THE U.S. INITIATIVE ON JOINT IMPLEMENTATION : AN ASIA-PACIFIC PERSPECTIVE

Dixon, Robert K. The Institute for Far Eastern Studies, Kyungnam Un 1998 人文學硏究 Vol.23 No.-

Economic, energy, and environmental security is a tripartite challenge to developing and develped countries of the Asia-Pacific region. Greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from the burning of fossil fuels are growing rapidly in Asia. Flexible economic instruments, such as joint implementation (JI) and emissions trading, offer a means concomitantly to facilitate economic, energy, and environmental security. The U.S. Initiative on Joint Implementation (IJI) was established as a pilot program to facilitate voluntary project investments by U.S. entities to reduce GHG emissions worldwide. U.S. IJI, working under guidelines established by the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC), has developed a set of operational criteria for evaluating project proposals. To date, U.S. IJI has received more than 150 project proposals, of which thirty-one have been accepted into the pilot program. These projects represent a diverse set of innovative technologies and practices in thirteen countries. Preliminary estimates suggest that cumulative net emission reductions as a result of these project are expected to be more than 30 million Mt C (megatons of carbon). Descriptions and case studies of two U.S. IJI projects in Southeast Asia are considered: carbon sequestration in Indonesia through reduced impact logging, and a rural electrification project in Sri Lanka. Experiences from U.S. IJI provide a basis for considering ways to implement emissions reductions under the UN FCCC Kyoto Protocol.

THE U.S. INITIATIVE ON JOINT IMPLEMENTATION : AN ASIA - PACIFIC PERSPECTIVE

Dixon, Robert K. 경남대학교 극동문제연구소 1998 ASIAN PERSPECTIVE Vol.22 No.2

Significant conservation of synthetic lethal genetic interaction networks between distantly related eukaryotes.

Dixon, Scott J,Fedyshyn, Yaroslav,Koh, Judice L Y,Prasad, T S Keshava,Chahwan, Charly,Chua, Gordon,Toufighi, Kiana,Baryshnikova, Anastasija,Hayles, Jacqueline,Hoe, Kwang-Lae,Kim, Dong-Uk,Park, Han-Oh National Academy of Sciences 2008 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF Vol.105 No.43

<P>Synthetic lethal genetic interaction networks define genes that work together to control essential functions and have been studied extensively in Saccharomyces cerevisiae using the synthetic genetic array (SGA) analysis technique (ScSGA). The extent to which synthetic lethal or other genetic interaction networks are conserved between species remains uncertain. To address this question, we compared literature-curated and experimentally derived genetic interaction networks for two distantly related yeasts, Schizosaccharomyces pombe and S. cerevisiae. We find that 23% of interactions in a novel, high-quality S. pombe literature-curated network are conserved in the existing S. cerevisiae network. Next, we developed a method, called S. pombe SGA analysis (SpSGA), enabling rapid, high-throughput isolation of genetic interactions in this species. Direct comparison by SpSGA and ScSGA of approximately 220 genes involved in DNA replication, the DNA damage response, chromatin remodeling, intracellular transport, and other processes revealed that approximately 29% of genetic interactions are common to both species, with the remainder exhibiting unique, species-specific patterns of genetic connectivity. We define a conserved yeast network (CYN) composed of 106 genes and 144 interactions and suggest that this network may help understand the shared biology of diverse eukaryotic species.</P>

Land use characterization and change detection of a small mangrove area in Banacon Island, Bohol, Philippines using a maximum likelihood classification method

Dixon Gevana,Leni Camacho,Antonio Carandang,Sofronio Camacho,임상준 한국산림과학회 2015 Forest Science And Technology Vol.11 No.4

Geospatial information of small mangrove islands in the Philippines is usually lacking. Such information is vital to monitor mangrove cover change and craft plans for their sustainable management. This study was conducted to provide some land use information about Banacon Island in Bohol province. The island is renowned for its vast mangrove plantations, community-initiated reforestation, and double reef system. To determine the different forest land uses therein, the study employed a maximum likelihood classification method using two Landsat images of different periods. Results revealed three distinct forest land uses, namely: dense mature stand; dense intermediate stand; and sparse mangrove area. Land use change detection analysis was also conducted. Findings suggest that mangrove cover has generally improved from 1993 to 2004, as seen in the expansion of dense plantations over sparsely vegetated areas. Such change is attributable to continuous reforestation activities by the local community. Minor deforestation was also recorded due to various natural and anthropogenic causes. Comparing the area of deforestation with the increase in plantations, the results suggest that reforestation has compensated or exceeded the rate of cover loss. In order to further improve the geospatial results, the study recommends the use of high resolution images covering other years for better analysis of land use change.

Underbelly Inferno: Interfaces between Television and the Internet in Australian Dramatic Production

Ian Dixon 연세대학교 영어영문학과 BK21 Plus 사업단 2019 Situations: Cultural Studies in the Asian Context Vol.12 No.1

This paper investigates the persistence of television media in Australiain the wake of Web 2.0 through the two free-to-air television series,Guinevere Jones (2002) and Underbelly: Squizzy (2013), as both casestudies and textual analyses. The paper employs Margaret Wertheim’scomparison of Internet space to Dante Alighieri’s vision of the celestialrealm and Amedeo D’Adamo’s analysis of Dantean space in televisionas a uniquely active space that collapses past, present, and futureexperiences. Through Wertheim’s analysis of Dante’s first cantica—Inferno—I consider the fracturing of mainstream televisual culture. Bylooking at the changing fan-celebrity interactions bookending the middledecade of Internet distribution waves, I attempt to shed light on Internetculture through the depictions of otherworldliness in Guinevere andUnderbelly. Offering some concluding reflections on television’s Bazinian“window to the world,” the paper examines the transformations in onlinepractice and how this affected television production in the years between2002 and 2013.

Surgical Rib Fracture Fixation: Early Operative Intervention Improves Outcomes

James Dixon,Iain Rankin,Nicholas Diston,Joaquim Goffin,Iain Stevenson 대한심장혈관흉부외과학회 2024 Journal of Chest Surgery (J Chest Surg) Vol.57 No.2

Background: This study aimed to assess the outcomes of patients with complex rib fractures undergoing operative or nonoperative management at our major trauma center. Methods: A retrospective review of all patients who were considered for surgical stabilization of rib fractures (SSRF) at a single major trauma center from May 2016 to September 2022 was performed. Results: In total, 352 patients with complex rib fractures were identified. Thirty-seven patients (11%) fulfilled the criteria for surgical management and underwent SSRF. The SSRF group had a significantly higher proportion of patients with flail chest (32 [86%] vs. 94 [27%], p<0.001) or Injury Severity Score (ISS) >15 (37 [100%] vs. 129 [41%], p<0.001). No significant differences were seen between groups for 1-year mortality. Patients who underwent SSRF within 72 hours were 6 times less likely to develop pneumonia than those in whom SSRF was delayed for over 72 hours (2 [18%] vs. 15 [58%]; odds ratio, 0.163; 95% confidence interval, 0.029–0.909; p=0.036). Prompt SSRF showed non-significant associations with shorter intensive care unit length of stay (6 days vs. 10 days, p=0.140) and duration of mechanical ventilation (5 days vs. 8 days, p=0.177). SSRF was associated with a longer hospital length of stay compared to nonoperative patients with flail chest and/or ISS >15 (19 days vs. 13 days, p=0.012), whilst SSRF within 72 hours was not. Conclusion: Surgical fixation of complex rib fractures improves outcomes in selected patient groups. Delayed surgical fixation was associated with increased rates of pneumonia and a longer hospital length of stay.

Truth - the Essential Dimension of Ethics in Scholarship, Teaching, Learning and Research

Geoffrey R. Dixon 한국원예학회 2006 한국원예학회 기타간행물 Vol.- No.-

The Effect of Social Capital on Subjective Well-being Using a Path Analysis Model of Japanese Older Adults: Focusing on the World Values Survey

BROWN ALAN DIXON,나주몽 한일경상학회 2019 韓日經商論集 Vol.85 No.-

Japan is the global frontrunner in terms of population aging, presenting serious challenges for policymakers, one of which is to ensure higher levels of subjective well-being for older adults. A possible measure to increase subjective well-being is the promotion of social capital. Previous research shows that social capital may affect subjective well-being through mediating socioeconomic factors, such as financial satisfaction, an evaluation of a household’s financial situation. The primary purpose of this study is, therefore, to demonstrate the direct pathways through which social capital (organizational participation, interpersonal trust, social norms) affects the subjective well-being of Japanese older adults; additionally, this study tests the whether financial satisfaction partially mediates this effect. A sample of the study from the 6th Wave of the World Values Survey was analyzed using Structural Equation Modeling and mediation analysis. The main findings of the study were as follows. With regard to the direct effect of social capital on subjective well-being, social capital affected only life-satisfaction. The pathways between participation in voluntary organizations and life-satisfaction, and between trust and life-satisfaction were significant and positive. Financial satisfaction, furthermore, mediated the relationship between social capital and subjective well-being through one pathway, participation in voluntary organizations to life-satisfaction. This suggests that the benefits Japanese older adults receive from social capital are largely instrumental in nature. In addition, financial satisfaction was found to mediate one pathway between social capital and subjective well-being. Future research could use longitudinal data to confirm causality between the variables.

Understanding, Identifying, Evaluating and Protecting Horticultural Intellectual Property

Geoffrey R. Dixon,John Ogier 한국원예학회 2006 한국원예학회 기타간행물 Vol.- No.-

Trade Policy in Australia and the Development of Computable General Equilibrium Modeling

( Peter B. Dixon ) 세종대학교 경제통합연구소 (구 세종대학교 국제경제연구소) 2008 Journal of Economic Integration Vol.23 No.3

This paper discusses the early establishment in Australia of CGE modeling as a major policy tool. As background, it provides a short history of CGE modeling and describes the impetus to the field from: (a) the failure of less theoretically formal approaches; and (b) the recognition that this type of modeling can handle policy-relevant detail. The paper then argues that the CGE approach flourished in Australia because Australia had the right issue, the right institutions and the right model. The final section looks to the future of CGE modeling and the challenge of demonstrating that it really works.