134 research outputs found
[31-1]Pendleton, R.L. 1962. Thailand: Aspects of Landscape and Life から東北タイに関する抜粋
No full text『Thailand: Aspects Of Landscape And Life』 by Robert Larimore Pendleton (Author), Robert C. Kingsbury (Contributor). Literary Licensing, LLC (April 28, 2012). ISBN: 978-1258310561
Reframing Assessment of Grantee Perceptions: Reconsidering Effectiveness With Broader International Stakeholder Engagement
No full text· Stakeholder engagement is important in philanthropy because it allows grantmakers and grantees to pool their respective resources more effectively to address their shared target issues.
· As more and more foundations and other grantmaking entities venture into the expansive world of self-evaluation, it is prudent that these methods be examined in light of international funding relationships.
· In order to better understand how these tools and methods can be used internationally, we outline the opportunities presented when using frames as one basis for decision-making in complex situations.
· Using the hypothetical case of a U.S. funder seeking to understand grantee perception in East Africa, we present a matrix of considerations and questions that allow grantmakers to account for the local reality of grantee perceptions.
· By actively engaging all stakeholders involved in the process, international grantmakers can begin to adapt these tools to meet their cross-cultural needs, while limiting bias and unexamined counterproductive assumptions
After Copenhagen
No full textWhatever the assessment of what happened at the Copenhagen climate talks, we now need a new goal for a climate-compatible political economy as the precursor to an agreement rather than the other way around, says Andrew Pendleton Copyright (c) 2010 The Author. Journal compilation (c) 2010 ippr.
Huddleston, William C., b. 1933 (SC 2385)
No full textFinding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2385. James Madison Pendleton: A Critical Biography, by Wiliam C. Huddleston, a thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Theology degree, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky, 1962. Includes a biographical sketch of the author
Testing the randomness in the sky-distribution of gamma-ray bursts
No full textWe have studied the complete randomness of the angular distribution of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) detected by the Burst and Transient Source Experiment (BATSE). Because GRBs seem to be a mixture of objects of different physical nature, we divided the BATSE sample into five subsamples (short1, short2, intermediate, long1, long2) based on their durations and peak fluxes, and we studied the angular distributions separately. We used three methods, Voronoi tesselation, minimal spanning tree and multifractal spectra, to search for non-randomness in the subsamples. To investigate the eventual non-randomness in the subsamples, we defined 13 test variables (nine from the Voronoi tesselation, three from the minimal spanning tree and one from the multifractal spectrum). Assuming that the point patterns obtained from the BATSE subsamples are fully random, we made Monte Carlo simulations taking into account the BATSE's sky-exposure function. The Monte Carlo simulations enabled us to test the null hypothesis (i.e. that the angular distributions are fully random). We tested the randomness using a binomial test and by introducing squared Euclidean distances in the parameter space of the test variables. We concluded that the short1 and short2 groups deviate significantly (99.90 and 99.98 per cent, respectively) from the full randomness in the distribution of the squared Euclidean distances; however, this is not the case for the long samples. For the intermediate group, the squared Euclidean distances also give a significant deviation (98.51 per cent)
Loss of NADPH during assays of HMG‐CoA reductase: Implications and approaches to minimize errors
No full textThyroid hormone increases glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase gene expression in rat liver
No full textAbstractLivers from hypophysectomized rats had low levels of glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase mRNA. Administration of L-triiodothyronine increased these levels over 20-fold. The peak response was seen 72 h after hormone administration. A half-maximal response was obtained with 5 μg of T3 per 100 g of body weight. Thus the expression of hepatic glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase appears to be regulated by thyroid hormone
Detailed optical and near-infrared polarimetry, spectroscopy and broad-band photometry of the afterglow of GRB 091018 : polarization evolution
No full textFollow-up observations of large numbers of gamma-ray burst (GRB) afterglows, facilitated by the Swift satellite, have produced a large sample of spectral energy distributions and light curves, from which their basic micro- and macro-physical parameters can in principle be derived. However, a number of phenomena have been observed that defy explanation by simple versions of the standard fireball model, leading to a variety of new models. Polarimetry can be a major independent diagnostic of afterglow physics, probing the magnetic field properties and internal structure of the GRB jets. In this paper we present the first high-quality multi-night polarimetric light curve of a Swift GRB afterglow, aimed at providing a well-calibrated data set of a typical afterglow to serve as a benchmark system for modelling afterglow polarization behaviour. In particular, our data set of the afterglow of GRB 091018 (at redshift z = 0.971) comprises optical linear polarimetry (R band, 0.13-2.3d after burst); circular polarimetry (R band) and near-infrared linear polarimetry (Ks band). We add to that high-quality optical and near-infrared broad-band light curves and spectral energy distributions as well as afterglow spectroscopy. The linear polarization varies between 0 and 3per cent, with both long and short time-scale variability visible. We find an achromatic break in the afterglow light curve, which corresponds to features in the polarimetric curve. We find that the data can be reproduced by jet break models only if an additional polarized component of unknown nature is present in the polarimetric curve. We probe the ordered magnetic field component in the afterglow through our deep circular polarimetry, finding P circ < 0.15per cent (2σ), the deepest limit yet for a GRB afterglow, suggesting ordered fields are weak, if at all present. Our simultaneous R- and Ks-band polarimetry shows that dust-induced polarization in the host galaxy is likely negligible
The second study of infectious intestinal disease (IID2): increased rates of recurrent diarrhoea in individuals aged 65 years and above.
No full textBACKGROUND: Infectious intestinal disease (IID) is a major health and economic burden in high-income countries. In the UK, there are an estimated 17 million IID cases annually, of which 6 million are caused by the 12 most common pathogens. Host factors that influence risk of IID are not well understood. METHODS: We analyzed data from the IID2 Study, a UK cohort that measured IID incidence, to investigate factors associated with recurrent IID. We calculated rates of IID by age group, sex, previous episodes experienced, and socioecomic indicators. We used Cox models to investigate factors associated with recurrent illness. RESULTS: The rate of IID was five times higher among infants than those aged 65 years and above (hazard ratio, HR = 5.0, 95% CI: 3.1 - 8.0). However, the association between previous IID and a subsequent IID episode was stronger in the elderly. Among those aged 65 years and above, each additional IID episode increased the rate of subsequent IID three-fold (HR = 3.1, 95% CI: 2.5 - 3.7). Among infants, the corresponding increase was 1.7-fold (HR = 1.7, 95% CI: 1.3 - 2.3). CONCLUSIONS: Elderly populations have a high propensity for recurrent IID. More detailed studies are needed to identify vulnerable subgroups and susceptibility factors, and inform adequate control policies among the elderly
Unlocking the mysteries of the past: Searching for clues in medieval manuscripts
No full textThis project looks at the reproduction of one mid-12th-century Roman text by analyzing sixteen versions of it that still exist, copied from c. 1160 through c. 1325. The author was Nicolaus Maniacutius, a cleric at St. John Lateran Basilica in Rome. That original copy is lost, but versions quickly appeared in monasteries and cathedrals in Italy, Germany, France, and England. Somehow, through networks of communication and travel, reproductions were made and collected by prominent monasteries and churches, and by the Guildhall, a secular institution in the City of London
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