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A Tripartite Post-Recession Rebalancing
No full textIn this latest Advance & Rutgers Report, entitled “A Tripartite Post-Recession Rebalancing,” Dean James W. Hughes and Professor Joseph J. Seneca deliver an incisive assessment of the current market conditions and obstacles in the path of our economic recovery. They offer a statistical cautionary tale that the private and public sector need to hear and acknowledge in order for the economy to make continued progress.This report was published as Issue Paper Number 7, November 2011, in Advance & Rutgers Report
Multi-modal discrimination learning in humans: evidence for configural theory
No full textHuman contingency learning was used to compare the predictions of configural and elemental theories. In three experiments, participants were required to learn which indicators were associated with an increase in core temperature of a fictitious nuclear plant. Experiments 1 and 2 investigated the rate at which a triple-element stimulus (ABC) could be discriminated from either single-element stimuli (A, B, and C) or double-element stimuli (AB, BC, and AC). Experiment 1 used visual stimuli, whilst Experiment 2 used visual, auditory, and tactile stimuli. In both experiments the participants took longer to discriminate the triple-element stimulus from the more similar double-element stimuli than from the less similar single-element stimuli. Experiment 3 tested for summation with stimuli from either single or multiple modalities and summation was found only in the latter. Thus the pattern of results seen in Experiments 1 and 2 was not dependent on whether the stimuli were single- or multi-modal nor was it dependent on whether the stimuli could elicit summation. This pattern of results is consistent with the predictions of Pearce’s (1987) configural theory
The Receding Metropolitan Perimeter: A New Postsuburban Demographic Normal
No full textThe report traces population changes for two time periods: 1950 to 1980, reflecting the nation’s unprecedented postwar suburbanization, and 2010 to 2013, for the recovery period to date from aftershocks of the Great 2007-2009 Recession. The decades between the two time periods analyzed – the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s – are also examined for the influence of overall regional growth, age-structure variations and immigration levels on population change.
Twenty-seven of the suburban-ring counties in the four states witnessed explosive growth in the 30-year period from 1950 to 1980, gaining more than 5.3 million residents, and nearly doubling their population. By contrast, the regional core of eight urban counties in New York and New Jersey contracted sharply during the same period, losing nearly a million people.
Then, during the 2010–2013 period, the trend reversed: the regional core grew at a rate more than double that of the suburban ring, adding 85,284 persons per year. The regional core accounted for most of the total population growth, a phenomenon unparalleled since World War II. All of the suburban counties with population losses were on the metropolitan outer ring with the exception of Monmouth County, which suffered impacts from Superstorm Sandy.
The authors insistently caution that this shift in population growth is not necessarily a long-term change since the latest time period is so limited. However, the data suggest a change of the crest of the wave nature indicating that the multidecade pattern of further growth on the perimeter of the region out has shifted.
The report also discusses the influence of young adults’ locational preferences for urban lifestyle and workplace choices post-2000 as one contributing factor to these shifting population patterns
Solar Power in the Garden State
No full textThis special issue on energy and solar power in New Jersey was made possible because of the extensive portfolio of research centers and institutes at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy. Dr. Frank A. Felder, an Associate Research Professor, has been director of the School’s Center for Energy, Economic & Environmental Policy (CEEEP) since 2006. Frank is a nuclear engineer with a PhD degree from MIT, and he, along with his CEEEP colleague, Shankar N. Chandramowli, coauthored the main article in this issue of the Advance & Rutgers Report. CEEEP has worked extensively with the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities on projects, including New Jersey’s current Energy Master Plan.Shining Brightly: Bloustein's Centers of Excellence / by James W. Hughes and Joseph S. Seneca -- Solar Power in the Garden States / by Shankar N. Chandramowli and Frank A. Felder.Guest contributors include Shankar N. Chandramowli and Frank A. Felder, PhD, Director—Center for Energy, Economic and Environmental Policy at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public PolicyReports published as Issue Paper Number 5, May 2011, in Advance & Rutgers Report, Special Issue
Author Correction: Establishment and equilibrium levels of deleterious mutations in large populations (Scientific Reports, (2019), 9, 1, (10384), 10.1038/s41598-019-46803-7)
No full textThe original version of this Article contained errors. Affiliations 1 and 2 were reversed. Secondly, Affiliation 7 was incorrectly given as ‘Institute for Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Department of Immunology, and SAMRC Extramural Unit for Stem Cell Research and Therapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 0084, South Africa’. Thirdly, an affiliation was omitted for the author Michael S. Pepper, which is now listed as Affiliation 8. Fourthly, Affiliation 1 was omitted for the author Johan W. Viljoen. Finally, Augustinus J. van Zyl was incorrectly affiliated with ‘Institute for Maternal and Child Health, IRCCS ‘Burlo Garofolo’, Trieste, Italy.’ The correct author affiliations are listed below: Affiliation 1: Department of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering, EBIT, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0028, South Africa Johan W. Viljoen and J. Pieter de Villiers Affiliation 2: Development, Research and Technology Department, Hensoldt Optronics, Centu..
Mr. Melvin J. Collier, RWWL AUC, June 2011
No full textThis video is a conversation with Mr. Melvin J. Collier. Mr. Collier talks about his book, "From Mississippi to Africa: A Journey of Discovery". Daniel Le, AUC Woodruff Library, is the interviewer
Correspondence, W. J. Hawks to Richard Parker, March 15, 1855
No full textA letter to Richard Parker from W. J. Hawks regarding a bill for a carriage repository. 1 page
Economic Soft Patch 2: A Second-Half Rebound or Redux?
No full textAs this issue (August 2011) of the Advance & Rutgers Report was on press, the Bureau of Economic Analysis of the U.S. Department of Commerce released revised Gross Domestic Product (GDP) estimates on July 29, 2011 that showed the December 2007– June 2009 recession to be far deeper than originally determined. The 4.1 percent recessionary decline in real GDP was revised to a much larger 5.1 percent decrease; therefore, the analysis of economic output starting on page 8 of this report is slightly altered.
Before the revisions, GDP had fully recovered all of its recessionary losses by the fourth quarter of 2010, 36 months after the recession began. However, the revised estimates show that GDP had not yet fully recovered its recessionary losses by the second quarter of 2011, 42 months after the recession began. This affects figures 3 and 4 on pages 9 and 10 of the report.
But the conclusions in the report remain valid: The U.S. economy today is close (real GDP in the second quarter of 2011 is 0.42 percent below the fourth quarter of 2007) to producing the same pre-recessionary economic output with about 7 million fewer private-sector workers, and the time elapsed for full recovery of economic output (42 months and counting) is far more severe than the recovery time (21 months) from the July 1981-November 1982 recession, the previous post-World War II record holder.This report was published as Issue Paper Number 6, August 2011, in Advance & Rutgers Report
Riparian and adler forests as the foundation of rare and endangered macromycetes
No full textW artykule scharakteryzowano 11 wybranych gatunków macromycetes rzadkich i zagrożonych w Polsce, zanotowanych podczas badań mikocenologicznych przeprowadzonych na terenie Pojezierza Krajeńskiego. Podano uwagi dotyczące ekologii, rozmieszczenia, stopnia rzadkości i zagrożenia w Polsce następujących gatunków: Acrospermum compressum Tode: Fr., Bisporella confluens (Sacc.) Korf & Bujakiewicz, Camarops polysperma (Mont.) J. H. Miller, Cordyceps bifusispora O. E. Erikss., Entoloma dysthaloides Noordel., Entoloma jahnii Wölfel & Winterh., Inocybe calospora Quél., Mycena pterigena (Fr.) Kummer, Rimbachia arachnoidea (Peck) Redhead, Russula alnetorum Romagn. i Tremella hypogymniae Diederich & M. S. Christ.In the article there are characterized chosen 11 species of macromycetes that are rare and endangered in Poland and were catalogued during the mikocenologic research held on Pojezierze Krajeńskie. The observations were made regarding ecology, situating and level of being rare and endangered in Poland of the following species: Acrospermum compressum Tode: Fr., Bisporella confluens (Sacc.) Korf & Bujakiewicz, Camarops polysperma (Mont.) J. H. Miller, Cordyceps bifusispora O. E. Erikss., Entoloma dysthaloides Noordel., Entoloma jahnii Wölfel & Winterh., Inocybe calospora Quél., Mycena pterigena (Fr.) Kummer, Rimbachia arachnoidea (Peck) Redhead, Russula alnetorum Romagn. i Tremella hypogymniae Diederich & M. S. Christ
Modlitwa Jezusa (J 17,1–26) odczytana w perspektywie antropologii kulturowej
No full textThe aim of the article is to interpret the prayer of Jesus in John 17 according to social-scientific criteria. After having shown the main currents in the historical critical exegesis of the passage, the author discusses John 17 as last will of a person who is about to die. It was broadly believed in the ancient Mediterranean culture(s) that such a person is very close to God/gods and thanks to it can foresee future events. Then John 17 is analyzed in the framework of seven types of prayer proposed by B.J. Malina. The author of the article argues that John 17 as a whole is a heuristic prayer which is composed mostly of instrumental and self-focused statements. On the basis of analysis of the occurrences of the morphemes do,xa and doxa,zw in the Fourth Gospel and especially in John 17 it is stated that Jesus refers in the prayer to the Mediterranean category of honor as the most important human value. This prompted the author to examine John 17 in the framework of the social structure “patron–client”. The author of the article argues that Jesus takes in John 17 the position of Broker – Mediator between the Father and his disciples. Moreover, in the light of his imminent return to the glory of the Father he confers the mission of being his agents (brokers) to those who have come to believe that he was the Messiah sent by the Father.Celem niniejszego artykułu jest lektura modlitwy Jezusa w J 17 w perspektywie kryteriów antropologicznokuturowych. Badania te poprzedzone są ukazaniem głównych kierunków interpretacyjnych tego tekstu zaproponowanych przez przedstawicieli egzegezy historyczno-krytycznej. Kolejnym krokiem jest wykazanie, że modlitwa ta wpisuje się bardzo dobrze w śródziemnomorską tradycję kulturową, w której słowa Jezusa skierowane do Ojca w J 17 interpretować można jako ostatnią wolę kogoś, kto ma niebawem umrzeć. Następnie fragment J 17,1–26 jest przeanalizowany w świetle siedmiu typów modlitwy zaproponowanych przez B.J. Malinę. Dochodzimy do wniosku, że jako całość jest to modlitwa typu heurystycznego z dominującymi elementami modlitwy prośby i modlitwy skoncentrowanej na sobie. Dalej, na podstawie analizy występowania morfemów do,xa i doxa,zw w Czwartej Ewangelii, a zwłaszcza w J 17, wykazujemy, że Jezus odwołuje się w tej modlitwie do śródziemnomorskiej kategorii honoru jako podstawowej wartości człowieka. To zaś staje się przesłanką do przeanalizowania J 17 w perspektywie relacji „patron–klient”. Wykazujemy, że Jezus przedstawia siebie w tej modlitwie jako pośrednika (brokera) pomiędzy Ojcem a uczniami. Co więcej, w obliczu powrotu do chwały nieba przekazuje On misję pośrednictwa tym, którzy uwierzą, że został posłany przez Ojca dla zbawienia świata
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