The Great Basin investigation

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The Great Basin investigation

There are no author-identified significant results in this report

The Great Basin investigation

There are no author-identified significant results in this report

Genetics of, and Breeding for, Rust Resistance in Wheat in India and Pakistan

Crop Production/Industries,

Measuring the Impacts of Improving Research Capacity: The Case of Training in Wheat Disease Resistance

It is notoriously difficult to assess the economic value of research aimed at improving research capacity, particularly in enhancing human capital. In this paper, a framework is developed and an analysis is undertaken of the value of training for scientists in wheat rust resistance in India. The value of the training is assessed through marginal analysis of the improvement in the level of disease resistence flowing from the increased capacity. On that basis, the value of programs to build human capacity through training or further education can be estimated. While such estimates need to be highly qualified, they provide a basis for quantifying the value of R&D capacity building.capacity building, training, economic, rust, wheat, Research Methods/ Statistical Methods,

Towards the measurement of the impacts of improving research capacity: an economic evaluation of training in wheat disease resistance

It is notoriously difficult to assess the economic value of research aimed at improving research capacity, particularly for the human capital component of research capacity. In this paper, a framework is developed and an analysis is undertaken of the value of training for scientists in wheat rust resistance. The value of improving human capital is assessed through a framework based on marginal analysis of the improvement in productivity outcomes flowing from the increased capacity. On that basis, the value of programs to build human capacity through training or further education can be estimated. Although such estimates are necessarily qualified, they provide a basis for quantifying the value of building research and development capacity.capacity building, economic, rust, training, wheat, Crop Production/Industries, Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies,

Recognition, Subject Formation, and Agency: Marginalization and Agency in Feminist Dystopian Narratives

Though more frequently discussed in regard to freedom and intersubjectivity, subject formation and recognition have significant potential in helping us understand the structures of power, domination, and resistance in our lived experiences. Through the portrayal of recognition within literature - particularly within feminist dystopian literature - we can see significant examples of not only recognition experiences between characters, but also the acknowledgement of or resistance against unjust and oppressive power structures through recognition. To explore this phenomena, I begin by assessing the experience of empathy – or moral imagination, according to Martha Nussbaum – in reading and in writing, along with the argument surrounding the responsibility of readers and authors. I then draw attention to the presence of moral imagination within feminist dystopia, due to the genre’s inherent magnification of social issues. Following discussions of moral imagination and responsibility, the primary chapters address three varying forms of recognition within feminist dystopian literature: individual, institutional, and self recognition. Though each form expands from the same platform of recognition – from philosophers such as G.W.F Hegel, Jean-Paul Sartre, Judith Butler, Michel Foucault, and others – they not only manifest slightly differently as characters are portrayed as experiencing recognition, but the portrayals also have varying implications in what the characters – and readers – can take away from the portrayals, as well. Specifically, the implications center primarily around the more in-depth understanding of marginalization, oppression, and power that can be gained from experiencing both corrupted and uncorrupted recognition. The implications of understanding and engaging agency through recognition experiences can be seen through feminist dystopian characters engaging and utilizing their agency in a variety of ways to address, challenge, and/or dismantle the oppressive structures around them. Using Nussbaum’s conception of moral imagination as a framework, these implications can lead readers to empathize with these characters and gain similar recognitive and agential experiences in their own lives as well