Since Max Weber’s ground-breaking study, The Protestant Ethic, and the Spirit of Capitalism, it has become something of a scholarly trope to treat the rise of secular modernity and the formation of Quakerism as going readily together.In an effort to dismantle this habitual interpretation of Quaker history, this article posits the existence of
When the individual outcomes within a composite outcome appear to have different treatment effects, either in magnitude or direction, researchers may question the validity or appropriateness of using this composite outcome as a basis for measuring overall treatment effect in a randomized controlled trial.The question remains as to how to distinguis
Rats were injected intraperitoneally with [3H]water; 2 h later, they were killed, dissected, and cholesterol was isolated from several tissues.Measurement of incorporated radioactivity allowed for calculation of the absolute amount of newly synthesized cholesterol appearing in a tissue.We determined the daily rate of synthesis of cholesterol in the
The Canada lynx is listed as a threatened species, and as such, the identification and conservation of lynx habitats is of significant concern.Lynxes require areas with high amounts of horizontal cover made up of ground vegetation.Lidar offers a robust method of quantifying vegetation structure, and airborne lidar has been acquired across large are
Leading to the enhancement of Caster Accessories smart grid implementation, the peer-to-peer (P2P) energy transaction concept has grown dramatically in recent years allowing the end-users to successfully exchange their excess generation and demand in a more profitable way.This paper presents local energy market (LEM) architecture with various marke