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PREDICTIONS OF SOME FEATURES OF THE BAND SYSTEM OF
No full textD. D. Konowalow and M. L. Olson, Paper MN6, 31st Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, The Ohio State University (1976). P. Kusch and M. M. Hessel, (to be published).Author Institution: Department of Chemistry, State University of New YorkVarious features of the band system are predicted on the basis of accurate (probable error in less than 3%) potential energy curves obtained from multiconfiguration. self-consistent field calculations
Why birds matter: avian ecological function and ecosystem services/ Cagan H. Sekercioglu, Daniel G. Wenny, and Christopher J. Whelan, editors.
No full textIncludes bibliographical references and index.Foreword by Jeffrey A. Gordon; Preface; Chapter 1. Bird Ecosystem Services: Economic Ornithology for the 21st Century -- Christopher J. Whelan, Çağan H. Şekercioğlu, and Daniel G. Wenny; Chapter 2. Why Birds Matter Economically: Values, Markets, and Policies -- Matthew D. Johnson and Steven C. Hackett; Chapter 3. Trophic Interaction Networks and Ecosystem Services -- Christopher J. Whelan, Diana F. Tomback, Dave Kelly, and Matthew D. Johnson; Chapter 4. Pollination by Birds: A Functional Evaluation -- Sandra H. Anderson, Dave Kelly, Alastair W. Robertson, and Jenny J. Ladley.Chapter 5. Seed Dispersal by Fruit-Eating Birds -- Daniel G. Wenny, Çağan H. Şekercioğlu, Norbert J. Cordeiro, Haldre S. Rogers, and Dave KellyChapter 6. Dispersal of Plants by Waterbirds -- Andy J. Green, Merel Soons, Anne-Laure Brochet, and Erik Kleyheeg; Chapter 7. Seed Dispersal by Corvids: Birds That Build Forests -- Diana F. Tomback; Chapter 8. Ecosystem Services Provided by Avian Scavengers -- Travis L. DeVault, James C. Beasley, Zachary H. Olson, Marcos Moleón, Martina Carrete, Antoni Margalida, and José Antonio Sánchez-Zapata.Chapter 9. Nutrient Dynamics and Nutrient Cycling by Birds -- Motoko Fujita and Kayoko O. KamedaChapter 10. Avian Ecosystem Engineers: Birds That Excavate Cavities -- Chris Floyd and Kathy Martin; Chapter 11. Avian Ecological Functions and Ecosystem Services in the Tropics -- Çağan H. Şekercioğlu and Evan R. Buechley; Chapter 12. Why Birds Matter: Bird Ecosystem Services That Promote Biodiversity and Support Human Well-Being -- Çağan H. Şekercioğlu, Daniel G. Wenny, Christopher J. Whelan, and Chris Floyd; Contributors; Index.1 online resourc
THE STRUCTURE AND SPECTRA OF THE , AND STATES OF
No full text. D. Konowalow and M. L. Olson, Paper RG2, 32nd Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, The Ohio State University (1977). R. Velasco, Ch. Ottinger and R. N. Zare, J. Chem. Phys. 51, 5522 (1969).""Author Institution: Department of Chemistry, State University of New YorkPotential curves for four low-lying states of have been obtained from Hartree-Fock-Roothaan calculations using, the rich basis set on which our calculations for the neutral were based. Spectroscopic implications of the nature of the long-range portions of the curves will be explored. For example, the state of has a long-range hump not unlike that deduced by Velasco, in the state of . Its existence must be recognized in order to obtain reliable values of the dissociation energies of the A and X states
Ethnic identity, political identity and ethnic conflict: simulating the effect of congruence between the two identities on ethnic violence and conflict
No full textThis thesis outlines and presents an alternative hypothetical process to the emergence of ethnic conflict. Ethnic conflicts, rather than being dependent upon pre-existing 'ancient hatreds', are instead the result of a congruence between ethnic and political identity which grants individuals the ability to use ethnicity to identify and eliminate political threats. This hypothesis is formed by the examination of three case studies of ethnic conflict: Lebanon, Northern Ireland and Croatia. This hypothesis is then formalised and tested using an agent based simulation in which agent interactions are dependent upon ethnic and political identity and the congruence between the two. As predicted there was a strong positive correlation between how accurately ethnic identity reflected political identity and the level of ethnically motivated violence in the simulation, although the relationship was not linear. Furthermore the effect of a shift in congruence was found to be roughly comparable to the effect of initialising agents with a moderate level of pre-existing ethnic antagonism
Ancient theology and new philosophies: Pierre-Daniel Huet against Descartes and Spinoza
No full textThis article analyses Pierre-Daniel Huet's reaction to the doctrines that he believed to favour atheism, Deism, and, generally, irreligion. Descartes and Spinoza, in particular, are guilty, according to Huet, of placing excessive confidence in the discerning power of reason and in the type of certitude it produces, which is incomparable to revealed truth and in no way superior to moral certitude that arises from authority and historical erudition. Huet counters Cartesian philosophy with sceptical fideism and opposes Spinozian exegesis by means of an innovative, although perhaps untimely, adaptation of the doctrine of ancient theology. Against the 'atheist' Spinoza and the cohort of deist thinkers, Huet intends to demonstrate that Moses is the author of the Pentateuch and the divulger of God's message to all peoples, in all times, and that, as a consequence, deist 'natural religion' is a partially corrupted version of the Mosaic doctrine
Toxicological profile for chlorine (update)
No full text"Chemical manager(s)/author(s): G. Daniel Todd, Patricia Ruiz, Larry Cseh, Pam Tucker, John Doyle,.ATSDR, Division of Toxicology and Environmental Medicine, Atlanta, GA; Fernando T. Llados, Daniel J. Plewak, Mario Citra, SRC, Inc., North Syracuse, NY."-- P. ix.Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-208) and index.prepared for U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
Competing models of socially constructed economic man : differentiating Defoe's Crusoe from the Robinson of neoclassical economics
No full textDaniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe has seldom been read as an explicitly political text. When it has, it appears that the central character was designed to warn the early eighteenth-century reader against political challenges to the existing economic order. Insofar as Defoe’s Crusoe stands for "economic man", he is a reflection of historically-produced assumptions about the need for social conformity, not the embodiment of any genuinely essential economic characteristics. This insight is used to compare Defoe’s conception of economic man with that of the neoclassical Robinson Crusoe economy. On the most important of the ostensibly generic principles espoused by neoclassical theorists, their "Robinson" has no parallels with Defoe’s Crusoe. Despite the shared name, two quite distinct social constructions serve two equally distinct pedagogical purposes. Defoe’s Crusoe extols the virtues of passive middle-class sobriety for effective social organisation; the neoclassical Robinson champions the establishment of markets for the sake of productive efficiency
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Urban stormwater injection via dry wells in Tucson, Arizona, and its effect on ground-water quality
No full textMy deepest respect and appreciation are extended to Dr. L. Gray Wilson for providing the opportunity to conduct this research, for his advice and assistance during the course of the research, and for his review of and suggestions for improving this manuscript. I would also like to thank Michael Osborn for his assistance. This research was funded by the City of Tucson. The assistance and direction provided by Mt. Bruce Johnson and Mt. Joe Babcock at Tucson Water are gratefully acknowledged. My thanks are also extended to Dr. Daniel D. Evans, Dr. L.G. Wilson, and Dr. Stanley N. Davis for serving on my thesis committee. Bruce Smith's assistance is gratefully acknowledged. Bruce spent two long days with 110-degree temperatures In a parking lot describing the lithology of sediment samples collected during the drilling phase of this research. He also determined the moisture content and particle size distribution on samples collected from the borehole. The assistance of Ralph Marra and Steve Brooks is also gratefully acknowledged. Ralph waded through city and county bureaucracies to determine zoning at each dry-well site. Steve assisted with collecting dry-well settling chamber sediment samples.hydrology collectio
Malware and Market Share
No full textThis article presents a game-theoretic model of the interaction between malware creators (hackers) and users. Users select and hackers target information technology platforms based upon each platform’s network externalities and security. In equilibrium, a platform’s market share among users and the distribution of malware across platforms are derived endogenously. In particular, a platform’s relative market share is shown to be the square root of the ratio of its competitor’s vulnerability to its own vulnerability. This provides a useful standard for guiding a platform’s security strategy and for characterizing platform competition on the basis of security. It is also consistent with the longstanding empirical folk wisdom that platform leaders must make increasing investments into cybersecurity in order to maintain market share. © The Author(s) 2018. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved.School of Economic, Political and Policy Science
A simple landscape design framework for biodiversity conservation
No full textLocal government planning agencies play an important role in conserving biodiversity in human-altered landscapes. Such agencies frequently have a limited knowledge of wildlife biology and few resources to carry out research, and therefore require simple, practical guidelines for biodiversity conservation. We propose a landscape design framework for biodiversity conservation that is sequential, prescriptive, and supported by current landscape ecological science. Unlike existing guidelines, our framework can be implemented in any given landscape using only land cover data and it explicitly considers constraints on land use planning. The steps of our framework, in the order in which they should be implemented are: (1) select land cover data and decide which land cover classes constitute unaltered or altered land covers; (2) list the constraints on land use planning (e.g., economic, social) that exist for the landscape; (3) maximize the total amount and diversity of unaltered land cover, especially near water; (4) minimize human disturbance within altered land cover, especially near water; and (5) aggregate altered land covers associated with high-intensity land uses, especially away from water. We illustrate the utility of our approach by applying it to a hypothetical landscape and comparing the outcome to those from the application of traditional ecological guidelines to inform land use planning
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