Maloney Library Annual Report 2016-2017

The annual report of the Maloney Library at Fordham Law School from May 2016 to May 2017.https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/annual-report/1000/thumbnail.jp

Sneutrino Production at e+e- Linear Colliders: Addendum to Slepton Production

Complementing the preceding study of charged scalar leptons, the sector of the neutral scalar leptons, sneutrinos, is investigated in a high-precision analysis for future e+e- linear colliders. The theoretical predictions for the cross-sections are calculated at the thresholds for non-zero widths and in the continuum including higher-order corrections at the one-loop level. Methods for measuring the sneutrino masses and the electron-sneutrino-gaugino Yukawa couplings are presented, addressing theoretical problems specific for the sneutrino channels.Comment: 21 pp, Addendum to Eur.Phys.J. C34 (2004) 487-512 [hep-ph/0310182], Version to appear in Eur.Phys.J.

Resolved photon and multi-component model for γ∗\gamma^*p and γ∗γ∗\gamma^* \gamma^* scattering at high energies

We generalize our previous model for $\gamma^* p$ scattering to $\gamma \gamma$ scattering. In the latter case the number of components naturally grows. When using the model parameters from our previous $\gamma^* p$ analysis the model cross section for $\gamma \gamma$ scattering is larger than the corresponding LEP2 experimental data by more than a factor of two. However, performing a new simultaneous fit to $\gamma^* p$ and $\gamma \gamma$ total cross section we can find an optimal set of parameters to describe both processes. We propose new measures of factorization breaking for $\gamma^* \gamma^*$ collisions and present results for our new model.Comment: 23 pages, 10 figure

Development, test and comparison of two Multiple Criteria Decision Analysis(MCDA) models: A case of healthcare infrastructure location

When planning a new development, location decisions have always been a major issue. This paper examines and compares two modelling methods used to inform a healthcare infrastructure location decision. Two Multiple Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) models were developed to support the optimisation of this decision-making process, within a National Health Service (NHS) organisation, in the UK. The proposed model structure is based on seven criteria (environment and safety, size, total cost, accessibility, design, risks and population profile) and 28 sub-criteria. First, Evidential Reasoning (ER) was used to solve the model, then, the processes and results were compared with the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP). It was established that using ER or AHP led to the same solutions. However, the scores between the alternatives were significantly different; which impacted the stakeholders‟ decision-making. As the processes differ according to the model selected, ER or AHP, it is relevant to establish the practical and managerial implications for selecting one model or the other and providing evidence of which models best fit this specific environment. To achieve an optimum operational decision it is argued, in this study, that the most transparent and robust framework is achieved by merging ER process with the pair-wise comparison, an element of AHP. This paper makes a defined contribution by developing and examining the use of MCDA models, to rationalise new healthcare infrastructure location, with the proposed model to be used for future decision. Moreover, very few studies comparing different MCDA techniques were found, this study results enable practitioners to consider even further the modelling characteristics to ensure the development of a reliable framework, even if this means applying a hybrid approach

Commentary : missing targets on drugs-related deaths, and a Scottish paradox

The 10-year drug strategy for England and Wales was published in February 2008. It dropped drugs-related deaths (DRDs) as a key performance indicator. Scotland retained a necessary strong focus on DRDs. Scotland's DRDs numbered 1006 in 2000–02 and 1009 in 2003–05. The previous Scottish administration's claim that its number of current injectors had decreased substantially between 2000 and 2003 implied, paradoxically, that their DRD rate would have to have increased. Worse was to come: Scotland's DRDs had increased to 876 in 2006 + 2007. We analyse UK's DRDs by sex and age-group to reveal temporal trends (2000–02 versus 2003–05 versus 2006 + 2007) with different public health and epidemiological implications. We also address the above Scottish paradox and assess, by age-group, how consistent Scotland's 876 DRDs in 2006 + 2007 are with Scottish injectors’ DRD rate in 2003–05 of around 1 per 100 injector-years. Public health success in the UK in reducing DRDs at younger ages should not be overshadowed by the late consequence in terms of older-age DRDs of UK's injector epidemics; in the early 1980s in Scotland, and late 1980s in England and Wales. Targets for reducing DRDs should pay heed to UK's injector epidemics

Countering CBW Proliferation

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An Eprints Apache Log Filter for Non-Redundant Document Downloads by Browser Agents

Web log files record a vast amount of information and much of it just gets in the way of meaningful observational studies on usage. It is therefore necessary to filter out the junk in a deliberate way before making statements on how the web is being used. This report describes the methods and scripts used to accomplish apache web log filtering and report generation. It is open to scrutiny and freely available for others to use

Interstellar Silicon Depletion and the Ultraviolet Extinction

Spinning small silicate grains were recently invoked to account for the Galactic foreground anomalous microwave emission. These grains, if present, will absorb starlight in the far ultraviolet (UV). There is also renewed interest in attributing the enigmatic 2175 Angstrom interstellar extinction bump to small silicates. To probe the role of silicon in the UV extinction, we explore the relations between the amount of silicon required to be locked up in silicates [Si/H]_{dust} and the 2175 Angstrom bump or the far-UV extinction rise, based on an analysis of the extinction curves along 46 Galactic sightlines for which the gas-phase silicon abundance [Si/H]_{gas} is known. We derive [Si/H]_{dust} either from {[Si/H]_{ISM} - [Si/H]_{gas}} or from the Kramers-Kronig relation which relates the wavelength-integrated extinction to the total dust volume, where [Si/H]_{ISM} is the interstellar silicon reference abundance and taken to be that of proto-Sun or B stars. We also derive [Si/H]_{dust} from fitting the observed extinction curves with a mixture of amorphous silicates and graphitic grains. We find that in all three cases [Si/H]_{dust} shows no correlation with the 2175 Angstrom bump, while the carbon depletion [C/H]_{dust} tends to correlate with the 2175 Angstrom bump. This supports carbon grains instead of silicates as the possible carrier of the 2175 Angstrom bump. We also find that neither [Si/H]_{dust} nor [C/H]_{dust} alone correlates with the far-UV extinction, suggesting that the far-UV extinction is a combined effect of small carbon grains and silicates.Comment: 38 pages, 15 figures, 2 tables; accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal (2017). arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1507.0659

Montana Public Affairs Report, June 1979

Contents in this issue: The 1979 Montana Legislature - Robert E. Eagle It includes a focus on Taxation and the Budget, Energy, Environment and Natural Resources, National Issues - Abortion, Balanced Budget, ERA, Criminal Justice and the Courts, Agriculture, Education, Institutions, and Possible Ballot Issues for 1980 and Interim Studies