cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
MPEC 2023-M66 : 2023 MC1
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469
subject: 2023 MC1

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.
Union Seminary Quarterly Review, volume 56, issue 3-4 (2002)
Creators: name: (:Unav)
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Religion
subject: Spirituality
subject: Philosophy
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: Theology

description: Editorial Statement, vii Articles “Channels of God’s Peace: Remembering Dietrich Bonhoeffer” by D. Preman Niles, 1 “War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning” by Chris Hedges, 11 “Ordinary Christology: Reflections from an Old Testament Perspective on the Theological Significance of Jesus” by David M. Carr, 30 “Patriarchal Judaism, Liberating Jesus: A Feminist Misrepresentation” by Mary C. Boys, 48 “Christian Revelation and Religious Pluralism”: A Discussion “Christian Revelation and Religious Pluralism” by Joseph C. Hough, Jr., 65 “Hough’s Alternative to Exclusion and Other Options” by John B. Cobb, Jr., 80 “A Response to “Christian Revelation and Religious Pluralism”” by Neguin Yavari, 95 “Abjection, Violence, Missions, and American Indians” by George E. “Tink” Tinker, 106 “A Personal Confession from Another Direction” by Alan F. Segal, 121 “World Peace and the Western Religious Traditions” by Ellen T. Charry, 130 ““The Paths People Take, from All Sides, Are Mine”” by Anantanand Rambachan, 147 “Toward a Christian Theology of Religions: Some Philosophical and Theological Reflections” by Ronald F. Thiemann, 157 “Religious Pluralism, on the Ground and in the Pulpit” by Diana L. Eck, 167 “Continuing the Discussion” by Joseph C. Hough, Jr., 179 Book Reviews “George Yancy, editor. The Philosophical I: Personal Reflections of Life in Philosophy. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2002.” by Bruce Benson, 195 “Mark D. Nanos. The Irony of Galatians: Paul’s Letter in First-Century Context. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2002.” by Brigitte Kahl, 200 “Douglas Harink. Paul among the Postliberals: Pauline Theology beyond Christendom and Modernity. Grand Rapids: Brazos Press, 2003.” by James F. Kay, 203 “Stephen D. Moore. God’s Beauty Parlor—And Other Queer Spaces In And Around The Bible. Berkeley: Stanford University Press, 2001.” by Davina Lopez, 205 “John Polkinghorne. The God of Hope and the End of the World. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2003.” by Robert Pollack, 210 About the Contributors, 215
Critical Casimir forces for O(N) models from functional renormalization
Creators: name: Jakubczyk, Pawel
name: Napiorkowski, Marek
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider the classical O(N)-symmetric models confined in a d-dimensional slab-like geometry and subject to periodic boundary conditions. Applying the one-particle-irreducible variant of functional renormalization group (RG) we compute the critical Casimir forces acting between the slab boundaries. The applied truncation of the exact functional RG flow equation retains interaction vertices of arbitrary order. We evaluate the critical Casimir amplitudes Δ_f(d,N) for continuously varying dimensionality between two and three and N = 1,2. Our findings are in very good agreement with exact results for d=2 and N=1. For d=3 our results are closer to Monte Carlo predictions than earlier field-theoretic RG calculations. Inclusion of the wave function renormalization and the corresponding anomalous dimension in the calculation has negligible impact on the computed Casimir forces.
description: 9 pages
Measurements of the acceleration of reflected shock waves by means of a new heat transfer gauge
Creators: name: Slachmuylders, Erik
Publisher: name: California Institute of Technology
Year: 1963
Subjects: Aeronautics

description: A small heat transfer probe, operating in the free molecule tow regime, was developed with the purpose of obtaining accurate x, t diagrams of a reflected shock wave close to the end wall of the GALCIT 17-inch shock tube.

The sensitive element of the probe consists of a .005" diameter filament of non-conducting material coated with a thin metallic film. The sensitivities of a filament probe and a conventional cold wire are compared analytically and it is found that the filament probe has favorable characteristics for measurement times of the order of a few microseconds. This is confirmed by the experiments.

The probe was mounted in the end wall of the 17-inch shock tube and x, t diagrams of reflected shock waves were measured at three levels of the initial pressure. The initial motion of the reflected shock is governed by heat loss to the reflecting wall; the wave velocity approaches its ideal value only asymptotically. The asymptotic approach agrees closely with the results of a boundary layer theory. The measurements indicate that the trajectory of the reflected shock close to the end wall is characterized by three different regions; the region in which boundary layer theory is valid, a region closer to the wall in which deviations from boundary layer theory are observed, and a non-continuum region adjacent to the wall in which the reflected shock is formed. The reflected shock wave is found to leave the formation region with a velocity which is approximately 20 per cent below the ideal velocity. It then accelerates toward this ideal velocity, approaching within 3 per cent at distances from the end wall of about 1000 mean free paths. The boundary layer approximation is found to be valid for distances greater than about 70 mean free paths. Accordingly, a non-uniform temperature profile is to be expected in a layer of approximately 100 mean free paths from the end wall.
Combinatorial descriptions of biclosed sets in affine type
Creators: name: Barkley, Grant T.
name: Speyer, David E
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: Group Theory (math.GR)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 20F55 (Primary) 17B22, 06B23 (Secondary)

description: Let $W$ be a Coxeter group and let $Φ^+$ be its positive roots. A subset $B$ of $Φ^+$ is called biclosed if, whenever we have roots $α$, $β$ and $γ$ with $γ\in \mathbb{R}_{>0} α+ \mathbb{R}_{>0} β$, if $α$ and $β\in B$ then $γ\in B$ and, if $α$ and $β\not\in B$, then $γ\not\in B$. The finite biclosed sets are the inversion sets of the elements of $W$, and the containment between finite inversion sets is the weak order on $W$. Matthew Dyer suggested studying the poset of all biclosed subsets of $Φ^+$, ordered by containment, and conjectured that it is a complete lattice. As progress towards Dyer's conjecture, we classify all biclosed sets in the affine root systems. We provide both a type uniform description, and concrete models in the classical types $\widetilde{A}$, $\widetilde{B}$, $\widetilde{C}$, $\widetilde{D}$. We use our models to prove that biclosed sets form a complete lattice in types $\widetilde{A}$ and $\widetilde{C}$.
description: 24 pages, 3 figures
An experimental study of the stability of laminar flame
Creators: name: Curran, Donald Charles
Publisher: name: California Institute of Technology
Year: 1953
Subjects: Aeronautics

description: Knowledge of laminar flame front structure is insufficient to make exact stability calculations possible. The analysis of Landau(1) indicated flame front instability under all conditions. Semi-empirical corrections to Landau's result by Markstein(2) demonstrated that a cellular flame front structure that Markstein observed experimentally might be a stable configuration. Karlovitz(3) has proposed that there is a significant additional amount of turbulence produced in turbulent flames over that found in the upstream flow. Of particular significance is the question of whether or not a flame may take on a turbulent structure in the absence of upstream turbulence.

Therefore explorations concerning the conditions under which a laminar flame might become unstable were undertaken by burning premixed propane and air using a spherical flame holder.

The resulting conical flame had annular waves develop in the flame front a short distance downstream from the flame holder. This distance decreased as fuel-air ratio was decreased and as gas mixture flow velocity increased. Lean high velocity flames showed a parallel result in the amplitude of the wave formed - the wave in this case developing to a large amplitude in a short distance with a tendency to roll up.

Another result of the investigation was that a fairly uniform wavelength of 0.27 in. was observed even though mixture, flame holder size and flow rate were varied.

The introduction of a small external turbulence source upstream of the flame front disturbed the flame - the amount of disturbance increasing with Reynolds' number of the turbulence source and with fuel-air equivalence ratio.
Union Seminary Quarterly Review, volume 58, issue 1-2 (2004)
Creators: name: (:Unav)
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Religion
subject: Spirituality
subject: Philosophy
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: Theology

description: “Guest Editors’ Introduction” by Daniel Spencer and James Martin-Schramm, 1 Articles 1. “Scripture and Ethics: Canon and Community” by Allen Verhey, 13 2. “A Concrete Ethic of the Cross: Interpreting Bonhoeffer’s Significance in North America’s Backyard” by John W. de Gruchy, 33 3. “Rasmussen on Niebhuhr on Power: Reflections from the Edge of Empire” by Douglas John Hall, 46 4. “Community as Moral Matrix: Some Reflections on Larry Rasmussen’s Ethics” by Elizabeth M. Bounds, 66 5. “Moral Community: Reflections on Ecclesiology and Ethics, Notes from a Common Journey” by Martin Robra, 83 6. “The Integrity of Creation and Earth Community: An Ecumenical Response to Environmental Racism” by Arun Gnandason, 97 7. “To Love Earth Fiercely” by Nancie Erhard, 120 8. “Christian Ethics Toward Earth-Honoring Faiths” by Cynthia Moe-Lobeda, 132 9. “Once Around the Block: Reflections on Teaching with Larry” by Aana Marie Vigen with Jennifer Harvey, 151 Tributes “In Gratitude for Larry Rasmussen” by Renate Bethge, 165 “Mediating and Deepening Union’s Legacy” by Beverly Wildung Harrison, 169 “Tribute to a Favorite Minnesotan” by Donald W. Shriver, 178 “On Penguins and the South Bronx” by Emilie M. Townes, 183 Response to Contributors ““The Singing Was Excellent!”” by Larry L. Rasmussen, 187 Book Reviews “Timothy Matovina and Gary Riebe-Estrella, SVD Horizons of the Sacred: Mexican Traditions in U.S. Catholicism” by Ana María Díaz-Stevens, 203 “Bruce Ellis Benson, Graven Ideologies: Nietzsche, Derrida and Marion on Modern Idolatry” by Carl A. Raschke, 206 “Victor Kestenbaum, The Grace and the Severity of the Ideal: John Dewey and the Transcendent” by D. Sieple, 211 “Ivone Gebara, Out of Depths: Women’s Experience of Evil and Salvation” by Claudio Carvalhaes, 216 About the Contributors, 219
Temperature Integration: an efficient procedure for calculation of free energy differences
Creators: name: Farhi, Asaf
name: Hed, Guy
name: Bon, Michael
name: Caticha, Nestor
name: Mak, Chi H
name: Domany, Eytan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We propose a method, Temperature Integration, which allows an efficient calculation of free energy differences between two systems of interest, with the same degrees of freedom, which may have rough energy landscapes. The method is based on calculating, for each single system, the difference between the values of lnZ at two temperatures, using a Parallel Tempering procedure. If our two systems of interest have the same phase space volume, they have the same values of lnZ at high-T, and we can obtain the free energy difference between them, using the two single-system calculations described above. If the phase space volume of a system is known, our method can be used to calculate its absolute (versus relative) free energy as well. We apply our method and demonstrate its efficiency on a toy model of hard rods on a 1-dimensional ring.
Dependency Tasks Offloading and Communication Resource Allocation in Collaborative UAVs Networks: A Meta-Heuristic Approach
Creators: name: Nguyen, Loc X.
name: Tun, Yan Kyaw
name: Dang, Tri Nguyen
name: Park, Yu Min
name: Han, Zhu
name: Hong, Choong Seon
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Networking and Internet Architecture (cs.NI)
subject: Signal Processing (eess.SP)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: In recent years, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) assisted mobile edge computing systems have been exploited by researchers as a promising solution for providing computation services to mobile users outside of terrestrial infrastructure coverage. However, it remains challenging for the standalone MEC-enabled UAVs in order to meet the computation requirement of numerous mobile users due to the limited computation capacity of their onboard servers and battery lives. Therefore, we propose a collaborative scheme among UAVs so that UAVs can share the workload with idle UAVs. Moreover, current task offloading strategies frequently overlook task topology, which may result in poor performance or even system failure. To address the problem, we consider offloading tasks consisting of a set of sub-tasks, and each sub-task has dependencies on other sub-tasks, which is practical in the real world. Sub-tasks with dependencies need to wait for the resulting signal from preceding sub-tasks before being executed. This mechanism has serious effects on the offloading strategy. Then, we formulate an optimization problem to minimize the average latency experienced by users by jointly controlling the offloading decision for dependent tasks and allocating the communication resources of UAVs. The formulated problem appears to be NP-hard and cannot be solved in polynomial time. Therefore, we divide the problem into two sub-problems: the offloading decision problem and the communication resource allocation problem. Then a meta-heuristic method is proposed to find the sub-optimal solution of the task offloading problem, while the communication resource allocation problem is solved by using convex optimization. Finally, we perform substantial simulation experiments, and the result shows that the proposed offloading technique effectively minimizes the average latency of users, compared with other benchmark schemes.
description: 14 pages, 9 figures
Engaging the public with climate change
Creators: name: Anderson, Alison
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021

description: Astronomers are uniquely placed to play a key role in public outreach on the climate crisis and inspire behaviour change. As trusted ‘non-controversial’ experts, astronomers are particularly well positioned to reach out to very large audiences via planetaria, public talks and media contributions. However, it is not simply enough to present the ‘facts’ of climate change. Research demonstrates that people’s attitudes to climate change are shaped much more by their values and political views than their level of scientific knowledge. In order to engage successfully with the public it is necessary to frame messages in ways that relate to people’s values and day-to-day experiences. Climate change is often perceived to be a distant and abstract threat so narratives that connect it to local issues can bring it closer to home. Using stories and anecdotes rather than statistics and graphs helps to convey the science more effectively. Clear language and familiar examples help people to relate to the issues instead of reinforcing the idea that it is an abstract, psychologically distant, and technical problem. Careful attention needs to be given to both choice of language and visual imagery in order to avoid potentially detracting from the issues or polarising responses. Fear-based messages that do not provide any solutions can lead to apathy and denial. Finally, it is vital to understand your audience as strategic communication needs to be tailored towards the specific audience segment.
Union Seminary Quarterly Review, volume 55, issue 3-4 (2001)
Creators: name: (:Unav)
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Religion
subject: Spirituality
subject: Philosophy
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: Theology

description: Editorial Statement, v Articles “Theology’s Great Sin: Silence in the Face of White Supremacy” by James H. Cone, 1 “Address of the Reverend William Sloan Coffin at the 166th Convocation of Union Theological Seminary 5 September 2001” by William Sloane Coffin, 15 “introduction to bill t. jones” by Emilie M. Townes, 21 “Circling the Object: The One Dance” by Bill T. Jones, 25 Sermons “Finding Dreams” by Jeffrey B. Pettis, 35 “Fragments” by Barbard K. Lundblad, 39 “Luke 15:11-12” by Pat Bumgardner, 43 “Is There a Word from the Lord?” by James A. Forbes, Jr., 51 “Wisdom 3:1-9; Psalm 23; Ephesians 4:30-5:2; Luke 6:27-38” by Raymond M. Rafferty, 59 “Citizens” by Peter Laarman, 63 Response to the WTC Disaster “In the Name of Allah, The Gracious, The Dispenser of Grace, To Whom Shall We Give Access to Our Water Holes?—In the Wake of September 11th” by Farid Esack, 71 “The Religious Imperative and the Historical Perspective” by Euan Cameron, 93 “Emmaus Witnessing: Trauma and the Disordering of the Theological Imagination” by Serene Jones, 113 “Lincoln, Bonhoeffer, and Providence: A Quest for Meaning in Wartime” by G. Clarke Chapman, Jr., 129 “A Postmodern Exercise on the Idea of God in the Wake of 9/11” by Claudio Carvalhaes, 151 Book Reviews “Clifford Green. Bonhoeffer: A Theology of Sociality. Revised Edition.” by Jean Bethke Elshtain, 169 “Brad J. Kallenberg. Ethics as Grammar: Changing the Postmodern Subject” by Craig R. Hovey, 172 “Stanley Hauerwas. With the Grain of the Universe: The Church’s Witness and Natural Theology” by John Perry, 174 “Walter Wink. The Human Being: Jesus and the Enigma of the Son of Man” by D. Seiple, 178 “Barbara K. Lundblad. Transforming the Stone: Preaching Through Resistance to Change” by Janet R. Walton, 183 “L. Gregory Jones and Stephanie Paulsell. The Scope of Our Art: The Vocation of the Theological Teacher” by Jared L. Witt, 185 About the Contributor, 191
The Pesky Power Asymmetry
Creators: name: Dai, Liang
name: Jeong, Donghui
name: Kamionkowski, Marc
name: Chluba, Jens
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Physical models for the hemispherical power asymmetry in the cosmic microwave background (CMB) reported by the Planck Collaboration must satisfy CMB constraints to the homogeneity of the Universe and quasar constraints to power asymmetries. We survey a variety of models for the power asymmetry and show that consistent models include a modulated scale-dependent isocurvature contribution to the matter power spectrum or a modulation of the reionization optical depth, gravitational-wave amplitude, or scalar spectral index. We propose further tests to distinguish between the different scenarios.
description: 5 pages, 4 figures
Direct Estimation of Porosity from Seismic Data using Rock and Wave Physics Informed Neural Networks (RW-PINN)
Creators: name: Vashisth, Divakar
name: Mukerji, Tapan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Geophysics (physics.geo-ph)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Petrophysical inversion is an important aspect of reservoir modeling. However due to the lack of a unique and straightforward relationship between seismic traces and rock properties, predicting petrophysical properties directly from seismic data is a complex task. Many studies have attempted to identify the direct end-to-end link using supervised machine learning techniques, but face different challenges such as a lack of large petrophysical training dataset or estimates that may not conform with physics or depositional history of the rocks. We present a rock and wave physics informed neural network (RW-PINN) model that can estimate porosity directly from seismic image traces with no or limited number of wells, with predictions that are consistent with rock physics and geologic knowledge of deposition. As an example, we use the uncemented sand rock physics model and normal-incidence wave physics to guide the learning of RW-PINN to eventually get good estimates of porosities from normal-incidence seismic traces and limited well data. Training RW-PINN with few wells (weakly supervised) helps in tackling the problem of non-uniqueness as different porosity logs can give similar seismic traces. We use weighted normalized root mean square error loss function to train the weakly supervised network and demonstrate the impact of different weights on porosity predictions. The RW-PINN estimated porosities and seismic traces are compared to predictions from a completely supervised model, which gives slightly better porosity estimates but poorly matches the seismic traces, in addition to requiring a large amount of labeled training data. In this paper, we demonstrate the complete workflow for executing petrophysical inversion of seismic data using self-supervised or weakly supervised rock physics informed neural networks.
Supersonic flow through cascades, with application to diffusers
Creators: name: Buhler, Rolf Dietrich
Publisher: name: California Institute of Technology
Year: 1948
Subjects: Aeronautics
Aeronautical Engineering

description: Supersonic flow through a two-dimensional cascade of airfoils is discussed from the point of view of one-dimensional gas dynamics. Two generalizations to compressible flow of the usual velocity vector diagrams are discussed, namely the Mach vector and the reduced velocity vector diagram. A relative mass flow parameter is found which represents the isentropic continuity equation on the two vector diagrams, so that for a set of given cascade inlet conditions all possible outlet velocities and directions appear on the diagrams.

The largest possible tangential velocity component and the largest possible change in tangential momentum in a cascade are obtained as functions of the mass flow parameter. From these the largest obtainable stagnation pressure ratio and power of any arrangement of moving and stationary cascades may easily be obtained.

Equations are given for the ratios of relative stagnation temperatures, mass flows and Mach numbers in two systems of reference moving with respect to each other. Methods for tracing graphically on the vector diagrams the flow through a stage are presented.

The possibility of using cascades instead of shock waves for the transition from supersonic to subsonic flow in diffusers is pointed out. As an example a proposed single cascade supersonic diffuser is briefly analyzed by means of the reduced velocity vector diagram.
Precision predictions for electroweak superpartner production at hadron colliders with Resummino
Creators: name: Fuks, Benjamin
name: Klasen, Michael
name: Lamprea, David R.
name: Rothering, Marcel
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We describe the Resummino package, a C++ and Fortran program dedicated to precision calculations in the framework of gaugino and slepton pair production at hadron colliders. This code allows to calculate transverse-momentum and invariant-mass distributions as well as total cross sections by combining the next-to-leading order predictions obtained by means of perturbative QCD with the resummation of the large logarithmic contributions arising in the small transverse-momentum region and close to the production threshold. The results computed in this way benefit from reduced theoretical uncertainties, compared to a pure next-to-leading order approach as currently employed in the experimental analyses searching for sleptons and gauginos at hadron colliders. This is illustrated by using of Resummino in the context of a typical supersymmetric benchmark point dedicated to superpartner searches at the Large Hadron Collider.
description: 9 pages, 1 figure, 1 table; version accepted by EPJC; program to be downloaded from http://www.resummino.org
Some effects of geologic structure on radio reception
Creators: name: Howell, Benjamin Franklin
Publisher: name: California Institute of Technology
Year: 1942
Subjects: subject: Geology
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences

description: Radio fields at standard broadcast frequencies
were examined over faults to determine how the
geologic conditions affected the fields. The fields
in rugged and densely inhabited areas were found
to be too irregular to yield understandable patterns.
Very small variations in the direction of the field
were suggested but not proven over the San Jacinto
Fault in the San Jacinto Valley. No variations
in intensity were found over the San Andreas Fault
east of Palm Springs, but variations were observed
at some places over the Piedmont Fault in New
Jersey. Such variations might be due to the higher
conductivity of the fault plane, or to the addition
of waves reflected and refracted by the fault
surface. Weak areas near San Bernardino were noted,
but could not be correlated with faults. Further
studies, especially directional, with more delicate
apparatus than used in this survey are needed.
Union Seminary Quarterly Review, volume 54, issue 1-2 (2000)
Creators: name: (:Unav)
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2000
Subjects: subject: Religion
subject: Spirituality
subject: Philosophy
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: Theology

description: 1. “Recollection and Anticipation: The Heritage and the Hope of Theological Education at Union Theological Seminary in New York Inaugural Address, April 6, 2000” by Joseph C. Hough, Jr., 1 2. “Vision for a New Church and a New Century: Part I: Homework Against Scarcity” by Walter Brueggemann, 21 3. “Response to Walter Brueggemann, “Homework Against Scarcity”” by Alan Cooper, 41 4. “Vision for a New Church and a New Century: Part II: Holiness Become Generosity” by Walter Brueggemann, 45 5. “Response to Walter Brueggemann, “Holiness Become Generosity”” by Frederick W. Weidmann, 65 6. “American Christianity: Its Rich Past—Its Poor History” by Michael W. Harris, 71 7. “Bishop Edmund Gibson as Author of the Letter on “Negro Baptism” in Bonhoeffer’s America Report of 1939 (Including Documentation of the Letter of 1727)” by Ernst Feil, 87 8. “A Portrait of Power: A Literary-critical Study of the Depiction of the Woman in Proverbs 31:10-31” by M. Beth Szlos, 97 Book Reviews, 105 “Ann Belford Ulanov. Religion and the Spiritual in Carl Jung.” by Kathryn Wood Madden “Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Fiction from Tegel Prison.” by Klemens von Klemperer “Susanne Scholz. Rape Plots: A Feminist Cultural Study of Genesis 34.” by David Carr “Suzanne Selinger. Charlotte von Kirschbaum and Karl Barth: A Study in Biography and The History of Theology.” by Stephen Butler Murray “Dwight N. Hopkins, ed. Black Faith and Public Talk: Critical Essays on James H. Cone’s Black Theology & Black Power.” by Gabriella Lettini “Janet Walton. Feminist Liturgy: A Matter of Justice.” by Troy Messenger About the Contributors, 119
Union Seminary Quarterly Review, volume 54, issue 3-4 (2000)
Creators: name: (:Unav)
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2000
Subjects: subject: Religion
subject: Spirituality
subject: Philosophy
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: Theology

description: 1. “Ancient Sexuality and Divine Eros: Rereading the Bible through the Lens of the Song of Songs” by David M. Carr, 1 2. “Vanishing into Limbo: The Peculiar Career of Aunt Jemima” by Emilie M. Townes, 19 3. “An Argument against the Denial of the Eucharist to the Unworthy in John Calvin’s Institutes of the Christian Religion” by Stephen Butler Murray, 33 4. “Black Presbyterian Clergy and the Schism of 1837” by Moses N. Moore, Jr., 53 5. “Moral Formation in Mainline Protestantism: A History of the Union School of Religion” by Jane E. Hicks, 85 6. “Is Eco-Justice Central to Christian Faith?” by Larry L. Rasmussen, 107 Book Reviews, 125 “H. Paul Santmire. Nature Reborn: The Ecological and Cosmic Promise of Christian Theology” by Larry Rasmussen “Stephen L. Cook and S.C. Winter, editors. On the Way to Nineveh: Studies in Honor of George M. Landes” by M. Beth Szlos “Ilona N. Rashkov. Taboo or Not Taboo: Sexuality and Family in the Hebrew Bible” by David Carr “Elsa Tamez. When the Horizons Close: Rereading Ecclesiastes” by Peter Frick About the Contributors, 137
Investigation of flame velocities at low pressures
Creators: name: Eriksen, George A.
Publisher: name: California Institute of Technology
Year: 1952
Subjects: Aeronautics

description: The purpose of this study is to investigate flame velocities of mixtures of oxygen and various fuel gases at low pressures. Acetylene and propane fuels were used, and flame velocities were measured by means of flat disc flames and by means of the geometry of cone-shaped flames. Flame front area was measured from the profile defined by the onset of luminosity. The pressure range from three to one hundred mm. of mercury was covered by using two burner inlet ducts of different diameters, 2.37 and 1.25 inches respectively. The equipment and characteristics of the low pressure flame limited the data in this range, so that restricted quantitative results were obtained in regard to the variation of flame velocities with pressure.

Qualitatively, very definite variations were noted. There is a marked decrease of flame velocity with decreasing pressures in the regime below forty mm. of mercury. The variation in flame speed for the same pressure increments becomes greater as the pressure decreases. This is attributed to the rapid increase of the quenching effect from the inlet duct rim at these low pressures and low flow velocities. It is also found that flame velocities from flat flames are consistently lower than those obtained through the geometry of the cone flames. Similarly, flame velocities measured with the smaller inlet duct are consistently lower than those measured with the larger duct for the same measuring criteria. Both these variations appear to be explained by the large quenching effect encountered.
Union Seminary Quarterly Review, volume 53, issue 3-4 (1999)
Creators: name: (:Unav)
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 1999
Subjects: subject: Religion
subject: Spirituality
subject: Philosophy
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: Theology

description: Introduction, 1 Part One: Tributes from Colleagues Old and New 1. “Loss of Innocence” by Roger L. Shinn, 13 2. “Beverly Harrison: Colleague and Friend” by Donald W. Shriver, Jr., 17 3. “How Bev Changed My Mind” by Joseph Hough, 21 4. “Reformation Dogmatics and CNN” by Christopher Morse, 25 Part Two: Method and Issues 5. “A Different Discipline” by Larry Rasmussen, 29 6. “Unearthing Ethical Treasures: The Intrusive Markers of Social Class” by Katie G. Cannon, 53 7. “To Feed the World: Gender, Class, and Economic Justice” by Pamela K. Brubaker, 65 8. “Ecological and Social Transformations and the Construction of Race and Place: A View from Iowa” by Daniel T. Spencer, 85 9. “What God Hath Joined: Notes on Same-Sex Marriage and Justice-Making” by Marvin M. Ellison, 101 10. “The Work and Well-Being of Women in American Social Christianity: The Case of Henry Codman Potter (1835-1908)” by Michael Bourgeois, 125 11. “Women’s Wisdom on Solidarity and Differences (On Not Rescuing the Killers)” by Emilie M. Townes, 153 12. “Wild Geese and Solidarity: Conjunctural Praxis for a Spirit-Filled Ethics” by Marilyn J. Legge, 165 13. “Our Increasing Prospects for Reproductive Coercion” by Christine E. Gudorf, 187 14. “The Passions of Genius” by Daniel C. Maguire, 205 Part Three: Book Reviews, 221 “Emilie M. Townes, Breaking the Fine Rain of Death: African American Health Issues and a Womanist Ethic of Care.” by Marie J. Giblin “Barbara Hilkert Andolsen. The New Job Contract: Economic Justice in an Age of Insecurity.” by Jane Hicks “Elizabeth M. Bounds, Pamela K. Brubaker, and Mary E. Hobgood, eds. Welfare Policy [feminist critiques].” by Barbara Hilkert Andolsen “Mary Francis Berry. The Pig Farmer’s Daughter: Episodes of Racism and Sexism in the Courts from 1965 to the Present.” by Joan M. Sakalas “Sharon D. Welch. Sweet Dreams in America; Making Ethics and Spirituality Work.” by Ann K. Wetherilt “Ellen Meiksins Wood. The Origin of Capitalism.” by Minwoong Kim About the Contributors, 245
Evaluating the impact of a standardized induction protocol to reduce adverse perinatal outcomes: a prospective cohort study
Creators: name: Levine, Lisa D.
name: Downes, Katheryne L.
name: Hamm, Rebecca F.
name: Srinivas, Sindhu K.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases

description: Our objective was to evaluate the impact of a standardized induction protocol on reducing maternal and neonatal morbidity in women undergoing an induction with an unfavorable cervix. We performed a prospective cohort study of women undergoing an induction from May 2013 to June 2015. Women who were ≥18 years, ≥37 weeks with intact membranes and an unfavorable cervix (Bishop score of ≤6 and cervical dilation ≤2 cm) with no prior cesarean were included. We compared the following outcomes between women managed with the labor protocol versus women in an observation group, managed at the discretion of the provider: Labor length, cesarean delivery, maternal and neonatal morbidity, and neonatal intensive care unit admission for >48 hours. Multivariable models incorporated confounders specific to each outcome. 855 women were included (491: labor protocol group; 364: observational group). Women in the labor protocol group had a shorter time to delivery (15.7 hours vs. 18.0 hours, p < .001), a decrease in maternal morbidity (7.3% vs. 11.5%, p = .04), lower rates of NICU admission >48 hours (3.5% vs 8%, p = .005), and a lower neonatal morbidity (3.0% vs. 7.7%, p = .003) compared to women in the observational group. There was no difference in rate of cesarean between the labor protocol and observational groups (27.7% vs. 32.7%, p = .13). When adjusting for confounders, women in the labor protocol group had a 60% reduction in NICU admission >48 hours (RR: 0.41, 95% CI: 0.22-0.76) and a 70% reduction in neonatal morbidity (RR: 0.31, 95% CI: 0.13-0.70). Time to delivery and maternal morbidity were not significantly different in adjusted models. Utilization of a standardized induction protocol was associated with a significant reduction in neonatal morbidity without increasing the risk of cesarean or maternal morbidity.
Mechanical Artifacts in Optical Projection Tomography: Classification and Automatic Calibration
Creators: name: Liu, Yan
name: Dong, Jonathan
name: Pham, Thanh-an
name: Marelli, François
name: Unser, Michael
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Optical projection tomography (OPT) is a powerful tool for biomedical studies. It achieves 3D visualization of mesoscopic biological samples with high spatial resolution using conventional tomographic-reconstruction algorithms. However, various artifacts degrade the quality of the reconstructed images due to experimental imperfections in the OPT instruments. While many efforts have been made to characterize and correct for these artifacts, they focus on one specific type of artifacts, whereas a comprehensive catalog of all sorts of mechanical artifacts does not currently exist. In this work, we systematically document many mechanical artifacts. We rely on a 3D description of the imaging system that uses a set of angular and translational parameters. We provide a catalog of artifacts. It lists their cause, resulting effects, and existing correction methods. Then, we introduce an automatic calibration algorithm that is able to recover the unknown system parameters fed into the final 3D iterative reconstruction algorithm for a distortion-free volumetric image. Simulations with beads data and experimental results on a fluorescent textile fiber confirm that our algorithm successfully removes miscalibration artifacts in the reconstruction.
The parsec-scale structure of radio-loud broad absorption line quasars
Creators: name: Bruni, G.
name: Dallacasa, D.
name: Mack, K. -H.
name: Montenegro-Montes, F. M.
name: González-Serrano, J. I.
name: Holt, J.
name: Jiménez-Luján, F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Broad absorption line quasars (BAL QSOs) belong to a class of objects not well-understood as yet. Their UV spectra show BALs in the blue wings of the UV resonance lines, owing to ionized gas with outflow velocities up to 0.2 c. They can have radio emission that is difficult to characterize and that needs to be studied at various wavelengths and resolutions. We aim to study the pc-scale properties of their synchrotron emission and, in particular, to determine their core properties. We performed observations in the Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) technique, using both the European VLBI Network (EVN) at 5 GHz, and the Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) at 5 and 8.4 GHz to map the pc-scale structure of the brightest radio-loud objects of our sample, allowing a proper morphological interpretation. A variety of morphologies have been found: 9 BAL QSOs on a total of 11 observed sources have a resolved structure. Core-jet, double, and symmetric objects are present, suggesting different orientations. In some cases the sources can be young GPS or CSS. The projected linear size of the sources, also considering observations from our previous work for the same objects, can vary from tens of pc to hundreds of kpc. In some cases, a diffuse emission can be supposed from the missing flux-density with respect to previous lower resolution observations. Finally, the magnetic field strength does not significantly differ from the values found in the literature for radio sources with similar sizes. These results are not easily interpreted with the youth scenario for BAL QSOs, in which they are generally compact objects still expelling a dust cocoon. The variety of orientations, morphologies, and extensions found are presumably related to different possible angles for the BAL producing outflows, with respect to the jet axis. Moreover, the phenomenon could be present in various phases of the QSO evolution.
description: Published by A&A
Union Seminary Quarterly Review, volume 55, issue 1-2 (2001)
Creators: name: (:Unav)
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Religion
subject: Spirituality
subject: Philosophy
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: Theology

description: Editorial Statement, v “Responses to the Tragedy of September 11, 2001” Members of Union Theological Seminary, 1 Mary C. Boys, 5 David M. Carr, 8 Chung Hyun Kyung, 11 Alan Cooper, 13 Tom F. Driver, 16 Farid Esack, 18 Larry Rasmussen, 21 Ann Bedford Ulanov, 25 Janet Walton, 29 Delores Williams, 31 “Hagar in and out of Context” by Alan Cooper, 35 “Obituary for Barry Ulanov” 47 “Barry Ulanov in Memoriam: April 10, 1918-April 30, 2000” by Nancy M. de Flon, 49 “Barry Ulanov: A Eulogy” by Ann Ulanov, 51 “From Speechlessness to Presence” by Kathryn Wood Madden, 55 “The Creative Dilemma: The Influence of Shiller’s Aesthetics on the Life and Work of Otto Rank” by Claude Barbre, 79 “Professor David W. Lotz: Ave atque Vale!” by Nancy de Flon, 105 “A Study of Church History: A Vital Enterprise for Christian Theology and the Christian Churches” by David W. Lotz, 107 “The Importance of Church History for the Churches: An Interfaith Perspective” by W. Wesley Ariarajah, 115 “Why Does the Church Need Church History?” by Robert Louis Wilken, 121 “Valentinus and the Theology of Grace” by J. Woodrow McCree, 127 Book Reviews, 161 “Gordon Mursell, general editor. The Story of Christian Spirituality: Two Thousand Years from East to West” by Nancy de Flon, 161 “Dorothee Soelle. The Silent Cry: Mysticism and Resistance” by Sarah K. Pinnock, 163 “James Carroll. Constantine’s Sword: The Church and the Jews.” by Fred Weidmann, 169 “Richard Valantasis, editor. Religions of Late Antiquity in Practice” by Vincent L. Wimbush, 171 About the Contributors, 175
Beta Decays and Non-Standard Interactions in the LHC Era
Creators: name: Cirigliano, Vincenzo
name: Gardner, Susan
name: Holstein, Barry
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider the role of precision measurements of beta decays and light meson semi-leptonic decays in probing physics beyond the Standard Model in the LHC era. We describe all low-energy charged-current processes within and beyond the Standard Model using an effective field theory framework. We first discuss the theoretical hadronic input which in these precision tests plays a crucial role in setting the baseline for new physics searches. We then review the current and upcoming constraints on the various non-standard operators from the study of decay rates, spectra, and correlations in a broad array of light-quark systems. We finally discuss the interplay with LHC searches, both within models and in an effective theory approach. Our discussion illustrates the independent yet complementary nature of precision beta decay measurements as probes of new physics, showing them to be of continuing importance throughout the LHC era.
description: To appear in Prog. Part. Nucl. Phys
Union Seminary Quarterly Review, volume 53, issue 1-2 (1999)
Creators: name: (:Unav)
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 1999
Subjects: subject: Religion
subject: Spirituality
subject: Philosophy
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: Theology

description: 1. “Memory, Imagination, and Tradition: Diasporic Latino Spirituality” by Ana María Díaz-Stevens, 1 2. “And She Called His Name Seth (Gen. 4:25): The Birth of Critical Knowledge and the Unread End of Eve’s Story” by Brigitte Kahl, 19 3. “Reinhold Niebuhr, Wilhelm Pauck, and Paul Tillich: Public and Private” by Marion Hausner Pauck, 29 4. “Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Confession and Resistance” by Klemens von Klemperer, 47 5. “Rushing Judgement?: Willfulness and Martyrdom in Early Christianity” by Frederick W. Weidmann, 61 6. “The Radical Reformation and the Protestant Ethic: A Political Critique of Max Weber’s Sociology of Religion” by Jan Rehmann, 71 7. “Crucifixion, State Terror, and Sexual Abuse” by David Tombs, 89 8. “Ritual, Drama, and the Unconscious in the Eucharist: Contributions of Victor Turner to Depth Psychology and Religion” by Kathryn Wood Madden, 111 9. “Eros and the Living Whole: Schleiermacher and the Person-Forming Character of Liturgical Practices” by Kendra G. Hotz, 125 Book Reviews, 141 “Frederick W. Weidmann, Polycarp and John: The Harris Fragment and Their Challenge to the Literary Tradition” by Deirdre Good “J. Louis Martyn, Galations: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary” by David J. Lull “Richard Valentasis, The Gospel of Thomas” by Frederick W. Weidmann “Robert W. Funk and the Jesus Seminar, The Acts of Jesus: The Search for the Authentic Deeds of Jesus” by Frederick W. Weidmann “Samuel Terrien, The Iconography of Job through the Centuries: Artists as Biblical Interpreters” by M. Beth Szlos BookNotes, 163 “D.W. Bercot, ed., A Dictionary of Early Christian Beliefs” by John McGuckin “William McKane, The Book of Micah: Introduction and Commentary” by M. Beth Szlos About the Contributors, 165
Effect of periodontal treatment in pregnancy on perinatal outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Creators: name: Bi, Wei Guang
name: Emami, Elham
name: Luo, Zhong-Cheng
name: Santamaria, Christina
name: Wei, Shu Qin
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: To assess the effect of periodontal treatment during pregnancy on maternal, fetal and neonatal outcomes. This is a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials that evaluated the effect of treatment of periodontal diseases on pregnancy outcomes. Primary outcome was perinatal mortality. Secondary outcomes were maternal and neonatal morbidity. Outcomes were pooled using fix-effect or random effects models and presented as risk ratio (RR), or mean difference (MD), and 95% confidence interval (CI). Twenty randomized controlled trials involving 8171 participants were included in this study. Periodontal treatment during pregnancy was associated with significantly decreased risk of perinatal mortality [N = 5942; RR = 0.53 (0.30–0.93); p = .03; heterogeneity (I2) = 0%, Number needed to treat (NNT): 162]. Periodontal treatment during pregnancy reduced risks of preterm birth [N = 7335; RR = 0.78 (0.62–0.98); p = .03; I2 = 72%, NNT = 37]. Periodontal treatment during pregnancy significantly increased birthweight (gram) [N = 4708; MD = 200.79 (63.34–337.24); p = .004; I2 = 93%]. Periodontal treatment during pregnancy was not associated with preeclampsia, gestational diabetes, cesarean section, small for gestational age, or congenital malformations. Periodontal treatment during pregnancy reduces the risks of perinatal mortality and preterm birth, and improves birth weight.