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Underperforming policy networks : the biopesticides network in the United Kingdom
Loosely integrated and incomplete policy networks have been neglected in the literature. They are important to consider in terms of understanding network underperformance. The effective delivery and formulation of policy requires networks that are not incomplete or underperforming. The biopesticides policy network in the United Kingdom is considered and its components identified with an emphasis on the lack of integration of retailers and environmental groups. The nature of the network constrains the actions of its agents and frustrates the achievement of policy goals. A study of this relatively immature policy network also allows for a focus on network formation. The state, via an external central government department, has been a key factor in the development of the network. Therefore, it is important to incorporate such factors more systematically into understandings of network formation. Feedback efforts from policy have increased interactions between productionist actors but the sphere of consumption remains insufficiently articulated
Vibrational relaxation measurements in CO2 USING an induced fluorescence technique
Vibrational relaxation measurements in carbon dioxide using induced infrared fluorescence techniqu
A taximetric study of interspecific variation in Vitis
A taximetric study, utilizing 71 plant characters for 21 species of Vitis has been completed. Phenetic similarities among the species were estimated by productmoment (r), distance (d) and divergence (D) coefficients.The unweighted pair-group method of clustering was used to graphically summarize the results in three phenograms. Congruency among the phenograms was examined by comparisons of primary affinity clusters and patterns of clustering sequence among phenograms and four classical classifications of Vitis; the classification of FOEx showed the best overall congruency with the phenograms. The phenograms were also compared with the authors' concept of species affinity relationship; the divergence phenogram showed the greatest congruency. A tentative scheme of relationships based upon a modification of the divergence phenogram was devised
Gaussian multiplicative Chaos for symmetric isotropic matrices
Motivated by isotropic fully developed turbulence, we define a theory of
symmetric matrix valued isotropic Gaussian multiplicative chaos. Our
construction extends the scalar theory developed by J.P. Kahane in 1985
Infrared emission spectrum and potentials of and states of Xe excimers produced by electron impact
We present an investigation of the Xe excimer emission spectrum
observed in the near infrared range about 7800 cm in pure Xe gas and in
an Ar (90%) --Xe (10%) mixture and obtained by exciting the gas with energetic
electrons. The Franck--Condon simulation of the spectrum shape suggests that
emission stems from a bound--free molecular transition never studied before.
The states involved are assigned as the bound state with atomic limit and the dissociative state with limit. Comparison with the spectrum simulated by using theoretical
potentials shows that the dissociative one does not reproduce correctly the
spectrum features.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev. Let
Heterogeneous Effects Of The Aca Medicaid Expansion On Hospital Financial Outcomes
Peer Reviewedhttps://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/153165/1/coep12428_am.pdfhttps://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/153165/2/coep12428.pd
Controlled Irradiative Formation of Penitentes
Spike-shaped structures are produced by light-driven ablation in very
different contexts. Penitentes 1-4 m high are common on Andean glaciers, where
their formation changes glacier dynamics and hydrology. Laser ablation can
produce cones 10-100 microns high with a variety of proposed applications in
materials science. We report the first laboratory generation of
centimeter-scale snow and ice penitentes. Systematically varying conditions
allows identification of the essential parameters controlling the formation of
ablation structures. We demonstrate that penitente initiation and coarsening
requires cold temperatures, so that ablation leads to sublimation rather than
melting. Once penitentes have formed, further growth of height can occur by
melting. The penitentes intially appear as small structures (3 mm high) and
grow by coarsening to 1-5 cm high. Our results are an important step towards
understanding and controlling ablation morphologies.Comment: Accepted for publication in Physical Review Letter
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