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Politiques pronatalistes au Vietnam : Le fardeau de la colonisation française
No full textFrench Colonialism shaped Vietnam in profound and enduring ways. In particular, policies of the colonial government influenced the landscape of maternity and altered cultural perceptions of what it means to be a mother. Pronatalism, the promotion of female fecundity, was a central tenet of the “mission civilisatrice” promulgated by French medical professionals and government officials alike. This project seeks to examine the myriad reasons for the idealization of motherhood, the diverse responses of Vietnamese people to intervention, and the way colonial policies continue to affect modern day reproduction
Modeling Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Spread Throughout the Northeast with Updated Parameter Values
No full textHemlock woolly adelgids (Hemiptera: Adelidae, Adelges tsugae Annand; hereafter HWA) have been spreading invasively throughout the Northeastern U.S. since 1951 when they were first introduced from Japan. These pests infest hemlock stands and cause high mortality of eastern hemlock and Carolina hemlock. HWA is found from the Carolinas and Georgia, through the Mid-Atlantic, and northward to Maine and southern Nova Scotia. The ability to predict where HWA will to spread is crucial to informing land managers and conservationists on when and how to protect hemlock stands. To create accurate and precise models, it is helpful to model the past spread of the pest to inform scientists how to model future spread. This study uses a model created by Fitzpatrick et al., 2012 as a base, and updates the parameters values based on more current literature. The original model did not accurately predict HWA arrival in different counties as the observed spread was earlier than the predicted dates. My model alters the fecundity, mortality, and long-distance dispersal values from the original model with a range of values that accounts for updates from recent studies. It also attempts to understand why the base model did not accurately predict the HWA infestation dates. Due to modeling challenges my model cannot be directly compared to the original, however, it sheds light on HWA spread and population dynamics. My model found that altering the winter fecundity did not drastically alter how much area of land was infested, but alterations of winter mortality and long-distance dispersal yielded drastic changes in the area infested. Overall, it is important to recognize that there are possible changes in the fecundity, mortality, and long-distance dispersal of HWA due to climate change. An understanding of alterations to the life cycle and spread of the pest can impact the amount of hemlock stands that become infested
The Colby Echo (September 24, 2020)
Get PDFPublished by the students of Colby College since 1877, The Colby Echo is the weekly, editorially independent student-run newspaper of Colby College in Waterville, Maine. Published monthly, 1877-1886; semi-monthly, 1886-1897; and weekly, during the academic year, 1898-present
The Colby Echo (November 12, 2020)
Get PDFPublished by the students of Colby College since 1877, The Colby Echo is the weekly, editorially independent student-run newspaper of Colby College in Waterville, Maine. Published monthly, 1877-1886; semi-monthly, 1886-1897; and weekly, during the academic year, 1898-present
Good Works: Giving Back After Cancer
No full textDavid Pulver \u2763 turns his experience into a primer for patient
All The President’s Men? Politicization and Executive Control over the Rulemaking Process
No full textIn the age of the administrative state, the battle over who controls the federal bureaucracy and the rulemaking process decides much of the direction of American public policy. The president has emerged from this milieu as the strongest political actor in the administrative state because of their ability to leverage political appointees and the centralized EOP to protect their agenda from entrepreneurial bureaucrats and a rivalrous Congress. Yet, little is known about the effectiveness of political appointees as a tool of presidential control outside of case studies of individual agencies in the large federal bureaucracy. Using data from the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) to create new, generalizable variables of presidential control, I run logistic and OLS regressions to test whether political appointees are able to effectively promote the president’s agenda. I find that political appointees do increase the presidents control over the rulemaking process as well as a relationship between centralization and politicization as substitutes. These findings have significant implications for how we understand democratic accountability and the continued competence of the bureaucracy
Google Search Sentiment and Sector ETF Performance
No full textThis paper utilizes data from Google searches in an attempt to utilize online investor sentiment as a predictor of sector exchange traded fund (ETF) performance. The paper tests the assumptions of the Efficient Market Hypothesis that all known information about a stock is incorporated into the price of the stock. With the emergence of ETFs as a popular form of investment for casual investors, there is a possibility that these investors may use Google as a way to collect information about potential stock picks. Thus, this paper investigates the association between online search interest and excess ETF returns by collecting data using Google’s Trends search functionality to calculate investor sentiment for sector ETFs over a five-year time span. Empirical results from this paper suggest that Google search interest has no association with excess returns, supporting the theory associated with the Efficient Market Hypothesis
Hipersexualizada, exotificada y controlada La mujer negra en Las palmeras en la nieve
No full textLas palmeras en la nieve (Fernando González Molina, 2015) es una película de ficción histórica que representa los mediados del siglo veinte en Guinea Ecuatorial. Cuenta la historia del amor entre el hijo de un rico terrateniente, Killian, y la esposa de un trabajador, Bisila. La película está compuesta de un componente moderno en que la sobrina de Killian, Clarence, está tratando de aprender del pasado de su tío y padre, y un componente histórico que muestra la historia romántica de Killian y Bisila. Por el uso del pasado en el presente, la película muestra una comprensión actual de la historia y gente de Guinea Ecuatorial. La mujer negra, como se muestra en la película, es muy compleja y está llena de características cargadas. Ella puede ser definida por tres características principales: hipersexualizada, exotifcada y controlada. Esta tesis está organizada en tres capítulos, en los que cada una de estas cualidades se observa y se conecta a sus aplicaciones del mundo real. Lo que este proyecto encuentra es que la representación de las mujeres negras en Las palmeras en la nieve es una continuación de los estereotipos colonialistas utilizados para oprimir a los negros durante siglos