211,141 research outputs found
How do variations in Urban Heat Islands in space and time influence household water use? The case of Phoenix, Arizona
abstract: This paper explores how urbanization, through its role in the evolution of Urban Heat Island (UHI), affects residential water consumption. Using longitudinal data and drawing on a mesoscale atmospheric model, we examine how variations in surface temperature at the census tract level have affected water use in single family residences in Phoenix, Arizona. Results show that each Fahrenheit rise in nighttime temperature increases water consumption by 1.4%. This temperature effect is found to vary significantly with lot size and pool size. The study provides insights into the links between urban form and water use, through the dynamics of UHI.Corresponding Author:
Rimjhim M. Aggarwal
Arizona State University
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Magnetotelluric studies in the Central India Tectonic Zone: implications for intraplate stress regimes and generation of shallow earthquakes
Abstract not availableK. Naganjaneyulu, Lavika Aggarwal, M. Santos
Comment on "multiconfiguration Dirac-Fock energy levels and radiative rates for Br-like tungsten" by S. Aggarwal, A.K.S. Jha, and M. Mohan [Can. J. Phys. 91, 394 (2013)]
We report calculations of energy levels and oscillator strengths for transitions in W XL, undertaken with the general-purpose relativistic atomic structure package (GRASP) and flexible atomic code (FAC). Comparisons are made with existing results and the accuracy of the data is assessed. Discrepancies with the most recent results of S. Aggarwal et al. (Can. J. Phys. 91, 394 (2013)) are up to 0.4 Ryd and up to two orders of magnitude for energy levels and oscillator strengths, respectively. Discrepancies for lifetimes are even larger, up to four orders of magnitude for some levels. Our energy levels are estimated to be accurate to better than 0.5% (i.e., 0.2 Ryd), whereas results for oscillator strengths and lifetimes should be accurate to better than 20%.</p
Plenary session at Rollins of Charles M. Blow, Ben Brotemarkle, Dr. Susan Libby, Dr. Shan-Estelle Brown, Dr. Vidhu Aggarwal and Lisa Portelli
Charles M. Blow, Ben Brotemarkle, Dr. Susan Libby, Dr. Shan-Estelle Brown, Dr. Vidhu Aggarwal and Lisa Portellihttps://scholarship.rollins.edu/communities_conference/1088/thumbnail.jp
Plenary session at Rollins of Charles M. Blow, Ben Brotemarkle, Dr. Susan Libby, Dr. Shan-Estelle Brown, Dr. Vidhu Aggarwal, Lisa Portelli, and Dr. Walter D. Greason
Charles M. Blow, Ben Brotemarkle, Dr. Susan Libby, Dr. Shan-Estelle Brown, Dr. Vidhu Aggarwal, Lisa Portelli, and Dr. Walter D. Greasonhttps://scholarship.rollins.edu/communities_conference/1085/thumbnail.jp
Economic impacts of SEZs: Theoretical approaches and analysis of newly notified SEZs in India
This study aims at examining the economic impacts of SEZs in the Indian context. While doing so, it addresses the conceptual confusion about SEZs, outlines the evolution of SEZs; traces economic philosophies explaining the rationale and benefits of SEZs; extends existing theoretical literature to explain the economic impacts of SEZs; assesses the economic impacts of newly notified SEZs in India; reviews the strategies followed by various state governments in the implementation of the policy ; and draws policy implications. It argues that the existing economic theories donot adequately explain the rationale and contribution of SEZs. These approaches need to be extended by integrating the provisions of the theories of agglomeration economies and global value chains within the existing theoretical frameworks. It analyses the economic impacts of SEZs within the extended theoretical framework. It finds that while SEZs are stimulating direct investment and employment, their role appears to be more valuable in bringing about economic transformation from a resource-led economy to a skill and technology-led economy; from low value added economic activities to high value added economic activities; from low productive sectors to high productive sectors; and from unorganised to organized sectors, both at the national and regional levels. They have the potential of promoting new knowledge intensive industries; augmenting existing industrial clusters/industrial states; diversifying the local industrial base; and localizing global value chain. However, a strategic approach is required to reap the opportunities offered by SEZs.Special economic zones; Exports; FDI; Economic diversification; Agglomeration economies; global value chains;India
Plenary session at Rollins of Charles M. Blow, Ben Brotemarkle, Dr. Susan Libby, Dr. Shan-Estelle Brown, Dr. Vidhu Aggarwal, Lisa Portelli, Dr. Walter D. Greason, Dr. Nancy Decker, Trent Tomengo and Dr. Nathiri
Charles M. Blow, Ben Brotemarkle, Dr. Susan Libby, Dr. Shan-Estelle Brown, Dr. Vidhu Aggarwal, Lisa Portelli, Dr. Walter D. Greason, Dr. Nancy Decker, Trent Tomengo and Dr. Nathirihttps://scholarship.rollins.edu/communities_conference/1087/thumbnail.jp
Dr. Duane M. Jackson, Morehouse College, July 2011
This video is a conversation with Dr. Duane M. Jackson. Dr. Jackson talks about his paper, "Recall and the Serial Position Effect: The Role of Primacy and Recency on Accounting Students' Performance." Jackie Daniel, AUC Woodruff Library, is the interviewer
"Reflections on the subject of Emigration from Europe with a view to Settlement in the United States" By M. Carey.
"Reflections on the subject of Emigration from Europe with a view to Settlement in the United States: containing bried sketches of the moral and political character of those states.
By M. Carey, member of the American philosophical, and of the American Antiquarian Society, and author of The Olive Branch, Cindiciae Hibernicae, essays on banking, on political economy, and on internal improvement.
To which are now added the English editor's comments on the subject; together with Important Advice to Emigrants, and Cautions Against Impositions Practiced in the Outports
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
We conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
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