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Open access journals are becoming increasingly viable publication venues for scientists, educational organizations, and government funders. Unfortunately, unscrupulous publishers have taken advantage of this trend by creating journals that are open access but predatory or of low quality [1]. Some services attempt to remedy this situation by providing a white list and blacklist of journals, manually vetted by experts. Two examples of these expertly curated lists are the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) and the Cabbell's journal blacklist and whitelist. However, how these organizations choose journals is poorly understood. It would be beneficial to understand these decisions and also it would be important to improve on the detection accuracy of these services. In this preliminary work, we codify the rules that the DOAJ purports to use for journal auditing and examine their effectiveness in telling apart blacklisted vs whitelisted journals [2]. We compare these rules to features derived from the author, organization, and citation networks. We show that by using a combination of the DOAJ rules and network features, we can achieve significantly higher accuracy in our predictions. Finally, we examine the features that are most predictive and discuss our next steps.

Open access journals are becoming increasingly viable publication venues for scientists, educational organizations, and government funders. Unfortunately, unscrupulous publishers have taken advantage of this trend by creating journals that are open access but predatory or of low quality [1]. Some services attempt to remedy this situation by providing a white list and blacklist of journals, manually vetted by experts. Two examples of these expertly curated lists are the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) and the Cabbell's journal blacklist and whitelist. However, how these organizations choose journals is poorly understood. It would be beneficial to understand these decisions and also it would be important to improve on the detection accuracy of these services. In this preliminary work, we codify the rules that the DOAJ purports to use for journal auditing and examine their effectiveness in telling apart blacklisted vs whitelisted journals [2]. We compare these rules to features derived from the author, organization, and citation networks. We show that by using a combination of the DOAJ rules and network features, we can achieve significantly higher accuracy in our predictions. Finally, we examine the features that are most predictive and discuss our next steps.

AbstractBeginning farmers and ranchers represent an important segment of U.S. agriculture, yet they face financial challenges relative to more established operations. This article provides an overview of emerging research on the financial performance of beginning farm and ranch operations, with a lens toward implications for the 2023 Farm Bill. First, we use U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Resource Management Survey data to explore descriptive statistics relative to beginning farm and ranch usage of: local food markets, Federal crop insurance, and financing mechanisms. Subsequently, we leverage a farm‐level panel dataset from the USDA Census of Agriculture and regression analysis to examine the relationship between key financial metrics and beginning farmer success. Results show: (a) beginning farm performance over time is associated with both increases in scale and productivity, as well as participation in agricultural programs, (b) access to credit is important, and that being credit constrained lowers the probability of survival, growth, and success for beginning operations, and (c) beginning operations are significantly less likely to use Federal crop insurance compared to established operations across all scales.

Les Вelles Soeurs created quite а stir when it was first presented at the Theatre du Rideau-Vert in 1968. Some people found the language incomprehensible (Michel Tremblay used the Joual dialect particular to Montreal's working class) and many felt it presented them negatively. Les Вelles Soeurs is probably more important for Canadians today than it was in 1968. Then, it meant to confirm what most Quebecers already knew-that their society is distinct. Michel Tremblay illustrated over 20 years ago а particularly Canadian paradox-that this country's cherished, vast cultural diversity is also one of the reasons for its frail unity. This was never meant to be а grand political statement or а message of doom, but rather а simple statement of fact. Tremblay also deals with very universal issues. He touches on the haves and the have-nots of any society. The play is about pride, jealousy, envy, independence, greed, lust, betrayal, loyalty and family. As English Canadians, we tend to think of ourselves as passive, sometimes even boring, as we bemoan а lack of identity. After the October Crisis, Free Trade, Meech Lake, Oka, and Les Вelles Soeurs, we can say without hesitation that we are like any other distinct society on this planet-incessantly human. Director: Paul Lampert ; https://source.sheridancollege.ca/faad_visu_uniq_theatre/1116/thumbnail.jpg

The country operations business plan presents the indicative program of support of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for Cambodia during 2021–2023. In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. The pandemic is a serious threat to Cambodia's development and has created priorities that were not anticipated in ADB's country partnership strategy (CPS) for Cambodia, 2019–2023. These include urgent actions to prevent a public health emergency, rollout of social assistance programs to prevent a sudden rise in poverty, and design and implementation of policies for economic recovery. ADB has been working closely with the Government of Cambodia to minimize negative impacts from the pandemic, while continuing to invest in the medium- to long-term drivers of sustainable development. The 2020 country programming mission was extended to allow additional time to assess potential impacts from COVID-19. While the pandemic has created new priorities for ADB support, it has also reinforced the continued relevance of the core CPS pillars and the operational priorities under ADB's Strategy 2030. The government remains committed to supporting the CPS within the broader framework of its Rectangular Strategy Phase IV and Cambodia's National Strategic Development Plan, 2019–2023.2 The country operations business plan presents an indicative program of assistance for 2021–2023 that aligns with the CPS and will support Cambodia's post-COVID-19 recovery.

Reports on the 22 November 2006 parliamentary election in the Netherlands. An overview of the political background focuses on the formation of Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende's second cabinet in 2003; the decisive defeat of a referendum on the European Union constitutional treaty; & conflict within the cabinet about Dutch participation in the International Security Assistance Force mission in Afghanistan. The main political parties & their leaders are described, including Balkenende's Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA), the Labour Party (PvdA), the People's Party for Freedom & Democracy (VVD), the Party for Freedom (PVV), & the Socialist Party (SP). Attention is also given to efforts to form a unified successor party following the 2002 assassination of right-wing populist leader Pim Fortuyn; problems related to the introduction of voting computers; & the high turnout (80 percent). In the end, the CDA captured eight more seats than the PvdA which experienced high losses while the left-wing SP & right-wing PVV enjoyed considerable gains. Post-election difficulties related to the formation of a cabinet are discussed. Tables, Figures, References. J. Lindroth

The rise in self-publishing, digital folk culture and social media participation, have revolutionized reading and writing practices. Readers can directly contact their favourite authors, and publishers, through social media and become authors, and publishers, themselves. One of the outcomes of digital reading and writing is that writing is now becoming more democratic: traditional publishers are no longer the sole gatekeepers of culture. The popularity of social writing platform Wattpad is a recent example of how a new generation of influential and innovative writers is entering the publishing arena. This also demonstrates that there is a demand for authorship without the intervention from publishers. Despite this, traditional notions of authorship, ownership and control are prevalent in contemporary publishing hindering the true potential of creativity. The disharmony between the rise of the amateur author and the control of the traditional publisher is confronted in the digital public sphere. Consequently, issues such as authority and influence are mediated during the activities and interactions that take place on social media and other online platforms. Established authority figures, such as famous authors or well-known publishers, that exert authority and influence in the traditional sphere, can shift this authority and influence to the digital world; however, this sphere is also occupied by emerging networks of influencers, such as emerging authors or micro-celebrities, who gain popularity as a result of specific trends, in specific domains, at specific times. This article will examine how new and established authors are using social platforms, and social media, to publish their writing, build communities and extend their dialogue with readers and other writers. A netnographic study of Wattpad will identify which authors are the influencers and innovators in social publishing. Consequently, this article will underscore the increasing importance of social networks and social relationships in 21st century publishing.

Canada is one of a number of countries (e.g. Netherlands, Belgium, France, Germany and Ireland) in which the provision of social services is considered to be a partnership between government and nonprofit service providers, with government providing the money and the nonprofit organizations (NPOs) delivering the service. However, the Canadian model incorporates two significant features of the Anglo-Saxon model, as practiced in Great Britain, United States and Australia. First, many Canadian social service NPOs receive additional philanthropic support, some even relying exclusively on philanthropy; and second, many social service NPOs benefit from a large volunteer presence (Hall, Barr, Easwaramoorthy, Wojciech & Salamon, 2005).Overall, the social service sector receives 66% of their revenues from government sources - mostly from provincial governments (Barr et al., 2005). Keywords: CVSS, Centre for Voluntary Sector Studies, Working Paper Series,TRSM, Ted Rogers School of Management Citation: ; Meinhard, A., Lo, L. & Hyman, I. (2015). The provision of services to new immigrants in Canada: characteristics of government-non-profit partnerships (Working Paper Series Volume 2015 (2)). Toronto: Ted Rogers School of Management, Centre for Voluntary Sector Studies, Ryerson University.