An investigation of vegetation and other earth resource/feature parameters using LANDSAT and other remote sensing data. A: LANDSAT. B: Remote sensing of volcanic emissions

There are no author-identified significant results in this report

An investigation of vegetation and other earth resource/feature parameters using LANDSAT and other remote sensing data. A: LANDSAT. B: Remote sensing of volcanic emissions

There are no author-identified significant results in this report

Reward preferences of pathological gamblers under conditions of uncertainty: an experimental study

Among many personality traits, impulsivity represents one of the most important traits associated with pathological gambling. Empirical research has highlighted the multidimensional nature of impulsivity, which includes different heterogeneous traits and behavioral tendencies. The present study experimentally examined reward preferences of pathological gamblers under conditions of uncertainty using the Balloon Analogue Risk Task. Furthermore it also examined the relationship between impulsivity, time perspective, inability to tolerate delay in gratification, and risktaking. The present study is the first to simultaneously examine all these variables simultaneously in a sample of pathological gamblers (n=54) and healthy controls (n=54) from Italy. All participants participated in the Balloon Analogue Risk Task (BART) and were also administered Italian versions of the South Oaks Gambling Screen, the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale, the Consideration of Future Consequences, and the Monetary Choice Questionnaire. Analyses revealed that compared to HCs, PGs were more risk prone on the BART, and reported elevated levels of impulsivity, steeper discounting rates and a shorter time perspective. All the measures correlated with the gambling severity and strong correlations between the BIS, CFC-14 and BART were observed. Logistic regression analysis demonstrated that impulsivity and risk-taking were strong predictors of pathological gambling

Literacy Sponsorship and Official Paratexts: Promoting Character Literacy through the For the Strength of Youth Booklets (1965-2011)

Literacy sponsors continue to play a dynamic and integral role in acquiring and learning literacy knowledge and skills (fluency) within discourse communities. This thesis examines how a religious literacy sponsor, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, utilizes the For the Strength of Youth (FSOY) publications and official paratexts to actively promote religious literacy and character development in the lives of adolescents. This thesis focuses specifically on the 2011 edition of the FSOY to explore the impact that recent advancements in digital technology have had on the evolution of the main-body text and official paratexts. A textual and paratextual analysis serves to illustrate how the Church promotes literacy acquisition and learning within the religious discourse community

Cutting Cataloging Costs: Accepting LC Classification Call Numbers from OCLC Cataloging Copy

Cataloging policy at the University of Alabama Libraries allows the acceptance of LC classification call numbers from OCLC cataloging copy into the local database without shelflisting. In this study, we measured error rates for locally unshelflisted samples and a control group of locally assigned and shelflisted call numbers to determine whether this policy produces disarrangement of the local online shelflist. The results show no significant differences between samples, indicating that cataloger’s task of local shelflisting is not a cost-effective use of their time. An analysis of the error data suggests that the types of disorder created by shelflisting errors would not impede the retrieval of items while subject browsing, but further study is needed to confirm this

L\u2019incertezza democratica. Ideologia e potere in Claude Lefort

La ricerca propone una duplice tesi interpretativa in rapporto al pensiero di Claude Lefort. In primo luogo, desume dall'opera di Lefort il concetto di "incertezza democratica", evidenziandone i tratti di originalit\ue0 in riferimento alle teorie della democrazia di stampo normativo e realista. L'obiettivo \ue8 collocare tale concetto all'interno di una peculiare genealogia del politico, centrata sulla funzione simbolica del potere es sul ruolo istituente dei conflitti. In secondo luogo, il lavoro individua nella rielaborazione del concetto di ideologia - cui Lefort dedica diversi scritti negli anni Settanta - uno snodo teorico ancora fecondo per l'analisi di alcuni fenomeni politici contemporanei. La ricerca intende restituire in tal modo un'immagine unitaria della filosofia politica lefortiana, pur analizzandone diffusamente i momenti di discontinuit\ue0 interna; al tempo stesso, prova a tematizzare le categorie-cardine del pensiero di Lefort in rapporto al dibattito attuale sulla crisi e sul futuro della democrazia

Ground based ultraviolet remote sensing of volcanic gas plumes

Ultraviolet spectroscopy has been implemented for over thirty years to monitor volcanic SO2 emissions. These data have provided valuable information concerning underground magmatic conditions, which have been of utility in eruption forecasting efforts. During the last decade the traditionally used correlation spectrometers have been upgraded with miniature USB coupled UV spectrometers, opening a series of exciting new empirical possibilities for understanding volcanoes and their impacts upon the atmosphere. Here we review these technological developments, in addition to the scientific insights they have precipitated, covering the strengths and current limitations of this approach

Technology and the changing role of librarians and information specialists

Technology and the changing role of librarians and information specialist