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Searches for High Mass Resonances and Exotics at the Tevatron
I review recent searches for physics beyond the standard model from the CDF
and D0 experiments at the Fermilab Tevatron collider, covering searches for
fourth generation quarks, exotic resonances, universal extra dimensions, and
dark matter particles.Comment: Presented at the 2011 Hadron Collider Physics symposium (HCP-2011),
Paris, France, November 14-18 2011, 4 pages, 12 figure
Why Macroeconomic Policy Matters for Gender Equality
This brief synthesizes research findings, analysis and policy recommendations on creating an alternative gender-responsive macroeconomic agenda.Macroeconomic policy, including fiscal and monetary policy, is often thought of as gender-neutral. But economic policy choices affect women and men differently because of their different positions in the economy, both market (paid) and non-market (unpaid). For instance, budget cuts that reduce social spending may increase the demands on women's unpaid household labour, while trade liberalization may negatively affect women's employment in contexts where they are overrepresented in import-competing sectors, such as agricultural food crops. Yet, macroeconomic policies to date have paid scant attention to these issues and have therefore not been conducive to the achievement of gender equality.Focusing on goals, measurement and policy instruments, this brief lays out the key problems with current macroeconomic policies and provides building blocks for an alternative macroeconomic agenda that is rights-based and gender-responsive.This brief draws on key findings of UN Women's flagship report "Progress of the World's Women 2015 -2016.
Improving Patient Satisfaction with the Virtual Handoff Process through the Utilization of Educational Pamphlets in the Emergency Department
Boarding patients in the emergency room while waiting to transfer the patient to the proper unit can be harmful to clinical care and have significant financial opportunity costs. At one local hospital it was found that on average patients were being boarded in the emergency room (ED) for approximately 85 minutes waiting to be transferred. Several barriers that caused this delay were found including, delay in room cleaning, nurse staff shortage, and inability to give report to the nurse receiving the patient. In an attempt to combat this delay which may be caused by a difficulty in giving patient report, this organization is rolling out a virtual bedside handoff process. While virtual technology is not a new concept, there are many patients that may not be comfortable with the technology. The purpose of the evidence-based project was to provide a written educational pamphlet that details the howâs and whyâs of the virtual handoff process to the patient to be given upon admission. The goal of the educational pamphlet was to increase the patientsâ satisfaction with the process. A pre-survey was given to a group of patients after they experienced the virtual handoff process to assess their comfort level. These results were compared to the post-survey results of patients that received the educational pamphlet prior to experiencing the virtual handoff process. Ten pre-surveys and seven post-surveys were analyzed utilizing SPSS and descriptive statistics. The analysis concluded that the participants who received the educational pamphlet felt more prepared for the virtual handoff process
The Structure of Employment, Globalization, and Economic Crises: Rethinking Contemporary Employment Dynamics with a Focus on the U.S. and Japan
This paper explores the intersections between the current trajectory of globalization, changes to the structure of employment, and policies for maintaining opportunities for decent employment. There are numerous outcomes of these interactions, including higher levels of open unemployment, growth of informal employment, downward pressure on the returns to labor, and a redistribution of risk from capital to labor. Common factors have affected labor demand and labor supply in a range of countries, but specific employment outcomes are dependent on domestic institutions and structural realities. Within this broader framework, the paper examines changing patterns of employment in Japan and the U.S. in recent years, including the experience of both countries with regard to financial bubbles and subsequent crises.J21, O43, P48
The New Face of Unequal Exchange: Low-Wage Manufacturing, Commodity Chains, and Global Inequality
The institutional structure of global commodity chains and cross-border production networks has a profound impact on how the benefits of globalized production are distributed. This paper engages with this issue by developing a model that combines the insights of earlier unequal exchange theorists and new work on global commodity chains to clarify the distributive dynamics of the expansion of low-wage manufacturing in the developing world. In this framework, the ability of productivity-led development to raise employment incomes in low-wage manufacturing is constrained and depends on how the benefits of productivity improvements are captured â as lower prices for consumers or higher rents for brandname multinationals. In contrast, consumption-led growth in relatively affluent consumer markets will contribute to income convergence when demand for manufactured consumer imports is sufficiently income elastic. However, in the long-run, labor market, macroeconomic, and environmental constraints will likely compromise this form of export-led employment growth.trade, global commodity chains, multinational corporations, subcontracting, branding, inequality
Employment, Poverty, and Gender in Ghana
This paper examines the connections among gender, employment, and poverty in Ghana using data from the fourth round of the Ghana Living Standards Survey. The relationships are explored through a series of tabulations that shed light on how labor force segmentation, different forms of employment, and gender dynamics influence poverty rates and earnings of individuals and households. The estimates suggest that substantial labor force segmentation is evident in Ghana. Women are disproportionately represented in more precarious forms of employment. In addition, poverty and earnings differ markedly from one employment status category to the next. These results have important implications for âpro-poorâ employment policies in Ghana.
Electrical phase angle as a new method to measure fish condition
In this study, phase angle (the ratio of resistance and reactance of tissue to applied electrical current) is presented as a possible new method to measure fish condition. Condition indices for fish have historically been
based on simple weight-at-length relationships, or on costly and timeconsuming laboratory procedures that measure specific physiological parameters. Phase angle is introduced
to combine the simplicity of a quick field-based measurement with the specificity of laboratory analysis by
directly measuring extra- and intracellular water distribution within an organism, which is indicative of its
condition. Phase angle, which can be measured in the field or laboratory in the time it takes to measure length and weight, was measured in six species of fish at different states (e.g., fed vs. fasted, and postmortem) and under different environmental treatments (wild vs. hatchery, winter vs. spring). Phase angle reflected different states of condition. Phase angles 15° indicated fish that were in better condition. Phase angle was slightly affected
by temperatures (slope = â 0.19) in the 0â8°C range and did not change in fish placed on ice for <12 hours. Phase angle also decreased over time in postmortem fish because of cell
membrane degradation and subsequent water movement from intra- to extracellular (interstitial) spaces. Phase angle also reflected condition of specific anatomical locations within the fish
The Absolute Relativity Theory
This paper is a first presentation of a new approach of physics that we
propose to refer as the Absolute Relativity Theory (ART) since it refutes the
idea of a pre-existing space-time. It includes an algebraic definition of
particles, interactions and Lagrangians. It proposed also a purely algebraic
explanation of the passing of time phenomenon that leads to see usual
Euler-Lagrange equations as the continuous version of the
Knizhnik-Zamolodchikov monodromy. The identification of this monodromy with the
local ones of the Lorentzian manifolds gives the Einstein equation
algebraically explained in a quantized context. A fact that could lead to the
unification of physics. By giving an algebraic classification of particles and
interactions, the ART also proposes a new branch of physics, namely the Mass
Quantification Theory, that provides a general method to calculate the
characteristics of particles and interactions. Some examples are provided. The
MQT also predicts the existence of as of today not yet observed particles that
could be part of the dark matter. By giving a new interpretation of the weak
interaction, it also suggests an interpretation of the so-called dark energy
Monetary Policy and Financial Sector Reform for Employment Creation and Poverty Reduction in Ghana
.Monetary Policy Financial Sector; Reform; Ghana
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