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Ashley Selander, pandemic high school graduation portrait
No full text"High School graduation 2020 disrupted by covid-19. Pictured: Ashley Selander.
[Report to Chief J. E. Curry, by an unknown author #1]
No full textReport to Chief J. E. Curry, by an unknown author. The report contains a list of officers who gave depositions to the United States Attorney
[Report to Chief J. E. Curry, by an unknown author #2]
No full textReport to Chief J. E. Curry, by an unknown author. The report contains a list of officers who gave depositions to the United States Attorney
Traffic noise and cardiovascular disease
No full textTraffic noise is an increasing problem in urban areas worldwide, but health effects in relation to traffic noise exposure are not well understood. Several studies show that noise may give rise to acute stress reactions, possibly leading to cardiovascular effects, but the evidence is limited on cardiovascular risks associated with traffic noise exposure. Cardiovascular effects have been indicated for other environmental stressors such as occupational noise exposure and job strain. However, interactions between these factors in relation to cardiovascular disease have not been investigated. Furthermore, studies regarding interactions between air pollution and noise from road traffic in relation to cardiovascular disease are lacking. The overall aim of this thesis was to investigate the association between traffic noise exposure and cardiovascular disease, including interactions with other factors.The thesis is based on one case-control study and one cross-sectional study. The population based case-control study on risk factors in relation to first time myocardial infarction was conducted 1992-1994 in Stockholm County. The participants answered a questionnaire and underwent a physical examination. Exposure assessments were made of residential road traffic noise exposure, occupational noise exposure and air pollution between 1970 and 1992-94. Job strain was defined based on questionnaire data regarding the last employment. An increased risk of myocardial infarction was suggested in participants exposed to road traffic noise at the residence. The risk appeared particularly high among participants exposed to a combination of road traffic noise, occupational noise and job strain (OR 2.27, 95% CI 1.41 3.64). The association between road traffic noise and myocardial infarction did not seem to be affected by air pollution.The cross-sectional study was carried out in six European countries. All participants were interviewed at home and blood pressure measurements were made by a field nurse. An association was found between night-time aircraft noise exposure and hypertension. In a subgroup of study participants cortisol was assessed through saliva samples as an indicator of stress. We observed an elevation in morning saliva cortisol level among women exposed to high levels of aircraft noise at the residence of 34%, corresponding to 6.07 nmol/L (95% CI 2.32-9.81). No clear association was seen in men.It may be concluded that long-term traffic noise exposure at the residence seems to give rise to cardiovascular effects. Our results support the hypothesis that exposure to a combination of noise and job strain increases the risk of myocardial infarction substantially. In addition, our results suggest that exposure to aircraft noise increases the risk of hypertension, as well as morning saliva cortisol levels in women, which may be of relevance for noise-related cardiovascular effects.List of scientific papersI. Selander J, Nilsson ME, Bluhm G, Rosenlund M, Lindqvist M, Nise G, Pershagen G (2009). "Long-term exposure to road traffic noise and myocardial infarction." Epidemiology. 20(2): 272-9. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19116496II. Selander J, Bluhm G, Nilsson ME, Hallqvist J, Theorell T, Willix P, Pershagen G (2010). "Road traffic noise and myocardial infarction in relation to occupational noise exposure and job strain." [Manuscript]III. Jarup L, Babisch W, Houthuijs D, Pershagen G, Katsouyanni K, Cadum E, Dudley ML, Savigny P, Seiffert I, Swart W, Breugelmans O, Bluhm G, Selander J, Haralabidis A, Dimakopoulou K, Sourtzi P, Velonakis M, Vigna-Taglianti F; HYENA study team (2008). "Hypertension and exposure to noise near airports: the HYENA study." Environ Health Perspect. 116(3): 329-33. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18335099IV. Selander J, Bluhm G, Theorell T, Pershagen G, Babisch W, Seiffert I, Houthuijs D, Breugelmans O, Vigna-Taglianti F, Antoniotti MC, Velonakis E, Davou E, Dudley ML, Järup L; HYENA Consortium (2009). "Saliva cortisol and exposure to aircraft noise in six European countries." Environ Health Perspect. 117(11): 1713-7. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20049122</p
Murder on the mountain: author talk with Peter J. Wosh
No full textAuthor talk by Peter J. Wosh on May 5th, 2022, on his book, "Murder on the Mountain: crime, passion, and punishment in gilded age New Jersey.
Mr. Melvin J. Collier, RWWL AUC, June 2011
No full textThis video is a conversation with Mr. Melvin J. Collier. Mr. Collier talks about his book, "From Mississippi to Africa: A Journey of Discovery". Daniel Le, AUC Woodruff Library, is the interviewer
A Tripartite Post-Recession Rebalancing
No full textIn this latest Advance & Rutgers Report, entitled “A Tripartite Post-Recession Rebalancing,” Dean James W. Hughes and Professor Joseph J. Seneca deliver an incisive assessment of the current market conditions and obstacles in the path of our economic recovery. They offer a statistical cautionary tale that the private and public sector need to hear and acknowledge in order for the economy to make continued progress.This report was published as Issue Paper Number 7, November 2011, in Advance & Rutgers Report
Evidence for the decay B0→J/ψω and measurement of the relative branching fractions of meson decays to J/ψη and J/ψη′
No full textFirst evidence of the B 0 → J / ψ ω decay is found and the B s 0 → J / ψ η and B s 0 → J / ψ η ′ decays are studied using a dataset corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1.0 fb -1 collected by the LHCb experiment in proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of sqrt(s) = 7 TeV. The branching fractions of these decays are measured relative to that of the B 0 → J / ψ ρ 0 decay:frac(B (B 0 → J / ψ ω), B (B 0 → J / ψ ρ 0)) = 0.89 ± 0.19 (stat) - 0.13 + 0.07 (syst),frac(B (B s 0 → J / ψ η), B (B 0 → J / ψ ρ 0)) = 14.0 ± 1.2 (stat) - 1.5 + 1.1 (syst) - 1.0 + 1.1 (frac(f d, f s)),frac(B (B s 0 → J / ψ η ′), B (B 0 → J / ψ ρ 0)) = 12.7 ± 1.1 (stat) - 1.3 + 0.5 (syst) - 0.9 + 1.0 (frac(f d, f s)), where the last uncertainty is due to the knowledge of f d / f s, the ratio of b-quark hadronization factors that accounts for the different production rate of B 0 and B s 0 mesons. The ratio of the branching fractions of B s 0 → J / ψ η ′ and B s 0 → J / ψ η decays is measured to befrac(B (B s 0 → J / ψ η ′), B (B s 0 → J / ψ η)) = 0.90 ± 0.09 (stat) - 0.02 + 0.06 (syst)
The vanishing author in computer-generated works: a critical analysis of recent Australian case law
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The use of software is ubiquitous in the creation of many copyright works, yet the requirement in copyright law that every work have a human author who engages in independent intellectual effort means that its use may prevent copyright subsistence. Several recent Australian cases have refocused attention on authorship as an essential criterion of copyright subsistence, and these cases suggest that much computer-produced output may be authorless and thus lack copyright protection. This article, the first in a two-part series, analyses how each case deals with the question of authorship of computer-produced works and why the use of software diminishes copyright protection for a significant number of computer-generated works. The article critiques the application of conventional notions of human authorship developed in the pre-computer age to modern productions and suggests alternative approaches to authorship that satisfy both the major objectives of copyright policy and the need to adapt to the computer age. The article argues that, without a broader judicial approach to authorship of computer-generated works, Parliament must remedy the lacuna in protection for these ‘authorless’ works. Possible solutions for reform are suggested. In a forthcoming article, the author comprehensively examines those reform proposals
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
No full textWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
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