713 research outputs found
Marriage Among the Lamet and the Baci Ceremony
No full textArticles concerning the marriage practices of the Lamet people in Northern Laos.Lamet : Hill peasants in French Indochina / Karl Gustav Izikowitz; Rodney Needham,
New York : AMS Press, 1960 (reprint of a 1951 edition published by Goteborg: Ethnografiska Museet, Etnologiska Studier No. 17, pages 19 thru 33 and 318 to 342. Note by William Sag
Harnessing demographic data for cross-scale analysis of forest dynamics
No full textForests are a critical biome but are under threat from unprecedented global change. The need to understand forest dynamics across spatial, temporal and biological scales has never been greater. Critical to this will be understanding how the demographic rates of individuals translate into patterns of species diversity, biomass and carbon turnover at much larger scales.
In this thesis, I present a modelling framework focussed on demography. In Chapter 2, I introduce methods for translating forest inventory data into population models that account for the size-dependency of vital rates and persistent differences in individual performance.
Outbreaks of forest pest and pathogens are increasing in frequency and severity, with consequences for biodiversity and forest structure. In Chapter 3, I explore the impact of ash dieback on the community dynamics of a British woodland, describing a spatially explicit individual based model that captures the effect of an opening of the canopy on local competitive interactions.
Chapter 4 introduces methods to infer the impact of historical deer herbivory on the juvenile survival of forest trees. The approach is generalisable and could be applied to any forest in which patterns of regeneration and community structure have been impacted by periodic disturbance (e.g. forest fires).
Finding meaningful ways of incorporating species diversity into global vegetation models is increasingly recognised as a research priority. In Chapter 5, I explore the diversity of demographic rates in a tropical forest community and identify groups of species with similar life history strategies. I discuss the potential of integrating demographic and physiological traits as a way to aggregate species for inclusion in global models.
In summary, translating measurements of individuals into population dynamics provides opportunities to both explore small-scale community responses to disturbance events, and to feed into much larger scale vegetation models.</p
The stancidean gavotte [music] : for the piano /
No full textFor piano.; Cover title.; Date approximated from mentions of author in newspaper articles, (Hobart) Mercury, 1896-1900. ANL; Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.mus-vn4836131
Open access self-archiving: An author study
No full textThis, our second author international, cross-disciplinary study on open access had 1296 respondents. Its focus was on self-archiving. Almost half (49%) of the respondent population have self-archived at least one article during the last three years. Use of institutional repositories for this purpose has doubled and usage has increased by almost 60% for subject-based repositories. Self-archiving activity is greatest amongst those who publish the largest number of papers. There is still a substantial proportion of authors unaware of the possibility of providing open access to their work by self-archiving. Of the authors who have not yet self-archived any articles, 71% remain unaware of the option. With 49% of the author population having self-archived in some way, this means that 36% of the total author population (71% of the remaining 51%), has not yet been appraised of this way of providing open access. Authors have frequently expressed reluctance to self-archive because of the perceived time required and possible technical difficulties in carrying out this activity, yet findings here show that only 20% of authors found some degree of difficulty with the first act of depositing an article in a repository, and that this dropped to 9% for subsequent deposits. Another author worry is about infringing agreed copyright agreements with publishers, yet only 10% of authors currently know of the SHERPA/RoMEO list of publisher permissions policies with respect to self-archiving, where clear guidance as to what a publisher permits is provided. Where it is not known if permission is required, however, authors are not seeking it and are self-archiving without it. Communicating their results to peers remains the primary reason for scholars publishing their work; in other words,
researchers publish to have an impact on their field. The vast majority of authors (81%) would willingly comply with a mandate from their employer or research funder to deposit copies of their articles in an institutional or subject-based repository. A further 13% would comply reluctantly; 5% would not comply with such a mandate
Findings from qualitative interviews with local implementation teams
No full textSara Rainer, MPH, Rose Goren, MPH, Katie Lenahan, MPH, Elizabeth Needham Waddell, PhD.Title from PDF cover (viewed on December 27, 2022).This archived document is maintained by the State Library of Oregon as part of the Oregon Documents Depository Program. It is for informational purposes and may not be suitable for legal purposes.Mode of access: Internet from the Oregon Government Publications Collection.Text in English
The processing of familiar and novel senses of a word: Why reading Dickens is easy but reading Needham can be hard
No full textWe investigated how easy it was for people to understand familiar and novel senses for words by monitoring participants eye movements while they read short texts. To do this, we compared the processing of names (e.g., Dickens) where sentential context gave them literal interpretations (e.g., met Dickens) versus metonymic interpretations (e.g. read Dickens). Familiar nictonyins were straiahtforward to process, but unfamiliar metonyms (e.g., Needham in read Needham) caused processing difficulty unless context made it clear that the metonymic interpretation Would be appropriate (introducing Needham as all author). The results suggest that readers call use contextual information immediately to extend a word's interpretation by rule
IRUS-UK: making scholarly statistics count in UK repositories
No full textIRUS-UK is a new national standards-based statistics aggregation service for institutional repositories in the UK. The service processes raw usage data from repositories, consolidating those data into COUNTER-compliant statistics by following the rules of the COUNTER Code of Practice - the same code adhered to by the majority of scholarly publishers. This will, for the first time, enable UK repositories to provide consistent, comparable and trustworthy usage data, as well as supporting opportunities for benchmarking at a national level. This article provides some context to development, benefits and opportunities offered by the service, an institutional repository perspective and future plans
Estimating the need and capacity for services in Oregon across the continuum of care
No full textsupported by the Oregon Health Authority & Oregon Alcohol and Drug Policy Commission ; produced by the OHSU-PSU School of Public Health ; authors: Katie Lenahan, MPH, Sara Rainer, MPH, Robin Baker, PhD, Rose Goren, MPH, Elizabeth Needham Waddell, PhD.Title from PDF cover (viewed on March 2, 2023).Covers OCLC #1416144432, OCLC #1371521237 and OCLC #1346450387.This archived document is maintained by the State Library of Oregon as part of the Oregon Documents Depository Program. It is for informational purposes and may not be suitable for legal purposes.Includes bibliographical references (pages A-1-A-15).Mode of access: Internet from the Oregon Government Publications Collection.Text in English
Capturing value increase in urban redevelopment : a study of how the economic value increase in urban redevelopment can be used to finance the necessary public infrastructure and other facilities
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83166.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access)Everyone would agree that urban development, especially when involving the building of residential areas, should be accompanied by sufficient and good public infrastructure and facilities. We all want neighborhoods with the necessary roads, green areas, social facilities, affordable housing and public spaces of high quality. At the same time, nowadays, governments are facing severe cuts in public expenditure. So who is going to pay for all that quality? In the Netherlands and in many other countries, achieving these public goals has become a problem, especially in the regeneration of deteriorated inner cities sites. This book offers insight in how the economic value increase that arises from urban development can serve to finance the quality we want, without the need for public subsidies. The findings and recommendations made in this book focus on Western Europe, mainly on successful and alternatively less successful recent experiences in Spain, England and the Netherlands. Public bodies can use the recommendations to create the necessary conditions to improve the involvement of property developers and landowners in the financing of infrastructure and facilities. Property developers and landowners can find formulas for private-public partnership that can lead to lower development costs and risks, allowing them to pay for good infrastructure and facilities while maintaining profitability. Scholars will find here the theoretical backgrounds for this relevant topic. The author has both an academic and a professional background in the practice of urban development.Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen, 22 november 2010Promotor : Needham, D.B.451 p
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