150 research outputs found
Football play type prediction and tendency analysis
No full textThesis: M. Eng., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2017.This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.Cataloged from student-submitted PDF version of thesis.Includes bibliographical references (page 33).In any competition, it is an advantage to know the actions of the opponent in advance. Knowing the move of the opponent allows for optimization of strategy in response to their move. Likewise, in football, defenses must react to the actions of the offense. Being able to predict what the offense is going to do before the play represents a tremendous advantage to the defense. This project applies machine learning algorithms to situational NFL data in order to more accurately predict play type as opposed to the widely used and overly general method of general statistics. Additionally, this project creates a way to discern tendencies in specific situations to help coaches create game plans and make in game decisions.by Karson L. Ota.M. Eng
Active long-lived faults emerging along slow-spreading mid-ocean ridges
No full textAuthor Posting. © The Oceanography Society, 2012. This article is posted here by permission of The Oceanography Society for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Oceanography 25, no. 1 (2012): 94–99, doi:10.5670/oceanog.2012.07.In the classic mid-ocean ridge model, new seafloor is generated through a combination of magmatic diking feeding lava flows at the spreading axis, and the formation of short-offset, high-angle normal faults that dip toward the axis. These processes lead to the formation of a layered magmatic crust and linear, ridge-parallel abyssal hills on both ridge flanks. This model of ocean crust generation applies well to fast-spreading mid-ocean ridges (i.e., > 80 mm yr–1), but it is not always valid at slower-spreading ridges. Instead, at slow-spreading ridges such as the Mid-Atlantic Ridge (MAR), which is opening at about 25 mm yr–1, the formation of long-lived faults (called detachments) on one flank of the ridge axis is an important process in seafloor formation (Cann et al., 1997; Karson, 1999; MacLeod et al., 2009; Schroeder et al., 2007; Smith et al., 2008; Tucholke et al., 1998). In fact, active detachment faults have been identified along nearly half of the MAR axis between 12° and 35°N (Escartín et al., 2008).This study was undertaken with
US National Science Foundation (NSF)
support to HS and DKS, and Centre
National de la Recherche Scientifique
support to JE
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American smuggling as white collar crime /
No full text"When Edwin Sutherland introduced the concept of white-collar crime, he referred to the respectable businessmen of his day who had, in the course of their occupations, violated the law whenever it was advantageous to do so. Yet since the founding of the American Republic, numerous otherwise respectable individuals had been involved in white-collar criminality. Using organized smuggling as an exemplar, this narrative history of American smuggling establishes that white-collar crime has always been an integral part of American history when conditions were favorable to violating the law. This dark side of the American Dream originally exposed itself in colonial times with elite merchants of communities such as Boston trafficking contraband into the colonies. It again came to the forefront during the Embargo of 1809 and continued through the War of 1812, the Civil War, nineteenth century filibustering, the Mexican Revolution and Prohibition. The author also shows that the years of illegal opium trade with China by American merchants served as precursor to the later smuggling of opium into the United States. The author confirms that each period of smuggling was a link in the continuing chain of white-collar crime in the 150 years prior to Sutherland's assertion of corporate criminality"-
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American smuggling as white collar crime /
No full text"When Edwin Sutherland introduced the concept of white-collar crime, he referred to the respectable businessmen of his day who had, in the course of their occupations, violated the law whenever it was advantageous to do so. Yet since the founding of the American Republic, numerous otherwise respectable individuals had been involved in white-collar criminality. Using organized smuggling as an exemplar, this narrative history of American smuggling establishes that white-collar crime has always been an integral part of American history when conditions were favorable to violating the law. This dark side of the American Dream originally exposed itself in colonial times with elite merchants of communities such as Boston trafficking contraband into the colonies. It again came to the forefront during the Embargo of 1809 and continued through the War of 1812, the Civil War, nineteenth century filibustering, the Mexican Revolution and Prohibition. The author also shows that the years of illegal opium trade with China by American merchants served as precursor to the later smuggling of opium into the United States. The author confirms that each period of smuggling was a link in the continuing chain of white-collar crime in the 150 years prior to Sutherland's assertion of corporate criminality"-
PhT Class 2011
No full textOn photo: First row (left to right): Kenny Barry, Abby Belcher, Tina Borchers, Callie Bruey, Leah Carreno, Samantha CheathamSecond row (left to right): Ryan Cook, Karson Craig, Cassandra Crotts, Donya Goman, Christina Greiner, Matt HagenmeierThird row (left to right): Ashley Hall, Danielle Hermes, Amber Honea, Raine Mahan, Kelli Methvin, Brian MillerFourth row (left to right): Courtney Morse, Susan O'Sullivan, Kassie Pauly, Christine Peterson, Amber Russell, Jerod SharpFifth row (left to right): Maria Shields, Tori Smith, Joscelyn Stephenson, Jamie Stewart, Amy Wiebe, Danielle YoungDigitized by University Libraries' Technical Services Institutional Repository & Digitization group.Personal and non-profit use only. Contact [email protected] if you have any questions
Epistemic responsibility in cases of sexual violation accusations
No full textThis thesis examines what hearers owe to speakers who testify concerning sexual violations, specifically in the case when there is conflicting testimony from the accuser and the accused. In these particular cases, I argue that hearers have both a moral and epistemic duty, which ought to govern their doxastic process. Namely, a duty to track the truth and avoid forming false beliefs about sexual violation accusations (to the best of their ability).
I will also show that hearers typically rely on imperfect, affective heuristics to form a judgement about which speaker to believe. In doing so, the chances of forming a false belief increases, which in turn, will wrong and harm the truth-telling speaker. I argue that when a hearer switches from heuristic processes to deeper cognitive processes, they enhance their ability to correct for any confirmation biases. Overall, I will endorse a normative, non-reductionist, evidential account for how hearers ought to form or modify their belief in these cases.Embargo status: Restricted until 06/2026. To request the author grant access, click on the PDF link to the left
Crustal Accretion of Thick, Mafic Crust in Iceland: Implications for Volcanic Rifted Margins
No full textRifting near hotspots results in mantle melting to create thick, mafic igneous crust at Volcanic Rifted Margins (VRMs). This mafic crust is transitional between rifted continental crust with mafic intrusions landward and oceanic crust into which it grades seaward. Seismic velocities, crustal drilling, and exhumed margins show that the upper crust in these areas is composed of basaltic lava erupted in subaerial to submarine conditions intruded by downward increasing proportions of dikes and sparse gabbroic intrusions. The lower crust of these regions is not exposed but is inferred from seismic velocities (Vp>6.5 km/sec) and petrological constraints to be gabbroic to ultramafic in composition. Limited access to crustal sections generated along VRMs have raised questions regarding the composition and structure of this transitional crust and how it evolves during the early stages of rifting and subsequent seafloor spreading. Active processes in Iceland provide a glimpse of subaerial spreading with the creation of a thick (40-25 km) mafic igneous crust that may be analogous to the transitional crust of VRMs. Segmented rift zones that propagate away from the Iceland hotspot, migrating transform fault zones, and rift-parallel strike-slip faults create a complex plate boundary zone in the upper, brittle crust. These structures may be decoupled from underlying lower crustal gabbroic rocks that are capable of along-axis flow that smooths-out crustal thickness variations. Similar processes may be characteristic of the early history of VRMs and volcanic hotspot ridges related to rifting and seafloor spreading proximal to hotspots.The accepted manuscript in pdf format is listed with the files at the bottom of this page. The presentation of the authors' names and (or) special characters in the title of the manuscript may differ slightly between what is listed on this page and what is listed in the pdf file of the accepted manuscript; that in the pdf file of the accepted manuscript is what was submitted by the author
Axial Volcanic Ridges
No full textThe surface expression of volcanic activity is extremely variable at different spreading rates (see “Spreading Rates and Ridge Morphology”), as a result of the differing eruption styles associated with each. Axial volcanic ridges (AVRs), sometimes called neo-volcanic ridges, have been recognized at many slow-spreading Mid-Atlantic Ridge (MAR) spreading segments (e.g., Ballard and Van Andel, 1977; Karson et al., 1987; Smith and Cann, 1992; Parson et al., 1993; Sempere et al., 1993; Lawson et al., 1996; Bideau et al., 1998; Gracia et al., 1998; Navin et al., 1998; Briais et al., 2000; Peirce and Sinha, 2008; Searle et al., 2010) and some ultraslow-spreading segments elsewhere (Mendel et al., 2003). AVRs are elong ..
Detachment shear zone of the Atlantis Massif core complex, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, 30°N
No full textAuthor Posting. © American Geophysical Union, 2006. This article is posted here by permission of American Geophysical Union for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems 7 (2006): Q06016, doi:10.1029/2005GC001109.Near-bottom investigations of the cross section of the Atlantis Massif exposed in a major tectonic escarpment provide an unprecedented view of the internal structure of the footwall domain of this oceanic core complex. Integrated direct observations, sampling, photogeology, and imaging define a mylonitic, low-angle detachment shear zone (DSZ) along the crest of the massif. The shear zone may project beneath the nearby, corrugated upper surface of the massif. The DSZ and related structures are inferred to be responsible for the unroofing of upper mantle peridotites and lower crustal gabbroic rocks by extreme, localized tectonic extension during seafloor spreading over the past 2 m.y. The DSZ is characterized by strongly foliated to mylonitic serpentinites and talc-amphibole schists. It is about 100 m thick and can be traced continuously for at least 3 km in the tectonic transport direction. The DSZ foliation arches over the top of the massif in a convex-upward trajectory mimicking the morphology of the top of the massif. Kinematic indicators show consistent top-to-east (toward the MAR axis) tectonic transport directions. Foliated DSZ rocks grade structurally downward into more massive basement rocks that lack a pervasive outcrop-scale foliation. The DSZ and underlying basement rocks are cut by discrete, anastomosing, normal-slip, shear zones. Widely spaced, steeply dipping, normal faults cut all the older structures and localize serpentinization-driven hydrothermal outflow at the Lost City Hydrothermal Field. A thin (few meters) sequence of sedimentary breccias grading upward into pelagic limestones directly overlies the DSZ and may record a history of progressive rotation of the shear zone from a moderately dipping attitude into its present, gently dipping orientation during lateral spreading and uplift.This work was supported by NSF grants OCE-9712430 and 0136816 to Karson and Kelley and Swiss SNF grant 2100-068055 to Früh-Green
The effects of hamstring stretching on vertical jump in healthy young adults
No full textPaper presented to the 6th Annual Symposium on Graduate Research and Scholarly Projects (GRASP) held at the Hughes Metropolitan Complex, Wichita State University, April 23, 2010.Research completed at the Department of Physical Therapy, College of Health ProfessionsIn physical therapy, a large portion of the patient population consists of non-athletic individuals. The purpose of the study was to achieve a better understanding about the use of a stretching program prior to activities non-athletes perform that require power. Twenty-seven non-athletic individuals were measured for hamstring flexibility, performed a vertical jump, and were divided into control and treatment groups. The treatment group was assigned a 6 week stretching program while the control group continued normal activities. Pre and post sit and reach measurements were obtained for all participants. No significant correlation was found between jump height and flexibility. Hamstring flexibility and jump height did not change significantly (p>0.05)
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