93 research outputs found
Esprit '89. Proceedings of the 6th annual Esprit conference. Brussels, 27 November - 1 December 1989. EUR 12512 EN
No full textNorth American Deglacial Isochrones, version 1 (NADI-1)
No full text<p>Mapping files from the North American Deglaciation Isochrones (NADI-1), which span 25 to 1 ka for the Innuitian, Cordilleran, and Laurentide ice sheets. Included in the zip folder are 588 files in total: 49 time-steps x 3 files per timestep (optimal/min/max) = 147 individual shapefiles and their respective 147 .prj, .dbf and .shx files.</p>
GIS file for CFP (PRJ)
No full textThis file is part of a set of files describing the border of the California Floristic Province in western North America. When included in a directory with the other "CFP_GIS" files, the GIS layer is openable in most standard GIS programs
A Comparison of Stock Market Mechanism
No full textI analyze a static, noisy rational expectations equilibrium model where traders exchange vectors of assets accessing multi-dimensional information under two alternative market structures. In the first (the unrestricted system), informed speculators condition their demands for each asset on all equilibrium prices and market makers set prices observing all order flows; in the second (the restricted system), speculators are restricted to condition their demand on the price of the asset they want to trade and market makers only observe the order flow of the asset they price. I show that informed traders' incentives to collect and exploit multi-dimensional private information depend on the number of prices they can condition upon when submitting their demand schedules, and on the specific price formation process one considers. Building on this insight, I then give conditions under which the restricted system is more efficient than the unrestricted system.financial economics, asset pricing, information and market efficiency, market mechanisms
StEER-EERI: Petrinja, Croatia December 29, 2020, Mw 6.4 Earthquake Joint Reconnaissance Report (JRR)
No full textOn December 29, 2020 a magnitude 6.4 earthquake occurred in the Sisak-Moslavina county of Croatia. The earthquake occurred along the Popusko-Petrinja strike slip fault within the Eurasia plate at a depth of 10 km with an epicenter at 45.422°N 16.255°E, three kilometers (km) west-southwest of the city of Petrinja. The maximum intensity of the earthquake was VII (severe) on the Modified Mercalli Intensity (MMI) scale and VIII (heavily damaging) to IX (destructive) on the European Macroseismic Scale (EMS). Due to the earthquake and resulting damage, there were seven fatalities, 26 people were injured, and many hundreds of people were displaced from their homes. The most affected city was Petrinja, but severe damage also occurred in Sisak, Dvor, Glina, Topusko, as well as in Croatia’s capital Zagreb, located approximately 50 km northwest of the epicenter. Damage was also reported in neighboring countries, including Slovenia, located north of Croatia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina, located south of this region of Croatia. This Joint Reconnaissance Report between EERI LFE and StEER will serve as the primary synopsis of this event.EAGER: Operationalization of the Structural Extreme Events Reconnaissance (StEER) Network - CMMI-184166
Using Participant Feedback to Iteratively Improve Training for Positive Recovery Jouranling, an Intervention for Substance Use Disorders
No full textPoster presented at the 17th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health. Arlington, VA.Background: Recovering from substance use disorders is challenging given the biopsychosocial stressors encountered in recovery. Positive Recovery Journaling (PRJ), developed by the second author, is a daily therapeutic practice rooted in concepts of positive psychology and values affirmation, with pilot data suggesting a positive impact during early recovery. The purpose of the present study was to develop and iteratively improve procedures for teaching PRJ to 5 cohorts (N = 37) of counselors for implementation in their practice settings.
Methods: In this mixed-methods study, we assessed feasibility, appropriateness, and acceptability of PRJ after the training using Weiner et al. (2017)’s scales. The percent who chose to implement PRJ after the 4.5h training provided additional evidence of these constructs. Based on survey feedback from Cohort 1, we made improvements to subsequent training sessions. We compared Cohort 1 to subsequent cohorts to determine whether training improvements enhanced ratings of PRJ feasibility, appropriateness, and acceptability and decision to use PRJ after the training.
Findings: Qualitative feedback from Cohort 1 indicated that participants found the 4.5h training too long, the language in PRJ group session slides too advanced, and the training insufficient for some components of PRJ. As a result, in subsequent trainings, we split the training from one to two sessions, made the language more accessible, and thoroughly covered all components. Comparing the first cohort with all subsequent cohorts combined, 90% (n = 10) versus 96% (n = 27) chose to implement PRJ (Fisher’s exact test p = .473). Based on a 5-point scale, PRJ was rated by Cohort 1 versus subsequent cohorts after the training as acceptable (mean=4.4, sd=.6 versus 4.8, SD=.3, t(11)= -2.0, p = .078), appropriate (mean=4.2, SD=.6 versus 4.8 sd=.4, t(12)= -2.5, p = .028), and feasible (mean=4.3, sd=.7 versus 4.8, SD=.4, t(11)= -2.4, p = .037).
Implications for D&I Research: Participant feedback is crucial for adapting interventions to fit real-world settings. This study highlights how an iterative process can be used to adapt an existing training to support improved perception of an intervention and rates of implementation.This work was supported by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences of the National Institutes of Health [Grant UM1TR004405]; U. S. Department of Agriculture, National Institute of Food & Agriculture, Hatch Projects [MN-55-087, MN-55-078, MN-55-072, MN-55–064]; Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station [project MN-55-056]; and the University of Minnesota Office of Research & Innovation [grant number 630306]. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health or any other entity.Harris, Sonia Rose; Krentzman, Amy R.. (2024). Using Participant Feedback to Iteratively Improve Training for Positive Recovery Jouranling, an Intervention for Substance Use Disorders. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/271519
Modelling streamflow depletion under different groundwater pumping scenarios involving the Dalmeny aquifer in Saskatchewan
No full textIn the Dalmeny Basin both ecosystems and people rely on local watercourses so it is important to determine how groundwater pumping could affect streamflow. As such, simulation of how streamflow would deplete under different scenarios was done using parameters within realistic ranges present in the area. From there the upper limit to the pumping rate before significant ecological damage would occur in the North Saskatchewan River, the region's notable watercourse, was determined. The main method was the use of the R package called streamDepletr and its built in Glower, Hunt, and Hantush functions. One notable result is that a streamed with a weighted average composition resulted in the threshold before ecological damage being lower than if it were solely composed of the Upper floral unit. Additionally, the system is most sensitive to variations in storativity. In comparing the Glover, Hunt, and Hantush methods, it was also discovered that for identical scenarios, the Glover method predicts the most stream depletion white the Hantush method predicts the least. It was determined that to surpass the significant ecological damage threshold, the pumping rate from the Dalmeny Aquifer would have to surpass its recharge rate. Practically, reaching this point is unnecessary given the area's current and historical groundwater usage, as well as unsustainable for the aquifer itself
An evaluation of the possibilities of using Second Life’s EduNation in Information Literacy training
No full textThis paper aims to identify the value of the virtual world Second Life, and the educational facilities available in EduNation within Second Life, specifically as regards their use for information literacy in Higher Education. The author identifies potential benefits and drawbacks of Second Life and EduNation, and concludes that they do have potential value
Predicted Spatially Complete Zoning Map of North Carolina
No full textSpatially-complete zoning map of North Carolina, USA. The results folder contains results of a machine learning (random forest) model predicting 3 core district zones (residential, non-residential, and mixed use) and 13 sub-district zones (open space, industrial, commercial, office, planned use, high-density residential, medium-high-density residential, medium-density residential, medium-low-density residential, low-density residential, agricultural residential, mixed use, and downtown). Results are provided as 30-m rasters (.tif) with each value corresponding to a zoning district. Table containing zone district ID (number) and zone district name (character string) is included in zone_classification.csv. Final (spatially complete statewide maps) can be found in the final_predicted folder. This folder includes Statewide core district results in NC_predicted_core.tif and statewide sub-district results in NC_predicted_sub.tif.
Zoning was generalized and reclassified into 3 core district zones and 13 sub-district zones (described above). Reclassified zoning data, collected from 39 counties in North Carolina is provided in the observed folder with core districts in core_district_observed_zones.tif and sub-districts in sub_district_observed_zones.tif. Also in this folder is zoning_implementation_NC.csv which includes links to the source data (zoning map and zoning ordinance) for all collected data.
Two models were created to predict zones under different data availability scenarios (i.e., scenarios that assume different levels of data availability). Predictions labeled “within_county” utilized the within-county model which predicts zoning districts in areas where zoning data is partially available for that county. To approximate scenarios of incomplete data accessibility, 20% of the data was randomly removed from training and reserved for independent performance assessments. Predictions labeled “between-county” utilized the between-county model which predicts zoning districts in areas where zoning data is inaccessible. To approximate this scenario, multiple between-county model iterations were computed by randomly removing entire counties from the training dataset and computing performance metrics on the removed (test) counties. Predictions are provided for both core districts and sub-districts (described above). Results from these models can be found in the predicted folder. This folder contains four subfolders: core_district_within_county, sub_district_within_county, core_district_between_county, and sub_district_between_county. Within each of these folders are predicted maps 30-m raster (.tif), performance reports including precision, recall, and f1 score overall and per district (.csv), and accuracy maps (3-km grid shapefile [.shp, .shx, .prj, .dbf]) with values corresponding to the proportion of misclassified pixels within a grid cell. Multiple randomized testing county samples were conducted for the between-county models. Each random sample is labeled r*_ where * is replaced with a number between 1 and 15.The authors acknowledge financial support by the U.S. Geological Survey Southeast Climate Adaptation Science Center (award G19AC00083) and North Carolina Sea Grant (award R/MG-2209)
Guatemala 1963-1970: the limits to democratisation.
No full textPhDThe subject of this thesis is the transition from de facto
military rule to constitutional civilian government in Guatemala
between 1963 and 1970. The focus is upon the limits to
democratisation inherent in this process at a time of intense
political polarisation and increasing militarisation. The work
opens with a consideration of the debates that emerged in the
context of the political transitions in Latin America during the
1980s. The second chapter charts the central characteristics of
a foundational period in Guatemalan politics between 1944 and
1954 and argues that later political developments can only be
fully understood with reference to this earlier period. Chapter
Three addresses the military coup of 1963 and the period of
military government which followed. The emphasis is on the
effort to define the parameters of the Guatemalan political
process and the military response to the guerrilla challenge
which emerged after 1962. Chapter Four examines in detail the
elections of March 1966 and the political campaign which preceded
them. Particular consideration is given to the origins and
character of the pact signed with the military establishment
before the new government was permitted to take office. The
following two chapters present a case study of the civilian
government between 1966 and 1970. Chapter Five addresses the
rhetoric and reality of the government programme with respect to
three key policy areas and suggests that the failure to make
progress in each was indicative of the true limits to this
democratic experiment. The thematic focus of Chapter Six is
insurgency and counterinsurgency and the extensive political
violence which became the overarching feature of this period.
The thesis concludes with a brief examination of the 1970
elections and goes on to argue that the failure of
democratisation between 1963 and 1970 derived from the historic
absence of a liberal democratic consensus and the predominant
role of the military in the political process
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