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This paper reports the direct and spillover effects of a campaign with a normative based report on residential water use in Colombia. The experimental design introduces an exogenous variation in the percentage of households receiving reports within a water utility, leaving households without reports but affected by the diffusion of information. The randomization is at two levels. First, assigning saturation percentages across water utilities and second, the treatment status across households conditional to that saturation. Findings show that accounting for spillovers leads to a higher impact of social norm campaigns than previous interventions. In addition, shorter periods between reports remind households to act pro-environmentally. Households receiving feedback every 30 days show a significant impact than every 60 in both treatment units. This paper emphasizes using social norm-based as an effective tool in promoting socially desirable pro-environmental behaviors and addressing spillovers to diffuse behavioral changes. In particular, in small urban settings with high social capital levels or during weather shocks that could affect water supply.

Do you believe that the energy and vitality in your body are being drained by modern medications? Do you believe that ordinary medications only have side effects? Continue reading if YES was your response. Nowadays, people become dependent on common pharmaceuticals for a variety of medical conditions, which results in reliance on those drugs and all of their negative side effects-side effects that are frequently worse than the underlying medical condition. Since society supports the use of pharmaceutical medications for nearly any health issue, even minor ones, it is a vicious cycle that is difficult to break. However, if you are here, it is because you want to improve this circumstance and are aware that there is a better, more natural solution. We may produce natural cures at home for any common health issue without the need of any equipment that is not found in everyone''s kitchens thanks to the Native Americans'' expertise. For this reason, devoted author Ashley Ahoka, a specialist in botanical medicine, gathered in this compilation all the knowledge passed down orally from her family, members of the Odawa Native American ethnic group from the Eastern Woodlands. You''ll discover: how to make herbal medications on your apothecary table, produce plants and herbs, and practise wildcrafting. The most significant plants and herbs used by Native Americans are those with medicinal characteristics. the most significant Native American cures for the most frequent ailments. the particular recommendations for your children''s health using traditional Native American recipes the greatest herbal and oil recipes without harmful side effects as alternatives to conventional medications. plus a lot more!

"Super cops is based on actual events that occurred from the mid 1970s to early 1980s in what was considered one of the most dangerous cities in America at the time, El Paso, Texas." -- from cover.

The purpose of this book is twofold: providing an ethnographic description of the Hispanic hybrid (HH) identity found in Miami-Dade County and deriving missiological implications from the ethnographic data. Christian workers and students of ethnic study and ethnic identity will find this book informative and inspiring, due to the data collected by field-based research and the rich ethnographic description. Others will enjoy the discussion of ethnic identity and the description of Hispanic hybridity in this book.

“It Started With A Beeper”, will take you through the ups and downs of the entrepreneur journey of David Lopez, Jr. as he recalls it. A good lighthearted book for anyone wanting to read the real-life experiences of a business owner and potentially come away with a few laughs and life lessons.

When eight misfits are brought together to help a long tenured (and tuned out) manager try and save one dying video game store from closure, they will learn more about the business (and each other) than they could have possibly bargained for. The only guarantee you will get from this adventure, Zelda doesn''t have sh*t on this Legend.

Alexia desperately wants to become one of the greatest super heroes of all time, just like her father, the much revered IRONHEAD. Upon his sudden death, however, Alexia''s destiny takes an unexpected turn. IRONHEAD''s empire n

THE GREATEST WRITING PROMPT JOURNAL EVER!The Greatest Journal Ever is the greatest daily journal with writing prompts, ever. We all know how important mindset and planification are to improve your skills.OVER 200 PAGES!Our notebook uses a SIMPLE system that makes getting results EASY. Each journal has six unique sections to record in: Highlights, What you learned, How you can improve and finally What is your Final thoughts. The First 10-pages reflection section allows you to reflect on what you''ve learned and how you can challenge yourself by working on new situations, while 90 pages manage positive daily habits, including 9 strong strategies to adopt as follows:1. Be open to find a mentor.3. Think of failure as a learning opportunity.3. Keep a folder of your proudest moments.4. Surround yourself with top talent.Environment . 5. Find time to disconnect fromstressors. 6. Develop a simple morning routine.7. Set timebound and achievable personal goals methodes.8. Listen to your instincts.and finally. Avoid stagnation as well.

We document that the past three ?jobless? recoveries also featured asymmetries in labor force participation and labor compensation, with each falling to new lows during each cycle. We model these asymmetries as resulting from a strategic complementarity in firms'' wage setting and workers'' job search strategies. Strategic complementarity results in a continuum of possible equilibria with higher-wage equilibria welfare dominating lower-wage equilibria. Assuming that no economic agent deviates from an existing strategy unless deviation is a unilateral best response, the model exhibits (1) periods of endogenous rigidity in wages and participation, (2) persistent changes in wages, participation, and output in response to transitory movements in labor productivity, (3) sluggish recoveries including both a ?jobless " phase, in which productivity recovers while unemployment remains elevated, and a ?wageless " phase, in which employment recovers but wages remain depressed Calibrating the model suggests that the U.S. unemployment rate may need to fall to around 3 percent before labor compensation recovers to pre-Financial Crisis levels.

This week marks the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina''s tragic landfall near New Orleans, Louisiana, and the forced relocation of hundreds of thousands of families who lost their homes in the disaster. This mass population displacement boosted, for an extended period, population density and store frequentation in areas that were relatively spared by the storm. This note argues that supermarkets that weathered the hurricane raised prices little despite facing markedly higher store traffic and likely disruptions to their supply chains.

The first and only up-to-date guide offering complete coverage of HetNets—written by top researchers and engineers in the field Small Cell Networks: Deployment, Management, and Optimization addresses key problems of the cellular network evolution towards HetNets. It focuses on the latest developments in heterogeneous and small cell networks, as well as their deployment, operation, and maintenance. It also covers the full spectrum of the topic, from academic, research, and business to the practice of HetNets in a coherent manner. Additionally, it provides complete and practical guidelines to vendors and operators interested in deploying small cells. The first comprehensive book written by well-known researchers and engineers from Nokia Bell Labs, Small Cell Networks begins with an introduction to the subject—offering chapters on capacity scaling and key requirements of future networks. It then moves on to sections on coverage and capacity optimization, and interference management. From there, the book covers mobility management, energy efficiency, and small cell deployment, ending with a section devoted to future trends and applications. The book also contains: The latest review of research outcomes on HetNets based on both theoretical analyses and network simulations Over 200 sources from 3GPP, the Small Cell Forum, journals and conference proceedings, and all prominent topics in HetNet An overview of indoor coverage techniques such as metrocells, picocells and femtocells, and their deployment and optimization Real case studies as well as innovative research results based on both simulation and measurements Detailed information on simulating heterogeneous networks as used in the examples throughout the book Given the importance of HetNets for future wireless communications, Small Cell Networks: Deployment, Management, and Optimization is sure to help decision makers as they consider the migration of services to HetNets. It will also appeal to anyone involved in information and communication technology.

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Research Paper (postgraduate) from the year 2017 in the subject Environmental Sciences, Fiji National University (College of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Fiji National University), language: English, abstract: Fiji Islands are among the most dynamic economies in the South Pacific, with rapid changes on infrastructure and industrial developments, tourism and commercial agriculture; even though they often come alongside environmental impacts on endemic biota and ecosystems that are not well understood, not much is invested on research to plan a sustainable use of land. Parallel unsolved concerns are land tenure issues in which ancestral community ownership coexists with modern markets; tensions over land leases between ethnical groups and high population growth trigger land use intensification, and rise of emigrations, of landlessness, of unemployment and finally of poverty. Therefore, it is of a national interest to asses these trends for long term sustainable land use planning; even nearly 3500 years ago a record of regulations aimed to achieve sustainability and equality: “3 ...for six years you may plant crops inyour fields, prune your vineyards, and gather what they produce. 4 But during the seventh year, you must let the land rest. 8 Count seven of these years seven times for a total of 49 years... during that time there will be seven ·years of rest 9 and proclaim liberty to everyone living in the land... everyone is to return to their own property” (Leviticus 25). In this document, the first chapter is a synopsis of land use in the rural areas of Fiji islands, its evolution, types, problems and alternatives, the second chapter is a review of some common free gis packages available in the internet useful for forestry and land use evaluations, their number and degrees of sophistication are ever growing; the last two chapters are applications, first on detecting the severity of land use intensity in relation to other socioeconomic parameters, and second on the planning of the best places for planting trees of economic or ecological importance. The articles were presented at international conferences, they are in no way a comprehensive treatise on the subject; my main purpose is to ignite the interest of students and staff working in the forestry field to try on and propose projects of various types, scales and complexity, with just a standard PC and access to internet and library resources.

In recent years, the Federal Reserve has made substantial changes to its framework for monetary policymaking by providing greater clarity regarding its objectives, its intentions regarding the use of monetary policy--including nontraditional policy tools such as forward guidance and asset purchases--in the pursuit of those objectives, and its broader policy strategy. These changes reflected both a response to changes in economists'' understanding of the most effective way to implement monetary policy and a response to specific challenges posed by the financial crisis and its aftermath, particularly the effective lower bound on nominal interest rates. We trace the recent evolution of the Federal Reserve''s framework, and use a small-scale macro model and a simple static model to help illuminate the approaches taken with nontraditional monetary policy tools. A number of foreign central banks have made similar innovations in response to similar developments. On balance, the Federal Reserve has moved closer to "flexible inflation targeting," but the Federal Reserve''s approach includes a balanced focus on two objectives and the use of a flexible horizon over which policy aims to foster those objectives. Going forward, further changes in central banks'' frameworks may be needed to address issues raised by the financial crisis. For example, some have suggested that the sustained period at the effective lower bound points to the need for central banks to establish a different policy objective, such as a higher inflation target or a nominal income target. We use our small-scale model of the U.S. economy to examine the potential benefits and costs of such changes. We also discuss the broad issue of how central banks should integrate financial stability policy and monetary policy.

RESPIRATORY VIRUS DETECTIONS USING MULTIPLEX MOLECULAR TESTING IN A TERTIARY-CARE HOSPITAL IN SPAIN: EPIDEMIOLOGY AND CLINICAL DATA IN A YEAR COHORTtBackgroundRespiratory infections are the main cause of hospitalisation in paediatric hospitals. Different viruses lead to similar clinical pictures. This study analyse the epidemiology and clinical data of respiratory infections in the molecular era, using multiplex real-time reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR).MethodsDescriptive retrospective cohort study of respiratory-related admissions in

David Lopez Escobales is a single father of one, Lea Lopez. He has been writing poetry for a hobby since his teenage years. In 2015, he was inspired to write a variety of concept poetry based upon some of his life''s experiences. As a United States Navy veteran, David has traveled to many countries around the world. The cultures and the diversity of people he met on his travels, gave him a different outlook on life. One in which he tries to incorporate into his writing. With the support of family and friends, David''s dream is to leave a legacy that would inspire others, just as he was inspired. His hope is that his readers will be touched by his words. He further hopes to bring encouragement and understanding to some of his life''s deepest topics.

The purpose of this critical multi-case qualitative study was to explore reciprocal connections between participants and other stakeholders established through the community-school partnerships (CSPs) at three Latina/o majority secondary schools in an economically disadvantaged region of Southwest Texas. To achieve its purpose the study examined the ways in which various campus and district level leaders demonstrated ownership of the CSPs, especially focusing on how the connections with parents and the community were established and maintained. Additionally, the study investigated the connection between the program perceptions of participating parents and other community members in relation to the school and district based perceptions of the programs’ outcomes. This type of research could lend key insights to educational leaders and practitioners working with large Latina/o student populations at the secondary school level. Additionally, this research is occurring at a crucial time in our nation’s history, when the number of Latina/o students underperforming on college readiness measures portends impactful and lasting consequences to the future of the nation.

Continuous flow non-thermal plasma reactors are being investigated for their ability to efficiently produce high quality nanoparticles. While many nanomaterials can be produced via continuous flow non-thermal plasma reactors, silicon is of particular interest, due to its abundance and relevance in many energy related fields. Significant gaps still exist in the understanding of the kinetics responsible for particle growth, structural evolution, and surface termination of continuous flow non-thermal plasma reactor produced particles. Particle interaction with plasma radicals results in the heating of the particles, which in turn affects the kinetics of particle growth, structural evolution, and surface termination during synthesis and processing. We have investigated the details of plasma-nanoparticle interaction by using in-flight and in-situ characterization techniques. For the first time, we have measured the temperature of a free-standing particle immersed in a non-equilibrium processing plasma.

Are you ready to journey around the planet to find Dad, a journalist who has been kidnapped? Help Zak and Leah solve the puzzles and save him Battle your way through ten scenes and solve the puzzles, from brain-busting maths conundrums to spot-the-difference. Prepare to take a tour through a Machu Picchu maze, go hunting with the Inuits, discover the tallest skyscrapers in the world, dig into a gold mine and explore the Great Wall of China. You''ll discover lots about the way people live, work, and play around the world. There are search and find challenges on every page.

These evolution models are critical because a planet''s composition can change substantially over its lifetime. Close-in planets, like most of those found so far, are bombarded by large amounts of ionizing radiation, which over time can completely strip away a planet''s atmosphere; even turning a gas-rich Neptune sized planet into a barren rocky super-Earth.

Why do politicians redistribute resources through in-kind rather than cash transfers? This paper examines political incentives for in-kind government redistribution. By analyzing the political game between office-motivated politicians and self-interested citizens, I first show that in economies with competitive markets in-kind transfers are not required. Politicians can win elections targeting groups of voters with differential cash transfers. However, in-kind transfers arise in the presence of externalities in consumption. In that case, targeting groups of voters with in-kind rather than cash transfers allows politicians to attract simultaneously voters in additional groups with the same amount of resources. Politicians undertake political redistribution depending on the expected electoral returns obtained from targeting both cash and in-kind transfers into different groups. Furthermore, electoral competition leads the economy to achieve Pareto efficient allocations that markets cannot reach. Politicians internalize the presence of external effects when competing for marginal voters who could swing their vote.

This paper presents a theoretical model to investigate the effect of heterogeneous ideological preferences over the public provision of goods on both the scope of government spending and the electoral competition among political parties. The proposed model points out that the presence of both ideological politicians who compete for office and electoral uncertainty generate a partisanship effect on economic policy. In particular, pro-market (right-wing) politicians commit to lower public provision of goods and income taxation schedules that implement larger income inequality than pro-government (left-wing) politicians. The model also predicts that the public funding of goods through income taxation confers an electoral advantage to pro-market ideological positions. In fact, pro-market politicians can court moderate pro-leftist voters by promises of higher net income that pro-government politicians are not willing to fund. As a result, a right-wing party exhibits larger chances of winning elections, and its policy proposal determines lower ideological sacrifice than for the left-wing party.