The Australian Research Quality Framework: A live experiment in capturing the social, economic, environmental, and cultural returns of publicly funded research

Copyright @ 2008 Wiley Periodicals Inc. This is the accepted version of the following article: Donovan, C. (2008), The Australian Research Quality Framework: A live experiment in capturing the social, economic, environmental, and cultural returns of publicly funded research. New Directions for Evaluation, 2008: 47–60, which has been published in final form at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ev.260/abstract.The author regards development of Australia's ill-fated Research Quality Framework (RQF) as a “live experiment” in determining the most appropriate approach to evaluating the extra-academic returns, or “impact,” of a nation's publicly funded research. The RQF was at the forefront of an international movement toward richer qualitative, contextual approaches that aimed to gauge the wider economic, social, environmental, and cultural benefits of research. Its construction and implementation sent mixed messages and created confusion about what impact is, and how it is best measured, to the extent that this bold live experiment did not come to fruition

The Land Conservation Plan for Maine’s Piscataqua Region Watersheds

The Piscataqua River/Great Bay estuary is a shared coastal embayment that forms the southernmost boundary between the states of Maine and New Hampshire. This rich coastal bay provides critical ecological, economic, and social benefits to the southern Maine and coastal New Hampshire region. The Great Bay estuary is such an important coastal resource that it is officially recognized as a coastal area of national significance by both the federal National Estuary Program and the federal National Estuarine Research Reserve program. The Piscataqua River/Great Bay estuary is fed by many rivers in New Hampshire, and by the Salmon Falls River, Great Works River, and Spruce Creek water- sheds in Maine. Collectively, the land area that contributes water flow to this treasured bi-state estuarine system is referred to as the “Piscataqua Region.” Within Maine, this region includes portions or all of ten Maine communities: Acton, Berwick, Eliot, Kittery, Lebanon, North Berwick, Sanford, South Berwick, Wells, and York

The Impact of Brazil’s Bolsa Familia Program on Food Security in Santo Antônio de Jesus, Bahia

The purpose of this research project is to evaluate the impact that the Bolsa Família Program has on the level of food security within an impoverished community of Santo Antônio de Jesus. The issue of food security is important because a person’s overall health worsens as a result of not having access to a healthy and well balanced diet. As a result of these negative health aspects, one’s capacity to do work, learn, and take care of one’s family are all affected. This relationship between nutrition and social situations is the focus of this study, which will be used to present the ways in which a proper diet can lead to a better quality of life. The research project will examine the following questions: What type of dietary trends does the community have? How was the situation of food security before the implementation of the Bolsa Familia Program? What are the ways in which the Bolsa Familia Program help establish a higher level of food security within the adolescent population? This study’s focus is on adolescents within the age range of 10 to 15 that attend school. The age group is important because these students are possible applicants for the Bolsa Familia Program and fall within an age that is vulnerable to unhealthy eating practices. In addition to that, an adolescent of this age needs a nutritious diet to promote a healthy rate of mental and physical development. The results for this project were obtained by means of participant observations, a questionnaire with the students, and interviews with program coordinators and local community members. The combination of these methods of research have proved that the benefits from the Bolsa Familia Program are being used in such a way that promotes both food security and adolescent development

Significance of herpesvirus immediate early gene expression in cellular immunity to cytomegalovirus infection

Interstitial pneumonia linked with reactivation of latent human cytomegalovirus due to iatrogenic immunosuppression can be a serious complication of bone marrow transplantation therapy of aplastic anaemia and acute leukaemia1. Cellular immunity plays a critical role in the immune surveillance of inapparent cytomegalovirus infections in man and the mouse1−7. The molecular basis of latency, however, and the interaction between latently or recurrently infected cells and the immune system of the host are poorfy understood. We have detected a so far unknown antigen in the mouse model. This antigen is found in infected cells in association with the expression of the herpesvirus 'immediate early' genes and is recognized by cytolytic T lymphocytes (CTL)8. We now demonstrate that an unexpectedly high proportion of the CTL precursors generated in vivo during acute murine cytomegalovirus infection are specific for cells that selectively synthesize immediate early proteins, indicating an immunodominant role of viral non-structural proteins

Bentgrass response to K fertilization and K release rates from eight sand rootzone sources used in putting green construction.

There is a lack of plant response to fertilizer K in some sandy soils even though routine soil tests for soil available K are shown to be low. This lack of plant response to K fertilizer application may be explained by K release from nonexchangeable forms. Greenhouse and laboratory experiments were conducted to evaluate (a) response of bentgrass (Agrostis palustris [Agrostis stolonifera var. palustris]) cv. Pencross grown in rootzones with different sand sources to K fertilizer application and (b) K release from nonexchangeable forms from the different sand sources as an index to K availability. Experimental variables in the greenhouse were 2 K levels (0 and 250 mg K/kg soil) and 8 sand rootzone sources. Rootzone soils were sub-irrigated to ensure no K loss from leaching. Two laboratory methods (boiling 1 M HNO3 extraction and continuous leaching with 0.01 M HCl) and total K uptake by the bentgrass were employed to index K release from nonexchangeable forms for each rootzone source. K fertilizer application significantly increased bentgrass yield growing in one rootzone source and root weight in 3 rootzone sources. K uptake by bentgrass and the 2 laboratory methods showed important differences in K release from the sand rootzones. The K removed by the 2 laboratory methods was closely related to leaf tissue K and K uptake, with the 1 M HNO3 extraction method providing the closest fit. The release of K from primary minerals in some rootzones with high sand content is proceeding at rates to satisfy bentgrass requirements for K. The 1 M HNO3 extraction method may provide an alternative to the routine laboratory procedures presently being used to measure the extractable K in sand-based constructed putting greens by measuring K contributed by nonexchangeable forms

On the “Expropriation of Dignity” A report on the situation of the national strike in Colombia 2021

Cali, Colombia April 28-May 10, 2021 A report compiled by faculty and researchers at the AfroDiasporic Studies Center (CEAF) at ICESI University: Vergara-Figueroa et al. English translation: Sarah Soanirina Ohmer and Anthony Dest, Lehman Colleg

A study of the impacts of variable factors on built environment graduates’ prospects

This paper investigates the impacts of variable factors, such as practical experience and factors related to study style, on employment outcomes and patterns of built environment graduates in Australia. This paper also compares the employment prospects of different built environment sub-disciplines, including Architecture, Construction, Real Estate and Urban Planning and Regional Studies. Practical experience and the possibility of work with final year employers after graduation were found to have a statistically significant impact on the employment outcomes for graduates of built environment and all of its sub-disciplines. However, degree level and type of university attended were not found to have a statistically significant impact. Attendance type and employment mode in the final year of study had a statistically significant impact on the employment patterns for graduates of built environment and all of its sub-disciplines. The graduates who studied part-time and worked full-time in their final year of study were more likely to secure full-time jobs after graduation. The findings of this paper can be used by built environment graduates to identify the variable factors which they can change in order to enhance their employment prospects

Irréparable : Résistance et politiques de respectabilité en Colombie

In every era the attempt must be made anew to wrest tradition away from a conformism that is about to overpower it. Rumeurs et Hummers Dans une salle de conférence située à quelques rues de la Maison Blanche, une fonctionnaire de l'ambassade de Colombie déclara que la victime défendait les trafiquants de drogue et était connu pour conduire dans un Hummer autour de Cali . La personne en question - Hernan Darío Escobar, un avocat colombien - avait été visée par une fusillade en voiture en mai 2..

Irreparable: Resistencia y políticas de respetabilidad en Colombia

En toda época ha de intentarse arrancar la tradición al respectivo conformismo que está a punto de subyugarla. Rumores y Hummers Estábamos en una sala de conferencias a unas cuadras de la Casa Blanca. Una funcionaria de la Embajada de Colombia destacó a propósito de la víctima que defendió a narcotraficantes y que andaba por Cali en una Hummer”. La persona a quién se refería – Hernán Darío Escobar, abogado colombiano – fue abaleada desde un auto en mayo de 2011. La funcionaria de la Embajada ..