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Fall 2013, Graduate School Of Humanities & Social Sciences

CAHSS Graduate SGA Dialogues

No abstract provided.

Nonlinearity, Heterogeneity And Unobserved Effects In The Co2-Income Relation For Advanced Countries, Massimiliano Mazzanti, Antonio Musolesi

Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei Working Papers

We study long run carbon emissions-income relationships for advanced countries grouped in policy relevant groups: North America and Oceania, South Europe, North Europe. By relying on recent advances on Generalized Additive Mixed Models (GAMMs) and adopting interaction models, we handle simultaneously three main econometric issues, named here as functional form bias, heterogeneity bias and omitted time related factors bias, which have been proved to be relevant but have been addressed separately in previous papers. The model incorporates nonlinear effects, eventually heterogeneous across countries, for both income and time. We also handle serial correlation by using autoregressive moving average (ARMA) processes. …

A Comparison Between Shale Gas In China And Unconventional Fuel Development In The United States: Health, Water And Environmental Risks, Paolo D. Farah, Riccardo Tremolada

Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei Working Papers

China is appraised to have the world's largest exploitable reserves of shale gas, although several legal, regulatory, environmental and investment-related issues will likely restrain its scope. China's capacity to successfully face these hurdles and produce commercial shale gas will have a crucial impact on the regional gas market and on China’s energy mix, as Beijing strives to decrease reliance on imported oil and coal, while attempting to meet growing energy demand and maintain a certain level of resource autonomy. The development of the unconventional natural gas extractive industry will also endow China with further negotiating power to obtain more advantageous …

Leadership And International Climate Cooperation, Gregor Schwerhoff

Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei Working Papers

Which kind of reaction can a nation or group of nations expect when leading by example in climate policy? This literature survey describes possible positive reaction mechanisms from different fields of economics, some of which have scarcely been linked to climate economics previously. One effect may be behavioral, a reaction motivated by fairness, reciprocity or norms. Second, other nations may interpret the leader's action as a signal on his preference or the value of the objective and adjust their own policy based on the new information. Third, the leader may provide a service to other nations, which decreases their costs …

Genomics In Primary Care: The Promise Of Personalized Medicine, Heather B. Fagan Md, Mph, Brian Stello Md, Christopher V. Chambers Md, Melanie B. Johnson Mpa, Geoffrey Mills Md, Phd, Michael P. Rosenthal Md

Department of Family Medicine

No abstract provided.

Follow The Money: Methods For Identifying Consumption And Investment Responses To A Liquidity Shock, Dean Karlan, Adam Osman, Jonathan Zinman

Discussion Papers

No abstract provided.

Natural Resource Management Newsletter, Dave Willis

NRM Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Joint Estimation Of Multiple Graphical Models From High Dimensional Time Series, Huitong Qiu, Fang Han, Han Liu, Brian Caffo

Johns Hopkins University, Dept. of Biostatistics Working Papers

In this manuscript the problem of jointly estimating multiple graphical models in high dimensions is considered. It is assumed that the data are collected from n subjects, each of which consists of m non-independent observations. The graphical models of subjects vary, but are assumed to change smoothly corresponding to a measure of the closeness between subjects. A kernel based method for jointly estimating all graphical models is proposed. Theoretically, under a double asymptotic framework, where both (m,n) and the dimension d can increase, the explicit rate of convergence in parameter estimation is provided, thus characterizing the strength one can borrow …

Energy And Environmental Issues And Policy In China, Zhongxiang Zhang

Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei Working Papers

China’s rampant environmental pollution problems and rising greenhouse gas emissions and the resulting climate change are undermining its long-term economic growth. China, from its own perspective cannot afford to and, from an international perspective, is not meant to continue on the conventional path of encouraging economic growth at the expense of the environment. Instead, concerns about a range of environmental stresses from burning fossil fuels, energy security as a result of steeply rising oil imports and international pressure on it to exhibit greater ambition in fighting global climate change have sparked China’s determination to improve energy efficiency and cut pollutants, …

Reflections On The Cost Of "Low-Cost" Whole Genome Sequencing: Framing The Health Policy Debate, Timothy Caulfield, Jim Evans, Amy Mcguire, Christopher Mccabe, Tania Bubela, Robert Cook-Deegan, Jennifer Fishman, Stuart Hogarth, Fiona A. Miller, Vardit Ravitsky, Barbara Biesecker, Pascal Borry, Mildred K. Cho, June C. Carroll, Holly Etchegary, Yann Joly, Kazuto Kato, Sandra Soo-Jim Lee, Karen H. Rothenberg, Pamela Sankar, Michael J. Szego, Pilar Ossorio, Daryl Pullman, Francois Rousseau, Wendy J. Ungar, Brenda Wilson

Faculty Scholarship

The cost of whole genome sequencing is dropping rapidly. There has been a great deal of enthusiasm about the potential for this technological advance to transform clinical care. Given the interest and significant investment in genomics, this seems an ideal time to consider what the evidence tells us about potential benefits and harms, particularly in the context of health care policy. The scale and pace of adoption of this powerful new technology should be driven by clinical need, clinical evidence, and a commitment to put patients at the centre of health care policy.

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Progress Notes, Lehigh Valley Health Network

Progress Notes

No abstract provided.

Corporate Social Responsibility – An Idealistic Goal Or A Reality?, Singapore Management University

Perspectives@SMU

Despite widespread discussion on CSR, there continues to be much disagreement around what constitutes CSR, and how to define it. In addition, the term is often used interchangeably with notions such as corporate responsibility, corporate citizenship, triple-bottom line, sustainability, creating shared value, and in some cases, corporate ethics and governance. However, all of these ideas point in the same direction: a sharp escalation in the social roles corporations are expected to play today.

Indonesian Tourism’S Golden Moment, Singapore Management University

Perspectives@SMU

With a successful transition to luxury lifestyles in just a couple of generations, Indonesia’s next tourism hurdle is competitiveness. Once Indonesia’s key non-oil and gas revenue earner, luxury tourism needs to compete aggressively for the tourist dollar.

Administration And Finance Division Newsletter, Nov. 2013, San Jose State University, Administration And Finance Division

Administration and Finance Division Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Communicator, Nov. 2013, San Jose State University, Department Of Kinesiology

Communicator (Kinesiology)

Volume 26, Issue 2

Discovery, November 2013, Office Of Vice President For Research

Research and Discovery News

Inside this issue:

• VP Discovery update
• $ 1 .4m DOT award; DOE, NSF awards
• Discover Discovery workshops
• Research and Dessert, Nov 22
• Upjohn Center recognized for map products
• IP: Tech development fund deadline 11/22
• Graduate student research; F&A rate

Oncology Section Task Force On Breast Cancer Outcomes: An Introduction To The Edge Task Force And Clinical Measures Of Upper Extremity Function, Pamela K. Levangie, Mary Insana Fisher

Physical Therapy Faculty Publications

With the proliferation of outcome measures in the literature, many of which lack documentation of sufficient psychometric properties to justify use, it is difficult to document patient change or demonstrate effectiveness of interventions. The goal of the Section on Research’s EDGE (Evaluation Database to Guide Effectiveness) Task Force is to facilitate identification of valid and reliable tests and measures that reflect clinically important outcomes and are responsive to change for standard use across selected patient groups. This paper lays the groundwork for understanding the work of the Oncology Section’s Breast Cancer EDGE Task Force on clinical measures of shoulder function …

A Profile Of Children With Complex Chronic Conditions At End Of Life Among Medicaid Beneficiaries: Implications For Health Care Reform, Lisa C. Lindley, Maureen E. Lyon

Pediatrics Faculty Publications

Background: As the United States braces for full implementation of health care reform, the eyes of the nation are on Medicaid. The large number of newly eligible Medicaid beneficiaries may challenge health care resources and ultimately impact quality of care. This is a special concern among current Medicaid beneficiaries such as children with complex chronic conditions (CCCs) who have significant health care needs, especially at end of life (EOL). Yet, a comprehensive profile of these children is lacking.

Objective: To understand the demographic and health characteristics, health care utilization, and expenditures among Medicaid children with CCCs at EOL.

Methods: Our …

Higher Education Enrolment Growth, Change And The Role Of Private Heps, Daniel Edwards, Ali Radloff

Higher education research

This paper offers a mapping of change in higher education enrolments through the 2009 to 2012 period. It examines the massive growth in the system during this time and the extent to which this growth was distributed – by student enrolment characteristics, demographics and importantly by type of higher education provider (HEP). The authors provide a snapshot of the higher education sector captured using the most recently available data, and contextualise the potential role that could be played by non-university higher education providers in future expansion of the system. The work draws on data from the Commonwealth Government’s Higher Education …

Management Of Type 2 Diabetes With Lifestyle Coaching In Low Income Individuals, Enesa Kanjesic

Graduate Research Projects

No abstract provided.

Science Goals And Overview Of The Radiation Belt Storm Probes (Rbsp) Energetic Particle, Composition, And Thermal Plasma (Ect) Suite On Nasa’S Van Allen Probes Mission, Harlan E. Spence, G. D. Reeves, D. N. Baker, J. B. Blake, M. Bolton, S. Bourdarie, A. A. Chan, S. G. Claudepierre, J. H. Clemmons, J. P. Cravens, S. R. Elkington, J. F. Fennell

Physics & Astronomy

The Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP)-Energetic Particle, Composition, and Thermal Plasma (ECT) suite contains an innovative complement of particle instruments to ensure the highest quality measurements ever made in the inner magnetosphere and radiation belts. The coordinated RBSP-ECT particle measurements, analyzed in combination with fields and waves observations and state-of-the-art theory and modeling, are necessary for understanding the acceleration, global distribution, and variability of radiation belt electrons and ions, key science objectives of NASA’s Living With a Star program and the Van Allen Probes mission. The RBSP-ECT suite consists of three highly-coordinated instruments: the Magnetic Electron Ion Spectrometer (MagEIS), the …

Helium, Oxygen, Proton, And Electron (Hope) Mass Spectrometer For The Radiation Belt Storm Probes Mission, H. O. Funsten, R. M. Skoug, A. A. Guthrie, E. A. Macdonald, J. R. Baldonado, R. W. Harper, K. C. Henderson, K. H. Kihara, J. E. Lake, B. A. Larsen, A. D. Puckett, V. J. Vigil, Harlan E. Spence

Physics & Astronomy

The HOPE mass spectrometer of the Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP) mission (renamed the Van Allen Probes) is designed to measure the in situ plasma ion and electron fluxes over 4π sr at each RBSP spacecraft within the terrestrial radiation belts. The scientific goal is to understand the underlying physical processes that govern the radiation belt structure and dynamics. Spectral measurements for both ions and electrons are acquired over 1 eV to 50 keV in 36 log-spaced steps at an energy resolution ΔE FWHM/E≈15 %. The dominant ion species (H+, He+, and O+) of the magnetosphere are identified using foil-based …

Internet-Facilitated Commercial Sexual Exploitation Of Children., Kimberly J. Mitchell, Lisa M. Jones

Crimes Against Children Research Center

This bulletin summarizes findings from the Internet‐Facilitated Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (IF‐CSEC) component of the 2006 Second National Juvenile Online Victimization study. Following are some key findings from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention‐sponsored study: • An estimated 569 arrests for IF‐CSEC were made in the United States in 2006; more than half of the arrests involved the offender marketing and selling child pornography. • Most offenders (83%) purchased child pornography or sex with a minor, but an important minority (17%) profited from the exploitation. Profiteers appeared to be more seasoned offenders who were involved in larger, …

Resource Guide: Promoting Prevention And Recovery, New Hampshire Department Of Health And Human Services. Bureau Of Drug And Alcohol Services

Manchester Research Group

Resource guide for plans and programs on drug and alcohol abuse treatment

Smp2-Based Architecture For Navigation Satellite System Simulation, Hou Hongtao, Li Qun, Wang Chao

Applied Mathematics & Information Sciences

The Performance Simulation for the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS), which can be used in the performance simulation and evaluation analysis of the Service Volume Segment of the GNSS is a part of the critical algorithm test and system index analysis for the GNSS. In this article, the requirements and features of the GNSS are analyzed firstly, and the method of performance simulation for the GNSS is studied. Then, the system operation architecture and model integration architecture based on compassable simulation based on SimulationModel Portability (SMP2) is proposed. The system architecture consists of model design, development, integrating, executing and analysis, …

A Topic Detection Approach Through Hierarchical Clustering On Concept Graph, Xiaohui Huang, Xiaofeng Zhang, Yunming Ye, Shengchun Deng, Xutao Li

Applied Mathematics & Information Sciences

Topic detection and tracking (TDT) algorithms have long been developed for the discovery of topics. However, most existing TDT algorithms suffer from paying less attention to: (1) temporal distance between a pair of topics; (2) the mutual effect between highly correlated topic terms. In this paper, we proposed a novel topic detection approach by applying hierarchical clustering on the constructed concept graph (HCCG), which is able to solve aforementioned shortcomings simultaneously. In this approach, the concept is first defined as well as the concept behavior curve. Then, the temporal graph is constructed with concept as vertexes and connected by the …

The Retiree Center Newsletter - Winter 2013, Retiree Center-Winona State University

WSU Retiree Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Nuclear Receptor Coactivators: Regulators Of Steroid Action In Brain And Behavior, Marc J. Tetel, Kalpana D. Acharya

Faculty Research and Scholarship

Steroid hormones act in specific regions of the brain to alter behavior and physiology. While it has been well established that the bioavailability of the steroid and the expression of its receptor is critical to understanding steroid action in brain, the importance of nuclear receptor coactivators in brain is becoming more apparent. This review will focus on the function of the p160 family of coactivators, which includes steroid receptor coactivator-1 (SRC-1), SRC-2 and SRC-3, in steroid receptor action in brain. The expression, regulation and function of these coactivators in steroiddependent gene expression in brain and behavior will be discussed.

Cooperative Struggle: Re-Framing Intercultural Conflict In The Management Of Sino-American Joint Ventures, Kathleen J. Krone, Sarah Steimel

Department of Communication Studies: Faculty Publications

Sino-American economic joint ventures are most often studied through a lens of technical rationality that typically emphasizes organizational efficiency, reduces culture to a manageable resource, and views conflict as discrete disruptions requiring efficient handling. Here, we conceptualize Sino-American business partnerships as sites of struggle where co-managers' accounts of intercultural disagreements reveal friction around action, voice, interests, and identity. We propose cooperative struggle as a critical management practice for working creatively with the multiple forms of difference that arise in this organizational form.