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Confirmation of the detection of B-modes in the Planck polarization maps
One of the main problems for extracting the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB)
from submm/mm observations is to correct for the Galactic components, mainly
synchrotron, free - free and thermal dust emission with the required accuracy.
Through a series of papers, it has been demonstrated that this task can be
fulfilled by means of simple neural networks with high confidence. The main
purpose of this paper is to demonstrate that the CMB BB power spectrum detected
in the Planck 2015 polarization maps is present in the improved Planck 2017
maps with higher signal-to-noise ratio. Two features have been detected in the
EB power spectrum in the new data set, both with S/N 4 . The origin of
these features is most likely leakage from E to B with a level of about 1 per
cent. This leakage gives no significant contribution to the detected BB power
spectrum. The TB power spectrum is consistent with a zero signal. Altogether,
the BB power spectrum is not consistent with the 'canonical' tensor-to-scalar
models combined with gravitational lensing spectra. These results will give
additional strong arguments for support to the proposed polarization satellite
projects to follow up on the Planck mission .Comment: accepted for puplication in Astronomical Note
The Crescent Student Newspaper, October 10, 1986
Student newspaper of Pacific College (later George Fox University). 4 pages, black and white.https://digitalcommons.georgefox.edu/the_crescent/2015/thumbnail.jp
Paul and the Law
Reviewed Book: Räis̈nen, Heikki. Paul and the Law. Tubingen: J C B Mohr (Paul Siebeck), 1983
Review of Songulashvili\u27s Evangelical Christian Baptists of Georgia: The History and Transformation of a Free Church Tradition
National and international freight transport models: overview and ideas for further development
This paper contains a review of the literature on freight transport models, focussing on the types of models that have been developed since the nineties for forecasting, policy simulation and project evaluation at the national and international level. Models for production, attraction, distribution, modal split and assignment are discussed in the paper. Furthermore, the paper also includes a number of ideas for future development, especially for the regional and urban components within national freight transport models
Data and results on the feeling of identity in Andalusia
En los últimos años se han reactivado los debates sobre el sentimiento identitario de los españoles hacia su región respectiva. En Andalucía se han realizado diversos estudios sobre la existencia de una conciencia identitaria en su población que constatan el predominio de una ‘identidad dual’-ambivalencia entre ser andaluz y español-. En este trabajo se analizan los datos de las dos últimas Encuestas sobre Realidad Social en Andalucía (ERSA 2011 y 2013) para valorar la evolución de “la identidad contrastada entre Andalucía y España” y considerar los cambios que se detecten. Además se realiza una comparación por sexo del sentimiento identitario y un estudio sobre la posible influencia en los resultados de determinadas variables socio-demográficas utilizando las correspondientes técnicas estadísticas.In the last years debates about the identity feelings of the Spanish people towards their respective regions have been reactivated. In Andalusia several studies concerning the existence of an identity consciousness in the population have been carried out showing the prevalence of a ‘dual identity’ -ambivalence between being Andalusian and Spanish.
Identity is a complex analytic category that is generating significant debate in the social sciences in recent decades. Here we will refer to the collective identity as a social fact.A singular Andalusian identity can be recognized, but is there the Andalusian nationalism? In this work we analyze the data of the last two Surveys on Social Reality in Andalusia (SSRA 2011 and 2013) in order to evaluate the evolution of the “contrast identity between Andalusia and Spain”
and in order to consider any changes it may show. In addition we perform a comparison by gender
of the identity feeling and a study of the possible influences in the results of several socio-economic
variables using statistical techniques, such as the available non-parametric hypothesis test according
with the nature of the data
Stopping New Yorkers\u27 Stalkers: An Anti-Stalking Law For the Millennium
This essay concerns itself with some of the legislative responses to stalking in New York and examines some of the specific anti-stalking provisions of the Clinic Access and Anti-Stalking Act of 1999, recently signed by New York Governor George Pataki. The author interviews Senator Michael A.L. Balboni, Assemblyman Scott Stringer, and the Assemblyman\u27s former Legislative Director Rob Hack, who were all heavily involved in getting the legislation passed, offering a unique perspective
New York’s Raise the Age Law: Restoring the Juvenile Justice System Leaves Courts Legislating from the Bench
With New York’s enactment of the Raise the Age law, the State’s Legislature codified the omnipresent notion that juveniles processed in the criminal justice system should be treated differently than adults given that they are inherently less culpable for a multitude of reasons, both measurable and incalculable. Flaws emanating from the minutiae of the Raise the Age law have surfaced since it became effective on October 1, 2018, as criminal matters involving sixteen-year-old offenders have been adjudicated in courts following the newly introduced procedures for removal of cases involving these youth to Family Court, or the newly-created Youth Part. Simultaneously, adjudications of matters in which applicants have turned to the courts to seal their criminal convictions pursuant to the Raise the Age legislation have also revealed gaps between the law’s intent and its execution since implementation. Presiding judges have responded by bridging the gap between the legislation and its execution from the bench in accordance with the progressive, rehabilitative orientation of the Raise the Age law through developing case law. This Article will first provide background regarding New York’s juvenile justice system, which provides context for the introduction and recent enactment of the Raise the Age law, before explaining the complexities of the legislation itself. Further, it will comment on periods of New York’s extensive, dynamic history of juvenile justice which has reflected social mores through present day. Furthermore, this article will delve into several key provisions and consequent issues materializing in the courts under these provisions, which may endure into the second phase of implementation of the Law for seventeen-year-old offenders as of October 1, 2019. Finally, this article will suggest that the New York State Legislature should amend the Raise the Age legislation in order to better facilitate processing of sixteen- and seventeen-year-old offenders’ matters, and sealing applications, respectively, under the law’s new provisions. It is vital to the legislation’s permanency to precisely mirror the ubiquitous concept embodied in the spirit of the Raise the Age legislation and the movement that preceded it: that adolescents are simply different than adult offenders, and their status as such should be accorded deference by the courts of the State
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