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Coupling the 1-D lake model FLake to the community land-surface model JULES
Results are presented from the merging of the lake model FLake into the community land-surface model JULES. It is shown, by comparison with observational data, that the combined JULES-FLake model performs more realistically than JULES with its original or upgraded parametrizations for inland water. Tests against observations from lakes in the UK and Sweden show that JULES-FLake gives results for both midlatitude and arctic lakes which are comparable to the original lake model, FLake. The accuracy of JULES-FLake as a general model of the land surface is therefore enhanced. Differences in sign of the model errors in the prediction of lake-ice thickness indicate possible future directions for development and testing of these models
Children Who Dance Under the Moon: Calvinistic Concepts of Depravity in Selected Progeny of Nathaniel Hawthorne and Henry James, Projecting to William Golding and Tennessee Williams
A Methodological Comparison of Giving Surveys: Indiana as a Test Case
Every 4 years, the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University conducts a telephone survey (called Indiana Gives) of the giving and volunteering behaviors of Indiana citizens. In preparing to conduct Indiana Gives for 2000, a larger methodological question was asked: How much does survey methodology matter in generating accurate measures of giving and volunteering? In this most recent wave of the Indiana survey, conducted in October and November 2000, eight groups of approximately 100 randomly selected Indiana residents were asked to complete one of eight surveys related to giving and volunteering. It was found that the longer the module and the more detailed its prompts, the more likely a household was to recall making any charitable contribution and the higher the average level of its giving. These differences persisted even after controlling for differences in age, educational attainment, income, household status, race, and gender.ARNOV
Health-Related Philanthropy: Toward Understanding the Relationship Between the Donation of the Body (and Its Parts) and Traditional Forms of Philanthropic Giving
The academic study of philanthropy has focused on the public good from private action
and includes the study of the public good of improving health and studies of the various
determinants of giving. Yet one very obvious act of giving in the health field has been
largely neglected in philanthropic studies: the donation of the body, such as blood and
tissue donation, organ donation, and the donation of one’s body for medical research or
education. In August 2003, a research team at the Indiana University Center for
Bioethics conducted a study of these two aspects of philanthropy as part of a project
titled Health Related Philanthropy: The Donation of the Body (and Parts Thereof). This
article describes the project and summarizes the results of a national survey conducted
as part of that project
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