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Land Use Guidelines for Drone Hubs in the U.S.: Optimal Site Selection and Policy Frameworks
Get PDFThis study investigated public preferences regarding drone hub siting through a quantitative survey of 1,023 U.S. respondents. The findings reveal an overwhelming consensus (97.9%) in support of banning drone hubs near sensitive areas, such as residential neighborhoods and schools. Residential settings significantly influenced distance preferences, with urban residents showing greater acceptance of closer proximities (52.0% preferred 1/2 mile to 1 mile) compared to rural residents who favored greater distances (51.7% preferred 1 mile to 2 miles). Chi-square tests confirmed statistically significant relationships (p < .001) between residential settings, distance preferences, and noise tolerance. Gender and age also significantly influenced drone acceptance levels, with females and younger respondents showing more positive attitudes. The most effective mitigation measures included noise reduction technology (63.0%), limited operating hours (61.2%), and community involvement (56.0%). Based on these findings, the study proposes evidence-based guidelines for drone hub siting that include tiered setback requirements, context-sensitive noise standards, operational restrictions, and comprehensive stakeholder engagement strategies. These quantitative parameters provide a foundation for sustainable drone infrastructure development that balances technological advancement with community acceptance
Acknowledgements, Preface and Chapter One of William Stephenson’s Psychoanalysis and Q-Method
Get PDFIn this opening chapter, Stephenson first sets out his own personal position about psychoanalysis while giving a foretaste of the basic principles to be employed in his probe into psychoanalytic theory. He notes that although he had not previously identified himself with psychoanalysis, he had been in analysis with Melanie Klein, the celebrated Austrian-British psychoanalyst, some 20 years previously. Stephenson argues that for him, psychoanalysis fell short in two fundamental respects: It was rooted in outmoded dogmas about the mind and had developed no operationally-defined procedure suited to its needs. Stephenson goes on to outline his behavioral stance toward consciousness and mind, introducing Jacob Kantor’s notion of behaviour segments. As an example of the various conditions that mediate the typical segments of behaviour that are of interest to psychoanalysts, Stephenson discusses results from a simple Art-form projective test. The chapter concludes with a discussion of the role of theory in psychoanalysis. Stephenson’s pragmatic approach to theory draws upon Charles Peirce’s philosophy of scientific inference, highlighting the role of abduction in the explanatory aspects of psychoanalytic theory. 
Interplanting Floral Resource Plants with Vegetable Plants Enhances Beneficial Arthropod Abundance in a Home Garden
Get PDFWe examined whether interplanting vegetable and ornamental flowering plants reduces herbivory and enhances photosynthetic rate, plant growth, natural enemy abundance, and pollinator visitation relative to monoculture plantings. We found no evidence of physiological or growth costs due to growth in polyculture. Herbivore damage to plants did not differ with planting regime. Natural enemies occurred in greater abundance in polycultures compared to monocultures. Pollinator diversity was enhanced in some polyculture plots. We suggest that interplanting vegetable and flowering ornamental plants at small spatial scales may improve plant health and reproduction through natural pest control and a diversified pollinator pool
