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Collaborative Resilience To Episodic Shocks And Surprises: A Very Long-Term Case Study Of Zanjera Irrigation In The Philippines 1979–2010, Bruce Evan Goldstein, Ruth Yabes
Collaborative Resilience To Episodic Shocks And Surprises: A Very Long-Term Case Study Of Zanjera Irrigation In The Philippines 1979–2010, Bruce Evan Goldstein, Ruth Yabes
Bruce Evan Goldstein
This thirty-year case study uses surveys, semi-structured interviews, and content analysis to examine the adaptive capacity of Zanjera San Marcelino, an indigenous irrigation management system in the northern Philippines. This common pool resource (CPR) system exists within a turbulent social-ecological system (SES) characterized by episodic shocks such as large typhoons as well as novel surprises, such as national political regime change and the construction of large dams. The Zanjera nimbly responded to these challenges, although sometimes in ways that left its structure and function substantially altered. While a partial integration with the Philippine National Irrigation Agency was critical to the …
The Fire Learning Network Goes Under The Microscope, Bruce Evan Goldstein
The Fire Learning Network Goes Under The Microscope, Bruce Evan Goldstein
Bruce Evan Goldstein
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Epistemic Mediation: Aligning Expertise Across Boundaries Within An Endangered Species Habitat Conservation Plan, Bruce Evan Goldstein
Epistemic Mediation: Aligning Expertise Across Boundaries Within An Endangered Species Habitat Conservation Plan, Bruce Evan Goldstein
Bruce Evan Goldstein
This paper uses videotaping and discourse analysis to study participants’ dialogue and conduct during preparation of the Coachella Valley habitat conservation plan in southern California. The research uses social worlds analysis to reveal that the plan’s technical advisors did not find facts through the collective discovery of scientific truths with unitary meanings, but instead constructed facts by aligning professional visions of space, time, and agency. The validity of the resulting plan relied on its ability to be a “boundary object”, meaning different things to different groups, while simultaneously laying claim to universality and objectivity. However, its subsequent failure to satisfy …
A Genetic And Molecular Analysis Of Spermiogenesis Initiation In Caenorhabditis Elegans, Paul J. Muhlrad
A Genetic And Molecular Analysis Of Spermiogenesis Initiation In Caenorhabditis Elegans, Paul J. Muhlrad
Paul J Muhlrad
How do cells acquire and regulate their specialized forms and functions? This is the fundamental question underlying the experiments described in this dissertation. To examine this question, I have peered deeply into an exquisitely specialized cell from a genetically tractable organism: the spermatozoon of the nematode, Caenorhabditis elegans. C. elegans sperm orchestrate a fantastic morphogenetic transformation under severe constraints of time and cellular resources. In response to an external signal, spermatids reorganize their membranes and cytoskeleton to form crawling spermatozoa.This maturation, termed spermiogenesis, ensues without any new gene expression. To better understand this signaling pathway, I isolated suppressors of a …