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Economic values and product shift on the Rogue River: a study of non-commercial whitewater recreation
No full textby Rebecca L. Johnson, Bo Shelby, and Neil Bregenzer (Department of Forest Resources, College of Forestry, Oregon State University) ; submitted to United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey."Final technical completion report, project number G928-07."This archived document is maintained by the State Library of Oregon as part of the Oregon Documents Depository Program. It is for informational purposes and may not be suitable for legal purposes.Includes bibliographical references (pages 54-56).Project sponsored by Water Resources Research Institute; financed in part by the United States Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey.Mode of access: Internet from the Oregon Government Publications Collection.Text in English
More Notes by Coleman
No full textIn an article published in Medium Ævum in 1949, Neil Ker was the first to note the appearance of signed marginal notes in three eleventh-century manuscripts from Worcester. These notes carry a cryptic signature reading 'Coleman' when deciphered and identify the author as the man of that name who served as chancellor to St Wulfstan in 1089 and prior of the cell of Westbury-on-Trym in 1093. Coleman and Thomas, prior of Worcester, died in 1113, Viri probitatis eximiae', according to the chronicle of John of Worcester. This is, of course, the Coleman who authored the lost vernacular life of Wulfstan II, Bishop of Worcester (d. 1095), used by William of Malmesbury in writing his own Latin life of that saint. In addition to these three signed notes, Ker attributed further annotations in Latin and Old English in the same manuscripts to Coleman, as well as marginalia found in two other eleventh-century Worcester manuscripts. The corpus of marginalia attributable to Coleman was expanded by Elizabeth Mclntyre in 1978 and nearly forty years after Ker's article, William Stoneman published a follow-up, also in Medium Ævum, in which he identified a further signed Old English note by Coleman. More recently, yet another Latin rubric was added to the growing list of Colemanian addenda by Rodney Thomson. What follows constitutes a further substantial contribution to the collection of identifiable traces which this churchman left in no less than eight manuscripts during the late eleventh and early twelfth centuries.https://www.questia.com/library/p5466/medium-aevum/i4076224/vol-79-no-1-201
More Notes by Coleman
No full textIn an article published in Medium Ævum in 1949, Neil Ker was the first to note the appearance of signed marginal notes in three eleventh-century manuscripts from Worcester. These notes carry a cryptic signature reading 'Coleman' when deciphered and identify the author as the man of that name who served as chancellor to St Wulfstan in 1089 and prior of the cell of Westbury-on-Trym in 1093. Coleman and Thomas, prior of Worcester, died in 1113, Viri probitatis eximiae', according to the chronicle of John of Worcester. This is, of course, the Coleman who authored the lost vernacular life of Wulfstan II, Bishop of Worcester (d. 1095), used by William of Malmesbury in writing his own Latin life of that saint. In addition to these three signed notes, Ker attributed further annotations in Latin and Old English in the same manuscripts to Coleman, as well as marginalia found in two other eleventh-century Worcester manuscripts. The corpus of marginalia attributable to Coleman was expanded by Elizabeth Mclntyre in 1978 and nearly forty years after Ker's article, William Stoneman published a follow-up, also in Medium Ævum, in which he identified a further signed Old English note by Coleman. More recently, yet another Latin rubric was added to the growing list of Colemanian addenda by Rodney Thomson. What follows constitutes a further substantial contribution to the collection of identifiable traces which this churchman left in no less than eight manuscripts during the late eleventh and early twelfth centuries.https://www.questia.com/library/p5466/medium-aevum/i4076224/vol-79-no-1-201
Verses, subverses and subversions in contemporary postcolonial poetry : the arts of resistance in the works of Linton Kwesi Johnson and Lesego Rampolokeng
No full textIncludes bibliographical references (leaves 136-141).This dissertation seeks to analyse insubordination and resistance manifested in postcolonial and post-apartheid poetry as ways of subverting dominant Western discourses. More specifically, I focus my analysis on textual strategies of resistance in the poetry of Linton Kwesi Johnson and Lesego Rampolokeng. The syncretistic quality in the oeuvres of both poets is related to diaspora, hybridity and crealisation as forms of writ[h]ing against (neo)colonially-based hegemonic discourses. Postcolonial critiques at large will frame this analysis of strategies of domination and resistance, but some discussions from the domain of history, sociology and cultural studies may also enter the debate. In this regard there is a great variety of theories and arguments dealing with the contradictions and incongruities in the question of power relations interconnecting domination and resistance. This study is arranged in three pivotal debates. There is firstly an in-depth discussion of underpinning theories that deal with strategies of domination and resistance in the postcolonial domain This is a threefold task carried out by scrutinising (a) the origins of colonial discourse and its binarist tendencies, (b) the pitfalls of anticolonialist resistance based on dualistic opposites, and (c) the hybrid and insubordinate nature of resistance as an efficient alternative to transcend such binaries. Afterwards I seek to investigate how strategies of diasporic resistance and cultural hybridism employed in the poetry of Linton Kwesi Johnson can contribute to moving away from the limitations of dichotomies and also subvert hegemonic power. And finally, I look at crealisation, mockery and insubordination as strategies of resistance in the postapartheid poetry of Lesego Rampolokeng. Besides that, this project is concerned with the increasing importance of academic studies on postcolonial literatures. The present research aims therefore to analyse postcolonial and post-apartheid poems as strategic techniques to decentre dominant Western rhetoric that tries to naturalise inequalities and injustices in the relations between power holders and the powerless in both local and global contexts
A case study in the evaluation of English training courses using a version of the CIPP model as an evaluative tool
No full textThis thesis presents an evaluative case study of the 20 English training courses offered in the Applied English Department (AED) of an Institute, given the pseudonym W.G, in southern Taiwan. No evaluation had been done since the AED had been set up and using Stufflebeam’s CIPP (Context, Input, Process and Product) evaluation model this research was carried out. The purpose of the research was to attempt, through the gathering of qualitative data from a variety of sources and using a variety of research instruments, an evaluation of the 20 English training courses which were designed for and taken by students who hoped, mainly, to become children's English language teachers. The courses were examined through four key components, namely, "course aims and objectives", "course contents and materials", "course conduct and teaching-learning process" and "assessment and student performance". Data were gathered through questionnaires, interviews and the review of existing documents and was obtained from current students, directors of the AED, instructors, alumni and employers of alumni. The resultant data served to present a comprehensive overview of the AED and the 20 English training courses and furnished evidence sufficient to allow for a number of recommendations for improvement and change to emerge. Fundamentally it is not clear that there is sufficient congruence of students needs and the courses offered. It emerged that the AED would probably benefit from a refocusing of student needs, a review of AED structures and governance, uniform syllabus design and presentation, a review of student feedback on instructor performance and a number of fundamental adjustments to the courses, in particular, their content, teaching methodology and assessment. Overall the AED had many positive aspects all of which could be built on and added to as the results of the data suggested. It emerged that the CIPP evaluation model has, in the educational context, a lot to commend it and this has been illustrated in this research. If followed carefully it covers all aspects and features of a program and provides a methodical, all-embracing design which can produce useful material for exploration and adoption if appropriate. It is in most cases a positive program enhancing exercise designed to develop rather than close existing programs
Cleavage stage versus blastocyst stage embryo transfer in assisted reproductive technology (Review)
No full textBackground Recent advances in cell culture media have led to a shift in IVF practice from early cleavage embryo transfer to blastocyst stage transfer. The rationale for blastocyst culture is to improve both uterine and embryonic synchronicity and self selection of viable embryos thus resulting in higher implantation rates. Objectives To determine if blastocyst stage embryo transfers (ETs) affect live birth rate and associated outcomes compared with cleavage stage ETs and to investigate what factors may influence this. Search methods Cochrane Menstrual Disorders and Subfertility Group Specialised Register of controlled trials, Cochrane Controlled Trials Register (CENTRAL) (The Cochrane Library), MEDLINE, EMBASE and Bio extracts. The last search date was January 2007. Selection criteria Trials were included if they were randomised and compared the effectiveness of early cleavage versus blastocyst stage transfers. Data collection and analysis Of the 50 trials that were identified, 18 randomised controlled trials (RCTs) met the inclusion criteria and were reviewed. The primary outcomewas rate of live birth. Secondary outcomeswere rates per couple of clinical pregnancy,multiple pregnancy, high order pregnancy, miscarriage, failure to transfer embryos and cryopreservation. Quality assessment, data extraction and meta-analysis were performed following Cochrane guidelines
The cost of anchoring on credit-card minimum repayments
No full textAbout three quarters of credit card accounts attract interest charges. In the US, credit card debt is 2,539.7 billion of consumer credit. In the UK, credit card debt is £55.1 billion of £174.4 billion of consumer credit. The 2005 US Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act and the 2003 UK Treasury Select Committee's report require lenders to collect a minimum payment of at least the interest accrued each month. Thus people are protected from the effects of compounding interest. But including minimum payment information has an unintended negative effect, because minimum payments act as psychological anchors
Decision by sampling
No full textWe present a theory of decision by sampling (DbS) in which, in contrast with traditional models, there are no underlying psychoeconomic scales. Instead, we assume that an attribute’s subjective value is constructed from a series of binary, ordinal comparisons to a sample of attribute values drawn from memory and is its rank within the sample. We assume that the sample reflects both the immediate distribution of attribute values from the current decision’s context and also the background, real-world distribution of attribute values. DbS accounts for concave utility functions; losses looming larger than gains; hyperbolic temporal discounting; and the overestimation of small probabilities and the underestimation of large probabilities
Potamonautes amosae Cumberlidge & Johnson & Clark & Genner 2021, sp. nov.
No full textPotamonautes amosae sp. nov. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 1B3001B9-7101-4551-AE46-2BEFCAD3598A Figs 3, 4C–D, 5B, 6C–F, 7C, 9, 11B–F, 14, Table 1 Potamon (Potamonautes) lirrangensis – Balss 1936: 188 (partim, nec 189, fig. 24, Lirranga, Stanleyville; Kituri uberer Lualaba. Katanga-region). — Chace 1942: 188–189, fig. 1. – Capart 1952: 62–64, figs 12, 14c–d. Potamonautes (Lirrangopotamonautes) lirrangensis – Bott 1955: 268–270, pl. XVI figs 2a–d, 38–39, 83. — Coulter 1991: 253, 255, tabs 9.XX, 9.XXI. Potamonautes lirrangensis – Cumberlidge 1998: 201. — Reed & Cumberlidge 2006: figs 41–51, 153 – 154, 177 pl. V (partim). — Cumberlidge & Meyer 2011: 1845–1848 (partim, nec Malawi: Lake Malawi). Diagnosis Exorbital tooth large forward-pointing spine; lateral margin of exorbital tooth lined by granules before meeting postfrontal crest; epibranchial tooth small, granular, followed by small granules lining anterolateral margin (Fig. 4C–D). Anterolateral margin posterior to epibranchial tooth curving strongly outward (Fig. 4C–D); postfrontal crest distinct, completely traversing carapace between epibranchial teeth; posterior surface of carapace with deep urogastric grooves; third maxilliped ischium smooth (either lacking vertical sulcus or with faint sulcus); thoracic sternal sulcus S3/4 faint, shallow (Fig. 9B); major chela fixed finger with 3 large molars proximally, fused in older specimens into flat surface (Figs 6A–B, 8A); cheliped carpus inner margin with two large, subequal, forward-pointing spines (Fig. 7C); cheliped merus inner lower margin with spine-like tooth distally; P5 carpus, propodus, and dactylus not elongated (Fig. 9A–B); G1 TA (Fig. 11C–F) slightly widened by slim dorsal lobe (⅓ TA width at TA-SA junction); tip straight, only slightly curved upwards. Etymology The new species is named to honour the memory of Marilyn Suzanne Amos, of Mobile, Alabama, USA, who passed away during these studies. She was the mother of the second author (EJ). The specific epithet is used as a Latin noun in apposition. The vernacular name is Amos’s crab. Material examined Holotype DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO • ♂ subadult; Idjwi Island, Lake Kivu; 2.082854° S, 29.071167° E; Feb. 1939; A. Loveridge leg.; MCZ CRU-11224. Other material DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO • 1 ♂ subadult (CW 46.5 mm); Lake Kivu; donated by Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels; NHMUK 2020.3 • 1 ♂ subadult (CW 44.5 mm); Goma, Lake Kivu; 30 Nov. 1952; I. Gordon leg.; wide coast; NHMUK 2020.4. RWANDA • 1 ♂ juv. (CW 30.0, CL 23.7, CH 11.2, FW 9.8 mm); Gisenye, Lake Kivu; Mar. 1936; J.C. Bequaert leg.; MCZ CRU-9177 • 1 ♀ juv. (CW 26.9 mm); Gisenye, Lake Kivu; 12 May 1955; Smithsonian-Bredin Congo Exped., W.L. Schmitt leg.; in water at shoreline; USNM 98937 • 1 ♀ adult (CW 62 mm); Kalemie (formerly Albertville), Lake Tanganyika; 8 Mar. 1919; M. Dhont de Bie leg.; NHMUK 1919.3.8.1-3. TANZANIA • 1 ♂ subadult (CW 39.5 mm); Mungonya River, Mwandiga, near Kigoma; 4.828819° S, 29.666191° E; Apr. 1971; T.R. Williams leg.; NMU TRW 1971.05 • 1 ♀ adult (CW 80.1 mm); Malagarasi River, Uvinza, Kigoma District; 5.115673° S, 30.380144° E; Apr. 1971; T.R. Williams leg.; NMU TRW 1971.15. Description Carapace height equal to front width (CH /FW 1.0); carapace length 2.4 × front width (CL/FW 2.5); carapace width ~3× front width (CW/FW 3.1); posterior region of carapace with deep urogastric grooves; exorbital tooth large forward-pointing spine; lateral margin of exorbital tooth lined by small granules; epibranchial tooth small, granular, followed by large granules lining anterolateral margin (Fig. 4C–D); anterolateral margin posterior to epibranchial tooth curving strongly outward (Fig. 4C–D); postfrontal crest distinct, completely traversing carapace between epibranchial teeth; posterior surface of carapace with deep urogastric grooves; carapace branchiostegal wall divided by pleural (vertical) suture into suborbital region (with granules on surface), subhepatic region (with granules, crinae on surface); divided by epimeral (longitudinal) suture; pterygostomial region with granules on surface (Fig. 5B). Epistomial tooth prominent, granulated, V-shaped. Mandible palp comprising 2 articles; terminal article single, undivided, with setae (but no hard flap) at junction between articles. Third maxillipeds filling entire oral field, except for transversely ovate respiratory openings at superior lateral corners; exopod with long flagellum; third maxilliped ischium smooth (either lacking vertical sulcus or with faint sulcus). Thoracic sternal sulcus S3/4 faint, shallow; episternal sulci S4/E4, S5/E5, S6/E6, and S7/E7 faint. Major chela dactylus (moveable finger) and pollex of propodus (fixed finger) thick, broad, leaving long thin interspace between fingers when closed; both fingers with 3 large teeth proximally, other teeth small unfused distally; major chela fixed finger proximal molars fused into flat surface in older specimens from the Malagarasi River (CW 80.1 mm) (Fig. 6E–F); cheliped carpus inner margin with two large subequal forward-pointing spines (Fig. 7C); cheliped merus lower margins heavily granulated, inner lower margin with spine-like tooth distally; P3 longest, P5 shortest (carpus, propodus, and dactylus not elongated); P2–5 dactyli tapering to pointed tip, each bearing 4 rows of downward-pointing, short, sharp spines. Male pleon slim, triangular, telson narrow triangle with rounded apex, pleomeres Al–6 quadrate. G1 TA proximal third straight, not widened, margins parallel, at midpoint bent sharply outward at 60° angle to longitudinal axis of G1 SA; G1 TA (Fig. 11B–E) widened by low dorsal lobe (⅓ TA width at TA-SA junction); tip straight, only slightly upcurved. G1 SA at junction with G1 TA with horizontal margin on ventral side, U-shaped indentation filled by conspicuous dorsal membrane on dorsal side. G2 TA long, flagellum-like (Fig. 11F). Margins of G1 TA, SA lined by setae. Size Large species, adult size range between CW 50 to 80 mm. Colour Preserved specimens are uniformly light brown like the holotype, but the large adult female from the Malagarasi River in Tanzania has black pigmentation on both fingers of the chelae (Fig. 6E–F). Distribution Potamonautes amosae sp. nov. was collected from rocky areas of Lake Kivu in the D.R. Congo and Rwanda (Fig. 3). Lake Kivu is a relatively small (100 km long by 50 km wide), deep lake (depth 480 m) situated in the Albertine Rift of the Western Rift Valley. This lake is divided by the border between the D.R. Congo and Rwanda, with the large Idjwi Island lying in the D.R. Congo. The Ruzizi River drains south out of Lake Kivu and links it to the northern part of Lake Tanganyika in Burundi, but this species has not been recorded from this river. Potamonautes amosae sp. nov. is found along the eastern shores of Lake Tanganyika in localities associated with the Malagarasi River in western Tanzania (Capart 1952; Reed & Cumberlidge 2006; M. Mbalassa & S. Marijnissen pers. com.) where it flows through the Kigoma District, and on the western shores of Lake Tanganyika at Kalemie in the D.R. Congo (Capart 1952). Ecology Little is known about the habitat and ecology of P. amosae sp. nov. In the region of Lake Tanganyika this species was often captured in marshes and wetlands near the lake, but never in the lake itself (Capart 1952). In Lake Kivu this species is found on islands in the lake as well as in the lake (Chace 1942). The range of P. amosae sp. nov. includes part of the Lake Victoria Basin Freshwater Ecoregion (FEOW #521) (Thieme et al. 2005; Abell et al. 2008). Conservation status An IUCN extinction risk assessment of P. amosae sp. nov. has not yet been carried out. This species has a wide distributional range (with an estimated extent of occurrence (EOO) of almost 46 600 km 2) and has been recorded from seven localities (Fig. 3) in three different countries. Given that there are no known immediate threats to this species, it would probably be assessed as Least Concern. Remarks There are a number of characters that distinguish P. amosae sp. nov. from P. orbitospinus in Lake Malawi. For example, the male thoracic sternal sulcus S3/4 of P. amosae sp. nov. is faint and shallow (vs deep and complete in P. orbitospinus); the low dorsal lobe of the G1 TA of P. amosae sp. nov. means that it is only slightly widened (vs a G1 TA dorsal margin that is conspicuously widened by a high dorsal lobe in P. orbitospinus); the anterolateral margin of P. amosae sp. nov. is lined by small granules (vs lined by a row of small distinct teeth in P. orbitospinus); the merus, propodus, and dactylus of P5 of P. amosae sp. nov. are all short (vs all elongated and slender in P. orbitospinus); and the third maxilliped ischium of P. amosae sp. nov. is smooth (vs with a third maxilliped ischium that has a deep vertical sulcus in P. orbitospinus). In the past, P. amosae sp. nov. from Lake Kivu has been identified as P. lirrangensis s. lat. by a number of authors (Chace 1942; Bott 1955; Reed & Cumberlidge 2006; Cumberlidge & Meyer 2011). These identifications were made based on characters shared with the type of P. lirrangensis s. str. from Liranga (such as denticles or granules lining the anterolateral margin, 2 large pointed spines on the cheliped carpus inner margin, and a large pointed spine on the cheliped merus inner margin). There are a number of illustrations of P. amosae sp. nov. available, but most of these specimens have been identified as P. lirrangensis s. lat. For example, Chace (1942) illustrated the carapace and G1 of a specimen from Lake Kivu (MCZ CRU-11224), and Capart (1952: fig. 12) figured an entire specimen from Kalemie (formerly Albertville) on the western shores of Lake Tanganyika and remarked on its similarity to the species found in Lake Kivu. Later, Reed & Cumberlidge (2006: figs 41–51, 153–154, 177 pl. V) described in detail an adult female (CW 81 mm) and male (CW 56.5 mm) of P. lirrangensis s. lat. (NMU TRW1971.15) from the Malagarasi River at Uvinza in the Kigoma District of Tanzania near Lake Tanganyika. DNA sequence data are available from specimens formerly assigned to P. lirrangensis s. lat. from Lakes Kivu, Tanganyika, and Malawi (Marijnissen et al. 2006; Daniels et al. 2015; Kochey et al. 2017). Marijnissen et al. (2006) used 2 mitochondrial DNA sequence markers (12S rRNA and 16S rRNA) to investigate relationships between specimens identified morphologically as P. lirrangensis s. lat. from Ruzizi in Lake Kivu in the D.R. Congo (GenBank DQ203210, DQ203236), from Uazua in the Zambian part of Lake Tanganyika (DQ203211, DQ203237), and from Thumbi West Island near Cape Maclear in southern Lake Malawi (GenBank DQ203209, DQ203235). Marijnissen et al. (2006: fig. 1) found that the specimen from Lake Kivu (here recognised as P. amosae sp. nov.) formed a separate basal lineage from the clade formed by the other 2 specimens from Lake Malawi (here recognised as P. orbitospinus). Daniels et al. (2015) sequenced four DNA markers (GenBank AY803494, AY803534, AY803568, AY803682) for a specimen (ZMA.Crust.De.204681) held in the NBL that was identified in that work as P. lirrangensis s. lat. and incorrectly listed as being from Lake Malawi. In fact, specimen ZMA.Crust. De.204681 was collected from Lake Kivu (site 13, E. major; 23 Aug. 2002; Pascal Isumbisa leg.) and is therefore properly identified as P. amosae sp. nov. There is molecular support for the recognition of P. amosae sp. nov. as a valid species from mitochondrial 16S rRNA and the nuclear coding gene Histone H3 sequences (Fig. 14). Across the 2 genes, 5 specimens are assigned to P. amosae sp. nov.: 3 from Uvinza, Kigoma District, Tanzania (2016-07-08 -UV1; 2016- 07-08 -UV2; 2016-07-08 -UV3), and two from Lake Kivu. The first specimen from Lake Kivu is ZMA. Crust.De.204681 represented by AY803534 and AY803682 (Daniels et al. 2015); the second specimen is from Ruzizi, Lake Kivu represented by DQ203236 (Marijnissen et al. 2006).Published as part of Cumberlidge, Neil, Johnson, Emily, Clark, Paul F. & Genner, Martin J., 2021, Unravelling the Potamonautes lirrangensis (Rathbun, 1904) species complex (Potamoidea: Potamonautidae), with the description of two new species, pp. 145-178 in European Journal of Taxonomy 744 (1) on pages 163-167, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.744.1309, http://zenodo.org/record/469030
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