subject: International history

description: My uncle, Edwin Thomas Franklin, was born in 1891, in the parish of Cumnor (previously Berkshire) Oxfordshire. I don't know much about his war service, but I know he was in the Royal West Surrey Regiment and was a lieutenant. A friend of Uncle Edwin, Molly Lomas, gave me the medals, the citation and the group photograph 20 years ago.

My uncle told me that he used to have lunch with T. E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) in Cairo during the war.

He received the three World War One medals, on the ribbon of the British War medal is sewn an oak leaf, indicating he was mentioned in despatches. He was awarded a citation signed by Winston Churchill stating he was mentioned in a despatch from General Sir E. E. h. Allenby, dated 3rd April 1918, for gallant and distinguished services in the field. The citation refers to him as T.LE E.T Franklin, 1st Bn, attd.1/8th Bn Hamps R (TF). When I took the citation out of it's frame I discovered an old envelope behind it, presumable the one used to post the citation to him. He was a temporary Lieutenant and that is why his service number is not on two of his medals. I have recently discovered that his service number was 1974.

The group photo shows him second from the right in the middle row. The portrait photograph is of him.

The wall hanging is Egyptian, presumably brought back by him as a souvenir.

He went on to serve in World War two in the RAF and was in Intelligence. He always looked so smart
Quantum $1/f$ Noise in Equilibrium: from Planck to Ramanujan
Creators: name: Planat, Michel
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Number Theory (math.NT)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We describe a new model of massless thermal bosons which predicts an hyperbolic fluctuation spectrum at low frequencies. It is found that the partition function per mode is the Euler generating function for unrestricted partitions $p(n)$. Thermodynamical quantities carry a strong arithmetical structure: they are given by series with Fourier coefficients equal to summatory functions $σ_k(n)$ of the power of divisors, with $k=-1$ for the free energy, $k=0$ for the number of particles and $k=1$ for the internal energy. Low frequency contributions are calculated using Mellin transform methods. In particular the internal energy per mode diverges as $\frac{\tilde{E}}{kT}=\frac{π^2}{6 x}$ with $x=\frac{h ν}{kT}$ in contrast to the Planck energy $\tilde{E}=kT$. The theory is applied to calculate corrections in black body radiation and in the Debye solid. Fractional energy fluctuations are found to show a $1/ν$ power spectrum in the low frequency range. A satisfactory model of frequency fluctuations in a quartz crystal resonator follows. A sketch of the whole Ramanujan--Rademacher theory of partitions is reminded as well.
description: slightly expanded version of a text published in Physica A
A Reexamination of Mary Cassatt's Mother and Child Compositions
Creators: name: Daniel, Julia
name: Garrard, Mary D.
Publisher: name: American University (Washington, D.C.)
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 3601
subject: Art history, theory and criticism

description: Research paper submitted to American University in partial fulfillment of the Degree of Master of Arts; approved as non-thesis option
How Benefcial Was the Great Moderation After All?
Creators: name: Pancrazi, Roberto
name: Pancrazi, Roberto
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Financial Economics
subject: Great Moderation
subject: welfare
subject: long-run risk
subject: asset pricing

description: In this paper I compute the welfare e§ect of the Great Moderation, using a consumption based asset pricing model. The Great Moderation is modelled according to the data properties of consumption and dividend growth, which display a reduction of their innovation-volatility and increased persistence. The theoretical model (a long-run risk model), calibrated to match average asset pricing variables in the data, is able to capture the two features of the Great Moderation, and it predicts a welfare loss caused by the Great Moderation (-0.9 percent), due mainly to the utility cost of a late uncertainty resolution.
Forging Success : Soviet Managers and False Accounting, 1943 to 1962
Creators: name: Harrison, Mark
name: Harrison, Mark
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Financial Economics
subject: White-Collar Crime
subject: Performance-Based Incentives
subject: Trust
subject: Soviet Economy

description: Attempting to satisfy their political masters in a target-driven culture, Soviet managers had to optimize on many margins simultaneously. One of these was the margin of truthfulness. False accounting for the value of production appears to have been widespread in some branches of the economy and some periods of time. A feature of cases of false accounting was that they commonly involved the aggravating element of conspiracy. The paper provides new evidence on the nature and extent of false accounting; the scale and optimal size of underlying conspiracies; the authorities’ difficulty in committing to penalize it and the importance of political connections in securing leniency; and the importance of herd effects, leading to correlated risk taking and periodic asset price bubbles in the socialist market where interpersonal trust was traded.
Constraints on Income Distribution and Production Efficiency In Economies with Ramsey Taxation
Creators: name: Blackorby, Charles
name: Murty, Sushama
name: Blackorby, Charles
name: Murty, Sushama
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Financial Economics
subject: Ramsey taxation
subject: production inefficiency
subject: general equilibrium
subject: private ownership

description: We study the link between second-best production efficiency and the constraints on income distribution imposed by private ownership of firms in economies with Ramsey taxation. We review the result of Dasgupta and Stiglitz [1972], Mirrlees [1972], Hahn [1973], and Sadka [1977] about firm-specific profit taxation leading to second-best production effi- ciency. Problems in the proofs of this result in these papers have been identified by Reinhorn [2005]. We provide an alternative, and with some hope a more intuitive, proof of this result. The mechanism employed in our proof is also used to show second-best production efficiency under some configuarations of private ownership without any (or at best, uniform) profit taxation. The results obtained raise questions about the genericity of the phenomenon of second-best production inefficiency and about recovering social shadow prices in such economies.
Ability Bias, Skewness and the College Wage Premium
Creators: name: Naylor, Robin A.
name: Smith, Jeremy
name: Naylor, Robin A.
name: Smith, Jeremy
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Financial Economics
subject: Ability Bias
subject: College Wage Premium
subject: Graduate Returns
subject: Cohort Effects

description: Changes in educational participation rates across cohorts are likely to imply changes in the ability-education relationship and thereby to impact on estimated returns to education. We show that skewness in the underlying ability distribution is a key determinant of the impact of graduate expansion on the college wage premium. Calibrating the model against the increased proportion of university students in Britain, we find that changes in the average ability gap between university students and others are likely to have mitigated demand-side forces.
Educational Returns, ability composition and cohort effects: theory and evidence for cohorts of early-career UK graduates
Creators: name: Ireland, Norman
name: Naylor, Robin A.
name: Smith, Jeremy
name: Telhaj, Shqiponja
name: Ireland, Norman
name: Naylor, Robin A.
name: Smith, Jeremy
name: Telhaj, Shqiponja
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Financial Economics
subject: Educational Returns
subject: College Wage Premium
subject: Degree Class
subject: Ability Bias
subject: Statistical Discrimination

description: An increase over time in the proportion of young people obtaining a degree is likely to impact on the relative ability compositions (i) of graduates and non-graduates and (ii) across graduates with different classes of degree award. In a signalling framework, we examine the implications of this on biases across cohorts in estimates of educational returns. In an empirical analysis, we exploit administrative data on whole populations of UK university students for ten graduate cohorts to investigate the extent to which early labour market outcomes vary with class of degree awarded. Consistent with our theoretical model, we find that returns by degree class increased across cohorts during a period of substantial graduate expansion. We also corroborate the empirical findings with evidence from complementary data on graduate sample surveys.
Emerging Floaters : Pass-Throughs and (Some) New Commodity Currencies
Creators: name: Kohlscheen, E.
name: Kohlscheen, E.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2009
Subjects: Financial Economics

description: In spite of early skepticism on the merits of floating exchange rate regimes in emerging markets, 8 of the 25 largest countries in this group have now had a floating exchange rate regime for more than a decade. Using parsimonious VAR specifications covering the period of floating exchange rates, this study computes the dynamics of exchange rate pass-throughs to consumer price indices. We find that pass-throughs have typically been moderate even though emerging floaters have seen considerable nominal and real exchange rate volatilities. Previous studies that set out to estimate exchange rate pass-throughs ignored changes in policy regimes, making them vulnerable to the Lucas critique. We find that, within the group of emerging floaters, estimated pass-throughs are higher for countries with greater nominal exchange rate volatilities and that trade more homogeneous goods. These findings are consistent with the pass-through model of Floden and Wilander (2006) and earlier findings by Campa and Goldberg (2005), respectively. Furthermore, we find that the Indonesian Rupiah, the Thai Baht and possibly the Mexican Peso are commodity currencies, in the sense that their real exchange rates are cointegrated with international commodity prices.
Diversity and Phylogeny of Actinomycetes of Arabian Sea Along the Gujarat Coast
Creators: name: Sharma, Amit K.
name: Bhavtosh A. Kikani
name: Singh, Satya P.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Inorganic Chemistry

description: The diversity and biotechnological potential of the haloalkaliphilic actinomycetes of the saline habitats are explored only in a limited sense. Albeit, they have been reported to produce various enzymes, organic acids, antibiotics, and other secondary metabolites. Therefore, we aimed to investigate marine actinomycetes with respect to their cultivation, morphology, biochemical properties, enzyme secretion, solvent tolerance, antibacterial activities and phylogeny. Further, the composition of cell wall and its sugar constituents and variation in multiple–antibiotic-resistance (MAR) suggested diversity of the actinomycetes of the studied habitats. In total, 20 haloalkaliphilic actinomycetes were identified and studied further. Based on the 16S rRNA gene sequences, most of these actinomycetes belong to the genus Nocardiopsis. However, Hae III restriction patterns of the 16S rRNA genes reveal eight main clusters, corresponding with the Jaccard’s similarity coefficient and phenograms based on the biochemical properties. The Canonical Correlation Analysis suggests that pH and temperature rather than salinity and conductivity of the saline habitat are determinants of the growth of actinomycetes. The polyphasic analysis was highly significant in judging the diversity and taxonomy of the marine actinomycetes. Besides, the evaluated phenetic attributes may help in the exploration of the biotechnological potential of these actinomycetes.
11045: Harold Cormick
Creators: name: Project Team, Lest We Forget
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 430304
subject: British history
classificationCode: 430308
subject: European history (excl. British, classical Greek and Roman)
classificationCode: 430316
subject: International history

description: John is the grandson of Harold, sometimes known as McCormack.

Harold was born in Clitheroe, Lancashire in 1884 to Richard & Ellen Cormick a Weaver. In 1911 Harold was living at his aunts with his wife Nellie who he had married in 1906. He was Bootmaker at this time.

The family do not know what regiment Harold was in, possibly 530 Durham Aux. Res Field Reg. His service number was 471712

During the depression Harold was an Insurance Assessor.

The photograph is of Harold in his uniform.

Harold died in 1937 still living in Clitheroe, Lancashire. He is interred at St Mary's church, Clitheroe.
Domestic vs. External Sovereign Debt Servicing: An Empirical Analysis
Creators: name: Kohlscheen, E.
name: Kohlscheen, E.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2009
Subjects: Financial Economics

description: This paper analyzes the incidence of domestic and external debt crises for a sample of 53 emerging economies between 1980 and 2005. Even though there is substantial time variation in the default rates during the period, sovereign default rates for domestic debts are typically lower than those for external debts. The incidence of both types of defaults is explained by means of the estimation of independent and simultaneous limited-dependent variable models. The results show that while there is considerable evidence that external defaults trigger domestic defaults, evidence for the reverse link disappears when default propensities are estimated in a simultaneous equation model.
The sorafenib resistance-related gene signature predicts prognosis and indicates immune activity in hepatocellular carcinoma
Creators: name: Luo, Tianxin
name: Chen, Xiaomei
name: Pan, Wei
name: Zhang, Shu
name: Huang, Jian
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology
subject: Virology

description: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the second most common cause of cancer-related death worldwide. Most patients with advanced HCC acquire sorafenib resistance. Drug resistance reflects the heterogeneity of tumors and is the main cause of tumor recurrence and death.We identified and validated sorafenib resistance related-genes (SRGs) as prognostic biomarkers for HCC. We obtained SRGs from the Gene Expression Omnibus and selected four key SRGs using the least absolute shrinkage and selection operator, random forest, and Support Vector Machine-Recursive feature elimination machine learning algorithms. Samples from the The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA)-HCC were segregated into two groups by consensus clustering. Following difference analysis, 19 SRGs were obtained through univariate Cox regression analysis, and a sorafenib resistance model was constructed for risk stratification and prognosis prediction. In multivariate Cox regression analysis, the risk score was an independent predictor of overall survival (OS). Patients classified as high-risk were more sensitive to other chemotherapy drugs and showed a higher expression of the common immune checkpoints. Additionally, the expression of drug-resistance genes was verified in the International Cancer Genome Consortium cohort. A nomogram model with a risk score was established, and its prediction performance was verified by calibration chart analysis of the TCGA-HCC cohort. We conclude that there is a significant correlation between sorafenib resistance and the tumor immune microenvironment in HCC. The risk score could be used to identify a reliable prognostic biomarker to optimize the therapeutic benefits of chemotherapy and immunotherapy, which can be helpful in the clinical decision-making for HCC patients.
Hydrogen Transport and the Spatial Requirements of Renewable Energy
Creators: name: Oswald, James I.
name: Oswald, Andrew J.
name: Ashraf-Ball, Hezlin
name: Oswald, James I.
name: Oswald, Andrew J.
name: Ashraf-Ball, Hezlin
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Financial Economics
subject: Renewable energy
subject: wind power
subject: land use
subject: energy efficiency
subject: wind turbines
subject: transport
subject: environmental
subject: solar
subject: biomass
subject: wave

description: Unlike oil and coal, which are compressed forms of energy, renewable energy requires unusually large land areas. This article calculates the consequences of a switch to hydrogen-cell vehicles powered by electricity from wind turbines. It then re-does the calculation for three other green energy sources: wave power; biofuels; solar energy. We argue that policy-makers and social scientists need to understand the significant spatial demands of a move to a carbon-free society.
Implementation in Mixed Nash Equilibrium
Creators: name: Mezzetti, Claudio
name: Renou, Ludovic
name: Mezzetti, Claudio
name: Renou, Ludovic
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Financial Economics
subject: implementation
subject: Maskin monotonicity
subject: pure and mixed Nash equilibrium
subject: weak set-monotonicity
subject: social choice correspondence

description: A mechanism implements a social choice correspondence f in mixed Nash equilibrium if at any preference profile, the set of all pure and mixed Nash equilibrium outcomes coincides with the set of f-optimal alternatives at that preference profile. This definition generalizes Maskin’s definition of Nash implementation in that it does not require each optimal alternative to be the outcome of a pure Nash equilibrium. We show that the condition of weak set-monotonicity, a weakening of Maskin’s monotonicity, is necessary for implementation. We provide sufficient conditions for implementation and show that important social choice correspondences that are not Maskin monotonic can be implemented in mixed Nash equilibrium.
Sovereign Debt Default: The Impact of Creditor Composition
Creators: name: Dhillon, Amrita
name: Garcia-Fronti, Javier
name: Zhang, Lei
name: Dhillon, Amrita
name: Garcia-Fronti, Javier
name: Zhang, Lei
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Financial Economics
subject: Sovereign default
subject: Institutions
subject: Reputation
subject: Uncertainty

description: The main motivation of this paper is to study the impact of the composition of creditors on the probability of default and the risk premium on sovereign bonds, when there is debtor moral hazard. In the absence of any legal enforcement, relational contracts work only when there are creditors who have a repeated relationship with the borrower. We show that ownership structures with a larger fraction of long term lenders are associated with a lower default probability and lower risk premia. Moreover, competitive markets structures lead to loss in efficiency as well when there is moral hazard, in contrast to the case with perfect enforceability and information.
Nonextensive Interpretation Of Radiative Recombination In Electron Cooling
Creators: name: Maero, G.
name: Quarati, P.
name: Ferro, F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: Accelerator Physics (physics.acc-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: An interest for the low-energy range of the nonextensive distribution function arises from the study of radiative recombination in electron cooling devices in particle accelerators, whose experimentally measured reaction rates are much above the theoretical prediction. The use of generalized distributions, that differ from the Maxwellian in the low energy part (due to subdiffusion between electron and ion bunches), may account for the observed rate enhancement. In this work, we consider the isotropic distribution function and we propose a possible experiment for verifying the existence of a cut-off in the generalized momentum distribution, by measuring the spectrum of the X-rays emitted from radiative recombination reactions.
description: 8 pages, 2 figures, Submitted for publication in the Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference NEXT-SigmaPhi, 2005, Crete
An investigation into Eco-to-Go in the new Student Union Building
Creators: name: Almisbahi, Fahad
name: McFaul, Joel
name: Siemens, Trevor
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2014

description: As part of the Lighter Footprint Strategy, the AMS has requested an investigation into incorporating UBC’s Eco-to-Go Program at the New SUB. The program is currently being used at the Totem and Vanier cafeterias with around 4000 participants. Users pay a $5 deposit for a token, which can be exchanged for a clean container. Used, dirty containers can also be returned for a clean container where they will be washed. The New SUB will have eleven food outlets that will participate in this program. This report analyses the environmental, economic, and social impacts that integrating with this program might have. This report considers stakeholder interviews, academic research, and quantitative analysis in its detailed analysis of these areas. An environmental analysis considering life cycle analysis of reusable polyethylene containers, as well as paperboard and some biodegradable plastic containers yields a net positive effect. Mainly as a result of the number of containers a single reusable container can replace, the environmental impact from production is vastly reduced. An economic analysis considering the costs of purchasing the reusable containers versus the disposable containers, washing, and discounts on meals resulted in finding that the program has a negative return. Because the meal discount is equivalent in value to the savings from not purchasing the disposable containers, the program as it currently stands is not able to generate any savings. However, it is recommend that the meal-discount is eventually phased out as this will result in the program saving money. A social analysis considering the effects of implementing the program on student’s convenience, health hazards, operational changes, and green initiative concluded that the program would have positive overall social impact. Disclaimer: “UBC SEEDS provides students with the opportunity to share the findings of their studies, as well as their opinions, conclusions and recommendations with the UBC community. The reader should bear in mind that this is a student project/report and is not an official document of UBC. Furthermore readers should bear in mind that these reports may not reflect the current status of activities at UBC. We urge you to contact the research persons mentioned in a report or the SEEDS Coordinator about the current status of the subject matter of a project/report.”
Horatio Greenough : A Contradiction in Terms?
Creators: name: Hawk, Judith B
name: Garrard, Mary D.
Publisher: name: American University (Washington, D.C.)
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 3601
subject: Art history, theory and criticism

description: Research paper submitted to American University in partial fulfillment of the Degree of Master of Arts; approved as non-thesis option
10233: Ian Challender
Creators: name: Project Team, Lest We Forget
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 430304
subject: British history
classificationCode: 430308
subject: European history (excl. British, classical Greek and Roman)
classificationCode: 430316
subject: International history

description: Ian Challender is the friend of Ian St Anderson's second wife's late husband.
Not much is known about him. A book of Notes of Military Mining was copied from the original loaned by the Army Historical section. Ian Challender was given it by the author/compiler.
What Have We Learned from China’s Past Trade Retaliation Strategies?
Creators: name: Li, Minghao
name: Zhang, Wendong
name: Hart, Chad
name: Li, Minghao
name: Zhang, Wendong
name: Hart, Chad
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: International Relations/Trade
subject: Agricultural Commodities
subject: China
subject: Tariff
subject: Trade Retaliation

description: By examining China’s past strategies, we show that China’s trade retaliation responses follow three principles: responding proportionally with restraint, targeting products that are substitutable, and inflicting economic and political costs. We discuss China’s recent and ongoing trade retaliations in light of these principles.
Pair approximation of the stochastic susceptible-infected-recovered-susceptible epidemic model on the hypercubic lattice
Creators: name: Joo, Jaewook
name: Lebowitz, Joel L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Populations and Evolution (q-bio.PE)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the time-evolution and steady states of the stochastic susceptible-infected-recovered-susceptible(SIRS) epidemic model on one- and two- dimensional lattices. We compare the behavior of this system, obtained from computer simulations, with those obtained from the mean-field approximation(MFA) and pair-approximation(PA). The former(latter) approximates higher order moments in terms of first(second) order ones. We find that the PA gives consistently better results than the MFA. In one dimension the improvement is even qualitative.
Additional file 1 of Selected cardiac abnormalities in Trypanosoma cruzi serologically positive, discordant, and negative working dogs along the Texas-Mexico border
Creators: name: Meyers, Alyssa C.
name: Ellis, Megan M.
name: Purnell, Julia C.
name: Auckland, Lisa D.
name: Meinders, Marvin
name: Saunders, Ashley B.
name: Hamer, Sarah A.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Medicine
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 1: Table S1. Demographics and test results for government working dogs. Serology included testing for anti-T. cruzi antibodies by two rapid immunochromatographic assays, Chagas Stat-Pak® (ChemBio, NY), and Chagas Detect™ Plus Rapid Test (InBios, International, Inc., Seattle, WA), indirect fluorescent antibody (IFA) testing at Texas Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory (College Station, TX) and a commercially available ELISA, the SNAP 4Dx Plus, which allows for simultaneous detection of canine antibodies to E. canis, E. ewingii, B. burgdorferi, A. phagocytophilum, and A. platys, and to D. immitis antigen. Dogs were also tested for amplification of T, cruzi DNA by real time PCR.
George Loring Brown : Two Italian Landscape Paintings in the National Museum of American Art
Creators: name: Hyde, Enid G.
name: Broude, Norma
Publisher: name: American University (Washington, D.C.)
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 3601
subject: Art history, theory and criticism

description: Research paper submitted to American University in partial fulfillment of the Degree of Master of Arts; approved as non-thesis option
Experiencing Calculus Through Computational Labs: Our Department’s Cultural Drift Toward Modernizing Mathematics Instruction
Creators: name: Krause, Andrew J.
name: Maccombs, Ryan J.
name: Wong, Willie W. Y.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Our traditional model of calculus instruction at a large public research university emphasized factual knowledge and procedural fluency with few realistic applications, leaving a chasm between classroom mathematics and disciplinary practice. Amid an ongoing effort by our department to improve undergraduate learning outcomes, we replaced recitations in Calculus II with computational team labs to bridge this divide. Interview, classroom observation, survey, and gradebook data suggest that the labs facilitated a rich learning experience while student grade outcomes were unchanged. Student engagement, however, was inhibited by institutional structural factors, whose remedy requires a shift in departmental culture concerning the purpose of mathematics instruction.
Post-Colonial and Pre-19th Century Traditional Influences on the Early Works of Henri Matisse
Creators: name: Hyde, Enid G.
name: Broude, Norma
Publisher: name: American University (Washington, D.C.)
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 3601
subject: Art history, theory and criticism

description: Research paper submitted to American University in partial fulfillment of the Degree of Master of Arts; approved as non-thesis option