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Alaska-Washington Trade Profile: Waterborne Commerce
The overall purpose of this study was to establish a profile of
Alaska-Washington waterborne movements, emphasizing commodity
and port components that determine the needs of a physical distribution
system. Specific objectives of the report are :
1. To determine Washington's share of the total Alaska-bound,
waterborne traffic.
2. To present selected Washington-to-Alaska, waterborne movements
by commodity and destination ports.
3. To present selected Alaska-to-Washington, waterborne movements
by commodity and origination ports.
4. To determine implications of the trade profile with regard to
future transportation and marketing needs.
It should be noted that there are sizable noncommodity trade
flows between the regions, i.e., labor, capital, and services that are
not in this data base. This report contains only data on major commodity
grouping and principal ports in Alaska. Additional information is on file at the Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Alaska, and at the Department of Agricultural Economics, Washington State University
IS IT FEASIBLE TO DEVELOP AN AGRIBUSINESS SELLING PRECISION FARMING SERVICES TO FARMERS?
With the introduction of Variable-Rate Technology, farmers have the capability to decrease input costs, increase output or both. Not all farmers can justify purchasing the equipment, therefore relying on agribusiness firms to provide precision farming services. This study was conducted to determine the feasibility of operating such an agribusiness.Agribusiness,
Targeting DNA repair pathways for cancer treatment: what's new?
Disruptions in DNA repair pathways predispose cells to accumulating DNA damage. A growing body of evidence indicates that tumors accumulate progressively more mutations in DNA repair proteins as cancers progress. DNA repair mechanisms greatly affect the response to cytotoxic treatments, so understanding those mechanisms and finding ways to turn dysregulated repair processes against themselves to induce tumor death is the goal of all DNA repair inhibition efforts. Inhibition may be direct or indirect. This burgeoning field of research is replete with promise and challenge, as more intricacies of each repair pathway are discovered. In an era of increasing concern about healthcare costs, use of DNA repair inhibitors can prove to be highly effective stewardship of R&D resources and patient expenses
Corporate Philanthropy: Strategic Responses to the Firm\u27s Stakeholders
Corporate decisions about philanthropic contributions have become more strategic in recent years. Contributions are targeted not only to benefit recipient nonprofit organizations, but also to fulfill major business objectives. This article develops a typology of strategic corporate philanthropy that distinguishes between strategic process and three strategic outcomes. It reports the extent of strategic philanthropy categories in an exploratory study of large firms headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area. Relationships between philanthropy and industry sector, organizational placement of the philanthropy function, firm age, and firm size are identified
Engagement Media - The Fusion of Journalism and Museum Experience Design
News organizations struggle to find the balance between audience and content, but there are large amounts of untapped research in a field that would not often be compared to journalism — museum exhibit design. Museums specifically study how to best engage an audience, to make them willing to leave their homes, buy tickets and return multiple times to see exhibits. What journalism can learn from museum engagement design may alter how newsrooms plan interaction and even their content. Western iMedia, a student news operation at Western Kentucky University, gathered and formatted content based on these lessons from museum design. The story, “Inside Confucius,” documents multiple aspects about the Confucius Institute and its branches around the world in large news panels designed for maximum engagement. In a mixture of technology, storytelling and engagement design, the project was turned into a museum exhibit to explore the lessons learned from research and interviews. The first part of this thesis is an article intended for the journalistic community. The second describes the process and findings for an academic audience
Surface Gravities for 228 M, L, and T Dwarfs in the NIRSPEC Brown Dwarf Spectroscopic Survey
We combine 131 new medium-resolution (R~2000) J-band spectra of M, L, and T
dwarfs from the Keck NIRSPEC Brown Dwarf Spectroscopic Survey (BDSS) with 97
previously published BDSS spectra to study surface-gravity-sensitive indices
for 228 low-mass stars and brown dwarfs spanning spectral types M5-T9.
Specifically, we use an established set of spectral indices to determine
surface gravity classifications for all M6-L7 objects in our sample by
measuring equivalent widths (EW) of the K I lines at 1.1692, 1.1778, 1.2529 um,
and the 1.2 um FeHJ absorption index. Our results are consistent with previous
surface gravity measurements, showing a distinct double peak - at ~L5 and T5 -
in K I EW as a function of spectral type. We analyze K I EWs of 73 objects of
known ages and find a linear trend between log(Age) and EW. From this
relationship, we assign age ranges to the very low gravity, intermediate
gravity, and field gravity designations for spectral types M6-L0.
Interestingly, the ages probed by these designations remain broad, change with
spectral type, and depend on the gravity sensitive index used. Gravity
designations are useful indicators of the possibility of youth, but current
datasets cannot be used to provide a precise age estimate.Comment: 33 pages, 13 figures, ApJ in pres
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