288 research outputs found
Megan K. Stack, 34th Annual ODU Literary Festival
No full textMegan K. Stack has reported on war, terrorism, and political Islam from the Arab world, the Middle East and Southeast Asia since 2001. During a decade at the Los Angeles Times, she was based in Jerusalem, Cairo, Moscow and finally Beijing. Her first book, Every Man in This Village is a Liar, was drawn from her experiences covering the war on terror, and was one of the five nonfiction finalists for the National Book Award in 2010. For her coverage of Iraq she was awarded the 2007 Overseas Press Club’s Hal Boyle Award for best newspaper reporting from abroad, and was a finalist for the 2007 Pulitzer Prize in international reporting. She lives in Beijing with her husband, and is working on her next book – a novel set in contemporary Moscow
Age reading of Cabezon (Scorpaenichthys marmoratus): 1) comparison of thin-section and break-and-burn methods and 2) comparison of growth curve fits
No full textLeif K. Rasmuson, Lisa A. Kautzi, Lindsay Aylesworth, Megan N. Wilson, Kirsten Grorud-Colvert.Title from PDF title page (viewed on March 31, 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 (pages 11-12).Mode of access: Internet from the Oregon Government Publications Collection.Text in English
Hormonal correlates to deception are moderated by the Dark Triad traits
No full textPoster presented at the Human Behavior and Evolution Society Meeting (2016), Vancouver, Canada.We investigated the relationship between hormones, the Dark Triad traits (i.e., Machiavellianism, psychopathy, and narcissism), the ability to deceive others, and the ability to detect deception. Video recordings of multiple statements (i.e., either true or lies), self-reported Dark Triad scores, and saliva samples (pre- and post lies) were obtained from male and female undergraduates. An mTurk sample watched the target videos and judged which statement they believed to be a lie. Among raters, higher psychopathy scores were associated with better lie detection abilities. Targets who were higher on the Dark Triad traits were the best liars (regardless of gender), while the female target who was low in the Dark Triad traits was the worst liar. Among women, higher scores for Machiavellianism and psychopathy were related to decreases in Testosterone and Cortisol after having to lie on video, while the pattern was reversed for males. Results are discussed in terms of adaptive benefits of individual difference variation, and the cheater detection hypothesis.Not peer reviewe
Cycling on the Verge? Exploring the Place of Utility Cycling in Contemporary New Zealand Transport Policy
No full textEfforts to increase cycling as a mode of transport (utility cycling) occur at central, regional and local levels of government through a range of supportive strategies, research, and guidelines. Despite these efforts, utility cycling levels in New Zealand have remained persistently low. This thesis examines the apparent disparity between policy intent and policy result, using a discourse analytical approach. It examines how cycling is positioned in contemporary New Zealand transport policy documents, and explores whose priorities are shaping transport policy with what implications for utility cycling.
This study uses a critical discourse analysis (CDA) approach to analyse the land transport documents from across the institutions of government. The CDA approach, grounded in the work of van Dijk and Fairclough, draws on ideas from the interpretive tradition of discourse analysis, inspired by Foucault’s concepts of knowledge and power. This approach reveals the position of utility cycling by exposing the framing, dominant discourses, and discursive strategies that privilege certain transport objectives and activities over others.
The findings show transport is promoted almost exclusively by central government as an activity to facilitate economic growth and efficiency, despite its potential (and actual) impacts on health and well-being, social justice, and environmental sustainability. The discursive practices of the government privilege private motor vehicle use, helping to both legitimate and maintain that privilege at all levels of government, while positioning utility cycling as a marginalised mode of transport.
This thesis contributes to scholarship on utility cycling and land transport policy in New Zealand by identifying how the discursive strategies of government control the position of utility cycling in New Zealand. This study underscores the need for a central government-led, long-term strategic vision for a genuinely integrated, multi-modal transport system, in order for the benefits of utility cycling to be fully maximised
[Singapour] Témoignage.“Le Covid-19 m’a révélé l’autre visage de Singapour”
No full textAutrice : Megan K. Stack, traduction de la rédaction de Courrier International – Paris. Production : Courrier International. Hebdomadaire français d’information fondé en 1990, constitué principalement de traductions d’articles publiés dans la presse non française. Diffusion : site de Courrier International. Date et heure : 10 juin 2020, 06:03. L’épidémie de coronavirus, qui à Singapour s’est répandue parmi les travailleurs pauvres chargés des tâches les plus ingrates, et la période..
Soybean is relatively non-responsive to K fertilizer rate or placement in Manitoba soils
No full textThere has been little comprehensive potassium (K) fertility research for soybean in Manitoba despite recent, rapid, expansion of soybean production in the province. Our main objective was to assess the efficacy of K fertilizer rate and placement combinations to increase K uptake and seed yield of soybean grown on low K soils. Even though the seven sites had low concentrations of ammonium acetate (NH4OAc)-extractable soil test K, midseason tissue K concentration increases with K fertilization, and, at several sites, visual deficiency symptoms in or near control plots, soybean seed yield did not respond to K fertilization, regardless of K fertilizer placement and rate. In a complementary field trial, barley, a crop known historically to respond well to K fertilization in Manitoba, had substantial (>20%) increases in yield with K fertilization where soybean did not respond. Ammonium acetate soil test K and the current 100 mg kgThe presentation of the authors' names and (or) special characters in the title of the pdf file of the accepted manuscript may differ slightly from what is displayed on the item page. The information in the pdf file of the accepted manuscript reflects the original submission by the author
X-ray polarization in relativistic jets
No full textWe investigate the polarization properties of Comptonized X-rays from relativistic jets in active galactic nuclei (AGN) using Monte Carlo simulations. We consider three scenarios commonly proposed for the observed X-ray emission in AGN: Compton scattering of blackbody photons emitted from an accretion disc; scattering of cosmic microwave background (CMB) photons and self-Comptonization of intrinsically polarized synchrotron photons emitted by jet electrons. Our simulations show that for Comptonization of disc and CMB photons, the degree of polarization of the scattered photons increases with the viewing inclination angle with respect to the jet axis. In both cases, the maximum linear polarization is ≈20 per cent. In the case of synchrotron self-Comptonization (SSC), we find that the resulting X-ray polarization depends strongly on the seed synchrotron photon injection site, with typical fractional polarizations P≈ 10–20 per cent when synchrotron emission is localized near the jet base, while P≈ 20–70 per cent for the case of uniform emission throughout the jet. These results indicate that X-ray polarimetry may be capable of providing unique clues to identify the location of particle acceleration sites in relativistic jets. In particular, if synchrotron photons are emitted quasi-uniformly throughout a jet, then the observed degree of X-ray polarization may be sufficiently different for each of the competing X-ray emission mechanisms (synchrotron, SSC or external Comptonization) to determine which is the dominant process. However, X-ray polarimetry alone is unlikely to be able to distinguish between disc and CMB Comptonization
Author as ethnographer: The merging of genres in Raymond Carver's and Thomas Pynchon's texts
No full textDissertation (Ph.D.) University of Alaska Fairbanks, 1999Several of Raymond Carver's short stories and two of Thomas Pynchon's novels are analyzed for their ability to function as ethnography, through which they reveal the dominant and dominated codes in American culture. These texts were approached from an interdisciplinary stance, using theories and concepts from literary criticism, cultural anthropology, and sociology in order to interpret them with a greater degree of accuracy; because the text is treated as an ethnographic representation of a culture, it is possible to turn to it as the sole illustration of cultural elements and, in doing so, to be more open to addressing themes that the text explicates, rather than approaching the it with a preconceived agenda of what necessarily constructs American culture. By focusing in this manner on Carver's and Pynchon's texts as accounts of what is to be "American," it is possible to remain closer to what the texts portray and to avoid misreadings as well as misinterpretations of culture. Through these authors' representations of characters who defy mainstream cultural codes, the reader encounters in these authors' works what mainstream America finds most unsettling: characters who are not only alienated, but also aware of their status as outsiders and, more frequently than not, choose to embrace deviance in their self-definitions. Carver and Pynchon, when taken together, afford the reader with a vision of our culture that explores the dissociation and alienation that cuts through our society regardless of class or background. In their varying presentations of reality, they offer complementary views of distinct American subcultures that feature characters who are isolated and who generally denounce mainstream ideals. Conformist society is merely hinted at within the texts; its presence appears through its absence, characters' recognition of what they are denying, and what characters are denied. Both authors feature characters who identify aberrant behavior, for which rule-breaking individuals are labeled. Characters, once labeled, adopt secondary deviance and instigate a deviant career, from which the authors rarely permit a reprieve. The effect of labeling is the creation of a schism in the social fabric of American culture, which is characterized by the societal exclusion of individuals who do not uphold the dominant beliefs. American culture is also characterized by assimilation; as characters in Carvers and Pynchon's texts resist this process, they pose a threat to the social order, which is the prime factor in their labeling
Obesity and the built environment
No full textBiological, psychological, behavioral, and social factors are unable to fully explain or curtail the obesity epidemic. The goal of this paper is to provide a review of research
on the influence of the built environment on obesity. Studies were evaluated with regard to their methods of assessing the environment and obesity, as well as to their effects. Methods used to investigate the relationships between the built environment and obesity were found to be dissimilar across studies and varied from indirect to direct.
Levels of assessment between and within studies varied from entire counties down to
the individual level. Despite this, obesity was linked with area of residence, resources,
television, walkability, land use, sprawl, and level of deprivation, showing promise for
research utilizing more consistent assessment methods. Recommendations were made to use more direct methods of assessing the environment which would include specific targeting of institutions thought to vary widely in relation to area characteristics and have a more influential effect on obesity-related behaviors. Interventions should be
developed from the individual to the neighborhood level, specifically focusing on the
effects of eliminating barriers and making neighborhood level improvements that would
facilitate the elimination of obesogenic environments
Serving temperature viscosity measurements of nectar and honey-thick liquids
No full textThis study reports the viscosity (thickness) of nectar- and honey-thick liquids measured at a typical serving temperature. Centipoise (cP) measurements were compared for three products (two starch and one gum-based thickener) mixed with five beverages that set for three time intervals (manufacturer recommended time to thicken, 10 and 30 minutes). The serving temperature of the cold beverages was 4º C (water, apple juice, orange juice, and milk), and the hot beverage (coffee) was measured at 70º C. Statistical analysis showed that all factors interacted with one another, meaning that the viscosity of a nectar- or honey-like liquid varies greatly depending on the type of thickening agent and beverage combination in relation to the amount of time its thickens. Simply Thick, the gum-based thickener, typically produced samples that were the least viscous but they maintained a more consistent level of thickness over time. Serving temperature results are contrasted with viscosity measurements collected at room temperature, showing variable thickening patterns especially related to the type of thickening agent
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