Abstract: In this paper, we explain how presidents strategically invest in administrative capacity, noting that presidents have few incentives to invest effort in capacity building in most agencies. We test our account with two analyses. First, we examine the time it took for the Bush, Obama, Trump, and Biden Administrations to nominate individuals to appointed positions. We find that presidents prioritize appointments to policy over management positions and that nominations occur sooner in agencies that implement presidential priorities. Second, we examine the responses of federal executives to the 2020 Survey on the Future of Government Service to see whether perceptions of presidential investment in administrative capacity match our predictions. We find that federal executives perceive higher levels of investment when the agency is a priority of the president and when the agency shares the president’s policy views. We conclude with implications for our understanding of the modern presidency and government performance.

Abstract: The main and the most important objective of this paper is to nominate some new versions of several well-known results about fixed-point theorems such as Caristi’s theorem, Pant et al.’s theorem and Karapınar et al.’s theorem in the case of b-metric spaces. We use a new technique provided by Miculescu and Mihail in order to prove our theorems. Some illustrative applications and examples are given to strengthen our new findings and the main results.

Abstract: Previous research finds that nominating more centrist candidates increases vote share and win probability in congressional general elections. Yet party primary elections often nominate non-centrist candidates, increasing polarization between the American parties. We develop a model of choice in nomination politics that shows when and how actors respond to incentives of the general election. We then combine 200 million contribution records with data on 22,400 candidates in 7100 House primary elections from 1980 through 2016. We find that potential candidates and primary voters respond to general election incentives but do not find clear evidence for contributors or the winnowing process. Connecting these results back to our model, this implies that actors in the invisible primary either place higher value on in-party candidate ideology or have different beliefs about the general election than do primary voters. Our evidence adds to a body of research that suggests primary voters are a larger moderating force than elites in American party politics.

Abstract: Abstract The Mashona mole-rat, Fukomys darlingi (Thomas, 1895), is a little studied social African mole-rat (Bathyergidae) from south-astern Africa. Here, we present an integrative study characterizing the genetic diversity of populations assigned to F. darlingi with special focus on animals from Nsanje, southern Malawi. These mole-rats show pronounced differences in body mass and general appearance compared to nominate F. darlingi from Zimbabwe and Mozambique, but their taxonomic status has so far remained unclear. A genetic analysis encompassing all major lineages of the genus Fukomys suggests that this population indeed represents a deeply nested lineage within the F. darlingi clade . The karyotype of the Nsanje mole-rats also corresponds to that of the nominate form, being 2n = 54. While both nuclear and mitochondrial data agree about the assignment of the Nsanje mole-rats to F. darlingi , our analyses revealed substantial mitonuclear discordance for other branches within the Fukomys phylogenetic tree. Nsanje mole-rats are significantly larger than nominate F. darlingi and their ontogeny and reproduction closely resemble similar-sized congeneric species rather than the nominate population. The somatic growth of the Nsanje form is the slowest of all African mole-rats. The maximum life span of F. darlingi is at least 19 years. The observed differences between nominate F. darlingi and mole-rats from Nsanje may be attributed mainly to their different body mass. Our study highlights the advantages of an integrative approach for understanding the diversity of African mole-rats and emphasizes the great intraspecific variability that may be encountered in these underground-dwelling rodents.

Abstract: Looking for regular statistical trends of relations in schools, we constructed 42 independent weighted directed networks of simultaneous friendship and animosity from surveys we made in the Mexico City Metropolitan area in classrooms with students of different ages and levels by asking them to nominate and order five friends and five foes. However, the data show that older students nominated fewer than the five required five foes. Although each classroom was independent of the others, we found several general trends involving students of different ages and grade levels. In all classrooms, friendship entropy was found to be higher than enmity entropy, indicating that fewer students received enmity links than received friendship nominations. Popular agents exhibited more reciprocal nominations among themselves than less popular agents, and opposite-sex friendships increased with age.

Abstract: Summary. Rüppell's Parrot Poicephalus rueppellii was until recently considered to be a monotypic species. Birds from parts of north-western and west-central Angola, however, differ significantly in colour and size from the better-known populations across the rest of their range, which fact was overlooked until very recently. Because the name rueppellii was originally applied to the less-known Angolan population, it was the commoner southern population that lacked a taxonomic identity. The latter was described as Poicephalus rueppellii mariettae Hubers & Schnitker, 2022.

Abstract: A new species, Nephelomilta vinhphuciensis sp. nov. is described from Vietnam (Vinh Phuc province) along with the nominate species, N. sumatrana (van Eecke, 1927) newly recorded from Thailand (Ranong province). Illustrations of adults and male genitalia of the examined species are presented.

Abstract: The vison of APS 2033 as a strong, inclusive professional society that serves all of our engineers is a valuable and achievable goal. We need to think of our networks and IEEE activities as inclusive not exclusive by making changes to processes within our society that reflect that expectation. We need to invite, nominate, and support engineers outside of our immediate network for all IEEE APS activities and have a society-wide call for volunteers for all activities. We need to make a systemic effort to nominate a diverse pool of Fellow candidates every year, and seek Award nominees broadly. We need to individually support all of our colleagues, in order to reach a APS 2033 that is stronger, larger, and more supportive for all of its members. We will be rewarded with a larger, broader, creative professional society that supports Antenna and Propagation engineering for all

Abstract: We study the election of sequences of committees, where in each of tau levels (e.g. modeling points in time) a committee consisting of k candidates from a common set of m candidates is selected. For each level, each of n agents (voters) may nominate one candidate whose selection would satisfy her. We are interested in committees which are good with respect to the satisfaction per day and per agent. More precisely, we look for egalitarian or equitable committee sequences. While both guarantee that at least x agents per day are satisfied, egalitarian committee sequences ensure that each agent is satisfied in at least y levels while equitable committee sequences ensure that each agent is satisfied in exactly y levels. We analyze the parameterized complexity of finding such committees for the parameters n, m, k, tau, x, and y, as well as combinations thereof.

Abstract: Abstract The article, based on archive materials and press publications, as well as major academic studies, contains information on attempts by the Communists in Poland to take control over the Polish Olympic Committee (POC) in the Stalinist period. After the Olympic games in London in 1948 they ‘closed’ the POC’s activity in order to nominate a ‘new’ POC in June 1950 created by people connected with the dominant Communist Polish United Workers’ Party (PUWP). The POC even included two Soviet officers of Polish origin, while the people’s power forced the previous president of the organization to resign. However, throughout the whole Stalinist period in Poland the Communists did not manage to deprive Professor Jerzy Loth of his membership in the International Olympic Committee, whom they were planning to replace with their trusted people. For that reason, they sent to Lausanne the names of their candidates at least four times. They did so even when the POC was formally ‘closed’. In spite of that, until 1956, the people’s power did not manage to implement the plan of taking full control over the POC. This fact is largely thanks to the management of the POC and Professor Loth.

Abstract: In 2002, ISGEC created a best paper award for GECCO. As part of the double blind peer review, the reviewers were asked to nominate papers for best paper awards. We continue this tradition at GECCO-2008. The Track Chairs, Editor in Chief, and the ...

Abstract: In this study, we draw on methods from social network analysis and find a consistent gender bias in which men disproportionately under-nominate women as strong in their physics course in both a lecture course and a distinct lab course. We also find a gender bias in the lecture course in which women disproportionately under-nominate men. We expand on prior work by probing two data sources related to who and what gets recognized in peer recognition: students' interactions with their peers (who gets recognized) and students' written explanations of their nominations of strong peers (what gets recognized). We find that students determine who gets recognized in two different ways, each with a similar frequency: selecting the strongest of the peers with whom they directly interact (and "dropping" their other interaction ties) and indirectly observing peers with whom they do not interact. Results also suggest that the nature of the observed gender bias in peer recognition varies between the instructional contexts of lecture and lab. In the lecture course, the gender bias is related to who gets recognized: men and women nominate men and women for similar skill sets, but disproportionately drop more of their interaction ties to students of the other gender when forming nominations. In the lab course, in contrast, the gender bias is also related to what gets recognized: men nominate men more than women because of the ways they interacted, such as being helpful. These findings illuminate the different ways in which students form perceptions of their peers and add nuance to our understanding of the nature of gender bias in peer recognition.

Abstract: Free AccessAnnouncementsPublished Online:March 24, 2023https://doi.org/10.1027/0227-5910/a000904PDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack Citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInReddit SectionsMoreAAS23: American Association of Suicidology Annual Conference is taking place April 19--22, 2023, in Portland, OR, USA. For more information go to https://suicidology.org/aas23/The National Suicide Prevention Conference held by Suicide Prevention Australia is taking place May 1–4, 2023, in Canberra, Australia. For more information go to https://www.suicidepreventionaust.org/our-events#national-conferenceThe 32nd World Congress of the International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP) is taking place September 19–22, 2023, in Piran, Slovenia. For more information go to https://www.iasp.info/piran2023/ Abstract submissions are now open: https://www.iasp.info/piran2023/abstract-submission/The 20th European Symposium on Suicide and Suicidal Behaviour will take place in Rome, Italy, August 27–30, 2024. Further information will be provided early 2023.IASP AwardsThe International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP) provides awards for those who have contributed in a significant way to the furthering of the aims of the association. The awards are presented at the IASP biennial conference.On behalf of the five award committees, we are pleased to announce that the nomination process is now open. Members of the International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP) are invited to nominate suitable persons for the below mentioned awards. Self-nomination is permitted.The Stengel Research Award, instituted in 1977, is named in honor of the late Professor Erwin Stengel, one of the founders of IASP. This award is for outstanding active research with at least 10 years of scientific activity in the field, as evidenced by number and quality of publications in internationally acknowledged journals and indicators of esteem and reputation.The Ringel Service Award, instituted in 1995, honors the late Professor Erwin Ringel, the Founding President of IASP. This award is for distinguished service in the field of suicidology.The Farberow Award was introduced in 1997 in recognition of Professor Norman Farberow, a founding member and driving force behind the IASP. This award is for a person who has contributed significantly to the field of work with suicide survivors.The De Leo Fund Award honors the memory of Nicola and Vittorio, the beloved children of Professor Diego De Leo, IASP Past President. The award is offered to distinguished scholars in recognition of their outstanding research on suicidal behaviors carried out in developing countries.The Andrej Marušić Award is dedicated to young researchers who are invited to submit a research proposal related to suicidal behavior and prevention.For full details and selection criteria, please refer to the IASP website at https://www.iasp.info/awards/ or email to wendycliff@iasp.infoNominations will close May 1st, 2023.JOIN IASP TO BE AT THE FOREFRONT OF GLOBAL SUICIDE PREVENTION EFFORTSJoin as an individualJoin as an organizationBenefits include: Special Interest Groups, Membership Network, IASP Early Career Group, Congresses, Conferences, Symposiums & Workshops, the Crisis journal, and the IASP AwardsIASP is a nonprofit organization for those interested and working in suicide prevention. The membership consists of individuals (clinicians, researchers, crisis workers, volunteers and people who have lost a family member or friend to suicide) and community, national and international organizations. The membership currently extends over 80 countries and is affiliated with the World Health Organization as the key organization concerned with suicide prevention.IASP membership is open to all individuals and organisations interested in suicide prevention: from academics, clinicians, volunteers, and survivors to community, national, and international organizations.Sign up now at www.iasp.info/become-a-member-or-renewIASP Executive Committee 2023–2026PresidentProf. Rory O'Connor (UK) 2021–2024Vice President 1Prof. Thomas Niederkrotenthaler (Austria) 2021–2024Vice President 2Prof. Jo Robinson (Australia) 2023–2026Vice President 3Prof. Lai Fong Chan (Malaysia) 2023–2026General SecretaryProf. Annette Erlangsen (Denmark) 2021–2024TreasurerProf. Maurizio Pompili (Italy) 2023–2026IASP Council of National Representatives 2023–2026Co-ChairsProf. Charity Akotia (Ghana) 2021–2024 & Associate Professor Vita Postuvan (Slovenia) 2023–2026For a current listing of the IASP Council of National Representatives please refer to www.iasp.info/iasp-national-regional-representatives/FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Volume 44Issue 2March 2023ISSN: 0227-5910eISSN: 2151-2396 InformationCrisis (2023), 44, pp. 173-174 https://doi.org/10.1027/0227-5910/a000904.© 2023Hogrefe PublishingPDF download

Abstract: The persona of Catherine the Great occupies a prominent place in Russian history. The people's perception of the empress's legacy is reflected in Russian folk-etymological toponymic legends. Toponymy associated with the subjectness of Catherine the Great is established in the popular consciousness, which endowed the Empress with the right to nominate geographical objects.

Abstract: Significance The Defence Strategic Review is intended to prepare the defence forces for changing regional and global conditions. Although the terms of reference did not nominate any specific country as a threat, security strategies are mostly oriented towards containing China. Impacts Australia’s defence forces will need a substantial investment in capabilities before they can fight a regional war. Personnel shortages may hinder efforts to expand the sphere of military operations outside Australia. Plans to acquire nuclear submarines and long-range missiles could provoke a diplomatic backlash in the region.

Abstract: Abstract A number of mid-1960s prime-time television programs such as Batman (1966–69) and The Monkees (1966–68) seemed to not just allow, but to encourage viewing practices that transcended infantilized conceptualizations of that era’s television audiences. This chapter, a reprint of the original article (2018) in Journal of Popular Television, argues such programs constitute a significant and unhistoricized set of predecessors to contemporary Cult television. Analyzing audience interpretive practices and the set of textual characteristics that facilitated and encouraged such participatory and interpretive activities, we identify a relatively cohesive group of programs, all of which premiered in that period, that we retrospectively nominate as “Camp TV.” These shows’ distinguishing narrative elements, namely the surreal humor of Green Acres (1965–71), satire of Get Smart (1965–70), exaggerated clichés of Batman, and anarchic character of The Monkees, appealed to a youth audience and lent themselves to multiple readings and viewing practices similar to those that would come to greater fruition with the later development of Cult TV.

Abstract: In our country, there have been few studies focusing on the exploraion of friendly relations among peers in the school context, especially those established among the pupils with developmental difficulties. Therefore, our goal was to get an insight into the quatity of the established friendly relations among pupils in regular primary school classes and to examine to what extent the developmental specificities of the pupils (pupils with developmental difficulties/pupils without developmental difficiulties), gender, age, general school achievement, and mother's and father's level of education predict friendships with peers. A total of 120 pupils (28 girls and 92 boys) from 36 classes of the fourth and eighth grades from eight primary schools from the territory of the city of Belgrade participated in our research. A half of the total sample consisted of pupils with developmental difficulties, while the other half consisted of pupils without developmental difficulties. We applied a socio-metric technique of peer nominations (a friendly relationship is established if two pupils nominate each other in the question "Name up to three pupils that you would like to be friends with"). In terms of data processing, apart from descriptive statistics, we applied a regression model that belongs to generalized linear models (Poisson's regression). The results indicate that the number of established friendships increases with pupils' age, better school achievement, and parents' higher level of education, and that pupils without developmental difficulties make more friendships with their peers than pupils with developmental difficulties. The findings of the regression model confirm that age and developmental specificities statistically highly predict the level of peer friendships, whereas this was not confirmed relative to pupils' gender, school achievement, and parents' level of education. The pupils without developmental difficulties are more likely to make friends with their peers than the pupils with developmental difficulties. In addition, the eighth-grade pupils are more likely to establish mutual friendships than the fourth-grade pupils. We selected the key implications and offer suggestions for further research.

Abstract: This article examines why coalitions of political parties for regional head elections are weak. The law on regional head elections requires political parties to nominate a regional head/deputy pair that must have the support of at least 20% of the total members of the regional people's representative council. Political parties not meeting the amount of support must form a coalition with other parties to meet these requirements. The results showed that the coalition of political parties in the regional head election was weak due to: a) Strong centralization of political parties in determining coalition partners. b) Strong dominance of the party's central board. c) High political costs for regional head elections. d) Weak rights of regional political party administrators.

Abstract: We study the election of sequences of committees, where in each of $\tau$ levels (e.g. modeling points in time) a committee consisting of $k$ candidates from a common set of $m$ candidates is selected. For each level, each of $n$ agents (voters) may nominate one candidate whose selection would satisfy her. We are interested in committees which are good with respect to the satisfaction per day and per agent. More precisely, we look for egalitarian or equitable committee sequences. While both guarantee that at least $x$ agents per day are satisfied, egalitarian committee sequences ensure that each agent is satisfied in at least $y$ levels while equitable committee sequences ensure that each agent is satisfied in exactly $y$ levels. We analyze the parameterized complexity of finding such committees for the parameters $n,m,k,\tau,x$, and $y$, as well as combinations thereof.

Abstract: ASA News| April 2023 Request for Nominations: 2023 ASA Nicholas M. Greene, MD, Award ASA Monitor April 2023, Vol. 87, 31. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000925012.84363.f7 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Cite Icon Cite Get Permissions Search Site Citation Request for Nominations: 2023 ASA Nicholas M. Greene, MD, Award. ASA Monitor 2023; 87:31 doi: https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000925012.84363.f7 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentAll PublicationsASA Monitor Search Advanced Search ASA and the Committee on Global Health have recognized the humanitarian contributions of an ASA member annually for the past 11 years by conferring the Nicholas M. Greene, MD, Award for Outstanding Humanitarian Contribution. In 2023, we again wish to confer this award in recognition of an ASA member anesthesiologist whose career has supported international anesthetic education, care, and volunteerism. Please nominate yourself or a colleague who has been involved in this capacity. A nomination application is available on the ASA website at asahq.org/charity/programs/humanitarianaward. Applications require a nominating letter, updated CV, no more than five pages of support material, and a statement that the nominee agrees to the nomination. All applications are due no later than April 30, 2023, and can be submitted to s.braun@asahq.org. The award will be presented at ANESTHESIOLOGY® 2023 in San Francisco, California, which takes place on October 13-17. You do not currently have access to this content.

Abstract: Peer assessment can support the development of professionalism by providing feedback that enables learners to reflect on their professional behavioural attributes.

Abstract: ![Figure][1] If you would like to nominate an assistant from your practice to be interviewed for this column, please email me . Ilona Schur | Zontos Hair & Skin Clinic | Athens, Greece Today I am incredibly delighted to have Ilona Schur, a very enthusiastic nurse who is a graduate of the

Abstract: PRIMARY ELECTIONS IN FRENCH POLITICAL PARTIES AS A MECHANISM FOR SELECTING CANDIDATES FOR THE PRESIDENCY ON THE EXAMPLE OF THE REPUBLICANS AND THE SOCIALIST PARTY The article deals with the primary election as a procedure for nominating presidential candidates by major French political parties. Initially, closed primaries were held by left-wing formations. The Socialist Party started using this mechanism in 1995. The first open primaries to nominate a socialist candidate took place in 2011 (these were the so-called citizens’ primaries – primaire citoyenne). The neogaullist party, which has been called the Republicans since 2015, followed left-wing formations organizing primaries itself. The formation started with closed primaries. The first open ones were held in 2016. The author points out that prior to the 2022 presidential election, both parties returned to the concept of closed primaries. The latter formula may be defined a ballot in which only members of a given formation can participate, and not all citizens who declare their support for a concrete political option. It is argued that primaries, especially the open ones, have not proven to be a procedure that significantly increases the chances of a candidate nominated in this way. Instead, it may contribute to deepening intra-party divisions, which could potentially cause the political formation itself to be doomed to marginalization in the parliamentary election following its presidential candidate’s failure. This leads to the conclu-

Abstract: Classrooms are social arenas, and during adolescence, the importance of peer relations peaks. Prior research has documented the pervasive influence that peers can exert on many aspects of adolescents’ lives, including their academic outcomes. However, knowledge on whether adolescents’ perceptions of their teacher and the quality of the teacher’s instruction are also prone to peer influences is lacking so far. The present longitudinal study with four measurement points (N = 248 German adolescents) addressed this gap. We focused on teaching quality in terms of the perceived level of teacher support in mathematics classes. Longitudinal social network analysis (a Bayesian random-coefficient multilevel version of Stochastic Actor-Oriented models, SAOMs) were employed to investigate whether (a) friends become more similar in their teaching quality perceptions (influence effects) and/or whether (b) students with initially more similar perceptions of teaching quality were more likely to become friends (selection effects). In addition, we explored whether (c) students with more positive teaching quality perceptions had a better (or worse) social standing in that they were more (or less) likely to be nominated as friends by their classmates and/or were more (or less) likely to nominate other classmates as friends. The results did not yield support for influence effects or for selection effects. However, students who rated their teacher’s instruction more positively were better integrated socially. This study adds to research on the role of peers in adolescence and enhances our understanding of peer influences on students’ perceptions of instruction.

Abstract: The Jagiellonian restoration of the University of Cracow, founded in 1364, took place in 1400. Besides the legacy of Queen Hedwig and King Wladysław Jagiełło, Piotr Wysz, the Bishop of Cracow, donated to the University two canonries in the Wawel Cathedral Chapter. Since then, the University nominated candidates to these offices thus providing them with the necessary financial support. They were called the academic canonries and the designated professors – the academic canons. Even during the time when the nobility usurped the exclusive right to nominate canons, two seats in the Chapter were always reserved for the University. The Senate of the University presented the candidates to the canonries for more than 500 years. The article deals with the academic canonries after 1945, especially in the time of the communist regime. The Senate of the Jagiellonian University exercised its law to nominate the canons for the last time in 1951. In 1954, the communist authorities removed the 550 years old Department of Theology from the University. The Author discusses the initiatives, in particular those of Cardinal Karol Wojtyła, aiming to maintain the principle that the Department of Theology be represented in the Cathedral Chapter by two of its professors.