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A report on an Arts Administration internship at WLAE-TV, Channel 32, Spring, 1987
I submit for the committee\u27s consideration this report on my internship at WLAE-TV, Channel 32, a nonprofit Public Broadcasting Station in New Orleans. Through the internship in the Development Department, I was involved directly in one of WLAE-TV\u27s major fund-raising events, the spring Antique/Arts Auction. The duration of the internship was from January 19, 1987 to May 14, 1987. I worked under the supervision of Mr. Gregory Weaver, WLAE-TV\u27s Auctions and Special Events Director. Unfortunately, due to problems in scheduling certain volunteers, WLAE\u27s Antique/Arts Auction broadcast dates were moved from early to late May. The schedule change moved the Auction beyond the given parameters of my internship. Although I was unable to participate in the on-air auction itself, I believe that my pre-auction assignments have nevertheless made this particular internship an extremely valuable learning experience
Submillimeter spectroscopy of interstellar hydrides
We discuss airborne observations of rotational transitions
of various hydride molecules in the interstellar medium, including H_2^(18)O
and HCI. The detection of these transitions is now feasible with a new,
sensitive submillimeter receiver which has been developed for the NASA
Kuiper Airborne Observatory (KAO) over the past several years
L1551NE - Discovery of a Binary Companion
L1551NE is a very young (class 0 or I) low-mass protostar located close to
the well-studied L1551 IRS5. We present here evidence, from 1.3mm continuum
interferometric observations at ~1'' resolution, for a binary companion to
L1551NE. The companion, whose 1.3mm flux density is ~1/3 that of the primary
component, is located 1.43'' (~230 A.U. at 160pc) to the southeast. The
millimeterwave emission from the primary component may have been just barely
resolved, with deconvolved size ~0.82"x0.70" (~131x112 A.U.). The companion
emission was unresolved (<100 A.U.). The pair is embedded within a flattened
circum-binary envelope of size ~5.4'' x 2.3'' (~860 x 370 A.U.). The masses of
the three components (i.e. from the cicumstellar material of the primary star
and its companion, and the envelope) are approximately 0.044, 0.014 and 0.023
Mo respectively.Comment: 8 pages, 1 figur
The global dynamics of RNA stability orchestrates responses to cellular activation
Transcriptomics is used to quantify changes in accumulated levels of mRNAs following cellular activation. These changes arise from the opposing fluxes of transcription and mRNA decay, both of which affect the functional dynamics of global gene expression. A study published recently in BMC Genomics focuses on the contribution made by mRNA stability in shaping the kinetics of gene responses in mammalian cells
Nanoparticle growth following photochemical α‐ and β‐pinene oxidation at Appledore Island during International Consortium for Research on Transport and Transformation/Chemistry of Halogens at the Isles of Shoals 2004
Nanoparticle events were observed 48 times in particle size distributions at Appledore Island during the International Consortium for Atmospheric Research on Transport and Transformation/Chemistry of Halogens on the Isles of Shoals (ICARTT/CHAiOS) field campaign from 2 July to 12 August of 2004. Eighteen of the nanoparticle events showed particle growth and occurred during mornings when peaks in mixing ratios of α‐ and β‐pinene and ozone made production of condensable products from photochemical oxidation probable. Many pollutants and other potential precursors for aerosol formation were also at elevated mixing ratios during these events, including NO, HNO3, NH3, HCl, propane, and several other volatile organic carbon compounds. There were no consistent changes in particle composition, although both submicron and supermicron particles included high maximum concentrations of methane sulfonate, sulfate, iodide, nitrate, and ammonium during these events. Nanoparticle growth continued over several hours with a nearly linear rate of increase of diameter with time. The observed nanoparticle growth rates varied from 3 to 13 nm h−1. Apparent nanoparticle aerosol mass fractions (yields) were estimated to range from less than 0.0005 to almost 1 using α‐ and β‐pinene as the presumed particle source. These apparent high aerosol mass fractions (yields) at low changes in aerosol mass are up to two orders of magnitude greater than predictions from extrapolated laboratory parameterizations and may provide a more accurate assessment of secondary organic aerosol formation for estimating the growth of nanoparticles in global models
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