In-situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) and Lunar Surface Systems

This viewgraph presentation reviews the benefits of In-Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) on the surface of the moon. Included in this review is the commercialization of Lunar ISRU. ISRU will strongly influence architecture and critical technologies. ISRU is a critical capability and key implementation of the Vision for Space Exploration (VSE). ISRU will strongly effects lunar outpost logistics, design and crew safety. ISRU will strongly effect outpost critical technologies. ISRU mass investment is minimal compared to immediate and long-term architecture delivery mass and reuse capabilities provided. Therefore, investment in ISRU constitutes a commitment to the mid and long term future of human exploration

A Torres Strait Islanders Commission? Possibilities and issues

This paper has been written as CAEPR's second response to the terms of reference of the current HRSCATSIA inquiry into greater autonomy for 'the people of the Torres Strait'. It notes that Islander submissions to this inquiry have predominantly interpreted these terms of reference as being about Torres Strait Islander autonomy, as a cultural group Australia wide, and have used the inquiry to further calls for a national statutory Torres Strait Islanders organisation; a Torres Strait Islanders Commission as we have indicatively referred to it. The paper explores the demographic background to this call for a national Torres Strait Islanders Commission and also the position of Torres Strait Islanders within the current ATSIC structure. It then goes on to discuss issues that are likely to arise in a move towards a Torres Strait Islanders Commission, under the headings of representation, funding, organisational scale, dual identification and Aboriginal people in Torres Strait. The paper argues that a national Torres Strait Islanders Commission is a real possibility, but that it would raise some quite significant and difficult issues. Because of this, the paper also discusses another reform possibility; better representation and funding arrangements within ATSIC and the TSRA for Torres Strait Islanders resident outside the Strait. The paper argues that Torres Strait Islanders themselves must determine which of these reform possibilities they want to pursue and to facilitate this it suggests a national Torres Strait Islander convention as a necessary next step. The final brief section of the paper attempts to clarify relationships between reform towards a Torres Strait Islanders Commission, or better representation and funding arrangements within ATSIC and the TSRA for Torres Strait Islanders resident outside the Strait, and reform towards Torres Strait regional government. Both, it argues, can be legitimately pursued under the rubric of seeking 'greater autonomy for the people of the Torres Strait'

Eyewitness identification: \u27I noticed you paused on number three.\u27

An eyewitness to a crime is the most damaging evidence the government can present in a criminal trial. The impact on the jury of a witness pointing to the defense table and saying “that is the man right there – I will never forget his face” is overwhelming. The prosecutor can often support the veracity of the identification by providing testimony that the witness previously identified the accused in some sort of a photo spread. If the witness is a victim, police officer or some other witness sympathetic to the government, the testimony usually goes something like this: “The officer showed me the lineup and I picked the defendant before the spread hit the table.

Towards greater autonomy for Torres Strait: Political and economic dimensions

After a brief introduction, this paper comprises the text of a submission to the House of Reprentatives Standing Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs for its inquiry into greater autonomy for 'the people of the Torres Strait'. The paper distinguishes between the political and economic dimensions of greater autonomy and discusses each in turn. Under political autonomy, it discusses current representative structures in the Torres Strait region and their possible future restructuring into a more fully-fledged form of regional government. Under economic autonomy, it examines major resource and financial flows to and from the Torres Strait region and the current pattern of control and influence over these flows. It suggests some possibility for renegotiating this pattern of control and influence under a future regional government. The final section of the paper identifies comparative models of self-government drawn from the Australian external territories and from international experience. It suggests that, while these may provide useful ideas for Torres Strait, they will not provide ready-made solutions. It also suggests that Torres Strait will not become a precedent for other developments towards greater Indigenous group autonomy elsewhere in Australia, although Torres Strait, too, may provide ideas for other Indigenous groups in other areas. The paper concludes that it should be possible to satisfy expressed desires for a greater degree of autonomy in Torres Strait, but that to advance the process much further will probably require a constitutional convention of interested constituencies

Eyewitness identification: \u27I noticed you paused on number three.\u27

An eyewitness to a crime is the most damaging evidence the government can present in a criminal trial. The impact on the jury of a witness pointing to the defense table and saying “that is the man right there – I will never forget his face” is overwhelming. The prosecutor can often support the veracity of the identification by providing testimony that the witness previously identified the accused in some sort of a photo spread. If the witness is a victim, police officer or some other witness sympathetic to the government, the testimony usually goes something like this: “The officer showed me the lineup and I picked the defendant before the spread hit the table.

Risk factors for dental caries in the five-year-old South Australian population

The document attached has been archived with permission from the Australian Dental Association. An external link to the publisher’s copy is included.Background: This study tested the hypothesis that risk behaviours in disadvantaged groups would explain socio-economic inequality in dental caries prevalence among preschool children. Methods: Using a case-control study, children with caries experience (one or more decayed, missing or filled primary tooth surfaces) and with no caries experience were sampled with known probabilities from among five year olds attending the South Australian Dental Service (SADS). Dental caries experience of primary teeth was recorded by SADS clinicians. Social and behavioural information was collected using a questionnaire mailed to parents. Prevalence rates, prevalence ratios (PR) and 95 per cent confidence intervals (95% CI) were computed, taking into account sampling probabilities. Results: Questionnaires were obtained for 64.6 per cent of sampled children (n=1398) and 40.2 per cent (95% CI=37.8–42.6) of them had caries experience. Five statistically significant risk factors were identified relating to previous feeding, current oral hygiene and parent’s own oral health perceptions. The prevalence of four risk factors was greater in low-income households compared with high-income households (P≤0.01). In multivariate analysis, after adjusting for age of tooth cleaning onset, age at which toothpaste was introduced was not significantly associated with caries prevalence. Behavioural risk factors did not explain incomerelated gradients in caries prevalence but modified the level of risk associated with delayed onset of tooth cleaning. Children who delayed tooth cleaning until the age of 24 months or more and who were from low-income households had a 2.7-fold increase in caries prevalence (95% CI=2.1–3.4). Conclusions: Caries prevention efforts need to target behaviours in infancy and non-behavioural risk factors among preschoolers in low-income households.GD Slade, AE Sanders, CJ Bill, LG D

NASA's first in-space optical gyroscope: A technology experiment on the X ray Timing Explorer spacecraft

A technology experiment on the X-ray Timing Explorer spacecraft to determine the feasibility of Interferometric Fiber Optic Gyroscopes for space flight navigation is described. The experiment consists of placing a medium grade fiber optic gyroscope in parallel with the spacecraft's inertial reference unit. The performance of the fiber optic gyroscope will be monitored and compared to the primary mechanical gyroscope's performance throughout the two-year mission life

The Ursinus Weekly, November 12, 1962

Curtain Club\u27s Mr. & Mrs. North scheduled to open Friday evening • Founders Day salutes college • Debaters score in recent matches • Hinduism topic of IRC speaker tonight • Color film to highlight Bible study meeting • Chamberlin views Christian faith • Junior class dance • Lesley Frost to discuss poetry Wednesday in Forum appearance • Reed and Hendrixson elected to MSGA • Science groups begin tutoring service • Ursinus hockeywomen distinguished with all-college team honors • Larry Coon declared winner in semester\u27s cigarette contest • Zucker defeated in bid for state senate • Editorial: Congratulations, hockey team; Up with the drug! • Vice-president Wagner discusses publicity policy of the college • Humor, informality mark Kirkpatrick • Letters to the editor • Mohammed tells Weekly of summer experiences • Football team downed 20-12 in Lebanon Valley mud bath • Ups & downs of the soccermen • Brothers Brackin soccer standouts • Hockey squad finishes season with perfect record of 6 winshttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1280/thumbnail.jp

An asteroseismic membership study of the red giants in three open clusters observed by Kepler: NGC6791, NGC6819, and NGC6811

Studying star clusters offers significant advances in stellar astrophysics due to the combined power of having many stars with essentially the same distance, age, and initial composition. This makes clusters excellent test benches for verification of stellar evolution theory. To fully exploit this potential, it is vital that the star sample is uncontaminated by stars that are not members of the cluster. Techniques for determining cluster membership therefore play a key role in the investigation of clusters. We present results on three clusters in the Kepler field of view based on a newly established technique that uses asteroseismology to identify fore- or background stars in the field, which demonstrates advantages over classical methods such as kinematic and photometry measurements. Four previously identified seismic non-members in NGC6819 are confirmed in this study, and three additional non-members are found -- two in NGC6819 and one in NGC6791. We further highlight which stars are, or might be, affected by blending, which needs to be taken into account when analysing these Kepler data.Comment: 12 pages, 9 figures, 5 tables, accepted by Ap

GUIDELINES FOR MANAGING WINTER VEGETATION IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA (Research Information Sheet #105)

Winter vegetation common to northeast Louisiana ranges from easy-to-control weeds, such as annual bluegrass and common chickweed, to difficult-to-control species, such as curly dock and ryegrass. This publication includes information on proper weed identification and herbicide selection, the keys to a successful preplant, burndown weed control program.https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/agcenter_researchinfosheets/1008/thumbnail.jp