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Great River Reading Series: Shannon Olson
No full textShannon Olson is the best-selling author of Welcome to My Planet and Children of God Go Bowling. With pathos, humor, and wit, Olson’s novels explore the angst of adjusting to the “real world” after college and her protagonist’s fraught attempts to separate from her over-involved mother, referred to by Garrison Keillor as “one of the great mothers of American fiction.” Olson directs the Creative Writing Program at St. Cloud State University. She has also taught at the University of Minnesota and at the Iowa Summer Writing Workshop and the Loft Literary Center
Ardus Morgan
No full textArdus Morgan
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Respiratory Condensation in Neonates
No full textThe optimal goal when providing heated humidification to neonates receiving respiratory support is to mimic natural gas conditioning with core temperature at 37°C, 100% saturation with water vapor, and absolute humidity of 44mg/L. Mechanically producing heat and humidification similar to that of the natural airway is multifactorial and difficult to obtain. The amount of heat and moisture that should be delivered to neonates receiving respiratory support remains unknown and there lacks a clear standard of care in managing heated humidification settings. Condensation is one of many consequences associated with less than optimal humidification and has become a challenging adverse effect of inadequate humidification in the neonatal population. The primary purpose of this project was compile existing evidence, assist health professionals and researchers to achieve a better understanding about the topic, and develop a standard/guideline for heated humidification to improve the outcomes of premature and sick neonates within the Alegent-Creighton Health System. The purpose of this study was to identify which infant factors, environmental factors, and respiratory support factors affect condensation levels in neonates receiving respiratory support. This is an observational study and a descriptive analysis of the factors that contribute to respiratory condensation. A convenience sample of hospitalized neonates from a level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit were utilized. Chi-square test is being used for statistical analysis of categorical data. Correlations of continuous variables are also being explored. The data revealed condensation associated with invasive ventilation and higher respiratory heater temperatures of 37 degrees Celsius.Manuscript33 page
John and Pete Johson with C.B. Olson
No full textPhotograph - Three men holding up furs with numerous furs hanging on a fence in the background, Soto Landing, Alberta. A note on back reads: John and Pete Johnson and C.B. Olson nearly cleaned a pack of wolves south side of Marten Mountain at Wasp Cree
Olson and Johnson of Soto Landing
No full textPhotograph - A line of hanging furs, Soto Landing, Alberta. A note on the back reads: The first batch at Xmas, 1935. Soto Landing. The fur cycle of 1935-1936. Olson and Johnson trap line on Marten Mountain N.E. of Slave Lak
Rhetoric and Politics in Benjamin Franklin’s Pictorial Representations of British America
No full textDr. Olson, of the University of Pittsburgh and author of Benjamin Franklin’s Vision of American Community, traces the fundamental changes in Franklin\u27s conceptions of British America through his creation of visual images (most notably the Join or Die cartoon)
Tyto cravesae Suárez & Olson, 2015, new species
No full textTyto cravesae, new species Craves’s Giant Barn Owl; Lechuza Gigante de Craves (Figs. 2 D; 3 A,C; 4 C,D,E,G; 5 E,F; 6 B,C,G,H; 7 D,E; 8 A) Holotype. Associated postcranial elements of a single individual MNHNCu 75. 590 (original numbers in collection of William Suárez are indicated in parentheses), consisting of the proximal half of a left humerus (WS 1026 E″), proximal end of a right ulna (WS 1114 E″), nearly complete right carpometacarpus (WS 1027 E″), and a nearly complete right femur (WS 1025 E″). Collected by William Suárez on 5 June 1998. Type locality and age. Cueva de Paredones, about 3 km SW of Ceiba del Agua, Municipality of Caimito, Artemisa (formerly La Habana) Province, Cuba (see Arredondo 1961, 1970, 1971, 1982, 1984; Brodkorb 1969; Morgan & Ottenwalder 1993; Gutiérrez 2010). The type material was collected within the cave and near the place known as “Salón del Pozo” (see Morgan & Ottenwalder 1993), in an amoeboid-shaped patch of red clay matrix (ca. 50 cm in its greatest diameter) in a wall cavity about 1.5 m from the floor of the cave. Quaternary, probably late Pleistocene but not dated (see Morgan & Ottenwalder 1993 for discussion of the age of deposits in Cueva de Paredones). This is the type locality of other Cuban fossil birds such as Pulsatrix arredondoi Brodkorb, Gymnogyps varonai (Arredondo), Ornimegalonyx “ minor ” Arredondo, and Oscaravis olsoni (Arredondo & Arredondo) (see Brodkorb 1969; Arredondo 1971, 1976, 1982, 1984; Arredondo & Arredondo 2002 b, Suárez & Olson 2009). Measurements (mm) of holotype. Humerus: proximal width 22.5, depth of head 6.2, width of shaft at level of distal end of deltopectoral crest 9.7, depth of shaft at level of distal end of deltopectoral crest 9.3, depth of midshaft 8.8. Ulna: proximal depth 13.7. Carpometacarpus: length 70.0, proximal width 7.2, proximal depth 15.3. Femur: length through internal condyle 79.5 + (abraded), proximal width 15.5, proximal depth 9.7, shaft width at midpoint 6.8, shaft depth at midpoint 7.9, depth of internal condyle 10.8. Paratypes. Topotypes. — Coracoid: sternal end of left (OA 832). Humerus: shaft of left (WS 077). Tibiotarsus: distal end of left (OA 831, paratype of T. noeli). Tarsometatarsus: complete right (MNHNCu 75.596), right lacking distal end (OA 828, paratype of T. noeli), proximal end of right (MNHNCu 75.595, juvenile, formerly WS unnumbered), distal end of right (WS 09I, juvenile). Cueva del Campo de Tíro, Meseta de Anafe, Municipality of Caimito, Artemisa (formerly La Habana) Province, Cuba. — Femur: left lacking a proximal portion of the shaft (MNHNCu 75.594, formerly WS 218 E). Cueva del Túnel, La Salud, Municipality of Quivicán, Mayabeque (formerly La Habana) Province, Cuba. — Humerus: proximal end of right (OA 826, paratype of T. noeli), distal half of right (OA 804, paratype of T. noeli). Tibiotarsus: distal half of left (MNHNCu 75.593, formerly WS 216). Tarsometatarsus: distal end of left (MNHNCu 75.591, formerly WS 137), distal end of right (MNHNCu 75.592, formerly WS 215). Cuevas Blancas, Aguacate, Municipality of Quivicán, Mayabeque (formerly La Habana) Province, Cuba. — Femur: Proximal end of left (CZACC unnumbered). Tarsometatarsus: shaft of right (CZACC unnumbered). Las Breas de San Felipe, Martí, Municipality of Martí, Matanzas Province, Cuba. — Tarsometatarsus: distal end of left (MNHNCu 75.4801) (see Iturralde-Vinent et al 2000). Measurements of paratypes. See Table 1–2. Distribution. Fossil localities in Western Cuba, from Artemisa to Matanzas Provinces. Etymology. After Julie Craves, of the University of Michigan-Dearborn, for her dedication to avian conservation and her boundless appreciation of Cuban friends and birds. Diagnosis. A species of the genus Tyto that is larger than T. noeli and smaller than T. pollens, about the size of some specimens of T. ostologa but less robust, differing from that species by the longer carpometacarpus, deeper and more ovoid shaft of the femur, tarsometatarsus distinctly flared at the ends, and fossa parahypotarsalis medialis smaller. Description and comparisons. Specimens referred to Tyto cravesae are consistently larger and more robust than the equivalent elements in the skeleton of T. noeli, and smaller and much more gracile than those of T. pollens. Juvenile specimens of T. cravesae are also consistently larger and more robust than juveniles or adults of T. noeli (Fig. 6). Qualitative characters in comparison with T. noeli include: femur with a much deeper shaft (Fig. 4), being ovoid in cross section (cylindrical or less ovoid with much less deep shaft in T. noeli); distal end with posterior articular surface of the internal condyle larger and more expanded (smaller in T. noeli); distal end of tibiotarsus (Fig. 5) with shaft greatly expanded bilaterally and with the tendinal groove wider (shaft not expanded, tendinal groove thinner in T. noeli); tarsometatarsus (Figs. 6–8) with shaft relatively shorter but more robust, with anterior metatarsal groove expanded and relatively shallow (shaft relatively longer and thinner, with anterior metatarsal groove thinner and deeper in T. noeli), tubercle for tibialis anticus distally placed (this character can be variable) being separated from the proximal metatarsal foramina (consistently proximad and closer to proximal metatarsal foramina in T. noeli), distal end proportionately less massive (in some individuals) than in T. noeli. Bones of T. cravesae are less robust, but similar in linear dimensions to some specimens of T. ostologa (Figs. 3, 4, 7, 8; Table 1–2). Most of the pectoral elements of T. cravesae, including coracoid, humerus, and ulna, are very similar in characters when compared with T. ostologa; in contrast, the carpometacarpus and hindlimb elements show consistent diagnostic characters including carpometacarpus (Fig. 3; Table 1) longer with a more slender metacarpal II (shorter and more robust metacarpal II in T. ostologa); femur (Fig. 4, Table 2) with the shaft more ovoid in cross section, so that it is much wider in either lateral or medial view (shaft more cylindrical, less ovoid in T. ostologa); tarsometatarsus (Figs. 6–8, Table 2) with proximal half of shaft relatively more expanded or wider, flaring more gradually proximad (shaft less expanded, flaring more abruptly at the proximal articulation in T. ostologa), anterior metatarsal groove also relatively wider (narrower in T. ostologa), fossa parahypotarsalis medialis smaller (internal view), resulting the medial (inner) border of shaft at this level wider (usually larger, greatly expanded and with thin medial border in T. ostologa), distal end less developed and smaller (much more developed, larger and massive in T. ostologa). Compared with T. pollens, the femur of T. cravesae has the shaft deeper and ovoid (less deep or ovoid in T. pollens); tarsometatarsus relatively more elongated with the shaft less constricted bilaterally at midpoint (very wide and robust, relatively shorter, greatly constricted shaft bilaterally at midpoint in T. pollens). Other comparable elements of these two species are very similar in qualitative characters, being distinguishable mostly by the discrepancies in size and robustness mentioned above, T. pollens being the largest (Tables 1–2). Remarks. The species Tyto cravesae seems to be more closely related to T. noeli than to T. ostologa of Hispaniola, which is different in the morphology of the carpometacarpus and proximal end of the tarsometatarsus. Tyto cravesae is, after T. pollens (including T. riveroi), the rarest species of barn owl in the fossil record of Cuba. A deposit formed from ancient pellets of this new species was discovered and excavated by WS in January of 1992, in a cave named Cueva del Campo de Tíro, in the eastern extremity of Meseta de Anafe, near Cayaguasal, Caimito. This deposit was located in a small depression about one meter in diameter and 9 cm at its deepest point, embedded in a dry red-orange soil (see Paratypes of T. cravesae). The deposit was filled with fragmentary material, including bones of juveniles of the extant rodent Capromys pilorides (Say) and juveniles and adults of the extinct Geocapromys columbianus (Chapman), plus scarce remains of Tyto cravesae (W. Suárez unpubl. data). The existence in Cuba of large members of Tyto such as T. cravesae and strigid owls of about the same size and larger (Arredondo 1976, 1982, 1984; Arredondo & Olson 1994) probably contributed to the rarity of T. pollens there in the late Pleistocene, but just how the almost staggering diversity of avian raptors may have partitioned their potential resources of prey remains to be explored.Published as part of Suárez, William & Olson, Storrs L., 2015, Systematics and distribution of the giant fossil barn owls of the West Indies (Aves: Strigiformes: Tytonidae), pp. 533-553 in Zootaxa 4020 (3) on pages 545-548, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4020.3.7, http://zenodo.org/record/24035
Theorie van het collectieve handelen (II). Kritische kanttekeningen bij de theorie van Olson
No full textComparison of M. Olson\u27s & J. M. Buchanan\u27s theories of collective action (M. Olson, The Logic of Collective Action, Public Goods and the Theory of Groups, Cambridge, Mass, 1965; & Buchanan, J. M., The Demand and Supply of Public Goods, Chicago, 1968). Both authors fail to distinguish clearly between market & group relations. The implications for Olson\u27s theory are explored. Three points of criticism are: (1) Olson\u27s theory seems contradictory as a consequence of the author\u27s formal definition of the \u27fraction\u27 of benefits accruing to group members; (2) certain assumptions limit the generality of his theory; (3) Olson\u27s conception of \u27rationality\u27 is not consistent. Olson\u27s theory being a theory of the free rider more than a theory of collective action, is of more limited validity than the author assumes. Fruitful application of the theory is to be expected where groups or organizations develop market analogous behavior in producing collective goods. This part of the theory is of major importance for sociologists. Small-group behavior, particularly where the collective good consists of collective property rights, is not explained satisfactorily by Olson\u27s theory. 3 Tables. AA
OLSON MANCUR - POLITICAL ECONOMY OF INTEREST GROUPS
No full textAutor razmatra osnovnu strukturu političke ekonomije Mancura Olsona. Ističe tri pojma na kojima se ona zasniva - javna dobra, interesne skupine i selektivne poticaje. Posljednji pojam predstavlja Olsonovu inovaciju u suvremenoj političkoj znanosti. Autorova osnovna metodička postavka zasniva se na uvidu da je temeljna Olsonova ideja vezana uz tzv. paradoks javnog dobra. Za razliku od privatnih dobara, javna su dobra nekonkurentna i neisključiva, što znači da uživanje u njima nije moguće zabraniti onima koji ne snose troškove njihove proizvodnje. Olson je na temelju ovog razvio originalnu teoriju interesnih skupina. Propitujuć i troškove interesnog organiziranja, kao kolektivnog djelovanja čiji je rezultat javno dobro, postavio je razlikovanje između velikih, heterogenih i malih, homogenih grupa. Uz to, pokazao je da se pojedinci u pitanju javnih dobara ponašaju kao free rideri, kao neplatiše koji nastoje izbjeći troškove pribavljanja tih dobara. Autor pokazuje da je Olson, i pored određenih slabosti njegove redukcionističke metodologije, značajno unaprijedio političku znanost.The author discusses the basic structure of Mancur Olson's political economy. He highlights three concepts on which it is based - public goods, interest groups, and selective incentives. The last concept represents Olson's innovation in contemporary political science. The author's central methodical assumption is based on the insight that Olson's key theory is linked with the so-called public goods paradox. Unlike private goods, public goods are non-competitive and non-exclusive, which means that it is not possible to bar those who do not share the costs of their production from using them. On the basis of this, Olson has developed the original theory of interest groups. By looking into the costs of organizing along interest lines as a collective activity whose result is a public good, he distinguishes between large, heterogeneous, and small, homogeneous groups. Besides, he has shown that, regarding public goods, individuals tend to behave as free riders, defaulters who try to avoid the costs of securing these goods. The author shows that Olson has, notwithstanding certain flimsiness of his reductionist methodology, significantly revamped political science
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