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About: University of Victoria is a education organization based out in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Galaxy. The organization has 14994 authors who have published 41051 publications receiving 1447972 citations. The organization is also known as: Victoria College.
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17 Apr 2001TL;DR: Apple as discussed by the authors described a chain of progress and degeneration in children, race, and nation, up and down the Great Chain of Being Progress and Degeneration in Children, Race, and Nation.
Abstract: Acknowledgments, Series Editor's Introduction Michael W. Apple, Introduction Troubling Teenagers 1. Up and Down the Great Chain of Being Progress and Degeneration in Children, Race, and Nation 2. Making Adolescence at the Turn of the Century Romancing and Administering Youth 3. Back to the Future Model Middle Schools Recirculate Fin-de-Siecle Ideas 4. Time Matters in Adolescence 5.Cold War Containments: Freedom, Youth, and Identity in the 1950s 6."Before Their Time" Teenage Mothers Violate the Order of Proper Development 7. Our Guys/Good Guys Playing with High School Athletic Privilege and Power 8. When the Romance Is Gone...Youth Development In New Times 9. Cutting Free from the Great Chain of Being Toward Untimely Teenagers Afterword to the Second Edition Notes References Author Index Subject Index
621 citations
Aix-Marseille University1, University of Oklahoma2, University of Iowa3, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences4, Université Paris-Saclay5, University of Amsterdam6, University of California, Santa Cruz7, University of Sussex8, Tel Aviv University9, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology10, University of Oregon11, Stockholm University12, International Centre for Theoretical Physics13, King's College London14, AGH University of Science and Technology15, Brookhaven National Laboratory16, Northern Illinois University17, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich18, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory19, University of Liverpool20, University of Belgrade21, University of Göttingen22, University of Granada23, Boston University24, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research25, University of Rome Tor Vergata26, Lund University27, University of Bologna28, University of Victoria29, University of Grenoble30, National University of La Plata31, CERN32, National Technical University of Athens33, University of Salento34, University of Chicago35, Columbia University36, University of Birmingham37, University of Naples Federico II38, University of Copenhagen39, University of Washington40, University of Valencia41, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory42, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro43, Brandeis University44, University of Michigan45, University of Coimbra46, University of Lisbon47, University of Sheffield48, University of Geneva49, University of Texas at Austin50, Heidelberg University51, University of Milan52, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens53, Dresden University of Technology54, Novosibirsk State University55, IFAE56
TL;DR: In this article, a combined ATLAS and CMS measurements of the Higgs boson production and decay rates, as well as constraints on its couplings to vector bosons and fermions, are presented.
Abstract: Combined ATLAS and CMS measurements of the Higgs boson production and decay rates, as well as constraints on its couplings to vector bosons and fermions, are presented. The combination is based on the analysis of five production processes, namely gluon fusion, vector boson fusion, and associated production with a $W$ or a $Z$ boson or a pair of top quarks, and of the six decay modes $H \to ZZ, WW$, $\gamma\gamma, \tau\tau, bb$, and $\mu\mu$. All results are reported assuming a value of 125.09 GeV for the Higgs boson mass, the result of the combined measurement by the ATLAS and CMS experiments. The analysis uses the CERN LHC proton--proton collision data recorded by the ATLAS and CMS experiments in 2011 and 2012, corresponding to integrated luminosities per experiment of approximately 5 fb$^{-1}$ at $\sqrt{s}=7$ TeV and 20 fb$^{-1}$ at $\sqrt{s} = 8$ TeV. The Higgs boson production and decay rates measured by the two experiments are combined within the context of three generic parameterisations: two based on cross sections and branching fractions, and one on ratios of coupling modifiers. Several interpretations of the measurements with more model-dependent parameterisations are also given. The combined signal yield relative to the Standard Model prediction is measured to be 1.09 $\pm$ 0.11. The combined measurements lead to observed significances for the vector boson fusion production process and for the $H \to \tau\tau$ decay of $5.4$ and $5.5$ standard deviations, respectively. The data are consistent with the Standard Model predictions for all parameterisations considered.
618 citations
01 Apr 2013
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the presence of trends in annual maximum daily precipitation time series obtained from a global dataset of 8326 high-quality land-based observing stations with more than 30 years of record over the period from 1900 to 2009.
Abstract: This study investigates the presence of trends in annual maximum daily precipitation time series obtained from a global dataset of 8326 high-quality land-based observing stations with more than 30 years of record over the period from 1900 to 2009. Two complementary statistical techniques were adopted to evaluate the possible nonstationary behavior of these precipitation data. The first was a Mann‐Kendall nonparametric trend test, and it was used to evaluate the existence of monotonic trends. The second was a nonstationary generalized extreme value analysis, and it was used to determine the strength of association between the precipitation extremes and globally averaged near-surface temperature. The outcomes are that statistically significant increasing trends can be detected at the global scale, with close to two-thirds of stations showing increases. Furthermore, there is a statistically significant association with globally averaged near-surface temperature,withthemedianintensityofextremeprecipitationchanginginproportionwithchangesinglobal mean temperature at a rate of between 5.9% and 7.7%K 21 , depending on the method of analysis. This ratio was robust irrespective of record length or time period considered and was not strongly biased by the uneven global coverage of precipitation data. Finally, there is a distinct meridional variation, with the greatest sensitivity occurring in the tropics and higher latitudes and the minima around 138S and 118N. The greatest uncertainty was near the equator because of the limited number of sufficiently long precipitation records, and there remains an urgent need to improve data collection in this region to better constrain future changes in tropical precipitation.
615 citations
The Pew Charitable Trusts1, University of Oxford2, University of Leeds3, University of Innsbruck4, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research5, University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland6, University of Plymouth7, Imperial College London8, University of Victoria9, University of British Columbia10
TL;DR: To avoid a massive build-up of plastic in the environment, coordinated global action is urgently needed to reduce plastic consumption; increase rates of reuse, waste collection, and recycling; expand safe disposal systems; and accelerate innovation in the plastic value chain.
Abstract: Plastic pollution is a pervasive and growing problem. To estimate the effectiveness of interventions to reduce plastic pollution, we modeled stocks and flows of municipal solid waste and four sources of microplastics through the global plastic system for five scenarios between 2016 and 2040. Implementing all feasible interventions reduced plastic pollution by 40% from 2016 rates and 78% relative to “business as usual” in 2040. Even with immediate and concerted action, 710 million metric tons of plastic waste cumulatively entered aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. To avoid a massive build-up of plastic in the environment, coordinated global action is urgently needed to reduce plastic consumption; increase rates of reuse, waste collection, and recycling; expand safe disposal systems; and accelerate innovation in the plastic value chain.
613 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors combine global distributions of aerosol loading resulting from transport models for soil dust, sulfate, sea salt, and carbonaceous aerosol, and estimate optical thicknesses.
Abstract: We combine global distributions of aerosol loading resulting from transport models for soil dust, sulfate, sea salt, and carbonaceous aerosol. From the aerosol distributions we estimate optical thicknesses and compare them with Sun photometer measurements and satellite retrievals, thereby revealing problems with both model results and comparisons with such measurements. Globally, sulfate, dust, and carbonaceous particles appear to contribute equally to the total aerosol optical thickness. Owing to the different optical properties of different aerosol types, aerosol composition should be taken into consideration for estimating the aerosol climate effect as well as for aerosol retrievals from satellite measurements.
611 citations
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| Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jie Zhang | 178 | 4857 | 221720 |
| D. M. Strom | 176 | 3167 | 194314 |
| Sw. Banerjee | 146 | 1906 | 124364 |
| Robert J. Glynn | 146 | 748 | 88387 |
| Manel Esteller | 146 | 713 | 96429 |
| R. Kowalewski | 143 | 1815 | 135517 |
| Paul Jackson | 141 | 1372 | 93464 |
| Mingshui Chen | 141 | 1543 | 125369 |
| Ali Khademhosseini | 140 | 887 | 76430 |
| Roger Jones | 138 | 998 | 114061 |
| Tord Ekelof | 137 | 1212 | 91105 |
| L. Köpke | 136 | 950 | 81787 |
| M. Morii | 134 | 1664 | 102074 |
| Arnaud Ferrari | 134 | 1392 | 87052 |
| Richard Brenner | 133 | 1108 | 87426 |