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NORTH DAKOTA LIGNITE ENERGY INDUSTRY'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE STATE ECONOMY FOR 2003 AND PROJECTED FOR 2004
No full textThis report provides estimates of the lignite industry's contribution to the North Dakota economy, using key economic indicators such as retail trade activity, personal income, total business activity, employment, and tax revenues. The estimates are based on actual industry expenditures for 2003 and projected expenditures for 2004. This analysis contains two measures of the relative importance of the lignite energy industry in North Dakota. First, the industry's share of the state's total sales to final demand (or exports) is evaluated. Second, the business volume generated by the industry is compared to the total gross business volume for the state. Expenditures were obtained from a survey of firms involved in lignite-related activities (mining or conversion) in North Dakota. Finally, wages paid by the coal mining sector are compared to those paid by other sectors of the state economy.economic impacts, lignite (coal) mining, lignite conversion, input-output analysis, Resource /Energy Economics and Policy,
NORTH DAKOTA LIGNITE ENERGY INDUSTRY'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE STATE ECONOMY FOR 2004 AND PROJECTED FOR 2005
No full textThis report provides estimates of the lignite industry's contribution to the North Dakota economy, using key economic indicators such as retail trade activity, personal income, total business activity, employment, and tax revenues. The estimates are based on actual industry expenditures for 2004 and projected expenditures for 2005. This analysis contains two measures of the relative importance of the lignite energy industry in North Dakota. First, the industry's share of the state's total sales to final demand (or exports) is evaluated. Second, the business volume generated by the industry is compared to the total gross business volume for the state. Expenditures were obtained from a survey of firms involved in lignite-related activities (mining or conversion) in North Dakota. Finally, wages paid by the coal mining sector are compared to those paid by other sectors of the state economy. In 2004, the lignite industry accounted for 1.8 billion in total economic impacts. The lignite industry directly employed 3,933 workers in 2004, and generated an estimated 18,293 secondary jobs throughout the state economy.economic impacts, lignite (coal) mining, lignite conversion, input-output analysis, Community/Rural/Urban Development, Resource /Energy Economics and Policy,
NORTH DAKOTA LIGNITE ENERGY INDUSTRY'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE STATE ECONOMY FOR 2001 AND PROJECTED FOR 2002
No full textThis report provides estimates of the lignite industry's contribution to the North Dakota economy, using key economic indicators such as retail trade activity, personal income, total business activity, employment, and tax revenues. The estimates are based on actual industry expenditures for 2001 and projected expenditures for 2002. This analysis contains two measures of the relative importance of the lignite energy industry in North Dakota. First, the industry's share of the state's total sales to final demand (or exports) is evaluated. Second, the business volume generated by the industry is compared to the total gross business volume for the state. Expenditures were obtained from a survey of firms involved in lignite-related activities (mining or conversion) in North Dakota. Finally, wages paid by the coal mining sector are compared to those paid by other sectors of the state economy.economic impacts, lignite (coal) mining, lignite conversion, input-output analysis, Risk and Uncertainty,
NORTH DAKOTA LIGNITE ENERGY INDUSTRY'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE STATE ECONOMY FOR 2005 AND PROJECTED FOR 2006
No full textThis report provides estimates of the lignite industry's contribution to the North Dakota economy, using key economic indicators such as retail trade activity, personal income, total business activity, employment, and tax revenues. The estimates are based on actual industry expenditures for 2005 and projected expenditures for 2006. This analysis contains two measures of the relative importance of the lignite energy industry in North Dakota. First, the industry's share of the state's total sales to final demand (or exports) is evaluated. Second, the business volume generated by the industry is compared to the total gross business volume for the state. Expenditures were obtained from a survey of firms involved in lignite-related activities (mining or conversion) in North Dakota. Finally, wages paid by the coal mining sector are compared to those paid by other sectors of the state economy. In 2005, the lignite industry accounted for 1.8 billion in total economic impacts. The lignite industry directly employed 3,858 workers in 2005, and generated an estimated 17,771 secondary jobs throughout the state economy.economic impacts, lignite (coal) mining, lignite conversion, input-output analysis, Community/Rural/Urban Development, Resource /Energy Economics and Policy,
Ratni izveštači kao svedoci u međunarodnom krivičnom pravu: \u27Slučaj Randal\u27
No full textIn a decision from 11 December 2002, the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), in the case of Prosecutor v. Brđanin and Talic (IT-96-36), decided not to compel a former war correspondent Jonathan Randal to testify against the accused Radoslav Brđanin, whom he had interviewed in 1993. That was for the first time that an international court has recognized a qualified privilege for war correspondents, thereby extending the traditional categories of privileged persons. The Appeals Chamber holds that in order for a Trial Chamber to issue a subpoena to a war correspondent (to compel a war correspondent to testify) a two-pronged test must be satisfied: first, the petitioning party must demonstrate that the evidence sought is of direct and important value in determining a core issue in the case, and second, it must demonstrate that the evidence sought cannot reasonably be obtained elsewhere. This article discusses that decision through critical analysis of the arguments of the parties and the views of the chambers. The author concludes that the establishment of this privilege is justified, bearing in mind the importance of war correspondents (in some situations compelling journalists to testify may hinder the ability of the press to provide accurate and reliable information) and the balance between basic human rights and their limitations (not only the press has the task of imparting information and ideas on matters of public interest, the public also has a right to receive them).Одлуком жалбеног већа Међународног кривичног трибунала за бившу Југославију (МКТЈ) у случају Брђанин и Талић (ИТ-99-36) од 11. децембра 2002. године установљена је релативна забрана испитивања ратних извештача као сведока у поступцима пред МКТЈ. Непосредан повод за овакву одлуку јесте одбијање америчког новинара Џонатана Рандала (Johnatan Randal) да сведочи у предмету - наиме, иако је првобитно претресно веће позвало Рандала да сведочи, па чак му и изрекло обавезујући налог за сведочење под претњом казне, у жалбеном поступку, услед притиска многобројних новинарских удружења, овај налог је стављен ван снаге. До тог тренутка теорија и пракса међународног кривичног права нису познавале никакве привилегије којима би се ратни извештачи као сведоци могли служити у кривичном поступку, а данас ова одлука представља признати прецедент познат као \u27slučaj Рандал\u27 (Randal case). На почетку рада упознајемо се са случајем \u27Рандал\u27. Пратећи хронологију предузимања радњи у поступку аутор, критички анализирајући, излаже аргументе странака и ставове судског већа у вези са стварањем тзв. \u27новинарске привилегије\u27. У закључку, аутор заузима став да је установљавање ове привилегије оправдано, имајући на уму значај рада ратних извештача али и правилно успостављање равнотеже између основних људских права и њихових ограничења.Odlukom žalbenog veća Međunarodnog krivičnog tribunala za bivšu Jugoslaviju (MKTJ) u slučaju Brđanin i Talić (IT-99-36) od 11. decembra 2002. godine ustanovljena je relativna zabrana ispitivanja ratnih izveštača kao svedoka u postupcima pred MKTJ. Neposredan povod za ovakvu odluku jeste odbijanje američkog novinara Džonatana Randala (Johnatan Randal) da svedoči u predmetu - naime, iako je prvobitno pretresno veće pozvalo Randala da svedoči, pa čak mu i izreklo obavezujući nalog za svedočenje pod pretnjom kazne, u žalbenom postupku, usled pritiska mnogobrojnih novinarskih udruženja, ovaj nalog je stavljen van snage. Do tog trenutka teorija i praksa međunarodnog krivičnog prava nisu poznavale nikakve privilegije kojima bi se ratni izveštači kao svedoci mogli služiti u krivičnom postupku, a danas ova odluka predstavlja priznati precedent poznat kao \u27slučaj Randal\u27 (Randal case). Na početku rada upoznajemo se sa slučajem \u27Randal\u27. Prateći hronologiju preduzimanja radnji u postupku autor, kritički analizirajući, izlaže argumente stranaka i stavove sudskog veća u vezi sa stvaranjem tzv. \u27novinarske privilegije\u27. U zaključku, autor zauzima stav da je ustanovljavanje ove privilegije opravdano, imajući na umu značaj rada ratnih izveštača ali i pravilno uspostavljanje ravnoteže između osnovnih ljudskih prava i njihovih ograničenja
Discovery and characterization of prions in S. cerevisiae
No full textThesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Biology, 2011.This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.Cataloged from student-submitted PDF version of thesis. Vita.Includes bibliographical references.Some protein aggregates can perpetuate themselves in a self-templating protein-misfolding reaction. These aggregates, or prions, are the infectious agents behind diseases like Kuru and mad-cow disease. In yeast, however, prions act as epigenetic elements that confer heritable alternative phenotypes. Prion-forming proteins create bistable molecular systems whose semi-stochastic switching between functional states increases phenotypic diversity within cell populations. My thesis work explores the idea that rather than being detrimental, prions may commonly act to their host's advantage. To broaden the known range of prion phenomena in S. cerevisiae, I, together with a postdoctoral fellow in our lab, systematically surveyed the yeast proteome for prion-forming proteins. Using a combination of computational, cell biological, and biochemical approaches, we ultimately identified 18 novel prion domains capable of driving phenotypic switching, and an additional 6 domains that were highly positive for prion-like aggregation in other assays. These results establish the critical importance of intrinsic amyloid-forming tendencies for prion behavior by Q/N-rich proteins. We further confirmed that one of these proteins, the transcription factor Mot3, forms a novel prion in its endogenous context. An analysis of these findings revealed a strong and unexpected amino acid bias in prionogenic proteins: prions were strongly enriched for asparagine (N), but not the chemically related amino acid glutamine (Q). We validated this finding using molecular simulations and experimental analyses of Q-to-N and N-to-Q variants of prion domains. N-rich sequences had an intrinsic tendency to both nucleate and propagate amyloid conformers. Q-rich proteins tended instead to make structurally non-constrained interactions leading to proteotoxic soluble and non-amyloid aggregated conformers. The appendices include works in progress. Each explores a different aspect of prion biology. Appendix A confirms a theoretical prediction that prions, if functional, should preferentially regulate certain rapidly evolving genes. I demonstrate with the newly discovered prion protein, Mot3, that prions accelerate the appearance of new phenotypes in important traits like mating behavior and cell-adhesion. I further identify naturally occurring prion states of Mot3 and other prion proteins in wild yeast isolates, and show that elimination of these prions has strong phenotypic effects in these strains. Appendix B, work done in collaboration with another lab, establishes that Nup100, a GLFG nucleoporin, is a prion. The conformational flexibility of GLFG nucleoporins is critical for the function of the nuclear pore complex, a molecular sieve that regulates all macromolecular transport between the nucleus and cytoplasm.by Randal A. Halfmann.Ph.D
Big Heads or Long Tails: How Smaller Fish Collections Contribute to Collections-Based Biodiversity Research
No full textPart of SPNHC 2019 | https://osf.io/view/SPNHC201
Big Heads or Long Tails: How Smaller Fish Collections Contribute to Collections-Based Biodiversity Research
No full textPart of SPNHC 2019 | https://osf.io/view/SPNHC201
William Louis Poteat: A Leader of the Progressive-Era South
No full textWilliam Louis Poteat (1856-1938), the son of a conservative Baptist slaveholder, became one of the most outspoken southern liberals during his lifetime. He was a rarity in the South for openly teaching evolution beginning in the 1880s, and during his tenure as president of Wake Forest College (1905-1927) his advocacy of social Christianity stood in stark contrast to the zeal for practical training that swept through the New South\u27s state universities.
Exceptionally frank in his support of evolution, Poteat believed it represented God at work in nature. Despite repeated attacks in the early 1920s, Poteat stood his ground on this issue while a number of other professors at southern colleges were dismissed for teaching evolution. One of the few Baptists who stressed the social duties of Christians, Poteat led numerous campaigns during the Progressive era for reform on such issues as public education, child labor, race relations, and care of the mentally ill. His convictions were grounded in a respect for high culture and learning, a belief in the need for leadership, and a deep-seated faith in God.
Poteat also embodied the struggle with the intellectual compromises that tortured contemporary social critics in the South. Though he took a liberal position on numerous issues, he was a staunch advocate for prohibition and became a strong supporter of eugenics, a position he adopted after following his beliefs in a natural hierarchy and absolute moral order to their ultimate conclusion.
Randal Hall\u27s revisionist biography presents a nuanced portrait of Poteat, shedding new light on southern intellectual life, religious development, higher education, and politics in the region during his lifetime.
Randal L. Hall is managing editor of the Journal of Southern History and adjunct associate professor of history at Rice University. He is the author or editor of several books, including Lum and Abner: Rural America and the Golden Age of Radio. He is also the coeditor of Seeing Jefferson Anew: In His Time and Ours and Thomas Dixon Jr. and the Birth of Modern America.
In a well-written and well-researched work, Hall chronicles the life of an important transitional figure in the South’s intellectual history. —Choice
Hall’s portrait of Poteat represents a complex image that concurrently broadens our understanding of southern progressivism and yet also makes it more difficult to define exactly who the progressives were. —Filson History Quarterly
Hall’s revisionist portrait of Poteat successfully restores a complex dimension to this oft-neglected southern thinker. —Georgia Historical Quarterly
Although Randal Hall’s book is primarily a biography of Poteat—and secondarily a history of Wake Forest as it evolved from a tiny Baptist school into a major college—it is also a study of the split personalities of Southern Progressives. —Isis
Answers the need for a major study of an important but neglected southern leader. . . . Rests on an elegant research base, and it is written in a vigorous and pithy prose that lends itself to the author’s nuanced treatment. —Journal of American History
A fine book on a worthy subject written by a talented young historian. —Journal of Church and State
This is simply first-rate work. . . . A masterful book. —Journal of Southern History
An important and well-researched contribution to the history of Southern Baptists and southern culture. —Journal of Theology
An excellent biography of a difficult subject. . . . Deepens one’s appreciation of the complexity of early-twentieth-century progressivism and the challenges posed and faced by southern liberals in that era. —North Carolina Historical Quarterly
Brings a fresh demythologizing perspective to the figure of William Louis Poteat (1856-1938), a devout Baptist and longtime professor of natural sciences at Wake Forest College. —Religious Studies Review
In this thoroughly researched, elegantly written, and imaginatively conceived book, we have a biography that is worthy of the man. This work will take its place among the leading studies of southern intellectual life, religious development, higher education, and politics in the region during the first third of the twentieth century. —William A. Link
A splendid story of an authentic North Carolina hero. . . . The force and clarity of his advocacy during tumultuous times made him a powerful figure in shaping public policy that continues today. —William Friday
The image of William Louis Poteat presented in this volume is much more detailed than has been available. Poteat was a complex man in a changing era and played a significant role in the evolution of North Carolina, the South, and Wake Forest University into their present status. —Winston-Salem Journalhttps://uknowledge.uky.edu/upk_united_states_history/1109/thumbnail.jp
THE ASPECTS OF PERRY-LORD FOR POPULAR BALLADS, CONCERNING THREEANGLO-SAXON BALLADS (SIR PATRICK SPENS, LORD RANDAL, THE WIFE OF USHER’S WELL)
No full textThe purpose of this paper is through properly selected examples to prove that Millman Parry and Albert Lord’s aspects of the theory of the popular ballad can be applied in the English ballads too. Perry and Lord explained how the Homeric epic and numerous popular ballads of the Balkans and traditions, could be transmitted through many generations by oral route and why have appeared formulaic principles in the way they are created and presented. Following the same procedure, we will try to show the same principles on an analysis of three Anglo-Saxon ballads: Sir Patrick Spens, Lord Randal, and The Wife of Usher's Well. Ballads will be treated according to the theory of oral-formulaic structure of the ballad. This theory suggests that the more phrases the singer knows, the higher is the chance to improvise and structure strings of verses. Ballads Sir Patrick Spens, Lord Randal, and The Wife of Usher's Well will be analyzed starting from their metric system, rhyme, and as well as locating stylistic figures used in these ballads. The paper will have a comparative approach to find similarities and differences between ballads of Balkans posed by Perry and Lord, and three Anglo-Saxon ballads. Also, this paper will analyze the themes treated in these ballads. Given that these ballads are located in two different regions with different history and culture, this paper will try to come to the conclusion that no matter that they belonged to two different traditions, histories and cultures, themes encountered in them if not identical, then many are very similar
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