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Property Law For The Ages, Michael C. Pollack, Lior Jacob Strahilevitz Nov 2021

Property Law For The Ages, Michael C. Pollack, Lior Jacob Strahilevitz

Articles

Within the next forty years, the number of Americans over age sixty-five is projected to nearly double. This seismic demographic shift will necessitate a reckoning in several areas of law and policy, but property law is especially unprepared. Built primarily for young and middle-aged white men, the common law of property has been critiqued for decades for the ways in which it oppresses or simply leaves behind people based on their race, sex, Native heritage, and more. This Article contributes a new focus on property law’s treatment of people based on their advanced age. Burdened by higher relocation costs, more …

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The U.S. Inland Creel And Angler Survey Catalog (Creelcat): Development, Applications, And Opportunities, Abigail J. Lynch, Nicholas A. Sievert, Holly S. Embke, Ashley M. Robertson, Bonnie J.E. Myers, Micheal S. Allen, Zachary S. Feiner, Frederick Hoogakker, Scott Knoche, Rebecca M. Krogman, Stephen R. Midway, Chelsey L. Nieman, Craig P. Paukert, Kevin L. Pope, Mark W. Rogers, Lyndsie S. Wszola, T. Douglas Beard Nov 2021

The U.S. Inland Creel And Angler Survey Catalog (Creelcat): Development, Applications, And Opportunities, Abigail J. Lynch, Nicholas A. Sievert, Holly S. Embke, Ashley M. Robertson, Bonnie J.E. Myers, Micheal S. Allen, Zachary S. Feiner, Frederick Hoogakker, Scott Knoche, Rebecca M. Krogman, Stephen R. Midway, Chelsey L. Nieman, Craig P. Paukert, Kevin L. Pope, Mark W. Rogers, Lyndsie S. Wszola, T. Douglas Beard

Nebraska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit: Staff Publications

Inland recreational fishing, defined as primarily leisure-driven fishing in freshwaters, is a popular pastime in the USA. State natural resource agencies endeavor to provide high-quality and sustainable fishing opportunities for anglers. Managers often use creel and other angler survey data to inform state- and waterbody-level management efforts. Despite the broad implementation of angler surveys and their importance to fisheries management at state scales, regional and national coordination among these activities is minimal, limiting data applicability for larger-scale management practices and research. Here, we introduce the U.S. Inland Creel and Angler Survey Catalog (CreelCat), a first-of-its-kind, publicly available national database of …

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Ucc Minutes, 03/24/2005, Lon Smith Nov 2021

Ucc Minutes, 03/24/2005, Lon Smith

UCC 2005

Minutes from the 03/24/2005 meeting of the University Curriculum Committee.

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Ucc Minutes, 05/01/2008, Lon Smith Nov 2021

Ucc Minutes, 05/01/2008, Lon Smith

UCC 2008

Minutes from the 05/01/2008 meeting of the University Curriculum Committee.

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Ucc Minutes, 08/03/2010, Lon Smith Nov 2021

Ucc Minutes, 08/03/2010, Lon Smith

UCC 2010

Minutes from the 08/03/2010 meeting of the University Curriculum Committee.

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8-Azaadenosine And 8-Chloroadenosine Are Not Selective Inhibitors Of Adar, Kyle A Cottrell, Luisangely Soto Torres, Michael G Dizon, Jason D Weber Nov 2021

8-Azaadenosine And 8-Chloroadenosine Are Not Selective Inhibitors Of Adar, Kyle A Cottrell, Luisangely Soto Torres, Michael G Dizon, Jason D Weber

Open Access Publications

The RNA editing enzyme ADAR, is an attractive therapeutic target for multiple cancers. Through its deaminase activity, ADAR edits adenosine to inosine in dsRNAs. Loss of ADAR in some cancer cell lines causes activation of the type I interferon pathway and the PKR translational repressor, leading to inhibition of proliferation and stimulation of cell death. As such, inhibition of ADAR function is a viable therapeutic strategy for many cancers. However, there are no FDA approved inhibitors of ADAR. Two small molecules have been previously shown to inhibit ADAR or reduce its expression: 8-azaadenosine and 8-chloroadenosine. Here we show that neither …

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Serum Concentrations Of Sfas And Cdkal1 Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism Rs7747752 Are Related To An Increased Risk Of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus, Hui Wang, Wen Yang, Jinnan Liu, Junhong Leng, Weiqin Li, Zhijie Yu, Jing Li, Ronald C.W. Ma, Gang Hu, Zhongze Fang, Ying Wang, Xilin Yang Nov 2021

Serum Concentrations Of Sfas And Cdkal1 Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism Rs7747752 Are Related To An Increased Risk Of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus, Hui Wang, Wen Yang, Jinnan Liu, Junhong Leng, Weiqin Li, Zhijie Yu, Jing Li, Ronald C.W. Ma, Gang Hu, Zhongze Fang, Ying Wang, Xilin Yang

Population and Public Health Science Faculty Publications

Background: Interactions between genetic and nutritional factors can contribute to the risk of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). Objectives: We aimed to explore the associations of cyclin-dependent kinase 5 regulatory subunit associated protein 1-like 1 (CDKAL1) single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) rs7747752 and serum concentrations of SFAs with the risk of GDM in Chinese women. Methods: We conducted a 1:1 case-control study in a prospective cohort of pregnant women in Tianjin, China. Serum SFA data were collected from a total of 243 women with GDM and their controls matched by maternal age (±1 y). Among them, 207 case-control pairs had high-quality sequencing data. …

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Genome-Wide Snp Identification In Fraxinus Linking Genetic Characteristics To Tolerance Of Agrilus Planipennis, Cecelia E. Hale, Mark A. Jordan, Gloria Iriarte, Kirk Broders, Andrew J. Storer, Vamsi J. Nalam, Jordan M. Marshall Nov 2021

Genome-Wide Snp Identification In Fraxinus Linking Genetic Characteristics To Tolerance Of Agrilus Planipennis, Cecelia E. Hale, Mark A. Jordan, Gloria Iriarte, Kirk Broders, Andrew J. Storer, Vamsi J. Nalam, Jordan M. Marshall

Michigan Tech Publications, Part 1

Ash (Fraxinus spp.) is one of the most widely distributed tree genera in North America. Populations of ash in the United States and Canada have been decimated by the introduced pest Agrilus planipennis (Coleoptera: Buprestidae; emerald ash borer), having negative impacts on both forest ecosystems and economic interests. The majority of trees succumb to attack by A. planipennis, but some trees have been found to be tolerant to infestation despite years of exposure. Restriction site-associated DNA (RAD) sequencing was used to sequence ash individuals, both tolerant and susceptible to A. planipennis attack, in order to identify single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) …

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System Identification Through Lipschitz Regularized Deep Neural Networks, Elisa Negrini, Giovanna Citti, Luca Capogna Nov 2021

System Identification Through Lipschitz Regularized Deep Neural Networks, Elisa Negrini, Giovanna Citti, Luca Capogna

Mathematics Sciences: Faculty Publications

In this paper we use neural networks to learn governing equations from data. Specifically we reconstruct the right-hand side of a system of ODEs x˙(t)=f(t,x(t)) directly from observed uniformly time-sampled data using a neural network. In contrast with other neural network-based approaches to this problem, we add a Lipschitz regularization term to our loss function. In the synthetic examples we observed empirically that this regularization results in a smoother approximating function and better generalization properties when compared with non-regularized models, both on trajectory and non-trajectory data, especially in presence of noise. In contrast with sparse regression approaches, since neural networks …

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The Effects Of Sports Participation On Academic Achievement For Seventh-Graders In Urban Pennsylvania, Jeffrey Steven White Nov 2021

The Effects Of Sports Participation On Academic Achievement For Seventh-Graders In Urban Pennsylvania, Jeffrey Steven White

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

This quantitative, causal-comparative study was designed to investigate the effect of students’ participation in middle school interscholastic sports on their academic success among urban middle school students. The body of knowledge about the effect of participating in sports on academic achievement is comprehensive at the high school and college levels, but limited research has been done regarding sports participation among middle school students. The participants for this study were drawn from a convenience sample of 366 seventh-grade middle school students in eastern Pennsylvania during the 2018-2019 school year; stratified random sampling was also used to create groups with equal male …

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Special Education Teachers’ Self-Efficacy And Job Satisfaction In Youth Development Centers: A Quantitative Correlational Study, Kimberley Kerchelle Simmons Nov 2021

Special Education Teachers’ Self-Efficacy And Job Satisfaction In Youth Development Centers: A Quantitative Correlational Study, Kimberley Kerchelle Simmons

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

The number of students with disabilities entering youth development centers is increasing exponentially. The youth development center schools that are responsible for providing academic services to these students are inadequately staffed with special education teachers to meet the behavioral and academic needs of juvenile offenders with disabilities. The purpose of this quantitative correlational study was to explore the relationship between special education teacher self-efficacy and job satisfaction in teachers within the twenty-five youth development center schools located throughout the Georgia DJJ System. The participants completed the Teachers' Sense of Self-Efficacy Survey (TSES) and the Job Satisfaction Survey (JSS). TSES was …

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What Long-Term Effects Occur From Combat Deployment In Effecting Later Adaptation To Civilian Life?, Corey E. Waites Nov 2021

What Long-Term Effects Occur From Combat Deployment In Effecting Later Adaptation To Civilian Life?, Corey E. Waites

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

This study shows the effects that combat exposure can have on an individual by compiling information gained from surveys and collecting data from Facebook interactions. Members of the study who were deployed to the Southern area of Baghdad, Iraq, between 2003-2005 were included in this research after they voluntarily responded to an initial group message on Facebook to members of the 703rd medical company members. This research sets out to determine how a review of the veterans of the US Army 3rd Infantry Division 703rd medical unit between the years 2003-2005 in Iraq can tell us about the long-term effects …

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Effects On The Social-Emotional Learning Of Students Identified As Twice-Exceptional: A Phenomenological Study, Heather Ann Bernau Nov 2021

Effects On The Social-Emotional Learning Of Students Identified As Twice-Exceptional: A Phenomenological Study, Heather Ann Bernau

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

The purpose of this qualitative transcendental phenomenological study was to describe the experiences of students identified as intellectually gifted and having high functioning autism or Asperger’s syndrome. The study was conducted in participants’ homes or other neutral locations of the participants’ preference. The theory guiding this study was Bandura’s social cognitive theory. The social cognitive theory explains the relationship between personal factors, environmental factors, and behavior. Specifically, the study used multiple sources of data collection including a parent or adult-student questionnaire, self-portrait, three reflection items, and semi-structured interviews to study how learning interventions for students’ learning challenges (autism) affect the …

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A Room With A View: Experiences Of Moms Off Meth Using Heuristic Inquiry, Joey Leigh Gude Nov 2021

A Room With A View: Experiences Of Moms Off Meth Using Heuristic Inquiry, Joey Leigh Gude

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

Methamphetamine related consequences continue to darken many families and communities. Multiple service provider types are often overburdened in dealing with the reality of methamphetamine misuse (Brownstein et al., 2012). This research explored the impact of the methamphetamine epidemic with a specific focus on mothers with methamphetamine addiction. Mothers present with a myriad of challenges, and inadequate contextual information exists to address these challenges (Alexander et al., 2018; Bathish et al., 2017; Cunningham & Finlay, 2013). This qualitative heuristic inquiry sought to illuminate experiences of methamphetamine addiction in mothers. The qualitative research questions sought to give a voice to the lived …

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A Case Study On Gender Inequality In A Defense Setting, Nicole L. Hicks Nov 2021

A Case Study On Gender Inequality In A Defense Setting, Nicole L. Hicks

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

Women are gaining education, skills, strength, and have adequate drive yet, gender inequality is still blocking their advancement into senior leadership especially in the United States (U.S.) Defense Industry. The purpose of this study was to explore gender inequality within organizational leadership, specifically within the Department of Defense (DoD) civilian sector, to identify potential barriers to ceasing the advancement of qualified women. The main research question driving this research is, what internal and external barriers exist in the defense department regarding the professional advancement of women and what factors contribute to advancement into leadership. Follow-up questions include how veteran status, …

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The Lived Experiences Of Students And Faculty In High School And College Following A Natural Disaster: A Phenomenological Study, Cyrenna L. Moreno Nov 2021

The Lived Experiences Of Students And Faculty In High School And College Following A Natural Disaster: A Phenomenological Study, Cyrenna L. Moreno

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

The purpose of this transcendental phenomenological study was to determine the characteristics of students in higher education who persisted in their studies following the Hurricanes Irma and Maria in Puerto Rico in September 2017. The central research question for this study was: "what are educators’ and students’ perceptions of the characteristics necessary to persist in a difficult environment following a natural disaster?” The theories guiding this study were Maslow’s hierarchy of needs and Hobfoll’s conservation of resources theory. This study was conducted as a transcendental phenomenological study utilizing a sample that contained five educators and eight students who attended high …

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Late Pleistocene And Early Holocene Sea-Level History And Glacial Retreat Interpreted From Shell-Bearing Marine Deposits Of Southeastern Alaska, Usa, James F. Baichtal, Alia J. Lesnek, Risa J. Carlson, Nicholas S. Schmuck, Jane L. Smith, Dennis J. Landwehr, Jason P. Briner Nov 2021

Late Pleistocene And Early Holocene Sea-Level History And Glacial Retreat Interpreted From Shell-Bearing Marine Deposits Of Southeastern Alaska, Usa, James F. Baichtal, Alia J. Lesnek, Risa J. Carlson, Nicholas S. Schmuck, Jane L. Smith, Dennis J. Landwehr, Jason P. Briner

Publications and Research

We leverage a data set of >720 shell-bearing marine deposits throughout southeastern Alaska (USA) to develop updated relative sea-level curves that span the past ~14,000 yr. This data set includes site location, elevation, description when avail-able, and 436 14C ages, 45 of which are published here for the first time. Our sea-level curves suggest a peripheral forebulge developed west of the retreating Cordilleran Ice Sheet (CIS) margin between ca. 17,000 and 10,800 calibrated yr B.P. By 14,870 ± 630 to 12,820 ± 340 cal. yr B.P., CIS mar-gins had retreated from all of southeastern Alaska’s fjords, channels, and passages. At …

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Crow's Nest, November 1, 2021, Crow's Nest Staff Nov 2021

Crow's Nest, November 1, 2021, Crow's Nest Staff

Crow's Nest

The November 1, 2021, issue of the Crow's Nest.

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Nest Reuse By The Florida Scrub-Jay (Aphelocoma Coerulescens) In Ocala National Forest, Sarah Dudek, Karl E. Miller Nov 2021

Nest Reuse By The Florida Scrub-Jay (Aphelocoma Coerulescens) In Ocala National Forest, Sarah Dudek, Karl E. Miller

Florida Field Naturalist

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Ectosymbionts From A Northern Mockingbird On Vaca Key, Florida, Lawrence J. Hribar Nov 2021

Ectosymbionts From A Northern Mockingbird On Vaca Key, Florida, Lawrence J. Hribar

Florida Field Naturalist

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Fleeing From War Or Pandemic, And Returning Home, Rory J. Conces Nov 2021

Fleeing From War Or Pandemic, And Returning Home, Rory J. Conces

International Dialogue

Today, the word ‘flee’ connotes a moral weakness for many, perhaps even cowardice for some. However, that is not entirely accurate. Fleeing may be a morally decent response to a dangerous situation. As the American philosopher Todd May wrote in his insightful book A Decent Life: Morality for the Rest of Us (2019): “Most of us seek to live a morally decent life. We are not moral monsters, but neither do we strive to be moral saints. [There are] avenues of moral improvement that do not require us … to sacrifice our deepest commitments and projects ….[Why? That which] … …

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The Vocal Point: Honoring A Legacy: The Final Conversation With Arthur Woodley, Justin John Moniz, Minnita Daniel-Cox Nov 2021

The Vocal Point: Honoring A Legacy: The Final Conversation With Arthur Woodley, Justin John Moniz, Minnita Daniel-Cox

Department of Music Faculty Publications

AMERICAN BASS ARTHUR WOODLEY APPEARED with prestigious opera companies around the U.S. and abroad, including the Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera, Washington National Opera, Seattle Opera, L'Opera de Montreal, Opera Philadelphia, Dallas Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Pittsburgh, Opera, New Orleans Opera, and Opera Theatre of St. Louis. His many roles included Varlaam in Boris Godunov, Bartolo in Le nozze di Figaro, the Four Villains in Les contes d'Hoffman, Kuno in Der Freischütz, Banquo in Macbeth, Nick Shadow in The Rake's Progress, Sulpice in La fille du régiment, Leporello in Don Giovanni, Rocco in …

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Toughening Mechanisms For The Attachment Of Architectured Materials: The Mechanics Of The Tendon Enthesis, Mikhail Golman, Adam C. Abraham, Iden Kurtaliaj, Brittany P. Marshall, Yizhong Jenny Hu, Andrea G. Schwartz, X. Edward Guo, Victor Birman, Philipp J. Thurner, Guy M. Genin, Stavros Thomopoulos Nov 2021

Toughening Mechanisms For The Attachment Of Architectured Materials: The Mechanics Of The Tendon Enthesis, Mikhail Golman, Adam C. Abraham, Iden Kurtaliaj, Brittany P. Marshall, Yizhong Jenny Hu, Andrea G. Schwartz, X. Edward Guo, Victor Birman, Philipp J. Thurner, Guy M. Genin, Stavros Thomopoulos

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Architectured materials offer tailored mechanical properties but are limited in engineering applications due to challenges in maintaining toughness across their attachments. The enthesis connects tendon and bone, two vastly different architectured materials, and exhibits toughness across a wide range of loadings. Understanding the mechanisms by which this is achieved could inform the development of engineered attachments. Integrating experiments, simulations, and previously unexplored imaging that enabled simultaneous observation of mineralized and unmineralized tissues, we identified putative mechanisms of enthesis toughening in a mouse model and then manipulated these mechanisms via in vivo control of mineralization and architecture. Imaging uncovered a fibrous …

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M. Reevesii Chromosomal Genome Annotations, Jianjun Liu, Liping Gu, Liu Wang Nie, Ruanbao Zhou Nov 2021

M. Reevesii Chromosomal Genome Annotations, Jianjun Liu, Liping Gu, Liu Wang Nie, Ruanbao Zhou

Biology and Microbiology Faculty Publications and Datasets

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Photos For Chinese Three-Keeled Pond Turtle (M. Reevesii), Jianjun Liu, Ruanbao Zhou Nov 2021

Photos For Chinese Three-Keeled Pond Turtle (M. Reevesii), Jianjun Liu, Ruanbao Zhou

Biology and Microbiology Faculty Publications and Datasets

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Empowering Salieri - Extracting The Genius In Our Students, Zachary C. Schafer, Lawrence C. Scharmann Nov 2021

Empowering Salieri - Extracting The Genius In Our Students, Zachary C. Schafer, Lawrence C. Scharmann

Department of Teaching, Learning, and Teacher Education: Faculty Publications

Aesthetic Based Alternative Assessment (ABAA) is a type of project-based learning that extends beyond science content and places students’ interests at the forefront of the learning environment. ABAA is consistent with a holistic approach to science teaching and learning long advocated by former NSTA President Hans O. Andersen (1989–1990), in which students’ interests serve as the departure to more intensive involvement with the subject.

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Responding To The Digital Health Revolution, James Stramm Nov 2021

Responding To The Digital Health Revolution, James Stramm

Richmond Journal of Law & Technology

This Article describes how dominant technology firms have revolutionized the healthcare industry in only a few years. Now, medical treatment and research are predicated on constant, decentralized data collection, prediction and personalization, and algorithmic judgments. The new digital health paradigm implicates issues of privacy, bias, autonomy, equity, and discrimination. Yet Big Tech has been quick to justify its new practices as an opportunity for better care, quicker discovery of cures, and ultimately, lives saved. Moreover, many medical practitioners welcome this healthcare revolution as a chance to deemphasize the importance of patient privacy and autonomy in American bioethics and prioritize the …

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Social Selectivity And Social Motivation In Voles, Annaliese K. Beery, Sarah A. Lopez, Katrina L. Blandino, Nicole S. Lee, Natalie S. Bourdon Nov 2021

Social Selectivity And Social Motivation In Voles, Annaliese K. Beery, Sarah A. Lopez, Katrina L. Blandino, Nicole S. Lee, Natalie S. Bourdon

Neuroscience: Faculty Publications

Selective relationships are fundamental to humans and many other animals, but relationships between mates, family members, or peers may be mediated differently. We examined connections between social reward and social selectivity, aggression, and oxytocin receptor signaling pathways in rodents that naturally form enduring, selective relationships with mates and peers (monogamous prairie voles) or peers (group-living meadow voles). Female prairie and meadow voles worked harder to access familiar versus unfamiliar individuals, regardless of sex, and huddled extensively with familiar subjects. Male prairie voles displayed strongly selective huddling preferences for familiar animals, but only worked harder to repeatedly access females versus males, …

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The Forestecology R Package For Fitting And Assessing Neighborhood Models Of The Effect Of Interspecific Competition On The Growth Of Trees, Albert Y. Kim, David N. Allen, Simon P. Couch Nov 2021

The Forestecology R Package For Fitting And Assessing Neighborhood Models Of The Effect Of Interspecific Competition On The Growth Of Trees, Albert Y. Kim, David N. Allen, Simon P. Couch

Statistical and Data Sciences: Faculty Publications

Neighborhood competition models are powerful tools to measure the effect of interspecific competition. Statistical methods to ease the application of these models are currently lacking. We present the forestecology package providing methods to (a) specify neighborhood competition models, (b) evaluate the effect of competitor species identity using permutation tests, and (cs) measure model performance using spatial cross-validation. Following Allen and Kim (PLoS One, 15, 2020, e0229930), we implement a Bayesian linear regression neighborhood competition model. We demonstrate the package's functionality using data from the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute's large forest dynamics plot, part of the ForestGEO global network of research …

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Understanding How Democracy Shapes Well-Being Of Countries In Europe And Asia, Wing Laam Ng Nov 2021

Understanding How Democracy Shapes Well-Being Of Countries In Europe And Asia, Wing Laam Ng

SOC 605 Comparative Social Policy Research Project - Student Works

There is no lack of literature talking about the relationship between well-being and democracy. However, little research has been done by separating the area. This study is going to explore the association between democracy and well-being again by separating the countries in Europe and Asia. Well-being is measured by life satisfaction, positive affect, negative affect and satisfaction towards the government while democracy refers to the Democracy Index by the Economist Intelligence Unit. In total, thirty one European countries and seventeen Asian countries are selected based on the availability of data and exclusion of Asia-Europe border countries. Pearson correlation coefficient and …

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