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Can I request materials of interest before I arrive?
Yes, you have the option to place requests to view materials in our reading room after you have set up an online account. First, create a Special Collections Request System account (https://specialcollections.lib.lsu.edu/logon) . We highly suggest that you make a request in advance because some materials must be retrieved from an off-site storage facility (requiring 48 business hours of advanced notice) and in-house materials can only be retrieved by staff from our closed stacks. Visit the librarys public catalog. (https://lsu.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/lsu) TIP: In the first drop down box that defaults to Everything, simply select Special Collections and then conduct your search. Click on the Request Item link in the catalog record to place your request. Yes, you have the option to place requests to view materials in our reading room after you have set up an online account. First, create a Special Collections Request System account (https://specialcollections.lib.lsu.edu/logon) . We highly suggest that you make a request in advance because some materials must be retrieved from an off-site storage facility (requiring 48 business hours of advanced notice) and in-house materials can only be retrieved by staff from our closed stacks. Visit the librarys public catalog. (https://lsu.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/lsu) TIP: In the first drop down box that defaults to Everything, simply select Special Collections and then conduct your search. Click on the Request Item link in the catalog record to place your request. Answered by: Kelly Larson
Can I access an "unprocessed" collection?
It depends! This is a curator-level decision and will vary for each case. All requests for access to unprocessed collections require the Williams Center director's authorization. Any duplications of unprocessed interviews are not allowed beyond "Fair Use" unless this restriction is cleared by the director upon staff review of the item. Please note that the review process may take at least 1-2 business days, depending on the size of the collection. Answered by: Jennifer Cramer
How can I order a copy of audio, transcription, or both?
You'll want to check to see if the interview is in the Louisiana Digital Library. If it is not on the LDL, and is cataloged and available, then please follow the procedures outlined via LSU Libraries Special Collections Public Services. Be sure to have the collection number, tape number, and the name of the interviewee handy to fill out the form. Please note-these copy requests are not processed by Williams Center personnel but through Public Services, as indicated in the above procedures. The interview will be sent to you as PDF or a MP3. Answered by: Jennifer Cramer
What should I bring with me when I visit the Reading Room?
A pencil, paper for notetaking, and personal devices (e.g. laptop, tablet, cellphone, camera) are allowed in the Reading Room. Food, drinks, pens, and portable scanners are not allowed. All personal items such as bags (including laptop and camera cases), briefcases, purses, coats, and umbrellas must be left in one of the secure lockers that are provided free of charge in the lobby. Be aware that anything brought into the Reading Room is subject to search before you leave. Review our Reading Room Policies:https://lib.lsu.edu/special#specialcollectionpolicies Answered by: Kelly Larson
How do I cite an oral history interview?
The short answer--be consistent and make sure to include the name of the interviewee, the date of the interview, the collection number, the tape number, and the name of the repository, which is the Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections, LSU Libraries, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Here are samples and your citation may depend on various style guides.
- [Last Name, First Name], interview by [interviewer first name and last name], audio recording, [date], [4700.####]. Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections, LSU Libraries, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
- [First name last name] Oral History Interview, MSS 4700.####, Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections, LSU Libraries, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Answered by: Jennifer Cramer
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An appointment is not required. Please feel free to walk in during our open hours: https://lib.lsu.edu/hoursandmaps (https://lib.lsu.edu/hoursandmaps) . However, keep in mind that materials may not be readily available on the day that you come to do your research because some materials must be retrieved from an off-site storage facility, requiring at least 48 business hours of advanced notice. Off-site materials are notated with a location of Remote Storage in the catalog record. See also, Can I request materials of interest before I arrive? Answered by: Kelly Larson
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Yes, we treat donation box requests on a case-by-case basis. LSU students, staff, and faculty can place donation boxes in the Main Library to collect donations of books, canned goods, and other materials for a charitable cause. To make this request, please fill out the following form (https://lsu.libwizard.com/f/PPF) . Please use this form to request an event, organize an information table, or set up a display in the Library as well as similar requests. I am a student at LSU and am part of a club that wishes to collect donations to give to various charities. Is this possible and if so, whom should I contact to arrange for this sort of thing? Answered by: Randa Lopez Morgan
Do I need to obtain permission to publish materials from your collections?
LSU Libraries Special Collections does not grant or deny permission to publish or otherwise distribute material. You must obtain permission from the copyright holder to publish materials. As part of using our materials, you agree to indemnify and hold harmless Louisiana State University, its officers, employees and agents from and against all suits, claims, actions and expenses arising out of your use of duplications provided by Special Collections. All copies of the LSU Libraries Special Collections materials created by patrons or provided by Special Collections fall under allowances provided by Section 107 (Fair Use) and Section 108 (Library and Archives exemptions) of the United States Copyright Act. Copies of materials are provided only for personal study or research. Answered by: Kelly Larson
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Association between weekend catch-up sleep and depression in US adults
Background: Depression is one of the most prevalent mental disorders and causes a serious economic and medical burden on society. This research assessed the correlation between weekend catch-up sleep (WCS) and depression in US adults aged ≥ 20 years.Methods: Cross-sectional data were obtained from individuals with complete WCS and Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) data who participated in the 2017–2020 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). A logistic regression analysis was conducted to evaluate the possible independent conjunction between depression and WCS. Subgroup analysis and interaction tests have been carried out.Results: A total of 7,795 individuals with an average PHQ-9 level of 3.27 ± 4.25 were analyzed. The prevalence of depression was 9.11% overall, and participants in the quartile 3 (WCS 1–2 h) tended to have lowest rates of depression (Quartile 1: 9.49%; Quartile 2: 9.95%; Quartile 3: 7.03%; Quartile 4: 8.75%; p = 0.014). The incidence of depression was found to be less correlated with 1–2 h of WCS (OR = 0.74, 95% CI: 0.55, 0.99). Individuals with less than one hour or more than two hours of WCS did not have a significantly different risk of depression than individuals without WCS.Conclusions: Moderate catch-up sleep on weekends was linked to a decreased likelihood of depression.
Optimal harvest strategies with catch-dependent pricing for chub mackerel in South Korea
Chub mackerel (Scomber japonicus) is a key commercial species in South Korea. However, the catch volume of chub mackerel has experienced significant fluctuations over the past few decades, with current trends indicating a decline. Despite regulatory measures such as closed seasons, resource depletion remains a concern, thereby highlighting the requirement for effective management strategies. Numerous previous studies have proposed optimal harvest strategies by assuming constant prices. However, as large catches of mackerel tend to have lower prices, it is crucial to develop optimal harvest strategies that account for this decrease. Thus, we aim to develop a monthly optimal harvest strategy for chub mackerel that considers catch-dependent pricing. We define logarithmic, rational, and irrational catch-dependent price functions and their corresponding objective functions. In addition, we develop an optimal control system based on a discrete age-structured model. We use Pontryagin’s maximum principle to prove the necessary conditions for the optimal harvest strategy under the three catch-dependent pricing functions and perform simulations using the forward–backward sweep method. We compare the optimal harvest strategies under the three catch-dependent pricing scenarios with those under a constant price. The optimal harvest strategies with the rational and irrational price functions are similar to those with a constant price, where the fishing effort increases immediately after spawning and then gradually decreases. In contrast, the optimal harvest strategy with the logarithmic price function involves a gradual increase in fishing effort from July immediately after the spawning period, with the maximum effort in June before the next spawning season. In addition, we compare the effects of monthly closed seasons across the four pricing scenarios. A closed season in July immediately after spawning provides the highest resource recovery efficiency. In contrast, a closed season in June provides the highest catch and profit efficiencies. As the cost per unit of effort increases, the fishing effort, catch, and profit decrease, while the biomass increases, and the profit decrease is smallest under the logarithmic price function. Our method can improve monthly optimal harvest strategies for other species using catch-dependent pricing functions as well as significantly contribute to enhancing fishers’ profit.
Technological Window, Technological Catch-up and Knowledge Spillovers: Evidence from China
The 4.0 technologies provide a technological window for regions to promote their innovation level and achieve leapfrogging. Using the panel data of China’s cities in the period from 2004 to 2021, this study finds the significantly positive impacts of technological window in technological innovation and technological catch-up and that these impacts are amplified by knowledge spillovers. Dividing regions into complex regions and simple regions based on their knowledge complexity, the roles of technological window and knowledge spillovers show heterogeneity. Complex regions are more sensitive to utilize technological window and knowledge spillovers to accelerate innovation and catch-up, while the technological window is less efficient for simple regions and these regions are difficult to absorb frontier knowledge spillovers.
Effectiveness of catch-up vaccination from 2009 to 2011 on incidence of hepatitis B in Guangzhou, China: a time series analysis
Background: The high prevalence of hepatitis B weighs heavily on public health in China. In 2009, a catch-up vaccination program for children aged 8–15y was implemented to curb hepatitis B, while the effectiveness of this intervention has not been investigated. We aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of catch-up vaccination on the incidence of hepatitis B in Guangzhou, China.Methods: We obtained individual data of all hepatitis B cases from 2005 to 2019 in Guangzhou from Guangzhou Center for Diseases Control and Prevention. Based on daily reported number of cases, we constructed generalized linear models to estimate the effectiveness of the intervention on the incidence of hepatitis B in each age group from 11 to 25 years. We further estimated the age-standardized effectiveness. Finally, we examined the effectiveness in different subgroups by sex and clinical types of hepatitis B.Results: A total of 58,204 hepatitis B cases among individuals aged 11–25y were reported in Guangzhou from 2005 to 2019, with an average annual age-standardized incidence of 117.30 cases per 100,000 individuals. The catch-up vaccination contributed to an age-standardized 20.02% (95% confidence interval: 15.97%, 23.87%) decrease in the hepatitis B incidence among individuals aged 11–25y and prevented an annual age-standardized average of 17.40 (95% empirical confidence interval [eCI]: 9.24, 23.78) cases per 100,000 individuals from hepatitis B during the study period. The intervention could better protect males (excess incidence rate [EIR]: -21.82 [95% eCI: -30.51, -10.15] cases per 100,000 individuals), and prevent chronic cases (EIR: -24.27 [95% eCI: -30.62, -16.09] cases per 100,000 individuals).Conclusions: The massive catch-up vaccination against hepatitis B among children plays an important role in alleviating the burden of hepatitis B.
Catch crops promote soil physical recovery after forage crop grazing
Soil compaction-induced physical degradation is a threat to sustainable crop production and environmental performance. While measures have been evaluated to alleviate compaction, the impact of catch crops establishment on soil physical recovery following winter grazing remains underexplored. Six New Zealand trials over different years investigated: (1) the effects of soil compaction induced by winter forage crop grazing on soil health, and (2) the effectiveness of catch crops establishment in facilitating soil recovery. Our findings revealed that winter grazing resulted in significant soil physical degradation in the top 10 cm, evidenced by significant reduction in total porosity, macroporosity, available water content, saturated hydraulic conductivity (Ks), and soil quality S index. The degree of soil degradation was higher under increased grazing intensity (fodder beet grazing compared with kale grazing) and wetter conditions. For example, in Te Pirita-2019 with kale, changes in Ks were not significant. However, in Te Pirita-2019 with fodder beet, Ks decreased significantly from 1548 mm day⁻¹ to 88 mm day⁻¹, representing a 94.3 % reduction. Compared with fallow after grazing, growing catch crops promoted soil restoration. Conventional moldboard ploughing and the recently introduced single-pass ‘spader-drill’ outperformed direct drill for soil recovery. This study highlighted the importance of catch crop establishment using conventional tillage and spade drill to mitigate soil degradation resulting from winter forage crop grazing. The spader-drill, where soil conditions allow, is preferred because it allows earlier sowing of catch crops, leading to broader benefits such as increased crop biomass and reduced nitrogen leaching.
Catch a Fire : The Blaze and Bust of the Canadian Cannabis Industry
“Sharply observed, fiercely researched, starkly revealing, written with wit, verve, and insight, making room for the tragic ironies without ever taking its eyes off the comic ones, Catch a Fire left me shaking with laughter — when I wasn't shaking my head in dismay.” — MICHAEL CHABONThe untold story of the $131-billion Canadian cannabis blow out.Canopy Growth founder Bruce Linton didn't invent marijuana, but he figured out how to turn a Canadian start-up selling the stuff into a $22 billion international buzz. Catch a Fire goes behind the scenes of Justin Trudeau's legalization gambit and the stoned pioneering lawyers who helped make weed gummies more valuable than U.S. Steel. From the dope dealers of the 1960s to the never-before-told bribery accusations during Covid-19, cannabis historian Ben Kaplan speaks with the dealers, stealers, and renegade freaks who made and then lost money with the combined chutzpah of Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, and Sam Bankman-Fried.This is the definitive history of a massive societal change — and a great boom and bust.
Bring SOEs Back for Technological Catch-Up : COMAC and China’s Commercial Aircraft Industry
In 2019, China launched the “New Whole-Nation System” as a response to U.S. technical sanctions. However, long before that proclamation, the country had endeavored to strengthen the role of state-owned enterprises in pursuing technological breakthroughs in strategic industries. Can China succeed in utilizing SOEs for technological breakthroughs? Academic responses to the policy have bifurcated into skeptics and supporters. To help resolve the divergence, this article draws from the technological paradigm and focuses on the “technological cycle time” of particular industrial sectors. We argue that for “long-cycled technological sectors,” relying on SOEs to promote technological upgrading is more feasible. China’s recent technological catch-up in the commercial aircraft industry also demonstrates how the state-owned Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC) has accumulated technological know-how by successfully acquiring patient capital, nurturing technical talents, and establishing long-term industrial networks. China’s unique multiple ownership system can thus contribute to its transformation into a comprehensive technological giant.
CATCH: A Tool to Automatic Deploy Decoys and Breadcrumbs Based on Network Analysis
This paper presents a novel approach to deception technology through CATCH. CATCH is a tool to automate the deployment of decoys and breadcrumbs triggered by network traffic analysis. Unlike current static deception offerings, this system dynamically deploys decoys and breadcrumbs within the organization’s network based on real-time traffic patterns. This dynamic approach offers significant advantages. Firstly, it improves efficiency by focusing decoys on areas experiencing potential threats, reducing wasted resources on unused decoys. Secondly, it provides economic gains compared to static deception solutions. By eliminating the need for preconfigured and potentially underutilized decoys, organizations can optimize their security budget. The paper details the design and implementation of this system and showcasing its ability to strategically deploy ephemeral deception artefacts, including decoys and breadcrumbs, to proactively mislead attackers. CATCH offers a significant advancement in deception technology, by providing centralized automatic deployment and management of decoys and breadcrumbs that improved security posture and cost-effectiveness for organizations.
Learning Dexterous Bimanual Catch Skills Through Adversarial-Cooperative Heterogeneous-Agent Reinforcement Learning
Robotic catching has traditionally focused on single-handed systems, which are limited in their ability to handle larger or more complex objects. In contrast, bimanual catching offers significant potential for improved dexterity and object handling but introduces new challenges in coordination and control. In this paper, we propose a novel framework for learning dexterous bimanual catching skills using Heterogeneous-Agent Reinforcement Learning (HARL). Our approach introduces an adversarial reward scheme, where a throw agent increases the difficulty of throws-adjusting speed-while a catch agent learns to coordinate both hands to catch objects under these evolving conditions. We evaluate the framework in simulated environments using 15 different objects, demonstrating robustness and versatility in handling diverse objects. Our method achieved approximately a $2 x$ increase in catching reward compared to single-agent baselines across $\mathbf{1 5}$ diverse objects.
Domestication as the driver of lower chronic stress levels in fish in catch-and-release recreational fisheries and aquaculture versus wild conspecifics.
The manipulation of species' attributes through selective breeding can produce domesticated traits including decreased stress responses (i.e., selecting for high stress resilience). Common carp Cyprinus carpio ("carp") have been domesticated for centuries, with domesticated forms frequently used to enhance recreational catch-and-release fisheries around the world. In Atlantic salmon Salmo salar ("salmon"), two primary strains are evident, a wild strain and domesticated aquaculture strain. Here, we compared scale cortisol concentrations (a biomarker of fish chronic stress levels) between domesticated carp in catch-and-release pond fisheries and wild carp in waters with no angling. Carp of low scale cortisol concentration were apparent in all sampled populations, suggesting individuals of low stress sensitivity are encountered in both wild and domesticated strains, and in natural and captive environments. Carp with relatively high levels of scale cortisol were, however, only present in wild carp, suggesting high phenotypic variability in their chronic stress responses, with some individuals being highly sensitive to stress. In some wild carp, elevated scale cortisol concentrations could also have been indicative of adaptive responses to their heterogenous environments. We then compared wild versus farmed salmon scale cortisol levels, and found a similar pattern, with relatively high scale cortisol levels only detected in wild fish. These results indicate that while domesticated carp and salmon are exposed to potentially stressful environments, they appear to have some resilience against the adverse effects of chronic stress. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Catch-And-Release Fishing: A Case Study in Poland.
The purpose of this study is to determine the current state of angler knowledge, opinions, awareness, and use of catch-and-release (C&R) best practices and to identify the main socio-economic factors that determine attitudes and willingness to use C&R among Polish anglers. Knowledge of this issue contributes to more effective management of fisheries and fish stocks. The research was conducted through an online survey form using a technique called CAWI (Computer-Assisted Web Interview). The questionnaire used consisted of 25 questions, including basic socio-economic questions, questions about seniority, frequency, location and method of fishing, and specific factual questions related to knowledge and practices regarding C&R. A total of 1574 respondents participated in the survey. The majority of respondents were male (97.5%). The survey showed that Polish anglers are overwhelmingly willing to practice C&R: 48.8% of respondents always and 44.0% often voluntarily release the fish they catch. Statistical analysis revealed a significant relationship between the use of this practice and the age of the angler (r = 0.46; p = 0.0001). Anglers under the age of 55 were the most likely to use C&R (p = 0.0097). The majority of respondents believe that C&R is important for improving fish stocks, but their knowledge and practices in this area have serious shortcomings. Inadequate knowledge of issues such as barotrauma or safe hook types, as well as inappropriate practices such as photographing and unhooking fish, can negatively affect their survival and ultimately the status of living water resources and ecosystem quality. These shortcomings may be due to inadequate education of anglers and fishery managers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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