Alien Registration- Carrier, Delores L. (Sanford, York County)

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Alien Registration- Carrier, Marie L. (Lewiston, Androscoggin County)

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Alien Registration- Carrier, Marie L. (Lewiston, Androscoggin County)

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Religion and pathography

For millennia, religion and medicine have coexisted in an ever changing relationship. In the beginning the two were almost inseparable as many believed that illness was the direct effect of angering their God, deities, or spirits. With the advancements of medical technology religion’s grasp on medicine has weakened and shifted. Religion still plays a part in medicine, however, it is minor and only among specific people. The primary role is now in the area of coping, or emotional healing. Traditional religious coping methods include prayer, meditation, and special rituals. One non-traditional technique, that is a relatively recent addition, is the pathography. What is a pathography? Even with gaining popularity many people still do not know this term. There are, however, many definitions for the word given by experts in the subject, from medical professionals, from literary professionals, and in reference material. Definitions do not tell the whole story about the word and to fully understand it one must look at all of the different possibilities there are for the pathography. There are many classification techniques for the pathography genre. There are simple categorizations such as by author, outcome, and media, as well as specific categorizations such as by disease, by religion, and by the author’s motive for writing. Even more complex are the combinations of simple and specific categorizations, such as combining author with religion or disease, outcome and religion, and media with motive. How does one write a pathography? While one could go on and on about the subject in several lectures, there is no one way to write a pathography. Every person is different and would therefore have different thoughts, feelings, and experiences to write about. The different factors that are used to categorize pathographies are used to describe perspectives from which people can write. Also, the pathography does not necessarily have to be a written work, the medium used to express the thoughts, feelings, and experiences are just as varied as the subjects included. What is the future of the pathography? The genre is still growing and evolving. Its future looks bright as many famous and non-famous people are writing about their thoughts, feelings, and experiences with illness. Medical schools are seeing this increase in pathographies as a tool to teach medical students how to empathize with their patients and to treat the person instead of the disease. With increased interest in the subject there are journals that are now looking at the efficacy of illness narratives and their impact on the medical community

Alien Registration- Carrier, Marie L. (Lewiston, Androscoggin County)

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Interface growth in two dimensions: A Loewner-equation approach

The problem of Laplacian growth in two dimensions is considered within the Loewner-equation framework. Initially the problem of fingered growth recently discussed by Gubiec and Szymczak [T. Gubiec and P. Szymczak, Phys. Rev. E 77, 041602 (2008)] is revisited and a new exact solution for a three-finger configuration is reported. Then a general class of growth models for an interface growing in the upper-half plane is introduced and the corresponding Loewner equation for the problem is derived. Several examples are given including interfaces with one or more tips as well as multiple growing interfaces. A generalization of our interface growth model in terms of ``Loewner domains,'' where the growth rule is specified by a time evolving measure, is briefly discussed.Comment: To appear in Physical Review

Left Behind by Policy: A Case Study of the Influence of High Stakes Accountability Policy on Data-Based Decision Making in One Small, Rural New Hampshire School

The high-stakes accountability policies that stemmed from NCLB and Race to the Top required minimum group sizes in order for school performance to be analyzed through state accountability formulas. Small rural schools have frequently been left out of this equation due to a lack of consistently reportable aggregate groups and sub-groups. The evidence of this has been seen through the lack of needed data-based decision making (DBDM) practices. In order to begin to understand the DBDM practices of small rural schools and the relationship to educational policy we engaged in case study research of a Pk-12 school of 100 students from 2014-2015. The school, located in New Hampshire, provided us with insights into the potential gaps that exist between policy and practice in small rural schools. In addition, questions of educational equity began to emerge as we considered the gaps between student achievement data and the professional development of educators

Reformulation of the Stochastic Potential Switching Algorithm and a Generalized Fourtuin-Kasteleyn Representation

A new formulation of the stochastic potential switching algorithm is presented. This reformulation naturally leads us to a generalized Fourtuin-Kasteleyn representation of the partition function Z. A formula for internal energy E and that of heat capacity C are derived from derivatives of the partition function. We also derive a formula for the exchange probability in the replica exchange Monte Carlo method. By combining the formulae with the Stochastic Cutoff method, we can greatly reduce the computational time to perform internal energy and heat capacity measurements and the replica exchange Monte Carlo method in long-range interacting systems. Numerical simulations in three dimensional magnetic dipolar systems show the validity and efficiency of the method.Comment: 11 pages, 6 figures, to appear in PR