40 research outputs found
KNPR Interview
No full textSarah Shun-lien Bynum writes stories that border on the supernatural. Her novel, Madeline is Sleeping, focused on a little girl shifting between the dream world and reality. But her latest book deals very much with the real world: Ms. Hempel Chronicles is seen through the eyes of a teacher who is hopeful for her students, but disillusioned with her own life. Author Sarah Shun-lien Bynum talks to us about the joy of childhood, and what we lose in the shift to adulthood
Public Perceptions of Lead in the United States: Exploring Perceived Risk, Trust, and Subjective Knowledge
No full textLead exposure remains a pertinent public health issue in the United States (U.S.) despite multiple policies and regulations to control sources of lead in the environment. Existing social science research on human interactions with lead has primarily focused on at-risk population groups and areas with high levels of contamination. As such, little is known about perceptions of lead for a cross-section of the public, which can contribute to improved health protective remediation and messaging. This research contributes to a broader understanding of public perceptions of lead in the U.S. using data from a national online survey of U.S. residents (n = 1,035). In the first chapter, I 1) compare the perceived risk of lead exposure to other common environmental risks and 2) explore the relationships between trust in government management of lead, subjective knowledge about lead, and the perceived risk of lead exposure. Results reveal that lead exposure is perceived to be less risky than air pollution, pollution of rivers and lakes, climate change, and habitat loss. Our regression analyses indicate that both trust in government management of lead and subjective knowledge about lead significantly and positively predict perceptions of lead exposure risk. When considering the potentially moderating effect of subjective knowledge, I found evidence contradicting past findings that trust is a stronger predictor of perceived risk when knowledge is low. In the second chapter, I further investigate trust in government management of lead as a function of reliance and skepticism. Reliance is defined as the general trustworthiness of a risk management entity. Skepticism refers to the existence of any doubtful views regarding the risk management entity and how risk policies are enacted. We first categorize respondents into four different groups related to their level of trust in government management of lead – rejection, distrust, critical trust, and acceptance – based on levels of reliance and skepticism. We then examine predictors of group membership using sociodemographic, environmental, and other variables including trust in scientists and subjective knowledge. Findings indicate that a majority of respondents demonstrate high levels of skepticism in government management of lead. I discuss implications for results from Chapters 1 and 2 in the broader context of lead risk management in the U.S and opportunities for future research.masters, M.S., Natural Resources -- University of Idaho - College of Graduate Studies, 2021-1
Whirlpool : A Case Study of Multi-National Corporations in the Chinese Home Appliance Industry
No full textii, 45 p.Over the years Whirlpool made many mistakes and missteps when it came to the Chinese economy, however, with the turn of the century came a turn in their policies. After two decades from their original entrance into the Chinese market, Whirlpool Corporation was able to overcome its mistakes and is currently paying off their schooling fee by making its way back into the Chinese home appliance market. Despite its past, the company's recent acquisitions of Hisense Kelon and Hefei Sanyo have set it up for sustained growth within the future market. The next step that would need to be taken to further build upon that foundation would be to adapt and strengthen their marketing strategy. In the past, a weak marketing strategies left Whirlpool on the outside looking in on the market boom, however they have a chance to change that in the coming years. The author provides examples that the corporation could follow, targeting the middle class and rural areas as well as house planers and the "Me" generation
The workshop as the work: white anti-racism organising in 1960s, 70s, and 80s US social movements
No full textThis thesis explores the rise of anti-racism workshops developed by white activists in various United States social movements from the late 1960s through the mid-1980s. The shifting ideology of the black freedom movement in the late 1960s, from integration to Black Power, transformed white activists‘ place within racial justice struggles. While recent scholarship has begun to turn its attention towards whites‘ ongoing racial justice activities, one of the most radical and widespread of these efforts is consistently overlooked: anti-racism workshops. Increasingly prevalent from the late 1960s through to the diversity-trainings explosion of the 1990s, this thesis demonstrates that these workshops had their roots in the black freedom, women‘s liberation and gay liberation movements. White activists from these movements led these workshops in order to examine white racial domination and privilege within both leftist social movements and larger US society.
Analysing case studies from the black freedom, women‘s liberation and gay liberation/rights movements, this thesis explores the foundational assumptions of anti-racism workshops. It seeks to explain how and why these efforts sought to frame race and racism as issues of knowledge and consciousness and why such efforts constituted radical praxis. It is argued that early anti-racism workshops were pedagogical projects that sought to confront the racial ignorance that structured the lives of whites in the US, including progressives and their liberation movements. This thesis draws attention to the efficacy and power of these workshops in terms of their epistemological effects, in the transformations they brought about in whites‘ understanding, or awareness, of racial realities
Stylistic peculiarities of newspaper headlines to attract readers' attention: the ESCAPE supplement of the Observer newspaper
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Are Subjective Effects More Extreme with Higher-Potency Cannabis? A Within-Person Comparison of the Subjective Effects of Marijuana and Butane Hash Oil.
No full textabstract: Background: Hash oil, a cannabis preparation that contains ultra-high concentrations of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), is quickly gaining popularity in the United States. Some evidence suggests that hash oil might produce greater intoxication and more severe negative effects than marijuana. This study examined whether the subjective effects of hash oil are more extreme than the subjective effects of marijuana and whether frequency of hash oil use is associated with the subjective effects of marijuana and hash oil. Method: Past-year cannabis users (n = 1,268) were recruited online to complete a questionnaire about the subjective effects of cannabis. Participants who reported past-year use of both hash oil and marijuana (n = 574) rated subjective effects of each type of cannabis in the following positive and negative domains: positive affect, cognitive enhancement, negative affect, cognitive impairment, physiological effects, reduced consciousness, and psychotic-like experiences. Results: Results of within-person comparisons showed that hash oil was rated as producing lesser positive effects (Hash oil: M = 4.53, Marijuana: M = 5.55, t = 14.67, p < .001) than marijuana. Negative effects of hash oil were minimal for the full sample (n = 574) and for both frequent and infrequent hash oil users. In general, the frequency of hash oil use was not associated with the subjective effects of marijuana but more frequent hash oil use was associated with rating hash oil as producing greater positive effects ( = 0.28, t = 6.86, p < .001) and lesser negative effects ( = -0.16, t = -3.83, p < .001). Findings were unchanged after controlling for sex, medical cannabis use, and frequency of marijuana use.
Conclusions: Hash oil produced lesser positive effects than marijuana. Negative effects of hash oil were minimal, suggesting that extreme negative effects may be unlikely for experienced cannabis users.Dissertation/ThesisMasters Thesis Psychology 201
Associations Between Depression and Anxiety Symptoms and Retinal Vessel Caliber in Adolescents and Young Adults
No full textabstract: Objective: Previous longitudinal studies suggest that depression and anxiety are associated with risk for cardiovascular disease. The aim of the present study was to test whether an association between depression/anxiety symptoms and retinal vessel caliber, an indicator of subclinical cardiovascular risk, is apparent as early as adolescence and young adulthood.
Methods: Participants were 865 adolescents and young adults who participated in the Brisbane Longitudinal Twin Study and the Twin Eye Study in Tasmania. Participants completed assessments of depression/anxiety and somatic symptoms when they were M=16.5 years, and they underwent retinal imaging M=2.5 years later (range=2 years before to 7 years after the depression/anxiety assessment). Retinal vessel caliber was assessed using computer software. Results: Depression/anxiety symptoms were associated with wider retinal arteriolar caliber in this sample of adolescents and young adults (β=0.09, p=.016), even after adjusting for other cardiovascular risks (β=0.08, p=.025). Multiple regression analyses revealed that affective symptoms of depression/anxiety were associated with retinal vessel caliber independently of somatic symptoms.
Conclusions: Depression/anxiety symptoms are associated with measurable signs in the retinal microvasculature in early life, suggesting that pathological microvascular mechanisms linking depression/anxiety and cardiovascular disease may be operative from a young age
Pride and a Paycheck, Vol. 25, No. 3. 25th Anniversary Issue
No full textVol. 25, No. 3 issue of Pride and a Paycheck. This issue contains the articles "Judith Verdin's Story...Her Work Piece" by Judith Verdin, "Civicorps...Oakland CA" by Rachel Eisner, "The Good Old Days" by Ellen Voie, "My Life as a Dirty Old Man" by Molly Martin, "Women in Construction" by Nick Chapital, and "Surviving Night Shift Work. It Can Be Done!" by Sue Doro. This issue also contains poems and writing from the Blue Jean Pocket Writers Workshop by Pam Satterthwaite, Sarah Jones, and Junuen (Juju) Ruiz.
Pride and a Paycheck is a free publication for tradeswomen and women who are thinking about entering blue collar trades. Started by Madeline Mixer in 1999, Pride and a Paycheck was initially funded through the San Francisco Foundation from funds created to support tradeswomen projects. Pride and a Paycheck includes photographs, stories, and poetry by tradeswomen themselves as well as tips from advocates who have been working to recruit women into careers. Pride and a Paycheck is edited by Sue Doro, retired Machinist, and author of “Blue Collar Goodbyes” , “Sugar String”, "Heart Home and Hard Hats", "Of Birds and Factories", and other books
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If history is written by the victors, who describes the spiders? Species author trends reflect gender and geopolitical disparities in biodiversity science
No full textGathering data on species description authorship is one way to track who has had access to a career in taxonomy. Via data from the World Spider Catalog, we examined trends in gender and geopolitical affiliation of taxonomists who described spider species from the Americas between 1946 and 2021. From each author citation, we inferred the gender (man or woman) of each author and the geopolitical location of their institution. Institutions were labelled as representing the Global North or South, categories corresponding to countries with more or fewer economic resources that foster access to taxonomic careers. We then used these individual author designations to calculate proportions of author teams of each gender or geopolitical category for each species described. When examining the makeup of author teams across time, we see that they have become more collaborative across gender and the geopolitical hemispheres. However, equity gaps remain when it comes to first authorship. Greater proportions of women are on teams with greater proportions of Global South authors, suggesting that when one underrepresented demographic is supported in becoming a species description author, other underrepresented demographics also benefit. This study contributes data toward understanding how we can make careers in taxonomy more accessible globally
Local, open economies within the U.S.: how do industries respond to immigration?
No full textA series of studies has found that relative wages and employment rates in different local labor markets of the US are surprisingly unaffected by local factor supplies. This paper evaluates two explanations for this puzzling empirical fact: (1) Interregional trade mitigates the local impact of supply shocks. (2) Production technology rapidly adapts to the local mix of workers. The author tests these alternative explanations by estimating the effect of increases in relative supplies of particular skill groups on the relative growth rates of different industries and on the relative utilization of these skill groups within industries. Labor supply shocks are identified with a component of foreign immigration driven by the historical regional settlement patterns of immigrants from different countries. Using establishment-level output and capital stock data from the Longitudinal Research Database, augmented with employment and labor force data from the 1980 and 1990 Censuses of Population, changes in local labor supply during the 1980s are shown to have had little influence on local industry mix. Instead, citywide increases in the relative supply of a particular skill group lead to increases in relative factor intensity, with little or no effect on relative wages. These patterns suggest that industries adapt their use of labor inputs to local supplies, as predicted by theoretical models of endogenous technological change. Consistent with this A series of studies has found that relative wages and employment rates in different local labor markets of the US are surprisingly unaffected by local factor supplies. This paper evaluates two explanations for this puzzling empirical fact: (1) Interregional trade mitigates the local impact of supply shocks. (2) Production technology rapidly adapts to the local mix of workers. The author tests these alternative explanations by estimating the effect of increases in relative supplies of particular skill groups on the relative growth rates of different industries and on the relative utilization of these skill groups within industries. Labor supply shocks are identified with a component of foreign immigration driven by the historical regional settlement patterns of immigrants from different countries. Using establishment-level output and capital stock data from the Longitudinal Research Database, augmented with employment and labor force data from the 1980 and 1990 Censuses of Population, changes in local labor supply during the 1980s are shown to have had little influence on local industry mix. Instead, citywide increases in the relative supply of a particular skill group lead to increases in relative factor intensity, with little or no effect on relative wages. These patterns suggest that industries adapt their use of labor inputs to local supplies, as predicted by theoretical models of endogenous technological change. Consistent with this interpretation, on-the-job computer use expanded most rapidly over the 1980s in cities where the relative supply of educated labor grew fastest.Emigration and immigration
