IMPACCT Program

Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy project sheet summarizing general information about the Innovative Materials and Processes for Advanced Carbon Capture Technologies (IMPACCT) program including critical needs, innovation and advantages, impacts, and contact information. This sheet discusses the development of a new device as part of the "A High Efficiency Inertial CO2 Extraction System" project

Acculturation as it is related to attitudes toward the marriage process in Jewish Iranians.

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between acculturation and attitudes toward the marriage process among Jewish Iranians. Specifically, it was hypothesized that there would be a significant relationship between degree of acculturation and attitudes toward the marriage process.The sample consisted of 126 Jewish Iranian men and women residing in the Los Angeles area. The participants ranged in age from 18 to 78 ( M = 39). The participants were obtained through nonrandom measures from various cultural organizations, colleges, and social functions.Participants filled out three questionnaires consisting of a demographic questionnaire, a modified version of the Cultural Life Style Inventory (Mendoza, 1989), and the Marriage Process Scale (Banafsheian, 2003).As expected, the results of the study revealed a significant positive relationship between cultural resistance (CR) and attitudes toward the marriage process, in that as CR increased, traditional attitudes toward the marriage process also increased. A significant negative relationship was found between cultural shift (CS) and attitudes toward the marriage process, in that as CS increased, traditional attitudes toward the marriage process decreased. No significant relationship was found between cultural incorporation (CI) and attitudes toward the marriage process.Thesis (Ph.D.)--Alliant International University, Los Angeles, 2003.School code: 1436

RSTA Research of the Colorado State, University of Massachusetts and Alliant Techsystems Team

The complementary nature of LADAR, FLIR and color data for ATR is being exploited by new algorithms in a three stage recognition system. The stages are initial detection, target class and pose hypothesis generation, and precise model to multisensor coregistration matching. Coregistration globally aligns 3D target models with range, IR and color imagery while simultaneously refining registration parameters between sensors. This model directed approach is expected to improve ATR performance for occluded targets, targets seen at unusual angles, and targets in cluttered settings. Color is used for initial target detection under daylight conditions and camouflage learned from training generalizes across vehicles and distinguishes targets from natural terrain. Target class and pose hypothesis generation will draw upon existing LADAR boundary matching work extended to tolerate more occlusion, clutter and viewpoint variation. New model to multisensor coregistration algorithms appear robust in..

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The effects of aversive anti-Semitism on selection decisions regarding Jewish workers in the United States.

The effects of aversive anti-Semitism on selection decisions regarding Jewish employees in the U.S. were studied. The extant literature on aversive racism, prejudice and stereotyping, and job discrimination provided a backdrop for the present study. Participants read transcripts of an interview for a bank president position that varied by candidate religion/ethnicity and qualifications. They then rated the job candidate on job-relevant scales and personality traits, and completed an anti-Semitism scale and demographics questionnaire. The first hypothesis predicted a 2-way interaction of candidate religion/ethnicity and qualifications on candidate ratings such that Jewish candidates would be rated lower than Christian candidates in the ambiguous qualification condition but not in the strong or weak qualification conditions. The second hypothesis predicted a negative correlation between self-report anti-Semitism and Jewish candidate ratings across conditions. College and graduate students ( N = 299) participated in the study. Tests of the first hypothesis indicated an interaction of candidate religion/ethnicity and qualifications on candidate ratings that was modified by participant religion. Specifically, when qualifications were weak, Jewish and Christian participants rated Christian candidates higher than Jewish candidates. In contrast, participants with no religion rated Jewish candidates higher than Christian candidates in the weak qualification condition. Post hoc correlation analyses revealed significant variations in candidate ratings based on implicit associations between Jews and ambition and Christians and incompetence. In particular, strongly qualified Jewish candidates who were rated highly for the job were seen as ambitious yet their Christian counterparts were not. Weakly qualified Christian candidates who were rated poorly for the job were seen as incompetent, yet their Jewish counterparts were not. Tests of the second hypothesis revealed no significant correlation between candidate ratings and total anti-Semitism scores. However, significant correlations were found for the traditional anti-Semitism subscale, indicating that traditional anti-Semitism was a better predictor of anti-Jewish discrimination than modern anti-Semitism. Tests of demographic factors revealed that frequent interaction with Muslims and Republican Party membership both correlated positively with anti-Semitism. Overall, this study did not demonstrate the expected effects of aversive anti-Semitism in the banking industry. However, important links were found between implicit personality-based biases and hiring decisions.Thesis (Ph.D.)--Alliant International University, San Diego, 2004.School code: 1389