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Agriculture and Income Distribution: Insights from a SAM of the Italian Economy
No full textThe paper presents the results of the first SAM analysis of the agricultural sector in Italy. A SAM of the Italian economy has been properly modified in order to focus the analysis on agriculture. Two type of analysis have been carried out: (i) a multiplier analysis, and (ii) an assessment of the distributive impacts of different agricultural policies. This paper proposes also a new method for disaggregating the institutional sectors and production factors in order to analyze income distribution within the economy, with special emphasis on the agricultural sector. Main results are: (i) "fully" decoupled income supporting schemes (transfers to agricultural households) are the most equitable interventions and determine a perfect targeting of the distributive effect on the relevant institutional sectors; (ii) "partially" decoupled income supporting interventions, as the ones implemented under the current CAP, are more effective than others in indirectly (i.e., through multiplier effects) generating positive impacts on the income of agricultural households; (iii) agricultural price support interventions show less desirable effects in terms of their distributive impacts: they are less effective as agricultural income-increasing policies and their distributive impacts are biased against poorer households both in agricultural and non-agricultural sectors.Social accounting matrix, agriculture, income distribution, Italy, Labor and Human Capital, R13, R15, Q18, E25,
Brown & Marriott's ADR: principles & practice, 4th edition.
No full textThe 4th edition of Brown and Marriott’s ADR Principles and Practice, due for publication in 2018, will be revised and updated by a new author team comprising William Wood QC, Brick Court Chambers; Ben Waters, Senior Lecturer in Law at Canterbury Christ Church University; and Shirley Shipman, Principal Lecturer in Law at Oxford Brookes University School of Law. They bring a fresh perspective to the 4th edition; while Henry Brown, originator and co-author of the first three editions, is closely involved in this 4th edition as a Consultant Editor.
In addition to a general update and revision, the new edition will address the following in particular:
Developments in statutory and case law as well as practice, which have progressed in various fields, especially as ADR processes have become more integrated into litigation and judicial processes
Technology, ICT and online processes including Online Dispute Resolution (ODR), which have developed, affecting dispute resolution processes ADR is becoming increasingly integrated into legal education and training and the work accommodates the need for a comprehensive guide also suitable for student
A Review of Regional Economic Models for Fisheries Management in the U.S.
No full textIn 1986, Andrews and Rossi reviewed input-output (IO)studies of U.S. fisheries. Since then, many more fisheries studies have appeared using IO and other types of regional economic models, such as Fishery Economic Assessment Models, Social Accounting Matrices, and Computable General Equilibrium models. However, to our knowledge no updated summary of these studies or models has appeared since 1986. This paper attempts to fill this gap by briefly reviewing the types of regional economic models that have been applied to fisheries, reviewing studies using these models that have been conducted for U.S. fisheries, and identifying data and modeling issues associated with regional economic analysis of fisheries in the U.S. The authors conclude that although economic impact analysis of fisheries policy is required under federal law, development of more representative regional economic models for this purpose is not likely to be forthcoming without increased information obtained through some type of comprehensive data collection program.Review, regional economic models, fisheries, IO, FEAM, SAM, CGE, IMPLAN, data., Community/Rural/Urban Development, Resource /Energy Economics and Policy, R1, R13, R15,
Surveillance of adenoviruses and noroviruses in European recreational waters
No full textExposure to human pathogenic viruses in recreational waters has been shown to cause disease outbreaks. In the context of Article 14 of the revised European Bathing Waters Directive 2006/7/EC (rBWD, CEU, 2006) a Europe-wide surveillance study was carried out to determine the frequency of occurrence of two human enteric viruses in recreational waters. Adenoviruses were selected based on their near-universal shedding and environmental survival, and noroviruses (NoV) selected as being the most prevalent gastroenteritis agent worldwide. Concentration of marine and freshwater samples was done by adsorption/elution followed by molecular detection by (RT)-PCR. Out of 1410 samples, 553 (39.2%) were positive for one or more of the target viruses. Adenoviruses, detected in 36.4% of samples, were more prevalent than noroviruses (9.4%), with 3.5% GI and 6.2% GII, some samples being positive for both GI and GII. Of 513 human adenovirus-positive samples, 63 (12.3%) were also norovirus-positive, whereas 69 (7.7%) norovirus-positive samples were adenovirus-negative. More freshwater samples than marine water samples were virus-positive. Out of a small selection of samples tested for adenovirus infectivity, approximately one-quarter were positive. Sixty percent of 132 nested-PCR adenovirus-positive samples analysed by quantitative PCR gave a mean value of over 3000 genome copies per L of water. The simultaneous detection of infectious adenovirus and of adenovirus and NoV by (RT)PCR suggests that the presence of infectious viruses in recreational waters may constitute a public health risk upon exposure. These studies support the case for considering adenoviruses as an indicator of bathing water quality
Gathering by Chris Rand [Album]
No full textPerformers:
Chris Rand, saxes
Ed Benstead, trumpet
Sam Leak, piano
Andrew Noble, organ
Shane Allessio, double bass
Jason Reeve, drums
Special Guests:
Derek Nash, saxes
Ben Waters, piano
Dave Green, double bas
Developing elite Neurospora crassa strains for cellulosic ethanol production using fungal breeding
No full textThe demand for renewable and sustainable energy has generated considerable interest in the conversion of cellulosic biomass into liquid fuels such as ethanol using a filamentous fungus. While attempts have been made to study cellulose metabolism through the use of knockout mutants, there have been no systematic effort to characterize natural variation for cellulose metabolism in ecotypes adapted to different habitats. Here, we characterized natural variation in saccharification of cellulose and fermentation in 73 ecotypes and 89 laboratory strains of the model fungus Neurospora crassa. We observed significant variation in both traits among natural and laboratory generated populations, with some elite strains performing better than the reference strain. In the F1 population N345, 15% of the population outperformed both parents with the top performing strain having 10% improvement in ethanol production. These results suggest that natural alleles can be exploited through fungal breeding for developing elite industrial strains for bioethanol production.Peer reviewe
Sam Krisch: Elements
No full textOver the last five years, Krisch has journeyed to remote locations ranging from the Mojave Desert, Greenland, Antarctica, and Bhutan to capture exquisite images of ice formations, the raw force of turbulent waters, or empty expanses of desert landscapes. This exhibition presents a selection of the artist’s digital photographs created between 2010 and 2014 in which his approach to composition verges on the abstract, taking the work beyond documentation into a world of pristine, but daunting beauty
RAD 2025: O\u27Shan Waters, Author of _Moments in Time_ with Dr. Michon Benson-Marsh, Moderator
No full textO\u27Shan Waters discusses her award-winning novel Moments in Time with Dr. Michon Benson-Marsh. This book talk concluded RAD 2025: Reimagining the African Diaspora: Preserving and Sharing Our Stories of Labor, Love, Longing, and Belonging, hosted by the College of Liberal Arts and Behavioral Sciences, Texas Southern University, Thursday, February 27, 2025
Sam Water house (new), Craigmont
No full textPhoto caption: 'This home of Sam Waters, Craigmont, was built to replace [his old house].' This image is part of a report regarding farm organizations among tribes in Northern Idaho and the CCC-Indian Division
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