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Soybeans and soybean hay in the dairy ration
No full textThis archival publication may not reflect current scientific knowledge or recommendations. Current information available from University of Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station: http://www.maes.umn.edu/Schaefer, Otto G.. (1927). Soybeans and soybean hay in the dairy ration. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/184038
Increasing the dairy income
No full text12 pages; includes photographs and drawings. This archival publication may not reflect current scientific knowledge or recommendations. Current information available from the University of Minnesota Extension: https://www.extension.umn.edu.Hanson, E. A.; Schaefer, Otto G.. (1928). Increasing the dairy income. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/168402
Feeding the dairy herd
No full textThis archival publication may not reflect current scientific knowledge or recommendations. Current information available from University of Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station: http://www.maes.umn.edu/Eckles, C. H.; Schaefer, Otto G.. (1924). Feeding the dairy herd. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/183960
FiFoSiM - an integrated tax benefit microsimulation and CGE model for Germany
No full textThis paper describes FiFoSiM, the integrated tax benefit microsimulation and computable general equilibrium (CGE) model of the Center of Public Economics at the University of Cologne. FiFoSiM consists of three main parts. The first part is a static tax benefit microsimulation module. The second part adds a behavioural component to the model; an econometrically estimated labour supply model. The third module is a CGE model which allows the user of FiFoSiM to assess the global economic effects of policy measures. Two specific features distinguish FiFoSiM from other tax benefit models: First, the simultaneous use of two databases for the tax benefit module and second, the linkage of the tax benefit model to a CGE model.FiFoSiM; microsimulation; CGE
Imagens de Otto Maria Carpeaux: esboço de biografia
No full textTese (doutorado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas, Programa de Pós-Graduação em História, Florianópolis, 2015.Este esboço de biografia procura citar algumas imagens de Otto Maria Carpeaux: construções biográficas de naturezas múltiplas, elaboradas em contextos, por atores e sob condições igualmente díspares. Está constituído a partir de uma visão crítica da História, o que permite que ?outras imagens?, fragmentárias e não monumentais, também tenham espaço. Em diálogo com o princípio da montagem, este esboço apresenta-se em duas partes. Na primeira, Imagens possíveis, estão citadas as imagens elaboradas em vida e post mortem acerca do austríaco-brasileiro que nasceu em Viena em 1900, se exilou no Brasil em 1939 e morreu no Rio de Janeiro, em 1978. Na segunda, Montagens possíveis, apresentam-se duas possibilidades de exercício biográfico: pela leitura alegórica do documentário O velho e o Novo (Otto Maria Carpeaux), entendido como instrumento de intervenção no contexto ditatorial brasileiro e de uma reelaboração biográfica concernentes às suas experiências europeias; e pelo Caderno de imagens críticas, registro dos encontros em Carpeaux pelo meio de imagens críticas produzidas a partir da cesura do presente.Abstract : This biographical sketch attempts to quote some images of Otto Maria Carpeaux: various types of biographical constructions, carried out in different contexts by disparate authors under conditions just as distinct. It stems from a critical view of history, allowing for ?other images? fragmented and non-monumental ? to share the space.In dialogue with the montage principle, this sketch has two parts. The first, Possible Images, quotes the images produced during and after the life of the Austrian-Brazilian, who was born in Vienna in 1900, went to Brazil in exile in 1939 and died in Rio de Janeiro in 1978. The second part, Possible Montages, presents two possibilities of a biographical exercise: through the allegorical reading of documentary O Velho e o Novo (Otto Maria Carpeaux), understood as an instrument of intervention in the Brazilian dictatorship context and as a biographical retelling of the author?s European experiences; and through my Scrapbook of Critical Images, a record of the encounters in Carpeaux through critical images produced from the caesura of the present
Taxonomy and phylogeny of the Central European bug genus "Psallus" (Hemiptera, Miridae) and faunistics of the terrestrial Heteroptera of Basel and surroundings (Hemiptera)
No full textTrue bugs or Heteroptera are a biologically diverse, species-rich group containing some
37,000 species described worldwide (Schaefer & Panizzi, 2000). It is the largest taxon of
endopterygotan insects and constitutes a well-supported monophylum within the order
Hemiptera. Species are usually trophically specialised; they are phytophagous, zoophagous or
mycophagous (Schuh & Slater, 1995). For their often specialised feeding habits, many species
are economically important as crop pests, biological control agents of phytophagous insect
pests (Schaefer & Panizzi, 2000) or as vectors of human diseases (Schofield & Dolling, 1993;
Schaefer, 2000; Garcia et al., 2000). The last one is, however, without significance in Central
Europe. Some bugs constitute an important protein source in human diet (Fritsche Gitsaga,
2000).
Within the Heteroptera the plant bugs or Miridae constitute the largest family with more
than 10,000 described species (Schuh, 1995). It is expected that the family may contain twice
as many species (Wheeler, 2001). Even though the mirids contain many economically
important species, its taxonomy and systematics contains many unsolved problems. This is a
result of the large number of included taxa and the uniformity of external morphology of
many genera. Current problems exist at species level where some taxa are ill-defined or where
many species can be identified only by male genitalic characters, and at genus level where
phylogenetic considerations are missing for many taxa.
The first list of Swiss Heteroptera containing 50 species is part of Füessly’s (1775)
catalogue of insects from Switzerland. Several additional records were inlcuded in general
works of 18th and 19th century entomologists (Sulzer, 1771, 1776; Razoumowsky, 1789;
Roemer, 1789; Schellenberg, 1800; Meyer-Dür, 1843). The only catalogue dealing with Swiss
bugs was provided by Frey-Gessner (1864a, b, 1865, 1866a, b, 1871a). Basel and the
surrounding region have, compared to the rest of Switzerland, a distinct fauna and flora due to
the geografical position and the relatively dry climate. The region is open to the Rhône valley
via the "Burgunderpforte" from where mediterranean floristic and faunistic elements may
immigrate. The first part of the present thesis deals with the ill-defined mirid genus Psallus
(Phylinae, Phylini). One aim was to test the monophyly of Psallus and to propose, based on
the study of the Central European species, a classification applicable to the world fauna. The
second goal was to investigate the female genitalia in view of taxonomic and phylogenetic
significance. Female genitalia are so far rarely used for species definition within mirids
(exeptions e. g. Calocoris, Rosenzweig, 1997) in contrast to other families (e. g. Nabidae,
Péricart, 1987). As for Psallus the few species of which the female genitalia have been
described so far (Kullenberg, 1947; Seidenstücker, 1972; Matocq, 1989, 1997) suggest this
may be an useful set of characters. A third aim of the present study was to provide keys for
the identification of the Central European species based exclusively on male and female
genitalic characters.
The second part of the present study deals with the terrestrial bug fauna of the region of
Basel. Currently most of our knowledge goes back to Frey-Gessner's catalogue (1864a, b,
1865, 1866a, b, 1871) – obsolete for a long time. A few scattered papers have been published
since (e. g. Voellmy & Egli, 1981; Meduna et al., 2001) but a thorough inventory lacks to
date. In Switzerland, in general, faunistic surveys on true bugs are scarce in contrast to other
European countries. The relatively few papers recently published on Swiss Heteroptera are
based, to a large extent, on material from traps run for ecological investigations (e. g. Otto,
1996; Di Giulio et al., 2000).
The combination of systematic revisions and faunistic investigations is necessary if we
want to know and conserve our fauna. Turnball (1979) brought this to the point: “How can we
detect change in the future if we cannot define the fauna we now have?
Karl Polanyi’s the great transformation: Perverse effects, protectionism and gemeinschaft
No full textDrawing upon Karl Polanyi’s journalistic writings and unpublished lectures from the 1920s and 1930s, this article reconstructs the lineaments of his research programme that was to assume its finished form in The Great Transformation. It identifies and corrects a common misinterpretation of the thesis of that book, and argues that Polanyi’s basic theoretical framework is best conceived as Tönniesian: the ‘protective counter-movement’ of The Great Transformation is Gemeinschaft, understood dynamically, while the market society is Gesellschaft. It examines the two central mechanisms by which, in Polanyi’s understanding, Gesellschaft broke down in the mid-twentieth century: the ‘clash between democracy and capitalism,’ and a doctrine of ‘perverse effects’ whereby political intervention in markets impairs profitability and saps the vitality of the market system
Walter Reese-Schäfer, "Karl-Otto Apel: Zur Einführung"
No full textWalter Reese-Schäfer, Karl-Otto Apel, Zur Einführung (with an Afterword by Jürgen Habermas), Junis Verlag GmbH, Hamburg 1990, 176pp. DM 17.80 The author, presently a freelance writer published in the newspaper “Die Zeit” and the magazine “Stern,” provides in this small book a clear and concise introduction to sources, themes and conclusions in the philosophy of Karl-Otto Apel. Apel, Emeritus Professor at Frankfurt, and close colleague of Habermas, characterizes his viewpoint as a “transcendental pragmatism” in which a Kantian concern for question regarding “the conditions for the possibility of something,” (p.10) mixes with deontological discourse-ethics, semeiotic themes from Peirce, an approach to fallibilism, the demand for “final justifications” (Letztbegründung) and German hermeneutics. In view of the “density and concentration” of Apel’s texts, which often have a “deterrent effect” upon those not already at home with “the philosophical language game,” it is the announced aim of this book to provide a work of translation and clarification of Apel’s specialized efforts --in effect an orientation to Apel’s work. The book divides into an Introduction, 8 chapters and a summary conclusion --with Habermas’ appreciation, “A Master Builder with Hermeneutic Feeling --The Way of Philosopher Karl-Otto Apel,” bringing up the rear. There is also a bibliography of primary and secondary sources and a short table outlining highlights of Apel’s career. The “Introduction” provides a good overview of the aims of the book and gets one started on central themes
Walter Reese-Schäfer, "Karl-Otto Apel: Zur Einführung"
No full textWalter Reese-Schäfer, Karl-Otto Apel, Zur Einführung (with an Afterword by Jürgen Habermas), Junis Verlag GmbH, Hamburg 1990, 176pp. DM 17.80 The author, presently a freelance writer published in the newspaper “Die Zeit” and the magazine “Stern,” provides in this small book a clear and concise introduction to sources, themes and conclusions in the philosophy of Karl-Otto Apel. Apel, Emeritus Professor at Frankfurt, and close colleague of Habermas, characterizes his viewpoint as a “transcendental pragmatism” in which a Kantian concern for question regarding “the conditions for the possibility of something,” (p.10) mixes with deontological discourse-ethics, semeiotic themes from Peirce, an approach to fallibilism, the demand for “final justifications” (Letztbegründung) and German hermeneutics. In view of the “density and concentration” of Apel’s texts, which often have a “deterrent effect” upon those not already at home with “the philosophical language game,” it is the announced aim of this book to provide a work of translation and clarification of Apel’s specialized efforts --in effect an orientation to Apel’s work. The book divides into an Introduction, 8 chapters and a summary conclusion --with Habermas’ appreciation, “A Master Builder with Hermeneutic Feeling --The Way of Philosopher Karl-Otto Apel,” bringing up the rear. There is also a bibliography of primary and secondary sources and a short table outlining highlights of Apel’s career. The “Introduction” provides a good overview of the aims of the book and gets one started on central themes
The Benefits and Problems of Linking Micro and Macro Models: Evidence from a Flat Tax Analysis
No full textMicrosimulation (MS) and Computable General Equilibrium models (CGE) have both been widely used in policy analysis. Their combination allows the utilisation of the advantages of both types. The aim of this paper is to describe the state-of-the-art in simulation analysis and to illustrate the benefits and problems of linking micro and macro models by analysing flat tax reform proposals for Germany. Taking feedback effects into account has important implications for the evaluation of tax reforms. The analysis shows that a personal income flat tax can indeed overcome the fundamental equity efficiency trade-off while simultaneously increasing the tax revenue. However, this result does not hold for a flat tax combining a personal income flat tax with a corporate cash flow flat tax, even when allowing for an ex-post loss in revenue as the top of the distribution still gains the most.Microsimulation, CGE, linked micro macro models, flat tax
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