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Book Review: Colin Milburn, Respawn: Gamers, Hackers, and Technogenic Life
No full textCopyright © 2020 (William Thomas Howe, [email protected]). Licensed under the Creative Commons
Attribution Non-commercial No Derivatives (by-nc-nd). Available at http://ijoc.org.Throughout the book Respawn: Gamers, Hackers, and
Technogenic Life, author Colin Milburn theorizes about the connections
between video games, hacking, science fiction, technological activism, and
technological communities
Orbit design for future SpaceChip swarm missions in a planetary atmosphere
No full textThe effect of solar radiation pressure and atmospheric drag on the orbital dynamics of satellites-on-a-chip (SpaceChips) is exploited to design equatorial long-lived orbits about the oblate Earth. The orbit energy gain due to asymmetric solar radiation pressure, considering the Earth's shadow, is used to balance the energy loss due to atmospheric drag. Future missions for a swarm of SpaceChips are proposed, where a number of small devices are released from a conventional spacecraft to perform spatially distributed measurements of the conditions in the ionosphere and exosphere. It is shown that the orbit lifetime can be extended and indeed selected through solar radiation pressure and the end-of-life re-entry of the swarm can be ensured, by exploiting atmospheric drag
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'A daughter come home?': the travel writings of Colleen J. McElroy
No full textOregon statewide status and trends report
No full textReport -- Appendix A. Black Rock Desert-Humboldt -- Appendix B. Columbia River -- Appendix C. Deschutes -- Appendix D. Goose Lake -- Appendix E. Grande Ronde -- Appendix F. John Day -- Appendix G. Klamath -- Appendix H. Malheur -- Appendix I. Mid Coast -- Appendix J. Middle-Columbia-Hood -- Appendix K. North Coast-Lower Columbia -- Appendix L. Oregon Closed Basins -- Appendix M. Owyhee -- Appendix N. Powder-Burnt -- Appendix O. Rogue -- Appendix P. Sandy -- Appendix Q. Snake River -- Appendix R. South Coast -- Appendix S. Umatilla-Walla Walla-Willow -- Appendix T. Umpqua -- Appendix U. Willamette.prepared by: Colin Donald and Ryan Michie.Title from PDF cover (viewed on November 4, 2022).This archived document is maintained by the State Library of Oregon as part of the Oregon Documents Depository Program. It is for informational purposes and may not be suitable for legal purposes.Includes bibliographical references.Mode of access: Internet from the Oregon Government Publications Collection.Text in English
Oregon statewide status and trends report
No full textChapter 1-3. Introduction and Methods -- Chapter 4-5. Results and Citations -- Appendix A. Black Rock Desert-Humboldt -- Appendix B. Columbia River -- Appendix C. Deschutes -- Appendix D. Goose Lake -- Appendix E. Grande Ronde -- Appendix F. John Day -- Appendix G. Klamath -- Appendix H. Malheur -- Appendix I. Mid Coast -- Appendix J. Middle-Columbia-Hood -- Appendix K. North Coast-Lower Columbia -- Appendix L. Oregon Closed Basins -- Appendix M. Owyhee -- Appendix N. Powder-Burnt -- Appendix O. Rogue -- Appendix P. Sandy -- Appendix Q. Snake River -- Appendix R. South Coast -- Appendix S. Umatilla-Walla Walla-Willow -- Appendix T. Umpqua -- Appendix U. Willamette.prepared by: Colin Donald, Yuan Grund, and Ryan Michie.Title from PDF cover (viewed on October 27, 2020).This archived document is maintained by the State Library of Oregon as part of the Oregon Documents Depository Program. It is for informational purposes and may not be suitable for legal purposes.Includes bibliographical references.Mode of access: Internet from the Oregon Government Publications Collection.Text in English
Oregon statewide status and trends report
No full textReport -- Appendix A. Black Rock Desert-Humboldt -- Appendix B. Columbia River -- Appendix C. Deschutes -- Appendix D. Goose Lake -- Appendix E. Grande Ronde -- Appendix F. John Day -- Appendix G. Klamath -- Appendix H. Malheur -- Appendix I. Mid Coast -- Appendix J. Middle-Columbia-Hood -- Appendix K. North Coast-Lower Columbia -- Appendix L. Oregon Closed Basins -- Appendix M. Black Owyhee -- Appendix N. Powder-Burnt -- Appendix O. Rogue -- Appendix P. Sandy -- Appendix Q. Snake River -- Appendix R. South Coast -- Appendix S. Umatilla-Walla Walla-Willow -- Appendix T. Umpqua -- Appendix U. Willamette.prepared by: Colin Donald, Ryan Michie, and Yuan Grund.Title from PDF cover (viewed on March 20, 2020).This archived document is maintained by the State Library of Oregon as part of the Oregon Documents Depository Program. It is for informational purposes and may not be suitable for legal purposes.Includes bibliographical references.Mode of access: Internet from the Oregon Government Publications Collection.Text in English
The productivity effects of decentralized reforms - an analysis of the Chinese industrial reforms
No full textThe empirical literature on the effects of ownership has not distinguished between the effects of ownership and the effects of control. It has also generally ignored the dynamic effects of various ownership and control rights. Using a rich set of panel data about changes in China's state-owned enterprises, the author examines the static and dynamic effects of decentralizing ownership and control rights. He finds that productivity and growth rates improved significantly when reform improved the incentives for managers and employees to learn and to work hard - for example by decentralizing the rights to control wages, make production decisions, and appoint new managers. Increasing profit-retention rates and adopting performance contracts - conventionally viewed as the most important reforms for China's state enterprises - did not improve productivity much. Overall, decentralization accounted for a least 42 percent of productivity growth in Chinese state enterprises in the 1980s. Much of that gain came from improvements in the growth rate of productivity rather than in improved levels of productivity.Labor Policies,Economic Theory&Research,Environmental Economics&Policies,Banks&Banking Reform,Public Health Promotion,Economic Theory&Research,Environmental Economics&Policies,Banks&Banking Reform,Health Monitoring&Evaluation,Municipal Financial Management
Cheminformatics and the Semantic Web: adding value with linked data and enhanced provenance
No full textCheminformatics is evolving from being a field of study associated primarily with drug discovery into a discipline that embraces the distribution, management, access, and sharing of chemical data. The relationship with the related subject of bioinformatics is becoming stronger and better defined, owing to the influence of Semantic Web technologies, which enable researchers to integrate heterogeneous sources of chemical, biochemical, biological, and medical information. These developments depend on a range of factors: the principles of chemical identifiers and their role in relationships between chemical and biological entities; the importance of preserving provenance and properly curated metadata; and an understanding of the contribution that the Semantic Web can make at all stages of the research lifecycle. The movements toward open access, open source, and open collaboration all contribute to progress toward the goals of integration
Satellite Quenching and the Lifecycle of Dwarf Galaxies.
No full textIn the past ten years the known population of Local Group dwarf galaxies has
expanded substantially, both to greater distances from the Milky Way and to
lower dwarf masses. This growing sample allows us to study the dwarf system as a
population, and ask which processes and events are most responsible for
setting the properties of dwarfs. The dichotomy between star forming dwarf
irregulars and quenched dwarf spheroidals is the principal differentiation we
see in this population, but we do not have a definitive understanding of what
causes this distinction. With the aim of advancing our understanding of this
problem, I present the discovery and characterization of additional dwarf
galaxies, further building up this sample. From this, I combine the known Local
Group dwarfs with models of the Galaxy's formation to understand if interactions
with a massive host could be responsible for transforming dwarf irregulars into
dwarf spheroidals. I also use these models to investigate the changing
efficiency of this transformation between the lowest mass and higher mass
satellites. Finally, I show evidence of a past interactions between dwarf
galaxies and the Milky Way disk, presenting a wide field map of the resulting
debris. Together these efforts attempt to place the Local Group system of dwarfs
in a cosmological context to yield an improved picture of their origin and
evolution.PhDAstronomy and AstrophysicsUniversity of Michigan, Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studieshttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/113438/1/ctslater_1.pd
Janet Ingall interviewed by Colin Hyde, 7 July 2017
No full textJanet Ingall (JI) interviewed by Colin Hyde (CH) at interviewee's home, 7 July 2017. JI describes early life in Leicester, England. Mother was housewife, father was clerk but unemployed during depression until joined General Post Office (GPO) as night telephonist. Briefly recalls house in Grove Road as sparsely furnished. Brief recollections of start of Second World War, living in Braunstone and listened to neighbour's radio, practice air raid siren went off almost immediately. Recalls excitement at start of war, Leicester Blitz noisy when in shelter. States that GPO had a company doctor who came on bike to visit, treated her bronchitis, rest and recuperation was cure. Brief mention of American camp, popular with children as had chocolate, gave rides in Jeeps. Reflects on food rationing keeping people thin. Recalls living on Canville Road at end of war, party in street. Father grew vegetables in garden and allotment, could barter with surplus. Talks about leaving Wyggeston School, bad health led to missing time, went to Western Park Open Air School for a few months and then to secretarial college. Took scholarship at Braunstone Hall, passed, got grant, went to work age 15. Comments on winter of 1947, coal was in short supply so house was cold, people cleared pavement in front of house. Mentions going to Commercial Services on London Road for typing and Pitman shorthand. Comments on interest in music, liked concerts at De Montfort Hall, went to Vaughan College to study Music, History. Met women who introduced her to Capital T Club; describes this as war-time canteen that became meeting place for young people. Comments on type of person who went to Capital T, thought of themselves as 'Leicester's Left Bank', were anti-establishment, politically left. Talks about developing political views as mother chatted with neighbours. Mentions family attitude to Churchill: good for war, not the leader for peace or for change. Reflects on Conservatives winning in 1950s and feeling they were responsible for problems before the war. Recalls topics of debate at Capital T; author Colin Wilson went there. Mentions working at Chamber of Commerce, saw how local businesses worked. Mainly businessmen rather than women. Brief mention of Kendall's, outing to Skegness allowed office and factory to mix. Recalls that nuclear weapons were seen as bad but opinions on nuclear power were less clear; went to first 'Embrace the Base' at Greenham Common. Mentions had children in mid 1960s. Met husband at Capital T, married in 1956. Reflects on the 1950s as a period of optimism and improvement for ordinary people. After marriage bought house in Glenfield as was small village near Leicester; then estates developed. Had children in Round Hill Maternity Home, included an advice clinic. Mentions Cuban Missile Crisis - doesn't recall believing it would happen. Reflects that less interested in politics after children born. Comments that advances made since the 1950s seem to have reverted more recently.File replaced with redacted file on 23.01.2024 by Colin Hyde
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