691 research outputs found
Three-Strikes-and-You\u27re-Out —Pragmatic, Political, or Pacification
Symposium: Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994: III. The Three-Strikes-and-You\u27re-Out Provisio
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STEMTEC II (followon grant) Proposal
The Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Teacher Education Collaborative (STEMTEC) is an NSF Collaborative for Excellence in Teacher Preparation (CETP) funded from August 1997 to July 2002. STEMTEC II is a request for a three-year follow on grant designed to produce a comprehensive summative evaluation and to implement an induction program for new teachers. It is being submitted by the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education Institute at the University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass)
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Grant Proposal for STEM ACT Conference
The STEM Education Institute and the School of Education at the University of Massachusetts Amherst propose to hold a conference entitled Science, Technology, Engineering and Math - Alternative Certification for Teachers (STEM-ACT) in November 2005 in the Washington D.C. area. The conference will focus on alternative certification programs for the preparation of science teachers. The overall purpose of the conference is to identify key features and issues relating to the alternative certification of science teachers as a basis for developing a more systematic approach to the study of these efforts. In particular, the conference asks, What do we know and what more do we need to know to incorporate the results of more than 30 years of research on science teaching and learning into alternative certification programs
Search for photospheric footpoints of quiet Sun transition region loops
CONTEXT:The footpoints of quiet Sun Transition Region (TR) loops do not seem
to coincide with the photospheric magnetic structures appearing in traditional
low-sensitivity magnetograms.
AIMS: To look for the so-far unidentified photospheric footpoints of TR loops
using G-band bright points (BPs) as proxies for photospheric magnetic field
concentrations.
METHODS: Comparison of TR measurements with SoHO/SUMER and photospheric
magnetic field observations obtained with the Dutch Open Telescope.
RESULTS: Photospheric BPs are associated with bright TR structures, but they
seem to avoid the brightest parts of the structure. BPs appear in regions that
are globally redshifted, but they avoid extreme velocities. TR explosive events
are not clearly associated with BPs.
CONCLUSIONS: The observations are not inconsistent with the BPs being
footpoints of TR loops, although we have not succeeded to uniquely identify
particular BPs with specific TR loops.Comment: Accepted for publication in A&A. 10 pages, 10 figures. Due to size
limitations, the quality of fig3 is not goo
FUSE Observations of Molecular Hydrogen in Translucent Interstellar Clouds: The Line of Sight Toward HD 73882
We report the results of initial FUSE observations of molecular hydrogen (H2)
in translucent clouds. These clouds have greater optical depth than any of the
diffuse clouds previously observed for far-UV H2 absorption, and provide new
insights into the physics and chemistry of such regions. Our initial results
involve observations of HD 73882, a well-studied southern hemisphere star lying
behind substantial interstellar material (E(B-V) = 0.72; A_V = 2.44). We find a
total H2 column density, N(H2) = 1.2 x 10^{21} cm^{-2}, about three times
larger than the values for diffuse clouds previously measured in the far-UV.
The gas kinetic temperature indicated by the ratio N(J=1)/N(J=0) is 58 +/- 10
K. With the aid of ground-based data to calculate an appropriate
multi-component curve of growth, we have determined column densities for all
rotational levels up to J = 7. The J >= 2 states can be reasonably fitted with
a rotational excitation temperature of 307 +/- 23 K. Both the kinetic and
rotational temperatures are similar to those found in previous investigations
of diffuse clouds. The ratios of carbonaceous molecules to hydrogen molecules
are also similar to ratios in diffuse clouds, suggesting a similar chemistry
for this line of sight.Comment: 7 pages, 3 figures, to appear in ApJ Letters (FUSE first-results
issue
Judicial Review, Irrationality, and the Legitimacy of Merits-Review
The definition of the irrationality ground of judicial review recognises the constitutional principle of the separation of powers, in allowing for judicial control of the executive only very rarely. The author in a previous article in this study found that the courts, on occasions, had intervened in circumstances where administrative decisions arguably were not irrational. To this end, the purpose of this article is to assess the constitutionality of these seemingly low standards of irrationality. The author does so by reference either to the manner of review employed—the use of the proportionality principle, for example—or the context of the administrative decision under scrutiny, such as the infringement of the applicant’s fundamental rights. The author finds that the cases from the previous article where low standards of irrationality were arguably adopted were, in fact, legitimate according to these chosen methods of evaluation. However, this is an interim conclusion because, for reasons of word length, the author is unable to complete a full assessment here. It is therefore proposed that a subsequent article will continue to examine the constitutionality of these cases. Furthermore, the author will also try and establish a zone of executive decision-making, for reasons of democracy, where the courts are excluded from irrationality review. If the author is unsuccessful in this regard, the final conclusion of this study will inevitably be that low standards of judicial intervention exist without limit—a clear assault on the constitutional principle stated above
Rapid improvement of cognitive maps in the awake state
Post-navigation awake quiescence, relative to task engagement, benefits the accuracy of a new “cognitive map”. This effect is hypothesized to reflect awake quiescence, like sleep, being conducive to the consolidation and integration of new spatial memories. Sleep has been shown to improve cognitive map accuracy over time. It remained unknown whether awake quiescence can induce similar time-related improvements in new cognitive maps, or whether it simply counteracts their decay. We examined this question via two experiments. In Experiment 1, using an established cognitive mapping paradigm, we reveal that map accuracy for a virtual town was significantly better in people whose memory was probed after 10 min of post-navigation awake quiescence or ongoing cognitive engagement, relative to those whose memory was probed shortly after initial navigation. In Experiment 2, using a newly developed cognitive mapping task that involved a more complex and real-life virtual town, we again found that map accuracy was superior in those whose memory was probed after 10 min of awake quiescence than those who were tested soon after navigation. These findings indicate that actual improvements in human memories are not restricted to sleep. Thus, contrary to conventional wisdom and theories, the passage of (day)time need not always result in forgetting
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