cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Lifetime and fragment correlations for the two-neutron decay of $^{26}$O ground state
Creators: name: Grigorenko, L. V.
name: Mukha, I. G.
name: Zhukov, M. V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The structure and decay of $^{26}$O are investigated in a three-body $^{24}$O+$n+n$ model suitable for studies of the long-lived (including radioactivity timescale) states. We have found extremely strong effect of the subbarrier configuration mixing on the decay width of true $2n$ emitters due to core recoil and neutron-neutron final state interaction. This effect is far exceeding analogous effect in the true $2p$ emitters. Our calculations provide reasonably narrow boundaries for the lifetime vs.\ decay energy dependence for the true $2n$ emission. An upper limit of $\sim 1$ keV for the decay energy of the unbound $^{26}$O is inferred based on the recent experimental lifetime value.
description: 6 pages, 4 figures
Elastic pbar-d scattering and total pbar-d cross sections
Creators: name: Uzikov, Yu. N.
name: Haidenbauer, J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Elastic pbar-d scattering is studied within the Glauber theory based on the single- and double pbar-N scattering mechanisms. The full spin dependence of the elementary pbar-N scattering amplitudes is taken into account and both the S- and D-wave components of the deuteron are considered. The treatment of the spin dependence is done in a (properly modified) formalism developed recently by Platonova and Kukulin for the pd -> pd scattering process. Predictions for differential cross sections and the spin observables A_y^d, A_y^pbar, A_xx, A_yy are presented for antiproton beam energies between 50 and 300 MeV, using amplitudes generated from the Nbar-N interaction model developed by the Juelich group. Total polarized cross sections are calculated utilizing the optical theorem. The efficiency of the polarization buildup for antiprotons in a storage ring is investigated.
description: 14 pages, 15 figures; some comments added, figure added, signs of some spin-dependent cross sections corrected
Application of machine learning algorithms to the study of noise artifacts in gravitational-wave data
Creators: name: Biswas, Rahul
name: Blackburn, Lindy
name: Cao, Junwei
name: Essick, Reed
name: Hodge, Kari Alison
name: Katsavounidis, Erotokritos
name: Kim, Kyungmin
name: Kim, Young-Min
name: Bigot, Eric-Olivier Le
name: Lee, Chang-Hwan
name: Oh, John J.
name: Oh, Sang Hoon
name: Son, Edwin J.
name: Vaulin, Ruslan
name: Wang, Xiaoge
name: Ye, Tao
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 62-07, 83C35, 62M45, 62C86

description: The sensitivity of searches for astrophysical transients in data from the LIGO is generally limited by the presence of transient, non-Gaussian noise artifacts, which occur at a high-enough rate such that accidental coincidence across multiple detectors is non-negligible. Furthermore, non-Gaussian noise artifacts typically dominate over the background contributed from stationary noise. These "glitches" can easily be confused for transient gravitational-wave signals, and their robust identification and removal will help any search for astrophysical gravitational-waves. We apply Machine Learning Algorithms (MLAs) to the problem, using data from auxiliary channels within the LIGO detectors that monitor degrees of freedom unaffected by astrophysical signals. The number of auxiliary-channel parameters describing these disturbances may also be extremely large; an area where MLAs are particularly well-suited. We demonstrate the feasibility and applicability of three very different MLAs: Artificial Neural Networks, Support Vector Machines, and Random Forests. These classifiers identify and remove a substantial fraction of the glitches present in two very different data sets: four weeks of LIGO's fourth science run and one week of LIGO's sixth science run. We observe that all three algorithms agree on which events are glitches to within 10% for the sixth science run data, and support this by showing that the different optimization criteria used by each classifier generate the same decision surface, based on a likelihood-ratio statistic. Furthermore, we find that all classifiers obtain similar limiting performance, suggesting that most of the useful information currently contained in the auxiliary channel parameters we extract is already being used.
description: 21 pages, 8 figures
Cleistopholis Pierre ex Engl., Nat. Pflanzenfam. Nachtr. I: 160 1897
Creators: name: Couvreur, Thomas L. P.
name: Dagallier, Leo-Paul M. J.
name: Crozier, Francoise
name: Ghogue, Jean-Paul
name: Hoekstra, Paul H.
name: Kamdem, Narcisse G.
name: Johnson, David M.
name: Murray, Nancy A.
name: Sonke, Bonaventure
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Magnoliales
Annonaceae
Cleistopholis

description: Cleistopholis Pierre ex Engl., Nat. Pflanzenfam. Nachtr. I: 160, 1897 Type species. Cleistopholis glauca Pierre ex Engl. & Diels. Description. Trees, 15-35 m tall, d.b.h. 30-80 cm; stilt roots or buttresses absent, trunk white or brown. Indumentum of simple hairs when present, but species generally glabrous. Leaves: petiole 3-20 mm long, 1-3 mm in diameter, blade 4.5-31 cm long, 2-6.5 cm wide, elliptic to obovate to oblong, apex acuminate, base acute to rounded, discolorous, whitish below or concolorous; midrib sunken or flat; secondary veins 8 to 24 pairs; tertiary venation reticulate. Individuals bisexual; inflorescences ramiflorous on old or young foliate branches, axillary, occurring or not on a short peduncle. Flowers with 9 perianth parts in 3 whorls, 2 to 9 per inflorescence; pedicel 10-25 mm long; in fruit 15-35 mm long; bracts 2 to 3, all basal, 1-2 mm long; sepals 3, valvate, free, 2-3 mm long, triangular to ovate, apex acute, sometimes rounded, base truncate; petals free; outer petals longer than inner; outer petals 3, valvate, 7-20 mm long, 2-7 mm wide, oblong to elliptic to obovate to linear, apex acute to rounded to obtuse, base truncate; inner petals 3, imbricate, 2-4 mm long, 2-4 mm wide, ovate to suborbicular, apex acute to obtuse, base truncate; stamens 20 to 40, in 3 to 4 rows, ca. 1 mm long, broad; connective discoid, glabrous; staminodes absent; carpels free, 10 to 24, ca. 1 mm long, stigma flat to capitate, glabrous. Monocarps stipitate, stipes 1-50 mm long, 3 to 18 monocarps, 15-30 mm long, 10-25 mm in diameter, globose to ellipsoid to obovoid, apex rounded, smooth, bumpy or constricted around the seeds, glabrous; seeds 1 to 2, 12-25 mm long, 8-12 mm in diameter, ellipsoid; aril absent. A genus with four accepted species, two widespread, one known only from Cameroon and Gabon and one from Equatorial Guinea and possibly Cameroon. Three (four?) species in Cameroun, none endemic. Taxonomy. None to date, but partial treated in this present work and Le Thomas (1969b).
description: Published as part of Couvreur, Thomas L. P., Dagallier, Leo-Paul M. J., Crozier, Francoise, Ghogue, Jean-Paul, Hoekstra, Paul H., Kamdem, Narcisse G., Johnson, David M., Murray, Nancy A. & Sonke, Bonaventure, 2022, Flora of Cameroon - Annonaceae Vol 45, pp. 1-532 in PhytoKeys 207 on page 86, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.207.61432
description: {"references": ["Le Thomas, A, 1969b. Annonacees. In: Aubreville, A, Ed., Flore du Gabon. Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris: 1 - 371"]}
Union Seminary Quarterly Review, volume 40, issue 3 (1985)
Creators: name: (:Unav)
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 1985
Subjects: subject: Religion
subject: Spirituality
subject: Philosophy
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: Theology

description: Articles “Faith and Unity in the Contemporary Theological Context” by Jeffrey Gros, F.S.C., 1 “Conversations on Language and the Imagery of God” by Melanie A. May, 11 “Some Issues Relevant to a Modern Interpretation of the Language of the Nicene Creed, With Special Reference to “Sexist” Language” by Roberta C. Bondi, 21 “Revelation and Metaphors: The Significance of the Trinitarian Names, Father, Son and Holy Spirit” by Deborah Malacky Belonick, 31 “Sometimes…” by Rubem Alves, 43 “Sermon: Wise and Foolish Maidens” by Nancy J. Duff, 55 Book Reviews, 59
Solving the Conformal Constraints for Scalar Operators in Momentum Space and the Evaluation of Feynman's Master Integrals
Creators: name: Coriano, Claudio
name: Rose, Luigi Delle
name: Mottola, Emil
name: Serino, Mirko
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the structure of the constraints on three-point correlation functions emerging when conformal invariance is imposed in momentum space and in arbitrary space-time dimensions, presenting a derivation of their solutions for arbitrary scalar operators. We show that the differential equations generated by the requirement of symmetry under special conformal transformations coincide with those satisfied by generalized hypergeometric functions (Appell's functions). Combined with the position space expression of this correlator, whose Fourier transform is given by a family of generalized Feynman (master) integrals, the method allows to derive the expression of such integrals in a completely independent way, bypassing the use of Mellin-Barnes techniques, which have been used in the past. The application of the special conformal constraints generates a new recursion relation for this family of integrals.
description: 28 pages, extended final version, to appear on JHEP
The nuclear GYF protein CD2BP2/U5–52K is required for T cell homeostasis
Creators: name: Bertazzon, Miriam
name: Hurtado-Pico, Almudena
name: Plaza-Sirvent, Carlos
name: Schuster, Marc
name: Preußner, Marco
name: Kuropka, Benno
name: Liu, Fan
name: Kirsten, Andor Zenon Amandus
name: Schmitt, Xiao Jakob
name: König, Benjamin
name: Álvaro-Benito, Miguel
name: Abualrous, Esam Tolba
name: Albert, Gesa I.
name: Kliche, Stefanie
name: Heyd, Florian
name: Schmitz, Ingo
name: Freund, Christian
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: CD2BP2/U5-52K
subject: T cell
subject: spliceosome
subject: Mdm4
subject: p53
subject: exon skipping
subject: 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik::570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie::570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie

description: The question whether interference with the ubiquitous splicing machinery can lead to cell-type specific perturbation of cellular function is addressed here by T cell specific ablation of the general U5 snRNP assembly factor CD2BP2/U5–52K. This protein defines the family of nuclear GYF domain containing proteins that are ubiquitously expressed in eukaryotes with essential functions ascribed to early embryogenesis and organ function. Abrogating CD2BP2/U5–52K in T cells, allows us to delineate the consequences of splicing machinery interferences for T cell development and function. Increased T cell lymphopenia and T cell death are observed upon depletion of CD2BP2/U5–52K. A substantial increase in exon skipping coincides with the observed defect in the proliferation/differentiation balance in the absence of CD2BP2/U5–52K. Prominently, skipping of exon 7 in Mdm4 is observed, coinciding with upregulation of pro-apoptotic gene expression profiles upon CD2BP2/U5–52K depletion. Furthermore, we observe enhanced sensitivity of naïve T cells compared to memory T cells to changes in CD2BP2/U5–52K levels, indicating that depletion of this general splicing factor leads to modulation of T cell homeostasis. Given the recent structural characterization of the U5 snRNP and the crosslinking mass spectrometry data given here, design of inhibitors of the U5 snRNP conceivably offers new ways to manipulate T cell function in settings of disease.
Pulsed Vector Atomic Magnetometer Using an Alternating Fast-Rotating Field
Creators: name: Wang, Tao
name: Lee, Wonjae
name: Limes, Mark
name: Kornack, Tom
name: Foley, Elizabeth
name: Romalis, Michael
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Applied Physics (physics.app-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We introduce a vector atomic magnetometer that employs a fast-rotating magnetic field applied to a pulsed $^{87}$Rb scalar atomic magnetometer. This approach enables simultaneous measurements of the total magnetic field and its two polar angles relative to the rotation plane. Operating in gradiometer mode, the magnetometer achieves a total field gradient sensitivity of 35 $\mathrm{fT/\sqrt{Hz}}$ (0.7 parts per billion) and angular resolutions of 6 $\mathrm{nrad/\sqrt{Hz}}$ at a 50 $μ$T Earth field strength. The noise spectra remain flat down to 1 Hz and 0.1 Hz, respectively. Here we show that this method overcomes several metrological challenges commonly faced by vector magnetometers and gradiometers. We propose a unique peak-altering modulation technique to mitigate systematic effects, including a newly identified dynamic heading error. Additionally, we establish the fundamental sensitivity limits of the sensor, demonstrating that its vector sensitivity approaches scalar sensitivity while preserving the inherent accuracy and calibration benefits of scalar sensors. This high-dynamic-range, ultrahigh-resolution magnetometer offers exceptional versatility for diverse applications.
description: 14 pages
Union Seminary Quarterly Review, volume 40, issue 1-2 (1985)
Creators: name: (:Unav)
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 1985
Subjects: subject: Religion
subject: Spirituality
subject: Philosophy
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: Theology

description: Articles “Some Ethical Foundations of Christian Theology” by Roger L. Shinn, 3 “The Use of Scripture within the Christian Ethical Debate Concerning Same-Sex Oriented Persons” by Gerald T. Sheppard, 13 “The Nuclear Arms Race as a Test of Faith” by Sharon D. Welch, 37 “Acceptance and Resistance: A Sermon-Essay on Paradoxes in Thought and Therapy” by Bernard Steinzor, 47 “Sensuality, Spirituality, Sacramentality” by June O’Connor, 59 “The Relationship of Jean Lasserre to Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Peace Concerns in the Struggle of Church and Culture” by F. Burton Nelson, 71 “Harry F. Ward: From Conservative Evangelical to Social Radical” by David Nelson Duke, 85 Book Reviews, 99
Performance of cavitating axial inducers with varying tip clearance and solidity
Creators: name: Carpenter, Stanley Hammack
Publisher: name: California Institute of Technology
Year: 1957
Subjects: Aeronautics

description: The performance of a helical axial inducer pump was investigated in non-cavitating and heavily cavitating regimes over a wide range of tip clearance and solidity. It was found that cavity length is related to the occurrence of two cavitation phenomena: a non-steady or oscillating form of cavitation occurs when the cavity length is nearly equal to the spacing between the impeller blades, and complete pump failure is imminent if the cavity is nearly as long as the blade chord. The extent of the oscillating cavitation regime was little affected by the variation of tip clearance or solidity in the range investigated. However, an increase in tip clearance or a decrease in solidity definitely impairs cavitation performance at low inlet pressures. On the basis of these experiments a cavitation number limit is proposed for safe inducer operation.
An investigation of forced flexural torsional oscillations of a wing and the phenomenon of flutter
Creators: name: Parish, Elliott Walter
Publisher: name: California Institute of Technology
Year: 1939
Subjects: Aeronautics

description: n this thesis the torsional-flexural response of a two-dimensional airfoil to forced oscillations of various frequencies and at various airspeeds is investigated. The airfoil chosen has characteristics which are typical of modern American transport wings, and the speeds cover the range from zero airspeed up through the speeds for torsional-flexural flutter and torsional divergence.

In the latter part of this thesis, curves are plotted showing the effects which changes in the assumed wing parameters have on the torsional-flexural flutter speed and the torsional divergence speed.
title: Η εφαρμογή των ESG κριτηρίων σε μια μικρομεσαία επιχείρηση
title: ESG criteria in a small and medium-sized business
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Κοκονέζη, Μαρία Ιωάννα
Publisher: name: Πανεπιστήμιο Πειραιώς
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Επιχειρήσεις
subject: Βιωσιμότητα
subject: ESG

description: Ο όρος ESG, αποτελούμενος από τα αρχικά των λέξεων Περιβάλλον (Environmental), Κοινωνία (Social) και Διακυβέρνηση (Governance), ορίζει τη συνένωση της αξιολόγησης των περιβαλλοντικών, κοινωνικών και διακυβερνητικών παραγόντων κατά τη διαδικασία λήψης αποφάσεων, που αφορούν στη βιωσιμότητα των επενδύσεων και των επιχειρήσεων. Τα κριτήρια ESG αντιπροσωπεύουν μια αξιολόγηση, που λαμβάνει υπόψη της περιβαλλοντικούς, κοινωνικούς και διακυβερνητικούς παράγοντες, αντικατοπτρίζοντας τη θέση και το ρόλο των επενδυτών και των επιχειρήσεων στο νέο περιβάλλον επενδυτικών προκλήσεων. Τα κριτήρια ESG αποτελούν ένα σημαντικό εργαλείο ανάλυσης, εξαιρετικά χρήσιμο για εταιρείες, επενδυτές και άλλα ενδιαφερόμενα μέρη, καθώς λαμβάνουν υπόψη πτυχές, που δε συμπεριλαμβάνονται στην κλασική οικονομική ανάλυση. Τα κριτήρια αυτά βοηθούν στον προσδιορισμό κινδύνων, που δεν είναι ορατοί από τα κλασικά οικονομικά μέτρα, όπως η αλληλεπίδραση της εταιρείας με το περιβάλλον και την κοινωνία, καθώς και τον τρόπο διακυβέρνησης. Τα κριτήρια ESG συντελούν στη διατήρηση ενός σταθερού και μακροπρόθεσμου περιβάλλοντος για κάθε επιχείρηση, λαμβάνοντας υπόψη τις περιβαλλοντικές, κοινωνικές και διακυβερνητικές ανησυχίες, προκειμένου να επιτευχθεί η βιωσιμότητα και οι στόχοι της. Μέσω των αξιολογήσεων ESG παρέχονται στους επενδυτές σημαντικές πληροφορίες για την έκθεση μιας εταιρείας σε μακροπρόθεσμους περιβαλλοντικούς, κοινωνικούς και διακυβερνητικούς κινδύνους, ενώ ταυτόχρονα αξιολογείται η απόδοση μιας εταιρείας, βάσει των αρχών της βιωσιμότητας. Πρόκειται για εργαλεία, που συμβάλλουν στη μετάβαση προς τη βιωσιμότητα και, λόγω της ευρύτατης κάλυψης θεμάτων που αντιμετωπίζουν, προσφέρουν ευκαιρίες και κινδύνους. Τα κριτήρια ESG και οι στόχοι βιωσιμότητας που ενσωματώνουν στοχεύουν στην εξέλιξη, που θα επιφέρει αλλαγές στην κοινωνία, την οικονομία και τη συμπεριφορά μας, έχοντας καθοριστική επίδραση στο χρηματοπιστωτικό τομέα. Σκοπός της εργασίας είναι να μελετηθεί και να αναλυθεί η εφαρμογή ESG κριτηρίων σε επιχειρήσεις και οργανισμούς. Αφού παρουσιαστούν τα εργαλεία αυτά, που συμβάλλουν στη μετάβαση προς τη βιωσιμότητα, αναλύεται η βιωσιμότητα, που αντιπροσωπεύουν στην εξέλιξη του χρηματοπιστωτικού τομέα. Στο τελευταίο μέρος της εργασίας επιχειρείται η εφαρμογή των ESG κριτηρίων σε μια μικρομεσαία ελληνική επιχείρηση και πιο συγκεκριμένα στο να δημιουργηθεί ένα ενδεικτικό ESG report για μία εν λειτουργία μικρομεσαία επιχείρηση, με παράθεση των προτύπων GRI.
Union Seminary Quarterly Review, volume 40, issue 4 (1986)
Creators: name: (:Unav)
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 1986
Subjects: subject: Religion
subject: Spirituality
subject: Philosophy
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: Theology

description: Articles “Introduction” by James H. Cone, 3 “The Intellectual Development of Martin Luther King, Jr.: Influences and Commentaries” by David J. Garrow, 5 “The Theology of Martin Luther King, Jr.” by James H. Cone, 21 “An Ethic of Hope: The Moral Thought of Martin Luther King, Jr.” by Robert Michael Franklin, 41 “Re-calling the Inconvenient Hero: Reflections on the Last Years of Martin Luther King, Jr.” by Vincent Harding, 53 Book Reviews, 69
Union Seminary Quarterly Review, volume 4, issue 2 (1949)
Creators: name: (:Unav)
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 1949
Subjects: subject: Religion
subject: Spirituality
subject: Philosophy
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: Theology

description: “The Christian Mission on Today’s Frontiers” by Charles W. Iglehart, 3 “Prayer” by Walter S. Davidson, 13 “A Confession of Jeremiah” by James Muilenburg, 15 “The Sacrament of Music” by Robert B. Lee, 19 The Seminary “Quadrangle News,” 22 “Notes on the Social” “Atmosphere at Union,” 24 “Alumni Notes,” 26 Book Reviews, 35 Book Notes, 52 Books Received, 54
B -> D^(*) tau nu and B -> tau nu in chiral U(1)' models with flavored multi Higgs doublets
Creators: name: Ko, P.
name: Omura, Yuji
name: Yu, Chaehyun
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We discuss semileptonic and leptonic B decays, B to D^{(*)} tau nu and B to tau nu, in the chiral U(1)' models which were proposed by the present authors in the context of the top forward-backward asymmetry (A^t_FB) observed at the Tevatron. In these models, extra Higgs doublets with nonzero U(1)' charges are required in order to make the realistic mass matrix for up-type quarks. Then the extra (pseudo)scalars contribute to A^t_FB with large flavor-changing Yukawa couplings involving top quark. The contribution of the charged Higgs to A^t_FB is negligible, but it may significantly affect B decays: especially, B to D^(*) tau nu and B to tau nu. We investigate constraints on the B decays, based on the recent results in BaBar and Belle experiments, and discuss the possibility that the allowed parameter region in the B decays can achieve large A^t_ FB.
description: 19 pages, 8 figures, version published in JHEP
Union Seminary Quarterly Review, volume 4, issue 4 (1949)
Creators: name: (:Unav)
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 1949
Subjects: subject: Religion
subject: Spirituality
subject: Philosophy
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: Theology

description: “The Predicament of Man Under the Law” by A. T. Mollegen, 3 “A Conference on Evangelism” by David E. Roberts, 14 A Survey of Recent Theological Literature, 21 “Church History” by Jerald C. Brauer “Church and Community” by Arthur L. Swift, Jr. “New Testament” by Frederick C. Grant The Seminary, 34 “Quadrangle News” “Alumni Notes” “Another Handmaiden for Theology” by Ray Ryland, 42 “Ministry in a Mental Hospital” by Gordon J. Chambers, 46 Book Reviews, 51 Daniel Jenkins, J. Rodman Williams, C. C. Richardson, Paul Abrecht
title: Evaluating Snowmelt Runoff, Infiltration, and Erosion in a Sagebrush-Steppe Ecosystem
Creators: name: Duffin, Eric K.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1999

description: Production of low-level radioactive waste (LLRW) has created a need for safe storage facilities. These facilities must be capable of isolating radioactive waste and preventing contamination from physical or biological intrusion until the waste material is isotopically stable. At the present time, managers of the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL) have a substantial database characterizing rainfall events and the subsequent impact on integrity of shallow land burial sites used for storage of LLRW. Little information has been gathered describing the processes of snow accumulation/ablation and the resulting impact on storage facilities. This study examines snowmelt runoff, infiltration, and erosion occurring at the INEEL and the potential hazard created against shallow-land burial facilities.
Snowmelt runoff, infiltration, and erosion were measured during extreme snowmelt events produced by simulated rainfall in order to re-create a "worst case" situation for snowmelt erosion. Rainfall simulations were conducted on soils that were unfrozen, continually frozen, or diurnally frozen, and covered by natural snow or simulated snow, or were without snow cover. Diurnally frozen soils without snow cover produced significantly more interrill erosion (μ = 7870 kg/ha) than frozen or unfrozen soils. Results indicate that shallow land burial caps at the INEEL would be most susceptible to erosion immediately following snowmelt when soils are saturated and experiencing freeze/thaw cycles.
Ambient levels of snow accumulation/ablation and subsequent runoff, infiltration, and erosion were measured on nine simulated waste burial trench caps (SWBTC) maintaining three surface cover treatments. Data collected from SWBTC plots during 1994-97 were utilized to test the SNTHERM89 and SHAW (Simultaneous Heat and Water) models to determine their ability to accurately estimate the processes of snowmelt, runoff, and infiltration as they occur in sagebrush-steppe ecosystems. SNTHERM89 could not successfully operate during periods of rapid snowmelt and transient, shallow snowcovers. SHAW accurately estimated soil freeze/thaw cycles, snow accumulation/ablation patterns, and snowmelt infiltration producing r2 values of 0.84 and 0.91 and a mean difference < 0.045 m3/m3, respectively. The results from this study indicate the ability of the SHAW model to accurately characterize transient shallow snow covers found at the INEEL and indicate potential for management applications.
Primordial bispectrum from inflation with background gauge fields
Creators: name: Funakoshi, Hiroyuki
name: Yamamoto, Kei
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the primordial bispectrum of curvature perturbation in the uniform- density slicing generated by the interaction between the inflaton and isotropic background gauge fields. We derive the action up to cubic order in perturbation and take into account all the relevant effects in the leading order of slow-roll expansion. We first treat the quadratic vertices perturbatively and confirm the results of past studies, while identifying their regime of validity. We then extend the analysis to include the effect of the quadratic vertices to all orders by introducing exact linear mode functions, allowing us to make accurate predictions long after horizon crossing where the features of both the power spectrum and the bispectrum are drastically different. It is shown that the spPPectra become constant and scale-invariant in the limit of large e-folding. As a result, we are able to impose reliable constraints on the parameters of our theory using the recent observational data coming from Planck.
description: Published version; 44 pages, 13 figures
Effect of vibrational excitation on the theoretical performance of the stoichiometric carbon-oxygen propellant system
Creators: name: Schroeder, Joseph Herman
Publisher: name: California Institute of Technology
Year: 1952
Subjects: Aeronautics

description: Accurate calculations to evaluate the performance of the stoichiometric carbon-oxygen propellant system have been carried out for nozzle flow with and without chemical reactions and with and without vibrational adjustment. The calculations show that, for frozen chemical flow, a lag of vibrational energy states at chamber conditions nearly doubles the reduction in Isp, as compared with flow in which complete vibrational equilibrium is maintained. On the other hand, lags in vibrational adjustment have practically no effect on the theoretical performance of hot propellant systems if chemical equilibrium is maintained during nozzle flow. The preceding conclusions are in agreement with the results on other propellant systems obtained previously by use of an approximate evaluation procedure.
An Investigation of Creep in Light Metal Alloys
Creators: name: Kauffman, Ralph J.
Publisher: name: California Institute of Technology
Year: 1952
Subjects: Aeronautical engineering
Aeronautics

description: An investigation was made of the creep characteristics of two aluminum alloys, 75S-T6 and 25S-T6, and one magnesium alloy, FS-1, under the conditions of high temperatures and high stresses. These alloys were selected as being representative of the light alloys in current use in the aircraft industry.

This investigation was divided into three phases: (1) "fast-rate" deformation under tension, (2) creep of short columns in compression, and (3) lateral deflection creep of columns. This thesis encompasses only the first phase of the investigation. The other phases are covered by current theses by the author's coworkers.

It was found that the aluminum alloys tested were superior in creep resistance to the magnesium alloy at the common temperatures used, 450°F and 500°F. However, the comparative creep resistance of the aluminum alloys was dependent upon the temperatures at which the alloys were compared: 75S-T6 being superior at 450°F, 25S-T6 at 500°F, and neither alloy superior to the other at 550°F.

The possible use of the alloys tested for short duration under conditions of high temperatures and high stresses is noted.

The data obtained is presented in both tabular and graphic form with various cross-plots provided for the purposes of cross comparison and to permit easy reference for obtaining given creep characteristics of the alloys tested.
Cos7 cells labelled microtubules 270721 Part 1
Creators: name: Barnett, Samuel
name: Pakorn Kanchanawong
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: shareloc.xyz
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Entanglement-assisted scheme for nondemolition detection of the presence of a single photon
Creators: name: Bula, Marek
name: Bartkiewicz, Karol
name: Černoch, Antonín
name: Lemr, Karel
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper, we propose a resources-optimal linear-optical scheme for quantum nondemolition detection of single-photon presence. By measuring the state of ancillary photons, the presence of a photon in signal mode is revealed with a success probability of 1/2 without any disturbance to its state. We also show how to tune the setup to perform quantum nondemolition measurement of the signal photon state, and we provide tradeoff between the extracted information and the signal state disturbance. Moreover, the optimality of resources and methods by which to increase the success probability are discussed.
description: 7 pages, 5 figures
Η θεωρία των τιτλοποιήσεων στον τραπεζικό κλάδο. Το δίλημμα του εκδότη
Creators: name: Ανδρεόλα, Μαριέττα
Publisher: name: Πανεπιστήμιο Πειραιώς
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Τιτλοποίηση
subject: Δίλημμα εκδότη
subject: Χρηματοοικονομική κρίση
subject: Αγορά
subject: Πλήρη ομαδοποίηση
subject: Μεμονωμένη πώληση
subject: Ομαδοποίηση

description: Σκοπός της παρούσας διπλωματικής εργασίας είναι η παρουσίαση ενός πολύ σημαντικού εργαλείου του τραπεζικού κλάδου το οποίο ονομάζεται τιτλοποίηση. Κύριο θέμα της εργασίας, αποτελεί η λειτουργία της τιτλοποίησης και πως αυτή μπορεί να επηρεάσει τον εκδότη, δηλαδή την τράπεζα, στις αποφάσεις που καλείται να πάρει όταν ομαδοποιεί τα περιουσιακά της στοιχεία. Βασιζόμενοι στο άρθρο των Milo Bianchi και Philippe Jehiel 2020, αναλύουμε δύο από τις πιο βασικές περιπτώσεις της αγοράς που είναι το μονοπώλιο και το ολιγοπώλιο και εξετάσαμε πότε συμφέρει η στρατηγική της τιτλοποίησης σε κάθε μια περίπτωση. Έτσι, προκύπτει και το βασικό ερώτημα της εργασίας που είναι το δίλημμα που αντιμετωπίζει ο εκδότης και πώς αυτό υφίσταται στις παραπάνω αγορές. Το δίλημμα βασίζεται σε τρία ερωτήματα που αντιμετωπίζει ο εκδότης ανάλογα την αγορά, τον αριθμό στοιχείων και ομάδων καθώς και το είδος των τίτλων που χρησιμοποιεί. Η ανάλυση του βασικού μοντέλου μας οδήγησε στα συμπεράσματα που αποτελούν το τελευταίο μέρος της παρούσας εργασίας.
Union Seminary Quarterly Review, volume 4, issue 3 (1949)
Creators: name: (:Unav)
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 1949
Subjects: subject: Religion
subject: Spirituality
subject: Philosophy
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: Theology

description: “The Christian in World Affairs” by W. A. Visser ’t Hooft, 3 “Theology and Method for Ministers” by Frank W. Herriott, 14 “The End and The Means” by Roland de Pory, 19 The Seminary “Quadrangle News,” 28 “Summer Study Program,” 31 “Alumni Notes,” 32 “A Fellowship of Confessors—A Meditation” by J. Rodman Williams, 40 “Mr. Lehmann on The Protestant Era” by John E. Smith, 43 Book Reviews, 47 John C. Bennett, Roger L. Shinn, Paul Meyer, George Staples, Herbert F. Thompson, Jr., William Gray
Υποδείγματα χρηματοπιστωτικών κρίσεων, πανικών και ελλείψεων ρευστότητας. Μια μικροθεμελίωση
Creators: name: Παττακός, Κωνσταντίνος
Publisher: name: Πανεπιστήμιο Πειραιώς
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Συμβόλαιο καταθέσεως όψεως
subject: Τραπεζικοί πανικοί
subject: Μαζική απόσυρση καταθέσεων
subject: Έλλειψη ρευστότητας
subject: Χρηματοπιστωτικές κρίσεις
subject: Ευπάθεια χρηματοπιστωτικού συστήματος
subject: Ασιατική κρίση
subject: Συναλλαγματικές ισοτιμίες

description: Οι χρηματοπιστωτικές κρίσεις που έλαβαν χώρα τη δεκαετία του 1990 σε αναδυόμενες οικονομίες τόσο της Ασίας όσο και της Λατινικής Αμερικής δημιούργησαν έντονο προβληματισμό σε διάφορους οικονομολόγους που θέλησαν να προσεγγίσουν το θέμα τόσο μέσω μικροοικονομικών υποδειγμάτων όσο και πιο θεωρητικά για το τι ήταν αυτό που πραγματικά οδήγησε αυτά τα κράτη σε οικονομική κατάρρευση και σε υποτίμηση των νομισμάτων τους. Στην εν λόγω διατριβή όλο το βάρος δίνεται στην κατάσταση ελλείψεως ρευστότητας των τραπεζών η οποία είναι ικανή να οδηγήσει σε κατάσταση τραπεζικού πανικού καθώς και να εντείνει ένα μεγάλο πρόβλημα του χρηματοπιστωτικού συστήματος, την αστάθειά του. Αρχικά, αφού πρώτα γίνει μια εισαγωγή μέσω του υποδείγματος Diamond-Dybvig(1983) για τη σύναψη ενός συμβολαίου καταθέσεως όψεως μεταξύ τραπεζών και καταθετών, καθώς και την ύπαρξη τραπεζικών πανικών λόγω αυτοεπιβεβαιούμενων προφητειών θα αναλυθεί το βασικό μικροοικονομικό υπόδειγμα των Chang & Velasco(2001). Περιπτώσεις όπως τραπεζικοί πανικοί, άρνηση επέκτασης του ξένου δανεισμού, η έλλειψη παρεμβατισμού από τις κυβερνήσεις καθώς και η υιοθέτηση σταθερών συναλλαγματικών ισοτιμιών θα αναλυθούν έχοντας πάντα ως εργαλείο τις συνθήκες ελλείψεως ρευστότητας, τις συναρτήσεις ωφέλειας, καθώς και τη συγκριτική στατική για την άντληση των απαραίτητων συμπερασμάτων.
Union Seminary Quarterly Review, volume 39, issue 1-2 (1984)
Creators: name: (:Unav)
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 1984
Subjects: subject: Religion
subject: Spirituality
subject: Philosophy
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: Theology

description: Articles “The Radical Reformation Revisited” by George H. Williams, 1 “On Revolution and Ideology: Convergence in the Political Legacies of Niebuhr and Burke” by Vigen Guroian, 25 “Notes Toward a Partial Reconciliation of Tillich and Whitehead” by Lewis S. Ford, 41 “Liberation, Authority, and the Cognitive Crisis in the Theology of David Tracy” by James H. Evans, Jr., 47 “To Set Christendom in Order” by Joanna Carlson Brown, 63 “Coming to Terms: Defining Structures of Meaning in the Civil Religion and Nationality Debates” by William A. Stahl, 73 “Kierkegaard and Endo: The Dialectic of Religiousness” by Patricia Alterbernd Johnson, 85 “Christ, Concreteness, and Creation in the Early Bonhoeffer” by Wayne Floyd, Jr., 101 “The Gospel of Peace: Theological Reflections in the Nuclear Age” by Richard P. Hordern, 115 Book Reviews, 129
Possible valence-bond condensation in the frustrated cluster magnet LiZn2Mo3O8
Creators: name: Sheckelton, John P.
name: Neilson, James R.
name: Soltan, Daniel G.
name: McQueen, Tyrel M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The emergence of complex electronic behaviour from simple ingredients has resulted in the discovery of numerous states of matter. Many examples are found in systems exhibiting geometric magnetic frustration, which prevents simultaneous satisfaction of all magnetic interactions. This frustration gives rise to complex magnetic properties such as chiral spin structures orbitally-driven magnetism, spin-ice behavior exhibiting Dirac strings with magnetic monopoles, valence bond solids, and spin liquids. Here we report the synthesis and characterization of LiZn2Mo3O8, a geometrically frustrated antiferromagnet in which the magnetic moments are localized on small transition metal clusters rather than individual ions. By doing so, first order Jahn-Teller instabilities and orbital ordering are prevented, allowing the strongly interacting magnetic clusters in LiZn2Mo3O8 to probably give rise to an exotic condensed valence-bond ground state reminiscent of the proposed resonating valence bond state. Our results also link magnetism on clusters to geometric magnetic frustration in extended solids, demonstrating a new approach for unparalleled chemical control and tunability in the search for collective, emergent electronic states of matter.
description: 30 pages, 10 figures
Union Seminary Quarterly Review, volume 39, issue 4 (1984)
Creators: name: (:Unav)
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 1984
Subjects: subject: Religion
subject: Spirituality
subject: Philosophy
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: Theology

description: Articles “Approaching Nuclearism as a Heresy: Four Paradigms” by G. Clarke Chapman, Jr., 255 “Analogia Actionis: A New Proposal for Christology ‘From Below’” by Tokiyuki Nobuhara, 269 “Toward a ‘Catholic’ Understanding of St. Augustine’s View of Original Sin” by Bradley L. Nassif, 287 “Modesty and Mystery: An Essay on Coming to Know the Real Other” by Carol R. Fox, 301 Book Reviews, 313
High-dimensional monitoring and the emergence of realism via multiple observers
Creators: name: Orthey, Alexandre C.
name: Dieguez, Pedro R.
name: Makuta, Owidiusz
name: Augusiak, Remigiusz
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Correlation is the basic mechanism of every measurement model, as one never accesses the measured system directly. Instead, correlations are created, codifying information about the measurable property into the environment. Here, we address the problem of the emergence of physical reality from the quantum world by introducing a model that interpolates between weak and strong non-selective measurements for qudits. By utilizing Heisenberg-Weyl operators, our model suggests that independently of the interaction intensity between the system and the environment, full information about the observable of interest can always be obtained by making the system interact with many environmental qudits, following a Quantum Darwinism framework.
description: 10 pages, 1 figure
Nine-Year Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) Observations: Final Maps and Results
Creators: name: Bennett, C. L.
name: Larson, D.
name: Weiland, J. L.
name: Jarosik, N.
name: Hinshaw, G.
name: Odegard, N.
name: Smith, K. M.
name: Hill, R. S.
name: Gold, B.
name: Halpern, M.
name: Komatsu, E.
name: Nolta, M. R.
name: Page, L.
name: Spergel, D. N.
name: Wollack, E.
name: Dunkley, J.
name: Kogut, A.
name: Limon, M.
name: Meyer, S. S.
name: Tucker, G. S.
name: Wright, E. L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present the final nine-year maps and basic results from the WMAP mission. We provide new nine-year full sky temperature maps that were processed to reduce the asymmetry of the effective beams. Temperature and polarization sky maps are examined to separate CMB anisotropy from foreground emission, and both types of signals are analyzed in detail. The WMAP mission has resulted in a highly constrained LCDM cosmological model with precise and accurate parameters in agreement with a host of other cosmological measurements. When WMAP data are combined with finer scale CMB, baryon acoustic oscillation, and Hubble constant measurements, we find that Big Bang nucleosynthesis is well supported and there is no compelling evidence for a non-standard number of neutrino species (3.84+/-0.40). The model fit also implies that the age of the universe is 13.772+/-0.059 Gyr, and the fit Hubble constant is H0 = 69.32+/-0.80 km/s/Mpc. Inflation is also supported: the fluctuations are adiabatic, with Gaussian random phases; the detection of a deviation of the scalar spectral index from unity reported earlier by WMAP now has high statistical significance (n_s = 0.9608+/-0.0080); and the universe is close to flat/Euclidean, Omega_k = -0.0027 (+0.0039/-0.0038). Overall, the WMAP mission has resulted in a reduction of the cosmological parameter volume by a factor of 68,000 for the standard six-parameter LCDM model, based on CMB data alone. For a model including tensors, the allowed seven-parameter volume has been reduced by a factor 117,000. Other cosmological observations are in accord with the CMB predictions, and the combined data reduces the cosmological parameter volume even further. With no significant anomalies and an adequate goodness-of-fit, the inflationary flat LCDM model and its precise and accurate parameters rooted in WMAP data stands as the standard model of cosmology.
description: 177 pages, 44 figures, v3: Version accepted to Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. Includes improvements in clarity of presentation and Fig 43 revised to include WMAP-only solutions, in response to referee and community. See the Legacy Archive for Microwave Background Data Analysis (LAMBDA): http://lambda.gsfc.nasa.gov/product/map/current/ for further detail
Correcting for Bias of Molecular Confinement Parameters Induced by Small Time Series Sample Sizes in Single-Molecule Trajectories Containing Measurement Noise
Creators: name: Calderon, Christopher P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Quantitative Methods (q-bio.QM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Several single-molecule studies aim to reliably extract parameters characterizing molecular confinement or transient kinetic trapping from experimental observations. Pioneering works from single particle tracking in membrane diffusion studies [Kusumi et al., Biophysical J., 1993] appealed to Mean Square Displacement tools for extracting diffusivity and other parameters quantifying the degree of confinement. More recently, the practical utility of systematically treating multiple noise sources (including noise induced by random photon counts) through likelihood techniques have been more broadly realized in the SPT community. However, bias induced by finite time series sample sizes has not received great attention. Mitigating parameter bias induced by finite sampling is important to any scientific endeavor aiming for high accuracy, but correcting for bias is also often an important step in the construction of optimal parameter estimates. In this article, it is demonstrated how a popular model of confinement can be corrected for finite sample bias in situations where the underlying data exhibits Brownian diffusion and observations are measured with non-negligible experimental noise (e.g., noise induced by finite photon counts). The work of Tang and Chen [J. Econometrics, 2009] is extended to correct for bias in the estimated corral radius (a parameter commonly used to quantify confinement in SPT studies) in the presence of measurement noise. It is shown that the approach presented is capable of reliably extracting the corral radius using only hundreds of discretely sampled observations in situations where other methods (including MSD and Bayesian techniques) would encounter serious difficulties. The ability to accurately statistically characterize transient confinement suggests new techniques for quantifying confined and/or hop diffusion in complex environments.
description: 9 pages, 6 figures [updated some figures and removed minor typos]
Johannes Eingartner, Templa cum porticibus. Ausstattung und Funktion italischer Tempelbezirke in Nordafrika und ihre Bedeutung für die römische Stadt der Kaiserzeit
Creators: name: Morvillez, Eric
Publisher: name: Bonner Jahrbücher
Year: 2017

description: Rezension zu: Johannes Eingartner, Templa cum porticibus. Ausstattung und Funktion italischer Tempelbezirke in Nordafrika und ihre Bedeutung für die römische Stadt der Kaiserzeit. Internationale Archäologie, volume 92. Éditions Marie Leidorf, Rahden 2005. XIII et 246 pages, 41 planches hors texte
description: Bonner Jahrbücher, Bd. 208.2008(2010): Bonner Jahrbücher
A Solution Accurate, Efficient and Stable Unsplit Staggered Mesh Scheme for Three Dimensional Magnetohydrodynamics
Creators: name: Lee, Dongwook
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: Numerical Analysis (math.NA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: In this paper, we extend the unsplit staggered mesh scheme (USM) for 2D magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) (Lee and Deane, 2009) to a full 3D MHD scheme. The scheme is a finite-volume Godunov method consisting of a constrained transport (CT) method and an efficient and accurate single-step, directionally unsplit multidimensional data reconstruction-evolution algorithm, which extends the original 2D corner transport upwind (CTU) method (Colella, 1990). We present two types of data reconstruction-evolution algorithms for 3D: (1) a reduced CTU scheme and (2) a full CTU scheme. The reduced 3D CTU scheme is a variant of a simple 3D extension of the 2D CTU method by Colella (1990) and is considered as a direct extension from the 2D USM scheme. The full 3D CTU scheme is our primary 3D solver which includes all multidimensional cross-derivative terms for stability. The latter method is logically analogous to the 3D unsplit CTU method by Saltzman. The major novelties in our algorithms are twofold. First, we extend the reduced CTU scheme to the full CTU scheme which is able to run with CFL numbers close to unity. Both methods utilize the transverse update technique developed in the 2D USM algorithm to account for transverse fluxes without solving intermediate Riemann problems, which in turn gives cost-effective 3D methods by reducing the total number of Riemann solves. The proposed algorithms are simple and efficient especially when including multidimensional MHD terms that maintain in-plane magnetic field dynamics. Second, we introduce a new CT scheme that makes use of proper upwind information in taking averages of electric fields.
description: 31 pages, 21 figures
Union Seminary Quarterly Review, volume 38, issue 1 (1983)
Creators: name: (:Unav)
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 1983
Subjects: subject: Religion
subject: Spirituality
subject: Philosophy
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: Theology

description: “The Spirituality of War” by Paul Valliere, 5 “Man-Made Mass Death: Challenging Paradigms of Selfhood” by Edith Wyshogrod, 15 “Seduction Without Betrayal” by Mary Edwardsen, 31 “Narcissism, “Nuclearism,” and “Inner Infanticide”; Psychoanalytic Perspectives on the Idea of the Child in the Nuclear Age” by Michael Clifford, 35 “The Conventional Alternative” by Robert A. Cathey and Robert Foltz-Morrison, 75 “Peace Needs Women” by Dorothee Sölle, 83 “Between Scylla and Charybdis: A European Perspective” by David A. Hart, 93 “Afterword: Nichtdasein” by James Waller, 97 Collages by Arch Brown, 3, 29, 81 Contributors, 103 Book Reviews “With Enough Shovels: Reagan, Bush, and Nuclear War by Robert Scheer,” “First Strike by Robert C. Aldridge,” “The Nuclear Delusion by George F. Kennan” Reviewed by George Hunsinger, 105 “Risk and Culture: An Essay on the Selection of Technological and Environmental Risks by Mary Douglas and David Wildavsky” Reviewed by Mark A. Shields, 114 “Nukespeak: Nuclear Language, Visions, and Mindset by Richard C. Bell and Rory O’Connor” Reviewed by Steven L. Del Sesto, 118 “Choosing Life by Dorothee Soelle” Reviewed by Karen L. Bloomquist, 120