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Eating disorder symptomatology among Alaska Native/American Indian and caucasian female university students in the extreme North
Thesis (M.A.) University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2004The purpose of this study was to explore differences in eating disorder symptomatology among a matched sample of 100 Alaska Native/American Indian and Caucasian female university students, using a demographic instrument and the Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-26). Four (8.0%) Native participants and ten (20.0%) Caucasian participants met or exceeded the EAT-26 cutoff score indicative of clinically significant eating disorder symptomatology. There were no significant differences found among the Native and Caucasian participants with regard to eating disorder symptomatology. Rather, eating disorder symptomatology was present in both Native and Caucasian female college students at rates similar to that of previous studies
CFD applications: The Lockheed perspective
The Numerical Aerodynamic Simulator (NAS) epitomizes the coming of age of supercomputing and opens exciting horizons in the world of numerical simulation. An overview of supercomputing at Lockheed Corporation in the area of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) is presented. This overview will focus on developments and applications of CFD as an aircraft design tool and will attempt to present an assessment, withing this context, of the state-of-the-art in CFD methodology
Transonics and fighter aircraft: Challenges and opportunities for CFD
The application of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to fighter aircraft design and development is discussed. Methodology requirements for the aerodynamic design of fighter aircraft are briefly reviewed. The state-of-the-art of computational methods for transonic flows in the light of these requirements is assessed and the techniques found most adequate for the subject application are identified. Highlights from some proof-of-feasibility Euler and Navier-Stokes computations about a complete fighter aircraft configuration are presented. Finally, critical issues and opportunities for design application of CFD are discussed
Seed Magnetic Fields Generated by Primordial Supernova Explosions
The origin of the magnetic field in galaxies is an open question in
astrophysics. Several mechanisms have been proposed related, in general, with
the generation of small seed fields amplified by a dynamo mechanism. In
general, these mechanisms have difficulty in satisfying both the requirements
of a sufficiently high strength for the magnetic field and the necessary large
coherent scales. We show that the formation of dense and turbulent shells of
matter, in the multiple explosion scenario of Miranda and Opher (1996, 1997)
for the formation of the large-scale structures of the Universe, can naturally
act as a seed for the generation of a magnetic field. During the collapse and
explosion of Population III objects, a temperature gradient not parallel to a
density gradient can naturally be established, producing a seed magnetic field
through the Biermann battery mechanism. We show that seed magnetic fields can be produced in this multiple explosion scenario on
scales of the order of clusters of galaxies (with coherence length ) and up to on scales of galaxies ().Comment: Accepted for publication in MNRAS, 5 pages (MN plain TeX macros v1.6
file). Also available at http://www.iagusp.usp.br/~oswaldo (click "OPTIONS"
and then "ARTICLES"
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