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Hunting and Weaving
Empiricism and Political Philosophy

(St Augustine’s Press, 2013)
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The essays in this volume honour the work of political scientist and Eric Voegelin scholar, Barry Cooper, by considering how political philosophy (a form of hunting) and empiricism get “woven” together (to borrow a metaphor from Plato). In other words, they consider how science needs to be conducted if it is to remain true to our commonsense experience of the world and to facilitate political judgment.

Several of the essays cover Eric Voegelin, including his understanding of consciousness, a comparison of him and Leo Strauss, and his self-understanding as a scholar. Other essays consider terrorism, technology, religion and the modern world, the divided line in Plato’s Republic, and the political significance of hope. The volume also includes a number of essays that consider different aspects of Canadian politics, including its strong regionalism, political culture, public law, and the infamous “Calgary School” of political science.

These essays are united by the concern that political science must “weave” together political philosophy and empiricism. This task was what Aristotle meant when he characterized political science as a matter of practical wisdom. It is an insight that was also central for Voegelin’s restoration of political science in the twentieth century, and that these essays continue into the twenty-first century.

Political analysis begins in whatever contemporary crisis the analyst has found himself. The analyst sifts through competing claims of political meaning asserted by the partisans in the crisis. From there he ascends to greater luminosity concerning the human condition by viewing those claims in light of the “major questions in the history of political thought.” They inform one another, as the search for order is necessarily the search for order that is conducted by a particular individual’s consciousness in the context of a particular community in space and time.

This volume will be of special interest to scholars of political philosophy as well as citizens and statesmen interested in how an engagement in the history of political philosophy can facilitate political judgment in particular political circumstances.

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Author

Thomas Heilke completed his MA at the University of Calgary and his PhD at Duke University. He is now a professor of Political Science at the University of British Columbia (Okanagan) and the author of Eric Voegelin: In Quest of Reality and Nietzsche’s Tragic Regime, among others.

John von Heyking is a professor in the department of Political Science at the University of Lethbridge.

 

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The Mathematics of Marriage
Dynamic Nonlinear Models

(MIT Press, 2002)
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Divorce rates are at an all-time high. But without a theoretical understanding of the processes related to marital stability and dissolution, it is difficult to design and evaluate new marriage interventions. The Mathematics of Marriage provides the foundation for a scientific theory of marital relations. The book does not rely on metaphors, but develops and applies a mathematical model using difference equations. The work is the fulfillment of the goal to build a mathematical framework for the general system theory of families first suggested by Ludwig Von Bertalanffy in the 1960s. The book also presents a complete introduction to the mathematics involved in theory building and testing, and details the development of experiments and models. In one “marriage experiment,” for example, the authors explored the effects of lowering or raising a couple’s heart rates. Armed with their mathematical model, they were able to do real experiments to determine which processes were affected by their interventions.

Applying ideas such as phase space, null clines, influence functions, inertia, and uninfluenced and influenced stable steady states (attractors), the authors show how other researchers can use the methods to weigh their own data with positive and negative weights. While the focus is on modeling marriage, the techniques can be applied to other types of psychological phenomena as well.


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Rebecca Tyson is a professor of Mathematics at the University of British Columbia (Okanagan). Her research area is mathematical biology, chiefly focussed on the population dynamics and spatial movement patterns of biological populations in complex landscapes.  She has also done significant work aimed at understanding how opinion dynamics evolve in human populations, and how they interact with disease dynamics.

John M. Gottman is a professor of Psychology at the University of Washington.

James D. Murray is a professor emeritus of Applied Mathematics at the University of Washington.

Catherine Swanson is a software engineer at the University of Washington.

Kristin R. Swanson is a senior fellow in Pathology and Applied Mathematics at the University of Washington.


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“Net Transfer of Carbon between Ectomycorrhizal Tree Species in the Field,”

Nature, 388 (6642): 579-582, 07 August 1997

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Different plant species can be compatible with the same species of mycorrhizal fungi and be connected to one another by a common mycelium. Transfer of carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus through interconnecting mycelia has been measured frequently in laboratory experiments, but it is not known whether transfer is bidirectional, whether there is a net gain by one plant over its connected partner, or whether transfer affects plant performance in the field. Laboratory studies using isotope tracers show that the magnitude of one-way transfer can be influenced by shading of ‘receiver’ plants fertilization of ‘donor’ plants with phosphorus, or use of nitrogen-fixing donor plants and non-nitrogen-fixing receiver plants indicating that movement may be governed by source–sink relationships. Here we use reciprocal isotope labelling in the field to demonstrate bidirectional carbon transfer between the ectomycorrhizal tree species Betula papyrifera and Pseudotsuga menziesii, resulting in net carbon gain by P. menziesii. Thuja plicata seedlings lacking ectomycorrhizae absorb small amounts of isotope, suggesting that carbon transfer between B. papyrifera and P. menziesii is primarily through the direct hyphal pathway. Net gain by P. menziesii seedlings represents on average 6% of carbon isotope uptake through photosynthesis. The magnitude of net transfer is influenced by shading of P. menziesii, indicating that source–sink relationships regulate such carbon transfer under field conditions.

(Description Source: Nature) 1997 (6642).


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Melanie Jones is a professor of Biology at the University of British Columbia’s Okanagan campus. She’s been a professor in Biology since 1990, starting at Okanagan University College. She teaches Plant Ecophysiology, and Field Ecology of Plants and Soils. Her research program focusses on the ecophysiology of ectomycorrhizal plants in BC forests, and on soil carbon in orchard and vineyard soils.

Daniel M. Durall is an associate professor of Biology at the University of British Columbia’s Okanagan campus. He has been a Biology professor since 1990, starting at Okanagan University College. His teaching and research interests are in mycology. His research group studies forest mycorrhizal ecology, wine yeast, truffle production, and fungi in human microbiome.

Suzanne Simard is a professor in the Forest and Conservation Sciences Department and the University of British Columbia’s Vancouver campus.

David A. Perry is a researcher in the Forest Science Department at Oregon State University.

David D. Myrold is a researcher in the Crop and Soil Science Department at Oregon State University.

Randy Molina is a researcher for the United States Department of Agriculture.


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Beyond the Barricades
Nicaragua and the Struggle for the Sandinista Press, 1979-1998

(Ohio University Press, 2002)
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Throughout the 1980s, Barricada, the official daily newspaper of the ruling Sandinista Front, played the standard role of a party organ, seeking the mobilize the Nicaraguan public to support the revolutionary agenda. Beyond the Barricades, however, reveals a story that is both more intriguing and much more complex. Even during this period of sweeping transformation and outside military siege, another, more professional agenda also motivated Barricada’s journalists and editors.

When the Sandinistas unexpectedly fell from power in the 1990 elections, Barricada gained a substantial degree of autonomy that allowed it to explore a more balanced and nuanced journalism “in the national interest.” This new orientation, however, ran afoul of more orthodox party leaders, who gradually gained the upper hand in the bitter internal struggle that wracked the Sandinista Front in the early 1990s. The paper closed its doors in January 1998.

Adam Jones’s outstanding study offers an unprecedented behind-the-scenes looks at Barricada’s two decades of evolution and dissolution. It also presents an intimate portrait of a key revolutionary institution and the memorable individuals who were a part of it.

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Adam Jones is a professor of political science at the University of British Columbia in Kelowna, Canada. He is the author of the bestselling textbook, Genocide: A Comprehensive Introduction (second edition, Routledge, 2011), and author or editor of a dozen other books, mostly on genocide and crimes against humanity. They include Gender Inclusive: Essays on Violence, Men, and Feminist International Relations (2008), Gendercide and Genocide (2004), and Genocide, War Crimes and the West: History and Complicity (2004).


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Derivative-Free and Blackbox Optimization

(Springer, 2017)
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This book is designed as a textbook, suitable for self-learning or for teaching an upper-year university course on derivative-free and blackbox optimization.

The book is split into 5 parts and is designed to be modular; any individual part depends only on the material in Part I.  Part I of the book discusses what is meant by Derivative-Free and Blackbox Optimization, provides background material, and early basics while Part II focuses on heuristic methods (Genetic Algorithms and Nelder-Mead).  Part III presents direct search methods (Generalized Pattern Search and Mesh Adaptive Direct Search) and Part IV focuses on model-based methods (Simplex Gradient and Trust Region).  Part V discusses dealing with constraints, using surrogates, and bi-objective optimization.

End of chapter exercises are included throughout as well as 15 end of chapter projects and over 40 figures.  Benchmarking techniques are also presented in the appendix.

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Warren Hare is a professor of Mathematics at the University of British Columbia Okanagan campus, which he joined in 2009. He received his PhD in Mathematical Optimization from Simon Fraser University.  He completed his postdoctoral research at IMPA (Brazil) and McMaster (Canada). He serves as an Associate Editor with Set Valued and Variational Analysis and the Pacific Journal of Optimization. He is the co-author of the book Derivative-Free and Blackbox Optimization, and his research focuses on structured blackbox optimization.

Charles Audet is a professor of Mathematics at the École Polytechnique de Montréal.


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Integrated Resource and Environmental Management
Concepts and Practice

(Oxford University Press, 2007)
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The aim of this volume is to provide a coherent set of chapters that address major issues in resource and environmental management. The book has a North American focus with significant, but not exclusive Canadian Content. ‘Integration’ is the organizing theme of the volume. Integration as a concept (meaning variously integration across disciplines, across agencies, and across sectors) has been a key theme in the policy and management rhetoric of virtually every agency in North America and abroad for more than 30 years. As one of the dominant themes of the discipline, integration has been addressed both as a component and as the main focus of a variety of texts for this course. However, there is nothing on the market at the moment that is both up-to-date and North American in approach.

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Kevin Hanna is an associate professor of Earth, Environmental and Geographic Sciences at the University of British Columbia (Okanagan). His research broadly centers on integrated approaches to natural resources management, operational support for natural resources development, environmental impact assessment, and energy resources and systems. A key part of his research is working with Indigenous organizations to help outline data/information management approaches and tools, define best practices for impact assessment, and develop case studies to help communities design new methods for conducting impact assessments. His current work focuses on the Canadian west, and north and Arctic.


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Environmental Impact Assessment
Practice and Participation (3rd edn)

(Oxford University Press, 2016)
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Environmental impact assessment (EIA) is among the most influential aspects of environmental regulation and policy today. Environmental Impact Assessment: Practice and Participation examines current debates, recent cases, and ongoing developments in Canadian EIA, accurately reflecting the diversity of issues EIA processes now address.

This fully updated third edition has been revised to be even more accessible to student audiences and now provides a more consistent reading level and new chapters on EIA effectiveness, the science of assessment, social impact assessment, Canadian federal EIA, and more. The text offers enhanced and expanded pedagogy, including case studies, questions for critical thought, and a comprehensive glossary, making EIA concepts engaging and accessible.

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Kevin Hanna is an associate professor of Earth, Environmental and Geographic Sciences at the University of British Columbia (Okanagan). His research broadly centers on integrated approaches to natural resources management, operational support for natural resources development, environmental impact assessment, and energy resources and systems. A key part of his research is working with Indigenous organizations to help outline data/information management approaches and tools, define best practices for impact assessment, and develop case studies to help communities design new methods for conducting impact assessments. His current work focuses on the Canadian west, and north and Arctic.


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“Ring-opening radical clock reactions: many density functionals have difficulty keeping time”

Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, 9(9), 3158.
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The ability of several density-functional theory methods to describe the kinetics and energetics of a series of ring-opening reactions of cyclopropyl and cyclobutyl-type radicals was explored. PBE, B971 and B3LYP perform quite well in their ability to replicate experiment, based upon the ring opening of cyclopropylcarbinyl, two α-trialkylsilyloxycyclopropylmethyl radicals, pentamethylcyclopropylcarbinyl, cyclobutylcarbinyl and 1-cyclobutylethylcarbinyl. The other functionals tested, which includes BLYP, CAM-B3LYP, BHandHLYP, B2PLYP and B2PLYP-D, as well as functionals designed for kinetics applications, namely MPW1K, BMK and M06-2X, all perform poorly. The latter of these functionals display some integration grid dependencies.

(Description Source: National Library of Medicine) 2011 (9).

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Gino DiLabio is a professor of Chemistry at the University of British Columbia (Okanagan). He completed his PhD at Clarkson University. He researches non-covalent interactions and radicals in chemistry and physics.

Iain D. Mackie works for the National Institute for Nanotechnology, National Research Council of Canada


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“‘AC-L’ Acadie’ Strawberry”
HortScience, 34(4): 743-744

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‘AC-L’Acadie’ is a June-bearing strawberry cultivar (Fragaria × ananassa Duch.) bred by Shahrokh Khanizadeh, Bertrand Theriault, Odile Carisse and Deborah Buszard, and released in 1999 for Quebec and Eastern Central Canada growing conditions. ‘AC-L’Acadie’ produces large, firm fruit and the plants are moderately resistant to leaf diseases and partially resistant to the principal eastern races of red stele (Phytophthora fragariae Hickman). ‘AC-L’Acadie’ fruit store very well at room temperature for several days, making them ideal for shipping or for growers who need to store fresh fruit. The cultivar is recommended for pick-your-own and/or fresh-market producers. The Prefix “AC” in the name stands for “Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.” The name ‘L’Acadie’ was chosen because this cultivar was originally selected at the L’Acadie substation of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and it was tested there for several years. This is also the site where much of the strawberry research and breeding is conducted in the province of Quebec.

(Description Source: HortScience). Published 1999 (4).


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Deborah Buszard is a professor of biology at the University of British Columbia (Okanagan). Her current research interests include institutional innovation, plant agriculture, and sustainability. She served as Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Principal of UBC Okanagan, 2012 to 2020. Prior to joining UBC she held leadership roles at Dalhousie University and McGill University.

Shahrokh Khanizadeh is a research scientist and assistant professor with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) and Ontario Research Development Centre.

Bertrand Thériault is affiliated with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)

Odile Carisse has worked as a plant pathologist with Agriculture and AgriFood Canada since 1992.


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“A Broadly Applicable Cross-linker for Aliphatic Polymers containing C–H Bonds”
Science, 366(6467): 875-878, 15 November 2019

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Cross-linking a range of alkyl polymers: some alkyl polymers, such as polyethylene, can be cross-linked by using peroxides or high-energy radiation or through the addition of a radical forming agent. Others, like polypropylene, are likely to undergo chain scission, and this process tends to be uncontrolled in the distribution of the cross-links. Lepage et al. developed a widely applicable approach using bis-diazirine molecules as cross-linking agents (see the Perspective by de Zwart et al.). These molecules can be thermally or photochemically activated to form carbenes that readily insert into the polymer carbon-hydrogen bonds, thus leading to cross-linking. The bis-diazirine is nonexplosive, nonvolatile, and easily activated at relatively mild temperatures and thus could be used to fine-tune the properties of existing polymers through small chemical modifications.

Description Source: Science. Published 2019 (6467).


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Abbas S. Milani is a professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of British Columbia (Okanagan). He is also the principal investigator of the Okanagan Node of the Composites Research Network (CRN), Advanced Materials and Fabrication Core Competency lead of UBC’s Survive and Thrive Applied Research (STAR) program, and director of the recently established Materials and Manufacturing Research Institute at UBC.

Mathieu L. Lepage is a postdoctoral fellow and research assistant in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Victoria.

Chakravarthi Simhadri is a postdoctoral fellow and research assistant in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Victoria.

Chang Liu is a postdoctoral fellow and research assistant in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Victoria.

Mahdi Takaffoli is a research engineer at the Materials and Manufacturing Research Institute at the University of British Columbia (Okanagan). He completed post-doc research at MIT, taught at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at UBC’s Vancouver campus, and has also worked in the automotive industry.

Liting Bi is a graduate student in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Victoria.

Bryn Crawford is a research engineer at the Materials and Manufacturing Research Institute, and a PhD candidate of Mechanical Engineering at the University of British Columbia (Okanagan). Since starting his engineering career in Australia, he has gained experience in the steel, oil and gas, composites manufacturing and high technology industries.

Jeremy E. Wulff is a professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Victoria.


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