Here is the link. keywords: [cryptobenthic reef fishes] [biodiverse and rich ecosystems] [images conjured up] [fish larvae] [rapid growth and extreme mortality] [aliteracio: distinctive demographic dynamics] [a cornerstone of ecosystem functioning]
Day: December 24, 2020
article on the construction of measures of economic growth that are free from demographic effects
Here is the link. keywords: [differences in economic performance] [performance across countries] [performance over time] [estimating the magnitude of an effect] [relative productivity of different age groups] [a model of productivity with labor productivity that varies with age] [age-related labor productivity function]
article on a sophisticated model regarding sustainable development
Here is the link. keywords: [population pessimists] [population optimists] [demographic dynamics] [population size] [population structure] [population rate of change] [size, structure, and rate of change] [demographics]
secular versus cyclical (economic) stagnation
(tricky use of the word ‘secular’) Here is the link to a discussion of the difference between the two. keywords: [application of Latin etymology] [lack of growth] [only negligible growth]
“Ninety percent of everything is trash.”
Here is the link to the Wikipedia article in which this quote is discussed. keywords: [quality control] [production] [acceptability] [separating the wheat from the chaff]
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“even when every agent prefers to live in a mixed-race neighborhood, almost complete segregation emerges as individual decisions accumulate” Here is the link to the source. keywords: [white flight] [psychology] [sociology] [checkerboard model] [tipping model] [mathematical analysis]
article: The engineering properties of cohesionless materials during vibration
Here is the link. keywords: [Digital Repository] [Iowa State University] [Thomas Leslie Youd] [Civil Engineering Commons] [microfilmed exactly as received] [Soil Engineering] [dirt] [Signature was redacted for privacy.] [shear strength of granular soils] [critical void ratio] [vibrational effects on shear strength] [vibrational effects on density] [densification] [density] [test apparatus and procedure] [apparatus and materials] [suggestions … Continue reading article: The engineering properties of cohesionless materials during vibration
The Animals, singing ‘The House of the Rising Sun’
Here’s the link. keywords: [musical band]
article about ‘heart and head in tandem’
Here is the link. keywords: [organizing] [sociology] [activism] [activist]
song: THE 12 DAYS OF QUARANTINE
Here’s the link. keywords: [parody] [music] [YouTube video]