Florula bostoniensis. A collection of plants of Boston and its vicinity, with their generic and specific characters, principal synonyms, descriptions, places of growth, and time of flowering, and occasional remarks. By Jacob Bigelow ...

2nd ed.

Florula bostoniensis. A collection of plants of Boston and its environs, with their generic and specific characters, synonyms, descriptions, places of growth, and time of flowering, and occasional remarks.

1st ed.

I si deixem de parlar de preservació digital? Variacions sobre un tema de David Rosenthal, amb un poutpourri final amb la CDLib Orchestra

La preservació digital de la que parla la nostra literatura professional està plena de mites que pensem que s'han d'anar tombant un darrera l'altre, en aquesta presentació us els mencionarem.

Globalization and the Symphony of the New (Post-modern) World: From Westphalia to Maastricht…passing by Washington DC

Taking on the challenge of understanding and explaining the Symphony of (today’s) New World in realistic terms (not realist), this essay aims to analyse the Post-Cold war era by devising a multi-conceptual framework that combines different theoretical contributions not yet linked in a fully explanatory way. This paper suggests two inter-related analytical contexts (or background melodies) to understand Dvorak´s "New World”. First, the socio-economic structural context that falls under the controversial category of Globalization and, second, the post-modern political structural context that is built on Robert Cooper’s threefold analysis (Pre-modern, Modern and Post-modern) of today’s world [Cooper, R: 1997, 1999]. Lastly, the closing movement (allegro con fuoco) enters the normative arena to assess American foreign policy options in the light of the theoretical framework devised in the first part of the essay.

Swain: Stata module to correct the SEM chi-square overidentification test in small sample sizes or complex models. Statistical Software Components S457617, Boston College Department of Economics.

Swain corrects the chi-square overidentification test (i.e., likelihood ratio test of fit) for structural equation models whethr with or without latent variables. The chi-square statistic is asymptotically correct; however, it does not behave as expected in small samples and/or when the model is complex (cf. Herzog, Boomsma, & Reinecke, 2007). Thus, particularly in situations where the ratio of sample size (n) to the number of parameters estimated (p) is relatively small (i.e., the p to n ratio is large), the chi-square test will tend to overreject correctly specified models. To obtain a closer approximation to the distribution of the chi-square statistic, Swain (1975) developed a correction; this scaling factor, which converges to 1 asymptotically, is multiplied with the chi-square statistic. The correction better approximates the chi-square distribution resulting in more appropriate Type 1 reject error rates (see Herzog & Boomsma, 2009; Herzog, et al., 2007).

L’immigration des Capverdiens à Boston (Dorchester et Roxbury): Strategies d’Intégration Linguistique et Culturelle

Chaque année des centaines de capverdiens se dirigent à l’ambassade des États Unis afin de décrocher un visa, pour venir aux États Unis. Peu importe si le visa attribué a une durée limitée. Ils sont tous à la recherche d’une meilleure vie, ils essayeront tout pour réaliser leurs rêves, enfin ils tentent leur chance. Contrairement à ce que l’on pense l’immigration est un processus complexe qui demande beaucoup de courage et de réflexion. Les causes qui poussent les gens à émigrer sont innombrables. Ainsi par exemple, pour un agriculteur la sécheresse pourrait être la raison pour émigrer. En arrivant sur “le champ de bataille”, l’immigrant réalise que l’immigration a des avantages et des inconvénients.

Conhecimentos, atitudes e comportamentos de adolescentes cabo-verdianos, residentes em Boston (USA), sobre HIV/SIDA.

SIDA é a principal causa de morte nos homens de idade compreendida entre os 25 e os 44 anos nos Estado Unidos. É, portanto, razoável acreditar que aqueles que apresentam sintomas aos 25 anos tenham contraído HIV durante a sua adolescência e ao início da sua juventude. Assim, é urgente que sejam definidas e desenvolvidas estratégias que tenham em conta os adolescentes, na sua particularidade. Estudos têm colhido importante informação concernente ao conhecimento sobre HIV/SIDA e relacionados comportamentos de risco entre imigrantes que estudam nas escolas públicas de Boston 1, mas nenhum estudo focou ainda adolescentes de origem cabo-verdiana, nascidos nos Estados Unidos de América (USA) ou imigrantes.