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Prólogo. Desde Adentro: Viviendo La Construcción De Las Ciudades Con Su Gente, Jaime F. Erazo Espinosa Arq.

Jaime Erazo

Prólogo al libro "Desde adentro: viviendo la construcción de las ciudades con su gente" de Teolinda Bolívar

Los pobres, con sus tiempos y lugares, con sus in-voluntades y sin darse cuenta, han hecho con proezas inexplicables (a los ojos de quienes racionalizamos la creación sistemática del espacio), nuestras ciudades. Y es que pocos/as, cuento a Teo, fueron testigos de cómo hacedores/as, en condiciones de extrema precariedad pero con saberes, motivos y disposiciones, dieron inicio y dieron paso, porque quisieron vivir, pertenecer e identificarse, a la constitución de auto-producciones para la ciudad, de barrios para la ciudad, de otras ciudades para …

Epoxi: Comet 103p/Hartley 2 Observations From A Worldwide Campaign ; Astrophysical Journal Letters, K. J. Meech, M. F. A'Hearn, J. A. Adams, P. Bacci, J. Bai, L. Barrera, M. Battelino, J. M. Bauer, E. Becklin, B. Bhatt, N. Biver, D. Bockelee-Morvan, D. Bodewits, H. Bohnhardt, J. Boissier, B. P. Bonev, W. Borghini, J. R. Brucato, E. Bryssinck, M. W. Buie, H. Canovas, D. Castellano, S. B. Charnley, W. P. Chen, P. Chiang, Y. J. Choi, D. J. Christian, Y. L. Chuang, Anita L. Cochran, P. Colom, M. R. Combi, I. M. Coulson, J. Crovisier, N. Dello Russo, K. Dennerl, K. Dewahl, M. A. Disanti, M. Facchini, T. L. Farnham, Y. Fernandez, H. G. Floren, U. Frisk, T. Fujiyoshi, R. Furusho, T. Fuse, G. Galli, D. A. Garcia-Hernandez, A. Gersch, Z. Getu

Erika Gibb

Spesa Innovativa, Impatto Dell’Innovazione E Profitti Nelle Imprese Italiane, Francesco Bogliacino, Matteo Lucchese, Leopoldo Nascia, Mario Pianta

Mario Pianta

La capacità delle imprese di trasformare la spesa innovativa in innovazioni di successo; la capacità delle innovazioni di condurre a profitti “schumpeteriani”; l’impegno delle imprese a reinvestire tali profitti in nuova R&S e spese innovative sono tre relazioni chiave analizzate in questo lavoro con un modello a tre equazioni, applicato al panel di imprese italiane in cui sono integrati dati tratti dai conti delle imprese e dalle indagini sull’innovazione e R&S relativi al periodo 1998-2007. Il lavoro verifica la presenza di un “circolo virtuoso” tra spesa innovativa, fatturato dovuto all’innovazione e profitti nelle imprese manifatturiere italiane che sono “innovatrici persistenti”, …

Un Programma Per L'Economia, Mario Pianta

Mario Pianta

No abstract provided.

Innovation And Development. The Evidence From Innovation Surveys, Francesco Bogliacino, Giulio Perani, Mario Pianta, Stefano Supino

Mario Pianta

In this article we investigate the existing evidence on innovation produced by innovation surveys in developing and emerging countries in Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America. We review the literature, discuss methodological issues, and analyse the results for the countries with the most comparable surveys, considering the well established findings of innovation surveys for Europe as a benchmark. From the evidence we considered, regional patterns are identified and some stylized facts on innovation and development are proposed, pointing out the specificity of innovation processes in economies engaged in industrialisation and catching-up.

Engines Of Growth. Innovation And Productivity In Industry Groups, Mario Pianta, Francesco Bogliacino

Mario Pianta

The diversity of technological activities that contribute to growth in labour productivity is examined in this article for manufacturing and services industries in eight major EU countries. We test the relevance of two “engines of growth”, i.e., the strategies of technological competitiveness (based on innovation in products and markets) and cost competitiveness (relying on innovation in processes and machinery) and their impact on economic performance. We propose models for the determinants of changes in labour productivity and we carry out empirical tests for both the whole economy and for the four Revised Pavitt classes that group manufacturing and services industries …

Review Of Migration And Gender Identity, Chien-Juh Gu

Chien-Juh Gu

No abstract provided.

Death Of A Child, Samuel J. Smith

Samuel James Smith

El “No Al Voto Electrónico”: ¿Porqué En Algunos Países La Implementación Del Voto Electrónico Es Exitosa Y En Otros Fracasa?, Fernando Barrientos Del Monte

Fernando Barrientos Del Monte

Tres preguntas guían este ensayo ¿Porqué se crea oposición a la implementación del voto electrónico? ¿Por qué en algunos países ha tenido éxito y en otros ha fracasado? ¿Quiénes y porqué se oponen al voto electrónico? Para responder de manera didáctica primero se hace una breve reflexión sobre la relación entre política, democracia y nuevas tecnologías; en segundo lugar, se explican las motivaciones para implementar sistemas de votación electrónica; en tercer lugar, se hace un balance entre algunos casos de éxito como en Brasil y Venezuela, y principalmente se exponen aquellos que han fracasado tales como Irlanda, Inglaterra y Holanda; …

The Grammar Of "Meaning", Lajos L. Brons

Lajos Brons

In "The Grammar of 'Meaning'", I suggested that the verb "to mean" should be understood as a 4-place predicate MEAN': MEAN' (AGENT*, SIGN*, D-MEANING, LANGUAGE-GAME**) in which of the two arguments AGENT and SIGN (marked *) one is obligatory and fills the subject slot and the other is an optional, oblique argument, and in which LANGUAGE-GAME (**) or context of uttering is always an oblique argument. The argument D-MEANING represents ‘the meaning’ of the sign as that term is usually understood: a description of meaning.

The prime in "MEAN'" marks the distinction from the 2-place predicate MEAN(SUBJECT, D-MEANING), which is …

Reconsidering The New Normal: Vulnerability And Resilience In Post-Katrina New Orleans, K Gotham, R Campanella, J Lewis, F Gafford, Earthea Nance, M Avula

Earthea Nance, PhD (Stanford University, 2004)

Relative Age Effect In Women’S Professional Sports: An Examination Of Professional Softball And Soccer, Alan S. Kornspan, Victor E. Pinheiro

Alan S Kornspan

No abstract provided.

An Analysis Of Beliefs Of Ncaa Division I Academic Advisors On The Impact Of The Increased Percentage Toward Degree Requirements, Jennifer Kulics, Alan S. Kornspan, Mark Kretovics

Alan S Kornspan

No abstract provided.

La Política Exterior De Barack Obama Para América Latina: ¿Vientos De Cambio O Continuidad Imperial?, Daniel Añorve

Daniel Añorve

No abstract provided.

Composite Indexes And Systems Of Indicators Of Regional Integration., Gaspare M. Genna, Philippe Delombaerde, Ettore Dorrucci, Francesco Paolo P. Mongelli

Gaspare M Genna

No abstract provided.

Narratives Of Diversity In The Corporate Boardroom: What Corporate Insiders Say About Why Diversity Matters, John M. Conley, Lissa Lamkin Broome, Kimberly D. Krawiec

Kimberly D. Krawiec

Over the last generation, the concept of diversity has become commonplace and taken-for-granted in discourses ranging from law to education to business. In higher education, for example, it is hard to imagine a faculty job search or a student admissions discussion that was not heavily laden with talk of diversity, in the sense of the representative inclusion of women and racial and ethnic minorities in a group or organization. In this paper we present the results of an interview-based study of the discourse of diversity in a particular business setting: the corporate boardroom. Our principal observation is that—thirty-one years after …

Skill-Biased Technology Imports, Increased Schooling Access, And Income Inequality In Developing Countries, Alberto Behar

Alberto Behar

Why has schooling not countered the pervasive rises in wage inequality driven by skill-biased technical change? Using data and a model of directed technical change in which developing countries acquire technology licenses from abroad, we show technological change is skill-biased in the South simply because it is in the North. This causes permanently rising wage inequality in the South. We model expanded schooling access as producing relatively educated new cohorts of labor market entrants. This makes the market for skill-biased technologies more attractive, which generates accelerated skill-biased technical change, which leads to higher wage inequality and possibly stagnant unskilled wages.

Mitigating Social And Health Inequities: Community Participation And Chagas Disease In Rural Argentina, Ignacio Llovet, Graciela Dinardi, Fernando De Maio

Fernando De Maio

The Effects Of Need For Autonomy And Preference For Seeking Help From Informal Sources On Emerging Adults’ Intentions To Access Mental Health Services For Common Mental Disorders And Suicidal Thoughts., Coralie J. Wilson

Coralie J Wilson

Emerging or early adulthood is the life stage spanning 18-25 years of age. In Australia, anxiety and affective disorders (often classified as ‘common mental disorders’) are prevalent in this age group and suicide is also a concern. Professional mental health care can reduce the long-term impact of these mental health problems and protect against the development of severe forms of these disorders. However, up to three-quarters of young people with mental health needs do not seek professional help for their condition. This study aimed to examine the extent to which belief in the need for autonomy and intentions to seek …

Using Children’S Tv To Teach Globalization: Dora, Diego, Kai-Lan And Global Values?, Jon D. Carlson

Jon D. Carlson

Cultural homogenization is a contentious part of the globalization debate. Critics concerned with cultural homogenization fear the “McDonaldization” of global culture, usually described as a mono-directional outward wave of American pop culture swamping alternate views and traditional value systems. Less skeptical analysts of cultural globalization focus on the concept of cultural hybridization. This project uses the apparently innocuous measure of children’s TV programming in the US as a window onto the globalization debate. While globalization critics generally assume the forces of culture to be predominantly monodirectional (US/West outward), arguments for hybridity argue for a mixing of cultures. We examine more …

International Organizations & Regimes, Jon D. Carlson

Jon D. Carlson

No abstract provided.

Externality And Incorporation In The World-System: Abyssinia - Anomaly Or Palimpsest?, Jon D. Carlson

Jon D. Carlson

No abstract provided.

2011 Professor's Update To Antitrust Analysis, Problems, Text, And Cases, Philip Areeda, Louis Kaplow, Aaron S. Edlin

Aaron Edlin

No abstract provided.

2010 Database Usage Statistics, Annie Smith

Annie Smith

This report details database usage at Utah Valley University for 2010.

Japanese Liberal Democratic Party Support And The Gender Gap: A New Approach, Daniel P. Aldrich

Daniel P Aldrich

Scholars have argued that there is a broad gender gap in support for the long-ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in Japan. We uncover strong evidence that age, rather than gender, along with rural or urban location, serves as the most critical determinant of party support. Through logistic regression, propensity score matching and simulation techniques applied to four large-scale datasets; we demonstrate that age effects are consistent but slowly diminishing across cohorts between the mid-1970s and the early 2000s. As Japanese women and men age, they come to support the LDP at similar rates controlling for education, income and other demographic …

Do Social Connections Reduce Moral Hazard? Evidence From The New York City Taxi Industry, C. Kirabo Jackson, Henry Schneider

C. Kirabo Jackson

We investigate the role of social networks in aligning the incentives of agents in settings with incomplete contracts. We study the New York City taxi industry where taxis are often leased and lessee-drivers have worse driving outcomes than owner-drivers due to a moral hazard associated with incomplete contracts. We find that: (1) drivers leasing from members of their country-of-birth community exhibit significantly reduced effects of moral hazard; (2) network effects appear to operate via social sanctions; and (3) network benefits can help to explain the industry organization in terms of which drivers and owners form business relationships.

Techniques Of Pleasure: Bdsm And The Circuits Of Sexuality, Margot Weiss

Margot Weiss

Patient Evaluations R Us: The Dynamics Of Power Relations Inside A Forensic Psychiatric Facility From The Bottom Up, Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D.

Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D.

No abstract provided.

Challenges Of Reporting On Corrections, Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D.

Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D.

No abstract provided.

Moving Beyond Soering: Us Prison Conditions As A Argument Against Extradition To The United States, Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D.

Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D.

No abstract provided.