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Does Federally-Funded Job Training Work? Non-experimental Estimates of WIA Training Impacts Using Longitudinal Data on Workers and Firms
We study the job training provided under the US Workforce Investment Act (WIA) to adults and dislocated workers in two states. Our substantive contributions center on impacts estimated non-experimentally using administrative data. These impacts compare WIA participants who do and do not receive training. In addition to the usual impacts on earnings and employment, we link our state data to the Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics (LEHD) data at the US Census Bureau, which allows us to estimate impacts on the characteristics of the firms at which participants find employment. We find moderate positive impacts on employment, earnings and desirable firm characteristics for adults, but not for dislocated workers. Our primary methodological contribution consists of assessing the value of the additional conditioning information provided by the LEHD relative to the data available in state Unemployment Insurance (UI) earnings records. We find that value to be zero
Late Quaternary Relative Sea-Level Change on the West Coast of Newfoundland
Two revised relative sea-level (RSL) curves are presented for the Port au Choix to Danielâs Harbour area of the Great Northern Peninsula, northwestern Newfoundland. Both curves are similar, showing continuous emergence of 120-140 m between 14 700 cal BP and present. The half-life of exponential curves fit to the RSL data is 1400 years and the rate of emergence varies from ~2.3 m per century prior to 10 000 cal BP to ~0.13 m per century since 5000 cal BP. The curves fit a general pattern of RSL history along the west coast of Newfoundland, where there is a southward transition from solely emergence to emergence followed by submergence. Isostatic depression curves are generated for four RSL records spanning the west coast. Almost double the crustal depression is recorded to the northwest, reflecting the greater glacioisostatic loading by the Laurentide Ice Sheet over southern Labrador and QuĂ©bec compared to a smaller loading centre by a regional ice complex over Newfoundland. Only the St. Georgeâs Bay RSL record in the southwest appears to show evidence for a proglacial forebulge, when at 6000 cal BP an isostatic ridge of 4 m amplitude begins to collapse.Deux courbes du niveau marin relatif (NMR) sont prĂ©sentĂ©es pour la rĂ©gion allant de Port-au-Choix Ă Danielâs Harbour sur la Grande PĂ©ninsule Nord, au nord-ouest de Terre-Neuve. Les deux courbes sont semblables, montrant une Ă©mergence continue de 120 Ă 140 m entre 14 700 cal BP et lâactuel. La demi-vie des courbes exponentielles ajustĂ©es au NMR est de 1400 ans, et le taux dâĂ©mergence varie de ~2.3 m par siĂšcle avant 10 000 cal BP Ă ~0.13 m par siĂšcle depuis 5000 cal BP. Les courbes sâajustent au modĂšle gĂ©nĂ©ral de lâhistoire du NMR de la cĂŽte ouest de Terre-Neuve, oĂč il existe une transition dâĂ©mergence seule Ă une Ă©mergence suivie dâune submergence, en allant vers le sud. Des courbes de dĂ©pressions isostatiques prĂ©liminaires sont gĂ©nĂ©rĂ©es pour quatre chronologies du NMR couvrant la cĂŽte ouest. Presque le double de la dĂ©pression de la croĂ»te est enregistrĂ© au nord-ouest, reflĂ©tant la charge glacio-isostatique plus grande de lâInlandsis Laurentidien sur le sud du Labrador et du QuĂ©bec comparĂ©e Ă la charge plus faible du complexe glaciaire rĂ©gional localisĂ© sur Terre-Neuve. Seules les donnĂ©es du NMR de St. Georgeâs Bay, au sud-ouest, semble dĂ©montrer lâaffaissement du bourrelet pĂ©riphĂ©rique lorsquâune vague isostatique de 4 m dâamplitude commence Ă sâeffondrer vers 6000 cal BP
The BTC40 Survey for Quasars at 4.8 < z < 6
The BTC40 Survey for high-redshift quasars is a multicolor search using
images obtained with the Big Throughput Camera (BTC) on the CTIO 4-m telescope
in V, I, and z filters to search for quasars at redshifts of 4.8 < z < 6. The
survey covers 40 sq. deg. in B, V, & I and 36 sq. deg. in z. Limiting
magnitudes (3 sigma) reach to V = 24.6, I = 22.9 and z = 22.9. We used the
(V-I) vs. (I-z) two-color diagram to select high-redshift quasar candidates
from the objects classified as point sources in the imaging data. Follow-up
spectroscopy with the AAT and CTIO 4-m telescopes of candidates having I < 21.5
has yielded two quasars with redshifts of z = 4.6 and z = 4.8 as well as four
emission line galaxies with z = 0.6. Fainter candidates have been identified
down to I = 22 for future spectroscopy on 8-m class telescopes.Comment: 27 pages, 8 figures; Accepted for publication in the Astronomical
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Simulation of greenhouse gases following land-use change to bioenergy crops using the ECOSSE model : a comparison between site measurements and model predictions
This work contributes to the ELUM (Ecosystem Land Use Modelling & Soil Carbon GHG Flux Trial) project, which was commissioned and funded by the Energy Technologies Institute (ETI). We acknowledge the E-OBS data set from the EU-FP6 project ENSEMBLES (http://ensembles-eu.metoffice.com) and the data providers in the ECA&D project (http://www.ecad.eu).Peer reviewedPublisher PD
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âIf you look the part youâll get the jobâ: should career professionals help clients to enhance their career image?
This article presents a critical exploration of the role of career professionals in supporting people to reflect on and enhance their appearance, attractiveness and self-presentation (career image). The article is conceptual and based on a review of the broader literature on career success, appearance and attractiveness. It explores the evidence for a relationship between attractiveness and career, and the authors propose a conceptual framework in which career image is comprised of three elements (interpersonal skills, aesthetic presentation and beauty). The paper examines a possible role for career professionals in relation to this and then critically examines this role and concludes with the proposition of a research agenda in this area
Expressions 2011
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Catena-[triaquabis(ÎŒ2-1,4-bis(diphenylphosphoryl)butane)nitrato-Îș2O-praseodymium(III) nitrate monohydrate methanol solvate
The bidentate ligand, 1,4-bis(diphenlyphosphoryl)butane (dppbO2), was used to prepare a 1D polymeric Pr(III) complex which was characterised by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.Peer reviewe
Resources for Teaching and Assessing the Vision and Change Biology Core Concepts
The Vision and Change report called for the biology community to mobilize around teaching the core concepts of biology. This essay describes a collection of resources developed by several different groups that can be used to respond to the reportâs call to transform undergraduate education at both the individual course and departmental levels. First, we present two frameworks that help articulate the Vision and Change core concepts, the BioCore Guide and the Conceptual Elements (CE) Framework, which can be used in mapping the core concepts onto existing curricula and designing new curricula that teach the biology core concepts. Second, we describe how the BioCore Guide and the CE Framework can be used alongside the Partnership for Undergraduate Life Sciences Education curricular rubric as a way for departments to self-assess their teaching of the core concepts. Finally, we highlight three sets of instruments that can be used to directly assess student learning of the core concepts: the Biology Card Sorting Task, the Biology Core Concept Instruments, and the BiologyâMeasuring Achievement and Progression in Science instruments. Approaches to using these resources independently and synergistically are discussed
Overuse of medications in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review
OBJECTIVE: To identify and summarize the evidence about the extent of overuse of medications in low- and middle-income countries, its drivers, consequences and potential solutions. METHODS: We conducted a scoping review by searching the databases PubMedÂź, EmbaseÂź, APA PsycINFOÂź and Global Index Medicus using a combination of MeSH terms and free text words around overuse of medications and overtreatment. We included studies in any language published before 25 October 2021 that reported on the extent of overuse, its drivers, consequences and solutions. FINDINGS: We screened 3489 unique records and included 367 studies reporting on over 5.1 million prescriptions across 80 low- and middle-income countries â with studies from 58.6% (17/29) of all low-, 62.0% (31/50) of all lower-middle- and 60.0% (33/55) of all upper-middle-income countries. Of the included studies, 307 (83.7%) reported on the extent of overuse of medications, with estimates ranging from 7.3% to 98.2% (interquartile range: 30.2â64.5). Commonly overused classes included antimicrobials, psychotropic drugs, proton pump inhibitors and antihypertensive drugs. Drivers included limited knowledge of harms of overuse, polypharmacy, poor regulation and financial influences. Consequences were patient harm and cost. Only 11.4% (42/367) of studies evaluated solutions, which included regulatory reforms, educational, deprescribing and auditâfeedback initiatives. CONCLUSION: Growing evidence suggests overuse of medications is widespread within low- and middle-income countries, across multiple drug classes, with few data of solutions from randomized trials. Opportunities exist to build collaborations to rigorously develop and evaluate potential solutions to reduce overuse of medications
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