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The Hedonic Price Structure of Faculty Compensation at U.S. Colleges and Universities
Economic theory suggests that the variation in academic salaries across institutions in part reflects compensating differences associated with variation in the levels of local quality of life factors such as environmental quality and the provision of local public services. This paper presents an econometric analysis of the hedonic, or implicit price structure, of faculty compensation at U.S. colleges and universities using data from AAUP merged with data on a host of location-specific characteristics. Quality of life factors are found to be important, accounting for between 7 percent and 12.8 percent of total compensation
Natives, the Foreign-Born and High School Equivalents: New Evidence on the Returns to the GED.
Financial Stress, Family Conflict, and Youths' Successful Transition to Adult Roles
We analyze the effect of mothers' and youths' reports of family financial stress and conflict on youths' transitions into adult roles. We find that mothersâ reports of financial stresses and borrowing constraints are associated with earlier transitions to inactivity and public assistance, while youth reports of financial stresses are associated with earlier nest-leaving. Youths reporting conflict with parents leave school and move out earlier than their peers, while conflict between parents is associated with youth making later transitions. Overall, financial stress and conflict have independent effects on youths' transitions and youths' perspectives have different consequences to those of their mothers.youths, financial stress, family conflict
Financial Stress, Family Conflict, and Youthsâ Successful Transition to Adult Roles
We analyze the effect of mothersâ and youthsâ reports of family financial stress and conflict on youthsâ transitions into adult roles. We find that mothersâ reports of financial stresses and borrowing constraints are associated with earlier transitions to inactivity and public assistance, while youth reports of financial stresses are associated with earlier nest-leaving. Youths reporting conflict with parents leave school and move out earlier than their peers, while conflict between parents is associated with youth making later transitions. Overall, financial stress and conflict have independent effects on youthsâ transitions and youthsâ perspectives have different consequences to those of their mothers.youths, financial stress, family conflict
Non-equilibrium dynamic critical scaling of the quantum Ising chain
We solve for the time-dependent finite-size scaling functions of the 1D
transverse-field Ising chain during a linear-in-time ramp of the field through
the quantum critical point. We then simulate Mott-insulating bosons in a tilted
potential, an experimentally-studied system in the same equilibrium
universality class, and demonstrate that universality holds for the dynamics as
well. We find qualitatively athermal features of the scaling functions, such as
negative spin correlations, and show that they should be robustly observable
within present cold atom experiments.Comment: 4 pages + 2 page supplemen
New Dawn Trilogy
The New Dawn Trilogy is a non-linear, asymmetrical triplet of post-apocalyptic and anthropological science fiction stories. The first, âNew Dawn,â details the adventures of a 15-year-old girl making her way in a post-apocalyptic world by working as a scav, or scavenger, for a small community of survivors on the Virginia â North Carolina line, just north of the Great Dismal Swamp. One day she discovers an old abandoned freighter run aground on the James River. She searches the derelict ship and finds something that changes everything: an ancient African temple, disassembled stone block by stone block and loaded into the cargo hold. The second story, âReturn of the Uk-Duk,â is actually a prequel to the first, but must be read second. It is a translation of an eleven-thousand-year-old scroll documenting the arrival of a team of scientists and technicians from a planet in the Betelgeuse system of the Constellation Orion. They have come to mentor and nurture humans crossing the newly-formed Bering Land Bridge into the Americas. The third tale, âFrom Dusk to Dawn,â is the shortest of the three; it serves as a bridge between the end of âReturn of the Uk-Dukâ and the beginning of âNew Dawn.â The trilogy is written under the nom de plume Wickett dâOrion. The accompanying essay discusses the vast amount of multi-disciplinary research conducted in order to make the story as scientifically sound as possible
My philosophy of educational leadership
Early leaders in civilization knew that to keep a country free of tyranny and social depredation it was imperative that the citizens within that culture became educated. Modem leaders of education can be found at the forefront of public education in the form of superintendents and principals. In this paper I will define the role of leadership in education, how it has affected my life, what makes a great principal, the principals role in educational change, a reflective practitioner as a leader, and how a principal can use professional development to enhance the effectiveness of his/her staff
Repair of Aberrant Splicing in Growth Hormone Receptor by Antisense Oligonucleotides Targeting the Splice Sites of a Pseudoexon
Context: The GH receptor (GHR) pseudoexon 6 Psi defect is a frequent cause of GH insensitivity (GHI) resulting from a non-functioning GH receptor (GHR). It results in a broad range of phenotypes and may also be present in patients diagnosed as idiopathic short stature.Objective: Our objective was to correct aberrant GHR splicing and inclusion of 6 Psi using exon-skipping antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs).Design and Setting: Three ASOs binding the 5' (ASO-5), 3' (ASO-3), and branch site (ASO-Br) of 6 Psi were tested in an in vitro splicing assay and a cell transfection system. The wild-type (wt) and mutant (mt) DNA minigenes (wt- and mtL1-GHR6 Psi-L2, respectively) were created by inserting the GHR 6 Psi in a well-characterized splice reporter (Adml-par). For the in vitro splicing assay, the wt- and mtL1-GHR6 Psi-L2 were transcribed into pre-mRNA in the presence of [alpha P-32]GTP and incubated with ASOs in HeLa nuclear extracts. For the cell transfection studies, wt-and mtL1-GHR6 Psi-L2 cloned into pcDNA 3.1 were transfected with ASOs into HEK293 cells. After 48 h, RNA was extracted and radiolabeled RT-PCR products quantified.Results: ASO-3 induced an almost complete pseudoexon skipping in vitro and in HEK293 cells. This effect was dose dependent and maximal at 125-250 nM. ASO-5 produced modest pseudoexon skipping, whereas ASO-Br had no effect. Targeting of two splice elements simultaneously was less effective than targeting one. ASO-Br was tested on the wtL1-GHR6 Psi-L2 and did not act as an enhancer of 6 Psi inclusion.Conclusions: The exon-skipping ASO approach was effective in correcting aberrant GHR splicing and may be a promising therapeutic tool. (J Clin Endocrinol Metab 95: 3542-3546, 2010
Contingency power for small turboshaft engines using water injection into turbine cooling air
Because of one engine inoperative requirements, together with hot-gas reingestion and hot day, high altitude takeoff situations, power augmentation for multiengine rotorcraft has always been of critical interest. However, power augmentation using overtemperature at the turbine inlet will shorten turbine life unless a method of limiting thermal and mechanical stresses is found. A possible solution involves allowing the turbine inlet temperature to rise to augment power while injecting water into the turbine cooling air to limit hot-section metal temperatures. An experimental water injection device was installed in an engine and successfully tested. Although concern for unprotected subcomponents in the engine hot section prevented demonstration of the technique's maximum potential, it was still possible to demonstrate increases in power while maintaining nearly constant turbine rotor blade temperature
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