272 research outputs found
Morphology in the Era of Large Surveys
The study of galaxies has changed dramatically over the past few decades with
the advent of large-scale astronomical surveys. These large collaborative
efforts have made available high-quality imaging and spectroscopy of hundreds
of thousands of systems, providing a body of observations which has
significantly enhanced our understanding not only of cosmology and large-scale
structure in the universe but also of the astrophysics of galaxy formation and
evolution. Throughout these changes, one thing that has remained constant is
the role of galaxy morphology as a clue to understanding galaxies. But
obtaining morphologies for large numbers of galaxies is challenging; this
topic, "Morphology in the era of large surveys", was the subject of a recent
discussion meeting at the Royal Astronomical Society, and this "Astronomy and
Geophysics" article is a report on that meeting.Comment: Meeting Report article published in the October 2013 issue of the
Royal Astronomical Society journal Astronomy and Geophysics. 4 page pdf with
colour image
Shelley Phillips and Denise Masters in a Junior Recital
This is the program for the junior recital of mezzo-soprano, Shelley Phillips, accompanied by pianist, Chris Norris, and soprano, Denise Masters, accompanied by pianist, John Turner. The recital was held on March 9, 1990, in the Mabee Fine Arts Center Recital Hall
Galaxy Zoo: Morphological Classification and Citizen Science
We provide a brief overview of the Galaxy Zoo and Zooniverse projects,
including a short discussion of the history of, and motivation for, these
projects as well as reviewing the science these innovative internet-based
citizen science projects have produced so far. We briefly describe the method
of applying en-masse human pattern recognition capabilities to complex data in
data-intensive research. We also provide a discussion of the lessons learned
from developing and running these community--based projects including thoughts
on future applications of this methodology. This review is intended to give the
reader a quick and simple introduction to the Zooniverse.Comment: 11 pages, 1 figure; to be published in Advances in Machine Learning
and Data Mining for Astronom
A cross-sectional comparison of quality of life between physically active and underactive older men with prostate cancer
Men with prostate cancer experience many side effects and symptoms that may be improved by a physically active lifestyle. It was hypothesized that older men with prostate cancer who were physically active would report significantly higher levels of quality of life (QOL) as assessed by the WHOQOL-BREF and the WHOQOL-OLD. Of the 348 prostate cancer survivors who were invited to participate in the present postal survey, 137 men returned the questionnaires. Those who were physically active had significantly lower prostate specific antigen (PSA) scores and higher social participation than those insufficiently active. These findings offer some support for the benefits of physical activity (PA) within the prostate cancer population in managing the adverse side effects of their treatments on aspects of their QOL. Future research should more closely examine what types of PA best promote improvements in varying aspects of QOL and psychological well-being for prostate cancer survivors
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