Trend Labour Supply in Canada: Implications of Demographic Shifts and the Increasing Labour Force Attachment of Women

While demographic change has been an ongoing process in Canada, labour market implications of an aging population will become more acute in coming years. This article discusses the anticipated slowing in the growth of trend labour input over the coming decades with the aging of the baby boomers, declining fertility rates, and the stabilization of the labour force attachment of women. As the pool of labour shrinks, employers and governments will be looking for ways to address barriers to continued labour force participation and firms will have a greater incentive to find ways of improving labour productivity.

Parsing shocks: real-time revisions to gap and growth projections for Canada

The output gap - the deviation of output from potential output - has played an important role in the conduct of monetary policy in Canada. This paper reviews the Bank of Canada's definition of potential output, as well as the use of the output gap in monetary policy. Using a real-time staff economic projection dataset from 1994 through 2005, a period during which the staff used the Quarterly Projection Model to construct economic projections, the authors investigate the relationship between shocks (data revisions or real-time projection errors) and revisions to projections of key macroeconomic variables. Of particular interest are the interactions between shocks to real gross domestic product (GDP) and inflation and revisions to the level of potential output, potential growth, the output gap, and real GDP growth.Economic development ; Economic conditions - Canada

Non-ALJ Adjudicators in Federal Agencies: Status, Selection, Oversight, and Removal

This article republishes—in substantively similar form—our 2018 report to the Administrative Conference of the United States (ACUS) concerning federal agencies’ adjudicators who are not administrative law judges (ALJs). (We refer to these adjudicators as “non-ALJ Adjudicators” or “non-ALJs.”) As our data indicate, non-ALJs significantly outnumber ALJs. Yet non-ALJs are often overlooked and difficult to discuss as a class because of their disparate titles and characteristics. To obtain more information on non-ALJs, we surveyed agencies on non-ALJs’ hearings and, among other things, the characteristics concerning non-ALJs’ salaries, selection, oversight, and removal. We first present our reported data on these matters, which are the most comprehensive data to date on the non-ALJs’ indicia of impartiality. We then provide suggested practices for agencies to promote non-ALJs’ actual and apparent impartiality in presiding over agency hearings

Index of Philanthropic Freedom 2015

The Index of Philanthropic Freedom 2015 is the first analysis of philanthropic freedom across the world. By examining barriers and incentives for individuals and organizations to donate money and time to social causes, CGP has measured, ranked, and compared countries on their ease of giving. The research is a major step in identifying the public policy actions to encourage private giving which, in turn, can increase generosity

Faculty Recital, Rex Richardson, trumpet

Rex Richardson\u27s Trumpet Spectacular Magdalena Adamek, pianoTuesday, October 1, 2019 at 7pmSonia Vlahcevic Concert HallW.E. Singleton Center for the Performing Arts922 Park AvenueRichmond, Va.WithJeff Hudson, tubaKevin Maloney, trumpetTabatha Easley, fluteTaylor Barnett, trumpetRussell Wilson, pian

An Occupation Based Program: Supporting Mothers Through Pregnancy and Postpartum

This capstone project aimed to discover the effects of occupational therapy services with women who may experience or who are at risk for postpartum depression. Supporting Mothers Through Pregnancy and Postpartum is the developed capstone program. This program included occupation-based activities and resources to encourage occupational participation and engagement. This program used an integrative approach to support the participants of this project. This poster presentation includes background information regarding this population, the methods used to develop the program, program topic themes and goals, and links to view the program’s deliverables.https://soar.usa.edu/otdcapstonessummer2023/1013/thumbnail.jp

Environmental research on the new Lincoln University dairy farm

A major challenge to the New Zealand’s growing dairy industry is to achieve an annual productivity gain of 4% in order to remain internationally competitive. However, it is important to ensure that this productivity gain is achieved without significantly comprising the quality and integrity of New Zealand’s “clean and green” environment. There is increasing public concern about the effects of dairying on the environment, both within New Zealand and by our overseas customers. One of the main concerns is the possible threat to the quality of groundwater and surface water, particularly by nitrate, phosphate and microbial contaminants. Nitrate leaching from soil is of concern because of its impact on drinking water quality and the effects that nitrate can have on rivers and lakes. A high nitrate concentration in drinking water is a recognised health hazard and a high concentration in rivers and lakes can cause excessive growth of algae and weeds, which may reduce the fish population. Nitrate leaching also represents a financial cost to the farmer and a loss in soil fertility. The establishment of the new Lincoln University dairy farm is designed to enable us to develop and test practical methods to improve productivity and at the same time protect the environment. The objective of the environmental project on the new Lincoln University dairy farm is to develop best management practices under irrigation which will ensure that the dairy industry’s 4% productivity gain is achieved in a sustainable way, and that the wider environment is protected

New light from an old reagent: chemiluminescence from the reaction of potassium permanganate with sodium borohydride

When aqueous sodium borohydride (50 mM) is added to a solution of potassium permanganate (1mM, in sodium hexametaphosphate) at acidic pH, bright red-orange emission is easily visible in a darkened room. This chemiluminescence emission is due to an excited state of manganese (II) that undergoes solution phase phosphorescence and provides an excellent opportunity for students to explore the relationship between the initial oxidation state of the manganese and the likelihood of luminescence. Not surprisingly Mn(VII), Mn(IV) and Mn(III) all give rise to chemiluminescence where as Mn(II) fails to react

The influence of heat on biological activity and concentration of oleocanthal - a natural anti-inflammatory agent

Background &ndash; The olive oil phenolic, oleocanthal is a natural non-steroidal anti-inflammatory compound that irritates the oropharynx in a dose-dependent manner. It has been proposed that the biological activity of oleocanthal is partially responsible for the beneficial health effects of the Mediterranean diet. Virgin olive oil containing oleocanthal is often added as an ingredient in a number of cooked dishes and therefore it is of great importance to understand how best to preserve the putative health promoting benefits of this compound, as olive oil phenolics aresubject to heat degradation.Objective &ndash; To investigate if oleocanthal is thermally degraded or its biological activity reduced during cooking.Design &ndash; One extra virgin olive oil containing 54mg/kg oleocanthal was heated at varying temperatures (100&deg;C, 170&deg;C and 240&deg;C) for set time periods (0, 1, 5, 20, 60, 90 min). Oleocanthal concentrations were quantified using HPLC and its biological activity determined with a taste bioassay measuring the intensity of throat irritation.Outcomes &ndash; Results demonstrated that oleocanthal was heat stable compared with other olive oil phenolics, with a maximum loss of 16% as determined by HPLC analysis. In contrast, there was a significant decrease of up to 38% (p&lt;0.05) in the biological activity of oleocanthal as determined by the taste bioassay.Conclusions &ndash; Minimal degradation of oleocanthal concentration was observed upon heating however a significant decrease in the biological activity of this compound was noted with extended heating time. This has important implications for health in that, consumers may be unable to reap all of the putative health benefits associated with oleocanthal when adding virgin olive oil as an ingredient to dishes requiring prolonged heat treatment.<br /