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    RURAL LIVELIHOODS IN ARMENIA

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    In this paper the structure of the rural economy in Armenia is explored from a household perspective. The paper draws on the livelihoods framework, recognizing the different capitals and activities that support rural households' livelihood strategies. Ownership of capitals and access to activities are examined in relation to the incidence of poverty on the basis of data from a recent large-scale survey of rural households in Armenia. Different measures for the outcome of livelihood strategies in terms of well-being are observed, which are consistently linked to income levels across poor and other households. Income-poor households are found to be less well-endowed especially with financial and social capital. They derive smaller income shares from economic activities, and more from dissaving and social payments. The findings are relevant to policies aimed at alleviating rural poverty.Community/Rural/Urban Development, Labor and Human Capital,

    Data from "Fungal communities are passengers in community development of dune ecosystems, while bacteria are not"

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    File containing plant, soil bacterial, and fungal composition data.We are grateful to Dunea Duin & Water company for the help with the establishment of the experiment.Nadejda A. Soudzilovskaia acknowledges funding by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific research (NWO; VIDI Grant No. 016.161.318)T. Martijn Bezemer was funded by NWO (VICI Grant No. 865.14.006) and Novo Nordisk Foundation (Grant No. NNF20OC0059948).Chenguang Gao was funded by the China Scholarship Council (Grant No. 201804910632).We are grateful to Dunea Duin & Water company for the help with the establishment of the experiment. We thank Clémentine Lepinay for analyzing soil samples. Nadejda A. Soudzilovskaia acknowledges funding by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific research (NWO; VIDI Grant No. 016.161.318). T. Martijn Bezemer was funded by NWO (VICI Grant No. 865.14.006) and Novo Nordisk Foundation (Grant No. NNF20OC0059948). Chenguang Gao was funded by the China Scholarship Council (Grant No. 201804910632)

    Data from "Fungal communities are passengers in community development of dune ecosystems, while bacteria are not"

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    File containing plant, soil bacterial, and fungal composition data.We are grateful to Dunea Duin & Water company for the help with the establishment of the experiment.Nadejda A. Soudzilovskaia acknowledges funding by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific research (NWO; VIDI Grant No. 016.161.318)T. Martijn Bezemer was funded by NWO (VICI Grant No. 865.14.006) and Novo Nordisk Foundation (Grant No. NNF20OC0059948).Chenguang Gao was funded by the China Scholarship Council (Grant No. 201804910632).We are grateful to Dunea Duin & Water company for the help with the establishment of the experiment. We thank Clémentine Lepinay for analyzing soil samples. Nadejda A. Soudzilovskaia acknowledges funding by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific research (NWO; VIDI Grant No. 016.161.318). T. Martijn Bezemer was funded by NWO (VICI Grant No. 865.14.006) and Novo Nordisk Foundation (Grant No. NNF20OC0059948). Chenguang Gao was funded by the China Scholarship Council (Grant No. 201804910632)

    Dr. Duane M. Jackson, Morehouse College, July 2011

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    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.

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    "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

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    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

    Dr. Glendon Swarthout

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    Hosted by Roger M. Busfield, MSU Assistant Professor of Speech and Theater, Meet the Author is designed to introduce a general audience to a contemporary author and their work through in-depth interviews. This episode features a conversation between Dr. Glendon Swarthout, prolific author and English professor at MSU, and assistant professors Sam S. Baskett and Theodore B. Strandness

    Impacts of belowground herbivory on oviposition decisions in two congeneric butterfly species

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    Root-feeding insects can affect the performance of aboveground insect herbivores when they are forced to feed on the same host plant. Here we explored whether the oviposition behaviour of two closely related herbivorous species (cabbage butterflies; Lepidoptera: Pieridae) is influenced by root-feeding insects, when they are given the chance to choose between host plants with and without root herbivores. Considering that egg load is an important physiological factor influencing the foraging behaviour of insects, we also examined whether root-feeding insects differentially influence oviposition preference in butterflies with low and high egg loads. Oviposition preference in both butterfly species with low and high egg loads was monitored using host plants with and without root herbivores. To ascertain the status of butterfly age with low and high egg loads, the oviducts of a separate group of butterflies was dissected to record the number of immature and mature eggs in butterflies of various ages. Pieris brassicae L. butterflies with low egg loads preferred plants without root herbivores over plants with root herbivores, and laid more egg clutches on the leaves of plants that were not attacked by root herbivores. Butterflies with comparatively high egg loads also selected a larger proportion of plants without root herbivores, but laid a similar number of egg clutches on the plant shoots independent of the presence or absence of root herbivores belowground. Independent of the age and egg load, Pieris rapae L. butterflies selected a larger proportion of plants not attacked by root herbivores to lay eggs, but the number of eggs laid was similar in plants with and without root herbivores. This study shows that belowground insects can influence behavioural decisions of aboveground insect herbivores. Interestingly, the strength of these interactions depends on the physiological state of the insects which is probably correlated with their perception of environmental quality.
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