An Empirical Investigation of the Buddhist Concept of Not-Self

All individuals have notions about how they would likely approach themselves under times of stress, as well as the ways which would be most helpful to them. The present study investigated four broad ways of approaching the self under stressful circumstances: self-esteem, self-control, self-compassion, and not-self. Not-self, a concept based in Buddhist philosophy, is novel to a Western population, and was the primary focus. In order to comprehensively examine the concept, data were collected from 168 undergraduates on responses to stressful circumstances: by bolstering self-esteem, engaging in self-control behaviors, engendering a sense of self-compassion, or accepting/letting go thoughts, feelings, wants, and ultimately sense of self. The study also assessed the extent to which engaging in these approaches was related to personality, psychological adjustment, and psychological symptomology variables. Results indicated that, in spite of hurdles pertaining to lack of familiarity, aspects of not-self were considered viable for approaching the self when managing difficult circumstances. Additionallyùand unexpectedlyùassociations between psychological variables and not-self were strikingly consistent with fundamental aspects of Buddhist psychological theories of not-self

Correlation Between Fire and Preservation in the Pacific Northwest & Most Cost-Efficient MitigationTactics

This study was conducted entirely online with occasional help from advisors and editors on zoom meetings. I completed the research in Lincoln, Nebraska. A meta analysis of online data has been conducted to form the answers to my hypotheses and research questions. I used specific keywords and phrases in research databases, and search engines such as google scholar to point me towards the answers I was looking for. The keywords and phrases were split up into four different categories which are mitigation techniques, ecosystems, fire severity: PNW, and fire season: PNW. The reason the topics land preservation and fire science merged for this specific project was because of the natural worlds’ growing need for support and understanding. Not only does work need to be done to preserve the natural world, but we must also minimize other work that has been previously given a good reputation. When fighting fires, the main goal is to contain, control, and suppress them. What a lot of people lack in understanding is that ecosystems, specifically in the Pacific Northwest, need wildfire to be healthy. If we do not let wildfire run its course then environmental quality will diminish. Nutrient cycles are rejuvenated by the wildfires in the spring. The more land we preserve today, the more natural beauty future generations will be able to enjoy in the future. Finally, the effects that nature can have on the human condition are . Images and sounds of nature demonstrate beneficial physiological/stress and psychological (Bratman et al. 2019). The purpose of this project is to create awareness of the good that fires can provide. Creating separation between massive wildfires and their reputations from smaller fires that are necessary for the health of an ecosystem. Among the highlights of the research are two main important findings. The first is that there is no accuracy behind the idea of the best mitigation technique. The best strategy to contain or control a wildfire is using a range of different techniques in conjunction. The other main finding that was accrued from the research is that wildfires are imperative to the long term health of a natural ecosystem in the Pacific Northwest

Bermuda solution pipe soils: A geochemical evaluation of eolian parent materials

Solution pipes found in the Quaternary eolian and marine carbonates of Bermuda are filled with reddish to reddish-brown soil material. The bulk of the soil is composed of clay and silt-sized quartz and aluminosilicate clay minerals. The carbonates are of high purity and, therefore, are not likely to have been the parent material. Previous workers have hypothesized that Saharan dust may have been the soil parent material. The fine-grained component of loess from the Mississippi River Valley of North America also could have contributed. Paleoclimate models indicate that both North Africa and North America could have been important source areas during both glacial and interglacial periods. Immobile element concentrations in Bermuda soil samples collected from the interiors of solution pipes were determined for the purpose of geochemical fingerprinting and comparisons with the hypothesized parent materials. Immobile element ratios using Al, Ti, Zr,Y, and Th suggest that neither Saharan dust nor lower Mississippi River Valley loess were the sole contributors to Bermuda soils. Eolian dust from at least one other source area such as the Great Plains may have contributed parent material to the soils of Bermuda

Human Factors in the Ground-Support of Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems

A growing body of research has been directed at the human factors of Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) flight operations, yet up to now, virtually no attention has been given to the human factors of UAS maintenance. The aim of the current research program was to identify the challenges facing the maintainers of small unmanned aircraft systems. Unlike their counterparts in conventional aviation, UAS maintenance technicians are responsible for the functioning of an entire system, comprising airborne and ground-based components. Challenges include absent or poor maintenance documentation, the need to make frequent decisions about salvaging components, difficulties in troubleshooting software problems, the maintenance of radio control model aircraft components, and the potential unfamiliarity of UAS maintenance personnel with the culture and practices of the aviation industry. A “dirty dozen” list of UAS human factors is proposed

Defining a relevant architecture in South Africa

Architecture in South Africa is at a crossroads. Afteryears of repression and isolation during which contemporary architecture lost its way, there is now a desperate need for architects to respond to the social a nd cultural challenges of a society riven by massive material contrasts. Within architecture schools, a student body more representative of society than hitherto is engaged in projects which reflect the very diverse needs of the community. Central to the effectiveness of such teaching programmes is the presence of teachers fully engaged in practice, creating a responsible architecture fora renewed nation

Wireless Command-and-Control of UAV-Based Imaging LANs

Dual airborne imaging system networks were operated using a wireless line-of-sight telemetry system developed as part of a 2002 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) imaging mission over the USA s largest coffee plantation on the Hawaiian island of Kauai. A primary mission objective was the evaluation of commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) 802.11b wireless technology for reduction of payload telemetry costs associated with UAV remote sensing missions. Predeployment tests with a conventional aircraft demonstrated successful wireless broadband connectivity between a rapidly moving airborne imaging local area network (LAN) and a fixed ground station LAN. Subsequently, two separate LANs with imaging payloads, packaged in exterior-mounted pressure pods attached to the underwing of NASA's Pathfinder-Plus UAV, were operated wirelessly by ground-based LANs over independent Ethernet bridges. Digital images were downlinked from the solar-powered aircraft at data rates of 2-6 megabits per second (Mbps) over a range of 6.5 9.5 km. An integrated wide area network enabled payload monitoring and control through the Internet from a range of ca. 4000 km during parts of the mission. The recent advent of 802.11g technology is expected to boost the system data rate by about a factor of five

A Quest for Justice in Cuzco, Peru:Race and Evidence in the Case of Mercedes Ccorimanya Lavilla

The life of Mercedes Ccorimanya Lavilla renders a telling portrait of the pursuit of justice in Cuzco, Peru, revealing how courts of law can be key sites in the production and negotiation of racial and gender taxonomies. Mercedes (who was gang-raped as a young woman) illustrates the near-heroic efforts necessary to mount and pursue rape charges in Peruvian courts, where rape victims largely manage the construction of evidence in lieu of the state. In the following article, I reconstruct the social circumstances and legal institutional setting surrounding the rape trial of Mercedes Ccorimanya Lavilla through the use of historical and ethnographic materials. In arguing that race mutually defines women's sexuality in rural Peru, I show how (in order to achieve a conviction) Mercedes had to develop a strategy in which she instrumentally employed the languages of race to distance herself from her own indigeneity, as well as that of her alleged attackers