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Sampling in Pressure for Compatibility with Inferring Multi-Branch Neutron Star Equations of State from Gravitational Waves
No full textNeutron stars have densities far beyond those of an atomic nucleus. Observing neutron stars from a distance is the main way that we can learn how matter behaves when packed this tightly. In addition to the light that some of them (mainly pulsars) emit toward us, we can observe neutron stars through the gravitational wave signals emitted when they merge with each other. Because the stretching of the neutron stars due to tidal forces hastens part of the coalescence process, the gravitational wave data helps us to constrain the neutron star equation of state, which describes how compressible neutron star material is. The current software used for this analysis cannot handle equations of state with multiple branches. This project alters the code to sample in component sample pressure space instead of in mass space, an important step for making it work with multiple branches
No View Under the Sun: A Content and Social Network Analysis of Political Engagement with Frasier Solar
No full textIn late 2023, Frasier Solar—a large-scale solar project—was proposed in Knox County, Ohio, a rural area with a strong natural gas presence. The project was highly controversial, in no small part because of significant local politicization efforts. In part due to an economic and political history of uneven spatial development, rural communities may adopt insider/outsider framings of social issues, or a politics of resentment. On a broader level, anti-reflexivity theory highlights how conservative counter-movements resist climate action by sowing doubt on climate science and politicizing environmental policy. Given that antireflexive messaging and actors were active in discourse and political organizing around the Frasier Solar project, we analyzed over 3,000 public comments submitted in response to the project to examine the extent to which anti-reflexive framing influenced political engagement with the project. Qualitative content analysis reveals that supporters emphasized economic benefits, the reliability of solar, and landowners’ rights to lease their land for the project. Meanwhile, opponents cited threats to rural character and concerns about solar’s reliability, alongside anti-reflexive concerns about the pollution potential of solar panels. Social network analysis shows how these sentiments form coherent communities and identify which themes drove each “camp’s” discourse. Our research seeks to illuminate the cognitive and cultural associations between insider/outsider interpretations and anti-reflexive framing of solar power. This study offers case study evidence of how anti-reflexive framing operates in rural contexts and highlights the need to understand and address the role of local political and cultural reception in shaping energy transitions
Mosque of Ibn Tulun
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Mosque–Cathedral of Córdoba
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Against the Chinese Dream and Behind the Loss of Hope: Civil Narratives and the Existential Crisis of Chinese Youth
No full textA sense of mental vacuum, known as “hollow disease”, has spread among Chinese youth since 2016. This project situates the phenomenon within the broader development of China’s civil society and the structural transformation of the virtual civil sphere over the past decade. It aims to analyze the underlying dynamics between the dominant state discourse and the emergent “shadow civil sphere.” Drawing on Jeffrey C. Alexander’s Civil Sphere Theory and narrative construction theories, it addresses an empirical gap by examining individual mental experiences as civil narratives and as strategies for coping with social pressure. Overall, this honors project explores how youth existential crises refract and function as forms of cultural resistance to dominant ideological frameworks in a rapidly changing society under authoritarian governance