Genetic Effects on Children’s Conversational Language Use

The present study examined the extent of genetic and environmental influences on individual differences in children’s conversational language use

Recruiting and Retaining LGBT Athletes Lessons from the Population

Presented at the Diversity Research Symposium 2014: From Research to Action conference at Ball State University. Published in 2016 as part of the conference proceedings entitled Diversity Research Symposium Journal 2014: From Research to Action.This paper explores the experiences of gay and lesbian college student athletes. Participants of the study played at National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I or National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) institutions. All contributors were engaged in an hour to 90 minute interview. They were asked a range of questions regarding their family environments and attitudes, institutional climates, and the process of disclosing their sexuality. The primary research question explored was, What are the experiences of gay and lesbian college student athletes on college campuses? Intentions for the study were to bring awareness to the treatment of gay and lesbian athletes on college campuses, and how they navigated their college surroundings. The submitted chapter provides an outline of implications for athletics and for higher education, overall. Information was collected through resources provide by the NCAA on inclusivity of LGBT student athletes (Morrison, 2012)

Jordsmonnet vi lever av. Forslag til system for okumentasjon og rapportering av jordsmonnets tilstand og endring

Denne rapporten beskriver et forslag til et jordovervåkingssystem for dokumentasjon og rapportering av jordsmonnets tilstand og endring. Rapporten inneholder en behovsanalyse for et jordovervåkingssystem og redegjør for utvalgte eksisterende overvåkingssystemer i jord. I det anbefalte jordovervåkingssystemet inngår indikatorer, rapporteringsmuligheter, datafangst, dataforvaltning, utvalgssystem, organisering av overvåkingssystemet og kostnadsestimat. Systemet er avgrenset til jordsmonn på jordbruksareal, men kan utvides til å omfatte andre arealer ved behov

Carbonate compensation depth (CCD) reconstruction of the equatorial Pacific

Atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations and climate are regulated on geological timescales by the balance between carbon input from volcanic and metamorphic outgassing and its removal by weathering feedbacks; these feedbacks involve the erosion of silicate rocks and organic-carbon-bearing rocks. The integrated effect of these processes is reflected in the calcium carbonate compensation depth, which is the oceanic depth at which calcium carbonate is dissolved. Here we present a carbonate accumulation record that covers the past 53 million years from a depth transect in the equatorial Pacific Ocean. The carbonate compensation depth tracks long-term ocean cooling, deepening from 3.0-3.5 kilometres during the early Cenozoic (approximately 55 million years ago) to 4.6 kilometres at present, consistent with an overall Cenozoic increase in weathering. We find large superimposed fluctuations in carbonate compensation depth during the middle and late Eocene. Using Earth system models, we identify changes in weathering and the mode of organic-carbon delivery as two key processes to explain these large-scale Eocene fluctuations of the carbonate compensation depth