The artificial electron belt, October 1963 to October 1966

Measured decay of Starfish electron radiation belt from October 1963 to October 196

Do I Even Remember the List?\u27: Identity, Place, and Legal Consciousness of Marriage Among LGBTQ Individuals.

The legalization of same-sex marriage in 2015 in the United States has been a milestone for LGBTQ rights. Popular campaigns pushing for the legalization argued that “love is love” and the idea that same-sex marriage is the same as heterosexual marriage. While there have been surveys investigating popular opinions around same-sex marriage, not much research has been done on LGBTQ communities themselves and what they have to say about marriage. This dissertation obtains a clearer understanding of how LGBTQ individuals consider marriage at a critical moment in history. Specifically, this dissertation investigates how identity, place, and legal consciousness interact within LGBTQ communities to shape individuals’ ideas and understandings of marriage shortly after the legalization of same-sex marriage in the United States. Using semi-structured interviews, this dissertation gives voice to the marginalized: the LGBTQ individuals that were, until recently, barred from getting married in the United States. The data show that the understandings of these individuals align with previous frameworks established in the marriage literature as well as the socio-legal literature. Additionally, the data provides a viewpoint on same-sex marriage that was unobtainable until recently: data collected in a time when same-sex marriage is legal everywhere in the United States. Suggestions for future research are also discussed in the hopes that we continue to study LGBTQ individuals as the social world changes around them

The Relationship among Math Anxiety, Mathematical Performance, and Math Education in Undergraduate Nursing Students

Although nurses spend up to 40% of their day calculating and administering medication doses, undergraduate nursing students often perform poorly on nursing math exams. The purpose of this study was (a) to examine the relationship among mathematical education, performance, and anxiety and (b) to compare the mathematical education, performance, and anxiety in sophomore and senior baccalaureate nursing students at a public university in the Midwest. This cross-sectional, descriptive study was guided by Bandura\u27s self-efficacy theory. Math performance was measured with an 11-item math instrument, math education was measured with number of math courses, and math anxiety was measured with Fennema–Sherman Mathematics Attitudes Scale. The sample (N=164) was 17% males and 83% females (age mean=22 years, SD=5.24). Approximately 60% of subjects were sophomores. Regardless of math education, math performance moderately and negatively correlated with anxiety dimensions, (r=-.39 to -.46, p \u3c..001). No differences in math anxieties and math performance were found in sophomore and senior levels. Analysis with randomly selected female cases to create equal gender groups (N=63) showed no gender differences in math performance, math education, and math anxiety dimensions except for anxiety taking math tests (t=-2.24, p=.03), with females reporting higher anxiety than males reported

Exploring the Referral and Usage of Science Fiction in HCI Literature

Research on science fiction (sci-fi) in scientific publications has indicated the usage of sci-fi stories, movies or shows to inspire novel Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) research. Yet no studies have analysed sci-fi in a top-ranked computer science conference at present. For that reason, we examine the CHI main track for the presence and nature of sci-fi referrals in relationship to HCI research. We search for six sci-fi terms in a dataset of 5812 CHI main proceedings and code the context of 175 sci-fi referrals in 83 papers indexed in the CHI main track. In our results, we categorize these papers into five contemporary HCI research themes wherein sci-fi and HCI interconnect: 1) Theoretical Design Research; 2) New Interactions; 3) Human-Body Modification or Extension; 4) Human-Robot Interaction and Artificial Intelligence; and 5) Visions of Computing and HCI. In conclusion, we discuss results and implications located in the promising arena of sci-fi and HCI research.Comment: v1: 20 pages, 4 figures, 3 tables, HCI International 2018 accepted submission v2: 20 pages, 4 figures, 3 tables, added link/doi for Springer proceedin

Research Note, January 1972

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Dynamic Mechanical Behavior of Black Cherry (Prunus Serotina EHRH.)

The dynamic mechanical properties of black cherry (Prunus serotina Ehrh.) have been investigated as a function of temperature at audio frequencies. Relaxation processes are evident near 200, 360, and 510 K. The process near 200 K was investigated as a function of initial moisture content (based on mass measurements prior to testing). At moisture contents greater than about 20%, the damping peak is centered near 185 K. This relaxation shifts with moisture content, and at moisture contents below 6%, the peak is centered near 225 K. The relaxation in the 360 K region is also associated with initial moisture content. For oven-dry black cherry specimens, the dynamic mechanical properties in the 360 K region are nearly temperature-independent. The relaxation near 510 K is believed to be associated with thermal degradation of wood constituents that are known to degrade in that temperature region