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James Balmer
James Balmer received his Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Alabama in Birmingham in 1996. In 1998, Mr. Balmer was hired to support the general structural infrastructure needs at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. He later served as a structural engineer in support of the Titan and Atlas programs for Lockheed Martin Astronautics. From 2001 to 2017, Mr. Balmer worked in support of NASA KSC projects through RS&H. At present, Mr. Balmer provides aerospace structural engineering support as needed through his sole proprietorship as well as tutoring the leaders of tomorrow.https://commons.erau.edu/space-congress-bios-2018/1018/thumbnail.jp
Unterrichtsentwicklung: Lernen von Lehrpersonen im Kontext von Reformen mit wirksamer Weiterbildung unterstützen
Von der Einführung eines neuen Lehrplans wird erwartet, dass Schulen und Lehrpersonen seine Vorgaben übernehmen und ihre Praxis darauf ausrichten. Dieser Beitrag beschreibt Grundlagen, auf die das Institut für Weiterbildung und Medienbildung der PHBern für die Entwicklung des Angebotsv zur Einführung des Lehrplans 21 im Kanton Bern Bezug genommen hat. Zentral ist die Erwartung an das Angebot, dass es Lernprozesse bei den Lehrpersonen auslöst, ihren Unterricht vermehrt kompetenzorientiert zu gestalten. Unterrichtsentwicklung als Kern der Schulentwicklung wird als eine Inszenierung individuellen und kollektiven Weiterlernens im Beruf verstanden. Dieser Prozess unterliegt gerade im Kontext einer Innovation, als die ein neuer Lehrplan verstanden werden kann, besonderen Voraussetzungen. Die professionelle Kompetenz der Lehrpersonen, ihre aktuellen Unterrichtskonzeptionen und die Emotionen gegenüber der wahrgenommenen Reformnachricht sind wichtige Aspekte, an die die Unterrichtsentwicklung anzuschliessen hat. Der Lernprozess wird durch eine externe, strukturierende Begleitung unterstützt, die eine doppelte Kompetenz auf der Ebene des Unterrichts und der Weiterbildung verlangt. Zentrale Massnahmen sind dabei einerseits ein reflexiver Zyklus, andererseits ein iterativer induktiv-deduktiver Verlauf des Weiterbildungsangebots
Extinction in NGC 628 and NGC 2403 derived from Paschen and Balmer lines
. Long-slit spectrophotometry obtained simultaneously in the spectral ranges 3950--4900 A and 8000-- 10500 A is presented for a number of giant extragalactic H ii regions (GEHRs) in the spiral galaxies NGC 628 and NGC 2403. These ranges include lines from the Balmer and Paschen series of hydrogen separated by a wide wavelength interval. The Paschen and Balmer lines with special emphasis on the corresponding multiplet lines Pffi=Hffl are used to examine the dust extinction towards the GEHRs in these galaxies. We find good internal consistency for the observed/predicted line ratios used for derivation of the visual extinction, AV . Our results for AV are in general larger than previously published values based on the Hff=Hfi ratio with the GEHRs in NGC 628 exhibiting the largest extinction. Key words: galaxies: spiral -- galaxies: ISM -- dust, extinction -- H ii regions 1. Introduction Studies of both Galactic and extragalactic H ii regions rely on correction for the effect of dust on ..
Musical score, "Haste Love," for voice and piano. Words by Minnie Gilmore, music by Alfred G. Robyn. Balmer and Weber Music House Company, c. 1892
Patrick Gilmore's daughter, Minnie L. Gilmore, was an author in her own right. Her published works include "Songs from the Wings," "Pipes from the Prairieland," "A Son of Esau," and "The Woman Who Stood Between." One of her verses, from "Songs from the Wings," is entitled "To my father--Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore": "Though he is dead, I still may do/ Him honor, by a life akin/ To that pure life my childhood knew,/ His fatherheart within./ And for the true musician's place,/ You claimed a throne beside the priest;/ Since both, you said, redeemed the base,/ And blessed both great and least." In this song, her verse was set to music by Alfred George Robyn (1860-1935) a composer of light opera and founder of the Marion English Opera Company in New York. Balmer and Weber Music House Company, [c.] 1892
Structure of the Balmer jump
Context. The spectrum of the hydrogen atom was explained by Bohr more than one century ago. We revisit here some of the aspects of the underlying quantum structure, with a modern formalism, focusing on the limit of the Balmer series.
Aims. We investigate the behaviour of the absorption coefficient of the isolated hydrogen atom in the neighbourhood of the Balmer limit.
Methods. We analytically computed the total cross-section arising from bound-bound and bound-free transitions in the isolated hydrogen atom at the Balmer limit, and established a simplified semi-analytical model for the surroundings of that limit. We worked within the framework of the formalism of Landi Degl’Innocenti & Landolfi (2004, Astrophys. Space Sci. Lib., 307), which permits an almost straight-forward generalization of our results to other atoms and molecules, and which is perfectly suitable for including polarization phenomena in the problem.
Results. We analytically show that there is no discontinuity at the Balmer limit, even though the concept of a “Balmer jump” is still meaningful. Furthermore, we give a possible definition of the location of the Balmer jump, and we check that this location is dependent on the broadening mechanisms. At the Balmer limit, we compute the cross-section in a fully analytical way.
Conclusions. The Balmer jump is produced by a rapid drop of the total Balmer cross-section, yet this variation is smooth and continuous when both bound-bound and bound-free processes are taken into account, and its shape and location is dependent on the broadening mechanisms
Balmer Greenhouse
Interior of Balmer Greenhouse on East Third Street in Cle Elum, Washington.https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/frederick_krueger/1060/thumbnail.jp
High resolution measurements and modeling of auroral hydrogen emission line profiles
Measurements in the visible wavelength range at
high spectral resolution (1.3 A° ) have been made at Longyearbyen,
Svalbard (15.8 E,78.2 N) during an interval of intense
proton precipitation. The shape and Doppler shift of hydrogen
Balmer beta line profiles have been compared with
model line profiles, using as input ion energy spectra from
almost coincident passes of the FAST and DMSP spacecraft.
The comparison shows that the simulation contains the important
physical processes that produce the profiles, and confirms
that measured changes in the shape and peak wavelength
of the hydrogen profiles are the result of changing
energy input. This combination of high resolution measurements
with modeling provides a method of estimating the
incoming energy and changes in flux of precipitating protons
over Svalbard, for given energy and pitch-angle distributions.
Whereas for electron precipitation, information on the incident
particles is derived from brightness and brightness ratios
which require at least two spectral windows, for proton precipitation
the Doppler profile of resulting hydrogen emission
is directly related to the energy and energy flux of the incident
energetic protons and can be used to gather information
about the source region. As well as the expected Doppler
shift to shorter wavelengths, the measured profiles have a significant
red-shifted component, the result of upward flowing
emitting hydrogen atoms
Grid/Balmer
<p>Grid of theoretical 3D non-LTE emergent hydrogen Balmer (alpha, beta, and gamma) line profiles for cool (FGK-type) stars.</p>
Balmer Greenhouse
Balmer Greenhouse on East Third Street following a heavy snowstorm in Cle Elum, Washington.https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/frederick_krueger/1007/thumbnail.jp
Data for: Comparison of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) between small cetaceans in coastal and estuarine waters of the northern Gulf of Mexico
Persistent organic pollutant levels in remote blubber biopsy samples from small cetacean in the northern Gulf of Mexic
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