367 research outputs found
Enacting Ethnicity: Yiddishkeit Masked and Unmasked on the Contemporary American Stage
No full textTwo recent productions of American dramas employed provocative strategies for enacting Jewish ethnicity: National Asian American Theatre Company’s performance of Clifford Odets’s Awake and Sing! with an all-Asian American cast and New Yiddish Rep’s staging of Toyt fun a seylsman, a Yiddish translation of Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman. Each production entails a different approach to performing Jewishness that exemplifies these companies’ respective artistic agendas regarding the enactment of ethnicity, resulting in complex performances of masking and unmasking Jewishness. Moreover, their analysis illuminates how ethnicity is conceptualized and realized in the United States in the early decades of the twenty-first century. Yiddish appears strategically, if often obliquely, in the histories of composition, production, and reception for both dramas, emblematic of shifting notions of enacting ethnicity.Peer reviewe
Understanding motivations of sector switchers: towards a holistic approach to public service motivation theory
No full textWhile public service motivation theory (PSM) has addressed numerous topics in the 30-plus years it has been a significant part of the public administration literature, several gaps in the literature are apparent. First, PSM has only recently begun to address the relationship between government partiality, which is at the center of PSM, with other prosocial modes of partiality, such as an interest in nonprofit work. Second, the issue of “sector switchers”—individuals who move from one employment sector to another over the course of their careers—has been significantly under-researched both as a general matter and with specific reference to motivation. Third, PSM research has been largely quantitative in character and may benefit from a rebalancing with qualitative methods. This dissertation, an exploratory study, is a qualitative study of sectorswitchers. It uses phenomenologically oriented interviews with 50 such individuals, selected in a purposeful sample, to add depth to an understanding ofmotivation to work in government as well as other prosocial realms. In so doing, the dissertation addresses a gap identified by one leading PSM researcher searching for more holistic approaches to public service motivation. Themes emerged from the analysis and coding of interview data. Variousmotivations were identified for sectoral switches, including those based in compensation, a need for variety, a desire to serve, the enhancement of one’sprofessional skills, and the desire to advance one’s career. Further, while the study was exploratory and the sample was purposeful and not random, varioustrends seemed apparent, including the fact that sector switchers tend to undergo numerous switches and employment changes over the course of their careersand that, while they often move to the nonprofit sector later in their careers, they tend not to move to, or return to, government work. Tentative conclusions include the identification of tensions between the abstract idea of service, often enunciated in a positive way by respondents, and neutral or negative views about government service, self-sacrifice, and working ina helping profession. A tension was also discerned between government work, which participants viewed more negatively, and nonprofit work, which participantstended to view more positively.Ph.D.Includes bibliographical referencesIncludes vitaby Jeffrey C. Apfe
Special Unipotent Arthur Packets for Real Reductive Groups
No full textLet \GR be a real reductive group. In this thesis we study the unitary representations of \GR. In particular, we study the special Arthur unipotent parameters and the associated packets of irreducible representations of \GR. It is conjectured that these unipotent representations form the building blocks for all unitary representations of \GR.
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To understand unipotent representations, we will need to compute the following invariants of irreducible representations of \GR: complex associated variety and the theta associated variety. Even though these invariants are theoretically understood, there are no known (at least to this author) results/algorithms to compute them explicitly.
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The primary results of this thesis provide algorithms to compute these invariants explicitly in many cases. We then use these invariants to compute information about unipotent Arthur packets, and in favorable cases, their entire contents explicitly. In unfavorable cases, we show how to extract more information from our results by using the stable sum formula.
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We have implemented these algorithms into the Atlas of Lie Groups software, available at www.liegroups.org. We also provide some tables of data compiled using the output from Atlas
Hydronium ion and water interactions with SiOSi, SiOAl, and AlOAl tetrahedral linkages
No full textThe minimum energy structures of H₆Si₂O₇, H₇SiAlO₇, and H₈Al₂O₇ have been calculated using quantum mechanical molecular orbital techniques. The calculated bond lengths and angles of H₆Si₂O₇ and H₇SiAlO₇ agree with those found in silicate and aluminosilicate minerals, but no such comparison is possible for H₈Al₂O₇ since we know of no aluminates having such an underbonded bridging oxygen (Pauling bond strength sum of 1.5). The total energies of the three molecules were used to model the stability of the SiOAI unit relative to the SiOSi and AIOAI units in framework aluminosilicates such as the feldspars and the zeolites. The calculated electronic energy for the reaction
H₆Si₂O₇ + H₈Al₂O₇ = 2H₇SiAlO₇
is positive (ca. + 20 kJ mol⁻¹). This result docs not adequately model the "aluminum avoidance rule," but the value is closer than previous calculations performed on energy optimized molecules (which gave ΔE = - 484 kJ moI⁻¹) to experimental enthalpies of mixing for the reaction
2M1/nn+AlO₂ + 2SiO₂ = 2M1/nn+AlSiO₄.
For this reaction ΔHmix = -100.4 kJ mol⁻¹ for M = Na, and ΔHmix = -75.6 kJ mol⁻¹ for M = Ca.
The calculated relative order of stability for reactions of water and hydronium ion with the hydroxyacid molecules used in this study was found to be
H₃O⁺ + SiOSi > H₃O⁺ + SiOAl
> H₂O + SiOAl
> H₃O⁺ + AlOAl
≃ H₂O + AlOAl
> H₂O + SiOSi
The results model the hydrophilic nature of aluminosilicate zeolites and the hydrophobic nature of the silicate zeolite silicalite.M.S
Requesting in library reference service interactions
No full textThis dissertation is a conversation-analytic study of requests and the opening sequences that set up requesting in service interactions at a reference desk. The data reveal that openings consist minimally of an approach-availability display sequence followed by a request. Patrons and librarians jointly shape the course of action to provide a slot in which a request is expectable. Greetings may be used to: (1) maintain a state of engagement in an incipient interaction when initiated too far from the desk to transact business through talk or (2) advance to requesting by projecting the conditional relevance of a request in the next turn via a greeting+solicit construction or by reducing the opening through turn taking practices.
Patrons typically produce a request by presenting an assistable formulated as an unfinished activity. In the data requests make either instruction-giving or giving access to library resources relevant. Librarians' responses display their understanding of a turn as doing requesting by proposing a solution to the patron's problem, beginning to work on a solution, or initiating an interrogative sequence that solicits information relevant to a solution. When a request is not assistance-ready, the interactants collaborate on the production of an actionable request by: (1) augmenting the request turn; (2) initiating an interrogative insertion sequence; (3) constructing an extended, narrative request turn.
This study identifies the feature of needing assistance with completing a library-related activity as highly relevant to request-making. Librarians' orientation to this feature is consequential to the course of action, for when a patron does not construct a request around an unfinished activity, the librarian may: (1) respond as though the request had been formulated around an unfinished activity or (2) solicit a reformulation of the request in terms of an unfinished activity. The findings have implications for librarians' re-conceptualization of requesting as a social action and the improvement of professional practices based on the use of naturalistic data for research and training. The findings also support and extend prior research on the beginnings of face-to-face encounters, and on institutional talk-in-interaction, in particular work on the interrelationship of verbal and nonverbal practices in service encounters.Ph.D.Includes bibliographical references (p. 176-184)
Short-term alteration in voluntary feed intake after selenium supplementation in Angora goat kids
No full textThe objective of this study was to examine the effect of selenium (Se) supplementation on voluntary feed intake in Se-deficient Angora goat kids and its temporal relationship to alterations in the concentrations of thyroid hormones in plasma and the activity of glutathione peroxidase in serum. Angora goat kids were fed pelleted lucerne with a Se concentration of 20 mu g/kg of dry matter (DM) and treated orally with either Se (0.1 mg/kg of liveweight weekly, as sodium selenate) or deionised water. Supplementation with Se had no effect on DM intake measured over 21 days. Serum activity of glutathione peroxidase was increased by Day 1 of treatment (P < 0.001), plasma concentration of thyroxine was decreased by Day 21 of treatment (P < 0.01), and plasma concentration of triiodothyronine was unaffected by treatment. It is concluded that increased appetite is unlikely to be the primary mechanism involved in the response to Se supplementation in Angora goats.PT: J; CR: *SAS I INC, 1988, SAS US GUID STAT VER ARTHUR JR, 1993, AM J CLIN NUTR S, V57, P236 BUNK MJ, 1980, J NUTR, V110, P743 DONALD GE, 1993, AUST J EXP AGR ANIM, V33, P411 EWAN RC, 1976, J NUTR, V106, P702 HAFEMAN DG, 1974, J NUTR, V104, P580 HUSSEIN KSM, 1982, ACTA AGR SCAND, V23, P556 THOMPSON JN, 1969, J NUTR, V97, P335 THOMPSON KG, 1980, RES VET SCI, V28, P321 UNDERWOOD EJ, 1977, TRACE ELEMENTS HUMAN WALSH DM, 1993, INT J VITAM NUTR RES, V63, P188 WICHTEL JJ, 1995, IN PRESS J DAIRY SCI WICHTEL JJ, 1996, NEW ZEAL J AGR RES, V39, P111; NR: 13; TC: 1; J9: N Z J AGR RES; PG: 4; GA: UM341Source type: Electronic(1
University of Nebraska College of Medicine Class of 1983
No full textLaura A. Acklie, Dawn Lynn Anderson, Robert Scott Anderson, Ronald Warren Anderson, Garth Ford Asay, Marceil Denise Bauman-Bork, Judy Ann Weinmeister Benson, Patrick J. Bertolini, Michael William Bigley, Vincent Gene Bjorling, John Evan Blanchard, Garnet Jean Blatchford, Robert Kent Bonness, Vicky Lyn Boone, Carrie Marie Borchardt, Dennis Ray Bozarth, Douglas Eugene Brouillette, Ruth Ellen Govier Brush, Phillip E. Burket, Mark Lee Byler, David W. Cain, James Thompson Canedy, William Paul Chleborad, Jack Steven Conway, Jeffrey Joseph David, Donn Marshall Davis, Katherine Anne Dean, Dwayne Lee DeTurk, Douglas Keith Dillon, Mark Joseph Domet, Michael James Duggan, Douglas Dale Ebers, Gordon Lee Emry, Curtiss Dean Farrell, Max Lynn Farver, Mary Caroline Fieber, Marla Jean Floyd, Edward Sander Fobben, David Brian Foley, Kenneth Allen Follett, Norma Jean Blunck Fuelbert, Joseph Alvin Gartner, Garth Alan Gemar, Kevin R. Gillespie, Kim Jeffrey Gloystein, Stacey Dean Goodrich, Paul William Green, Susan Lynn Mason Greenwald, Norman Lee Grosbach, Carolyn Anna Haerr, Rhoda K. Hahn, Gregory Merle Hansen, Randall Edward Harris, Jeanne Marie Hassing, Marvin Scott Haswell, Cheryl Kaye Kassebaum Hedegard, Richard Scott Hieb, James Matthew Hlavacek, Vincent L. Hoellerich, Peter J. Hohnstein, Ronald Ray Hollins, Rick Ray Horton, Clifford Scott Howe, James Victor Huerter, Jr., David Don Hult, David Bryce Jameson, Mark Getty Jameson, Steven Charles Jensen, Alan Victor Jones, Anne Laurette Jones, Dwight Thomas Jones, William Joel Karls, Sidney Arthur Kelt, Jr., M. Linda Fischbach Kotouc, James Adriel Kwirant, Lonny Joe Legino, David Dean Linn, Douglas James Long, Steven James Lucks, Neal Keith Lurz, Daniel David Lydiatt, Thomas Gerald Maddox, Rodney Smith Markin, Benjamin Jeffrey Martin, Gerald Edward Matzke, Jr., Richard Harold McChane, Bryan K. McCune, Scott Joseph McKnight, Michele Marie Menolascino, Bradley Willis Miller, Jill Alison Moormeier, Richard Arthur Morin, Scott Craig Morrow, Ronald Paul Morse, Michael James Murphy, Kristine Krager Muus, Michael R. Nabity, Kevin Lynn Nelson, Robert Michael Norris, Kevin Bruce O\u27Dell, Thomas Roland Ohrt, Stanley Jerome Oliverius, Dale Patrick Ostrander, Daniel R. Pestal, Jerald Miles Petersen, John Post, Robert Allen Quaife, Neal A. Rinne, Daniel Ray Ripa, Thomas Scot Robertson, William Howard Roccaforte, Bradley Daryl Rodgers, Margit Elizabeth Royal, Priscilla Lynn Fritz Ruhe, Steven James Ryan, Stanley Howe Schack, Michael Alan Schmidt, Mark William Serbousek, Larry Edward Siref, John Edward Skoumal, Jeanne Mark Snyder, Walter Louis Sobczyk, Judith Kay Stern, Joseph Gilbert Straley, Sara Elizabeth Strattan, Steven John Sukstorf, Michael John Sullivan, Randall Gene Sullivan, Robert Raymond Sundell, Joseph Gerard Thoene, Gregory Mark Thompson, Luanne Elizabeth Thorndyke, Douglas Alan Treptow, Bodo Willi Treu, Timothy James Walker, Cathryn Louise Holzrichter Welch, Jon Dick Wiese, Donald George Wirth, Paul Leslie Wolfe, Jerald Franklin Wolford, John Arnold Woodruff, Alfred Po-Hung Wu, Renee Leigh Young, Terence Leo Zach, Hans Mark Zinneckerhttps://digitalcommons.unmc.edu/comclass/1064/thumbnail.jp
‘The Churchillian Paradigm and the “Other British Isles”: An Examination of Second World War Remembrance in Man, Orkney, and Jersey’
No full textThis dissertation studies Second World War ‘sites of memory’ in the islands of Jersey, Orkney and the Isle of Man, to determine if each island celebrates the war’s events as Britain does, or if they have charted their own mnemonic course. It builds on the work of Angus Calder, Malcolm Smith, and Mark Connelly, who have explored how popular conception of the Second World War in Britain has been structured around a certain set of commemorative motifs, most of which centre on Winston Churchill and the events of 1940. The British war narrative is now commonly referred to as the ‘Churchillian paradigm’ or ‘finest-hour myth’, and continues to be the driving force in commemoration and memorialization on the British mainland. The three islands in this study are culturally and historically distinct from Britain, and each has strong notions of its own ‘island identity’. Each also possesses a tangential and divisive domestic experience of war, one which is often minimized in the iconography of the Churchillian paradigm. Jersey was occupied by Nazi Germany from 1940 to 1945, Orkney was home to several thousand Italian POWs who built important infrastructure in the island, and the Isle of Man was home to 14,000 German, Finnish, Japanese, and Italian internees in what one critic has called ‘a bespattered page’ in the nation’s history. By examining ‘sites of memory’— museums, heritage sites, commemorations, celebrations, philately, and use of public space—this dissertation shows that each island simultaneously accepts and rejects elements of the finest-hour myth in their collective memory. Each island displays its unique (though often quite negative) heritage in order to differentiate itself from Britain, while at the same time allowing them, at certain events, to participate in celebration of Britain’s ‘greatest victory’. In this way, islands’ use ‘Britishness’ pragmatically, by basking in traditionally ‘British’ commemorative tropes, while at the same time deepening their own cultural and historical sovereignty
Development of natural gas and pipeline capacity markets in the United States
No full textDeregulation of the U.S. natural gas industry has been under way since the late 1970s. The industry was deregulated to create competitive markets in natural gas and its pipeline transportation, in the expectation that competition would guide transactions toward a more efficient outcome. The author provides an overview of the deregulation process and its effect on the development and functioning of natural gas and gas transportation markets in the United States. He analyzes the trading of pipeline capacity in primary and secondary markets and the regulation of pipeline transportation, identifies mechanisms that pipeline companies use to coordinate bilateral transactions, and summarizes deregulation's main achievements in the U.S. natural gas industry. Industry achievements in the past 15 years show that expectations were not realistic. The United States enjoys a highly competitive interstate transportation market. Both markets have benefited from the deregulation of natural gas production and marketing and the liberalization of natural gas prices. Introducing open access to interstate pipelines and their unbundling from gas sales has allowed end users to participate in the efficiency gains in upstream markets. All this has contributed to declining retail prices for all major consumer categories. Deregulation is far from complete, however. Current regulation of interstate pipeline companies and the secondary transportation market does not promote efficient allocation of transportation contracts. Flexible pricing of transportation contracts should be introduced in both the primary and secondary transportation markets. But deregulation of retail markets remains the most important task and the bigger challenge facing industry regulators. Small-volume end users (such as residential or commercial customers) are captive to local distribution utilities, without access to competitive wholesale markets. All end users should be able to choose a natural gas supplier and receive natural gas at the minimum cost to society.Oil&Gas,Water and Industry,Markets and Market Access,Economic Theory&Research,Environmental Economics&Policies,Transport and Environment,Water and Industry,Oil Refining&Gas Industry,Oil&Gas,Carbon Policy and Trading
Ambivalent elites and conservative modernizers : studying sideways in transnational contexts ; paper for the conference 'Alltag der Globalisierung. Perspektiven einer transnationalen Anthropologie', January 16-18, 2003, Institute of Cultural Anthropology and European Ethnology, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main
No full textSpacially dispersed transnational professional communities can be perceived of as cultural formations living in a global frame of reference, transgressing existing political and cultural boundaries. In their capacity as members of local technical and knowledgebased elites, they take part in circulating and connecting cultural meanings that are both locally produced, and continuously re-working non- local flows. I argue that those elites can be described as actors at cultural interfaces, taking part in shaping and mediating social change. The aim is twofold: one, to point to mutually opposed tendencies, and ambivalences in the framework of a „culture of change“, and two, to look into the question how such situations and groups can be methodologically approached
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