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Bogus-self-employment in Sweden
No full textThis chapter analyses to what extent bogus self-employment is prevalent in Sweden and identifies institutional and economic factors that may explain its magnitude and development. Drawing on the last wave of the European Working Conditions Survey and using standard econometric techniques we analyse the prevalence of bogus self-employed in the EU-28 and Nordic countries and examine main differences between self-employment and bogus self-employment. We find that Sweden displays a lower incidence of bogus self-employed compared to other EU member states. Bogus self-employment appears to be more prevalent in certain segments of the labour market, in particular in industries such as construction, transport and personal household services. The specificity of the industrial relations system in Sweden, with strong social partners, high union density and coverage rate of collective agreements in all sectors of the economy, may explain the limited development of bogus self-employment and relatively low incidence compared to other member states.</p
Interactive graphical system for segmentation of multimodal medical volumes using fuzzy clustering
No full textStudy 2: BothSites Bipolar Bogus Pipeline Experiment
No full textData from both Study 1 (Auburn Univ) and Study 2 (Skidmore College) from Experimental Demonstration of Bipolar Stigma and the Role of Social Desirability: A Bogus Pipeline Study (Schofield, Alvarez, Michaels, & Witte)</p
Study 1: Auburn data for Bipolar Bogus Pipeline
No full textStudy data for Study 1 of Schofield, Alvarez, Glinsky, & Witte (Experimental Demonstration of Bipolar Stigma and the Role of Social Desirability: A Bogus Pipeline Study)</p
Bogus and Real text versions for the first section of the revised PIL.
No full text<p>Bogus and Real text versions for the first section of the revised PIL.</p
Visualized mental profile maps of Aphra Behn when including bogus plays by other playwrights.
No full textNote: The blue diamond denotes the psychological center of each map. Bogus plays are circled in red and stand out considerably from the rest of the map in each case. Bogus plays include Dekker’s The Whore of Babylon (left), Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar (middle), and Theobald’s The Fatal Secret (right).</p
PLANT ANIMAL INTERACTIONS Characterizing the interaction between the bogus yucca moth and yuccas: do bogus yucca moths impact yucca reproductive success?
No full textAbstract Yucca moths are most well known for their obligate pollination mutualism with yuccas, where pollinator moths provide yuccas with pollen and, in exchange, the moth larvae feed on a subset of the developing yucca seeds. The pollinators, however, comprise only two of the three genera of yucca moths. Members of the third genus, Prodoxus, are the "bogus yucca moths" and are sister to the pollinator moths. Adult Prodoxus lack the specialized mouthparts used for pollination and the larvae feed on plant tissues other than seeds. Prodoxus larvae feed within the same plants as pollinator larvae and have the potential to influence yucca reproductive success directly by drawing resources away from flowers and fruit, or indirectly by modifying the costs of the mutualism with pollinators. We examined the interaction between the scape-feeding bogus yucca moth, Prodoxus decipiens, and one of its yucca hosts, Yucca filamentosa, by comparing female reproductive success of plants with and without moth larvae. We determined reproductive success by measuring a set of common reproductive traits such as flowering characteristics, seed set, and seed germination. In addition, we also quantified the percent total nitrogen in the seeds to determine whether the presence of larvae could potentially reduce seed quality. Flowering characteristics, seed set, and seed germination were not significantly different between plants with and without bogus yucca moth larvae. In contrast, the percent total nitrogen content of seeds was significantly lower in plants with P. decipiens larvae, and nitrogen content was negatively correlated with the number of larvae feeding within the inflorescence scape. Surveys of percent total nitrogen at three time periods during the flowering and fruiting of Y. filamentosa also showed that larval feeding decreased the amount of nitrogen in fruit tissue. Taken together, the results suggest that although P. decipiens influences nitrogen distribution in Y. filamentosa, this physiological effect does not appear to impact the female components of reproductive success
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