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The Association between Gender and Repeat Attendance to National Leadership Forum
The purpose of this non-experimental study was to determine if there is an association between gender and repeat attendance to National Leadership Forum (NLF). Participants were a convenience sample of 87 high school students that attended NLF at a liberal arts university in central Arkansas. The participants complete a survey to indicate their intent to return to NLF in the future. An analysis of the results revealed no statistically significant association between gender and participants indication of their intent to repeat attendance. Therefore, the null hypothesis could not be rejected
Is It Just Me or Was That Sexist? Perception of Hostile and Benevolent Sexism in the Context of Race
Sexism is a common problem in the U.S. A major component of addressing this problem is determining the circumstances in which sexism is identified. One particular characteristic relevant to the perception of sexism is the race of the perpetrator of sexist behaviors. Using a vignette design, the current project explored whether sexism was identified at different rates or perceived as more or less sexist depending on the race of the man perpetrating sexist behaviors and whether it was hostile or benevolent sexism (Glick & Fiske, 1996). When a Black man engaged in sexist behavior, he was perceived as more sexist that White men when engaging in benevolent sexism – paternalistic, superficially positive sexist behaviors – and non-sexist behaviors. There were no differences based on the race of the perpetrator in the perception of hostile sexism – overtly negative and hostile forms of sexism. Women identified sexism more often and viewed it as more sexist than men did, especially in the context of hostile sexism. These findings suggest there are significant effects of perceiver gender and perpetrator race in the perception of sexism. This demonstrates the importance of examining both race- and gender-based discrimination together
Statistical properties of a localization-delocalization transition induced by correlated disorder
The exact probability distributions of the resistance, the conductance and
the transmission are calculated for the one-dimensional Anderson model with
long-range correlated off-diagonal disorder at E=0. It is proved that despite
of the Anderson transition in 3D, the functional form of the resistance (and
its related variables) distribution function does not change when there exists
a Metal-Insulator transition induced by correlation between disorders.
Furthermore, we derive analytically all statistical moments of the resistance,
the transmission and the Lyapunov Exponent. The growth rate of the average and
typical resistance decreases when the Hurst exponent tends to its critical
value () from the insulating regime.
In the metallic regime , the distributions become independent of
size. Therefore, the resistance and the transmission fluctuations do not
diverge with system size in the thermodynamic limit
A Catalog of Absorption Lines in Eight HST/STIS E230M 1.0 < z < 1.7 Quasar Spectra
We have produced a catalog of line identifications and equivalent width
measurements for all absorption features in eight ultraviolet echelle quasar
spectra. These spectra were selected as having the highest signal-to-noise
among the HST/STIS spectra obtained with the E230M grating. We identify 56
metal-line systems toward the eight quasars, and present plots of detected
transitions, aligned in velocity-space. We found that about 1/4 - 1/3 of the
features in the Lya forest region, redward of the incidence of the Lyb forest,
are metal lines. High ionization transitions are common. We see both O VI and C
IV in 88 - 90% of the metal-line systems for which the spectra cover the
expected wavelength. Si III is seen in 58%, while low ionization absorption in
C II, Si II, and/or Al II is detected in 50% of the systems for which they are
covered. This catalog will facilitate future studies of the Lya forest and of
metal-line systems of various types.Comment: 13 pages, 2 figures, submitted to Monthly Notices of the Royal
Astronomical Society, a complete version with the appendix and all figures is
available at http://www.astro.psu.edu/users/misawa/pub/Paper/qalcat.pdf.g
Urban Transformation and Individual Responsibility: The Atlanta BeltLine
We consider the case of the proposed Atlanta BeltLine to shed light on what may be crucial limits to ethical decision making and responsible action in shaping or reshaping the built environment, especially as those limits enter into the lived experience of individual residents of metropolitan areas. Drawing from theoretical sources in the humanities and social sciences, we consider the scope and limits of responsible individual conduct within complex urban systems, and derive insights that may be of value to planners and others who have visions for urban transformation. We will also draw from the ongoing analysis of our survey of Atlanta area residents, for purposes of illustration
Color Lie rings and PBW deformations of skew group algebras
We investigate color Lie rings over finite group algebras and their universal enveloping algebras. We exhibit these universal enveloping algebras as PBW deformations of skew group algebras: Every color Lie ring over a finite group algebra with a particular Yetter-Drinfeld structure has universal enveloping algebra that is a quantum Drinfeld orbifold algebra. Conversely, every quantum Drinfeld orbifold algebra of a particular type arising from the action of an abelian group is the universal enveloping algebra of some color Lie ring over the group algebra. One consequence is that these quantum Drinfeld orbifold algebras are braided Hopf algebras
Spin and orbital moments of ultra-thin Fe films on various semiconductor surfaces
The magnetic moments of ultrathin Fe films on three different III-V semiconductor substrates, namely GaAs, InAs and In0.2Ga0.8As have been measured with X-ray magnetic circular dichroism at room temperature to assess their relative merits as combinations suitable for next-generation spintronic devices. The results revealed rather similar spin moments and orbital moments for the three systems, suggesting the relationship between film and semiconductor lattice parameters to be less critical to magnetic moments than magnetic anisotropy
The Relationship between God’s Gender, Gender System Justification and Sexism
Behavioral scientists and feminist theologians have long theorized that religions that primarily conceptualize God (and other divine authority figures) as male can legitimatize the social and political authority of men in society, as well as legitimatize and rationalize gender inequality. In the current study, we examined the relationship between gendered God concepts, Gender Specific System Justification and Ambivalent Sexism. In Studies 1 and 2 we found that individuals with male God concepts were higher in Gender Specific System Justification, hostile sexism (Study 1 and 2) and benevolent sexism (Study 2). In Study 3 we explored the causal relationship between gendered God concepts, Gender Specific System Justification and Ambivalent Sexism using a priming manipulation. Results revealed that individuals primed to think about God as male (vs female) were more likely to support the gender status quo. The effects found across all three studies did not differ across participant gender. Both men and women who conceptualized God as male or were primed with a male image of God were higher in Gender Specific System Justification than other gendered conceptualizations of God. Taken together these results suggest that male God concepts may reinforce the gender status quo. Implications, limitations and future research directions are discussed
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