Fundamental Researcher Attributes: Reflections on Ways to Facilitate Participation in Community Psychology Doctoral Dissertation Research

As novice researchers, Community Psychology doctoral students encounter fresh challenges when they attempt to facilitate participation by members of the community in their dissertation projects. This article presents the merit in adopting fundamental researcher attributes, which have been described in published academic literature as personal characteristics that facilitate participation by members of the community in research studies. The value of these researcher attributes is exemplified in the discussion of one of the author’s experiences in the early stages of his dissertation research process. This article also presents new researcher attributes for facilitating participation by community members that the author recognised after critical reflection on his experiences during the same research process. Cultural humility, shared vulnerability, reflexivity, methodological flexibility, academic assiduity and creative resourcefulness are researcher attributes doctoral students should consider adopting and developing if they intend to facilitate participation by members of the community in their dissertation projects

Data requirements in support of the marine weather service program

Data support activities for the Marine Weather Service Program are outlined. Forecasts, cover anomolous water levels, including sea and swell, surface and breakers, and storm surge. Advisories are also provided for sea ice on the Great Lake and Cook inlet in winter, and in the Bering, Chukchi, and Beaufort Seas in summer. Attempts were made to deal with ocean currents in the Gulf Stream, areas of upwelling, and thermal structure at least down through the mixed layer

Perte simultanée de la vue sur mer et de la proximité de la mer : une nouvelle méthode de valorisation de la variation de bien-être des ménages

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The size of the nucleosome

The structural origin of the size of the 11 nm nucleosomal disc is addressed. On the nanometer length-scale the organization of DNA as chromatin in the chromosomes involves a coiling of DNA around the histone core of the nucleosome. We suggest that the size of the nucleosome core particle is dictated by the fulfillment of two criteria: One is optimizing the volume fraction of the DNA double helix; this requirement for close-packing has its root in optimizing atomic and molecular interactions. The other criterion being that of having a zero strain-twist coupling; being a zero-twist structure is a necessity when allowing for transient tensile stresses during the reorganization of DNA, e.g., during the reposition, or sliding, of a nucleosome along the DNA double helix. The mathematical model we apply is based on a tubular description of double helices assuming hard walls. When the base-pairs of the linker-DNA is included the estimate of the size of an ideal nucleosome is in close agreement with the experimental numbers. Interestingly, the size of the nucleosome is shown to be a consequence of intrinsic properties of the DNA double helix.Comment: 11 pages, 5 figures; v2: minor modification

Capitalization of green spaces into housing values in the city of Angers: a hedonic approach

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La capitalisation immobilière des espaces verts dans la ville d'Angers

L\u27expansion continue des zones urbaines françaises au détriment des zones rurales et naturelles devrait logiquement accroître le besoin en espaces verts de la part des citadins. Afin de déterminer si ces espaces verts sont capitalisés dans les valeurs immobilières, nous employons la méthode des prix hédonistes appliquée à la ville d\u27Angers sur la période 2004-2005. Nous améliorons le modèle traditionnel en utilisant différentes métriques paysagères calculées à l\u27aide d\u27un système d\u27information géographique. Nous observons en particulier que la distance par rapport aux espaces verts ainsi que leur densité sont des facteurs importants dans les choix de localisation résidentielle

Perception des risques industriels dans une zone estuarienne : une analyse hédonique spatiale

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Perception des risques industriels dans une zone estuarienne : une analyse hédoniste spatiale

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Perception of industrial risks in the Seine Estuary: a spatial hedonic analysis

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