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5. Public policy: A concise introduction: by Sara R. Rinfret, Denise Scheberle, and Michelle C. Pautz, Washington, DC, CQ Press, 2022, 384 pp., $110 (paperback), ISBN: 9781071835166.

Author

Bennett, M. T.

Subjects
GOVERNMENT policy, CALIFORNIA wildfires, ELECTRONIC textbooks
Abstract

The authors state "The purpose of the 2nd edition of I Public Policy: A Concise Introduction i is simple - to provide students with the necessary skills and tools to understand how and why public policy is created." In their second edition of I Public Policy: A Concise Introduction by i Doctors Sara R. Rinfret, Denise Scheberle, and Michelle C. Pautz create a beneficial teaching aid for any instructor of an early undergraduate introductory class on public policy. [Extracted from the article]

Published
2023
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7. Senator's Plan Would Boost Home Loan Bank System

Author

Bank, ROBERT J. BENNETT, M&T

Subjects
Banking, finance and accounting industries, Business, Economics
Abstract

On July 30 an opportunity was missed to move comprehensive legislation that would update the Federal Home Loan Bank System. Sen. Chuck Hagel, with the support of Senate Banking Committee [...]

Published
1998

8. China's Sloping Land Conversion Program: Institutional innovation or business as usual?

Author

Bennett, M. T., Xu, J., and Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebase

Subjects
Forest management, Government policy, Rural households, Program planning, Sloping land conversion program (slcp), Forestry, Cropland, Forests, Land conversion, Grain subsidy, PES, Payments for environmental services, Ecosystem Farm/Enterprise Scale, Afforestation, Land use management, Implementation, Environmental services, Administration, Soil erosion, Program design, Sedimentation, Reforestation, Ecological restoration, Poverty
Abstract

China's Sloping Land Conversion Program (SLCP) is the largest land retirement program in the developing world, having the goal of converting 14.67 million hectares of cropland to forests by 2010 (4.4 million of which is on land with slopes greater than 25 degrees) and an additional "soft" goal of afforesting a roughly equal area of wasteland by 2010 (WWF, 2003; SFA, 2003). Pending successful completion it could represent a 10-20% increase in China's national forest area and a 10% decrease in current cultivated area (Hyde, Belcher and Xu, 2003; ZGTJNJ, 2001). At present the program is being implemented in more than 2000 counties across 25 provinces in China - a wide area containing huge ecological and economic heterogeneity - and involves the participation of tens of millions of rural households. The program has a total budget of RMB 337 billion (over US$40 billion), around RMB 50 billion of which has been spent so far, and over 7.2 million hectares of cropland has been retired by the end of 2003 (Uchida et al., 2002; Xu and Cao, 2001; Tao, Xu and Xu, 2004). This case study draws upon past research of the program during its pilot phase (1999-2001) as well as a 2003 household and village-level survey conducted by the Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy, CAS, to examine program design, implementation and outcomes to date. We find significant problems in design and implementation in terms of the program's predominantly top-down approach and lack of true conditionality, differentiation and mechanisms to ensure permanence. We arguing that SLCP needs to be redesigned to allow for greater choice on the part of rural households as to whether or not to participate, greater local innovation and input, and utilization of market-based mechanisms to improve cost effectiveness and reduce adverse outcomes. Furthermore, policymakers need to recognize that the long-term nature of the environmental services targeted by the program require significant extension of the subsidy lengths, which at present are at most 8 years. PES-1 (Payments for Environmental Services Associate Award)

Published
2005

9. China's Sloping Land Conversion Program: Institutional innovation or business as usual?

Author

Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebase, Bennett, M. T., Xu, J., Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebase, Bennett, M. T., and Xu, J.

Abstract

China's Sloping Land Conversion Program (SLCP) is the largest land retirement program in the developing world, having the goal of converting 14.67 million hectares of cropland to forests by 2010 (4.4 million of which is on land with slopes greater than 25 degrees) and an additional "soft" goal of afforesting a roughly equal area of wasteland by 2010 (WWF, 2003; SFA, 2003). Pending successful completion it could represent a 10-20% increase in China's national forest area and a 10% decrease in current cultivated area (Hyde, Belcher and Xu, 2003; ZGTJNJ, 2001). At present the program is being implemented in more than 2000 counties across 25 provinces in China - a wide area containing huge ecological and economic heterogeneity - and involves the participation of tens of millions of rural households. The program has a total budget of RMB 337 billion (over US$40 billion), around RMB 50 billion of which has been spent so far, and over 7.2 million hectares of cropland has been retired by the end of 2003 (Uchida et al., 2002; Xu and Cao, 2001; Tao, Xu and Xu, 2004). This case study draws upon past research of the program during its pilot phase (1999-2001) as well as a 2003 household and village-level survey conducted by the Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy, CAS, to examine program design, implementation and outcomes to date. We find significant problems in design and implementation in terms of the program's predominantly top-down approach and lack of true conditionality, differentiation and mechanisms to ensure permanence. We arguing that SLCP needs to be redesigned to allow for greater choice on the part of rural households as to whether or not to participate, greater local innovation and input, and utilization of market-based mechanisms to improve cost effectiveness and reduce adverse outcomes. Furthermore, policymakers need to recognize that the long-term nature of the environmental services targeted by the program require significant extension of the subsidy length

Published
2005

20. Current and future treatments of HIV-associated dyslipidemia.

Author

Bennett, M. T., Johns, K. W., and Bondy, G. P.

Subjects
LIPID metabolism disorders, CHOLESTEROL, HIV, ANTIRETROVIRAL agents, THERAPEUTICS, TRIGLYCERIDES, LIPOPROTEINS, NIACIN, STATINS (Cardiovascular agents)
Abstract

The dyslipidemia associated with HIV is common and is attributed to HIV itself and/or the antiretroviral therapy used to treat HIV. The treatment of this dyslipidemia includes lifestyle changes, such as diet and exercise, altering the antiretroviral therapy and lipid-lowering therapy. The current guidelines suggest the use of a statin for elevations in LDL. For elevations in triglycerides, a fibrate followed by fish oil/niacin is suggested as first and second-line therapy. We anticipate that the updated guidelines will suggest the use of rosuvastatin for high LDL and ezetimibe as a therapeutic option in patients not reaching LDL goals or who are intolerant of statins. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2008
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23. THE SCIENCE OF ATONEMENT.

Author

Bennett, M. T.

Subjects
*REDEMPTION in Christianity, *ATONEMENT (Christianity), *RELIGION & science
Abstract

The article examines the ability of human beings to change in the context of atonement through Jesus Christ. Topics covered include how science and medicine view change in human behavior, opinion of Christians on the ability of humans to achieve complete change, and how leaning on the Lord for help enabled Christians to change for the better.

Published
2020

27. A Nonlocal Potential Form for s-wave α–α Scattering

Author

Amos, K. and Bennett, M. T.

Abstract

Low energy s-wave α–α phase shifts that agree well with the measured set have been extracted using a nonlocal interaction formed by folding (local real energy-dependent) nucleon-α–particle interactions with density matrix elements of the (projectile) α–particle. The resultant s-wave α–α interaction is energy dependent and nonlocal.

Published
1998

29. Diagnosis of acute cholecystitis using hepatobiliary scan with technetium-99m PIPIDA.

Author

Bennett MT, Sheldon MI, dos Remedios LV, and Weber PM

Subjects
Abdomen, Acute, Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Bile Ducts diagnostic imaging, Cholecystitis diagnosis, Female, Humans, Liver diagnostic imaging, Male, Middle Aged, Radionuclide Imaging, Technetium Tc 99m Lidofenin, Cholecystitis diagnostic imaging, Imino Acids, Organotechnetium Compounds, Technetium
Abstract

Sixty patients were evaluated for acute abdominal pain using technetium-99m PIPIDA hepatobiliary imaging. The sensitivity of the test was 90.6 percent in all patients and the accuracy was 93.3 percent. In the evaluation of acutely ill patients with right upper quadrant pain, fever, nausea and vomiting, hepatobiliary imaging with PIPIDA is the preferred test for diagnosing acute cholecystitis. If the test is positive, disease of the gallbladder and probably acute cholecystitis are present. Early operation can proceed if desirable. If the test is negative and the bilirubin level is less than 5.0 mg/dl, acute cholecystitis is not present. In such cases conservative treatment is appropriate, and follow-up tests should be performed to evaluate the possibility of chronic cholecystitis. When the bilirubin level exceeds 5.0 mg/dl, the test is often indeterminate.

Published
1981
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