The Accidental President of Brazil: An Interview with Fernando Henrique Cardoso

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EXPLORING CHARACTERISTICS OF VACCINATED DOGS THAT FAIL TO ACHIEVE AN ADEQUATE LEVEL OF RABIES VIRUS NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODIES

Master of Public HealthPublic Health Interdepartmental ProgramMajor Professor Not ListedThis study provides additional findings that could potentially have implications for current and future guidelines as they pertain to pet travel, vaccination campaigns, and exposure recommendations. Furthermore, the study provides insight into additional research needed within the area of rabies serology specifically as it pertains to the influence of breed or dog size, primary versus anamnestic responses to vaccination, and smaller sampling intervals to determine the initial detection of immunocompetence

A Supersymmetry Model of Leptons

If supersymmetry (SUSY) is not for stabilizing the electroweak energy scale, what is it used for in particle physics? We propose that it is for flavor problems. A cyclic family symmetry is introduced. Under the family symmetry, only the $\tau$-lepton is massive due to the vacuum expectation value (VEV) of the Higgs field. This symmetry is broken by a sneutrino VEV which results in the muon mass. The comparatively large sneutrino VEV does not result in a large neutrino mass due to requiring heavy gauginos. SUSY breaks at a high scale $\sim 10^{13}$ GeV. The electroweak energy scale is unnaturally small. No additional global symmetry, like the R-parity, is imposed. Other aspects of the model are discussed.Comment: 10 pages, no figure, revtex

Capital humano y crecimiento. Estimaciones alternativas por provincias españolas en la década de los noventa

La forma de medición del capital humano y su introducción en la función de producción es actualmente objeto de análisis. En este trabajo se presenta un estudio comparativo de los efectos económicos que el capital humano, medido en términos de trabajadores equivalentes y en términos de ocupados que superan un determinado nivel educativo, tiene sobre la producción provincial española en los años noventa. Para ello, se han aproximado dos funciones de producción tipo Cobb-Douglas, en las que el Valor Añadido Bruto es función del capital humano (trabajadores equivalentes o nivel medio de educación) y del capital físico privado y público. Los resultados obtenidos mediante la técnica de datos de panel sugieren la necesidad de seguir avanzando para obtener un mejor modo de aproximación de esta variable y de su integración en la función estimada, que se intuye podrá derivarse de una combinación de los dos modelos analizados

The Influence of Regional Differences of Native German Speakers on the L2 English Pronunciation of Selected Phonetic Features

Pronunciation, as an aspect of non-native accent, is one of the most noticeable aspects of English as a Foreign Language. Age of learning may have an impact on whether nativelike pronunciation can be attained. Furthermore, standard as well as regional dialects may have an influence on pronunciation through cross-linguistic influence. This project aims to gain a better understanding of possible regional variations in native German speakers’ English pronunciation by examining the production of specific consonants. The project is framed by the discussion of English as a Second Language compared to English as an International Language and whether learners’ wishes should be considered. The analyses undertaken in this project are based on 26 individually structured interviews, which included a production task of 14 sentences each containing a specific consonant sound. No significant difference between German regions was discovered, which may largely be due to the low number of participants and a selection bias discovered during the project

The Influence of Regional Differences of Native German Speakers on the L2 English Pronunciation of Selected Phonetic Features

Pronunciation, as an aspect of non-native accent, is one of the most noticeable aspects of English as a Foreign Language. Age of learning may have an impact on whether nativelike pronunciation can be attained. Furthermore, standard as well as regional dialects may have an influence on pronunciation through cross-linguistic influence. This project aims to gain a better understanding of possible regional variations in native German speakers’ English pronunciation by examining the production of specific consonants. The project is framed by the discussion of English as a Second Language compared to English as an International Language and whether learners’ wishes should be considered. The analyses undertaken in this project are based on 26 individually structured interviews, which included a production task of 14 sentences each containing a specific consonant sound. No significant difference between German regions was discovered, which may largely be due to the low number of participants and a selection bias discovered during the project