Long Bay Hypoxia Monitoring Consortium

In October 2011, the coastal municipalities of North Myrtle Beach, Myrtle Beach, Surfside, and Horry County signed a resolution, under the aegis of their Coastal Alliance of mayors, to develop and implement the Long Bay Hypoxia Monitoring Consortium. The goal of this consortium is to support monitoring and studies that further characterize hypoxia and its causes in Long Bay. The baseline data will enable assessments of water quality management efforts. Monitoring stations are to be maintained at three piers, Cherry Grove (NMB), Apache (Horry County), and Second Ave N. Pier (Myrtle Beach). Turbidity and chlorophyll sensors will be deployed at two piers and radon detectors at three piers. All piers will have weather stations. Data will be accessible via a real-time public website. Biological responses to low dissolved oxygen (DO) will be assessed via monitoring of larval recruitment and net plankton. The S.C. Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) is also conducting creel surveys at the piers. These efforts are being coordinated with a marine education outreach campaign that includes signage at the piers, presentations at pier events, and web-based content

Rapid liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry method for the determination of a broad mixture of pharmaceuticals in surface water

Herein, a new method for the detection of 13 different pharmaceuticals and one metabolite in surface water at low ng/L levels is described. The method utilizes ultra performance liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry and a solid-phase extraction sample preparation. Mean method detection limits were low (4.10 ng/L) and overall solid-phase extraction recovery and reproducibility was adequate (mean recovery, 77.9%; mean RSD, 7.3%). The method allows for quick run times and minimal solvent use as compared with other previously reported high performance liquid chromatography-based methods. Application of this method for the detection of pharmaceuticals in Tennessee River surfacewater determined that caffeine, sulfamethoxazole, and carbamazepine were frequently detected (100% of samples). Trimethoprim was moderately detected (30% of samples); acetaminophen, atorvastatin, and lovastatin were infrequently detected (10% of samples); and ciprofloxacin, diltiazem, fluoxetine, levofloxacin, norfluoxetine, ranitidine, and sertraline were not detected. This study reports the first detection of lovastatin in surface water

ViVaVostok: Kinder- und Jugendliteratur aus Osteuropa in Dresden

ViVaVostok ist ein Projekt der Robert-Bosch-Stiftung und der Stiftung Internationale Jugendbibliothek zur Förderung osteuropäischer Kinder- und Jugendliteratur. Die Autorinnen und Autoren lesen aus ihren bisher nicht übersetzten Werken eine Kostprobe im Original, danach werden eigens für die Veranstaltungen ins Deutsche übersetzte Kapitel vorgetragen. Anschließend sollen Autoren und Publikum mit Hilfe eines Dolmetschers ins Gespräch kommen

Bubbles, Blind-Spots and Brexit

In this paper we develop a well-established financial model to investigate whether bubbles were present in opinion polls and betting markets prior to the UK’s vote on EU membership on 23 June 2016. The importance of our contribution is threefold. Firstly, our continuous-time model allows for irregularly spaced time series—a common feature of polling data. Secondly, we build on qualitative comparisons that are often made between market cycles and voting patterns. Thirdly, our approach is theoretically elegant. Thus, where bubbles are found we suggest a suitable adjustment. We find evidence of bubbles in polling data. This suggests they systematically over-estimate the proportion voting for remain. In contrast, bookmakers’ odds appear to show none of this bubble-like over-confidence. However, implied probabilities from bookmakers’ odds appear remarkably unresponsive to polling data that nonetheless indicates a close-fought vote

Les activités de loisirs des enfants et des adolescents comme milieu de développement

Les activités de loisirs, peu étudiées en France en psychologie du développement, font l’objet de nombreux travaux dans la littérature en particulier anglo-saxonne. Considérant ce déséquilibre, le but principal de cet article est de montrer en quoi, et comment, les loisirs constituent un environnement participant à l’évolution et à la construction identitaire. Reconnaître ce rôle invite les psychologues du développement et de l’orientation à mieux les considérer dans leur pratique. Après avoir positionné le concept de loisirs comme un véritable milieu, les relations réciproques associant pratique de loisirs et dimensions sociales et cognitives du développement seront présentées, à partir d’une recension de travaux internationaux sur la question. Les facteurs socioculturels et psychologiques qui préludent au choix des loisirs seront tout d’abord décrits, puis la question du rôle propre des loisirs dans le développement sera posée, en revenant plus particulièrement sur les mécanismes inter-et intra-individuels susceptibles de l’expliquer.Leisure activities have attracted little attention in developmental psychology in France and have been studied to a greater extent internationally, particularly in the English-speaking countries. With this in mind, the principal aim of this article is to show how leisure contributes to the development and construction of identity. Recognition of this role of leisure should encourage developmental and counselling psychologists to take greater account of it in their work. After first establishing the specific role of leisure, the reciprocal relationships between leisure activities and aspects of social and cognitive development will be presented from a review of international work. The socio-cultural and psychological factors which determine the choice of leisure activities will be described. The specific role of these activities in development will then be discussed, in particular focusing on the inter-and intra-individual mechanisms that could be involved

Variability of the Aging Process in Dementia-Free Adults With Down Syndrome

The aim of this cross-sectional study was to analyze the typical aging process in adults with Down syndrome, focusing on its variability. The sample comprised 120 adults with Down syndrome who were free of dementia. Ages ranged from 20 to 69 years. Each participant was assessed on cognitive functioning and social adaptation, and was checked for the presence of psychopathological disorders. Results revealed an age-related deterioration in both cognitive and social adaptation skills, the extent of this decline depending on the dimension under scrutiny, and interindividual variability in aging profiles