Migration of Wealth in New Jersey and the Impact on Wealth and Philanthropy

Provides data on the flow of household wealth and charitable capacity into and out of New Jersey in 1999-2003 and 2004-08. Examines the impact of the net influx and outflow on expected giving, the characteristics of migrating households, and implications

A Golden Age of Philanthropy Still Beckons: National Wealth Transfer and Potential for Philanthropy Technical Report

This report provides estimates of wealth transfer and philanthropic giving by households during the period from 2007 through 2011, with one study focused on the households in North Dakota, and another focused on household wealth transfer and charitable giving at the national level. Includes projections of individual charitable giving during the next half century. With bibliographical references

Secondary error analysis: The evaluation of analyst dot labeling

The author has identified the following significant results. From this examination of 25 test segments using Al labeling and ground truth labeling, the PCC on type 1 dots was found to be signficantly better for both types of ground truth labeled procedures than the PCC obtained using Al labeling. No significant difference in the PCC was found for type 2 dots. However, in all three treatments, the type 2 dots included pixels which fell on boundaries or were mixed pixels. This accounted for all PCC2 values being equally low. The proportion estimates achieved in these classifications showed no significant differences between procedures

Polyimides with carbonyl and ether connecting groups between the aromatic rings

New polyimides have been prepared from the reaction of aromatic dianhydrides with novel aromatic diamines containing carbonyl and ether connecting groups between the aromatic rings. Several of these polyimides are shown to be semi-crystalline as evidenced by wide angle x ray diffraction and differential scanning calorimetry. Most of the polyimides form tough solvent resistant films with high tensile properties. Several of these materials can be thermally processed to form solvent and base resistant moldings

Methyl substituted polyimides containing carbonyl and ether connecting groups

Polyimides were prepared from the reaction of aromatic dianhydrides with novel aromatic diamines having carbonyl and ether groups connecting aromatic rings containing pendant methyl groups. The methyl substituent polyimides exhibit good solubility and form tough, strong films. Upon exposure to ultraviolet irradiation and/or heat, the methyl substituted polyimides crosslink to become insoluble

Center on Wealth and Philanthropy Charitable Giving Indices: Social Indicators of Philanthropy by State

Ranks each state's total charitable giving in 2004 relative to the financial capacity of its population to give, with separate indices for before-tax income, after-tax income, and after-tax income adjusted for two cost-of-living measures

A Golden Age of Philanthropy?: The Impact of the Great Wealth Transfer on Greater Boston

Estimates the baseline household wealth and the expected wealth transfer in the Boston metropolitan area over the next fifty years. Examines the distribution of wealth, final estates, and charitable bequests, and analyzes the transfer's significance

Wealth and the Commonwealth: new findings on wherewithal and philanthropy

Drawing in large part on the 1995 Survey of Consumer Finances, the authors describe the pattern of charitable giving by families at the upper reaches of income and wealth, as well as across the income spectrum. The overriding empirical motif is that the distribution of charitable giving is more highly skewed toward the upper end of the financial spectrum than previously documented, and that there appears to be a trend toward becoming even more so. The overriding theoretical motif is that income and wealth are so thoroughly imbricated, especially at the upper end of the financial spectrum, that the analyses of the determinants of charitable giving need to shift from their current focus on the dynamics of income to a complementary focus on the dynamics of wealth

Meter for use in detecting tension in straps having predetermined elastic characteristics

A meter for detecting tension in elastic bodies, especially in fabric straps employed as tie down straps for stowed objects is presented. The meter is characterized by a pair of elongated arms coupled together for pivotal motion about a common axis in a common plane and a strap receiver located at adjacent ends of the arms for receiving and securing adjacent portions of the strap. The receivers are supported by the arms for motion along intersecting arcs, and motion detection means is located at the opposite ends of the arms for detecting the magnitude of the motion imparted to the receivers as the strap is placed in tension