Economic and Organizational Issues in Alaska Water Quality Management

The work upon which this report (Proj. A-029-ALAS) is based was supported by funds provided by the United States Department of the Interior, Office of Water Resources Research, as authorized under the Water Resources Act of 1964

Hepcidin and iron homeostasis during pregnancy.

Hepcidin is the master regulator of systemic iron bioavailability in humans. This review examines primary research articles that assessed hepcidin during pregnancy and postpartum and report its relationship to maternal and infant iron status and birth outcomes; areas for future research are also discussed. A systematic search of the databases Medline and Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health returned 16 primary research articles including 10 human and six animal studies. Collectively, the results indicate that hepcidin is lower during pregnancy than in a non-pregnant state, presumably to ensure greater iron bioavailability to the mother and fetus. Pregnant women with undetectable serum hepcidin transferred a greater quantity of maternally ingested iron to their fetus compared to women with detectable hepcidin, indicating that maternal hepcidin in part determines the iron bioavailability to the fetus. However, inflammatory states, including preeclampsia, malaria infection, and obesity were associated with higher hepcidin during pregnancy compared to healthy controls, suggesting that maternal and fetal iron bioavailability could be compromised in such conditions. Future studies should examine the relative contribution of maternal versus fetal hepcidin to the control of placental iron transfer as well as optimizing maternal and fetal iron bioavailability in pregnancies complicated by inflammation

What Kind of Health Service do we Really Need?. ESRI Memorandum Series No. 140 1980

It is a privilege to be invited by this Association to address such a distinguished audience. Permit me to begin this afternoon by describing the nature and progress of my work at the Economic and Social Research Institute. As some of you know, I spent 1975 and 1976 at the Institute, doing research that in 1978 resulted in my paper on expenditures in education. I returned to the Institute last September, to undertake a project on health care expenditures. I have spent the time since September acquainting myself with the Irish health care system; acting as a consultant to the Oireachtais Joint Committee on state-Sponsored Bodies, on their study of the Voluntary Health Insurance Board; developing a report on "Poverty and Health" for the Irish Team, under the Institute of Public Administration, of a European Community study of poverty; and, as may not surprise you, trying to defend my paper on educational expenditures. Hence I have no results to report to you on health care expenditures. What I will have to say today is based on what is already generally known about the Irish system of health care, together with my understanding of health economics. I reserve the right to modify later the positions I take today. What kind of health care system do we need and want? I will offer the economists' answer: a system which is equitable in its treatment of persons, and efficient in its use of resources. As you will see, these terms are elastic enough to caver the preservation of health and life

The 'CUB' Budget as a Measure of Fiscal Policy. Quarterly Economic Commentary Special Article, January 1976

In a recession or depression, as at present, government budgets tend to be much less expansionary in their effects on the economy than one might infer from the sizes of their overall deficits. In other words, those who try to gauge the effect of the budget on demand in the economy by reference .to the size of the deficit in the overall budget are likely, in a recession, to be wrong. When government budget deficits rise, the usual interpretation is that the budget is more expansionary than theretofore in its influence on the economy, and when budget deficits fall (or surpluses grow), the usual interpretation is that the influence is less expansionary (or more contractionary). But the fact is that increased deficits are not necessarily more expansionary, nor are reduced deficits necessarily more contractionary, even apart from such matters as the types of taxes used, the mix of expenditures, the ways in which deficits are financed, and movements in the supply of money. The sizes of budget deficits and surpluses are influenced not only by the direction and strength of fiscal policy, but by short-term movements of the economy itself

Inter-Industry Differences in Male Percentage Unemployment Compensation - A Cross Section Analysis for Irish Manufacturing Industry. Quarterly Economic Commentary Special Article, November 1976

It is widely accepted that unemployment rates vary substantially amongst industrial sectors in Ireland. However, it does not appear to be equally recognised that there are substantial inter-industry differences in the percentage of net earnings which an unemployed person receives from Unemployment and Pay-Related Benefits. These differences are accentuated by the non-uniformity of the dependency structure of the labour force in different industries. This paper, therefore, comprises two parts. Part 1 is methodological and consists of an attempt to compute, under fairly restrictive assumptions, for each of 36 manufacturing industries, the proportion of net earnings obtained from unemployment compensation. This is done for persons of differing dependency status. These proportions are then weighted by the dependency distribution of the unemployed in each industry in order to obtain a representative percentage compensation figure for each of the 36 industries. Some space is devoted to an examination of these results. In Part 2 an attempt is made to explore the hypothesis that levels of unemployment compensation may be an important factor in explaining the extent and duration of registered unemployment

Senior Recital: Donald Tussing, Baritone/Bass; Melody Tussing, Piano; April 8, 1975

Centennial East Recital HallTuesday EveningApril 8, 19758:15 p.m

African Resistance to European Colonial Aggression: An Assessment

When observing African resistance to colonialism one plainly sees that there was quite a bit of non-military resistance. However, military resistance played a large role in helping the cause of the native people of Africa. It had success such as Ethiopia’s ability to remain independent and the Chilembwe insurrection; it also had its failures such as lack of technology and lack of unity. Through careful examination of these ideas we can further understand the success and failure of African military resistance to colonialism

Reorganisation of land holdings: Land development toolbox

Land reorganisation proceedings for re-regulation of the ownership-rights structure in rural areas are summarized under the term “reorganisation of land holdings” in Saxony. These have their legal basis in the Land Consolidation Act (FlurbG) or in section 8 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act (LwAnpG). Furthermore, land regulation can be conducted under the Building Code (BauGB). The goal is to develop capable, versatility structured agriculture and forestry, and to secure and improve rural areas as an attractive location for working, living, and recreation. Land management and land regulation serve “land development” and are thus in the area of tension of many different user interests