918 research outputs found

    The agreed bill process in the formation of Illinois unemployment compensation legislation

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    "Preliminary draft, University of Illinois Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations."Includes bibliographical references

    A cosmovisão antroposófica: educação e individualismo ético

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    Este artigo trata de um recorte de uma pesquisa maior sobre Antroposofia e Pedagogia Waldorf, que situa esta como uma contribuição para o paradigma educacional atual. O referencial teórico utilizado traz estudos epistemológicos de Rudolf Steiner e Marcelo da Veiga, compreendidos pela antropologia do imaginário de Gilbert Durand e pela antropologia da complexidade do conhecimento de Edgar Morin. O individualismo ético é apresentado como uma decorrência da teoria cognitiva proposta por Steiner e parte fundamental de sua cosmovisão na qual a Pedagogia Waldorf se insere. Traça-se um paralelo entre a revelação, tratada por Durand, na visão de homem tradicional, e o pensamento intuitivo, adquirido pela autorreflexão, proposta por Steiner como caminho de desenvolvimento individual. Ambos os caminhos pretendem conduzir a uma evolução da alma humana, através de um desenvolvimento cognitivo. Steiner descobre, por meio de seus estudos, a maneira de expressar, dentro do paradigma clássico vigente em sua época, como o ser humano pode conduzir seu conhecimento até a revelação espiritual, que ele denomina de pensamento intuitivo. Segundo Veiga (1996), Steiner abre uma possibilidade da ampliação cognitiva humana abordando os aspectos mentais e espirituais, pertencentes à noosfera, que podem vir a se revelar caso o homem desenvolva intencionalmente uma observação ampliada. Esta capacidade de observação amplia-se através de procedimentos e exercícios internos que partem do pensar racional

    The role of land surface schemes in the regional climate model (RegCM) for seasonal scale simulations over Western Himalayas

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    This document is the Accepted Manuscript version of the following article: Pushp Raj Tiwari, et al, 'The role of land surface schemes in teh regional climate model (RegCM) for seasonal scale simulations over Western Himalaya', Atmosfera, Vol. 28 (2): 129-142, April 2015, doi: http://www.revistascca.unam.mx/atm/index.php/atm/article/view/44598/43373.Climate prediction over the Western Himalaya is a challenging task due to the highly variable altitude and orientation of orographic barriers. Surface characteristics also play a vital role in climate simulations and need appropriate representation in the models. In this study, two land surface parameterization schemes (LSPS), the Biosphere-Atmosphere Transfer Scheme (BATS) and the Common Land Model (CLM, version 3.5) in the regional climate model (RegCM, version 4) have been tested over the Himalayan region for nine distinct winter seasons in respect of seasonal precipitation (three years each for excess, normal and deficit). Reanalysis II data of the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP)/Department of Energy (DOE) have been used as initial and lateral boundary conditions for the RegCM model. In order to provide land surface boundary conditions in the RegCM model, geophysical parameters (10 min resolution) obtained from United States of Geophysical Survey were used. The performance of two LSPS (CLM and BATS) coupled with the RegCM is evaluated against gridded precipitation and surface temperature data sets from the India Meteorological Department (IMD). It is found that the simulated surface temperature and precipitation are better represented in the CLM scheme than in the BATS when compared with observations. Further, several statistical analysis such as bias, root mean square error (RMSE), spatial correlation coefficient (CC) and skill scores like the equitable threat score (ETS) and the probability of detection (POD) are estimated for evaluating RegCM simulations using both LSPS. Results indicate that the RMSE decreases and the CC increases with the use of the CLM compared to BATS. ETS and POD also indicate that the performance of the model is better with the CLM than with the BATS in simulating seasonal scale precipitation. Overall, results suggest that the performance of the RegCM coupled with the CLM scheme improves the model skill in predicting winter precipitation (by 15-25%) and temperature (by 10-20%) over the Western Himalaya.Peer reviewedFinal Accepted Versio

    Selberg Supertrace Formula for Super Riemann Surfaces III: Bordered Super Riemann Surfaces

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    This paper is the third in a sequel to develop a super-analogue of the classical Selberg trace formula, the Selberg supertrace formula. It deals with bordered super Riemann surfaces. The theory of bordered super Riemann surfaces is outlined, and the corresponding Selberg supertrace formula is developed. The analytic properties of the Selberg super zeta-functions on bordered super Riemann surfaces are discussed, and super-determinants of Dirac-Laplace operators on bordered super Riemann surfaces are calculated in terms of Selberg super zeta-functions.Comment: 43 pages, amste

    Critical review of strategic planning research in hospitality and tourism

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    Strategic planning remains one of the most popular management tools, but theoretical and empirical developments in the academic literature have been a slow burn. This paper addresses this gap and provides an up-to-date review of hospitality and tourism strategic planning research. We review strategic planning research from 1995 to 2013 in seven leading tourism academic journals, and adopt a modern and broad conceptualization of strategic planning. While there is some awareness of effective tourism strategic planning processes, academic research has not kept pace with practice. To stimulate a resurgence of research interest, we provide future research directions. We observe a methodological introspection and present some new research methodologies, which are critically important in researching the turbulent, chaotic and nonlinear tourism environment

    Genomic insights into the conservation status of the world’s last remaining Sumatran rhinoceros populations

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    Highly endangered species like the Sumatran rhinoceros are at risk from inbreeding. Five historical and 16 modern genomes from across the species range show mutational load, but little evidence for local adaptation, suggesting that future inbreeding depression could be mitigated by assisted gene flow among populations. Small populations are often exposed to high inbreeding and mutational load that can increase the risk of extinction. The Sumatran rhinoceros was widespread in Southeast Asia, but is now restricted to small and isolated populations on Sumatra and Borneo, and most likely extinct on the Malay Peninsula. Here, we analyse 5 historical and 16 modern genomes from these populations to investigate the genomic consequences of the recent decline, such as increased inbreeding and mutational load. We find that the Malay Peninsula population experienced increased inbreeding shortly before extirpation, which possibly was accompanied by purging. The populations on Sumatra and Borneo instead show low inbreeding, but high mutational load. The currently small population sizes may thus in the near future lead to inbreeding depression. Moreover, we find little evidence for differences in local adaptation among populations, suggesting that future inbreeding depression could potentially be mitigated by assisted gene flow among populations
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