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Entropy, the Information Processing Cycle, and the Forecasting of Bull and Bear Market Peaks and Troughs
Edgar Parker
Jan 01, 2019
Many econophysics applications have modeled financial systems as if they were pure physical systems devoid of human limitations and errors. On the other hand, traditional financial theory has ignored limits that physics would...
Published by: IGI Global
NEW DIALECT FORMATION IN HAPPY VALLEY-GOOSE BAY
Jenna Edwards
Apr 24, 2014
IN THIS PAPER, I REPORT on the early stages of my M.A. (Linguistics) research, which focuses on the variety of English spoken in the relatively new Labrador community of Happy Valley-Goose Bay (henceforth HVGB), founded in 1941....
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Cultural Probes as a Carefully Curated Research Design Approach to Elicit Older Adult Lived Experience
There is growing recognition that methods that elicit the perspectives of vulnerable and marginalized people are essential in understanding the needs and aspirations of this group and therefore necessary when developing...
Civic Engagement & Social Justice Library and Information Science Research Methods Social Sciences and Humanities
Published by: IGI Global
Susceptibility to prosocial and antisocial influence in adolescence following mindfulness training.
Jovita T Leung, Blanca Piera Pi-Sunyer, Saz P Ahmed, Lucy Foulkes, Cait Griffin, Ashok Sakhardande, Marc Bennett, Darren L Dunning, Kirsty Griffiths, Jenna Parker, Willem Kuyken, J Mark G Williams, Tim Dalgleish, Sarah-Jayne Blakemore
Apr 17, 2023
Mindfulness training programmes have shown to encourage prosocial behaviours and reduce antisocial tendencies in adolescents. However, less is known about whether training affects susceptibility to prosocial and antisocial...
Published by: Infant and child development
Eudaemonic Design to Achieve Well-Being at Work, Wherever That May Be
The concept of eudaemonia originates from neo-Aristotelian philosophy and is associated with human flourishing. Self-determination theory, a means to attain eudaemonia, is examined here as a foundational approach to drive...
Human Aspects of Business Business and Management Human Resources Management Social Sciences and Humanities Medical, Healthcare, and Life Sciences
Published by: IGI Global
Sewing Apart and Together
Sewing is an act that has been both celebrated and criticized (Katoshevski & Huss, 2020; Parker, 1984; Talwar, 2018, 2019): it has been accused of reinforcing the creation of a “domestic ghetto” (Rogers, 1980, as cited in...
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
A Desire to be ‘Normal’? A Discursive and Intersectional Analysis of ‘Penetration Disorder’
Psychiatry’s problematic framing of femininity, women’s bodies, and sexuality has attracted much condemnation (Caplan & Cosgrove, 2004; Frith, 2013; Ussher, 2011). The intersection of sanism and sexism is particularly overt...
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
"Rape me, I’m Irish"
Jemma Tosh
Dec 31, 2015
Well documented experiences of the Irish diaspora in England include humiliation, discrimination, and higher rates of suicide and psychiatric intervention (Hickman, 2000). However, the construction of the Irish in relation to...
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Understanding Community Integration in a Housing-First Approach
The Mental Health Commission of Canada’s At Home/Chez Soi project has taken a housing-first approach, providing approximately half of the project participants with housing as well as services that are tailored to meet their...
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
An optimised transformation protocol for Anthoceros agrestis and three more hornwort species.
Manuel Waller, Eftychios Frangedakis, Alan O Marron, Susanna Sauret-Gueto, Jenna Rever, Cyrus Raja Rubenstein Sabbagh, Julian M Hibberd, Jim Haseloff, Karen Renzaglia, Péter Szövényi
Apr 11, 2023
Potent Stimulation of the Androgen Receptor Instigates a Viral Mimicry Response in Prostate Cancer.
Mohammadreza Alizadeh-Ghodsi, Katie L Owen, Scott L Townley, Damien Zanker, Samuel PG Rollin, Adrienne R Hanson, Raj Shrestha, John Toubia, Tessa Gargett, Igor Chernukhin, Jennii Luu, Karla J Cowley, Ashlee Clark, Jason S Carroll, Kaylene J Simpson, Jean M Winter, Mitchell G Lawrence, Lisa M Butler, Gail P Risbridger, Benjamin Thierry, Renea A Taylor, Theresa E Hickey, Belinda S Parker, Wayne D Tilley, Luke A Selth
Apr 15, 2023
UNLABELLED: Inhibiting the androgen receptor (AR), a ligand-activated transcription factor, with androgen deprivation therapy is a standard-of-care treatment for metastatic prostate cancer. Paradoxically, activation of AR can...
Exploring Data Science Initiatives Through an International Lens
Emily Jones, Rebecca Carlson, Fidan Limani, Atif Latif, Klaus Tochtermann, Faten Hamad, Christine Urquhart, Victoria Lemieux, Sarah Ames, Jenna Bain, Justin Clark
May 06, 2022
Application of data science tools, techniques, and principles have increased within the field of library and information science. This trend is especially noticeable in academic libraries where strategic priorities around data...
Library and Information Science Library Science Data Management Computer Science and Information Technology Education
Published by: IGI Global
APOEε4 associates with microglial activation independently of Aβ plaques and tau tangles.
João Pedro Ferrari-Souza, Firoza Z Lussier, Douglas T Leffa, Joseph Therriault, Cécile Tissot, Bruna Bellaver, Pâmela CL Ferreira, Maura Malpetti, Yi-Ting Wang, Guilherme Povala, Andréa L Benedet, Nicholas J Ashton, Mira Chamoun, Stijn Servaes, Gleb Bezgin, Min Su Kang, Jenna Stevenson, Nesrine Rahmouni, Vanessa Pallen, Nina Margherita Poltronetti, John T O'Brien, James B Rowe, Ann D Cohen, Oscar L Lopez, Dana L Tudorascu, Thomas K Karikari, William E Klunk, Victor L Villemagne, Jean-Paul Soucy, Serge Gauthier, Diogo O Souza, Henrik Zetterberg, Kaj Blennow, Eduardo R Zimmer, Pedro Rosa-Neto, Tharick A Pascoal
Apr 17, 2023
Animal studies suggest that the apolipoprotein E ε4 (APOEε4) allele is a culprit of early microglial activation in Alzheimer's disease (AD). Here, we tested the association between APOEε4 status and microglial activation in...
Overview of the DESI Milky Way Survey
Andrew P. Cooper, Sergey E. Koposov, Carlos Allende Prieto, Christopher J. Manser, Namitha Kizhuprakkat, Adam D. Myers, Arjun Dey, Boris T. Gänsicke, Ting S. Li, Constance Rockosi, Monica Valluri, Joan Najita, Alis Deason, Anand Raichoor, M.-Y. Wang, Y.-S. Ting, Bokyoung Kim, Andreia Carrillo, Wenting Wang, Leandro Beraldo e Silva, Jiwon Jesse Han, Jiani Ding, Miguel Sánchez-Conde, Jessica N. Aguilar, Steven Ahlen, Stephen Bailey, Vasily Belokurov, David Brooks, Katia Cunha, Kyle Dawson, Axel de la Macorra, Peter Doel, Daniel J. Eisenstein, Parker Fagrelius, Kevin Fanning, Andreu Font-Ribera, Jaime E. Forero-Romero, Enrique Gaztañaga, Satya Gontcho A Gontcho, Julien Guy, Klaus Honscheid, Robert Kehoe, Theodore Kisner, Anthony Kremin, Martin Landriau, Michael E. Levi, Paul Martini, Aaron M. Meisner, Ramon Miquel, John Moustakas, Jundan J. D. Nie, Nathalie Palanque-Delabrouille, Will J. Percival, Claire Poppett, Francisco Prada, Nabeel Rehemtulla, Edward Schlafly, David Schlegel, Michael Schubnell, Ray M. Sharples, Gregory Tarlé, Risa H. Wechsler, David H. Weinberg, Zhimin Zhou, Hu Zou
Apr 18, 2023
We describe the Milky Way Survey (MWS) that will be undertaken with the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) on the Mayall 4 m telescope at the Kitt Peak National Observatory. Over the next 5 yr DESI MWS will observe...
Published by: The American Astronomical Society