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UNINA990000094570403321 |
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Italia. Ministero di agricoltura, industria e commercio |
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Notizia sulla agricoltura in Italia : da servire come illustrazione alle raccolte inviate dal ministero di agricoltura allaEsposizione universale di Anversa nell'anno 1885 |
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Roma : Fratelli Centenari, 1885 |
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Monografia |
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UNINA9910457453003321 |
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Cassidy David C. <1945-> |
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A short history of physics in the American century [[electronic resource] /] / David C. Cassidy |
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Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2011 |
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1 online resource (220 p.) |
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New histories of science, technology, and medicine |
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Physics - United States - History |
Physicists - United States |
Electronic books. |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Entering the new century -- American physics comes of age -- Surviving the depression -- The physicists war -- Taming the endless |
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frontier -- The new physics -- Sputnik : action and reaction -- Revising the partnership. |
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As the twentieth century drew to a close, computers, the Internet, and nanotechnology were central to modern American life. Yet the advances in physics underlying these applications are poorly understood and widely underappreciated by U.S. citizens today. In this concise overview, David C. Cassidy sharpens our perspective on modern physics by viewing this foundational science through the lens of America's engagement with the political events of a tumultuous century. American physics first stirred in the 1890's-around the time x-rays and radioactivity were discovered in Germany-with the founding of graduate schools on the German model. Yet American research lagged behind the great European laboratories until highly effective domestic policies, together with the exodus of physicists from fascist countries, brought the nation into the first ranks of world research in the 1930's. The creation of the atomic bomb and radar during World War II ensured lavish government support for particle physics, along with computation, solid-state physics, and military communication. These advances facilitated space exploration and led to the global expansion of the Internet. Well into the 1960's, physicists bolstered the United States' international status, and the nation repaid the favor through massive outlays of federal, military, and philanthropic funding. But gradually America relinquished its postwar commitment to scientific leadership, and the nation found itself struggling to maintain a competitive edge in science education and research. Today, American physicists, relying primarily on industrial funding, must compete with smaller, scrappier nations intent on writing their own brief history of physics in the twenty-first century. |
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UNINA9910461117903321 |
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Davis Jeff <1959 June 5-> |
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The First Generation Student Experience [[electronic resource] ] : Implications for Campus Practice, and Strategies for Improving Persistence and Success |
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Sterling, : Stylus Publishing, 2010 |
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1 online resource (241 p.) |
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Academic achievement -- United States |
EDUCATION -- Higher |
First-generation college students -- United States |
First-generation college students - United States |
Academic achievement - United States |
Education, Special Topics |
Education |
Social Sciences |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Cover; Contents; Introduction; 1 HOW MANY FIRST-GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENTS ARE THERE?; Definitions; Counting First-Generation College Students; How Institutions Can Count Students; What the Data Show; First-Generation Student Status as a Proxy for Ethnicity; Counting the Institutions That Will Be Counting First-Generation Students; Now Is the Time for Action; Sonoma State University; Notes; 2 THE OBSERVABLE BEHAVIORS OF FIRST-GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENTS; Learning the Culture of College; First-Generation Status Is Not the Same as Low-Income Status; Section One: Learning at College |
Precollege PreparationBeing Underprepared at College; Learning How to Study; Different Way of Learning; New Way of Perceiving the World; Learning About Majors; Section Two: Campus Presence; The Imposter |
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Phenomenon; Differences in the Classroom; Alternative Ways of Support; Validating the Presence of First-Generation Students; 3 THE INTERNAL PSYCHOLOGY OF FIRST-GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENTS; Section One: An Extended Campus Acclimation Process; The Existential Question About College Attendance; The Existential Question and Low-Income Status; Developing a College-Student Identity |
Engagement With Physical SpaceCampus Size; Blending In; Section Two: The Importance and Impact of Personal Relationships; Family Relationships; Family Mythologies About College; Faculty Relationships; Nonfaculty Professional Relationships; Peer Relationships and Role Models; 4 IN THEIR OWN WORDS; Narrative One: Rosa Avila; Narrative Two: Crystal Halverson; Narrative Three: Calvin Knight; Narrative Four: Maria Bravos; Narrative Five: Erica Camacho; Narrative Six: Jessica Gomez; Narrative Seven: Jeff Peterson; Narrative Eight: Anna Gutierrez; Narrative Nine: John Hunter |
Narrative Ten: Natalie JimenezNarrative Eleven: Carlos Sosa; Narrative Twelve: Yolanda Ortiz; Narrative Thirteen: Elizabeth Ordaz; Narrative Fourteen: Phillip Hammer; 5 NARRATIVE ANALYSIS; Narratives One-Three: Avila, Halverson, and Knight; Narratives Four-Seven: Bravos, Camacho, Gomez, and Peterson; Narratives Eight-Eleven: Gutierrez, Hunter, Jimenez, and Sosa; Narratives Twelve-Fourteen: Ortiz, Ordaz, and Hammer; 6 RECOMMENDATIONS; Section One: Learning at College; Issue 1; Issue 2; Issue 3; Issue 4; Section Two: Campus Presence; Issue 5; Issue 6; Issue 7 |
Section Three: An Extended Campus Acclimation ProcessIssue 8; Issue 9; Issue 10; Issue 11; Section Four: The Importance and Impact of Personal Relationships; Issue 12; Issue 13; Issue 14; Conclusion; References; About the Author; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z |
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Given that first-generation students comprise over 40% of incoming freshmen, increasing their retention and graduation rates can dramatically increase an institution's overall retention and graduation rates. This book provides administrators with a plan of action to create the awareness necessary for meaningful long-term change, sets out a campus acclimation process, and provides guidelines for the necessary support structures. First-person narratives by first-generation students help the reader get to grips with the variety of ethnic and economic categories to which they belong. The book conc |
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UNINA9910463596803321 |
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Autore |
Adler Gustavo <1974-> |
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Original sin and procylical fiscal policy : two sides of the same coin? / / Gustavo Adler |
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[Washington, District of Columbia] : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2008 |
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©2008 |
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1-4623-2653-6 |
1-4527-5210-9 |
1-4518-7067-1 |
1-282-84160-2 |
9786612841606 |
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1 online resource (29 p.) |
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IMF Working Papers |
IMF working paper ; ; WP/08/209 |
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Fiscal policy - Econometric models |
Business cycles - Econometric models |
Financial crises - Econometric models |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Contents; 1. Introduction; 2. Model; 2.1 Households; 2.2 Firms; 2.3 Government; 2.4 Equilibrium Path; 3. The Ramsey Problem; 3.1 The Commitment Case; 3.2 No Commitment; 4. A Stationary Economy; 5. A Temporary Shock; 6. Concluding Remarks; Table; 1; Appendix; A; References |
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The paper develops a simple model of sovereign debt where default both through direct repudiation and through inflation are possible and give rise to (endogenous) constraints on the currency composition and the level of public debt. This set up allows to show that procyclicality of fiscal policy in EMEs can arise as a by-product of the ""original sin"" and both can be explained by the presence of weak monetary institutions which cannot commit to price stability. The paper suggests that, as monetary institutions in EMEs strengthen, the ""original sin"" would |
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fade away and the cyclical propertie |
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