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Non-Fisherian generalized Fibonacci numbers [PDF]

Notes on Number Theory and Discrete Mathematics
Using biology as inspiration, this paper explores a generalization of the Fibonacci sequence that involves gender biased sexual reproduction. The female, male, and total population numbers along with their associated recurrence relations are considered ...
Thor Martinsen
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On $X$-coordinates of Pell equations which are repdigits

, 2017
Let $b\ge 2$ be a given integer. In this paper, we show that there only finitely many positive integers $d$ which are not squares, such that the Pell equation $X^2-dY^2=1$ has two positive integer solutions $(X,Y)$ with the property that their $X ...
Faye, Bernadette, Luca, Florian
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Promoting Economic Mobility by Increasing Postsecondary Education [PDF]

, 2009
Explores policy options for expanding educational opportunities for low-income students to enhance upward economic mobility. Examines the effectiveness of student aid in promoting college completion and proposes a plan for better guidance and ...
Harry J. Holzer, Robert Lerman, Ron Haskins   +2 more
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Fine‐scale genetic structure in co‐operatively breeding Palmchats (Dulus dominicus) suggests mixed kinship in compound nests

Ibis, EarlyView.
Fine‐scale genetic structure in animal populations can create opportunities for both kin‐directed co‐operation and kin competition. Knowledge of kinship is therefore key to understanding the selective pressures shaping sociality as well as the effects of social behaviour on local genetic structure.
Joshua B. LaPergola, Gavin M. Leighton, Christina Riehl   +2 more
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Keeping up With the Joneses: Institutional Changes Following the Adoption of a Merit Aid Policy [PDF]

, 2009
The increasing use by private colleges and universities of financial aid based on “merit”, as opposed to based solely on financial need has caused many to raise concerns that this type of aid will go mainly to higher income students crowding out aid to ...
Griffith, Amanda L.
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College Financial Aid Application Frictions

International Economic Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We document that 11 percent of recent U.S. high school graduates did not apply for federal student aid due to difficulty in applying, mistaken beliefs, or lack of awareness. Not applying due to such application frictions negatively predicts college enrollment after controlling for other attributes.
Emily G. Moschini, Gajendran Raveendranathan   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Om mani padme hum, the Platonic Soul, the Tao, and the Greek Cross are an Architectural Tool

Acta Neophilologica, 1989
The plan of Borobuclur conforms with two concentric octagrams. The lines of the scheme, their lengths, and their intersections, determine the articulation of the Borobudur composition, i. e. the sizes of every part and of the whole as well. The sizes of
Tine Kurent
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Federal and State Funding of Higher Education: A Changing Landscape [PDF]

, 2015
Policymakers across the nation face difficult decisions about higher education funding. Federal leaders, for example, are debating the future of the Pell Grant program. The Obama administration has proposed increasing the maximum Pell Grant award to keep

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“Now we don't have that freedom to not work”: Childhood and parenting in insecurity culture

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
Allison J. Pugh
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The Painterly Materiality of Clouds in Antony and Cleopatra and Hamlet

Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines the cloud‐gazing scenes in Antony and Cleopatra and Hamlet through the lens of early modern artistic theory and material practices, particularly the art of limning. Building upon existing philosophical and poetic interpretations of Shakespearean clouds as metaphors for ephemerality and memory, the essay argues that the ...
Anne‐Valérie Dulac
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