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Pumping Pollution: An In-Depth Analysis of Miccosukee and Notes on S. D. Warren Co. v. Maine Bd. of Dept. Envtl. Protection, with Comments on Improving the State and Federal Regulation of Activities That Cause Water Quality Degradation
Pumping Pollution: An In-Depth Analysis of Miccosukee and Notes on S. D. Warren Co. v. Maine Bd. of Dept. Envtl. Protection, with Comments on Improving the State and Federal Regulation of Activities That Cause Water Quality Degradation
Analysing the impact of e-learning technology on students’ engagement, attendance and performance
In higher education, e-learning technology, such as Blackboard (Bb) is widely used and has become a popular worldwide tool. It helps reduce the communication gap between students and tutors, without time and location constraints. The study of student engagement and the impact on performance is a key issue in higher educational research, so identifying how students use e-learning technology can help contribute to how to design e-learning materials that further support student engagement. The quantitative research study examined two undergraduate engineering modules. Utilising the statistical package for the social sciences (SPSS) the number of clicks students made on Bb was assessed against their classroom attendance, engagement with activities and their performance in the final grade in the module assessment. The outcomes contribute to the developing literature on students’ interaction with online learning, by providing an insight into the way students’ use of e-learning materials influences their performance in their studies
A Frictional Cooling Demonstration Experiment with Protons
Muon cooling is the main technological obstacle in the building of a muon
collider. A muon cooling scheme based on Frictional Cooling holds promise in
overcoming this obstacle. An experiment designed to demonstrate the Frictional
Cooling concept using protons was undertaken. Although the results were
inconclusive in the observation of cooling, the data allowed for the
qualification of detailed simulations which are used to simulate the
performance of a muon collider.Comment: 24 Pages 16 figures 2 table
Fast automated scanning of OPERA emulsion films
The use of nuclear emulsions to record tracks of charged particles with an
accuracy of better than 1 micron is possible in large physics experiments
thanks to the recent improvements in the industrial production of emulsions and
to the development of fast automated microscopes.
The European Scanning System (ESS) is a fast automatic system developed for
the mass scanning of the emulsions of the OPERA experiment, which requires
microscopes with scanning speeds of about 20 cm/h. Recent improvements in
the technique and measurements with ESS are reported.Comment: 3 pages, 5 figures, presented at the 10th Topical Seminar on
Innovative Particle and Radiation Detectors, 1-5 October 2006, Siena, Ital
6. The 1960s
From David Moore – “I served as dean of the ILR School during the 1960s. This was a period that started in relative tranquility and ended in tumultuous disarray with students demonstrating, administrators trying to maintain control, and faculty worrying about traditional academic freedom and values.” Includes: Remembrances of Things Past – 1963-71; Creation of the Public Employment Relations Board; and Alumni Perspectives
Physics of ion beam cancer therapy: a multi-scale approach
We propose a multi-scale approach to understand the physics related to
ion-beam cancer therapy. It allows the calculation of the probability of DNA
damage as a result of irradiation of tissues with energetic ions, up to 430
MeV/u. This approach covers different scales, starting from the large scale,
defined by the ion stopping, followed by a smaller scale, defined by secondary
electrons and radicals, and ending with the shortest scale, defined by
interactions of secondaries with the DNA. We present calculations of the
probabilities of single and double strand breaks of DNA, suggest a way to
further expand such calculations, and also make some estimates for glial cells
exposed to radiation.Comment: 18 pag,5 fig, submitted to PR
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