Ethnicity in censuses: Changeable and inconstant category

Identifications of speaker-ethnicity: attribution accuracy in changeable settings

Several studies have considered the auditory identification of foreign-accented/nonnative speech. Here, a finer-grained alternative to the traditional definition of speech based on the usual criterion of birthplace alone, yet accommodates complexities which arise when dealing with speakers from countries which are historically diverse, ethnically. Using the foregoing construct, this study exami...

Path planning in changeable environments

p53 censuses centrosomes

Bleach at the roots of mitotic progression Lim et al. show how hydrogen peroxide at the centrosome spurs cells to advance through mitosis. Cdk1 and regulatory proteins such as cyclin B1, Plk1, and Aurora A cooperate to initiate mitosis. To exit mitosis, cells destroy the regulatory proteins, an effect triggered by the APC/C when it is bound to its coactivator Cdh1. Cdk1 adds phosphates to Cdh1 ...

Use of ‘Asian’ in British population Censuses

Continuing inconsistent use of the term ‘Asian’ and its appearance for the first time in the 2001 Census justifies an examination of its utility in population and health research. Given the potential for ‘Asian’ to describe either persons with origins in the Indian subcontinent or those originating from continental Asia, there is a strong argument in studies employing ethnicity as a measure of ...

Changeable Order Management

The environment of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Germany is characterized by constantly changing boundary conditions. To cope with these external influences, these enterprises have to adapt their internal organization structures and processes permanently. However, necessary changes often cannot be realized due to the rigidity of today’s order management information systems (OMS)....