Does Unmeasured Ability Explain Inter-Industry Wage Differentials?
In: NBER Working Paper No. w3182
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In: Journal of comparative administration, Band 3, Heft 3, S. 330-348
In: Journal of Southeast Asian studies, Band 2, Heft 2, S. 100-114
ISSN: 1474-0680
Singapore is a new state without a long tradition of independent, democratic politics. The current political leadership is dedicated towards institutionalizing a political system which is both democratic and effective. Attainment of this goal will depend to a significant extent on the creation of citizens who are politically aware, who feel competent to participate in politics and who will participate through legitimate political channels to promote and protect their interests. In terms of contemporary political theory one of Singapore's immediate problems is the creation of a cognitive political culture which is congruent with a democratic and effective political structure. This article focuses on the content, creation and consequences of political awareness amongst farmers in rural Singapore.
In: Journalism quarterly, Band 8, Heft 4, S. 453-470
In: Department of Management, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia Working Paper No. 2017 / 09
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In: NBER Working Paper No. w15779
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In: NBER Working Paper No. w15783
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In: CESifo Working Paper No. 7871
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In: NBER Working Paper No. w16823
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In: Pacific affairs: an international review of Asia and the Pacific, Band 53, Heft 4, S. 783
ISSN: 1715-3379
Sporulation is a critical developmental process in Bacillus spp. that, once initiated, removes the possibility of further growth until germination. Therefore, the threshold conditions triggering sporulation are likely to be subject to evolutionary constraint. Our previous studies revealed two spontaneous hypersporulating mutants of Bacillus atrophaeus subsp. globigii, both containing point mutations in the spo0F gene. One of these strains (Detrick-2; contains the spo0F101 allele with a C:T [His101Arg] substitution) had been deliberately selected in the early 1940s as an anthrax surrogate. To determine whether the experimental conditions used during the selection of the "military" strains could have supported the emergence of hypersporulating variants, the relative fitness of strain Detrick-2 was measured in several experimental settings modeled on experimental conditions employed during its development in the 1940s as a simulant. The congenic strain Detrick-1 contained a wild-type spo0F gene and sporulated like the wild-type strain. The relative fitness of Detrick-1 and Detrick-2 was evaluated in competition experiments using quantitative single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP)-specific real-time PCR assays directed at the C:T substitution. The ancestral strain Detrick-1 had a fitness advantage under all conditions tested except when competing cultures were subjected to frequent heat shocks. The hypersporulating strain gained the maximum fitness advantage when cultures were grown at low oxygen tension and when heat shock was applied soon after the formation of the first heat-resistant spores. This is interpreted as gain of fitness by the hypersporulating strain in fast-changing fluctuating environments as a result of the increased rate of switching to the sporulating phenotype.
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In: Pacific affairs: an international review of Asia and the Pacific, Band 63, Heft 2, S. 276
ISSN: 1715-3379
In: Ecology and society: E&S ; a journal of integrative science for resilience and sustainability, Band 26, Heft 1
ISSN: 1708-3087
In: The journal of development studies, Band 20, Heft 3, S. 167-193
ISSN: 1743-9140