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POLAR investigation of the Sun—POLARIS
Get PDFThe POLAR Investigation of the Sun (POLARIS) mission uses a combination of a gravity assist and solar sail propulsion to place a spacecraft in a 0.48 AU circular orbit around the Sun with an inclination of 75° with respect to solar equator. This challenging orbit is made possible by the challenging development of solar sail propulsion. This first extended view of the high-latitude regions of the Sun will enable crucial observations not possible from the ecliptic viewpoint or from Solar Orbiter. While Solar Orbiter would give the first glimpse of the high latitude magnetic field and flows to probe the solar dynamo, it does not have sufficient viewing of the polar regions to achieve POLARIS’s primary objective: determining the relation between the magnetism and dynamics of the Sun’s polar regions and the solar cycle
Moving Towards The Sun
No full textMoving Towards The Sun, with Louise Menzies, in 'House Studies II', Ed. Sophie Bannan, Jonathan Smart Gallery, Auckland, U
Selected boulders at Copernicus central peak from L. Sun and P. Lucey Lunar boulder study work
No full textThis file contains the location of 54 boulders and soils on Copernicus central peak that were studied by Sun L. and Lucey P. G. in their lunar boulder study paper. This file can be uploaded to the LROC Quickmap website (https://quickmap.lroc.asu.edu/) for checking the location of each boulder and their nearby soils
MAGEC_2024
No full textMAGEC (Magma And Gas Equilibrium Calculator)
Author: Chenguang Sun
Copyright, 2025
This Matlab program calculates the equilibrium distribution of C-H-O-S volatiles (H2, H2O, CO, CO2, CH4, H2S, SO2, S2, COS, O2) in gas-melt coupled systems.
Updates on April 27, 2025:
1. Added additional options for CO2 and H2O solubility models
2. Corrected CO solubility models
If you use this program for your publications, please cite the following references:
1. Sun, C. and Yao, L., 2024. Redox equilibria of iron in low-to high-silica melts: A simple model and its applications to CHOS degassing. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 638, p.118742. [Note: This is the reference for MAGEC_2024 with new Fe- and S-redox models and flexible setting options.]
2. Sun, C. and Lee, C.T.A., 2022. Redox evolution of crystallizing magmas with CHOS volatiles and its implications for atmospheric oxygenation. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 338, pp.302-321. [Note: This is the reference for the first version of MAGEC.]
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How to run the program:
1. Input T/P/logfO2 (or Fe3+/FeT) and compositions in the input file (.xlsx).
Make sure you use different names for the input and output files.
The batch data could be polybaric/isobaric/adiabatic degassing.
2. Modify the "settings" in the input file.
3. Open [Run_MAGEC_2024_v2.m] in Matlab
4. Go to [Editor] Tab in Matlab and click [Run] button.
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A grounded theory of female adolescent behaviour in the sun: comfort matters.
No full textThe aim of the research was to generate a grounded theory to explain the behaviour of young women in the sun. The study sought to explore the sun-related experiences of
young women in order to gain new insights into the influences upon them. The study was qualitative by design and utilised grounded theory method as developed by Glaser.
Twenty female participants, aged 14 to 17 years old were included in the study. They formed six groups. Thirteen interviews were carried out with the groups and six one-to one interviews took place with individuals. All interviews were semi-structured and were based upon the participants' experiences of being in the sun. Data was analysed using the
constant comparative method of data analysis, concordant with Glaserian grounded theory method. Five explanatory categories emerged from the data; Fitting In, Being Myself,
Being Physically Comfortable, Slipping Up and a core category of Being Comfortable. One of the issues that emerged was that some young women believed their social
acceptance depended on their appearance and they conformed to this end. The theory, derived from the categories, proposes that when in the sun, young women direct their
activities toward meeting physical and psychosocial comfort needs. Comfort matters to them because it has implications for their wellbeing. This thesis contributes to the literature about the behaviours of young women in the sun.
By increasing understanding of the factors that influence them, it also adds to the body of knowledge related to the primary prevention of skin cancer with teenage girls in the United Kingdom. The outcome of the research and its contribution to knowledge is a grounded theory, which explains the basis of the behaviours of young women in the sun. It appears that no other study has explored the experiences of UK adolescent females specifically, in
a qualitative way and with the intention of producing a theory to explain them
Mystery Author Stan Jones and Sepculative Fiction Authors Sterling Emmal and L. S. Goulet
No full textSterling Emmal is author of the sci-fi fantasy The Executioner of Rawule and L. S. Goulet is author of the fantasy book Sword of Dragonblood. Tundra Kill is Stan Jones' latest Nathan Active mystery. His other books include White Sky, Black Ice; Shaman Pass, Frozen Sun; Village of the Ghost Bears, and the nonfiction classic, The Spill: Personal Stories from the Exxon Valdez Disaster, coauthored with Sharon Bushell
SunSmart? Skin cancer knowledge and preventive behaviour in a British population representative sample
No full textThe incidence of skin cancer has risen rapidly in the UK over the last 20 years, prompting public health organizations to try and raise awareness of the dangers of sun exposure and the need to practice sun-safe behaviour. This study aimed to assess baseline levels of sun-safe knowledge and behaviour in a British population-representative sample, prior to the launch of Cancer Research UK's 'SunSmart' campaign. A face-to-face survey was conducted through the Office for National Statistics as part of their Omnibus survey. In total, 1848 men and women aged 18 and over were interviewed. Knowledge of what to do to reduce skin cancer risk was modest. Two-thirds mentioned avoiding the sun by seeking shade, 50% mentioned covering up and only 43% said to use high factor sunscreen. Practice of sun-safe behaviours was also poor, with only one-third saying they sought shade, covered up or used high factor sunscreen to protect themselves from the sun. Men and those from lower socioeconomic groups were least informed and least likely to report using sun-protective behaviours. Increases in both knowledge and use of appropriate sun-protective behaviours are needed if skin cancer incidence rates are to decrease
Keeping kids sun safe: exploring parents' beliefs about their young child's sun-protective behaviours
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Melanoma of the skin is the third most commonly diagnosed cancer in Australia. Given the high incidence of sunburn in children and the level of sun protection provided by parents is often infrequent and/or insufficient, this research employed qualitative methodology to examine parents' beliefs about their young child's sun safe behaviour.\ud
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Parents (N = 21; n = 14 mothers, n = 7 fathers) of children aged 2–5 years participated in focus groups to identify commonly held beliefs about their decision to sun protect their child. Data were analysed using thematic content analysis.\ud
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Parents generally had knowledge of the broad sun safe recommendations; however, the specific details of the recommendations were not always known. Parents reported adopting a range of sun-protective measures for their child, which depended on the time of year. A range of advantages (e.g. reducing the risk of skin cancer, developing good habits early and parental peace of mind), disadvantages (e.g. false sense of safety and preventing vitamin D absorption), barriers (e.g. child refusal) and facilitators (e.g. routine and accessibility) to performing sun safe practices were identified. Normative pressures and expectations also affected parents' motivation to be sun safe for their child.\ud
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These identified beliefs can be used to inform interventions to improve sun safe behaviours in young children who reside in a region that has the highest skin cancer incidence in the world
Data for: Economic Analysis and Control of a Grid-Connected PEM Fuel Cell in Distributed Generation
No full textThe codes are provided just for the simulation purpose of the following submission to Energy Conversion and Management. "Li Sun, Yuhui Jin*, Jiong Shen, Lei Pan*, Kwang Y. Lee; Economic Analysis and Control of a Grid-Connected PEM Fuel Cell in Distributed Generation "The codes are tested well under MATALB R2015a. Running the "Main.m", the readers will get FIG. 11 in the paper. Note that the in the control structure, there are many swiching blocks to guarantee the system starting up to a reasonable initial steady state. Any query can be directed to Dr. Li Sun, [email protected]
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