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Talking about Bordering
No full textIn the summer of 2019 as the UK was in the midst of heated Brexit debates and Theresa May’s minority government clung on to power, Professor Louise Ryan interviewed Professor Nira Yuval-Davis about her recent book Bordering (Yuval-Davis, Wemyss and Cassidy 2019). Although things have changed in some significant ways since that interview, for example Boris Johnson has now replaced Theresa May as Prime Minister, and won a landslide election victory in December, 2019, and the controversial Brexit Bill was passed by the British Parliament, many of the issues about borders and bordering remain extremely relevant today. The current pandemic has not only revealed Britain’s dependence on migrant workers, especially in health and social care, but also exposed health inequalities among migrants and ethnic minorities. As the post-Brexit immigration landscape begins to emerge, the analysis of Nira Yuval Davis remains as pertinent as ever
Author Correction: Strong correlations and orbital texture in single-layer 1T-TaSe2
No full textIn the version of this Article previously published, co-author Ryan L. Lee was missing the middle initial. This has now been corrected in the online versions
Tick the box please: a reflexive approach to doing quantitative social research
No full textPublication arose out of a quantitative study on the health of Irish migrants funded by the Department of Health and a qualitative follow up study funded by the ESRC (of which Ryan was a grant co-holder). Ryan was research fellow on both studies and lead author. Ryan was lead author on another publication based on the quantitative study published in British Journal of Psychiatry (2006)
John A. Ryan. To be a contemplative in action
No full textSpirituality does not come only from books or sermons. It comes from encounters,Jesus met the people and told them stories. John A. Ryan rooted his passion for social and economic justice in the world, in encounter and finding God in all things. A passion that may have made Ryan the first author to combine economic ethics and Church teachings in a way that was uncommon in that period.The goal of this paper is to present Ryan s thought in our contemporary European context. At the same time, the author will to show how Theology and Social Sciences can walk together in order to clarify the complexity of social processes and incarnate the Kingdom of God in our contemporary world. The paper s author will to show that Ryan s legacy is still able to contribute something constructive to contemporary Church Culture.After introducing some brief notes to contextualize his life, this paper describes his main theoretical contributions through two of his most important works, A living Wage and Distributive Justice. Next, the author will show how Ryan tried to incarnate his theories in a social political program that walked hand in hand with President Roosevelt s own [New Deal / social development] programs. Third, the paper s author will suggest a few connections between Ryan s main contributions and some contemporary key concepts in Social Sciences and Catholic social teachings.La espiritualidad no reside sólo en libros o en sermones, sino que surge de los encuentros; Jesús se encontró con la gente y les contó historias. John A. Ryan enraizaba su pasión por la justicia social y económica en el mundo en el encuentro y en la búsqueda de Dios en todas las cosas.Esa pasión puede haber hecho que Ryan fuese el primer autor que combinase la ética económica y las enseñanzas sociales de la Iglesia en un proceso inusual para su tiempo.El objetivo de esta nota es presentar el pensamiento de Ryan en nuestro actual contexto europeo y, al mismo tiempo, mostrar cómo la Teología y las Ciencias Sociales pueden caminar juntas, clarificando la complejidad de los procesos sociales y encarnando el Reino de Dios en nuestro mundo contemporáneo. El autor pretende mostrar que la herencia de Ryan todavía es capaz de contribuir constructivamente a la cultura de la Iglesia contemporánea.Después de la introducción de algunos breves apuntes para contextualizar su vida, la nota describe las principales contribuciones teóricas por medio de dos de sus trabajos más importantes, A living Wage y Distributive Justice. A continuación, el artículo muestra cómo Ryan trató de encarnar sus teorías en un programa social político que coexistió mano a mano con el propio programa del presidente Roosevelt [el New Deal / desarrollo social].En tercer lugar, sugiere algunas conexiones entre las contribuciones principales de Ryan y algunos conceptos contemporáneos claves en las ciencias sociales y en la enseñanza social católica.La spiritualité ne vient pas seulement des livres ou des sermons. Elle vient de la rencontre, Jésus a rencontré des gens et leur racontait des histoires. John A. Ryan a enraciné sa passion pour la justice sociale et économique dans le monde, dedans de recherche pour trouver Dieu en toute chose.Une passion qui peut avoir fait de Ryan le premier auteur à combiner l éthique économique et les enseignements de l Église d une manière qui était rare dans cette période.Le but de cet article est de présenter la pensée de Ryan dans notre actuel contexte européen.En même temps, l auteur veut nous montrer comment la théologie et les sciences sociales peuvent marcher ensemble pour clarifier la complexité des processus sociaux et ainsi incarner le Royaume de Dieu dans le monde contemporain. L auteur de la note veut montrer que l héritage de Ryan est encore en mesure de contribuer quelque peu à la construction culturelle de l Église contemporaine. Après avoir présenté quelques brefs pointages pour contextualiser la vie de Ryan,le texte décrit ses principales contributions théoriques à travers deux de ses travaux les plus importants, A living Wage (un salaire de vie) et Distributive Justice (Justice distributive).Ensuite, l auteur montre comment Ryan a essayé d incarner ses théories dans un programme social politique qui a marché main dans la main avec les propres programmes du président Roosevelt [New Deal / développement social]. Troisièmement, l auteur propose quelques connexions entre les principales contributions de Ryan et quelques des concepts clés contemporains en sciences sociales et en l enseignement social catholiqu
The implications of the City of Davis' urban growth boundary
No full textThe City of Davis, California has a very high median housing value when compared to its surrounding area and the statewide average. High housing values can make the area increasingly unaffordable. A key policy question is whether Davis' urban growth boundary adopted in 2000 has been a contributing factor to high housing prices. This thesis uses quantitative analysis from a range of California cities to assess the effect of Davis' urban growth boundary on median housing values. More specifically, this thesis draws on a panel data regression analysis using United States Census data from the 1990 Decennial Census, the 2000 Decennial Census, the 2010 Decennial Census and the 2010 American Communities Survey. A total of 56 California cities are studied. Supply side variables such as city land area, number of rooms, number of bedrooms and the age of the housing stock are considered in this analysis. Demand side variables include median household income, number of professional workers, number of people in poverty, number of high earning households, age, and percent of population married. The analysis determined that urban growth boundaries do contribute to increased median housing values over time. For each year the boundary is in effect, the median housing value is expected to increase by $5,811. Other factors also influence the median housing value. The City of Davis needs to consider the long-term impact of the urban growth boundary on its housing affordability during the debate on whether to allow new development
The implications of the City of Davis' urban growth boundary
No full textThesis (M.P.P.A., Public Policy and Administration)--California State University, Sacramento, 2015.The City of Davis, California has a very high median housing value when compared to its\ud
surrounding area and the statewide average. High housing values can make the area increasingly unaffordable. A key policy question is whether Davis??? urban growth boundary adopted in 2000 has been a contributing factor to high housing prices. This thesis uses quantitative analysis from a range of California cities to assess the effect of Davis' urban growth boundary on median housing values.\ud
More specifically, this thesis draws on a panel data regression analysis using United\ud
States Census data from the 1990 Decennial Census, the 2000 Decennial Census, the 2010 Decennial Census and the 2010 American Communities Survey. A total of 56 California cities are studied. Supply side variables such as city land area, number of rooms, number of bedrooms and the age of the housing stock are considered in this analysis. Demand side variables include median household income, number of professional workers, number of people in poverty, number of high earning households, age, and percent of population married.\ud
The analysis determined that urban growth boundaries do contribute to increased median\ud
housing values over time. For each year the boundary is in effect, the median housing value is expected to increase by $5,811. Other factors also influence the median housing value. The City of Davis needs to consider the long-term impact of the urban growth boundary on its housing affordability during the debate on whether to allow new development.Public Policy and Administratio
Recent developments in synthesizing biolubricants - a review
No full textBiolubricants are bio-based compounds that represent a renewable and biodegradable alternative to petroleum-based lubricants. Although biolubricant applications appear promising, their commercial deployment is still limited. Research in the field of biolubricants is continuously developing to improve their properties as well as their production processes, with the aim of overcoming the current limitations and enhance large-scale application. This review paper aims at reviewing the most recent developments in the ever-evolving field of biolubricant synthesis, focusing on novel feedstocks and catalysts, as well as new chemical modification routes and additive components that aim at further improving their sustainability. Moreover, to bridge the gap between small-scale synthesis and industrial realization, techno-economic and life cycle studies aiming at assessing the feasibility of large-scale biolubricant production are also reviewed. Finally, some considerations and future prospects are discussed based on the key findings of the analysis, which revealed that, while considerable effort is being made to improve the properties and the sustainability of biolubricants, significant work has yet to be done in terms of design and optimization of an industrial-scale process
Moving spaces and changing places: Irish women's memories of emigration to Britain in the 1930s
No full textBased on qualitative research using in-depth life-history interviews with older migrants. Louise Ryan carried out the research, analysed the data and was the sole author of the research publications
Migrant women, social networks and motherhood: the experiences of Irish nurses in Britain
No full textBased on a qualitative study of 26 migrant nurses in Britain. Louise Ryan carried out all the interviews, analysed the data and is the sole author of all the publications
Diversity in thermal affinity among key piscivores buffersimpacts of ocean warming on predator–prey interactions
No full textAsymmetries in responses to climate change have the potential to alter importantpredator–prey interactions, in part by altering the location and size of spatial refugiafor prey. We evaluated the effect of ocean warming on interactions between fourimportant piscivores and four of their prey in the U.S. Northeast Shelf by examiningspecies overlap under historical conditions (1968–2014) and with a doubling in CO2.Because both predator and prey shift their distributions in response to changingocean conditions, the net impact of warming or cooling on predator–prey interac-tions was not determined a priori from the range extent of either predator or preyalone. For Atlantic cod, an historically dominant piscivore in the region, we foundthat both historical and future warming led to a decline in the proportion of preyspecies’ range it occupied and caused a potential reduction in its ability to exerttop-down control on these prey. In contrast, the potential for overlap of spiny dog-fish with prey species was enhanced by warming, expanding their importance aspredators in this system. In sum, the decline in the ecological role for cod thatbegan with overfishing in this ecosystem will likely be exacerbated by warming, butthis loss may be counteracted by the rise in dominance of other piscivores withcontrasting thermal preferences. Functional diversity in thermal affinity within thepiscivore guild may therefore buffer against the impact of warming on marineecosystems, suggesting a novel mechanism by which diversity confers resilience.Peer reviewe
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