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The effect of ethical practice in intelligence collection.
Creators: name: Abdiweli, Mohamed Abdalla
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Ethical Practice
Intelligence Collection
Ethical
Intelligence

description: The ethical discussion around intelligence collection tactics has been sparked by the controversy surrounding the choice to engage in the Iraq war and the deliberation on the most

effective approach to countering terrorist threats. Recently, there have been accusations of prisoner mistreatment that some people have associated with intelligence agencies, which have further strengthened their position. The evaluation requests are expressed with a sense of immediacy and unease. There is a recognised necessity to provide explicit declarations regarding the actions that are morally forbidden and allowed in intelligence collection. Nevertheless, how one could accomplish this goal is not easily discernible. The study commences by establishing three fundamental assumptions. Intelligence collection is not conducted in a morally neutral context but rather is a human activity that involves decision-making and careful consideration. As a result, it is susceptible to ethical examination. Furthermore, it is imperative to establish a unanimous agreement regarding the ethical principles that should be employed when undertaking such an examination. Numerous ethical viewpoints can be used to analyse intelligence collection, and these perspectives might lead to different judgements of the same conduct. The tactics used in intelligence collection are diverse and cannot be easily justified or condemned from any standpoint. This research presents a straightforward classification of ethical approaches to intelligence collection: realist, consequentialist, and deontological. It also examines how diverse methods might be judged based on each approach. The objective is to offer a preliminary approach to contemplating the ethical aspects of intelligence gathering (Erskine, 2004).
Examining Sex and Racial/Ethnic Differences in Co-use of Alcohol, Cannabis, and Cigarettes in a Community Sample of Adolescents
Creators: name: Purcell, Juliann B.
name: Orihuela, Catheryn A.
name: Elliott, Marc N.
name: Emery, Susan Tortolero
name: Schuster, Mark A.
name: Mrug, Sylvie
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Introduction: Although adolescents often co-use alcohol, cigarettes, and cannabis, little is known about sex and racial/ethnic differences in the co-use of these substances. Therefore, this investigation examined sex and racial/ethnic differences in alcohol, cigarette, and cannabis co-use in a large and ethnically diverse group. Methods: Participants were drawn from a large, multi-site study of adolescents from three regions in the United States (N = 4,129; Mage=16.10 years, SD = 0.59; 51% female, 49% male; 37% Black, 37% Hispanic, 25% White). Participants were categorized into eight mutually exclusive groups based on their self-reported use of alcohol, cannabis, and cigarettes in the last 30 days. Results: Unadjusted multinomial logistic regression revealed that males were more likely than females to use cannabis-only and to co-use all three substances. Additionally, Black and Hispanic adolescents were more likely to use cannabis-only, while White adolescents were more likely than Black and Hispanic adolescents to co-use alcohol and cigarettes. After adjusting for other sociodemographic variables (age, household income, parental education, and parent marital status), males were more likely to use cannabis-only than females; White youth were more likely than Hispanic youth to use cigarettes only and co-use cigarettes and alcohol. White youth were more likely than Black youth to co-use alcohol and cigarettes and co-use all three substances. Discussion: These results indicate sex and racial/ethnic differences in substance co-use that were not explained by socioeconomic factors. Results of this work suggest potential strategies for targeted prevention efforts and underscore the importance of continued efforts to better understand patterns of alcohol and substance co-use.
Accounting For Biotic Variability In Streams With Low Levels of Impervious Cover: The Role of Reach- and Watershed-Scale Factors
Creators: name: Bentsen, Catherine
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2017

description: As landscapes become increasingly urbanized, there is an associated increase in impervious cover. Impervious surfaces, such as roads, rooftops, and parking lots contribute to the physical, hydrological, chemical, and biological alteration of stream systems. Biotic assemblages consistently degrade with increased watershed impervious cover; however, at low levels of impervious cover, these assemblages exhibit wide variability in biotic integrity. This study investigated which reach- and watershed-scale factors explained biotic condition (i.e., richness, flow traits, thermal traits, and tolerance for macroinvertebrates and fishes) at similar levels of low imperviousness. The primary objective was to identify factors that confer resistance for biota, such that they retain high biotic integrity at low levels of impervious cover, and, conversely, to determine which factors make biota more vulnerable to urban disturbance, such that they have low biotic integrity despite low levels of impervious cover. Forty sites were selected across Massachusetts within two narrow bands of impervious cover: 1–4% (n = 20) and 7–10% (n = 20). Models with reach-scale variables (reflecting habitat heterogeneity, flow, temperature, or water quality) or watershed-scale variables (representing natural characteristics, land use, flow alterations, and other measures of urbanization or impervious) explained additional variance compared to models with impervious cover alone. Reach-scale factors tended to explain more variance than watershed-scale factors for all biotic responses except fluvial fishes, with overall more variance explained for fish than macroinvertebrate assemblages. At the reach scale, colder water temperatures, higher dissolved oxygen, and more large wood were related to higher proportions of fluvial, coldwater, and intolerant fishes. For macroinvertebrates, warmer water temperature, smaller sediment size, and higher nitrate were related to higher macroinvertebrate richness and tolerance. At the watershed scale, air temperature emerged as an important predictor for both taxonomic groups and across response metrics; air temperature was highly correlated with high-elevation watersheds. Other important watershed-scale predictors were open water and dams, flow alteration, and other urban measures such as housing density, impervious in a 120-m buffer, and road crossings. Restoration should focus on strategies to reduce impacts that would degrade in-stream conditions that allow for higher biotic integrity, such as habitat heterogeneity, more large wood, and colder water temperatures. Similarly, watersheds should be prioritized for protection with those characteristics potentially more resistant to urban disturbance, such as high-elevation regions that retained high biotic integrity despite higher dam density, more road crossings, and more flow alteration.
MPEC 2024-B53 : 2024 BE1
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469
subject: 2024 BE1

description: The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual minor planets, routine data on comets and natural satellites, and occasional editorial announcements.  They are published on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
Correlation Differences in Heartbeat Fluctuations During Rest and Exercise
Creators: name: Karasik, Roman
name: Sapir, Nir
name: Ashkenazy, Yosef
name: Ivanov, Plamen Ch.
name: Dvir, Itzhak
name: Lavie, Peretz
name: Havlin, Shlomo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: Quantitative Biology (q-bio)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: We study the heartbeat activity of healthy individuals at rest and during exercise. We focus on correlation properties of the intervals formed by successive peaks in the pulse wave and find significant scaling differences between rest and exercise. For exercise the interval series is anticorrelated at short time scales and correlated at intermediate time scales, while for rest we observe the opposite crossover pattern -- from strong correlations in the short-time regime to weaker correlations at larger scales. We suggest a physiologically motivated stochastic scenario to explain the scaling differences between rest and exercise and the observed crossover patterns.
description: 4 pages, 4 figures
Evaluation of New England Bridges for Bat Roosting Including Methodology and Case Studies
Creators: name: Berthaume, Angela
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2017

description: Bats are known and documented to use bridge structures as roosts in various locations throughout the United States and abroad, but there is limited knowledge of how bats use bridges in New England. Significant population declines due to White-Nose Syndrome have resulted in several bat species being listed as state or federally threatened or endangered. If bats are using bridges as roosts, significant effort is required to ensure they are not disturbed or harmed during construction or maintenance work, requiring knowledge of assessment methods to identify likely roost locations in bridges. This thesis describes a two summer study evaluating the bat roosting potential in New England bridges.
During this study, 191 bridges were rapidly screened throughout New England for bat roosting potential, with eighteen selected for more detailed evaluations. Various monitoring techniques to determine bat roosting potential were assessed at each bridge evaluated, including acoustic monitoring and analyses, infrared imaging, borescope inspection, visual inspection, emergence studies, and guano testing for species identification. The current federal form required to assess bat roosting in bridges slated for construction work was assessed for its appropriateness in the New England region. A supplemental form has been developed through this study that is recommended to be used in conjunction with the federal form to better assess roosting potential in New England bridges. Training and collaboration is also recommended for personnel completing forms and inspectors familiar with state bridges.
When the study began, there was only one known bat bridge roost in New England known. After this two summer study, thirteen bridges have been positively identified as bat roosting sites in New England, with possible roosting at several other bridges. Information gathered through this study on bat roosting potential in bridges and the various monitoring techniques evaluated to positively identify bat roosting in bridges can be used as guidance for state Transportation Agencies developing protocol for construction at potential roosting sites.
Traité général des pesches, et histoire des poissons qu'elles fournissent, tant pour la subsistance des hommes, que pour plusieurs autres usages qui on rapport aux arts et au commerce
Creators: name: Duhamel Du Monceau, M., 1700-1782
Publisher: name: A Paris : Chez Saillant & Nyon, Libraires, rue S. Jean-de-Beauvais. ; A Paris : Chez Desaint, Libraire, rue du Foin S. Jacques.
Year: 2016

Abstract
High energy nuclear interactions and QCD: an introduction
Creators: name: Kharzeev, D. E.
name: Raufeisen, J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The goal of these lectures, oriented towards the students just entering the field, is to provide an elementary introduction to QCD and the physics of nuclear interactions at high energies. We first introduce the general structure of QCD and discuss its main properties. Then we proceed to Glauber multiple scattering theory which lays the foundation for the theoretical treatment of nuclear interactions at high energies. We introduce the concept of Gribov's inelastic shadowing, crucial for the understanding of quantum formation effects. We outline the problems facing Glauber approach at high energies, and discuss how asymptotic freedom of QCD helps to resolve them, introducing the concepts of parton saturation and color glass condensate.
description: 43 pp., 19 figures, based on lectures given by D. Kharzeev at the School on "New States of Matter in Hadronic Interactions" of the Pan American Advanced Study Institute (PASI 2002) in Campos do Jordao, Sao Paulo, Brazil, on January 7-18, 2002
Integration of the Theory of Planned Behavior and Transtheoretical Model of Change for Prediction of Intentions to Reduce or Stop Alcohol Use among Thai Adolescents
Creators: name: Watakakosol, Rewadee
name: Suttiwan, Panrapee
name: Ngamake, Sakkaphat T.
name: Raveepatarakul, Jirapattara
name: Wiwattanapantuwong, Juthatip
name: Iamsupasit, Sompoch
name: Tuicomepee, Arunya
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Neuroscience
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Background: Alcohol use among Thai adolescents has been increasing over the past few decades, and efforts to control consumption by underaged youth have proven largely ineffective. Objectives: This study tested components of the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) and Readiness to Change, based on the Transtheoretical Model (TTM), to identify useful constructs for developing alcohol use interventions for youth. Methods: A sample of 825 Thai student drinkers (65% female), between the ages of 14 and 19, were recruited in Bangkok, Thailand. Hierarchical regression analyses were used to test components of the TPB and Readiness to Change as predictors of intention to reduce/stop alcohol use while controlling for age, gender and alcohol use. Results: The model accounted for 58% of the variance of intentions. The TPB components accounted for a significant increase in variance beyond that explained by age, gender and alcohol use, ΔR2 = .23, p < .001; Perceived Behavioral Control (PBC) was the strongest predictor (β =.41, p < .001), followed by Attitudes (β=.13, p < .001), and Subjective Norms (β =.09, p = .002). Readiness to Change composite scores (β=.54, p < .001) were added last and accounted for a further significant increase, ΔR2 = .24, p < .001. Conclusions: The findings suggest that interventions should assess Readiness to Change and utilize effective processes in facilitating change at each stage. Other suggestions are to improve participants’ PBC and to further examine the role of specific social norms and attitudes regarding perceived benefits and disadvantages of alcohol use.
New York City 2050: Climate Change and Future of New York | Design for Resilience
Creators: name: Bhargava, Abhinav
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2017

description: The escalating temperature, annual precipitation, sea level rise and carbon footprint will likely lead to an unimagined future which does not have a bright side. With the rise in carbon footprint particularly due to greenhouse gas emissions, burning of fossil fuels and change in land uses; carbon dioxide is 40% higher as compared to era before Industrial Revolution.
The constant increase in temperature is melting the glaciers and increasing the sea levels. The Hudson River is estimated to rise by 1.5-2ft by 2050, directly affecting the low-lying areas of Staten Island, Brooklyn, Queens and Manhattan. Amongst the multiple coastal cities in the world, New York City is one of the most vulnerable to impacts of climate change. Surrounded by water from three sides, the impacts are disastrous with densely populated neighborhoods along the shoreline. The shoreline needs to be revitalized with the vibrancy and diversity city offers to the people. With the rise in hot summer days which are estimated to be 50 days against 18 days currently; it would generate a warmer island thereby increasing the overall energy demands.
Hurricane Sandy struck the New York City in 2012 and had severe impacts which tested the limitations of the city’s planning capacities. The impact on houses, subway system, power stations and overall economy was a major setback costing USD 19 billion. The frequency of such floods and hurricanes would be higher by 2050. The research done observes the impact of climate change and develops a model for New York City’s riverfront in the Meat Packing District. Revitalizing the Gansevoort Peninsula by creating public, research and informative spaces would transform the neighborhood allowing locals and visitors to have a visionary approach for future.
The strategies and research in the current project would provide an architectural response to the existing condition and a model to design a more resilient New York City for the future.
Excess Thermal Energy and Latent Heat in Nanocluster Collisional Growth
Creators: name: Yang, Huan
name: Drossinos, Yannis
name: Hogan, Christopher J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: Atomic and Molecular Clusters (physics.atm-clus)
subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Nanoclusters can form and grow by nanocluster-monomer (condensation) and nanocluster-nanocluster (coagulation) collisions. During growth, product nanoclusters have elevated thermal energies due to potential and thermal energy exchange following a collision. Even though nanocluster collisional heating may be significant and strongly-size dependent, no prior theory describes such phenomenon. We derive a model to describe the excess thermal energy, the kinetic energy increase of the product cluster, and latent heat, the heat released to the background upon thermalization of the non-equilibrium cluster, of collisional growth. Both quantities are composed of an enthalpic term, related to potential energy minimum differences, and a size-dependent entropic term, which hinges upon heat capacity and energy partitioning. Example calculations using gold nanoclusters demonstrate that collisional heating can be important and strongly size dependent, particularly for reactive collisions involving nanoclusters composed of 14-20 atoms. Excessive latent heat release may have considerable implications in cluster formation and growth.
Kinetic-theory approach to Gluon Self-energy beyond Hard Thermal Loops
Creators: name: Xiaoping, Zheng
name: Jiarong, Li
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We compare the effective dynamics of soft fields, based on temperature field theory, with the mean field dynamics from non-Abelian kinetic theory. We derive the polarization tensor with the leading logarithmic factor $\log({gT\overμ})$ from the effective Boltzmann-Langevin equation given by Litim and Manuel. The tensor is identical with effective one-loop contributions within the hard thermal loop effective theory.
description: 9 pages,2 figures
Project" The new face of rural poverty in Brazil:transformations, profile and public policy challenges"
Creators: name: Miranda, Carlos
name: Tiburcio, Breno
name: Miranda, Carlos
name: Tiburcio, Breno
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2011
Subjects: Agricultural and Food Policy
Community/Rural/Urban Development
International Relations/Trade

description: The objective of the project was to formulate proposed policies for combating rural poverty in Brazil, taking into consideration the structural changes that have taken place in the economy and society of Brazil, and their impact on the most vulnerable sectors of the rural population. As a basis for formulating the proposals, studies were conducted in nine thematic areas, in two stages. The first was concluded in December 2010 with the Fifth International Forum: territorial development strategies aimed at combating poverty, and the second in June 2011.
Mimonecteola subchelata Vinogradov
Creators: name: Zeidler, Wolfgang
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Amphipoda
Mimonecteolidae
Mimonecteola
Mimonecteola subchelata

description: Mimonecteola subchelata Vinogradov
(Fig. 43)
 Mimonecteola subchelata Vinogradov, 1964: 124, fig. 10. Vinogradov et al. 1982: 104–105, fig. 40.
 Type material. This species was described from one immature female specimen measuring 8.0 mm, from the tropical Indian Ocean [06°32’S 100°08’E]; Vitjaz Stn. 4918 (?) in a trawl, 4600–0 m. The unique type is in the ZMMU (Mb–1059), on microscope slides.
 Diagnosis. According to Vinogradov (1964), known only from one sexually immature female measuring 8.0 mm. Pereopod 4; basis length almost twice merus; carpus length 1.5x merus; propodus length 0.8x carpus; dactylus slightly curved; length slightly more than 0.3x propodus. Pereopod 5 similar in length to P4; basis length 1.6x merus; carpus subequal in length to merus; propodus with convex anterior margin armed with relatively long setae, more densely for distal half, forming a palmate margin to accommodate dactylus, length about 1.2x carpus; dactylus slightly curved, pressed against propodus, length almost half propodus. Pereopod 6 similar in length to P5; basis length 1.4x merus; carpus length 1.2x merus; propodus subequal in length to carpus; dactylus relatively straight, length 0.4x propodus. Pereopod 7; length about 0.7x P6; basis length 2.4x merus; carpus length about 1.3x merus; propodus with weakly developed posterodistal spoon-shaped process; length 1.4x carpus; dactylus relatively straight, partly retractile, length about 0.3x propodus. Telson length 0.8x peduncle of U3.
Colour of living specimen not recorded.
 Remarks. I have not seen any specimens of this species but accept its validity based on the observations of Vinogradov (1964).
 Its similarity to M. mixta has already been discussed under that species. Distinguishing characters are the relatively longer dactylus and stronger subchela of pereopod 5, the relatively straight dactylus of pereopod 7 and the relatively long telson.
 Distribution. Only known from the type locality, the tropical Indian Ocean, off Sumatra [06° 32’S 100° 08’E], trawled in 4600–0 m.
description: Published as part of Zeidler, Wolfgang, 2009, A review of the hyperiidean amphipod superfamily Lanceoloidea Bowman & Gruner, 1973 (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Hyperiidea), pp. 1-117 in Zootaxa 2000 on page 108
Examining Sex and Racial/Ethnic Differences in Co-use of Alcohol, Cannabis, and Cigarettes in a Community Sample of Adolescents
Creators: name: Purcell, Juliann B.
name: Orihuela, Catheryn A.
name: Elliott, Marc N.
name: Emery, Susan Tortolero
name: Schuster, Mark A.
name: Mrug, Sylvie
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Although adolescents often co-use alcohol, cigarettes, and cannabis, little is known about sex and racial/ethnic differences in the co-use of these substances. Therefore, this investigation examined sex and racial/ethnic differences in alcohol, cigarette, and cannabis co-use in a large and ethnically diverse. Methods: Participants were drawn from a large, multi-site study of adolescents from three regions in the United States (N = 4,129; Mage=16.10 years, SD = 0.59; 51% female, 49% male; 37% Black, 37% Hispanic, 25% White). Participants were categorized into eight mutually exclusive groups based on their self-reported use of alcohol, cannabis, and cigarettes in the last 30 days. Results: Unadjusted multinomial logistic regression revealed that males were more likely than females to use cannabis-only and to co-use all three substances. Additionally, Black and Hispanic adolescents were more likely to use cannabis-only, while White adolescents were more likely than Black and Hispanic adolescents to co-use alcohol and cigarettes. After adjusting for other sociodemographic variables (age, household income, parental education, and parent marital status), males were more likely to use cannabis-only than females; White youth were more likely than Hispanic youth to use cigarettes only and co-use cigarettes and alcohol. White youth were more likely than Black youth to co-use alcohol and cigarettes and co-use all three substances. Discussion: These results indicate sex and racial/ethnic differences in substance co-use that were not explained by socioeconomic factors. Results of this work suggest potential strategies for targeted prevention efforts and underscore the importance of continued efforts to better understand patterns of alcohol and substance co-use.
Time-dependent photoionisation modelling of AGN outflows
Creators: name: Rogantini, Daniele
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: X-ray Spectroscopy
Spectral modeling
Photoionization modeling
Active Galactic Nuclei

description: Over the last four decades several photoionisation codes have been developed. Based on a high degree of complexity in terms of physical processes considered in the modelling, they achieve robust predictions. Nevertheless, the temporal dependencies of the ionisation balance equations are often neglected in favour of a scenario in which the plasma is constantly in photoionisation equilibrium with the ionising radiation. Here we present a new self-consistent photoionisation model where ionisation balance, energy and temperature are considered in their full time-dependent form. This time-dependent photoionisation model (TPHO) is particularly applicable to AGN outflows where the ionisation source, the UV and X-ray continuum, is highly variable. In particular, the synergy between TPHO and time-resolved X-ray spectroscopy studies enables us to monitor the response of the plasma in outflow to variations in the illuminating continuum. The estimated recombination timescales depends on the electron density. Thus, TPHO not only characterises the non-equilibrium AGN absorbers (e.g. warm absorbers), but also infers their density and spatial distance from the central source. Mapping the outflows will ultimately help to reveal the energetics of the AGN outflows and quantify their impact on the surrounding environment; a phenomenon usually termed AGN feedback.
Cicurina (Cicurella) bandera Gertsch 1992
Creators: name: Paquin, Pierre
name: Dupérré, Nadine
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Hahniidae
Cicurina
Cicurina bandera

description: Cicurina (Cicurella) bandera Gertsch 1992
(Figs 8–9, 135)
 Cicurina bandera Gertsch 1992: 111, figs 113–114 (description of female). — Jackman 1997: 162.
 HOLOTYPE female: “ Texas; Fossil Cave, Bandera County, W 99 N29, July 23, 1966 J. Reddell, D. McKenzie colls.”. Examined (AMNH).
 Description. Female holotype
Total length: 4.20; carapace length: 2.10; carapace width: 1.40; opisthosoma length: 2.10. Eyes absent. Cheliceral promargin right side with 4 teeth (1 large, 3 small), left side 3 teeth (2 large, 1 small); retromargin right side with 5 denticles (2 large, 3 small), left side 6 denticles (2 large, 4 small). Leg I: total length: 6.40; femur: 1.80; patella: 0.65; tibia: 1.55; metatarsus: 1.45; tarsus: 0.95; leg IV: total length: 7.20; femur: 1.95; patella: 0.65; tibia: 1.70; metatarsus: 1.90; tarsus: 1.00. Tarsal claw IV: 0.14. Epigynum: 0.182 (half size). Epigynal ventral plate with long transverse slit; bursa not enlarged nor fused; copulatory ducts reaching over primary lobe apex; primary pores not visible; stalk short, procurved joining the primary lobe at the aperture of the dictynoid pore; dictynoid pore rounded; primary lobe kidney-shaped; secondary lobe absent; fertilization canal long, externally positioned from the dictynoid pore; fertilization duct medially attached to the primary lobe base.
 Distribution. Only reported from the type locality: Fossil Cave (Bandera County, Texas, Fig. 135).
 Remarks. Male unknown. The description of the epigynum is incomplete because the holotype was damaged.
description: Published as part of Paquin, Pierre & Dupérré, Nadine, 2009, of 60 troglobitic species of the subgenus Cicurella (Araneae: Dictynidae), and a first visual assessment of their distribution, pp. 1-67 in Zootaxa 2002 on page 14
Executive Function and Trajectories of Emotion Dysregulation in Children with Behavior Problems
Creators: name: Binder, Allison
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2017

description: The preschool years are a critical time for the development of emotion regulation, which is vital for children’s intellectual and social growth. Children with behavior problems are at particular risk of developing poor regulatory skills. Understanding factors underlying emotion dysregulation in children with behavior problems is therefore important for fostering children’s emotional development. Although theory and research suggest executive function may be important in this regard, its role among children at-risk for emotion dysregulation remains unclear. The goal of the current study was to examine whether executive function predicted trajectories of emotion dysregulation from age 3 to age 5 among children with behavior problems. This study focused on 199 3-year-old children with behavior problems who took part in a larger longitudinal study. Results revealed that response inhibition and working memory were not predictive of later emotion dysregulation. However, children who exhibited worse delay of gratification at ages 3 and 4 had greater symptoms of externalizing emotion dysregulation at age 5. In addition, children who made more omission errors on a test of attentional control at ages 3 and 4 exhibited greater externalizing emotion dysregulation at age 5. Gender differences emerged on two measures of delay of gratification and one measure of attentional control. Results suggest that specific facets of executive function may play an important role in difficulties with emotion dysregulation across the preschool years and that this pattern may differ across boys and girls.
Reconstructing the Equation of State of Tachyon
Creators: name: Hao, Jian-gang
name: Li, Xin-zhou
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Recent progress in theoretical physics suggests that the dark energy in the universe might be resulted from the rolling tachyon field of string theory. Measurements to SNe Ia can be helpful to reconstruct the equation of state of the rolling tachyon which is a possible candidate of dark energy. We present a numerical analysis for the evolution of the equation of state of the rolling tachyon and derive the reconstruction equations for the equation of state as well as the potential.
description: 6 pages, 3 figures, to appear Phys. Rev. D
Monte Carlo study of an improved clock model in three dimensions
Creators: name: Hasenbusch, Martin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study a generalized clock model on the simple cubic lattice. The parameter of the model can be tuned such that the amplitude of the leading correction to scaling vanishes. In the main part of the study we simulate the model with $Z_8$ symmetry. At the transition, with increasing length scale, $O(2)$ symmetry emerges. We perform Monte Carlo simulations using a hybrid of local Metropolis and cluster algorithms of lattices with a linear size up to $L=512$. The field variable requires less memory and the updates are faster than for a model with $O(2)$ symmetry at the microscopic level. Our finite size scaling analysis yields accurate estimates for the critical exponents of the three-dimensional XY-universality class. In particular we get $η=0.03810(8)$, $ν=0.67169(7)$, and $ω=0.789(4)$. Furthermore we obtain estimates for fixed point values of phenomenological couplings and critical temperatures.
description: 51 pages, 14 figures, typos corrected, appendix extended, ref. 15 added
The Association between Sleep Duration, Insomnia and Weight Change in the Women’s Health Initiative Observational Study
Creators: name: Boame, Nana
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2017

description: Sleep deprivation and insomnia may be risk factors for obesity due to decreased energy expenditure and increased caloric intake. The relationship between sleep duration, insomnia and weight and fat mass was assessed in postmenopausal women (N=92,706) in the Women’s Health Initiative Observational Study from 1993-2005. Baseline sleep duration and insomnia status, and annual weight information were collected by questionnaire. Body mass index (BMI) was calculated annually from height and weight measurements. Fat mass percent was assessed at baseline and every 3 years by dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry. After multivariable adjustment, baseline cross-sectional analyses demonstrated a significant relationship between sleeping 6 hours (β = 0.19, 95% CI: 0.10, 0.29) and 8 hours (β = 0.16, 95% CI: 0.06, 0.26) but not ≤ 5 or ≥ 9 hours and BMI (reference = 7 hours). After multivariable adjustment, baseline insomnia was associated with significantly lower BMI (β = -0.31, 95% CI: -0.39, -0.23). No association was observed between baseline sleep duration, insomnia status and fat mass percent. Prospectively, baseline sleep duration was not significantly associated with weight change or change in fat mass percent. Similarly, baseline insomnia status was not associated with change in weight or change in fat mass percent over time. As the prevalence of obesity increases, it is necessary to identify modifiable risk factors. Our findings suggest that sleep duration is not a factor for weight gain in post-menopausal women.
Euclidean operator growth and quantum chaos
Creators: name: Avdoshkin, Alexander
name: Dymarsky, Anatoly
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider growth of local operators under Euclidean time evolution in lattice systems with local interactions. We derive rigorous bounds on the operator norm growth and then proceed to establish an analog of the Lieb-Robinson bound for the spatial growth. In contrast to the Minkowski case when ballistic spreading of operators is universal, in the Euclidean case spatial growth is system-dependent and indicates if the system is integrable or chaotic. In the integrable case, the Euclidean spatial growth is at most polynomial. In the chaotic case, it is the fastest possible: exponential in 1D, while in higher dimensions and on Bethe lattices local operators can reach spatial infinity in finite Euclidean time. We use bounds on the Euclidean growth to establish constraints on individual matrix elements and operator power spectrum. We show that one-dimensional systems are special with the power spectrum always being superexponentially suppressed at large frequencies. Finally, we relate the bound on the Euclidean growth to the bound on the growth of Lanczos coefficients. To that end, we develop a path integral formalism for the weighted Dyck paths and evaluate it using saddle point approximation. Using a conjectural connection between the growth of the Lanczos coefficients and the Lyapunov exponent controlling the growth of OTOCs, we propose an improved bound on chaos valid at all temperatures.
description: v2 presentation improved, new bound on lattice animal histories in section II.C
On the transverse mode of an atom laser
Creators: name: Busch, Th.
name: Köhl, M.
name: Esslinger, T.
name: Molmer, K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The transverse mode of an atom laser beam that is outcoupled from a Bose-Einstein condensate is investigated and is found to be strongly determined by the mean--field interaction of the laser beam with the condensate. Since for repulsive interactions the geometry of the coupling scheme resembles an interferometer in momentum space, the beam is found show filamentation. Observation of this effect would prove the transverse coherence of an atom laser beam.
description: 4 pages, 4 figures
Evaluating Variances Between Departments of Transportation in New England to Create a Strategic Transportation Workforce
Creators: name: Bouchard, Chelsea
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2017

description: As the baby boomer generation approaches retirement, the transportation workforce is increasingly under strain. Employees are exiting the industry in larger volumes than incoming hires; which is creating a need to reevaluate and revamp work processes. In addition, the industry is transitioning into the 21st century and that is requiring the adaptation of new technologies. The gap between old and new employee skills is growing and seen throughout the industry. There is a growing need and opportunity to develop a new set of job competencies which create job specifications and job postings, which support the organization’s strategic plan. In this thesis existing DOT job specifications and job postings for Civil Engineers were gathered and reviewed. Current industry standard competencies from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) were also gathered and used to summarize existing specifications. Results evaluated how Departments of Transportation in New England compare to their counterparts.
Two-photon cross-sections from the saturation model
Creators: name: Kwiecinski, J.
name: Motyka, L.
name: Timneanu, N.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A saturation model for the total gamma-gamma and gamma*-gamma* cross-sections and for the real photon structure function F_2^gamma(x,Q^2) is described. The model is based on a QCD dipole picture of high energy scattering. The two-dipole cross-section is assumed to satisfy the saturation property with the saturation radius taken from the GBW analysis of the gamma*-p interaction at HERA. The model is combined with the QPM and non-pomeron reggeon contributions an it gives a very good description of the data on the gamma-gamma total cross-section, on the photon structure function F_2^gamma(x,Q^2) at low x and on the gamma*-gamma* cross-section. Production of heavy quarks in gamma-gamma collisions is also studied.
description: 12 pages, 6 figures, uses appolb.cls. Presented at the Cracow Epiphany Conference on Quarks and Gluons in Extreme Conditions, 3-6 January 2002, Cracow, Poland
Breathing modes, quartic nonlinearities and effective resonant systems
Creators: name: Evnin, Oleg
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: A breathing mode in a Hamiltonian system is a function on the phase space whose evolution is exactly periodic for all solutions of the equations of motion. Such breathing modes are familiar from nonlinear dynamics in harmonic traps or anti-de Sitter spacetimes, with applications to the physics of cold atomic gases, general relativity and high-energy physics. We discuss the implications of breathing modes in weakly nonlinear regimes, assuming that both the Hamiltonian and the breathing mode are linear functions of a coupling parameter, taken to be small. For a linear system, breathing modes dictate resonant relations between the normal frequencies. These resonant relations imply that arbitrarily small nonlinearities may produce large effects over long times. The leading effects of the nonlinearities in this regime are captured by the corresponding effective resonant system. The breathing mode of the original system translates into an exactly conserved quantity of this effective resonant system under simple assumptions that we explicitly specify. If the nonlinearity in the Hamiltonian is quartic in the canonical variables, as is common in many physically motivated cases, further consequences result from the presence of the breathing modes, and some nontrivial explicit solutions of the effective resonant system can be constructed. This structure explains in a uniform fashion a series of results in the recent literature where this type of dynamics is realized in specific Hamiltonian systems, and predicts other situations of interest where it should emerge.
description: v4: published version
The Performance of Light: Exploring the Impact of Natural Lighting in the New UMass School of Performance
Creators: name: Brown, Dylan
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2017

description: This thesis explores how natural light can be integrated with built form to create a “performance of light” in architecture. Lighting conditions from a contemporary dance piece, as well as other architectural precedents, were studied, and aspects adapted into the building’s design. In addition to designing theatrical effects of light, the classroom and administrative spaces were designed to take advantage of natural light. Daylight studies were used to inform glazing design and material selection to stay within illuminance thresholds in the spaces.
This project is responding to the facility needs of the campus of UMass Amherst where the program of the dance, theater and music departments are stressed for space, are operating in below-average facilities, and are separated, making collaboration difficult. The programmatic concept driving this design purposely mixes offices, classrooms and rehearsal spaces, creating overlap and collaborative opportunities.
The use of mass timber was also an important aspect of the buildings’ design. Wood brings along many benefits, such as lower embodied energy, carbon sequestration, better thermal properties, and an increase in the perceived quality of architectural spaces. The volume of wood used in the building’s structural system was run through a life-cycle analysis to determine the overall carbon footprint, in relation to the amount of steel and concrete used.
The Economy of Evangelism in the Colonial American South
Creators: name: Carroll, Julia
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2017

description: Eighteenth-century Methodist evangelism supported, perpetuated, and promoted slavery as requisite for a productive economy in the colonial American South. Religious thought of the First Great Awakening emerged alongside a colonial economy increasingly reliant on chattel slavery for its prosperity. The records of well-traveled celebrity minister and provocateur of the Anglican tradition, George Whitefield, suggest how Calvinist-Methodist evangelicals viewed slavery as necessary to supporting colonial ministerial efforts. Whitefield’s absorption of and immersion into American culture is revealed in his owning a plantation, portraying a willingness to sacrifice the mobility of the disfranchised for widespread consumption of evangelical thought. A side effect of this was free and formerly enslaved individuals of African descent gained direct access to itinerancy in the post-Revolutionary Atlantic world, as evidenced by the multi-racial ministerial network of Whitefield’s proslavery benefactor, Selina Hastings. Paradoxically, southern evangelicalism appealed to the disfranchised while perpetuating slavery as a socially normative, religiously-sanctioned institution.
Analysis of Avoided Transmission Through Decentralized Photovoltaic and Battery Storage Systems
Creators: name: Sato, Shigeyoshi
name: Weidlich, Anke
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Systems and Control (eess.SY)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: Decentralized renewable energy systems can be low-carbon power sources, and promoters of local economies. It is often argued that decentralized generation also helps reducing transmission costs, as generation is closer to the load, thus utilizing the transmission system less. The research presented here addresses the question whether or not, or under what circumstances this effect of avoided transmission can actually be seen for a community-operated cluster of photovoltaic (PV) power plants in two sample locations, one in Germany and one in Japan. For the analysis, the newly developed instrument of MPI-MPE diagrams is used, which plot the maximum power import (MPI) and maximum power export (MPE) in relation to the reference case of no local generation. Results reveal that for moderately sized PV systems without battery storage, avoided transmission can be seen in the Japanese model location, but not in Germany. It was also found that an additional battery storage can lead to avoided transmission in both locations, even for large sizes of installed PV capacity.
description: Submitted to IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy
Sequential targeting dual-responsive magnetic nanoparticle for improved therapy of lung metastatic breast cancer
Creators: name: Shi, Shan
name: Cao, Meiting
name: Li, Yang
name: Zhou, Liping
name: Zhang, Shurong
name: Wang, Xiaoyue
name: Xin, Juan
name: Li, Wei
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: Space Science
Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
Medicine
Cell Biology
Pharmacology
Biotechnology
Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
Cancer

description: Lung metastatic breast cancer is a leading cause of cancer-related death in women and difficult to treat due to non-specific drug delivery. Herein a sequential targeting dual-responsive magnetic nanoparticle was fabricated, where Fe3O4 nanoparticle was used as magnetic core, then sequentially coated with tetraethyl orthosilicate, bis[3-(triethoxy-silyl)propyl] tetrasulfide, and 3-(trimethoxysilyl) propylmethacrylate to afford -C = C- on the surface for further polymerisation with acrylic acid, acryloyl-6-ethylenediamine-6-deoxy-β-cyclodextrin using N, N-bisacryloylcy- stamine as cross-linker, obtaining pH/redox dual-responsive magnetic nanoparticle (MNPs-CD) to delivery doxorubicin (DOX) for suppressing lung metastatic breast cancer. Our results suggested DOX-loaded nanoparticle could target the lung metastases site by sequential targeting, in which they first be delivered to the lung and even the metastatic nodules through size-driven, electrical interaction, and magnetic field-guided mechanisms, then be effectively internalised into the cancer cells followed by intelligently triggering DOX release. MTT analysis demonstrated DOX-loaded nanoparticle exhibited high anti-tumour activity against 4T1 and A549 cells. 4T1 tumour-bearing mice were employed to confirm the higher specific accumulation in lung and improved anti-metastatic therapy efficiency of DOX by focussing an extracorporeal magnetic field on the biological target. Our findings suggested the as-proposed dual-responsive magnetic nanoparticle offered a prerequisite to inhibit lung metastasis of breast cancer tumours.