Competitiveness of Broiler Producers in North America Under Alternative Free Trade Scenarios

International Relations/Trade,

MARKETS FOR NORTHERN PLAINS AQUACULTURE--CASE STUDY OF TILAPIA

The purpose of this study is to identify and investigate alternative fresh and frozen fillet markets for tilapia within the region. The competition for this market is primarily an imported product from Asia and Central America. Total imports plus domestic production has increased from 16.95 million pounds in 1992 to 70.74 million pounds in 1997. Thirty-seven of the 79 respondents handled tilapia in their business. Thirty of these businesses handled and preferred fresh fillets while ten handled frozen tilapia. The tilapia businesses were clear in their preferences: 5 to 7 ounce fillets, quick delivery response time, constant supply, taste and size, and suppliers oriented toward customer service. Twenty-six of the 37 respondents were open to new suppliers. The responding businesses which did not handle tilapia gave their reasons: lack of demand due to customer unfamiliarity, name recognition and taste of tilapia. The need for an established market, i.e., consumer demand, was the major factor. The domestically produced tilapia did not test well in any of the three sensory perception taste tests. The results of these tests indicate both a quality issue and a variation in quality from test to test. These issues need to be solved prior to initiating a marketing effort for fresh and frozen fillets.tilapia, North American Fish Farmers Cooperative, North Central Region, sensory evaluation, production, prices, size, imports, Marketing, Production Economics,

United States and Canadian Free Trade Agreement: Economic Implications

International Relations/Trade,

Augmenting Live Performance Dance through Mobile Technology

We present a pilot study investigating the use of mobile technology to augment live performance dance. An augmented performance was created and viewed through an tablet device then analysed from a technical and audience standpoint. Low complexity augmentations were found to be very effective, however the device placed restrictions on higher complexity augmentations, the performance length and the stage/audience spatial arrangements. A low-number audience test indicated that augmentation of live performance was a credible concept, though there are some clear challenges to be overcome specifically around speed of technology and weight of device

[arra]stre - a Data-driven Ballet

[arra]stre is a data-driven ballet performance that makes extensive use of visualisation with data generated from the choreography and dancers. Whilst visualisations of this kind are not uncommon in performance dance, what marks this work out is that the visualisation and choreography were treated as equal actors in the exploration of the theme rather than the visualisation either becoming the dominant character in the performance (with the dancers simply providing a trigger) or being completely passive - an echo of the movement

N‐heterocyclic carbene catalyzed photoenolization/Diels–Alder reaction of acid fluorides

The combination of light activation and N‐heterocyclic carbene (NHC) organocatalysis has enabled the use of acid fluorides as substrates in a UVA‐light‐mediated photochemical transformation previously observed only with aromatic aldehydes and ketones. Stoichiometric studies and TD‐DFT calculations support a mechanism involving the photoactivation of an ortho‐toluoyl azolium intermediate, which exhibits “ketone‐like” photochemical reactivity under UVA irradiation. Using this photo‐NHC catalysis approach, a novel photoenolization/Diels–Alder (PEDA) process was developed that leads to diverse isochroman‐1‐one derivatives