Launch vehicle error sensitivity study

Booster trajectory optimization for launch vehicle range sensitivity analysi

Sensitivity study of generalised frequency response functions

The dependence and independence of input signal amplitudes for Generalised Frequency Response Functions(GFRF’s) are discussed based on parametric modelling

Stabilization and control system power sensitivity study

Stabilization and control system sensitivity to power-off failure rate studied by simulated missions using block power switchin

The Intersection of Religiosity, Workplace Spirituality and Ethical Sensitivity in Practicing Accountants

A broad range of ethical decisions cross the desk of practicing accountants everyday. Rest and Narvaez (1994) theorized that ethical sensitivity is influenced by personal factors such as religion. Using Rest’s theory, this study found that workplace spirituality was positively related to ethical sensitivity and extrinsic religiosity was negatively related to ethical sensitivity. In additional analysis significant associations were found between the meaning an accountant ascribes to their job and ethical sensitivity. Significant differences in ethical sensitivity were also observed across the accountant’s role. The results of this study provide evidence that religion and spirituality are associated with ethical sensitivity in practicing accountants. While more research needs to be conducted in this important area, these results provide evidence that the profession should work towards fostering the intuitive links between ethical decision-making and the inner life of the accountant

Study of CMS sensitivity to neutrinoless τ\tau decay at LHC

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC), scheduled to start operation in 2006, is foreseen to provide in the first year of running a total of $\sim 10^{12}$ $\tau$ leptons. CMS (Compact Muon Solenoid) is a general-purpose experiment designed to study proton-proton and heavy-ion collisions at LHC. Even if the Susy particles and Higgs searches togheter with the B-physics present its main goal, the large amount of $\tau$-lepton, could allow a systematic study of tau-physics. We have performed a full simulation of CMS using GEANT 3 package and the object-oriented reconstruction program ORCA to study the sensitivity to neutrinoless tau decay $\tau \to \mu^+ \mu^- \mu^-$ and $\tau \to \mu \gamma$. We present the analysis developed for these channels and the results obtained.Comment: Invited talk at the seventh international Workshop on tau lepton physics (TAU02), Santa Cruz, Ca, Usa, September 2002 10 pages 15 eps figure

A Preliminary Study on Sensory-Processing Sensitivity and Word Association

Sensory-processing sensitivity is a personality trait of processing information (e.g. auditory, visual, tactile, olfactory) more strongly and deeply than others. Previous research has found individuals with high sensory-processing sensitivity (highly sensitive person: HSP) have a personality with intuitive dominant function categorized by Carl Jung. The present study investigated the hypothesis if the highly sensitive persons have a tendency to imagine intuitive words on word association test. University students (N = 15) were asked to take part in the Watchword technique (Daniels, 1992). After that, they completed the Highly Sensitive Person Scale-Short form and Nine-item Empath Scale. Results showed that there was no difference between high and low HSP groups in the number of intuitive words, but individuals with high sensory-processing sensitivity felt right about interpretations of watchword keys. Further research is needed to confirm and expand these findings.感覚処理感受性は聴覚・視覚・触覚・嗅覚などの情報を強く深く処理する人格特性である。これまでの研究によると，感覚処理感受性の高い人（高敏感者）は，カール・ユングの性格論でいう直感が主機能だといわれる。そこで本研究では，感覚処理感受性の高い人は，言語連想検査において直感的なワードを想像しやすいかどうかを検討した。大学生の参加者 (N = 15) がウォッチワード・テクニック (Daniels, 1992) を体験したのち，高敏感者尺度とエンパス尺度を評定した。その結果，直感ワードの頻度は，高敏感者尺度の高低群で違いはなかったが，高敏感者尺度やエンパス尺度が高いほど，ウォッチワード・キーの解釈をぴったりくると感じていた。これらの結果を考察するためには，さらなる研究が必要である