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Volcanic hazard vulnerability on Sao Miguel Island, Azores
No full text"In recent years much progress has been made in researching a wide variety of extreme events on S. Miguel. In addition there are a number of volcano-related risks which impact upon the people of S. Miguel. Some of these may occur both before and during volcanic emergencies (e.g. earthquakes), whilst others render S. Miguel dangerous even when its volcanoes are not erupting (e.g. flooding, landslides, tsunamis and health impacts, especially the effects of CO2 seepage into dwellings). In this chapter we first define what vulnerability means to the people of São Miguel, and relate this to the cultural and economic characteristics of the island. The following aspects of vulnerability are discussed: a. physical (i.e. housing, settlement and the characteristics of evacuation routes and plans); b. demographic and economic; \ud
c. social and cultural and perceptual (i.e. do people have an accurate cognition of risk). Particular areas of concern relate to housing; the identification of isolated dwellings which would be difficult to evacuate; the vulnerability/resilience of evacuation routes following recent infrastructure improvements; characteristics of the island's transient population; management of livestock under emergency conditions; local leadership roles and educational outreach. \ud
Conception rates after artificial insemination as affected by heparin binding protein-B5 in frozen semen
No full textDue to the character of the original source materials and the nature of batch digitization, quality control issues may be present in this document. Please report any quality issues you encounter to [email protected], referencing the URI of the item.Includes bibliographical references: p. 45-51.Issued also on microfiche from Lange Micrographics.An experiment was conducted to determine the effect of heparin binding proteins (HBP-B5) on fertilizing capacity of frozen-thawed bovine semen. Frozen semen was obtained from Brahman (n=8) and Brangus (n=6) bulls and evaluated for the presence of HBP-B5 (21, 24, and 31 kDa forms) on the sperm membranes. Bulls were classified into one of three fertility groups, High (H), Medium (M), or Low (L), according to their BBP-B5 profile. Non-lactating, multiparous Angus or Hereford cows (n--108) were assigned for mating with semen from a Brahman sire in the H, M, or L BBP-B5 classification. Lactating, multiparous Angus cows (n=178) were assigned for mating with semen from Brangus sires in the H, M, or L BBP-B5 classification. Cows were observed twice daily for estrus during the 45-d Al breeding season. Pregnancy was determined by palpation per rectum 60 d after the end of the breeding period. Main effects of HBP-B5 classification on pregnancy rate were determined by chi square analysis. Effects of treatment on services per conception were determined by GLM procedures. Pregnancy rates for non-lactating cows inseminated with semen from L, M, or H BBP-B5 sires (P>.10) were 86, 79, and 90%, respectively. Non-lactating cows mated to H HBP-B5 sires required fewer (P.10) were 76, 73, and 72%, respectively. Services per conception in lactating cows did not differ among L, M, or H HBP-B5 sires (1.51 + .07, 1.56 +.10, and 1.52 + .07, respectively). Probabilities to become pregnant were not significantly increased due to bull fertility as projected by HBP-B5 profile. Increased cow body condition improved probabilities of becoming pregnant in lactating cows and in all cows after all services were given (P<.05). Probabilities of increasing pregnancy were enhanced in all groups if pregnancy was established after one service as compared to two services (P<. I 0). These data indicate that evaluation of HBP-B5 profiles in frozen bovine semen was related to fertility after Al in non-lactating cows. Pregnancy probabilities also increase as cow body condition increases in lactating and all cows, and also increase in cows that conceive after one service
sj-docx-2-asm-10.1177_10731911231164627 – Supplemental material for Differential Item Functioning in Reports of Delinquent Behavior Between Black and White Youth: Evidence of Measurement Bias in Self-Reports of Arrest in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study
No full textSupplemental material, sj-docx-2-asm-10.1177_10731911231164627 for Differential Item Functioning in Reports of Delinquent Behavior Between Black and White Youth: Evidence of Measurement Bias in Self-Reports of Arrest in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study by Sarah J. Brislin, D. Angus Clark, Duncan B. Clark, C. Emily Durbin, Ashley C. Parr, Lia Ahonen, Kaston D. Anderson-Carpenter, Mary M. Heitzeg, Beatriz Luna, Chandra Sripada, Robert A. Zucker and Brian M. Hicks in Assessment</p
sj-docx-1-asm-10.1177_10731911231164627 – Supplemental material for Differential Item Functioning in Reports of Delinquent Behavior Between Black and White Youth: Evidence of Measurement Bias in Self-Reports of Arrest in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study
No full textSupplemental material, sj-docx-1-asm-10.1177_10731911231164627 for Differential Item Functioning in Reports of Delinquent Behavior Between Black and White Youth: Evidence of Measurement Bias in Self-Reports of Arrest in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study by Sarah J. Brislin, D. Angus Clark, Duncan B. Clark, C. Emily Durbin, Ashley C. Parr, Lia Ahonen, Kaston D. Anderson-Carpenter, Mary M. Heitzeg, Beatriz Luna, Chandra Sripada, Robert A. Zucker and Brian M. Hicks in Assessment</p
sj-docx-3-asm-10.1177_10731911231164627 – Supplemental material for Differential Item Functioning in Reports of Delinquent Behavior Between Black and White Youth: Evidence of Measurement Bias in Self-Reports of Arrest in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study
No full textSupplemental material, sj-docx-3-asm-10.1177_10731911231164627 for Differential Item Functioning in Reports of Delinquent Behavior Between Black and White Youth: Evidence of Measurement Bias in Self-Reports of Arrest in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study by Sarah J. Brislin, D. Angus Clark, Duncan B. Clark, C. Emily Durbin, Ashley C. Parr, Lia Ahonen, Kaston D. Anderson-Carpenter, Mary M. Heitzeg, Beatriz Luna, Chandra Sripada, Robert A. Zucker and Brian M. Hicks in Assessment</p
Seabed foraging by Antarctic krill: Implications for stock assessment, bentho-pelagic coupling, and the vertical transfer of iron
No full textA compilation of more than 30 studies shows that adult Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) may frequent benthic habitats year-round, in shelf as well as oceanic waters and throughout their circumpolar range. Net and acoustic data from the Scotia Sea show that in summer 2-20% of the population reside at depths between 200 and 2000 m, and that large aggregations can form above the seabed. Local differences in the vertical distribution of krill indicate that reduced feeding success in surface waters, either due to predator encounter or food shortage, might initiate such deep migrations and results in benthic feeding. Fatty acid and microscopic analyses of stomach content confirm two different foraging habitats for Antarctic krill: the upper ocean, where fresh phytoplankton is the main food source, and deeper water or the seabed, where detritus and copepods are consumed. Krill caught in upper waters retain signals of benthic feeding, suggesting frequent and dynamic exchange between surface and seabed. Krill contained up to 260 nmol iron per stomach when returning from seabed feeding. About 5% of this iron is labile, i.e., potentially available to phytoplankton. Due to their large biomass, frequent benthic feeding, and acidic digestion of particulate iron, krill might facilitate an input of new iron to Southern Ocean surface waters. Deep migrations and foraging at the seabed are significant parts of krill ecology, and the vertical fluxes involved in this behavior are important for the coupling of benthic and pelagic food webs and their elemental repositories
Religious Responses to Earthquakes and Volcanic Eruption Disasters
No full textThis book argues that, although secular and religious perspectives on disasters have often conflicted, today there are grounds for believing that the world’s major faiths have much to contribute to the processes of post-disaster recovery and future disaster risk reduction (DRR).
It seeks to demonstrate how contemporary dialogues between theologians, disaster scholars and policymakers are defining new ways of working together. These explore how the resources of religious communities, e.g. buildings, human resources and finance, may be used to foster successful policies of DRR, particularly in the aftermath of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. Musing on the relationships between religion and disasters has occurred for millennia and has affected many societies worldwide. In societies where the world’s major religions – Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism and Shinto – have been and remain dominant, attempting to find supernatural explanations for disasters has occurred throughout history and there have been many theologies seeking to explain why people suffer losses. It is argued that developments both within these traditions of faith and in how disasters are understood by the hazard research community of researchers and planners have allowed a new modus vivendi to emerge which emphasises both a recognition of religious worldviews by academic writers and disaster planners on the one hand, and a desire by people of faith and their leaders to be more fully committed to the goals of DRR.
The book will appeal to those who are interested in the interface between disasters and theology across the principal religions of the world. This includes researchers and students in geology, geography, theology and religious studies. It will also be useful for specialist academic audience and the educated general reader
Biometrical and economical relationships between growth rate and feed consumption of steers
No full textData from the Gulf Coast Beef Cattle Pasture Research Station, Angleton, Texas and records collected by the author at the Beef Cattle facilities, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas were included in this study. Preweaning and postweaning weights, sire and dam weights and feed consumption observations were taken on 59 steer calves of five different breed groups, namely; Hereford, Brahman, 3/4 Brahman-1/4 Hereford, 3/4 Hereford-1/4 Brahman and 1/2 Santa Gertrudis-1/4 Angus-1/8 Brahman-1/8 Hereford. Primary objectives of this study were to evaluate a method to estimate individual feed intake of group fed steers, to compute weight-age relationships and to estimate optimal slaughter weight from weight gain-feed intake and TDN/steer price relationships. A feeding arrangement similar to a balanced incomplete block design was introduced as a possible method to estimate individual feed consumption of group fed steers. ..
The forgotten first: John MacCormick's 'Dùn-Àluinn'
No full textThe first Gaelic novel, John MacCormick's Dùn-Àluinn, no an t-Oighre 'na Dhìobarach, was serialised in the People's Journal in 1910 before being published in its entirety in 1912. Within a year of the publication of Dùn-Àluinn as a novel the second Gaelic novel, Angus Robertson's An t-Ogha Mòr, appeared in print, underlining the renaissance which Gaelic literature was experiencing. Both novels, while remarked upon by contemporaries and by general studies of Gaelic literature, have been all but ignored to date, with no criticism or analysis of either having been published. The main aim of this article is to offer some general comments about MacCormick's Dùn-Àluinn and thus to open up both the novel and indeed other early twentieth-century Gaelic writers and their work to further scrutiny. Consideration will be given to the author himself, the contemporary Gaelic literary scene and finally some of the more interesting aspects of the novel itself
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