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1988 Parry, Jonathan. Death in Banaras.
No full textRecordings of lectures, poster for the 1988 Lewis Henry Morgan Lectures, "Death and Exchange in Benares," by Jonathan P. Parry, presented April, 1988, and images of the book cover of Parry's "Death in Banaras."
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Bloch (Maurice) Parry (Jonathan) éd Death and the Regeneration of Life
No full textThomas Louis-Vincent. Bloch (Maurice) Parry (Jonathan) éd Death and the Regeneration of Life. In: Archives de sciences sociales des religions, n°55/2, 1983. p. 211
The low-energy phenomenology of a supersymmetric extension of the standard model
No full textWe attempt to explore the relationship between low-energy phenomenology and the pattern of Yukawa couplings at high-energies. A working supersymmetric Pati-Salam model which fits all phenomenological constraints is constructed. This model is typical of a broad class of models and its predictions are representative of all models of this type. A χ2 analysis is used to determine points in parameter space where experimental measurements and bounds are most accurately reproduced. These best fit points are then be used to make predictions for unmeasured quantities such as neutrino mixing angles and lepton flavour violating decays. For example we find that the branching ratio for τ → μγ is very near its present experimental bound. In the context of this model we also study the degree of deviation from Yukawa unification observed by our best fit points. The effects of future experimental results upon the best fit regions of parameter space are also considered and we find that in some cases our allowed parameter space may be much reduced. We extend the study of our models predictions by investigating Higgs-mediated contribution to rare flavour changing neutral current processes and discuss the possibility of them being among the very first indirect signals of supersymmetry. We also study rare lepton flavour violating decays mediated by Higgs bosons discovering that in this case the Higgs contribution is sub-dominant and doesn’t hold such clear hopes for indirect discovery.</p
A new fireworm (Amphinomidae) from the Cretaceous of Lebanon identified from three-dimensionally preserved myoanatomy
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Early Emissions Reduction Programs: An Application to CO2 Policy
No full textIn the wake of the December 1997 Kyoto Protocol, which, if implemented, would oblige the United States and other industrialized countries to reduce greenhouse gases (GHGs) by 2008–2012, a number of proposals have been offered to increase the incentives for reducing emissions over the nearer term. The existence of an interim period between setting and implementing environmental goals is ubiquitous in environmental policymaking. The existence of this interim period gives rise to several potential rationales for early emissions reductions. In this paper we use a series of simple models and numerical illustrations to analyze some aspects of the performance of early emissions reduction programs in the case of GHGs. We show that there is a compelling economic case for allowing early GHGs reduction credits if countries (not just individual firms) could bank early credits to offset future emissions. The annualized cost savings to the United States from spreading out abatement over time could easily amount to several billion dollars. But without the aggregate banking provision, such credits could easily generate an excessive amount of abatement and produce net economic losses. We analyze a number of other issues that affect the economic efficiency of early reduction credits, including asymmetric information, learning-by-doing (LBD), and fiscal impacts. We also compare the performance of an early reduction credits program with that of an early cap-and-trade program. This latter approach, if properly scaled, can avoid many of the problems associated with early reduction credits.
What does it mean to be alone?
No full textThis chapter discusses what it means to be ‘alone’ in particular ethnographic and historical contexts by considering the status of unmarried women. As countless instances in music, film and literature indicate, the spinster is often viewed as an icon of loneliness. Indeed, despite fairly high and consistent rates of non-marriage amongst both men and women, the never-married woman has long held a problematic status in much of Euro-American culture. The chapter is concerned only with women who have never been married, not with widows or the divorced who, in any case, are fairly thin on the ground in Catholic Flores. Perhaps the most crucial issue with regard to defining singlewomen is the age at which ‘spinsterhood’ can be said to be permanent. Unlike the more heavily-policed situation of unmarried women in some Muslim areas of Southeast Asia, singlewomen in Manggarai have a great deal of independence and freedom, a situation which only becomes easier as they age
Healthcare worker's attitudes to working during pandemic influenza: a qualitative study
No full textBackground: Healthcare workers (HCWs) will play a key role in any response to pandemic influenza, and the UK healthcare system's ability to cope during an influenza pandemic will depend, to a large extent, on the number of HCWs who are able and willing to work through the crisis. UK emergency planning will be improved if planners have a better understanding of the reasons UK HCWs may have for their absenteeism, and what might motivate them to work during an influenza pandemic.This paper reports the results of a qualitative study that explored UK HCWs' views (n = 64) about working during an influenza pandemic, in order to identify factors that might influence their willingness and ability to work and to identify potential sources of any perceived duty on HCWs to work.Methods: A qualitative study, using focus groups (n = 9) and interviews (n = 5).Results: HCWs across a range of roles and grades tended to feel motivated by a sense of obligation to work through an influenza pandemic. A number of significant barriers that may prevent them from doing so were also identified. Perceived barriers to the ability to work included being ill oneself, transport difficulties, and childcare responsibilities. Perceived barriers to the willingness to work included: prioritising the wellbeing of family members; a lack of trust in, and goodwill towards, the NHS; a lack of information about the risks and what is expected of them during the crisis; fear of litigation; and the feeling that employers do not take the needs of staff seriously. Barriers to ability and barriers to willingness, however, are difficult to separate out.Conclusion: Although our participants tended to feel a general obligation to work during an influenza pandemic, there are barriers to working, which, if generalisable, may significantly reduce the NHS workforce during a pandemic. The barriers identified are both barriers to willingness and to ability. This suggests that pandemic planning needs to take into account the possibility that staff may be absent for reasons beyond those currently anticipated in UK planning documents. In particular, staff who are physically able to attend work may nonetheless be unwilling to do so. Although there are some barriers that cannot be mitigated by employers (such as illness, transport infrastructure etc.), there are a number of remedial steps that can be taken to lesson the impact of others (providing accommodation, building reciprocity, provision of information and guidance etc). We suggest that barriers to working lie along an ability/willingness continuum, and that absenteeism may be reduced by taking steps to prevent barriers to willingness becoming perceived barriers to ability. <br/
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