35,204 research outputs found
Outsourcing and Skill Imports: Foreign High-Skilled Workers on H-1B and L-1 Visas in the United States
No full textThis working paper looks in detail at the H-1B and L-1 visa programs for temporary employment in the United States. Based on official data from the US Citizenship and Immigration Services and the US Department of State, H-1B and L-1 visa issuance rapidly increased in the late 1990s, followed by a marked slowdown after 2001. This points to the highly cyclical nature of both visa programs. Indian nationals and immigrants working in computer-related occupations dominate the H1-B and L-1 population in the United States, but these two groups are also found to be the most cyclical segment, with very large declines in inflows after 2001. The total population of H-1B visaholders in 2003 is estimated to range between 387,000 and 746,000, of which 160,000 to 306,000 were Indian nationals. As all data on H-1B/L-1 visaholders are gross numbers and gross jobs data for comparable categories are absent, the extent of the impact of these visa programs on the US labor market cannot be gauged precisely. A broad range of US industries and educational institutions are found to be employing H-1B recipients, with the IT industry being the dominant sector. Evidence of aggressive wage-cost cutting, including paying H-1B recipients only the legally mandated 95 percent of the prevailing US wage, is found among some H-1B employers, although no systematic abuse of the system is present.Outsourcing, offshoring, high-skilled labor, immigration, H1B/L-1 visas
Letter from H. L. Russell to Carl Hayden
No full textLetter from H. L. Russell to Carl Hayden regarding fines in the park
O Desenvolvimento e a inserção da bicicleta na política de mobilidade urbana brasileira
No full textTese (doutorado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas. Programa de Pós-Graduação Interdisciplinar em Ciências HumanasO objetivo deste estudo interdisciplinar é situar o desenvolvimento como processo e utilizar este conhecimento para contextualizar a inserção da bicicleta na política nacional de mobilidade urbana, buscando compreender os fatores deste processo que inibem as iniciativas e estratégias dos setores e agentes dedicados a evidenciar os diversos aspectos positivos dessa inserção. Para atender ao objetivo proposto foram adotados os seguintes procedimentos metodológicos: pesquisa bibliográfica; pesquisa documental; levantamento de dados e pesquisa participante. A pesquisa bibliográfica e documental envolveu publicações técnicas e científicas, magazines, textos publicados por instituições governamentais e leis e/ou projetos de lei federais, decretos referentes à mobilidade urbana, pela pesquisa nos sítios eletrônicos de entidades nacionais e internacionais. Os atores/agentes abordados fazem parte dos setores governamental, técnico, indústria e comércio, e da sociedade civil relacionados à inserção da mobilidade por bicicleta na política nacional de mobilidade urbana, os quais foram chamados a contribuir por meio de entrevistas pessoais, via skype, por telefone, através de mensagens eletrônicas. O resultado é um texto de revisão permeado por entrevistas e depoimentos de atores/agentes da política de mobilidade urbana, e em especial da política de mobilidade por bicicleta em nível nacional, que dialogam com a literatura técnico-científica ao longo dos capítulos que abordam: o Desenvolvimento da Sociedade; a Mobilidade Urbana na Agenda da Sustentabilidade Ambiental; a Mobilidade por Bicicleta nos Planos Governamentais Brasileiros e a Mudança do Paradigma: de Transporte para Mobilidade Urbana e Acessibilidade. A palavra fragmentada "(des) envolvimento" revela a necessidade do paradigma capital-expansionista de reduzir as práticas sociais que mantém o foco nas necessidades humanas fundamentais. É dessa forma que a cultura ao carro se expandiu, ocupou espaço nas vias e nas vidas urbanas. Mesmo sendo uma opção que não resolve os problemas de mobilidade da maioria, a sociedade investe nesta forma de transporte de uma maneira que vai contra a equidade, a cidadania, coloca em cheque o valor social do transporte. A mudança dos paradigmas da mobilidade urbana passa pela prioridade aos transportes coletivos, ao andar a pé e ao andar em bicicleta. É uma questão de cidadania, de justiça social, de sustentabilidade, de uso racional do espaço urbano. Mas existem barreiras a essa mudança, fazendo com que a mobilidade urbana sustentável precise ser trabalhada como um produto a ser assumido, é preciso a utilização de marketing social, pois a cultura favorável aos motorizados individuais está muito arraigada nas sociedades. Para que o poder público "tenha a coragem" de implementar a Política de Mobilidade Urbana Sustentável, e principalmente no que se refere aos investimentos relativos à mobilidade por bicicleta, é necessário que a população aceite, defenda, reivindique a mudança. Há um número crescente de usuários da bicicleta como transporte e de movimentos sociais de defesa da mobilidade por bicicleta no Brasil. A visibilidade desse segmento da sociedade, apesar de crescente, não tem sido suficiente para pressionar o poder público para mudanças mais significativas. Mas, entende-se que apesar de todos os problemas que os movimentos sociais enfrentam em suas lutas diárias, ainda são eles os responsáveis pelas mudanças sociais; e continuam a ser eles os fomentadores de uma consciência crítica.The aim of this interdisciplinary study is to situate development as a process and use this knowledge to contextualize the cycling inclusion in the national urban mobility policy, aiming to understand the factors related to this process that hinder initiatives and strategies from sectors and from agents that highlight the various positive aspects of this inclusion. To attain this proposed goal the following methodological procedures were adopted: literature review, documental research, data surveys and participative research. The literature review and the documental research involved technical and scientific publications, magazines, documents published by governmental institutions and laws or federal bills, decrees related to urban mobility, and research on electronic sites of national and international entities. The actors and agents approached are part of the government, technical (public and private), industry and commerce, and civil society sectors, related to the movements of insertion of cycling mobility in the national urban mobility policy, which were asked to contribute through personal interviews, via Skype, telephone and electronic messages. The effort resulted in a revision text permeated with interviews and testimonials from urban mobility policy actors and agents involved in the Brazilian scenario, dialoguing with the scientific and technical literature throughout the chapters that address: the Society Development; Urban Mobility in the Environmental Sustainability Agenda; Cycling Mobility in the Brazilian Government Plans and The Paradigm Change: from Transport to Urban Mobility and Accessibility. The fragmented word "de(en)velopment" reveals the need of the expansion capital paradigm to reduce social practices that focus on basic human needs. That's the way car culture has expanded, taking up space on roads and in urban life. Even though car culture is an option that does not solve the mobility problems of the majority, society invests mostly in this form of transport, opposite to equity and citizenship, putting in check the social value of transport. Changing paradigms of urban mobility requires giving priority to public transport, walking and cycling. It is a matter of citizenship, social justice, sustainability and rational use of urban space. But there are barriers to this change, bringing the necessity of treating sustainable urban mobility as a product to be assumed, and social marketing should therefore be used because the culture favorable to private, motorized transport is deeply rooted in today's society. To give political support to the government for the implementation of the Sustainable Urban Mobility policy, and especially the cycling policy, it is necessary that the people accept, defend, and demand change. There is an increasing number of bicycle users as a preferential transportation mode, and cycling advocacy groups in Brazil. The visibility of this segment of society, although increasing, has clearly not been sufficient to put pressure on the government to bring about more significant changes. But it is understood that despite all the problems that social movements face in their daily struggles, they are responsible for social change, and they continue to be the developers of a critical consciousness
Structure of 2-hydroxy-3-isopropylaminopropyl 3,4-methylenedioxybenzoate hydrochloride
No full textThe title compd. is triclinic, space group P ̅1, with a 7.301(1), b 7.483(2), c 15.241(4) Å, α 88.28(3), β 77.28(1), and γ 84.30(1)°; dc = 1.306 for Z = 2. The final R = 0.039 and Rw = 0.049 for 2122 reflections. The principal cation-anion interactions involve O-H...Cl- and N-H...Cl hydrogen bonds. The compd., a 1-amino-3-benzoyloxypropanolamine deriv., is a potent β-adrenoreceptor blocker. The structure is compared to those of 2-arylethanolamine derivs. and 3-aryloxypropanolamine derivs., β-antagonists. The planar CH2-O-C(=O) moiety can mimic an arom. nucleus in interactions with the β-adrenoreceptor. At. coordinates are given
Letter from Carl Hayden to L. H. Mcellherren
No full textLetter from Carl Hayden to L. H. McEllherren detailing the funeral of Hon. M. P. Kinkaid, Chairman of the Committee on Irrigation of Arid Lands as well as Hayden's travel plans for the summer
Forecast of July 2015—New Jersey: prospects for the long term
No full textThe July 2015 R/ECON forecast shows more rapid growth for the state in 2015 than in 2014. Nonagricultural employment rose by 0.7 percent—or 27,700 jobs in 2014—after growth of 1.2 percent or 45,100 jobs in 2013. Growth will improve to 1.1 percent in 2015 and 2016 and then average 0.8 percent over the rest of the forecast period, which goes through 2045. At these rates the job base will return to the peak level reached in the first quarter of 2008 in mid-2017. By the end of the forecast period in 2045 the employment base will be nearly a million jobs, and 23 percent, greater than its level at the peak.1 These projections assume no specific recession/recovery cycle disrupts the state’s or nation’s growth. Although this seems rather far-fetched given that the average business cycle (peak to peak) in the U.S. since World War II has lasted about 24 quarters and the current cycle is now in its seventh year, a caveat to keep in mind is that this is a long term TREND forecast; it does not purport to indicate at what point(s) CYCLES may occur.Rutgers Economic Advisory Service (R/ECON) quarterly repor
Letters from Ammon M. Tenney, 1879 and 1889
No full textTyped transcript of three letters from Almon M. Tenner: a letter dated 21 May 1889 from Deming, New Mexico, to LDS President Wilford Woodruff on permission to take another wife; a letter dated 19 January 1889 to President Woodruff, acknowledging his release from Zuni mission and explaining the financial settlement; Letter dated 20 February 1879 address to L. H. Hatch seeking assistance in his work with the Zuni Indians
Proposal of an unified model for the interpretation of the activity of different classes of beta-adrenergic agents
No full textDe Maiestate / Praeside M. Jacobo Thomasio, Moralis Philosoph. P. P., publice disputabit Johannes Dunte, R. L. Author & Respon: ad diem 9. Septembr. H L. Q. C.
No full textDE MAIESTATE / PRAESIDE M. JACOBO THOMASIO, MORALIS PHILOSOPH. P. P., PUBLICE DISPUTABIT JOHANNES DUNTE, R. L. AUTHOR & RESPON: AD DIEM 9. SEPTEMBR. H L. Q. C.
De Maiestate / Praeside M. Jacobo Thomasio, Moralis Philosoph. P. P., publice disputabit Johannes Dunte, R. L. Author & Respon: ad diem 9. Septembr. H L. Q. C. (1)
Titelblatt (1)
Widmung (2)
Text (3)
Beiträge (21
Control and Filtering for Discrete Linear Repetitive Processes with H infty and ell 2--ell infty Performance
No full textRepetitive processes are characterized by a series of sweeps, termed passes, through a set of dynamics defined over a finite duration known as the pass length. On each pass an output, termed the pass profile, is produced which acts as a forcing function on, and hence contributes to, the dynamics of the next pass profile. This can lead to oscillations which increase in amplitude in the pass to pass direction and cannot be controlled by standard control laws. Here we give new results on the design of physically based control laws for the sub-class of so-called discrete linear repetitive processes which arise in applications areas such as iterative learning control. The main contribution is to show how control law design can be undertaken within the framework of a general robust filtering problem with guaranteed levels of performance. In particular, we develop algorithms for the design of an H? and dynamic output feedback controller and filter which guarantees that the resulting controlled (filtering error) process, respectively, is stable along the pass and has prescribed disturbance attenuation performance as measured by and – norms
- …
