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Data and code associated with the publication: The Effect of Global Skill Partnerships on Employment Status: Evidence from Morocco and Belgium
No full textThe dataset has the pre- and post-intervention data for the treatment and control groups for the Global Skill Partnership (GSP) in information and communications technology between Morocco and Belgium. The dataset is to be used for an impact evaluation of the GSP on employment status
Alumni Authors: Graciela Limon \u2758
No full textAlumni Authors Series - Spring 2012. The William H. Hannon Library was happy to celebrate some of our acclaimed literary alumnus. Each author discussed their newest works and share a few stories from their days at LMU.
Graciela Limon (‘58) - Graciela Limón is a Latina/Chicana writer and a native of Los Angeles, California. She received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Spanish Literature from Marymount College, Los Angeles, a Master of Arts Degree in the same field from the University of the Americas in Mexico City, followed by a Doctoral Degree in Latin American Literature from the University of California in Los Angeles. Until recently, Limón has been a professor of U.S. Hispanic Literature as well as Chair of the Department of Chicana/o Studies at Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, California. She is now Professor Emerita of that university as well as a Visiting Professor at UCLA and UC Santa Barbara.
Limón has written and published reviews and critical work on Mexican, Latin American and Caribbean Literature. She has also written creative fiction, including In Search of Bernabé (1993), which won The Before Columbus Foundation American Book Award (1994). The novel has been released in Spanish under the title En busca de Bernabé (1997). Limón has also published The Memories of Ana Calderón (1994), Song of the Hummingbird (1996), which was published in Spanish under the title of La canción del colebri, in April 2006. The Day of the Moon (1999), was also published in Spanish as El dia de la luna (2006). Erased Faces, which was awarded the 2002 Gustavus Myers Book Award, was published in 2001. Her latest novel, Left Alive, was released in September 2005.
Graciela Limón\u27s fiction has been anthologized in In Other Words: Literature by Latina Writers of the United States, (1994), Latinas: Borderland Voices (1995), The Hispanic Literary Companion (1997), American Mosaic: Multicultural Readings in Context (2001), Herencia (2002), Under the Fifth Sun: Latino Literature from California (2003) and Chicanos, Latinos & Cultural Diversity (2004). In her latest work, The River Flows North, Ms. Limon writes of a small, disparate group of would-be immigrants who hire coyote Leonarda Cerda to guide them from a Sonora border town across the desert into Arizona
Estimation of the Population Vaccination Effectiveness Using Urn Models
No full text17 pages, 1 article*Estimation of the Population Vaccination Effectiveness Using Urn Models* (Cintron-Arias, Ariel; Hernandez-Suarez, Carlos; Barrera-Rodriguez, Carlos; Espinoza-Limon, Angelina; Vargas-Bracamontes, Dulce) 17 page
The political attitudes and activities of Antilleans in Port Limon, Costa Rica, 2001
No full textThis study examined the political attitudes and activities of Antilleans in Port Limon, Costa Rica. The study was based on the premise that Antilleans believe that Costa Rica is not a nation of racial democracy, which is evidenced by the lack of representation of Antilleans in government, media, and private industry positions. A survey, translated into English and Spanish, was used to identify the perceptions of Antilleans regarding racial equality, political power, the role of the government, and the plight of Antilleans in Port Limon, Costa Rica. The study revealed that Antilleans are subjected to stereotyping, amalgamation, alienation, and insults to their culture
Microtransplantation of cellular membranes from squid stellate ganglion reveals ionotropic GABA receptors
No full textAuthor Posting. © Marine Biological Laboratory, 2013. This article is posted here by permission of Marine Biological Laboratory for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Biological Bulletin 224 (2013): 47-52.The squid has been the most studied cephalopod, and it has served as a very useful model for investigating the events associated with nerve impulse generation and synaptic transmission. While the physiology of squid giant axons has been extensively studied, very little is known about the distribution and function of the neurotransmitters and receptors that mediate inhibitory transmission at the synapses. In this study we investigated whether γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) activates neurotransmitter receptors in stellate ganglia membranes. To overcome the low abundance of GABA-like mRNAs in invertebrates and the low expression of GABA in cephalopods, we used a two-electrode voltage clamp technique to determine if Xenopus laevis oocytes injected with cell membranes from squid stellate ganglia responded to GABA. Using this method, membrane patches containing proteins and ion channels from the squid's stellate ganglion were incorporated into the surface of oocytes. We demonstrated that GABA activates membrane receptors in cellular membranes isolated from squid stellate ganglia. Using the same approach, we were able to record native glutamate-evoked currents. The squid's GABA receptors showed an EC50 of 98 μmol l–1 to GABA and were inhibited by zinc (IC50 = 356 μmol l–1). Interestingly, GABA receptors from the squid were only partially blocked by bicuculline. These results indicate that the microtransplantation of native cell membranes is useful to identify and characterize scarce membrane proteins. Moreover, our data also support the role of GABA as an ionotropic neurotransmitter in cephalopods, acting through chloride-permeable membrane receptors.Grass Foundation Fellowships to
L.C. and A.L. (www.grassfoundation.org). L.C. was additionally
supported by the Ph.D. in Neurophysiology program
of the University of Rome “La Sapienza.” All authors
were Grass Fellows. This work was supported by Ministero
della Sanita` Antidoping and PRIN project 2009 (to E.P.)
Los beneficios tributarios en la inversión empresarial Di Limon S.A.C., Lambayeque - Perú
No full textEste estudio se centra en el ODS número 8: “Trabajo decente y el crecimiento
económico” porque aporta al desarrollo empresarial, puesto de trabajo y fomenta la
formalidad; su objetivo principal fue evaluar el efecto de los beneficios tributarios en
la inversión empresarial Di Limon S.A.C., Lambayeque - Perú; la investigación adoptó
un enfoque cuantitativo, utilizando como población de estudio el estado financiero y
resultados de los años 2019-2022, así como informes de inversión empresarial,
además se apoyó en bases legales como la Ley N°31556, Ley N°30524 y Ley
N°31659; los resultados muestran un impacto generalmente positivo de los beneficios
tributarios sobre la inversión de las MYPES aunque también se detectaron efectos
negativos sobre otros indicadores financieros, esto sugiere la necesidad de un
enfoque más equilibrado. En conclusión, se subraya que los beneficios fiscales
deberían ser más accesibles y comprensibles para fomentar la inversión empresarial
efectiva por lo que se recomienda una revisión de las actuales políticas tributarias
para mejorar su efectividad y equidad, resaltando la importancia de un marco fiscal
que apoye el crecimiento sostenible de las MYPE en Perú
The geohistoriographic novel. Interdiscursive space of Koncert Wielkiej Niedźwiedzicy of Jerzy Limon
No full textArtykuł jest interpretacją powieści Jerzego Limona Koncert Wielkiej Niedźwiedzicy. Kantata na
jedną ulicę, siedem gwiazd i dwa głosy, będącej przykładem literatury zwrotu topograficznego.
Powieść opowiada historię ulicy w Sopocie, przy której mieszka autor-narrator. Powieść
określam mianem geohistoriograficznej, gdyż autor przedstawia w niej przestrzeń miasta —
konkret geograficzny — jako tekst-palimpsest, w którym, warstwa po warstwie, odczytuje
przeszłość.This article provides an interpretation of the novel of Jerzy Limon Koncert Wielkiej Niedźwiedzicy. Kantata na jedną ulicę, siedem gwiazd i dwa głosy, which is an example of the literature of the topographical turn. This novel tells stories of one street in Sopot (Haffner street), where
the author-narrator lives. This novel implements not only the assumptions of geo-poetics but may also be called geohistoriographic, since the author presents a geographic concrete, the space of a city as a conveyor of historic knowledge, for the geographic space is for Limon
the text in which one may read the past. The subject matter of the novel is a street fulfilling just the function of a text, or actually text-palimpsest, which is composed with layers of meanings recorded by particular historic eras
"EVALUACION RETROSPECTIVA DE PARAMETROS REPRODUCTIVOS DE 4 RAZAS DE CONEJOS EN EL LABORATORIO DE MEDICINA COMPARADA"
No full textProposition 209 protest rally
No full textTanya Valdez, Lilly Rodriguez, Diana Limon, and other members of the women's trades organizations Women in Non-Traditional Employment Roles (W.I.N.T.E.R.) and Electric Women protest against the implementation of Proposition 209
The Baltimore Immigration Summit : A Model for Academic-Community Collaboration
No full textThe first Baltimore Immigration Summit grew from an idea Elizabeth Clifford had, to bring together academics, policymakers, service providers, activists, community and religious leaders, and others working with and for immigrants and refugees in Baltimore. In the twenty years since there have been 10 subsequent summits, and it has grown considerably in scope, size, and reputation, and co-authors Iwata, Rodriguez-Limon, Lonczak, and Valencia-Banks have joined her and others in planning the Summit. As leaders on immigration issues in the Baltimore City and Baltimore County governments, Rodriguez-Limon, Lonczak, and Valencia-Banks represent partners with Towson University in this endeavor. In this paper, we discuss the origin, evolution, and growth of the Baltimore Immigration Summit, and suggest that it is a model for how universities can collaborate with local governments and non-profits to bring people together for educational and networking purposes. In particular, we argue that the format of BIS resonates with the literature which urges us, the academics, who practice public sociology and civil engagement to play the role of “anchor institutions” (Harkavy and Hodges 2012); our role is not disseminating scholarly knowledge to ‘help’ community practitioners, but rather offering resources and continuance in the community as we collaborate with the state and the private sector to serve local communities (Gardinier, 2017). Thus, other scholars and universities can utilize the BIS as a model for effective civil engagement projects to bring about positive social change in their communities. We conclude with tips on how to do so
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