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00-05 "Getting the Prices Wrong: The Limits of Market-Based Environmental Policy."
No full textMarket based policies are fast becoming the recommended policy panacea for all the world's environmental problems. Implicit in such recommendations is the theory that free markets, adjusted for externalities, can always create an "efficient" allocation of society's resources. As a result, many contemporary policymakers advocate rolling back regulations in order to let the market protect the environment. There is a fundamental distinction between the use of the market as a tool to help achieve society's goals, and as a blueprint for society's goals; the market is a reasonable policy tool but not a reasonable blueprint. The market as blueprint fails because there are significant public purposes that cannot be achieved by prices and markets alone. Five major arguments show that getting the prices right is often a narrow or meaningless objective; society may intentionally and appropriately choose to "get the prices wrong" in order to pursue more important goals.
Soil pore space CO2, O2, and apparent respiratory quotient (ARQ) data collected from experimental soil wetting experiments
No full textSoil pore space CO2, O2, and apparent respiratory quotient (ARQ) data are from experimental soil wetting experiments. These laboratory wetting experiments were designed to test how calcite dissolution and precipitation can obscure the CO2 produced by soil respiration in response to rainfall events. Natural soil samples were collected from the University of Texas Stengl Lost Pines Biological Station (Latitude: 30.096°; Longitude -97.171°, Elevation: 145 m a.s.l.). Collected soil was sieved and filled to 25 cm depth into two separate tubs (49 cm long x 34 cm wide x 29 cm high) in the laboratory. Approximately 20 weight percent calcite was mixed into the treatment soil, and the other soil was left untreated. Soil gas samples were collected every four hours from a perforated horizontal gas well installed at 20 cm depth using an automated manifold system. Soil gas samples were dried and then the O2 and CO2 concentrations were measured using a Sable Systems (Las Vegas, Nevada, USA) Field Metabolic System. Temperature drift in the raw O2 data was corrected for by normalizing ambient air O2 measurements to 20.95%. W ARQ values were calculated as the relative difference in soil gas concentrations between the soil and ambient air corrected by a constant that accounts for faster diffusion of O2 through soil pore spaces (ARQ = -0.76*ΔCO2/ΔO2). Rain events were simulated by adding the equivalent of 2 cm and 1 cm of water at the beginning of the experiment and 9 days later
Incommensurability in Aristotle's Theory of Reciprocal Justice
No full textIn just proportional exchange, under Aristotle's theory of reciprocal justice, superior sharers in a community materially assist the weaker, and receive honour as a reward. Aristotle's economic thought is represented with a system of 18 formulae. Explained are: (1) What Aristotle means when he says that it is impossible for two sharers or their erga to be commensurable; (2) The extent to which the variables in Aristotle's proportions can be quantified. (3) What diagonal pairing (κατ διμτρoν σζυξις) is; (4) How need makes sharers and their erga sufficiently' commensurable; and (5) Aristotle's theory of what is just in exchange. © 2012 BSHP.Barnes J., 1984, COMPLETE WORKS ARIST; Barnes J., 1977, ARTICLES ARISTOTLE, V2, P140; Burnet J., 1900, ETHICS ARISTOTLE; CORDNER C, 1994, PHILOSOPHY, V69, P291; Courant R., 1937, DIFFERENTIAL INTEGRA, V1; Danzig G, 2000, CLASSICAL PHILOL, V95, P399, DOI 10.1086-449509; d'Aquino Thomas, 1964, COMMENTARY ARISTOTLE, V1; Gallagher RL, 2011, BRIT J HIST PHILOS, V19, P363, DOI 10.1080-09608788.2011.563517; Gauthier R. A., 1970, ETHIQUE NICOMAQUE, V4; Heath T., 1949, MATH ARISTOTLE; Hesse M., 1965, PHILOS Q, V15, P328, DOI 10.2307-2218258; HUNT LH, 1975, AM PHILOS QUART, V12, P235; Irwin T., 1999, ARISTOTLE NICOMACHEA; Irwin Terence, 1988, ARISTOTLES 1 PRINCIP; Jackson H., 1879, 5 BOOK NICOMACHEAN E; JACKSON MW, 1985, J VALUE INQUIRY, V19, P99, DOI 10.1007-BF00151422; Joachim Harold Henry, 1951, ARISTOTLE NICOMACHEA; Judson L., 1997, OXFORD STUDIES ANCIE, V13, P147; Kenny Anthony, 1978, ARISTOTELIAN ETHICS; Klein F., 1945, ELEMENTARY MATH ADV; Kranz Walther, 1956, FRAGMENTE VORSOKRATI; Kuhner R., 1898, AUSFUHRLICHE GRAMM 2, V2; LIDDELL H, 1897, GREEK ENGLISH LEXICO; Marx K., 1904, INTRO CRITIQUE POLIT; McKerlie D, 2001, SOUTHERN J PHILOS, V39, P119; McNeill D., 1990, PUBLIC AFFAIRS Q, V4, P55; Meikle S., 1991, COMPANION ARISTOTLES; Meikle S., 1998, ARISTOTLES EC THOUGH; MEIKLE S, 1991, J HELLENIC STUD, V111, P193, DOI 10.2307-631900; Miller F. D., 1998, APEIRON, V31, P387, DOI 10.1515-APEIRON.1998.31.4.387; Minar Jr E.L., 1942, EARLY PYTHAGOREAN PO; Nussbaum M. C., 1988, OXFORD STUDIES ANCIE, P145; Olshewsky T., 1968, APEIRON J ANCIENT PH, V2, P1, DOI 10.1515-APEIRON.1968.2.2.1; Patzig G., 1990, ARISTOTELES POLITIK; Peck A. L., 1937, PARTS ANIMALS; Rackham H, 1981, ARISTOTLE ATHENIAN C; Rawls J, 1971, THEORY JUSTICE; RAWLS J, 1958, PHILOS REV, V67, P164, DOI 10.2307-2182612; Reeve C. D. C., 1998, ARISTOTLE POLITICS; Ross W., 1955, ARISTOTLE PARVA NATU; Samuelson P. A., 1948, EC INTRO ANAL; SCALTSAS T, 1995, ARCH GESCH PHILOS, V77, P248, DOI 10.1515-agph.1995.77.3.248; Shields C., 1990, ESSAYS HIST F COGNIT, P19; Shields C., 1999, ORDER MULTIPLICITY; SOUDEK J., 1952, P AM PHILOS SOC, V96, P45; Ste-Croix G.E.M. de, 1981, CLASS STRUGGLE ANCIE; Thomson J., 2004, NICOMACHEAN ETHICS10
Aristotle on<i>Eidei Diapherontoi</i>
No full textAristotle holds that there must be multiple forms of human being and those forms constitute a genos, this paper argues. Aristotle advances his claim by arguing that the strength of a polis rests on the existence of a spectrum of useful essential differences among its citizens. The paper rejects the notion that eîdos is a homonym, and argues that it signifies 'form,' not 'species.' Its theses are based on analysis of passages in the Ethics, Metaphysics, Politics and other works. The argument of the paper is compatible with 'individual' or 'particular' forms. The paper also proposes a solution to the issue of 'natural slavery.' © 2011 BSHP.Aquinas Thomas, 1993, COMMENTARY ARISTOTLE; AUBONNET J, 1995, ARISTOTLE POLITICS, V2; AUBONNET J, 1995, ARISTOTLE POLITICS, V1; Barnes J., 1984, COMPLETE WORKS ARIST; Barnes J., 1977, ARTICLES ARISTOTLE, V2, P140; BARNES J, 2004, NICOMACHEAN ETHICS; BOSTOCK D, 1995, ARISTOTLE METAPHYSIC, P134; Burnet J., 1900, ETHICS ARISTOTLE; BYWATER I, 1978, ARISTOTELIAN ETHICS; Bywater Ingram, 1894, ARISTOTELIS ETHICA N; Code A., 1984, CANADIAN J PHILOS S, V10, P41; Driscoll J., 1981, STUDIES ARISTOTLE, P129; Frede M., 1988, ARISTOTELES METAPHYS; GALLAGHER A, 1998, NEWSLETTER SOC ANCIE, V9, P1; GOTTHELF A, 1987, PHILOS ISSUES ARISTO, P420; Jaeger Werner, 1957, ARISTOTELIS METAPHYS; Joachim Harold Henry, 1951, ARISTOTLE NICOMACHEA; KAVE J, 1998, EC NATURE 14 CENTURY; KIRWAN C, 1993, ARISTOTLE METAPHYSIC, P177; KUHNER R, 1996, AUSFUHRLICHE GRAMM 2, V2, P295; LENNOX J, 2004, ARISTOTLE PARTS ANIM; LIDDELL H, 1897, GREEK ENGLISH LEXICO; MARX K, 1909, CAPITAL, P28; Newman W. L., 1887, POLITICS ARISTOTLE; PATZIG G, 1990, ARISTOTELES POLITIK, P1; PECK AL, 1937, PARTS ANIMALS; PELLEGRIN P, 1985, ARISTOTLE NATURE LIV, P101; Reeve CDC, 1998, ARISTOTLE POLITICS; ROSS WD, 1924, ARISTOTLES METAPHYSI, pR1; Schumpeter J. A., 1954, HIST EC ANAL; SHIELDS C, 1999, ORDER MULTIPLICITY, P31; SHIELDS C, ARISTOTLE A IN PRESS; Shields C., 1990, HIST FDN COGNITIVE S, P19; SIMPSON P, 1998, POLITICS ARISTOTLE; SMITH R, 1997, ARISTOTLE TOPICS BOO, P88; Smyth Herbert Weir, 1920, GREEK GRAMMAR; SOUDEK J., 1952, P AM PHILOS SOC, V96, P45; Walzer R. R., 1991, ARISTOTELIS ETHICA E; WOODS M, 1993, SYNTHESE, V96, P407; 1992, ARISTOTLE PARTIBUS A, P5824
Nilotinib is effective in patients with chronic myeloid leukemia in chronic phase after imatinib resistance or intolerance: 24-month follow-up results
No full textNilotinib is a potent selective inhibitor of the BCR-ABL tyrosine kinase approved for use in patients with newly diagnosed chronic myeloid leukemia in chronic phase (CMLCP), and in CML-CP and CML-accelerated phase after imatinib failure. Nilotinib (400 mg twice daily) was approved on the basis of the initial results of this phase 2 open-label study. The primary study endpoint was the proportion of patients achieving major cytogenetic response (CyR). All patients were followed for > 24 months or discontinued early. Of 321 patients, 124 (39%) continue on nilotinib treatment. Overall, 59% of patients achieved major CyR; this was completeCyR(CCyR) in 44%. Of patients achieving CCyR,56% achieved major molecular response. CyRs were durable, with 84% of patients who achieved CCyR maintaining response at 24 months. The overall survival at 24 months was 87%. Adverse events were mostly mild to moderate, generally transient, and easily managed. This study indicates that nilotinib is effective, with a manageable safety profile, and can provide favorable long-term benefits for patients with CML-CP after imatinib failure. This trial was registered at www.clinicaltrials.gov as #NCT00109707.Hagop M. Kantarjian, Francis J. Giles, Kapil N. Bhalla, Javier Pinilla-Ibarz,Richard A. Larson, Norbert Gattermann, Oliver G. Ottmann, Andreas Hochhaus, Giuseppe Saglio, Timothy P. Hughes, Giovanni Martinelli, Dong-Wook Kim, Yaping Shou, Neil J. Gallagher, Rick Blakesley, Michele Baccarani, Jorge Cortes and Philipp D. le Coutr
Correction to: Assessing the quality of cardiac rehabilitation programs by measuring adherence to the Australian quality indicators
No full textFollowing publication of the original article [1], the authors identified two errors in the author names. Firstly, the two co-authors’ names J Hendriks and C Gallagher were mistakenly merged into one name ‘Hendriks Gallagher JC’. Secondly, the given name and family name were erroneously transposed. The author group has been updated above and the original article [1] has been corrected
Eating with an artificial commensal companion
No full textCommensality is defined as "a social group that eats together", and eating in a commensality setting has a number of positive effects on humans. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effects of technology on commensality by presenting an experiment in which a toy robot showing non-verbal social behaviours tries to influence a participants' food choice and food taste perception. We managed to conduct both a qualitative and quantitative study with 10 participants. Results show the favourable impression of the robot on participants. It also emerged that the robot may be able to influence the food choices using its non-verbal behaviors only. However, these results are not statistically significant, perhaps due to the small sample size. In the future, we plan to collect more data using the same experimental protocol, and to verify these preliminary results.Interactive Intelligenc
Social robots as eating companions
No full textPrevious research shows that eating together (i.e., commensality) impacts food choice, time spent eating, and enjoyment. Conversely, eating alone is considered a possible cause of unhappiness. In this paper, we conceptually explore how interactive technology might allow for the creation of artificial commensal companions: embodied agents providing company to humans during meals (e.g., a person living in isolation due to health reasons). We operationalize this with the design of our commensal companion: a system based on the MyKeepon robot, paired with a Kinect sensor, able to track the human commensal's activity (i.e., food picking and intake) and able to perform predefined nonverbal behavior in response. In this preliminary study with 10 participants, we investigate whether this autonomous social robot-based system can positively establish an interaction that humans perceive and whether it can influence their food choices. In this study, the participants are asked to taste some chocolates with and without the presence of an artificial commensal companion. The participants are made to believe that the study targets the food experience, whilst the presence of a robot is accidental. Next, we analyze their food choices and feedback regarding the role and social presence of the artificial commensal during the task performance. We conclude the paper by discussing the lessons we learned about the first interactions we observed between a human and a social robot in a commensality setting and by proposing future steps and more complex applications for this novel kind of technology.Human Information Communication Desig
Antiphasis as Homonym in Aristotle
No full textAntiphasis is a case of core-dependent homonymy, and has three significations in Aristotle's philosophy: (1) antiphasis as an opposition between propositions (a propositional signification); (2) antiphasis as the opposition between 'subject' and 'not a subject' in coming-to-be and perishing (an ontological signification); and (3) antiphasis as the opposition between possession and privation (an ontological signification). Argument based on the fifth type of priority described in Cat. 12 shows that, for Aristotle, the ontological significations are prior to the propositional. © 2014 © 2014 The Author.Ackrill J. L., 1963, ARISTOTLES CATEGORIE; CRIVELLI P, 2004, ARISTOTLE ON TRUTH; ELDERS L, 1961, ARISTOTLES THEORY ON; FURTH M, 1985, ARISTOTLE METAPHYSIC; Jaeger Werner, 1957, ARISTOTELIS METAPHYS; Jones RE, 2010, PHRONESIS, V55, P26, DOI 10.1163-003188610X12589452898804; LIDDELL H, 1897, GREEK ENGLISH LEXICO; MINIOPALUELLO L, 1949, ARISTOTELIS CATEGORI; MURE GRG, 1994, ARISTOTLE POSTERIOR; PECK AL, 1965, HIST ANIMALIUM; Ross W. D., 1924, ARISTOTLES METAPHYSI; ROSS WD, 1936, ARISTOTLE PHYS; ROSS WD, 1963, ARISTOTELIS DE ANIMA; ROSS WD, 1964, ARISTOTELIS ANAL PRI; ROSS WD, 1933, ARISTOTLE METAPHYSIC; ROSS WD, 1950, ARISTOTELIS PHYS; Ross W.D, 1958, ARISTOTELIS TOPICA S; Shields C., 1999, ORDER MULTIPLICITY; WHITAKER C, 1996, ARISTOTLES INTERPRET0
Straw Hat Players programs, 1978 season (1978)
No full textBarry Allar, John Arndt, Philip Bratnober, Katie Collins, Catherine Connall, Brenda Cummngs, Dannul Dailey, Dave Demke, Carol Dreher, Debbie Greenspan, Bonnie Flesland, Kelly R. Gallagher, Manfred Haeusler, Deanna Hanson, Jeannette Harren, Kathleen Heintzman, Michael Heintzman, John D. Justad, Jr., Victoria Kesler, Timothy Kleinpaste, Delrae Knutson, Tracy Koester, Daniel LaRocque, Linda M. Larson, Katherine Marie Lauer, Barry Lentz, Dan Leonard, Jan Maxwell, Kathleen McCall, Kim Moerer, Timothy Ostby, Jack Kenneth Pence, Pete Pomonis, Sandy Pursley, Al Reller, Holly Riedman, Jean Rohn, Jaclyn Ross, Kristin Rudrud, Juleen Ruhland, Barbara E. Scott, Rod C. Septka, Dan Sershen, Genevieve Sheldon, Jeffrey D. Thorson, Beth Watkins, Alice Weimer, Frederick Winship, Ron Zastrowhttps://red.mnstate.edu/shp_programs/1013/thumbnail.jp
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