The Vindication of a National Public Policy Under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act

Vi går mot en tid med fler och fler bonusfamiljer, där halvsyskon och bonusbarn är något vanligt och ibland förväntat. Att det ska vara svårt och kräver en del jobb är nog de flesta medvetna om, men hur blir det med kärleken mellan parterna som en gång blev förälskade? Uppbackningen från samhället är liten, samtalsforumen få och litteraturen begränsad (om än ökande). Syftet med denna studie är att genom en kvalitativ intervjustudie ta reda på hur den vuxna kärleksrelationen påverkas av att leva med bonusbarn. Undersökningspopulationen bestod av fem kvinnor som lever med en man och hans barn från en tidigare relation. Frågeställningarna är: Vad säger bonusmammorna i denna intervjustudie om relationen till mannen? Vad säger bonusmammorna i denna intervjustudie om sin relation till bonusbarnen? Analysmetoden är en narrativ analys där kvinnornas berättelser återges i form av citat och i en berättande form. Ur materialet växte fem teman fram som blev gemensamt för alla kvinnorna. Slutsatserna i denna studie visar att det finns ett flertal områden som är extra problematiska för ett kärlekspar med barn från en tidigare relation. Dessa är: 1) Detta skulle jag aldrig göra om. 2) Känslorna för bonusbarnet. 3) Hur kärleksrelationen påverkas. 4) Exet. 5) Uppfostran. Något nästan alla kvinnor är överens om är att detta med bonusbarn är svårare än vad de trodde, att de inte kan se några egentliga fördelar med att ha ett bonusbarn och att de inte skulle göra om detta igen. Då urvalet av tidigare forskning är relativt begränsat, har det mesta som finns skrivet i Sverige i modern tid kring detta ämne tagits del av inför denna studie och byggt upp empirin. Det har blivit synligt att just den vuxna kärleksrelationen kommit i skymundan i tidigare forskning

LAND USE IN A NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE

Land Economics/Use,

Archaeal ubiquity

In the seventeenth century, Antoine von Leeuwenhook used a simple microscope to discover that we live within a previously undetected microbial world containing an enormously diverse population of creatures. The late nineteenth and early twentieth century brought advances in microbial culture techniques and in biochemistry, uncovering the roles that microbes play in all aspects of our world, from causing disease to modulating geochemical cycles. In the last 25 years, molecular biology has revealed the complexity and pervasiveness of the microbial world and its importance for understanding the interactions that maintain living systems on the planet. The paper by Preston et al. (1) in this issue of the Proceedings provides a clear illustration of the power of these molecular techniques to describe new biological relationships and to pose important questions about the mechanisms that drive evolution. The analysis of ribosomal RNA gene sequences is one molecular approach that has radically altered our view of microbial diversity. Its application can be extended and expedited by the use of PCR. The confluence of these techniques has stimulated the rapid assembly of sequence information from homologues rRNA gene regions derived from virtually all classes of organisms. The data collected thus far support the scheme first presented by Woese et al. (2), which holds that the relationships among organisms can be summarized in the form of a universal phylogenetic tree comprised of one eukaryotic and two prokaryotic domains: the Eucarya, the Bacteria, and the Archaea (Fig. 1)

The African-American Intellectual of the 1920s: Some Sociological Implications of the Harlem Renaissance

This paper deals with some of the sociological implications of a major cultural high-water point in the African American experience, the New Negro/Harlem Renaissance. The paper concentrates on the cultural transformations brought about through the intellectual activity of political activists, a multi-genre group of artists, cultural brokers, and businesspersons. The driving-wheel thrust of this era was the reclamation and the invigoration of the traditions of the culture with an emphasis on both the, African and the American aspects, which significantly impacted American and international culture then and throughout the 20th century. This study examines the pre-1920s background, the forms of Black activism during the Renaissance, the modern content of the writers\u27 work, and the enthusiasm of whites for the African American art forms of the era. This essay utilizes research from a multi-disciplinary body of sources, which includes sociology, cultural history, creative literature and literary criticism, autobiography, biography, and journalism

Controlled Ecological Life Support Systems (CELSS) conceptual design option study

Results are given of a study to explore options for the development of a Controlled Ecological Life Support System (CELSS) for a future Space Station. In addition, study results will benefit the design of other facilities such as the Life Sciences Research Facility, a ground-based CELSS demonstrator, and will be useful in planning longer range missions such as a lunar base or manned Mars mission. The objectives were to develop weight and cost estimates for one CELSS module selected from a set of preliminary plant growth unit (PGU) design options. Eleven Space Station CELSS module conceptual PGU designs were reviewed, components and subsystems identified and a sensitivity analysis performed. Areas where insufficient data is available were identified and divided into the categories of biological research, engineering research, and technology development. Topics which receive significant attention are lighting systems for the PGU, the use of automation within the CELSS system, and electric power requirements. Other areas examined include plant harvesting and processing, crop mix analysis, air circulation and atmosphere contaminant flow subsystems, thermal control considerations, utility routing including accessibility and maintenance, and nutrient subsystem design

\u3ci\u3eIxodes Dentatus\u3c/i\u3e (Acari: Ixodidae) in Michigan: First State Records and Occurrence on a Human

An Ixodes dentatus adult female was taken from a cottontail rabbit in Kalamazoo County, and a nymph from a child in Berrien County, in 1992 in Michigan. These findings represent the first records of I.dentatus in the state, and document an unusual parasitization of a human being by this species of tick

SUSTAINABILITY: OBSERVATIONS, EXPECTATIONS AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS

Agricultural and Food Policy,

EVALUATION OF CURRENT SOIL CONSERVATION STRATEGIES

The paper is divided into four broad selections. The first section spells out the major reasons for public action in regard to soil conservation. The second section briefly discusses the current soil conservation investments both public and private. The third section evaluates the current strategies, ranging from cost-sharing to regulation, in terms of economic, political, and administration effectiveness. Finally, the concluding section suggest what we have learned from the evaluation and what needs to be done so that future evaluations will have a firmer analytic basis.Land Economics/Use,