Effect of the relative shift between the electron density and temperature pedestal position on the pedestal stability in JET-ILW and comparison with JET-C

The electron temperature and density pedestals tend to vary in their relative radial positions, as observed in DIII-D (Beurskens et al 2011 Phys. Plasmas 18 056120) and ASDEX Upgrade (Dunne et al 2017 Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 59 14017). This so-called relative shift has an impact on the pedestal magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) stability and hence on the pedestal height (Osborne et al 2015 Nucl. Fusion 55 063018). The present work studies the effect of the relative shift on pedestal stability of JET ITER-like wall (JET-ILW) baseline low triangularity (\u3b4) unseeded plasmas, and similar JET-C discharges. As shown in this paper, the increase of the pedestal relative shift is correlated with the reduction of the normalized pressure gradient, therefore playing a strong role in pedestal stability. Furthermore, JET-ILW tends to have a larger relative shift compared to JET carbon wall (JET-C), suggesting a possible role of the plasma facing materials in affecting the density profile location. Experimental results are then compared with stability analysis performed in terms of the peeling-ballooning model and with pedestal predictive model EUROPED (Saarelma et al 2017 Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion). Stability analysis is consistent with the experimental findings, showing an improvement of the pedestal stability, when the relative shift is reduced. This has been ascribed mainly to the increase of the edge bootstrap current, and to minor effects related to the increase of the pedestal pressure gradient and narrowing of the pedestal pressure width. Pedestal predictive model EUROPED shows a qualitative agreement with experiment, especially for low values of the relative shift

Patterns and universals of adult romantic attachment across 62 cultural regions: Are models of self and of other pancultural constructs?

As part of the International Sexuality Description Project, a total of 17,804 participants from 62 cultural regions completed the Relationship Questionnaire (RQ), a self-report measure of adult romantic attachment. Correlational analyses within each culture suggested that the Model of Self and the Model of Other scales of the RQ were psychometrically valid within most cultures. Contrary to expectations, the Model of Self and Model of Other dimensions of the RQ did not underlie the four-category model of attachment in the same way across all cultures. Analyses of specific attachment styles revealed that secure romantic attachment was normative in 79% of cultures and that preoccupied romantic attachment was particularly prevalent in East Asian cultures. Finally, the romantic attachment profiles of individual nations were correlated with sociocultural indicators in ways that supported evolutionary theories of romantic attachment and basic human mating strategie

Implementasi sertifikasi amil zakat di YDSF Malang

INDONESIA: Zakat salah satu dari rukun sebagai salah satu instrumen pengentas kemiskinan. Indonesia memiliki potensi yang sangat tinggi dalam menghimpun dana zakat, dikarekan mayoritas penduduk Indonesia adalah beragama Islam. Untuk meningkatkan dan juga menjamin mutu pengelolaan zakat serta amil zakat yang profesional, serta perlunya untuk mengatur mengenai standarisasi dalam pengelolaan di bidang zakat, maka BAZNAS mengeluarkan Peraturan Nomor 2 Tahun 2018 tentang Sertifikasi Amil Zakat. YDSF Malang merupakan salah satu organisasi pengelola zakat di kota Malang. Penelitian ini bertujuaN untuk mengkaji lebih dalam lagi terhadap pengimplementasian Sertifikasi Amil Zakat di YDSF Malang serta apa saja faktor penghambat dan pendukung pengimplementasian peraturan tersebut. Penelitian yang digunakan oleh peneliti adalah penelitian lapangan dengan metode kualitatif deskriptif. Adapun sumber data primer ini berasal dari 3 amil zakat YDSF Malang yang sudah bersertifikasi amil zakat. Pengolahan data melaui tahap-tahap : pemeriksaan data, klasifikasi, verifikasi, analisis, dan kesimpulan. Dalam penelitian ini menghasilkan kesimpulan bahwa : (1.) Jadi di YDSF Malang telah menerapkan sertifikasi amil zakat di YDSF Malang akan tetapi sertifikasi itu belum sepenuhnya diterapkan kepada semua amilnya. Hal ini dikarenakan adanya standar yang ditetapkan oleh lembaga untuk bisa mengirim amilnya dalam mengikuti sertifikasi amil zakat. Ada beberapa persyaratan atau SOP baik dari pihak lembaga YDSF Malang ataupun dari BAZNAS yang harus dipenuhi oleh para amil untuk mereka bisa mengikuti ujian sertifikasi amil itu sendiri. (2.) Adapun faktor penghambat untuk bisa menerapkan peraturan tersebut dari YDSF Malang adalah sumberdaya manusia, terkait kesiapan atau kemampuan amil itu sendiri. Adapun yang menjadi faktor pendukung untuk bisa menerapkan peraturan ini adalah adanya komunikasi; disposisi; dan struktur birokrasi. ENGLISH: Zakat which is one of the pillars as an instrument of poverty alleviation. Indonesia has a very high potential in collecting zakat funds, because the majority of Indonesia's population is Muslim. The one who manages zakat is called amil. To improve and ensure the quality of zakat management and professional zakat management, as well as the need to regulate standardization in zakat management, BAZNAS issued Regulation Number 2 of 2018 concerning Certification of Amil Zakat. YDSF Malang is one of the zakat management organizations in the city of Malang. This study aims to examine more deeply the implementation of the Indonesian Amil Zakat Agency Regulation Number 2 of 2018 concerning Amil Zakat Certification at YDSF Malang and what are the inhibiting and supporting factors for the implementation of the regulation. The research used by researchers is field research with descriptive qualitative methods. As for the primary data source, it comes from 3 amil zakat in YDSF Malang who have received amil zakat certification. Data processing through the stages: data checking, classification, verification, analysis, and conclusions. In this study, This research concludes that: (1.) So YDSF Malang has implemented zakat amil certification at YDSF Malang but the certification has not been fully applied to all amil. This is because there are standards set by the institution to be able to send their amil in participating in zakat amil certification. There are several requirements or SOPs from either the YDSF Malang institution or from BAZNAS that must be fulfilled by the amil so that they can take the amil certification exam itself. (2.) The inhibiting factor for implementing the regulation from YDSF Malang is human resources, related to the readiness or ability of the amil itself. As for the supporting factors to be able to apply this regulation is the existence of communication; disposition; and bureaucratic structures. ARABIC: الزكاة ركن من أركان التخفيف من حدة الفقر. تتمتع إندونيسيا بإمكانيات عالية جدًا في تحصيل أموال الزكاة ، لأن غالبية سكان إندونيسيا مسلمون. لتحسين وضمان جودة إدارة الزكاة والإدارة المهنية للزكاة ، وكذلك الحاجة إلى تنظيم التوحيد القياسي في إدارة الزكاة ، أصدرت بازناس اللائحة رقم 2 لعام 2018 بشأن اعتماد عامل الزكاة. YDSF Malang هي إحدى منظمات إدارة الزكاة في مدينة مالانج. تهدف هذه الدراسة إلى إجراء فحص أعمق لتطبيق شهادة زكاة العامل في YDSF Malang وما هي العوامل المثبطة والداعمة لتنفيذ اللائحة. استخدمت الباحثة بهذا البحث منهاجا وصفيا كيفيا. أمّا مصدر الأساسي بهذا البحث هو من ثلاثة عوامل YDSF مالانج الذين تم تصديقها من عامل الزكاة. طريق تحليل البيانات المستخدمة بهذا البحث هي تفطيش البيانات، تصنيف البيانات، التحقق، تحليل البيانات، و الإستنباط. يخلص هذا البحث إلى ما يلي: 1.( لقد نفذت YDSF Malang شهادة زكاة الأميل في YDSF Malang ولكن لم يتم تطبيق الشهادة بالكامل على جميع الأميل. هذا بسبب وجود معايير وضعتها المؤسسة لتتمكن من إرسال الأميل الخاص بهم في المشاركة في شهادة زكاة الأميل. هناك العديد من المتطلبات أو إجراءات التشغيل الموحدة من مؤسسة YDSF Malang أو من BAZNAS والتي يجب أن يفي بها الأميل حتى يتمكنوا من اجتياز امتحان شهادة الأميل نفسه. 2.( العامل المثبط للقدرة على تطبيق اللوائح من YDSF Malang هو الموارد البشرية ، المتعلقة باستعداد أو قدرة الأميل نفسه. أما بالنسبة للعوامل الداعمة للقدرة على تطبيق هذه اللائحة فهي وجود الاتصال ؛ تغير؛ والهياكل البيروقراطية

Patterns and Universals of Mate Poaching Across 53 Nations: The Effects of Sex, Culture, and Personality on Romantically Attracting Another Person's Partner

As part of the International Sexuality Description Project, 16,954 participants from 53 nations were administered an anonymous survey about experiences with romantic attraction. Mate poaching - romantically attracting someone who is already in a relationship - was most common in Southern Europe, South America, Western Europe, and Eastern Europe and was relatively infrequent in Africa, South/Southeast Asia, and East Asia. Evolutionary and social-role hypotheses received empirical support. Men were more likely than women to report having made and succumbed to short-term poaching across all regions, but differences between men and women were often smaller in more gender-egalitarian regions. People who try to steal another's mate possess similar personality traits across all regions, as do those who frequently receive and succumb to the poaching attempts by others. The authors conclude that human mate-poaching experiences are universally linked to sex, culture, and the robust influence of personal disposition

Patterns and Universals of Mate Poaching Across 53 Nations: The Effects of Sex, Culture, and Personality on Romantically Attracting Another Person's Partner

As part of the International Sexuality Description Project, 16,954 participants from 53 nations were administered an anonymous survey about experiences with romantic attraction. Mate poaching - romantically attracting someone who is already in a relationship - was most common in Southern Europe, South America, Western Europe, and Eastern Europe and was relatively infrequent in Africa, South/Southeast Asia, and East Asia. Evolutionary and social-role hypotheses received empirical support. Men were more likely than women to report having made and succumbed to short-term poaching across all regions, but differences between men and women were often smaller in more gender-egalitarian regions. People who try to steal another's mate possess similar personality traits across all regions, as do those who frequently receive and succumb to the poaching attempts by others. The authors conclude that human mate-poaching experiences are universally linked to sex, culture, and the robust influence of personal disposition

Overview of the JET results

Since the installation of an ITER-like wall, the JET programme has focused on the consolidation of ITER design choices and the preparation for ITER operation, with a specific emphasis given to the bulk tungsten melt experiment, which has been crucial for the final decision on the material choice for the day-one tungsten divertor in ITER. Integrated scenarios have been progressed with the re-establishment of long-pulse, high-confinement H-modes by optimizing the magnetic configuration and the use of ICRH to avoid tungsten impurity accumulation. Stationary discharges with detached divertor conditions and small edge localized modes have been demonstrated by nitrogen seeding. The differences in confinement and pedestal behaviour before and after the ITER-like wall installation have been better characterized towards the development of high fusion yield scenarios in DT. Post-mortem analyses of the plasma-facing components have confirmed the previously reported low fuel retention obtained by gas balance and shown that the pattern of deposition within the divertor has changed significantly with respect to the JET carbon wall campaigns due to the absence of thermally activated chemical erosion of beryllium in contrast to carbon. Transport to remote areas is almost absent and two orders of magnitude less material is found in the divertor