1,420 research outputs found
Good Parents, Bad Citizens? Factors Behind Vaccine Hesitancy in Jennifer A. Reich’s Research
No full textZjawisko uchylania się od szczepień ochronnych staje się obecnie coraz większym wyzwaniem dla zdrowia publicznego zarówno w Polsce, jak i w wielu innych krajach Europy i Ameryki Północnej. Celem eseju jest streszczenie głównych wniosków dotyczących uwarunkowań tego zjawiska, do jakich doszła na podstawie badań przeprowadzonych w USA Jennifer A. Reich i które zostały opublikowane w jej wydanej w 2016 roku książce Calling the Shots. Why Parents Reject Vaccines. Autorka pokazuje, jak zjawisko uchylania się od szczepień, które ma najczęściej miejsce wśród osób mających największy dostęp do zasobów i edukacji, dotyka fundamentalnych kwestii związanych z wyborem osobistym, integralnością cielesną, odpowiedzialnością względem zbiorowości oraz relacjami jednostki z państwem.Vaccine hesitancy has recently become a growing challenge for public health in Poland as well as in many other countries in Europe and North America. The paper provides a summary of the main findings concerning the factors behind the phenomenon, as presented in Jennifer A. Reich’s book ‘Calling the Shots. Why Parents Reject Vaccines’, based on her research carried out in the United States. The author demonstrates the multiple ways, in which vaccine hesitancy, particularly prevalent among those with privileged access to education and resources, is linked to broader issues concerning personal choice, bodily integrity, individual responsibility towards community and individual’s relations with the state
A Comparative Analysis of the Equity Outcomes in Three Sugarcane–Ethanol Systems
No full textThis article identifies equity outcomes associated with three biofuel systems in Brazil, Ethiopia, and Guatemala. Acknowledging that winners and losers are socially and politically generated, the article identifies some of the factors behind the distribution of winners and losers along different stages of three sugarcane–ethanol supply chains. Analyzing the outcomes for equity within each case study reveals an uneven distribution that, we argue, is related to the procedure and structure of the given sugarcane–ethanol system, and the recognition of the impacts on different actors within those structures. Increasing equity in sugarcane–ethanol systems will require greater openness in decision-making processes, in order that multiple voices are taken into account in the promotion, production, and consumption of biofuels—particularly those of smaller and less powerful actors
Methods of increasing toughness of immiscible polymer blends, U.S. Patent 8,497,324
No full textAn immiscible polymer blend that includes an amount of poly(trimethylene terephthalate) (PTT) and an amount of poly(methylmethacrylate) (PMMA). A method for preparing an immiscible polymer blend by (a) identifying a first polymeric component and a second polymeric component as immiscible when blended; (b) combining the first polymeric component and the second polymeric component; and (c) mixing the first polymeric component and the second polymeric component to produce an immiscible polymer blend that includes structures in the blend having a maximum size of less than about 1,000 μm is also presented. An article that includes an immiscible polymer blend of poly(trimethylene terephthalate) (PTT) and poly(methylmethacrylate) (PMMA) and an article formed from an immiscible polymer blend prepared by the method of the present invention are also presented
Books and Letters vol. 25
No full textCompassion, Impermanence, and ... Fire?; Processing the Mack McLarty Papers; German POW Letters Digitized; A Visit With: Kathleen Lehman, Physics Librarian; Joshua Youngblood Joins Faculty; Jennifer Rae Hartman Appointed; Brooks Hays Digitization Project; So Long Books & Letters; April Film Series: Monsters & Mayhem; Free Indie Film Screening; Zombies for Fun; Library Week Staff Awards 2011; Art Exhibits Enrich Student Experienc
Books and Letters vol. 25
No full textCompassion, Impermanence, and ... Fire?; Processing the Mack McLarty Papers; German POW Letters Digitized; A Visit With: Kathleen Lehman, Physics Librarian; Joshua Youngblood Joins Faculty; Jennifer Rae Hartman Appointed; Brooks Hays Digitization Project; So Long Books & Letters; April Film Series: Monsters & Mayhem; Free Indie Film Screening; Zombies for Fun; Library Week Staff Awards 2011; Art Exhibits Enrich Student Experienc
Tagging of Biomedical Articles on CiteULike: A Comparison of User, Author and Professional Indexing
No full textThis paper examines the context of online indexing from the viewpoint of three different groups: users, authors, and professional indexers. User tags, author keywords and descriptors were collected from academic journal articles, which were both indexed in Pubmed and tagged on CiteULike, and analysed. Descriptive statistics, informetric measures, and thesaural term comparison shows that there are important differences in the use of keywords between the three groups in addition to similarities which can be used to enhance support for search and browse. While tags and author keywords were found that matched descriptors exactly, other terms which did not match but provided important expansion to the indexing lexicon were found. These additional terms could be used to enhance support for searching and browsing in article databases as well as to provide invaluable data for entry vocabulary and emergent terminology for regular updates to indexing systems. Additionally, the study suggests that tags support organisation by association to task, projects and subject while making important connections to traditional systems which classify into subject categories
Holocene Relative Sea-Level Changes from Near-, Intermediate-, and Far-Field Locations
No full textHolocene relative sea-level (RSL) records exhibit spatial and temporal variability that arises mainly from the interaction of eustatic (land ice volume and thermal expansion) and isostatic (glacio- and hydro-) factors. We fit RSL histories from near-, intermediate-, and far-field locations with noisy-input Gaussian process models to assess rates of RSL change. Records from near-field regions (e.g., Antarctica, Greenland, Canada, Sweden, and Scotland) reveal a complex pattern of RSL fall from a maximum marine limit due to the net effect of eustatic sea-level rise and glacio-isostatic uplift with rates of RSL fall as great as -69 ± 9 m/ka. Intermediate-field regions (e.g., mid-Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the United States, Netherlands, Southern France, St. Croix) display variable rates of RSL rise from the cumulative effect of isostatic and eustatic factors. Fast rates of RSL rise (up to 10 ± 1 m/ka) are found in the early Holocene in regions near the center of forebulge collapse. Far-field RSL records exhibit a mid-Holocene highstand, the timing (between 8 and 4 ka) and magnitude (between <1 and 6 m) of which varies among South America, Africa, Asia and Oceania regions.Peer reviewe
Musical Culture in the World of Adam de la Halle. Ed. by Jennifer Saltzstein
No full textAdam de la Halle has long been regarded as one of the most important musical and literary figures of thirteenth-century Europe. For music historians, Adam sits at an important historical juncture as the most prolific of the last generation of trouvères (northern French poet-composers) and the first known composer to write vernacular polyphonic songs of the kind that would remain popular well into the fifteenth century. Among literary scholars, Adam is known as the author of some of the earliest vernacular dramatic works and for his influence on other writers in the thirteenth century and beyond. As Jennifer Saltzstein points out, he was arguably ‘the most prolific and important artistic voice of thirteenth-century France’ (p. 1).Irish Research Counci
Understanding Gender Equity in Author Order Assignment
No full textWomen remain underrepresented in many fields in computer science, particularly at higher levels. In academia, success and promotion are influenced by a researcher's publication record. In many fields, including computer science, multi-author papers are the norm. Evidence from other fields shows that author order norms can influence the assignment of credit. We conduct interviews of students and faculty in human-computer interaction (HCI) and machine learning (ML) to determine factors related to assignment of author order in collaborative publication. The outcomes of these interviews then informed metrics of interest for a bibliometric analysis of gender and collaboration in research papers published from 1996 to 2016 in three top HCI and ML conferences. Based on our findings, we make recommendations for assignment of credit in multi-author papers and interpretation of author order, particularly in regard to how this area affects women
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