Factors Affecting Water Management on the North Slope of Alaska

The North Slope of Alaska is undergoing sudden development following the recent discovery of large oil and gas reserves in the area. The water resources of the region should be carefully managed both to ensure adequate supplies of usable water at reasonable cost, and to guard against excessive deterioration of water quality. The likely effects on the environment of man's activities are investigated and found to be poorly understood at the present time. Research priorities are suggested to supply rapid answers to questions of immediate importance. The applicability of a regional management concept to the North Slope waters is considered and the concept is recommended as part of a broad land and water planning philosophy which would emphasize regional control over state and federal control. The use of economic incentives rather than standards for the control of water quality is not recommended at the present time.The work upon which this report is based was supported primarily by funds provided by the Sea Grant Program of the University of Alaska under grant No. 1-36109

Results of the 1973 NASA/JPL balloon flight solar cell calibration program

High altitude balloon flights carried 37 standard solar cells for calibration above 99.5 percent of the earth's atmosphere. The cells were assembled into standard modules with appropriate resistors to load each cell at short circuit current. Each standardized module was mounted at the apex of the balloon on a sun tracker which automatically maintained normal incidence to the sun within 1.0 deg. The balloons were launched to reach a float altitude of approximately 36.6 km two hours before solar noon and remain at float altitude for two hours beyond solar noon. Telemetered calibration data on each standard solar cell was collected and recorded on magnetic tape. At the end of each float period the solar cell payload was separated from the balloon by radio command and descended via parachute to a ground recovery crew. Standard solar cells calibrated and recovered in this manner are used as primary intensity reference standards in solar simulators and in terrestrial sunlight for evaluating the performance of other solar cells and solar arrays with similar spectral response characteristics

Arden 2007

An amalgamation of creative student works. Items contained include, but are not limited to, art, photography, short stories, prose, poetry, and other avenues of creative composition.https://csuepress.columbusstate.edu/arden/1001/thumbnail.jp

Widespread evidence for heterogeneous accretion of the terrestrial planets and planetisimals

The abundance and relative proportion of highly siderophile elements (HSEs) in Earth’s mantle deviate from those predicted by low-pressure equilibrium partitioning between metal and silicate during formation of the core. For many elements, high-pressure equilibration in a deep molten silicate layer (or ‘magma ocean’) may account for this discrepancy [1], but some highly siderophile element abundances demand the late addition, a ‘late veneer’, of extraterrestrial material (i.e. heterogeneous accretion) after core formation was complete [2]. Siderophile elements in smaller asteroidal bodies will not be affected by high-pressure metal-silicate equilibration and so, with highly efficient core formation [3] and if a ‘late veneer’ is absent, significant differences in the proportions of HSEs can be anticipated. Here we present new HSE abundance and 187Os/188Os isotope data for basaltic meteorites, the HEDs (howardites, eucrites and diogenites thought to sample the asteroid 4 Vesta), anomalous eucrites (considered to be from distinct Vesta-like parent bodies) angrites and aubrites (from unidentified parent bodies) and SNCs (thought to be from Mars). Our data, taken with those for lunar rocks [4], demonstrate that these igneous meteorites all formed from mantle sources that possessed chondritic (i.e. primitive solar system) elemental and isotope compositions, indicating that late accretion is not unique to Earth, but is a common feature of differentiated planets and asteroidal bodies. Variations in the total HSE abundance suggest that the proportion of ‘late veneer’ added is a simple consequence of the size of each body (cross-section and/or gravitational-attraction), and may account for the volatile element budget, and the oxidationstate of Earth, Mars, the Moon and Vesta

The rocks from space initiative and the space safari

This paper reports the successes of a new initiative in the UK using electronic resources, such as virtual learning environments and e-classrooms, for planetary and space science public engagement activities

Statutory and Non-Statutory service-users experiences of gender-responsive practice in a post-Corston (2007) Women's Centre

This thesis is concerned with the aims, operation and impact of one case study Women’s Centre (WC) in the North of England, functioning as a post-Corston (2007), gender-responsive, non-custodial arena for women serving unpaid work (UW) sentences and women attending voluntarily due to social and structural marginalisation. The former are termed statutory service-users and the latter, non-statutory service-users. Utilising a critical criminological conceptual framework that challenges the socio-economic and political arrangements that give rise to inequalities and disadvantage, this project draws upon a range of key thinkers to make sense of neoliberalism and gendered neoliberal policies. This theoretical position draws upon the work of Stuart Hall, Stanley Cohen, Jamie Peck and Pat Carlen to critically analyse the narratives of 24 non-statutory service-users, 16 statutory service-users and 7 service-providers from the WC. This thesis fills a significant gap in the literature in relation to the experiences of gender-responsive practice in a post-Corston (2007) WC from the perspectives of non-statutory and statutory service-users. Specifically, it addresses this deficit by contributing to this field through focusing on non-statutory service-users experiences of gender-responsive practice for the purposes of social inclusion, highlighting the links between the destructuring of women’s community services under neoliberalism and women’s subsequent dependency and containment within the WC for social and welfare support. Additionally, this thesis outlines statutory service-users experiences of undertaking UW within a gender-responsive WC, highlighting the tensions in merging a traditional method of punishment with a progressive gendered approach. Further adding to previous research (Barton and Cooper, 2013; Carlton and Seagrave, 2013; Elfleet, 2017, 2018; Kendall, 2013; Malloch and McIvor, 2013), this thesis evidences that gender-responsive practice mobilises a rhetoric of empowerment that fails to recognise the heterogeneity of non-statutory service-users, feminises their needs and promotes strategies of resilience that teach them to cope with their disadvantage. Also being the first critical study to explore the function of UW in a WC, this thesis highlights the surveillance, risk management and shameful practices that characterise the operation of UW in the WC. This thesis considers the function of the WC for two service-user groups within the socio-economic and political context of neoliberalism. It outlines how the WC is at once a space of punishment, surveillance, coercion and shame for statutory service-users and a space of social inclusion and coercion for non-statutory service-users. It asserts that neoliberal state reforms and neoliberal policy including Transforming Rehabilitation have placed a responsibility on the criminal justice system to manage populations of women experiencing social and structural marginalisation and have instructed the WC to promote the visible punishment of statutory service-users undertaking UW within the woman-only space of the WC

Correlated modal mineralogy, aqueous alteration and oxygen isotope composition of CM Chondrites

In this study we move beyond defining alteration sequences in CM chondrites towards understanding the relationship between modal mineralogy, the extent of aqueous alteration and O-isotope compositions

“We could end up in a lot of trouble” Teachers’ communications with young children about mental health

Purpose – Stigma towards people with mental health problems is a significant problem and appears trenchant despite recent anti-stigma campaigns. Attitudes develop in young children, and may be stronger and less malleable in adolescence. Early intervention may be important for mental health education and stigma prevention. Theory, evidence and practical considerations suggest that teachers’ involvement is key. By exploring communication about mental health between teachers and young children, it will be possible to elaborate how stigma develops and may be ameliorated. This study explored teachers’ accounts of this communication and the factors that influence it. Methodology – Semi-structured interviews with fifteen primary school teachers were transcribed and analysed using a grounded theory approach. Findings – Discussions about mental health were largely absent from the classroom, due to teachers’ anxiety. Teachers felt the need to protect children from exposure to people with mental health problems and even from information about the topic, believed they lacked the necessary expertise, worried that such discussions were outside their remit, and were anxious about parents’ reactions. Originality/Value – This was the first study to interview teachers on this topic and suggests that a significant opportunity to address stigma is being missed. Teachers’ silence may reinforce that mental health problems are taboo, and prevent children from developing knowledge and a language to talk about mental health. The inclusion of teachers in early mental health education is more sustainable and could promote more inclusive attitudes, especially if supported by educational policy and curriculum. Keywords - school, young children, teachers, mental health education, stigma prevention, policy, grounded theory Article Classification – Research Pape