A revision of Calyptochloa C.E.Hubb. (Poaceae), with two new species and a new subspecies

Thompson, E.J. & Simon, B.K. (2012). A revision of Calyptochloa C.E.Hubb. (Poaceae), with two new species and a new subspecies. Austrobaileya 8(4): 634–652. Two new species of Calyptochloa C.E.Hubb. (Calyptochloa cylindrosperma E.J.Thomps. & B.K.Simon and C. johnsoniana E.J.Thomps. & B.K.Simon) endemic to central Queensland, and a new subspecies of Calyptochloa gracillima C.E.Hubb. (C. gracillima subsp. ipsviciensis E.J.Thomps. & B.K.Simon) endemic to southeast Queensland are described and illustrated

"Who receives statins? Variations in physicians’ prescribing patterns for patients with coronary heart disease, dyslipidemia, and diabetes"

Our objective is to estimate the extent to which clinical and non-clinical factors are associated with physicians’ prescribing patterns for statins. The data are from the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey for the period 1992 through 2004. The three samples examined included more than 14,000 patients who were diagnosed with coronary heart disease, high cholesterol, or diabetes, individuals who are most likely to benefit from being prescribed a statin drug. Using a multinomial logit framework, we find disparities in prescribing patterns based on non-clinical factors. Namely, whites and patients who have private insurance are more likely to be prescribed a statin than nonwhites and those with public insurance. Also, even though a large increase occurred in the uptake of statins over the period 1992 to 2004, our results for 2004 show that only about 50 percent of patients diagnosed with coronary heart disease were prescribed a statin. Because coronary heart disease is the leading cause of death in the U.S. and currently is estimated to cost over $150 billion annually in the U.S. in direct and indirect costs, observed differences in prescribing patterns along these dimensions is troubling and should be part of discussions dealing with health care reform.Pharmaceuticals; Statins; Equity in Physician Prescribing Patterns; Insurance

Grass Phylogeny and Classification: Conflict of Morphology and Molecules

The grass family (Poaceae) has been recognized as a unique lineage for more than 200 years, based initially on characters of inflorescence and spikelet morphology and corroborated by anatomical and other features in the latter half of the twentieth century. There have been a number of attempts to derive a phylogeny of sections of the family from structural (morphological and anatomical) characters. However, more recently the Grass Phylogeny Working Group (2001) applied cladistic principles to the whole family using molecular and structural characters. This study produced a single most-parsimonious tree from six molecular sequence data sets, chloroplast restriction site data, and structural data from a representative set of 62 grasses and four outgroup taxa. However, the cladogram reveals a weak correlation with structural characters. Only three out of 12 subfamilies have unequivocal anatomical synapomorphies and there is no unequivocal morphological synapomorphy in any subfamily. Homoplasious character states outnumber synapomorphic states to a large degree. Cladistic analyses of grass genera in recent studies, based on both micromorphological, anatomical, and molecular data, have often produced clades that are difficult or impossible to define by readily observable features. Examples are shown in this paper for some genera of Danthonioideae, the panicoid tribe Andropogoneae, and the chloridoid tribe Triodieae. A recommendation is made that formal taxonomic and nomenclatural changes should only be applied, particularly at the species level, when the lineages within a phylogeny correlate with marker morphological characters

Computer-interfacing for dummies: Interfacing peripheral devices to your Macintosh PC April 28, 2003

In a previous paper (Roche, Stewart, & Barnes-Holmes, 1999), the graphic experiment generation software PsyScope (Cohen, MacWhinney, Flatt, & Provost, 1993) was reviewed and its relevance to behavioral research in the domain of language and cognition was outlined. Many behavioral researchers have since explored the potentials of this freeware application for the easy generation of behavioral experiments, particularly in the area of derived stimulus relations. In research contexts where the only behavior of importance is subjects’ response patterns on a keyboard, the experimenter needs only to arrange for the appropriate task presentations and the recording of responses. All of this is achieved easily using PsyScope, which is available for free download at http://psyscope.psy.cmu.edu/

The Impact of Derived Relational Responding on Gambling Behavior

The present article describes existing research on the impact of derived relational responding on gambling behavior. First, it is argued that a greater understanding of the role of verbal behavior in gambling behavior is made possible by research findings and theoretical advances in research on derived relational responding generally, and the transformation of stimulus functions in particular. Second, the findings of several recent studies are described in order to describe the key features of this contemporary approach for verbal events. Finally, implications for the verbally based treatment of disordered gambling are outlined

Preliminary results from the Caribbean Acoustic Tracking Network (CATn): a data sharing partnership for acoustic tracking and movement ecology of marine animals in the Caribbean Sea

We have recently exchanged and integrated into a single database tag detections for conch, teleost and elasmobranch fish from four separately maintained arrays in the U.S. Virgin Islands including the NMFS queen conch array (St. John nearshore), NOAA’s Biogeography Branch array (St. John nearshore & midshelf reef); UVI shelf edge arrays (Marine Conservation District, Grammanik & other shelf edge); NOAA NMFS Apex Predator array COASTSPAN (St. John nearshore). The integrated database has over 7.5 million hits. Data is shared only with consent of partners and full acknowledgements. Thus, the summary of integrated data here uses data from NOAA and UVI arrays under a cooperative agreement. The benefits of combining and sharing data have included increasing the total area of detection resulting in an understanding of broader scale connectivity than would have been possible with a single array. Partnering has also been cost-effectiveness through sharing of field work, staff time and equipment and exchanges of knowledge and experience across the network. Use of multiple arrays has also helped in optimizing the design of arrays when additional receivers are deployed. The combined arrays have made the USVI network one of the most extensive acoustic arrays in the world with a total of 150+ receivers available, although not necessarily all deployed at all times. Currently, two UVI graduate student projects are using acoustic array data

The Continuity Strategy, Human Behavior, and Behavior Analysis

In behavior analysis, continuity refers to the assumption of a similarity of behavioral principles or processes between nonhumans and humans, which is often considered to be a fundamental postulate of the field. The present paper outlines a more recent view of the continuity assumption as an epistemological tool or research strategy. Researchers employing this strategy attempt to replicate with humans already-identified behavioral principles from nonhuman research prior to their application to socially relevant issues in natural settings. This form of the continuity strategy has flourished, despite demonstrable differences between nonhuman and human behavior, firstly in the study of performance on schedules of reinforcement and more recently in the study of derived stimulus relations. The implications of research on derived stimulus relations for the differing theoretical accounts of the continuity strategy are discussed

The Continuity Strategy, Human Behavior, and Behavior Analysis

In behavior analysis, continuity refers to the assumption of a similarity of behavioral principles or processes between nonhumans and humans, which is often considered to be a fundamental postulate of the field. The present paper outlines a more recent view of the continuity assumption as an epistemological tool or research strategy. Researchers employing this strategy attempt to replicate with humans already-identified behavioral principles from nonhuman research prior to their application to socially relevant issues in natural settings. This form of the continuity strategy has flourished, despite demonstrable differences between nonhuman and human behavior, firstly in the study of performance on schedules of reinforcement and more recently in the study of derived stimulus relations. The implications of research on derived stimulus relations for the differing theoretical accounts of the continuity strategy are discussed

PENGARUH CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY TERHADAP NILAI PERUSAHAAN PADA PERUSAHAAN SEKTOR ENERGI YANG TERDAFTAR DALAM BEI

Penelitian ini dilakukan dengan maksud dan tujuan untuk membuktikan secara empiris pengaruh CSR terhadap nilai perusahaan dengan profitabilitas dan leverage sebagai variabel kontrol. CSR akan diukur dengan menggunakan Indeks GRI dan nilai perusahaan akan diukur dengan menggunakan Price to Book Value (PBV). Penelitian ini akan dilakukan terhadap perusahaan sektor energi yang terdaftar dalam Bursa Efek Indonesia (BEI) pada tahun 2019- 2022. Hipotesis pada penelitian ini akan diuji dengan menggunakan analisis regresi linier berganda. Hasil yang diperoleh dalam penelitian ini adalah CSR tidak berpengaruh terhadap nilai perusahaan