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Outsourcing and Skill Imports: Foreign High-Skilled Workers on H-1B and L-1 Visas in the United States
Full text linkThis 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
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
ISGG: Cooperative Mission in the AI Era
No full textAt the 21st International Conference on Geometry and Graphics (ICGG2024, August, 2024), an international panel was organized with the In- stitutional Members and Associated National Organizations of ISGG to discuss cooperative mission in the AI era and its relation to the International Society for Geometry and Graphics. This is a summary of the discussion with the panel members Luigi Cocchiarella (Italy), Liang-Yee Cheng (Brazil), Michal Zamboj (Czech Republic), Hans-Peter Schro ̈cker (Austria), Hongming Cai (China), Eva Wohlleben (Germany), Stefano Bertocci (Italy), and Hirotaka Suzuki (Japan)
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
Journal for Geometry and Graphics
No full textThe singular coincidence in 2022, 25th anniversary of the publication of the first issue of the Journal of Geometry and Graphics (JGG), 30th anniversary of the establishment of the International Society for Geometry and Graphics (ISGG), and 80th birthday of Hellmuth Stachel, Professor of Geometry at the Technical University of Vienna (now retired), founder and former Editor in Chief of the JGG, and co-founder of ISGG, suggested the idea of this special issue.
The Editorial Board, formed by the current Editor in Chief who launched the proposal, the President, the Vice-Presidents, and the Treasurer of ISGG, decided to publish the issue as part of the JGG series, in order to reach the audience of readers familiar with the journal, and with the person to whom this issue is dedicated.
The volume includes two editorial sections, “Personal Memories” and “Scientific Contri butions”, in the aim of reflecting the wide spectrum of competences and interests of Hellmuth Stachel, deepened and shared in a life actively spent between research and education, without missing some personal items and anecdotes.
“Personal Memories” consist of short contributions written by people being, or having been, closely connected with Hellmuth Stachel over more than three decades, who share their personal records about his role in science, education, and community services.
“Scientific Contributions” refer to the world wide scientific impact of Hellmuth Stachel, and consist of a number of papers on topics related to Geometry and Graphics, written by authors of various backgrounds and generations, invited from the three ISGG world regions (Asia/Australia/Oceania, Europe/Near East/Africa, North America/South America).
May this special issue celebrating such an exemplary academic profile, inspire all the readers, as well as the whole JGG and ISGG communities, and, why not, initiate a new editorial line inside the JGG series.
On behalf of JGG and ISGG, we warmly address to Professor Hellmuth Stachel our birthday wishes, and cordial greetings to his family and his wife Mrs. Henrike.
The Guest Editorial Board of JGG 26/1
Liang-Yee Cheng, Luigi Cocchiarella, Hans-Peter Schr ̈ocker, Kumiko Shiin
Dataset for: Synthesis of Hard Carbon-TiN/TiC Composites by Reacting Cellulose with TiCl4 Followed by Carbothermal Nitridation/Reduction
No full textDataset supports: Cheng, H., Garcia-Araez, N., Hector, A. L., & Soule, S. (2019). Synthesis of hard carbon-TiN/TiC composites by reacting cellulose with TiCl4 followed by carbothermal nitridation/reduction. Inorganic Chemistry. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b00116</span
Dataset for: Synthesis of vanadium nitride-hard carbon composites from cellulose and their performance for sodium ion batteries
No full textRaw data for the figures in the paper:
Cheng, H., Garcia-Araez, N., & Hector, A. L. (2020). Synthesis of vanadium nitride-hard carbon composites from cellulose and their performance for sodium ion batteries. ACS Applied Energy Materials. DOI:10.1021/acsaem.0c00003</span
Paraparatrechina brunnella LaPolla and Cheng, sp. nov.
No full textParaparatrechina brunnella LaPolla and Cheng, sp. nov. (Fig. 3, 16, 17) Holotype worker, CAMEROON: Nkoemvon; 1980; F 49 (D. Jackson) (BMNH); 8 paratype workers, same locality as holotype (BMNH, NMNH). Worker diagnosis: small size (TL 1.2–1.6); head, mesosoma, and gaster brown, contrasting with yellowishbrown antennae and mandibles; golden pubescence covering body (especially visible on head). Compare with: P. albipes WORKER. Measurements (n= 10): TL: 1.23–1.58; HW: 0.32–0.37; HL: 0.37–0.41; EL: 0.09–0.12; SL: 0.35–0.46; PW: 0.22–0.29; WL: 0.35–0.52; PDH: 0.19–0.25; PrFL: 0.29–0.37; PrFW: 0.1–0.12; GL: 0.45– 0.65. Indices: CI: 81–94; REL: 23–28; SI: 102–124; FI: 30–38 Head brown, with contrasting yellowish-brown antennae and mandibles; cuticular surface shining; head slightly longer than broad. Golden pubescence covers head. Scapes surpass posterior margin by about the length of the first funicular segment. Mesosoma brown and compact; fine golden pubescence covers entire dorsum of mesosoma. Pronotum rises steeply from anterior margin to dorsum. Propodeum low, with a very short, angular dorsal face followed by a long declivitous face; petiole yellowish-brown. Procoxae brown; meso/metacoxae whitish-yellow; trochanters white; femurs and tarsi yellowish-brown, becoming lighter towards last tarsal segments; gaster brown. Etymology. The species epithet is a Latin diminutive adjective meaning brown and small, in reference to the main color of the body and the generally small size of ants in this genus. Non-type material examined: CAMEROON: Nkoemvon, 1980 (D. Jackson); GABON: Prov. Ogooue- Maritime, Reserve de la Moukalaba-Dougoua, 7km NW Doussala, 10 ° 32.65 ’ E, 2 19.84 ’ S, 21.iii. 2000, elev. 110 m (S. van Noort); GHANA: Tafo (B. Bolton); KENYA: Kakamega Forest, E 34 ° 52 ’ 16, N 00° 19.49 (H. Garcia). Notes. P. albipes could be confused with this species if the pro/mesonotal white patch is not distinct on P. albipes. P. brunnella possess more pubescence on the head and mesosoma than P. albipes, and has a shorter scape (brunnella range: 0.35–0.46 mm compared with albipes range: 0.48–0.53 mm).Published as part of Lapolla, John S., Cheng, Chiu H. & Fisher, Brian L., 2010, Taxonomic revision of the ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) genus Paraparatrechina in the Afrotropical and Malagasy Regions, pp. 1-27 in Zootaxa 2387 on pages 7-8, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19380
POSTNATAL GROWTH, AGE ESTIMATION, AND SEXUAL MATURITY IN THE FORMOSAN LEAF-NOSED BAT (HIPPOSIDEROS TERASENSIS)
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