Mr. Bradish to Sarah Sabina Kean, April 28, 1817

Mr. Bradish wrote from New York to Sarah Sabina Kean, addressed to Ursino near Elizabethtown. Sarah and Susan Ursin Niemcewicz had been to see him recently. He wrote that he received word their wine order was at the customs house not long after they left. People Included: Peter Philip James Kean, Mr. Tucker, Mr. Laurieshttps://digitalcommons.kean.edu/lhc_1810s/1086/thumbnail.jp

The Smartphone Addiction Measure

Due to the multifaceted capabilities of the smartphone, college students have become increasingly susceptible to the overuse of and addiction to smartphone use. This susceptibility has led to many negative effects both mentally and physically in addition to the creation of new pathologies. There are many scales to measure cellphone addiction; however, scales to measure smartphone addiction in particular are scarce and have limitations that call into question their validity and reliability, especially for use on U.S. college students. This study aimed to investigate the validity and reliability of a diagnostic tool to measure smartphone addiction in U.S. college students. We aimed to account for the limitations that were present in previous scales and to further the support of smartphone addiction as a valid diagnosis that should be recognized by reputable resources. We found the Smartphone Addiction Measure to be reliable across time in addition to having internal consistency. Additionally, the evaluation of construct validity through the use of positive and negative correlations indicated support for a valid measure. This study provided a new smartphone addiction measurement tool that may allow for a way to clinically diagnosis addiction among college students

Movement Therapy for School Age Children with Autism: A Review of the Literature

One in every 68 children in the United States has autism spectrum disorder (ASD), affecting boys more than girls (4:1). Physical activity is important for children with ASD because it promotes life-long fitness and prevents chronic conditions. The purpose of this synthesis was to determine the most effective research-based movement therapy for children with autism, as well as discuss the advantages and disadvantages of each therapy presented. The literature review used peer-reviewed scholarly articles to examine evidencebased research in the areas of music therapy, dance therapy, yoga therapy and aquatic therapy. Results indicated family-centered music therapy (FCMT) improves the quality of social and parent-child interactions and a motivating social environment for preschool aged children. Yoga therapy displays positive effects for treating behavioral difficulties in elementary school children. Aquatic therapy was recommended for secondary children with ASD, due to the reductions in inappropriate behavior and increased on-task behavior. Recommendations for parents and physical educators include implementing activity schedules, performing tasks in sequential order, modifying instruction, modifying equipment and using visual aids. Overall, research indicated that dance therapy, music therapy, yoga therapy and aquatic therapy have advantages and disadvantages in treating children with ASD. Movement therapies can be used successfully for individuals with ASD but not every individual will experience the same benefits

L. Bradish to Peter Kean, February 21, 1820

Mr. Bradish wrote from New York to Peter Kean, addressed to Ursino, near Elizabethtown, NJ.He wrote to express sympathy to Sarah over her loss. It is possible this refers to the death of William Augustus Morris, her brother, but he is not explicitly named. People Included: Sarah Sabina Kean, Susan Ursin Niemcewiczhttps://digitalcommons.kean.edu/lhc_1820s/1046/thumbnail.jp

L. Bradish to Peter Kean on behalf of Lionel Collins, November 7, 1827

L. Bradish wrote to Peter Kean, addressed not included, stating that Kean owed Lionel Collins $11 for a piece of land in Moira, NY.https://digitalcommons.kean.edu/lhc_1820s/1093/thumbnail.jp

Analytics and iGaming

Analytics has become quite the buzzword, but its application to discover, interpret, and communicate meaningful patterns from voluminous, velocitous, and varied data still resonates in the sport industry, and has an incredibly important place in modern sports betting. Specifically, big data and analytics (BDA) can help address marketing issues as iGaming in North America enters its infancy and attempts to establish a mature marketplace. This article is dedicated to unpacking the iGaming model and uncovers where BDA could and should be applied to derive greater insights on sports betting consumer behavior

Component-Level Electronic-Assembly Repair (CLEAR) Synthetic Instrument Capabilities Assessment and Test Report

The role of synthetic instruments (SIs) for Component-Level Electronic-Assembly Repair (CLEAR) is to provide an external lower-level diagnostic and functional test capability beyond the built-in-test capabilities of spacecraft electronics. Built-in diagnostics can report faults and symptoms, but isolating the root cause and performing corrective action requires specialized instruments. Often a fault can be revealed by emulating the operation of external hardware. This implies complex hardware that is too massive to be accommodated in spacecraft. The SI strategy is aimed at minimizing complexity and mass by employing highly reconfigurable instruments that perform diagnostics and emulate external functions. In effect, SI can synthesize an instrument on demand. The SI architecture section of this document summarizes the result of a recent program diagnostic and test needs assessment based on the International Space Station. The SI architecture addresses operational issues such as minimizing crew time and crew skill level, and the SI data transactions between the crew and supporting ground engineering searching for the root cause and formulating corrective actions. SI technology is described within a teleoperations framework. The remaining sections describe a lab demonstration intended to show that a single SI circuit could synthesize an instrument in hardware and subsequently clear the hardware and synthesize a completely different instrument on demand. An analysis of the capabilities and limitations of commercially available SI hardware and programming tools is included. Future work in SI technology is also described

CoviChain: A Blockchain Based COVID-19 Vaccination Passport

Vaccination passports are being issued by governments around the world in order to open up their travel and hospitality sectors. Civil liberty campaigners on the other hand argue that such mandatory instruments encroach upon our fundamental right to anonymity, freedom of movement, and are a backdoor to issuing "identity documents" to citizens by their governments. In this paper we present a privacy-preserving framework that uses two-factor authentication to create a unique identifier that can be used to locate a person's vaccination record on a blockchain, but does not store any personal information about them. Our main contribution is the employment of a locality sensitive hashing algorithm over an iris extraction technique, that can be used to authenticate users and anonymously locate vaccination records on the blockchain, without leaking any personally identifiable information to the blockchain. Our proposed system allows for the safe reopening of society, while maintaining the privacy of citizens

Component-Level Electronic-Assembly Repair (CLEAR) Analysis of the Problem Reporting and Corrective Action (PRACA) Database of the International Space Station On-Orbit Electrical Systems

The NASA Constellation Program is investigating and developing technologies to support human exploration of the Moon and Mars. The Component-Level Electronic-Assembly Repair (CLEAR) task is part of the Supportability Project managed by the Exploration Technology Development Program. CLEAR is aimed at enabling a flight crew to diagnose and repair electronic circuits in space yet minimize logistics spares, equipment, and crew time and training. For insight into actual space repair needs, in early 2008 the project examined the operational experience of the International Space Station (ISS) program. CLEAR examined the ISS on-orbit Problem Reporting and Corrective Action database for electrical and electronic system problems. The ISS has higher than predicted reliability yet, as expected, it has persistent problems. A goal was to identify which on-orbit electrical problems could be resolved by a component-level replacement. A further goal was to identify problems that could benefit from the additional diagnostic and test capability that a component-level repair capability could provide. The study indicated that many problems stem from a small set of root causes that also represent distinct component problems. The study also determined that there are certain recurring problems where the current telemetry instrumentation and built-in tests are unable to completely resolve the problem. As a result, the root cause is listed as unknown. Overall, roughly 42 percent of on-orbit electrical problems on ISS could be addressed with a component-level repair. Furthermore, 63 percent of on-orbit electrical problems on ISS could benefit from additional external diagnostic and test capability. These results indicate that in situ component-level repair in combination with diagnostic and test capability can be expected to increase system availability and reduce logistics. The CLEAR approach can increase the flight crew s ability to act decisively to resolve problems while reducing dependency on Earth-supplied logistics for future Constellation Program missions

The performance of wood frame shear walls under earthquake loads

The overall goal of this study is to evaluate the earthquake performance of wood frame shear walls, and more specifically: (1) to compare the performance differences of fully and partially anchored walls under monotonic, cyclic, and earthquake loads, (2) to compare wall performance under earthquake loads with that of standardized monotonic and cyclic loads, (3) to evaluate earthquake performance of walls with respect to code measures, (4) to attain insight into the earthquake performance of walls carrying vertical load, and to compare this performance with that of walls without vertical load, and (5) to get a preliminary understanding of the performance of walls subjected to a sequence of earthquakes, and to compare this performance with that of walls subjected to a single earthquake. Earthquake tests were conducted on 2440x2440 mm walls with 38x89 mm Douglas-fir studs 610 mm on center. Two 1220x2440x11.1 mm oriented strand board (OSB) panels were installed and fastened vertically to the frame with 8d nails (2.87x60.33 mm) 152 mm and 305 mm on center along panel edges and intermediate studs, respectively. Two 12.7 mm gypsum wallboard (GWB) panels were installed vertically on the face opposite the OSB. Partially anchored walls had two 12.7 mm A307 anchor bolts installed 305 mm inward on the sill plate from each end of the wall. In addition to these anchor bolts, fully anchored walls included holddowns installed at the end studs of the wall and were attached to the foundation with 15.9 mm Grade 5 anchor bolts. Four historical ground motion time histories were used for earthquake tests, three of these were subduction zone ground motions, and the fourth had a strike-slip fault mechanism. Ground motions were scaled to the 10% in 50 year probability of exceedance design level for the Seattle, WA area, with a 4545 kg seismic mass. Thirty-four earthquake tests were conducted and split evenly between fully and partially anchored walls. Monotanic and cyclic tests were conducted in Phase I of this project by Seaders (2004)