title: Ideological underpinnings of climate change beliefs: A 13-year longitudinal study

authors: Milfont, Taciano L.

abstract: Research demonstrates that conservative political beliefs and ideologies underpin lower environmental concern, as well as climate scepticism and inaction. Our preregistered study extends this literature by examining the dynamic interplay between socio-ideological attitudes and climate change beliefs using longitudinal data spanning 13 years (2009-2022; N = 72,910). Specifically, we investigated potential gender differences in the temporal sequencing of Right-Wing Authoritarianism (RWA), Social Dominance Orientation (SDO), and the beliefs that climate change is real and caused by humans. Between-person results from a multi-group random intercepts crosslagged panel model reveal that individuals relatively high on both RWA and SDO across assessments reported lower levels of climate beliefs. Most importantly, withinperson increases in SDO predicted subsequent within-person decreases in climate beliefs for both men and women, while RWA only decreased climate beliefs for men. Moreover, SDO had a stronger influence than RWA on climate beliefs over time but a reciprocal association also emerged whereby within-person increases in climate beliefs preceded decreases in SDO for both men and women. Thus, support for hierarchical social structures fosters climate inaction, providing an important extension to the dual process model of ideology and prejudice.

text: Ideological underpinnings of climate change beliefs: A 13-year longitudinal study Research demonstrates that conservative political beliefs and ideologies underpin lower environmental concern, as well as climate scepticism and inaction. Our preregistered study extends this literature by examining the dynamic interplay between socio-ideological attitudes and climate change beliefs using longitudinal data spanning 13 years (2009-2022; N = 72,910). Specifically, we investigated potential gender differences in the temporal sequencing of Right-Wing Authoritarianism (RWA), Social Dominance Orientation (SDO), and the beliefs that climate change is real and caused by humans. Between-person results from a multi-group random intercepts crosslagged panel model reveal that individuals relatively high on both RWA and SDO across assessments reported lower levels of climate beliefs. Most importantly, withinperson increases in SDO predicted subsequent within-person decreases in climate beliefs for both men and women, while RWA only decreased climate beliefs for men. Moreover, SDO had a stronger influence than RWA on climate beliefs over time but a reciprocal association also emerged whereby within-person increases in climate beliefs preceded decreases in SDO for both men and women. Thus, support for hierarchical social structures fosters climate inaction, providing an important extension to the dual process model of ideology and prejudice.

year: 2025

title: Command-line Instrument Control and Measurement Tools

authors: Ho, Cheng-Lin (Daniel)

subjects: VISA

abstract: The main purpose of this thesis is to automate laboratory instruments with
command lines. The created commands allow users to control instruments and
record measured values into a file, by using industrial standards, these commands
can communicate to the instruments through different interfaces. The users may
utilize these commands to execute an experiment remotely and records values
automatically. These commands made experiments flexible in location, reduce
the time spent for recording experiment values, and reduce any possible human
errors. The recorded values can be accepted by well-known analysis software
packages such as MATLAB, for further processing as a file. These commands
provide the users with convenience and personal safety, when executing
laboratory experiments with modern laboratory instruments.
The target of this thesis is producing a set of commands that allow users to control,
read, and record, the common instruments used on an electronics workbench.
These devices include power supplies, digital multimeters, function generators,
and oscilloscopes. The produced commands allow users to establish two
workbenches with these common laboratory instruments. The created
commands were written in C language in combination with the test and
measurement industrial standard to ensure the compatibility with instruments
from different vendors. This thesis also provides the readers with required
background knowledge that is related to the usage and development of these
commands. The target readers of this thesis are the graduates of Bachelor of
Electrical and Electronics Engineering or higher.

With these command sets, researchers do not need to spend a long time
controlling instruments and recording results from instrument manually. Apart
from setting up the hardware, they can simply enter the command, to get the result
they require.

text: Command-line Instrument Control and Measurement Tools The main purpose of this thesis is to automate laboratory instruments with
command lines. The created commands allow users to control instruments and
record measured values into a file, by using industrial standards, these commands
can communicate to the instruments through different interfaces. The users may
utilize these commands to execute an experiment remotely and records values
automatically. These commands made experiments flexible in location, reduce
the time spent for recording experiment values, and reduce any possible human
errors. The recorded values can be accepted by well-known analysis software
packages such as MATLAB, for further processing as a file. These commands
provide the users with convenience and personal safety, when executing
laboratory experiments with modern laboratory instruments.
The target of this thesis is producing a set of commands that allow users to control,
read, and record, the common instruments used on an electronics workbench.
These devices include power supplies, digital multimeters, function generators,
and oscilloscopes. The produced commands allow users to establish two
workbenches with these common laboratory instruments. The created
commands were written in C language in combination with the test and
measurement industrial standard to ensure the compatibility with instruments
from different vendors. This thesis also provides the readers with required
background knowledge that is related to the usage and development of these
commands. The target readers of this thesis are the graduates of Bachelor of
Electrical and Electronics Engineering or higher.

With these command sets, researchers do not need to spend a long time
controlling instruments and recording results from instrument manually. Apart
from setting up the hardware, they can simply enter the command, to get the result
they require.

year: 2008

title: Pakeha students and a pro-Treaty analysis: Teaching issues in a diploma of clinical psychology programme

authors: Yensen, Helen

subjects: Maori

abstract: We ran Treaty/biculturalism workshops for the Diploma on an ad hoc basis in 1990, 1991, and 1992. This year we have contracted for a fuller package which involves work with first and second years and staff. Next year this will continue with third year students. We believe biculturalism training for non-Maori has two major aspects and, although they overlap in various ways we think that it is useful to separate them: the first one is awareness of Maori cultural practices, values, etc, which can perhaps be called ‘cultural sensitivity training’. This needs to be under the control of Maori and have major input from Maori. The second aspect is where our focus is, and that is awareness of the effect on the Maori world of the loss of sovereignty by Maori; of their marginalisation over the last one hundred and fifty years by Pakeha; of their oppressed status; loss of economic base, and the implications for change that flow from those events. We believe that, at least initially, Pakeha have the responsibility for educating themselves and other pakeha in this area.

text: Pakeha students and a pro-Treaty analysis: Teaching issues in a diploma of clinical psychology programme We ran Treaty/biculturalism workshops for the Diploma on an ad hoc basis in 1990, 1991, and 1992. This year we have contracted for a fuller package which involves work with first and second years and staff. Next year this will continue with third year students. We believe biculturalism training for non-Maori has two major aspects and, although they overlap in various ways we think that it is useful to separate them: the first one is awareness of Maori cultural practices, values, etc, which can perhaps be called ‘cultural sensitivity training’. This needs to be under the control of Maori and have major input from Maori. The second aspect is where our focus is, and that is awareness of the effect on the Maori world of the loss of sovereignty by Maori; of their marginalisation over the last one hundred and fifty years by Pakeha; of their oppressed status; loss of economic base, and the implications for change that flow from those events. We believe that, at least initially, Pakeha have the responsibility for educating themselves and other pakeha in this area.

year: 1993