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A Stained Glass Ceiling? Mitt Romney and Mormonism
Did Mitt Romneyâs religionâMormonismâhelp or hurt him in his campaigns for the presidency? While Romneyâs religious affiliation was generally viewed as an electoral liability, Americansâ ambivalence about Mormons presented the possibility that, depending on framing, it could be neutralized or could perhaps even become a political asset. Survey experiments during both Romneyâs 2008 and 2012 campaigns suggest that although Romneyâs religion was a detriment when he ran the first time, it had largely ceased to be an issue in 2012. Although Mormonism did not have much effect on Romneyâs performance at the polls in the general election of 2012, however, Romneyâs candidacy has had an effect on perceptions of Mormonism. In the wake of his campaign, attitudes toward Mormons have become politically polarized, with Republicans holding a far more positive view of them than Democrats, with Independents in the middle
Cable insulation cut-through tester
Device accurately measures cut-through load within specified time or time when cut-through occurs at specific load. Tests are performed at ambient conditions or in an environmental chamber
Supersymmetry and Supercoherent States of a Nonrelativistic Free Particle
Coordinate atypical representation of the orthosymplectic superalgebra
osp(2/2) in a Hilbert superspace of square integrable functions constructed in
a special way is given. The quantum nonrelativistic free particle Hamiltonian
is an element of this superalgebra which turns out to be a dynamical
superalgebra for this system. The supercoherent states, defined by means of a
supergroup displacement operator, are explicitly constructed. These are the
coordinate representation of the known atypical abstract super group
coherent states. We interpret obtained results from the classical mechanics
viewpoint as a model of classical particle which is immovable in the even
sector of the phase superspace and is in rectilinear movement (in the
appropriate coordinate system) in its odd sector
Data processing improvements for the Skylab S-191 EREP spectrometer
The characteristics of the S-191 spectrometer (filter wheel infrared spectrometer) are discussed. Inherent deficiencies in previous spectrometers are described and the techniques for correcting the deficiencies are explained. The radiance errors caused by error in wavelength are identified and the effects on the accuracy of the spectrometer are described. It is stated that the most important source of error in the S-191 spectrometer is off-band radiation in which the detected radiation is far from the wavelength which is expected to be detected by the sensor at that particular time. A numerical analysis of the effects of off-band radiation is developed
Huch v. Charter Communications, Inc.: Consumer Prey, Corporate Predators, and a Call for the Death of the Voluntary Payment Doctrine Defense
Values, ethics and empowering the self through cooperative education
Following the recent global financial crisis and the collapse of major organisations such as Lehman Brothers, and the earlier corporate failings of Enron and HIH, there has been a shift of focus towards the role of ethics education in the formation of business professionals. In other professional settings, such as policing and medicine, similar major crises have highlighted the significance of the early development of ethical practice in emerging professionals. This paper considers the nature of professional ethics for an emerging professional, arguing that professional ethics should be a key factor in cooperative education programs. The paper considers the role of values and ethics education in empowering the emerging professional to shape and change their workplace. Building on this argument, the paper suggests foundational elements of an approach to professional ethics in cooperative education programs concluding with a suggested research path for further exploration of the content and nature of such an approach
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