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Scamming elders: The effect of witness testimony on courtroom perceptions of elder financial abuse
No full textThe present study investigated the influence of witnesses to elder financial abuse (EFA) on jurors\u27 perceptions in the courtroom. Specifically, men and women (N = 138) mock jurors read a fictional trial summary describing an 85-year-old woman being scammed (i.e., money was illegally taken due to deception). Some mock jurors read about the presence of a female witness (aged 35 or 85 years old) or there was no witness. Results indicated that pro-victim judgments (e.g., guilty verdicts, positive victim judgments, and negative defendant judgments) were more likely when an elderly witness testified for the elderly victim, than when either a younger witness testified or there was no witness testimony. Additionally, mediation and network analysis revealed that anger toward the defendant motivated differences in pro-victim judgments when the witness was elderly versus when the witness was young. Results were discussed in terms of implications of witness testimony in EFA court cases
Race and the black male subculture: The lives of toby waller
No full textThis book is a study of black masculinity in the twenty-first century. Through a series of critical and interdisciplinary essays, this work examines the image of the black male in American society as a Toby Waller stereotype. Toby Waller is the fictional, yet symbolic character from Alex Haley’s highly acclaimed book and mini-series, Roots. It is a richly detailed, fictional story about slavery and one enslaved African man’s struggle to regain freedom. The parallel of the life of enslaved Toby Waller is similar to present day black males. Both are individuals who are often stripped of their cultural identity and exist within an institutional and systemic framework that devalues black male life. This dichotomy is the historical platform to discuss how those in the annals of white America demarcate which embodiment merits inclusion into societal acceptance
A two step method for the preparation of carbamate cross-linked cellulose films using an ionic liquid and their water retention properties
No full textCarbamate cross-linked cellulose films can be prepared in a two step method using cellulose dissolved in 1-n-butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride ionic liquid. The new technique involves casting the film from cellulose ionic liquid solution onto a glass surface and application of alkyl/aryl diisocyanate in dry dimethylsulfoxide solution onto the cellulose – ionic liquid coating on glass and allowing the cross-linking reaction to occur on the pre-formed cellulose coating. The carbamate cross-linked cellulose films formed were characterized by FT-IR, and TG-DTA. The water retention values of the films are shown to decrease with the increase in hydrophobicity of the alky/aryl group linker in the carbamate bridges
Interactions of d-cellobiose with selected chloride salts: A \u3csup\u3e13\u3c/sup\u3eC NMR and FT-IR study
No full textThe interactions of cellulose model compound d-cellobiose with chloride salts of Zn2 +, Ca2 +, Li+, Sn2 +, La3 +, Mg2 +, K+ and NH4+ were evaluated by measuring the 13C NMR chemical shift changes (Δδ) of the disaccharide due to the addition of salts in D2O. The KCl and NH4Cl showed similar Δδ changes due to interactions only with the Cl- anion. Whereas other chloride salts showed interactions with both cation and anion. Among these salts the total interactions are in the order: Zn2 + \u3e Sn2 + \u3e Li+ \u3e Ca2 + ~ La3 + \u3e Mg2 +. The FT-IR spectra of d-cellobiose-chloride salt 1:2 mixtures also indicate that KCl and NH4Cl interacts similarly with d-cellobiose in the solid state
Improving the Physical and Chemical Properties of a Disturbed Soil Using Drying-bed Biosolids
No full textDisturbed soils might be improved by increasing organic matter content. The objective of this study was to determine if a large application of drying-bed biosolids would improve soil productivity and promote bermudagrass (Cynodon dactylon) and establishment on the Trinity clay soil. Anaerobically digested, air-dried biosolids were applied to Trinity clay (very-fine, montmorillonitic, thermic, typic, pelludert) at rates of 0, 112, 560, and 1120 Mg ha−1. The biosolids were incorporated into the top 15 cm of the soil and bermudagrass sprigs were planted. Biosolids significantly reduced soil bulk density and soil resistance to penetration when measured during the second and third years after the application. Biosolids increased soil concentrations of organic carbon, nutrients (nitrogen, phosphorus, copper, zinc, iron) and heavy metals (cadmium, chromium, nickel, lead). Bermudagrass biomass production and nutrient uptake were increased due to biosolids, but heavy metals were not significantly transferred from soil to above-ground plant tissue
On the Global Existence and Boundedness of Solutions of Nonlinear Vector Differential Equations of Third Order
Get PDFIn this paper, we give some criteria to ensure the global existence and boundedness of solutions to a kind of third order nonlinear vector differential equations. By using the Lyapunov\u27s direct method, we obtain a new result on the topic and give an example for the illustrations. Our result includes, completes and improves some earlier results in the literature
Thermal Vibration of Magnetostrictive Functionally Graded Material Shells with the Transverse Shear Deformation Effects
Get PDFThe transverse shear deformation effect on the functionally graded material (FGM) circular cylindrical shells with mounted magnetostrictive layer under thermal vibration is investigated by using the generalized differential quadrature (GDQ) method. In the time dependent of displacement field, the first order shear deformation theory (FSDT) is used. The dynamic equilibrium differential equations with displacements and shear rotations of FGM shells under the magnetostrictive load and thermal load are normalized into the dynamic discrete equations. The computational solutions for thermal stresses and center deflections of magnetostrictive FGM circular cylindrical shells with four edges in simply supported boundary conditions are obtained. Some parametric effects on the FGM shells are also investigated. They are thickness of mounted magnetostrictive layer, control gain values, temperature of environment, and power law index of FGM shells
A New Approach for Solving System of Local Fractional Partial Differential Equations
Get PDFIn this paper, we apply a new method for solving system of partial differential equations within local fractional derivative operators. The approximate analytical solutions are obtained by using the local fractional Laplace variational iteration method, which is the coupling method of local fractional variational iteration method and Laplace transform. Illustrative examples are included to demonstrate the high accuracy and fast convergence of this new algorithm. The obtained results show that the introduced approach is a promising tool for solving system of linear and nonlinear local fractional differential equations. Furthermore, we show that local fractional Laplace variational iteration method is able to solve a large class of nonlinear problems involving local fractional operators effectively, more easily and accurately; and thus it has been widely applicable in physics and engineering
Domination Integrity of Line Splitting Graph and Central Graph of Path, Cycle and Star Graphs
Get PDFThe domination integrity of a connected graph G = (V (G);E(G)) is denoted as DI(G) and defined by DI(G) = min{|S| + m(G - S)}, where S is a dominating set and m(G-S) is the order of a maximum component of G-S. This paper discusses domination integrity of line splitting graph and central graph of some graphs
