Exploring special events' potential to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion: a study of salient factors in a local festival during COVID-19

Special events have gained popularity due to their ability to contribute to the sustainability of a destination by promoting the destination image, attracting tourism, driving economic growth, and building cultural capacity. However, in 2020, the world was forced to confront a conundrum, brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. The spread of the COVID-19 pandemic not only caused high levels of disruption across the hospitality and tourism sectors but also catalyzed major social upheaval. With the rise in xenophobia and racism during the pandemic, the function of special events in society is even more essential. While existing research has examined the social impacts of events, the impacts of attendee perceptions and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) outcomes have not been addressed. In an effort to address this gap, this study explores special events' potential to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion experience through a study of a local festival during COVID-19. Through a series of statistical analyses, attendees' perception of the festival was identified to be the most salient in predicting personal DEI experience, particularly festival DEI practices and the trust of other festival attendees. Moreover, there were significant variations in attendee festival perception between high and low levels of festival pride and perceived risk of COVID-19. Overall, the findings of this study support the idea that special events, such as festivals, promote diversity, equity, and inclusion which can contribute to the enhancement of socially sustainable event planning and management practices.Includes bibliographical references

Yucca Mountain Saturated Zone Carbon-14

This Scientific Investigation Plan (SIP) provides an overview of the work described in “Yucca Mountain Saturated Zone Carbon-14”, a proposal funded by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Repository Development under the UCCSN/YMP Co-op in support of the Science and Technology Initiatives. The objective of this work is to provide improved estimates of the time required for ground water to travel from the site of the proposed high-level radioactive waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, to the accessible environment

Groundwater Flow and Thermal Modeling to Support a Preferred Conceptual Model for the Large Hydraulic Gradient North of Yucca Mountain

This task will create a two-dimensional, saturated zone, vertical cross-section model of groundwater flow and thermal transport through the large hydraulic gradient (LHG). This model is referenced herein as the thermal model. The scope of this study is limited to presenting a postulated hydrogeologic configuration of the LHG. The conceptualization will include the use of postulated hydrogeologic structures and material properties. The thermal model will be spatially limited to the area immediately upgradient and downgradient of the LHG and will not reproduce the many hydrogeologic features of the existing regional and site-scale models. The thermal model will be orientated north to south, approximately along a saturated zone streamline. The results of the thermal modeling will be compared to temperature data reported for site wells by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and in peer-reviewed journals. Most, if not all, of this reported data is non- qualified. This task will not qualify the reported data and the reported data will be used only as a basis of comparison for the model simulations

The religious roots of female education in Sydney : a history of the Congregation de Notre Dame and Holy Angels Convent School, 1885-1911

xii, 130 leaves ; 28 cm.Includes abstract.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 123-130).Holy Angels Convent School was opened in Sydney, Nova Scotia in 1885 by the Congregation of Notre Dame. The sisters had come to the town at the request of Father James Quinan, the Pastor of Sacred Heart Parish. This study examines the history of the Congregation in Sydney between 1885 and 1911 and the educational opportunities it provided for young women. As one of the first schools for young women in the town, Holy Angels offered a variety of educational programs designed to meet the needs of the young women of the town. They offered instruction in music, art, English and business. The thesis also analyzes the parental occupation, hometown, religion and age of the students, creating a demographic picture of the young women who attended the school. Finally, it examines the relationship between the Congregation of Notre Dame and the community, providing insight into the religious, social and educational conditions in the town in the late nineteenth century

Evidence for a strong 19.5 Hz flux oscillation in Swift BAT and Fermi GBM gamma-ray data from GRB 211211A

The gamma-ray burst (GRB) GRB~211211A is believed to have occurred due to the merger of two neutron stars or a neutron star and a black hole, despite its duration of more than a minute. Subsequent analysis has revealed numerous interesting properties including the possible presence of a $\sim 22$~Hz quasiperiodic oscillation (QPO) during precursor emission. Here we perform timing analysis of Fermi and Swift gamma-ray data on GRB~211211A and, although we do not find a strong QPO during the precursor, we do find an extremely significant 19.5~Hz flux oscillation, which has higher fractional amplitude at higher energies, in a $\sim 0.2$~second segment beginning $\sim 1.6$~seconds after the start of the burst. After presenting our analysis we discuss possible mechanisms for the oscillation.Comment: 16 pages, 7 figures, 2 table

Chemical Analyses for Alcove 8/Niche 3 Tracer Studies

The objective of this task “Analytical Support For Tracer Studies in Alcove 8 / Niche 3” is to provide chemical analyses for the tracer studies at Alcove 8 / Niche 3 in the Exploratory Studies Facilities (ESF). This analytical support includes developing procedures for measuring tracer concentrations and then performing the tracer (and other background constituent) analyses for the water samples generated from each Alcove 8 / Niche 3 tracer test. These tracer tests are part of the Flow and Seepage Testing in Alcove 8/Niche 3 (TWP-NBS-HS-000004 REV 00). The overall goal of this study is to quantify large scale infiltration and seepage processes in the unsaturated zone at the ESF at Yucca Mountain

A Search for High-Energy Counterparts to Fast Radio Bursts

We report on a search for high-energy counterparts to fast radio bursts (FRBs) with the Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM), Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT), and the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory Burst Alert Telescope (BAT). We find no significant associations for any of the 23 FRBs in our sample, but report upper limits to the high-energy fluence for each on timescales of 0.1, 1, 10, and 100 s. We report lower limits on the ratio of the radio to high-energy fluence, $\frac{f_{r}}{f_{\gamma}}$, for timescales of 0.1 and 100 s. We discuss the implications of our non-detections on various proposed progenitor models for FRBs, including analogs of giant pulses from the Crab pulsar and hyperflares from magnetars. This work demonstrates the utility of analyses of high-energy data for FRBs in tracking down the nature of these elusive sources

Bomb-pulse chlorine-36 at the proposed yucca mountain repository horizon: an investigation of previous conflicting results and collection of new data

Previous studies by scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) and the United States Geological Survey (USGS) quantified 36Cl/Cl to test for the presence of fast pathways at the proposed Yucca Mountain high-level nuclear waste repository. The goal of these studies was to determine whether or not fluids containing bomb-pulse 36Cl/Cl traveled along fast travel pathways and reached the repository horizon, however, the two groups followed somewhat different procedures and produced conflicting results. The objective of this study is to attempt to determine the cause of the conflicting results and to obtain additional data to determine whether or not there are bomb-pulse isotopes at the repository horizon

Chemical Analyses in Support of Yucca Mountain Studies

The objective of this task “Chemical Analyses in Support of Yucca Mountain Studies” is to provide the Department of Energy (DOE) with data and reports from comprehensive chemical analyses of waters sampled from the wells of the Nye County Early Warning Drilling Program (NCEWDP), the Inyo County’s Drilling Program, and the Nye county Tracer Test. In addition, this task will be used to provide other laboratory support needs as they arise within the Yucca Mountain Project. This support is provided by the Harry Reid Center for Environmental Studies (HRC) at University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), which is part of the University and Community College System of Nevada (UCCSN)

Ground Water Level Measurements in Selected Boreholes Near the Site of the Proposed Repository

The objective of this task is to provide ground water level measurements of known accuracy and precision using manual and electronic methods. The HRC will use field-proven protocols and established implementing procedures for all aspects of data collection, analysis, management, and reporting. The water level measurements produced by this program will yield quality-assured data that can be reliably used for a variety of purposes including: continued site characterization, refinement of the local potentiometric surface, inputs to the Death Valley Regional Flow Model and related hydrologic characterization, to fulfill permit conditions issued by the State of Nevada, to monitor seismically-induced ground water fluctuations, and to support a proposed repository licensing application