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Novel and flexible approach to access the open ocean: Uses of sailing research vessel Lady Amber during SPURS-2.
No full text© The Author(s), 2019. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License. The definitive version was published in Rainville, L., Centurioni, L. R., Asher, W. E., Clayson, C. A., Drushka, K., Edson, J. B., Hodges, B. A., Hermann, V., Farrar, J. T., Schanze, J. J., & Shcherbina, A. Y. Novel and flexible approach to access the open ocean: Uses of sailing research vessel Lady Amber during SPURS-2. Oceanography, 32(2), (2019): 116-121, doi: 10.5670/oceanog.2019.219.SPURS-2 (Salinity Processes in the Upper-ocean Regional Study 2) used the schooner Lady Amber, a small sailing research vessel, to deploy, service, maintain, and recover a variety of oceanographic and meteorological instruments in the eastern Pacific Ocean. Low operational costs allowed us to frequently deploy floats and drifters to collect data necessary for resolving the regional circulation of the eastern tropical Pacific. The small charter gave us the opportunity to deploy drifters in locations chosen according to current conditions, to recover and deploy various autonomous instruments in a targeted and adaptive manner, and to collect additional near-surface and atmospheric measurements in the remote SPURS-2 region.Tragically, Lady Amber Captain Peter Flanagan passed away on March 15, 2016, after the initial transit. This was a big loss for his friends and crew—his enthusiasm will be sorely missed. We acknowledge the owner and crew of Lady Amber for remaining
committed to the SPURS-2 work. This work would not have been possible without Captain Arran Flanagan and Captain Ryan Struthers and the capable crew of Lady Amber. This project was supported by NASA grant NNX15AT40G. We also acknowledge
the contribution of Justin Burnett, Jesse Dosher, and Aaron Paget to the design and installation of the LAPS, and the support and cooperation from all the SPURS-2 PIs
KUTV EXTRA Episode 1: Amber Jim, Maureen Whipple, Howard Hughes\u27 Barber
No full textVideo recording of the first KUTV EXTRA episode (color, sound, 28 minutes and 30 seconds), originally on U-Matic tape. It aired on April 6, 1977, and had three segments. Amber Jim [0:00:00]: This story opens with the book "Dick and Jane", as an outdated example of gender roles. Amber Hunt, known as Amber Jim, became well-known for her ability to box as a young girl. Not only one of the very few girls taking part in male-dominated sports, Amber Jim broke down the typical gender roles of the 1950s. This short story illuminates the nature of Amber Jim\u27s situation through personal interviews with Amber, her mother, and the match\u27s spectators. / Maureen Whipple [0:11:55]: Aired as the second part of EXTRA\u27s first episode, Judy Hallet explores the life of Maureen Whipple, the famous author of The Giant Joshua. Her book explored Utah, Mormonism, and polygamy. / Howard Hughes\u27 Barber [00:19:47]: As the final part of the first episode, Lucky Severson interviews Melvin Stuart, the barber of Howard Hughes. This story explores the relationship between Stuart and Hughes, from being his barber to confidant
Diverse Assemblage of Arthropods in Amber from Upper Cretaceous Tarheel Formation near Goldsboro, North Carolina
No full textA relatively unexplored Upper Cretaceous (early Campanian) amber-bearing lignite deposit in Goldsboro, North Carolina has yielded a diverse assemblage of arthropods. Preliminary cataloging of approximately 175 biological inclusions obtained from the site include microscopic and macroscopic representatives from two subphyla of arthropoda (Chelicerata and Hexapoda) and at least 9 orders of insects (Blattodea, Coleoptera, Diptera, Hemiptera, Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera, Psocoptera, Thysanoptera, and Archaeognatha). In addition to animal inclusions, the Goldsboro amber often contains abundant plant matter, fungal mycelia, enhydros, and air bubbles. The inclusions depicted by micrographs in this poster presentation have not been formally classified and systematically described. Only an extinct ant genus Baikurus (Krynicki, 2013) and a new species of phantom midge, Neuseptychoptera carolinensis, (Szadziewski, et al., 2018) from this site have been described by others. Cretaceous amber sites in North America, yielding abundant biological inclusions are rare, so even the systematic description and classification of this material would be noteworthy even without developing more specific applications to creationist modeling. The primary purpose of this presentation is to visually document the diversity of inclusions being found in North Carolina amber and to recruit other creationists with the expertise needed to properly evaluate and develop potential research goals for this material. The amber and biological inclusions being reported here belong to the personal and expanding collection of the author
Pure POPC membrane simulations using Amber Lipid 14 Force Field
No full textPure POPC membrane simulations using the Amber Lipid 14 force field.
@article{dickson2014lipid14, title={Lipid14: the amber lipid force field}, author={Dickson, Callum J and Madej, Benjamin D and Skjevik, {\AA}ge A and Betz, Robin M and Teigen, Knut and Gould, Ian R and Walker, Ross C}, journal={Journal of chemical theory and computation}, volume={10}, number={2}, pages={865--879}, year={2014}, publisher={ACS Publications} }
The trajectories are centered such that the center of mass of the lipid tails are at the origin. Please check the imaging again to make sure that there are no problems.
The trajectories do not contain water molecules.
Simulation Details:
Lipids : 72 POPC lipids, 36 per leaflet
Water: 9560 TIP3P water molecules (water coordinates are not saved)
Temperature: 303 K
Pressure: 1 bar
Thermostat: Langevin
Barostat: Berendsen
Pressure coupling: Semi-isotropic
Trajectory Length: 100 ns (after 100 ns pre-equilibration)
Saving frequency: 100 ps
Further details are available at the 04_Run.in file
All trajectories started from the same structure but equilibriated for 100 ns independently (using 03_Hold.in
It takes a village…One leader\u27s journey of developing confidence through enhanced team building
No full textThe growth of personal confidence can be difficult for novice faculty as they transition into leadership roles. The 20-month journey through Sigma Theta Tau\u27s Nurse Faculty Leadership Academy provided opportunities for the author to build self-confidence as she realized that it takes a village to develop confidence as a leader
Reading acts of narrative appropriation: four instances of fraudulent memoir
No full textPhDThis thesis examines acts of narrative appropriation, the telling of purportedly‘authentic’ life stories by those for whom the stories are not theirs to tell. This
misuse or subversion of genre - the discipline of historical writing and the category
of autobiography - becomes a means for cultural, social and political dissimulation,
and the analysis focuses both on the act: the event, trespass, or ‘theft’ of another’s
life story, and on the cultural meaning that this event reveals. These narrative acts
are approached theoretically through discussions of what it means to be an author, a
reader, and through the consideration of literary and social genre, category and form.
In exploring identities at particular risk of appropriation, this thesis shows how
fraudulent appropriated narratives affect our reading of the world, and in turn
influence our perception of already marginalized social groups. My primary
examples include prostitution ‘narratives’, Native North American ‘memoir,’ and
fraudulent Holocaust survivor ‘testimony,’ with each text providing decoded
evidence of ‘genre-bending’ exhibiting a social and political intent. These works
seek to be read as authentic personal narratives, as autobiography, and that is how
they have been presented to the reader. However, they are imposters – fictional tales
desiring the elevated status of historical authenticity and willing to bend the rules
and contracts of genre to achieve their end. Here the appearance of authenticity is
achieved through the use of cultural and social ‘myth,’ or perceptions of cultural
identity, and as such its fraudulent construction is first and foremost a social act,
with a social and economic motivation. As this thesis concludes, these texts are
most successful when their own political and social ideologies echo and confirm that
of the readership; when their subjects, the fraudulent ‘I’ at the center of the text is
also a performative elaboration of cultural belief
Wikipedia Made Law? The Federal Judicial Citation of Wikipedia, 26 J. Marshall J. Computer & Info. L. 229 (2008)
No full textIn this comment the author examines the new and growing body of federal opinions citing Wikipedia an authoritative source. The comment details how Wikipedia articles are generated, and the ease with which anyone can edit them, to illustrate their shortcomings as sources for making judicial determinations. The author provides examples of federal cases where judges rely on Wikipedia to define terms ranging from colloquial phrases to medical equipment. The author points out that in spite of several academic institutions and the U.S. Trade and Patent Office banning it as a source, federal judges continue to rely on Wikipedia in their decision-making. Upon a thorough analysis of Wikipedia articles’ credibility and volatility, the author concludes by proposing a rule to ban Wikipedia citations from federal judicial opinions, orders, judgments, and other written dispositions
Studying Ice Nucleation and Freezing Front Propagation with Infrared and Laser Speckle Imaging
No full textClear ice formation on aircraft is a large economic and safety problem. The phenomenon, also known as ‘freezing rain’, usually occurs when subcooled rain droplets impact the aircraft while it descends from high altitude to prepare for landing. It can quickly increase the aerodynamic drag by up to 80% and reduce the lift force by 50%. Inefficient heating methods or toxic or corrosive chemicals are used to keep flying safe. In this thesis, infrared imaging (IRI) and laser speckle imaging (LSI) are used to observe freezing of water on surfaces with different material properties. A freezing front can be seen to travel through a molecular liquid layer of water (MLL) that covers all surfaces. If this freezing front has passed, impacting droplets freeze much sooner and at unusually high temperatures, which could explain the formation of clear ice on aircraft surfaces.In the past decade, the interest in anti-icing research has spiked. However, no systematic study has been performed to find out the origin of clear ice. Using the new insight of a freezing molecular liquid layer of water, this thesis is able to explain the origin of clear ice and runback icing. It also suggests that the ongoing conflict in literature on the anti-icing performance of superhydrophobic surfaces might be caused by the presence of the molecular layer of water.With a systematic study, the surface temperature, contact angle and relative humidity were found to be able to delay freezing of the water layer and the contact angle was able to decrease the velocity of the freezing front. Using this insight, coating architectures and scalable production methods were used to produce hydrophilic-hydrophobic patterns for passive anti-icing coatings.Aerospace Engineerin
Decoding stress and healing in emergency care services
No full textWhen completing a book review, I always like to know a little bit about the author. It is important to know where someone draws their experience and knowledge from—be it first-hand exposure, anecdotal, or peer-reviewed evidence. In the case of How heroes heal, the author, Marilyn J Wooley, has a wealth of experience working with first responders for many years, currently working as a psychologist and traumatologist. Abstract published with permission
A new fireworm (Amphinomidae) from the Cretaceous of Lebanon identified from three-dimensionally preserved myoanatomy
No full textoai:nhm.openrepository.com:10141/601424© 2015 Parry et al. Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and
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the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver
(http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. The attached file is the published version of the article.NHM Repositor
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