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    Quantum Griffiths Inequalities

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    We present a general framework of Griffiths inequalities for quantum systems. Our approach is based on operator inequalities associated with self-dual cones and provides a consistent viewpoint of the Griffiths inequality. As examples, we discuss the quantum Ising model, quantum rotor model, Bose-Hubbard model, and Hubbard model. We present a model-independent structure that governs the correlation inequalities

    A Systematic Review of Online Sex Addiction and Clinical Treatments Using CONSORT Evaluation

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    Researchers have suggested that the advances of the Internet over the past two decades have gradually eliminated traditional offline methods of obtaining sexual material. Additionally, research on cybersex and/or online sex addictions has increased alongside the development of online technology. The present study extended the findings from Griffiths’ (2012) systematic empirical review of online sex addiction by additionally investigating empirical studies that implemented and/or documented clinical treatments for online sex addiction in adults. A total of nine studies were identified and then each underwent a CONSORT evaluation. The main findings of the present review provide some evidence to suggest that some treatments (both psychological and/or pharmacological) provide positive outcomes among those experiencing difficulties with online sex addiction. Similar to Griffiths’ original review, this study recommends that further research is warranted to establish the efficacy of empirically driven treatments for online sex addiction

    Interactive television quizzes as gambling: a cause for concern?

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    Recently, there has been a significant increase in the number of UK television shows in which viewers call into the show using a premium-rate telephone service. At one level it could be argued that in these instances viewers are participating in a lottery. Viewers are typically asked to call a premium-rate telephone line to answer a simple question. Winners are then chosen from all those viewers with the correct answer. It could also be argued that the viewer is staking money (i.e., the cost of the premium-rate telephone call) on the outcome of a future event (i.e., whether they will get the correct answer). This again could be defined as a form of gambling. Interactive television quiz shows share many of the dimensions of interactive television gambling and also raise the same concerns about vulnerable and susceptible populations. These concerns are discussed

    Psycholinguistic Credibility Assessment of News Reports About A 142-Year Old Mass Murder

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    abstract: This presentation demonstrates how credibility assessment may be used on historical news and literary documents to determine the veracity of victims and witnesses even when formal statements were never made, or were lost to history. The presentation analyzes first hand accounts of the "Wickenburg Massacre" of 1871.Presented by Griffiths at the American Academy of Forensic Sciences annual meeting, February 2014 in Seattle, WA,

    The Alysiinae (Hym. Braconidae) parasites of the Agromyzidae (Diptera). VII Supplement.

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    Zusätzliche Informationen aus der Sammlung europäischer Alysiinae (haupsächlich Dacnusini) des Autors werden veröffentlicht aus Anlaß der Übergabe dieser Sammlung an das British Museum (Natural History). Zehn neue Arten werden beschrieben, zwei in Dacnusa Haliday (D. arctica spec. nov. und D. euphrasiella spec. nov.), drei in Exotela Förster (E. viciae spec. nov., E. lathyri spec. nov. und E. chromatomyia spec. nov.) und fünf in Chorebus Haliday (C. galii spec. nov., C. rostratae spec. nov., C. chenopodii spec. nov., C. claripennis spec. nov. und C. eucodonis spec. nov.). Chorebus stenocentrus (Thomson) wird neu beschrieben.Nomenklatorische Handlungenchenopodii Griffiths, 1984 (Chorebus), spec. n.claripennis Griffiths, 1984 (Chorebus), spec. n.eucodonis Griffiths, 1984 (Chorebus), spec. n.galii Griffiths, 1984 (Chorebus), spec. n.rostratae Griffiths, 1984 (Chorebus), spec. n.stenocentrus (Thomson, 1895) (Chorebus), comb. n. hitherto Dacnusa (Dacnusa) stenocentraarctica Griffiths, 1984 (Dacnusa), spec. n.cerpheres (Nixon, 1948) (Dacnusa), comb. n. hitherto Rhizarcha cerphereseuphrasiella Griffiths, 1984 (Dacnusa), spec. n.chromatomyiae Griffiths, 1984 (Exotela), spec. n.lathyri Griffiths, 1984 (Exotela), spec. n.viciae Griffiths, 1984 (Exotela), spec. n.Supplementary information from the author´s collection of European Alysiinae (mainly Dacnusini) is here published on the occasion of the deposition of that collection in the British Museum (Natural History). Ten new species are described, two in Dacnusa Haliday (D. arctica spec. nov. and D. euphrasiella spec. nov.), three in Exotela Förster (E. viciae spec. nov., E. lathyri spec. nov. and E. chromatomyia spec. nov.), and five in Chorebus Haliday (C. galii spec. nov., C. rostratae spec. nov., C. chenopodii spec. nov., C. claripennis spec. nov. and C. eucodonis spec. nov.). Chorebus stenocentrus (Thomson) is redescribed.Nomenclatural Actschenopodii Griffiths, 1984 (Chorebus), spec. n.claripennis Griffiths, 1984 (Chorebus), spec. n.eucodonis Griffiths, 1984 (Chorebus), spec. n.galii Griffiths, 1984 (Chorebus), spec. n.rostratae Griffiths, 1984 (Chorebus), spec. n.stenocentrus (Thomson, 1895) (Chorebus), comb. n. hitherto Dacnusa (Dacnusa) stenocentraarctica Griffiths, 1984 (Dacnusa), spec. n.cerpheres (Nixon, 1948) (Dacnusa), comb. n. hitherto Rhizarcha cerphereseuphrasiella Griffiths, 1984 (Dacnusa), spec. n.chromatomyiae Griffiths, 1984 (Exotela), spec. n.lathyri Griffiths, 1984 (Exotela), spec. n.viciae Griffiths, 1984 (Exotela), spec. n

    Book Review: The World: A Family History of Humanity

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    Author: Simon Sebag Montefiore Reviewed by Lieutenant Colonel Zachary Griffiths (US Army), Special Assistant to the Chief of Staff of the Army The Harding Project’s Lieutenant Colonel Zachary Griffiths reviews this best-selling, epic in scope history of the world framed by powerful families and gives an honest evaluation of the book’s potential value (and shortcomings) for soldiers. Griffiths notes that the book provides insight into the “richness of the human experience” with “vignettes to give color to historical military campaigns and humanize those campaigns’ participants.”https://press.armywarcollege.edu/parameters_bookshelf/1057/thumbnail.jp

    Acoustic emission and coda wave interferometry data during heating of Westerly Granite (accompanies Griffiths et al. (2018)).

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    Data published in Thermal cracking in Westerly Granite monitored using direct wave velocity, coda wave interferometry and acoustic emissions (Griffiths et al., 2018).<br

    Two letters concerning No. 90 in the series called the Tracts for the times ...

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    In his ms. preface to v. 1. of his 4 bd. vols. on Tract no. 90 (BEIN), Griffiths says that the first letter is "by the Rev. ----, Vicar of ----, in Devonshire.""Advertisement"; signed: J.G. [i.e. John Griffiths, recipient of the first and author of the second of the two letters].Mode of access: Internet.BEIN Mhg49 2: Tract 90 ; vol. II
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