The Role of Higher Education Institutions in Economic Development: Atlantic Canada as a Case Study

This paper describes and assesses the contribution to economic developmentof higher education institutions in Atlantic Canada, the most economicallydepressed region of Canada. It provides a brief overview of the economic circumstances of the region and describes the relevant governance structure that influencethe effectiveness of the higher education institutions in facilitating and enhancingeconomic development within Atlantic Canada. The avenues through which theseinstitutions affect development within the region are considered. In addition, fiveexamples of successes are profiled that may be helpful to other jurisdictions that areconcerned with tapping into the intellectual capital at their institutions to enhancethe economic development of their regions. Finally, this paper offers suggestionsabout how the situation in Atlantic Canada might be improved further.Este artigo descreve e avalia a contribuição das instituições de educaçãosuperior para o desenvolvimento econômico de Atlantic Canada, a regiãoeconomicamente mais deprimida do Canadá. Ele fornece um breve panorama dasituação econômica da região e descreve a relevante estrutura de governança queinfluencia a efetividade das instituições de educação superior em facilitar e acentuar o desenvolvimento econômico dentro de Atlantic Canada. As possibilidades através das quais estas instituições afetam o desenvolvimento dentro da regiãosão consideradas. Além disso, cinco exemplos de sucesso são descritos de modoque podem ser úteis a outras jurisdições que estejam preocupadas em fazer uso docapital intelectual de suas instituições para acentuar o desenvolvimento econômicode suas regiões. Por fim, este artigo oferece sugestões acerca de como a situaçãoem Atlantic Canada pode ser melhorada no futuro

The Dilemmas of Diffusion: Institutional Transfer & the Remaking of Vocational Training Practices in Eastern Germany, CES Germany & Europe Working Papers, No. 05.10, 1996

Through a case study of the diffusion of the celebrated West Gennan "dual system" of vocational training to the territory of the fonner German Democratic Republic, we develop the argument that local sociopolitical relations matter crucially for the successful transfer and implementation of institutional arrangements. Notwithstanding massive levels of government funding, the presence of complementary supports, and the concerted efforts of Ger­many's social partners, the dual system is experiencing significant difficulties in the new federal states of the East. These difficulties are not due simply to the particular politics of unification (the wholesale transfer of West German institutions whether or not they were appropriate to Eastern Germany) nor even simply to the paucity of dynamic private firms capable of and willing to train new apprentices. The difficulties stem also from the under­ lying weaknesses of the East German sociopolitical infrastructure on which the entire dual system rests. This. hy­ pothesis is elaborated and substantiated through a range of data on training in the East and especially through the use of detailed case studies of Leipzig and Chemrutz

Determining Optimal Levels of Nitrogen Fertilizer Using Random Parameter Models

The parameters of yield response functions can vary by year. Past studies usually assume yield functions are nstochastic ‘‘limited’’ stochastic. In this study, we estimate rye– ryegrass yield functions in which all parameters are random. The three functional forms considered are the linear response plateau, the quadratic, and the Spillman-Mitscherlich. Nonstochastic yield models are rejected in favor of stochastic parameter models. Quadratic functional forms fit the data poorly. Optimal nitrogen application recommendations are calculated for the linear response plateau and Spillman-Mitscherlich. The stochastic models lead to smaller recommended levels of nitrogen, but the economic benefits of using fully stochastic crop yield functions are small because expected profit functions are relatively flat for the stochastic yield functions. Stochastic crop yield functions provide a way of incorporating production, uncertainty into input decisions.cereal rye–ryegrass, Monte Carlo, nitrogen, random parameters, stochastic plateau, Production Economics, Q10, C12, D24,

Determining Optimal Levels of Nitrogen Fertilizer Using Random Parameter Models

The parameters of yield response functions can vary by year. Past studies usually assume yield functions are nonstochastic or ‘limited’ stochastic. In this study, we estimate rye-ryegrass yield functions where all parameters are random. Optimal nitrogen rates are calculated for two yield response functions: linear response plateau and quadratic. Nonstochastic models are rejected in favor of stochastic parameter models. However, the economic benefits of using fully stochastic models are small since optimal nitrogen rates do not differ greatly between stochastic and nonstochastic models.Linear response plateau, Monte Carlo, nitrogen, random parameters, Agricultural and Food Policy, Crop Production/Industries, Farm Management, Production Economics,

False claims about false memory research

Pezdek and Lam [Pezdek, K. & Lam, S. (2007). What research paradigms have cognitive psychologists used to study “False memory,” and what are the implications of these choices? Consciousness and Cognition] claim that the majority of research into false memories has been misguided. Specifically, they charge that false memory scientists have been (1) misusing the term “false memory,” (2) relying on the wrong methodologies to study false memories, and (3) misapplying false memory research to real world situations. We review each of these claims and highlight the problems with them. We conclude that several types of false memory research have advanced our knowledge of autobiographical and recovered memories, and that future research will continue to make significant contributions to how we understand memory and memory errors

Beyond “Lots of Hugs and Kisses”: Expressions of Parental Love From Parents and Their Young Children in Two‐Parent, Financially Stable Families

Peer Reviewedhttps://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/145543/1/famp12327.pdfhttps://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/145543/2/famp12327_am.pd