179 research outputs found
The Student Movement Volume 107 Issue 20: Andrews Students Spring Back from Break: Six More Weeks to Go
HUMANS
Meeting Dr. McCree, Interviewed by: Grace No
Interview with Dr. Luxton: Saying Goodbye, Interviewed by: Grace No
Spring Break Renovations & Relaxation, Caryn Cruz
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Currently: The Last of Us, Solana Campbell
Spring Break Spotlight, Amelia Stefanescu
What Happened to Wang in the Costco Bathroom?, Nora Martin
NEWS
Experiences Living in Lamson Hall, Abigail Kim
Time is Ticking for TikTok, Brendan Oh
WEAAU x CFE Service Sabbath, Terika Williams
IDEAS
Inequality Drags on in Tennessee, Alexander J. Hess
On Value: True Crime and the Search for Meaning, Nora Martin
When Winds Change: The Legacy of President Luxton, Bella Hamann
PULSE
A Trip to the Museo , Chris Ngugi
AUSA Senates Holds Bon Appétit Forum, Neesa Richards
Speaking Up With Women Press Release, Nicholas C. Gunn
LAST WORD
A Week of Rest and Relaxation ... Almost, Grace Nohttps://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/sm-107/1019/thumbnail.jp
Improving the normalization of complex interventions: measure development based on normalization process theory (NoMAD): study protocol
<b>Background</b> Understanding implementation processes is key to ensuring that complex interventions in healthcare are taken up in practice and thus maximize intended benefits for service provision and (ultimately) care to patients. Normalization Process Theory (NPT) provides a framework for understanding how a new intervention becomes part of normal practice. This study aims to develop and validate simple generic tools derived from NPT, to be used to improve the implementation of complex healthcare interventions.<p></p>
<b>Objectives</b> The objectives of this study are to: develop a set of NPT-based measures and formatively evaluate their use for identifying implementation problems and monitoring progress; conduct preliminary evaluation of these measures across a range of interventions and contexts, and identify factors that affect this process; explore the utility of these measures for predicting outcomes; and develop an online usersâ manual for the measures.<p></p>
<b>Methods</b> A combination of qualitative (workshops, item development, user feedback, cognitive interviews) and quantitative (survey) methods will be used to develop NPT measures, and test the utility of the measures in six healthcare intervention settings.<p></p>
<b>Discussion</b> The measures developed in the study will be available for use by those involved in planning, implementing, and evaluating complex interventions in healthcare and have the potential to enhance the chances of their implementation, leading to sustained changes in working practices
Unification of Luminous Type 1 Quasars through CIV Emission
Using a sample of 30,000 quasars from SDSS-DR7, we explore the range of
properties exhibited by high-ionization, broad emission lines, such as CIV
1549. Specifically we investigate the anti-correlation between L_UV and
emission line EQW (the Baldwin Effect) and the "blueshifting" of
high-ionization emission lines. The blueshift of the CIV emission line is
nearly ubiquitous, with a mean shift of 810 km/s for radio-quiet (RQ) quasars
and 360 km/s for radio-loud (RL) quasars, and the Baldwin Effect is present in
both RQ and RL samples. Composite spectra are constructed as a function of CIV
emission line properties in attempt to reveal empirical relationships between
different line species and the SED. Within a two-component disk+wind model of
the broad emission line region (BELR), where the wind filters the continuum
seen by the disk component, we find that RL quasars are consistent with being
dominated by the disk component, while BALQSOs are consistent with being
dominated by the wind component. Some RQ objects have emission line features
similar to RL quasars; they may simply have insufficient black hole (BH) spin
to form radio jets. Our results suggest that there could be significant
systematic errors in the determination of L_bol and BH mass that make it
difficult to place these findings in a more physical context. However, it is
possible to classify quasars in a paradigm where the diversity of BELR
parameters are due to differences in an accretion disk wind between quasars
(and over time); these differences are underlain primarily by the SED, which
ultimately must be tied to BH mass and accretion rate.Comment: 51 pages, 18 figures, accepted by AJ, revised version includes
various modifications based on the referee's comment
The Student Movement Volume 107 Issue 7: Hot Drinks & Hayrides: Barn Party Comes to Campus
HUMANS
Meet David Springer: AUGSA President, Interviewed by: Kavya Mohanram
Meet Rock Choi: AUSA Presidential Assistant, Interviewed by: Anna Pak
Women in Stem: Minseo Kang, Interviewed by: Anna Pak
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Creatives on Campus: Passion Through A New Lens, Amelia Stefanescu
Currently..., Solana Campbell
Fatphobic or Sensitive?, Lily Rodriguez
Take 3: Is Love Truly Blind?, Hannah Cruse
NEWS
AUSA & AFIA End Filipino American History Month On A High Note, Nicholas C. Gunn
AUSA Hosts Barn Party, Alannah Tjhatra
Honors Outing to Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Nora Martin
IDEAS
Reader\u27s Digest: Midterm Election, Terika Willliams
The Death of the Rom-Com, Grace No
When Art and Activism Collide, Valerie Akinyi
PULSE
Cafe Cutlery: What\u27s the Deal with the Dishwasher?, Ralph Gifford
Dress Code?, Abraham Bravo
Homesick, Gloria Oh
How to Have a Devotional Life as a College Student, Melissa Moore
LAST WORD
Andrews University: Diverse But Divided?, Alannah Tjhatrahttps://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/sm-107/1006/thumbnail.jp
The Student Movement Volume 107 Issue 8: Cuffing Season, Co-Curriculars, and CTC Telehealth: The Student Movement Highlights Important Issues on Campus
HUMANS
CTC Prevention Coordinator/Staff Counselor Interview: Nycole Goldberg, Interviewed by: Lauren Kim
Meet Ellie Dovich: Cast/Cardinal Lead Editor, Interviewed by: Nora Martin
Women in Stem: A Peek into Physics, Interviewed by: Caryn Cruz
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Creatives on Campus: Art via Insta, Ceiry Flores
Currently..., Solana Campbell
Spotlight: The Parent Trap, Skyler Campbell
NEWS
AUSA Senate News Update, November 2022, Neesa Richards, AUSA Senate Public Relations Officer
Governor Whitmer Takes A Stop In Benton Harbor, Nicholas C. Gunn
Home Season Opener, Solana Campbell
Hopes and Plans Behind the Seminary Center of Community Change, Interviewed by: Gloria Oh
The Days Speak on Veterans Day, Andrew Francis
IDEAS
T Spills the Tea on Co-Curriculars, T Bruggemann
To Bee or not to Bee: The Importance, Causes, and Impact of Bee Disappearance, Alexander Navarro
Ye Being an Issue Once Again!, Jonathon Woolford-Hunt
PULSE
A Dive into Lamson Hall Maintenance, Scott Moncrieff
Condemned: Horror Stories from Lamson Hall, Joseph Keough
Marriage From Our Point of View, Gloria Oh
Reflections on the Soccer Season, Brendan Syto
LAST WORD
Reflection on Writing Poetry, Alannah Tjhatrahttps://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/sm-107/1007/thumbnail.jp
Acoustic scale from the angular power spectra of SDSS-III DR8 photometric luminous galaxies
We measure the acoustic scale from the angular power spectra of the Sloan
Digital Sky Survey III (SDSS-III) Data Release 8 imaging catalog that includes
872,921 galaxies over ~ 10,000 deg^2 between 0.45<z<0.65. The extensive
spectroscopic training set of the Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey
(BOSS) luminous galaxies allows precise estimates of the true redshift
distributions of galaxies in our imaging catalog. Utilizing the redshift
distribution information, we build templates and fit to the power spectra of
the data, which are measured in our companion paper, Ho et al. 2011, to derive
the location of Baryon acoustic oscillations (BAO) while marginalizing over
many free parameters to exclude nearly all of the non-BAO signal. We derive the
ratio of the angular diameter distance to the sound horizon scale D_A/r_s=
9.212 + 0.416 -0.404 at z=0.54, and therefore, D_A= 1411+- 65 Mpc at z=0.54;
the result is fairly independent of assumptions on the underlying cosmology.
Our measurement of angular diameter distance D_A is 1.4 \sigma higher than what
is expected for the concordance LCDM (Komatsu et al. 2011), in accordance to
the trend of other spectroscopic BAO measurements for z >~ 0.35. We report
constraints on cosmological parameters from our measurement in combination with
the WMAP7 data and the previous spectroscopic BAO measurements of SDSS
(Percival et al. 2010) and WiggleZ (Blake et al. 2011). We refer to our
companion papers (Ho et al. 2011; de Putter et al. 2011) for investigations on
information of the full power spectrum.Comment: 16 pages, 14 figures, 3 tables, submitted to Ap
The Student Movement Volume 107, Issue 9: Power (Outage) to the People: Students Frolic in Winter Wonderland
HUMANS
Interview with the Speech Pathology Club, Interviewed by: Gloria Oh
Meet The Chiefs of The Twin Cities, Nicholas C. Gunn
Meet the Student Graduate Liaison of AUGSA, Natasha Richards, Interviewed by: Kavya Mohanram
What Are AU Students Thankful For?, Interviewed by: Grace No
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Anthony LeĂłn Wins Placido Domingo\u27s Operailia 2022, Aiko J. Ayala Rios
Currently..., Solana Campbell
Thanks for Making Me Laugh: My Top Ten Thanksgiving Sitcom Episodes, Bella Hamann
Top Gun Maverick: A SuperSonic Sequel, Leo Martins
NEWS
Honors Church: Lessons and Carols, Terika Williams
Prime Minister after Prime Minister, Abigail Kim
The Seatless Delegate: An Unfulfilled Promise to the Cherokee Nation, Julia Randall
Innovation & Entrepreneurship: The Sole Full Winner of the Shark Tank Competition, Yoel Kim
IDEAS
A Reflect ion on Body Image, Elizabeth Getahun
The Frenzy of Fast Fashion, Abby Shim
The Scoop on Introverts: What Extroverts Need to Know, Isabelle Martinez
To Bee or not to Bee: The Importance, Causes, and Impact of Bee Disappearance, Alexander Navarro
PULSE
All About AU Engage, Lexie Dunham
Thoughts on Daylight Savings, Gloria Oh
Thanksgiving and Our Heritage, Zothile Sibanda
LAST WORD
Romanticizing the Past, Alannah Tjhatrahttps://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/sm-107/1008/thumbnail.jp
The Morphology of Galaxies in the Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey
We study the morphology of luminous and massive galaxies at 0.3<z<0.7
targeted in the Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey (BOSS) using publicly
available Hubble Space Telescope imaging from COSMOS. Our sample (240 objects)
provides a unique opportunity to check the visual morphology of these galaxies
which were targeted based solely on stellar population modelling. We find that
the majority (74+/-6%) possess an early-type morphology (elliptical or S0),
while the remainder have a late-type morphology. This is as expected from the
goals of the BOSS target selection which aimed to predominantly select slowly
evolving galaxies, for use as cosmological probes, while still obtaining a fair
fraction of actively star forming galaxies for galaxy evolution studies. We
show that a colour cut of (g-i)>2.35 selects a sub-sample of BOSS galaxies with
90% early-type morphology - more comparable to the earlier Luminous Red Galaxy
(LRG) samples of SDSS-I/II. The remaining 10% of galaxies above this cut have a
late-type morphology and may be analogous to the "passive spirals" found at
lower redshift. We find that 23+/-4% of the early-type galaxies are unresolved
multiple systems in the SDSS imaging. We estimate that at least 50% of these
are real associations (not projection effects) and may represent a significant
"dry merger" fraction. We study the SDSS pipeline sizes of BOSS galaxies which
we find to be systematically larger (by 40%) than those measured from HST
images, and provide a statistical correction for the difference. These details
of the BOSS galaxies will help users of the data fine-tune their selection
criteria, dependent on their science applications. For example, the main goal
of BOSS is to measure the cosmic distance scale and expansion rate of the
Universe to percent-level precision - a point where systematic effects due to
the details of target selection may become important.Comment: 18 pages, 11 figures; v2 as accepted by MNRA
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