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Alabama Taxation and Changing Discourse from Reconstruction to Redemption

At their most basic level taxes carry, in the words of Schumpeter ([1918] 1991), “the thunder of history” (p. 101). They say something about the ever-changing structures of social, economic, and political life. Taxes offer a blueprint, in both symbolic and concrete terms, for uncovering the most fundamental arrangements in society – stratification included. The historical retellings captured within these data highlight the politics of taxation in Alabama from 1856 to 1901, including conflicts over whom money is expended upon as well as struggles over who carries their fair share of the tax burden. The selected timeline overlaps with the formation of five of six constitutions adopted in the State of Alabama, including 1861, 1865, 1868, 1875, and 1901. Having these years as the focal point makes for an especially meaningful case study, given how much these constitutional formations made the state a site for much political debate. These data contain 5,121 pages of periodicals from newspapers throughout the state, including: Alabama Sentinel, Alabama State Intelligencer, Alabama State Journal, Athens Herald, Daily Alabama Journal, Daily Confederation, Elyton Herald, Mobile Daily Tribune, Mobile Tribune, Mobile Weekly Tribune, Morning Herald, Nationalist, New Era, Observer, Tuscaloosa Observer, Tuskegee News, Universalist Herald, and Wilcox News and Pacificator. The contemporary relevance of these historical debates manifests in Alabama’s current constitution which was adopted in 1901. This constitution departs from well-established conventions of treating the document as a legal framework that specifies a general role of governance but is firm enough to protect the civil rights and liberties of the population. Instead, it stands more as a legislative document, or procedural straightjacket, that preempts through statutory material what regulatory action is possible by the state. These barriers included a refusal to establish a state board of education and enact a tax structure for local education in addition to debt and tax limitations that constrained government capacity more broadly. Prohibitive features like these are among the reasons that, by 2020, the 1901 Constitution has been amended nearly 1,000 times since its adoption. However, similar procedural barriers have been duplicated across the U.S. since (e.g., California’s Proposition 13 of 1978). Reference: Schumpeter, Joseph. [1918] 1991. “The Crisis of the Tax State.” Pp. 99-140 in The Economics and Sociology of Capitalism, edited by Richard Swedberg. Princeton University Press.

Data Fitness for Use - SURVEYS

2020-01-03-2020-04-24

This study of scientists’ data-seeking and reuse behaviour reveals how they discover and assess data quality to determine fitness for use for their specific needs. Using a critical incident technique, 43 scientists from biology, geology, and oceanography were asked to describe their most recent data discovery resulting in reuse. The survey used the FAIR Data Principles to frame participants’ data-seeking behaviour along a sequence of actions, which included finding, accessing, making interoperable, and reusing data. Scientists’ discovery and reuse behaviours provide considerations of fitness for use in the design of tools to improve findability, accessibility, interoperability, and reusability for both human and machine data reusers., Bishop, B. W. (2020). Data Fitness for Use Survey.

Data Management Plan Compliance and Evaluation

2020-01-23-2020-03-30

This paper presents findings from interviews with US Research Integrity Officers (RIOs) on their overall responsibilities as well as perspectives on Data Management Plans (DMPs). DMPs are formal documents describing the roles and activities for managing data during and after research. DMPs are now a required research criterion by many funding agencies globally. A purposive sample of Research Integrity Officers (RIOs) from the top ten US private and public universities were recruited for interviews using an open-ended questionnaire related to their job duties and perspectives on data management plan implementation and evaluation. Responses from twelve participants were conducted, transcribed, anonymized, and coded in NVivo. RIO backgrounds, duties, and perspectives varied, but the study found that RIOs should have more training on research data management as most data-intensive research emerges and DMPs are more commonplace., Bishop, B. W. (2020). Data Management Plan Compliance and Evaluation.

Data Services Librarians

2020-04-06-2020-04-14

The purpose of this exploratory study is to understand the perspective of data services librarians on data management plans. The interviews with 10 data librarians presents overall responsibilities as well as perspectives on Data Management Plans (DMPs). DMPs are formal documents describing the roles and activities for managing data during and after research. DMPs are now a required research criterion by many funding agencies globally. A purposive sample of Data Librarians from the top ten US private and public universities were recruited for interviews using an open-ended questionnaire related to their job duties and perspectives on data management plan implementation and evaluation. Responses from ten participants were conducted, transcribed, anonymized, and coded in NVivo., Bishop, B. W. (2020). Data Services Librarians.

Data Used in Carter et al., Exotic Plants and Thermal Regimes, Functional Ecology

Carter, Evin Timothy, "Data Used in Carter et al., Exotic Plants and Thermal Regimes, Functional Ecology" (2014). http://dx.doi.org/10.7290/V79G5JR7, Exotic Plants and Copperhead Resource Selection Data, Jefferson County, IN, USA, 2008-2011

Data for Broad host susceptibility of North American amphibian species to Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans

2016-2021

Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Bsal) is a fungal pathogen of amphibians that is emerging in Europe and could be introduced to North America through international trade or other pathways. To evaluate the risk of Bsal invasion to amphibian biodiversity, we performed dose-response experiments on 36 North American species from 10 families, including larvae from six species. We discovered that Bsal caused infection in 72% and mortality in 36% of species tested. Both salamanders and frogs became infected and developed Bsal chytridiomycosis. In the United States, predicted biodiversity loss is expected to be greatest in the Appalachian Region and along the West Coast. Indices of infection and disease susceptibility suggest that North American amphibian species span a spectrum of vulnerability to Bsal chytridiomycosis and most amphibian communities will include carrier, amplification, and high-risk species. Given the high diversity and abundance of salamanders in North America, we recommend a trilateral agreement among the United States, Canada, and Mexico to prevent introduction of Bsal and substantial biodiversity loss., Gray, Matthew J.; Carter, E. Davis; Cusaac, J. Patrick W.; Peterson, Anna C.; Whetstone, Ross D.; Hertz, Andreas; Muniz-Torres, Anura Y.; Bletz, Molly C.; Woodhams, Douglas C.; Piovia-Scott, Jonah; Romansic, John M.; Olea, Gabriela Parra; Hardman, Rebecca H.; Sutton, William B.; and McCusker, Catherine D. (2021) "Data for Broad host susceptibility of North American amphibian species to Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans suggests high invasion potential and extinction risk." TRACE Data Sets. https://doi.org/10.7290/pJ8IWH7DuE

Data for Database Use Patterns in Academic and Public Libraries

1998-06-09-1998-06-09

This data set is restricted. Contact Carol Tenopir (ctenopir@utk.edu) to request access to this data set. Survey data on online database usage in public and academic libraries.

Data for Investigating the effect of metal powder recycling in Electron beam Powder Bed Fusion using process log data

This archive contains log file data that was generated by the Arcam A2 Electron Beam Melting (EBM) (R) system during the build process of different builds. The purpose of the builds was to study the effect of recycling of metal powder on the chemical composition, flowability and size characteristics of powder. A detailed exposition of findings from the study is available in reference [1]. The powders studied were Inconel 718 and Ti-6Al-4V alloy powders. The original log file data generated by Arcam EBM has been pruned to include only parameters described in the "Column header description" section of this file., Chandrasekar, S., Coble, J., Yoder, S., Nandwana, P., Dehoff, R., Paquit, V., Babu, S. "Data for Investigating the effect of metal powder recycling in Electron beam Powder Bed Fusion using process log data" (2019)

Data for Soil nematode functional diversity, successional patterns, and indicator taxa associated with vertebrate decomposition

2017-03-17-2018-02-09

Sensor_data_master_LTAYLOR_Soil nematode functional diversity during vertebrate decomposition Nematode_data_master_LTAYLOR_Soil nematode functional diversity during vertebrate decomposition Rcode_LTAYLOR_Soil nematode functional diversity during vertebrate decomposition Nematode_all_indices_LTAYLOR_Soil nematode functional diversity during vertebrate decomposition, Data sets associated with LTAYLOR_Soil nematode functional diversity during vertebrate decomposition

Data from "Traditional rural values and posttraumatic stress among rural and urban undergraduates"

2017-04-20-2017-12-04

In this work, we provide a dataset of rural residency status/geographic remoteness, cultural values (self-reliance, distrust of outsiders, religiosity, emphasis on family, and fatalism), trauma outcomes, and attitudes toward seeking professional help. De-identified data were collected during 2017 from 213 undergraduates in a southeastern state., Keller, E. M., & Owens, G. P. (2020). Traditional rural values and posttraumatic stress among rural and urban undergraduates [Dataset].

Data from American Astronomical Society Survey

This data set is restricted. Contact Carol Tenopir (ctenopir@utk.edu) to request access to this data set. Data from a survey of American Astronomical Society members about electronic journal usage.

Data from Business Journals Data Sharing

2019-11-01-2020-01-31

These data were collected to assist in the preparation of an original research article for the Journal of Business and Finance Librarianship. The article sought to provide a fundamental understanding of the current data sharing trends within business research journals, as evidenced by the journal's guidelines for article submission. Data collected include journal title, submission guidelines URL, journal publisher, Data Sharing Mark, Recommended Sharing Method, Reproducibility or analogous concept Mark, Open Access Mark, Data Sharing Policy, Research Data Policy, and Data Availability Statement.