Crispus Attucks

The Boston Massacre, March 5,1770, may be regarded as the first act in the drama of the American Revolution. From that moment said Daniel Webster, we may date the severance ofthe British Empire. The presence of the British soldiers in King Street excited the patriotic indignation of the people. . . . Led by Crispus Attucks, the mulatto slave, and shouting, The way to get rid of these soldiers is to attack the main guard; strike at the root; this is the nest, with more valor than discretion, they rushed to King Street, and were fired upon by Captain Preston\u27s company. Crispus Attucks was the first to fall; he and Samuel Gray and Jonas Caldwell were killed on the spot. Samuel Maverick and Patrick Carr were mortally wounded. --Historical Research by George Livermore, Massachusetts Historical Society

Heavy Domain Wall Fermions: The RBC and UKQCD charm physics program

We review the domain wall charm physics program of the RBC and UKQCD collaborations based on simulations including ensembles with physical pion mass. We summarise our current set-up and present a status update on the decay constants $f_D$, $f_{D_s}$, the charm quark mass, heavy-light and heavy-strange bag parameters and the ratio $\xi$.Comment: 8 pagers, 4 figures, conference proceedings for Lattice2017 submitted to EPJ Web of Conference

Registration of dynamic MRI data and its impact on diagnostic process

This paper discusses impact of a novel registration algorithm for dynamic MRI data on diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis. The algorithm is based on a hybrid Euclidean-Lagrangian approach. It was applied to data acquired with low and higheld MRI scanners. The scans were processed with region-of-interest based and voxel-by-voxel approaches before and after the egistration. In this paper, we demonstrate that diagnostic parameters extracted from the data before and after the registration vary dramatically, which has a crucial effect on diagnostic decision. Application of the the proposed algorithm signicantly reduces artefacts incurred due to patient motion, which permits reduction of variability of the enhancement curves, yielding more distinguishable uptake, equilibrium and wash-out phases and more precise quantitative data analysis

The social experiences and sense of belonging in adolescent females with autism in mainstream school

This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from the British Psychological Society via the link in this recordAim(s) This qualitative study explored the social experiences and sense of belonging of adolescent females with autism in mainstream schooling. Method/Rationale The research explored the views of eight adolescent females with autism. Semi-structured interviews were used to explore the ways in which they experience a sense of belonging and exclusion in school, and what they feel would support them socially. Findings The findings suggest that key friendships, understanding and perceived social competence are important for adolescent females with autism in developing a sense of belonging in mainstream school. Adolescent females with autism are motivated to form a sense of belonging in school, but experience pressure to adapt their behaviour and minimise their differences in order to gain acceptance. Limitations This study represents a small sample of adolescent females with autism. Further replication is needed before the findings can be generalised to other females with autism in mainstream school. Conclusions The current study addressed an identified gap in the literature by seeking the first-hand views and experiences of adolescent females with autism in mainstream school. Consistent with prior research, the findings suggest that adolescent females with autism are motivated to seek social contact and form friendships in the same way as females without a diagnosis of autism. The findings also highlight the specific social difficulties experienced by females with autism and the way in which this can add to their feelings of exclusion in the school environment

The Association Between Parent Communication and College Freshmen\u27s Alcohol Use

Using a cross-sectional survey, data were collected from 265 first-year college students to determine if parent-student alcohol communication is associated with college drinking or drinking consequences and if this relationship is mediated by students’ parental subjective norms, attitudes toward drinking, and perceived risk. Structural equation modeling was used to test hypotheses. Students whose parents talked with them more about the negative effects of alcohol reported more extensive college drinking (ß = 0.12, p \u3c 0.05). Favorable alcohol attitudes were significantly related to both more extensive college drinking (ß = 0.49, p \u3c 0.05) and more drinking consequences (ß = 0.39, p \u3c 0.05). Lower reported perceived risk was significantly related to more drinking consequences (ß = –0.24, p \u3c 0.05). Findings indicate that parental communication regarding the negative effects of alcohol may be ineffective at reducing college drinking or drinking consequences

Moral Rights Protection for the Visual Arts

Beginning in 1979, certain states extended extra copyright protection, known as moral rights protection, to visual artists. Moral rights protection, which was incorporated into U.S. copyright law in 1990, ensures that works cannot be altered in a manner that would negatively impact the reputation of the artist. Using difference-in-differences regression strategies, we compare artists and non-artists in states with moral rights laws to those in states without these laws, before and after the laws are enacted. This enables us to test the impact of the laws on the behavior of artists, consumers, and policy makers. Our analysis reveals that artists’ incomes fall by over $4000 per year as a result of moral rights legislation, but we find no impact of the laws on artists’ choices of residence or on state-level public spending on the arts