Measurement of VZ production cross sections in Z -> bb decay channels in pp collisions at 8 TeV

We present a measurement of the WZ and ZZ production cross sections in proton-proton collisions at 8 TeV in final states where one Z boson decays to b-tagged jets, while the other gauge boson, either W or Z, is detected through its leptonic decay. The results are based on data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 18.9 /fb collected with the CMS detector at the Large Hadron Collider.Comment: LHCP 2014 Proceedin

Anthropology and Ethnicity: From Herder to Hermeneutics

For a long time, the central focus of anthropology has been on the study of the so-called traditional societies. However, with the transformation of those societies into ethnicized groups within state systems, anthropologists have had to rethink their concepts, theories, and methods. They have had to deal with, among others things, issues of cultural difference, cultural boundaries, and cultural movements. This article looks retrospectively at certain changes that have taken place in anthropology especially with regard to the study of ethnicity

Affect, Identity, and Ethnicity: Towards a Social-Psychological Mode of Ethnic Attainment

Since the days of Shils and Geertz it has been common to refer to ethnicity as a bond, a tie, or an attachment. Shils used the term tie in the title of his seminal 1957 article to refer to a set of social relationships, including what he called civil, kinship, sacred, and primordial. The primordial tie was notable for the ineffable significance which social actors attribute to it and to the relationship which it engenders: the attachment [is] not merely to the other ... as a person, but as a possessor of certain especially \u27significant relational\u27 qualities, which could only be described as primordial. The attachment ... is not just a function of interaction. ^1 Subsequently Geertz developed the notion of ethnic attachment as an affect and identity, or better yet, an affect-centered identity. The intention, often quite explicit, of these thinkers and the many who followed them was to emphasize the emotional quality of ethnicity as an explanation of its persistence and power. At the same time, as an emotional and not rational phenomenon, ethnicity was expected to decline and disappear under the onslaught of modern rationalizing social forces. This essay returns to the issue of ethnicity as an affective relationship. It will argue that affect is indeed a critical element in ethnicity but that the theoretical treatment of ethnic affect has tended to be counterproductive

BIOTECHNOLOGY--DIVERSIFICATION, AND THE FOOD INDUSTRY

Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies,

Small digital recording head has parallel bit channels, minimizes cross talk

A small digital recording head consists of closely spaced parallel wires, imbedded in a ferrite block to concentrate the magnetic flux. Parallel-recorded information bits are converted into serial bits on moving magnetic tape and cross talk is suppressed

Decentralising the public sector: Fiscal Decentralisation and Economic Growth: Is there Really a Link?

Finanzverwaltung, Dezentralisierung, Wirtschaftswachstum, Öffentlicher Sektor, Financial administration, Decentralization, Economic growth, Public Sector