Stabilization at the expense of Peacebuilding in UN peacekeeping operations: More than just a phase?

The “uploading” of stabilization to UN peacekeeping presents conceptual, political, and practical challenges to the UN's role in global governance and international conflict management. While scholarly research on stabilization has generally focused on militarization, its relationship to peacebuilding in the context of UN peacekeeping is underexplored. This article examines that relationship. A survey of UN policy frameworks highlights the simultaneous emergence of stabilization and clear expressions of peacebuilding. The article then draws on fieldwork in Mali and the Democratic Republic of Congo to illustrate how stabilization is displacing peacebuilding in the practices of UN peacekeeping. The article argues that the politics of stabilization impede local forms of peacebuilding, at odds with the “Sustaining Peace” agenda, and risks jeopardizing the lauded conflict resolution potential of UN peacekeeping

The faint end of the QSO luminosity function at z=3

We present the first measurement of the faint end of the QSO luminosity function at z=3. The QSOs, which range from M_1450 = -21 to M_1450 = -27, were discovered in 17 fields totaling 0.43 deg^2 using multicolor selection criteria (the Lyman break technique) and spectroscopic followup. We find that the faint-end slope of the luminosity function is beta_l=1.24 +/- 0.07, flatter than the value of beta_l=1.64 +/- 0.18 measured at lower redshift. The integrated rest 1450 A UV luminosity of z=3 QSOs is only 50% of most previous estimates, and is only ~8% of that produced by Lyman break galaxies at the same redshifts. Assuming that ionizing photons from faint QSOs are as successful in escaping their host galaxies as bright QSOs, we estimate the total contribution of QSOs to the ionizing flux J_912 at z=3, J_912=2.4*10^-22 ergs/s/cm^2/Hz. This estimate, which we regard as an upper limit, remains consistent with rough estimates of J_912 based on the Lyman-alpha forest "proximity effect."Comment: 14 pages, 3 figures, accepted for publication in the Astrophysical Journa

Heterogeneity of CYP3A isoforms metabolizing erythromycin and cortisol

Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/109905/1/cptclpt19923.pd

Ursinus College Alumni Journal, March 1962

President\u27s page • Pennsylvania Female College • College souvenirs: Class of 1862 • Inside India • James E. Wagner elected Vice-President of Ursinus • New power plant begun • New offices • Bequests committee formed • Has America neglected her creative minority? • Announcing the second annual Alumni Seminar • Jessie Royer Greaves, \u2792, recipient of first alumni award • Nominees for Alumni Association offices • Mid-year report of 1962 Loyalty Fund campaign • From grey flannel to Alaskan seal • Ursinus homecoming in Alaska • Wrestling • Girls\u27 basketball • Basketball • Ursinus ambassadors abroad • Class notes • Weddings • Births • Necrology • Ursinus Women\u27s Club • Regionals • Alumni Dayhttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/alumnijournal/1074/thumbnail.jp

Ursinus College Alumni Journal, August 1962

The President writes • Have gun will travel • The Loyalty Fund committee • Ursinus launches campaign for five million dollars • Alumni must think big • Samuel Bond, Ursinus\u27 architect • Faculty notes • 1962 commencement • Distinguished Teaching • Alumni in the news • \u2762 Loyalty Fund nets $52,942.84 • Results of the 1962 Loyalty Fund campaign • Contributors to the 1962 Loyalty Fund • Best track season in Ursinus history • Baseball • Women\u27s sports • Class notes • Weddings • Births • Necrology • Dr. Eugene H. Miller, \u2733, to speak at Forum • New UCC Church conference • The college sealhttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/alumnijournal/1073/thumbnail.jp

Ursinus College Alumni Journal, August 1964

President\u27s page • The liberal arts curriculum • Commencement 1964 • Dining hall construction • Capital funds campaign contributions total $356,225 • American Alumni Council award • Campus round-up • Sturgis retires • Staiger heads Chem. Dept. • Track team undefeated • Results of 1964 Loyalty Fund campaign • The second mile • Alumni who have paid their pledges in full • Contributors to the 1964 Loyalty Fund • Alumni album: Irwin S. Leinbach, \u2729; Blanch Shirey Wentzel, \u2743; Clarence A. Paine, \u2722; Loretta Podolak Finnegan, \u2760; Jean Bonkoski, \u2768; Jean Ewen Trend, \u2743 • 1914-1964 • Class Notes • Valedictory • Weddings • Births • Necrology • Oldest alumnus dies • The face of the new alumnushttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/alumnijournal/1080/thumbnail.jp

Spitzer IRAC Observations of Star Formation in N159 in the LMC

We present observations of the giant HII region complex N159 in the LMC using IRAC on the {\it Spitzer Space Telescope}. One of the two objects previously identified as protostars in N159 has an SED consistent with classification as a Class I young stellar object (YSO) and the other is probably a Class I YSO as well, making these two stars the youngest stars known outside the Milky Way. We identify two other sources that may also be Class I YSOs. One component, N159AN, is completely hidden at optical wavelengths, but is very prominent in the infrared. The integrated luminosity of the entire complex is L $\approx 9\times10^6$L$_{\odot}$, consistent with the observed radio emission assuming a normal Galactic initial mass function (IMF). There is no evidence for a red supergiant population indicative of an older burst of star formation. The N159 complex is 50 pc in diameter, larger in physical size than typical HII regions in the Milky Way with comparable luminosity. We argue that all of the individual components are related in their star formation history. The morphology of the region is consistent with a wind blown bubble $\approx 1-2Myr-old that has initiated star formation now taking place at the rim. Other than its large physical size, star formation in N159 appears to be indistinguishable from star formation in the Milky Way.Comment: 14 figure

Ursinus College Alumni Journal, November 1963

The President writes • A kaleidoscopic view of the student • The student looks at himself • The faculty comments • Modern German literature • Founders\u27 Day • Spangler portrait unveiled • Dr. Helfferich\u27s remarks • Board elects two members • Campaign receipts total $223,416 • Eshbach resigns • Loyalty Fund vis-a-vis capital funds campaign • Wills • Ursinus: 1963-64 • Staiger\u27s latest publication • Mr. and Mrs. Ursinus visit U.C. • Rothenberger honored • Howard listed • Ursinus entertains neighbors • Travel seminar • Student teachers rank high • They carry big sticks • 1963-64 winter sports schedules • Homecoming • Football • Hockey all-stars • G. Sieber Pancoast, \u2737 • Class notes • Weddings • Births • Necrologyhttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/alumnijournal/1078/thumbnail.jp

Ursinus College Alumni Journal, November 1962

The President\u27s page • When the shades of evening gather • The frontier Dr. Toynbee forgot • Founders\u27 Day • Ralph F. Wismer dies • Ursinus: The man and his work • New professors • Maurice O. Bone • Nine foreign students at Ursinus • Forums • Report from the Admissions Office • Freshmen Whose Parents are Alumni • Homecoming • News of preceptresses • Summer maintenance • Co-eds work with Indians • Parents\u27 Day • The bread and wine mission • Progress report • How scholarships are founded • Capital funds campaign • Dr. Helfferich says Thank you • Area dinners • Dr. Wagner reports on his trip to Nigeria • Football • Hockey • Lacrosse • Basketball • Wrestling • New wrestling coach • Vernon Morgan \u2761 • New mascot • Allen C. Harman \u2726 • Craig R. Reckard \u2762 • Kenneth S. Kauffman \u2724 • Dorothy J. Marple \u2748 • James J. Peifer \u2748 • Constitution changes proposed • Class notes • Births • Necrology • Weddings • The Innkeepershttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/alumnijournal/1075/thumbnail.jp