Report about the collaboration between UITS/Research Technologies at Indiana University and the Center for Information Services and High Performance Computing at Technische Universität Dresden, Germany (2011-2012)

This report lists the activities and outcomes for July 2011-June 2012 of the collaboration between Research Technologies, a division of University Information Technology Services at Indiana University (IU), and the Center for Information Services and High Performance Computing (ZIH) at Technische Universität Dresden.This material is based upon work supported in part by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0910812 to Indiana University for "FutureGrid: An Experimental, High-Performance Grid Test-bed." Partners in the FutureGrid project include San Diego Supercomputer Center at UC San Diego, University of Chicago, University of Florida, University of Southern California, University of Tennessee at Knoxville, University of Texas at Austin, Purdue University, University of Virginia, and T-U Dresden. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NSF

Societal Reaction To Deviants: The Case of Criminal Defendants

Recent reformulations of the societal reaction theory argue that the thesis is a perspective rather than a theory, and that the perspective is meant to provide a set of sensitizing concepts to those researching deviance. This research examines the degree of congruence between hypotheses deduced from those assertions and a set of real world occurrences. Data for a sample of male defendants charged with felony offenses are examined to estimate the effects of (1) deviants\u27 social attributes, (2) the specific societal reactors, (3) the values placed on certain offenses and (4) the organizational imperatives of the deviance-controlling organization, controlling for the alleged offense, on the probability of being labeled and sanctioned for deviant behavior. Our analyses indicate that characteristics associated with the alleged offense account for more of the explained variance in the labeling decision examined here (full prosecution) than in the sanctioning (sentence severity ) decision. Moreover, while we find the deviants\u27 social attributes do have some significant effects, relative to the effects of other variables, these effects are small and not always in the predicted direction. We suggest the interactionist perspective shift its focus toward greater attention to organizational imperatives and the values and expectations of those meting out the societal reaction as key variables explaining the imperfect correlation between deviant acts and the reaction to same

Societal Reaction To Deviants: The Case of Criminal Defendants

Recent reformulations of the societal reaction theory argue that the thesis is a perspective rather than a theory, and that the perspective is meant to provide a set of sensitizing concepts to those researching deviance. This research examines the degree of congruence between hypotheses deduced from those assertions and a set of real world occurrences. Data for a sample of male defendants charged with felony offenses are examined to estimate the effects of (1) deviants\u27 social attributes, (2) the specific societal reactors, (3) the values placed on certain offenses and (4) the organizational imperatives of the deviance-controlling organization, controlling for the alleged offense, on the probability of being labeled and sanctioned for deviant behavior. Our analyses indicate that characteristics associated with the alleged offense account for more of the explained variance in the labeling decision examined here (full prosecution) than in the sanctioning (sentence severity ) decision. Moreover, while we find the deviants\u27 social attributes do have some significant effects, relative to the effects of other variables, these effects are small and not always in the predicted direction. We suggest the interactionist perspective shift its focus toward greater attention to organizational imperatives and the values and expectations of those meting out the societal reaction as key variables explaining the imperfect correlation between deviant acts and the reaction to same

Experimental Study of Heat Release Effects in Exothermically Reacting Turbulent Shear Flows.

Comparisons are presented from the first inner-scaled measurements of velocity gradient quantities in reacting and nonreacting versions of otherwise identical turbulent shear flows. Distributions of gradient quantities are obtained for outer-scale Reynolds numbers from 7200 to 200,000. The local outer length and velocity scales and associated inner scaling are used to identify the dominant physical mechanisms that produce heat release effects on the inner scales. In the nonreacting cases, classical inner scaling with the viscosity and inner (viscous) length scale removes most differences in distributions measured at different Reynolds numbers, with remaining differences being due to incomplete resolution with increasing Reynolds number. Inertial and dissipation range spectra allow the measurement resolution scale and the proper resolution-corrected inner scaling to be determined, with the resulting scaling verifying near-perfect similarity for all Reynolds numbers. In the reacting cases, departures from this similarity reveal the true inner-scale changes due to heat release. Results clearly show that when inertial and body force effects on the outer length and velocity scales are accounted for via the equivalent density, and viscous effects are accounted for via the mixture-fraction-averaged viscosity, the resolution-corrected inner scaling reveals remaining effects of heat release on turbulent shear flows to be remarkably small. Using the same resolution-corrected inner scaling, further experiments were conducted under conditions of nonzero mean shear. Accounting for the effects of classical external intermittency, results from the velocity gradient distributions indicate a small effect of nonzero mean shear at the finest scales of the flow. This is corroborated by evaluation of the Corrsin-Uberoi criteria, where the present results satisfy the condition for all of the measured reacting and nonreacting cases. Use of the resolution-corrected inner scaling permits direct comparison between otherwise identical turbulent shear flows; the present results reveal that the combined effects of heat release and mean shear on the inner-scales of turbulent shear flows are relatively small.Ph.D.Aerospace EngineeringUniversity of Michigan, Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studieshttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/57637/2/nagelz_1.pd

MODUS-COVID Vorhersage vom 7.5.2020

In dem Bericht vom 07.05.2020 wird dem Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF) über den aktuellen Stand des Projektes MODUS-COVID berichtet. Dieses Projekt beschäftigt sich mit der Infektionsdynamik von Covid 19 und der Simulation der Ausbreitung des Virus mit Hilfe der agentenbasierten Verkehrssimulation MATSim. In diesem Bericht wird neben der Bewertung der aktuellen Situation auch beschrieben, welche Kompensationsmöglichkeiten das Tragen von Masken, sowie das Contact-Tracing haben, da unter der Annahme von Lockerungen die Infektionszahlen wieder zunehmen werden.BMBF, 01KX2022A, MODUS-COVID: Modellgestützte Untersuchung von Schulschließungen und weiteren Maßnahmen zur Eindämmung von Covid-19 - Teilprojekt 1: Urbane und regionale Simulation auf Basis von datengestützten, synthetischen Bewegungsprofile

MODUS-COVID Vorhersage vom 24.4.2020

In dem Bericht vom 24.04.2020 wird dem Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF) über den aktuellen Stand des Projektes MODUS-COVID berichtet. Dieses Projekt beschäftigt sich mit der Infektionsdynamik von Covid 19 und der Simulation der Ausbreitung des Virus mit Hilfe der agentenbasierten Verkehrssimulation MATSim. Der Fokus dieses Berichtes liegt dabei auf der Vorhersage der Folgen einer Öffnung von Grundschulen und Kindergärten. In diesem Zusammenhang werden auch die Wirkungen beschrieben, die das Tragen von Masken, sowie die Durchführung von Contact-Tracing auf die Infektionszahlen haben.BMBF, 01KX2022A, MODUS-COVID: Modellgestützte Untersuchung von Schulschließungen und weiteren Maßnahmen zur Eindämmung von Covid-19 - Teilprojekt 1: Urbane und regionale Simulation auf Basis von datengestützten, synthetischen Bewegungsprofile

CBT for people with intellectual disabilities : emerging evidence, cognitive ability and IQ effects

Historically people with intellectual disabilities have not been offered or received cognitive behavioural interventions that have been shown to be effective for mental health and emotional problems experienced by those without such disabilities. This is despite many people with intellectual disabilities having life experiences that potentially result in them having an increased risk to such problems. This paper discusses whether such therapeutic disdain is justified based on the evidence that is available and emerging concerning the application of cognitive behavioural interventions for this population. Issues concerning access to services, the ability of people with intellectual disabilities to engage in and benefit from the cognitive components of CBT, and the effect of cognitive abilities and IQ level on treatment effectiveness are explored in relation to this question