Experimental Animal Decompressions to a Near-Vacuum Environment

Rapid decompression of dogs to near vacuum environment to estimate times of consciousness, collapse, and surviva

DAMA/LIBRA findings urge replacement of the WIMP hypotheses by the daemon paradigm as a basis for experimental studies of DM objects

The simplest version of the daemon paradigm suggests the modulated 2-6-keV range events in DAMA/NaI and DAMA/LIBRA detectors are caused by the iodine ions knocked out elastically by the electrically neutral c-daemons moving with V = 30-50 km/s (c-daemon is a complex of negative daemon located in a remainder of formerly captured nucleus where the daemon decomposes nucleons one by one with ~10^-6 s mean interval). Furthermore, after the 2-6 keV event occurred, in subsequent ~10^-6 s, the c-daemon (which becomes negative during this time) recaptures new nucleus with resulting scintillations in ~10 MeV range! The last possibility was so far overlooked in the experiments as it did not stem from WIMP hypotheses. A modification of the NaI(Tl) experiments is suggested for revealing the effect described. Independently of the outcome, any obtained result will be important for refining the daemon paradigm further on.Comment: 6 page

Stress State Required for Pyramidal Dislocation Movement in Zinc

A tension or compression stress in such a direction that basal slip is minimized can produce second-order pyramidal slip bands in zinc single crystals. The stress required to initiate pyramidal dislocation motion is not sensitive to temperature. However, dislocation velocity at a given stress is sensitive to temperature and the very small dislocation velocity at low temperatures has lead to an erroneous estimate of a ``starting stress'' for pyramidal dislocations. Dislocation velocity at a constant temperature was found to be a function of the magnitude, but not the sense of the resolved shear stress

Qualitative evaluation of a conformal velocity vector display for use at high angles-of-attack in fighter aircraft

A piloted simulation study was conducted to evaluate the utility of a display device designed to illustrate graphically and conformally the approximate location of a fighter aircraft's velocity vector. The display device consisted of two vertical rows of light emitting diodes (LED's) located toward the center of the cockpit instrument panel to each side of the control stick. The light strings provided a logical extension of the head up display (HUD) velocity vector symbol at flight path angles which exceeded the HUD field-of-view. Four test subjects flew a modified F/A-18 model with this display in an air-to-air engagement task against an equally capable opponent. Their responses to a questionnaire indicated that the conformal velocity vector information could not be used during the scenarios investigated due to the inability to visually track a target and view the lights simultaneously

Twinning and Slip in Zinc by Indentation

Observations of twinning and slip deformation caused by indentation of zinc reveal that extensive slip on the basal and second-order pyramidal systems takes place at loads up to 5 kg. Prismatic punching through 1-cm crystals is observed at indentation loads in excess of about 2.5 kg. It is concluded that the stress at the tip of the twins cannot be obtained by use of an elastic stress analysis

Trinitarian pneumatological personhood and the theology of John Zizioulas

This thesis critically engages John Zizioulas’s historical and theological paradigm of personhood to present a trinitarian pneumatologically constituted personhood of communion, becoming a complete person as a specific Christian anthropology. Zizioulas defines personhood as persons-in-communion rather than individuals in isolation. More specifically, this personhood occurs as people participate in the Eucharist. This thesis engages Zizioulas’s theology of personhood and suggests that personhood, specifically as persons-in-communion, is established through the Holy Spirit, who constitutes the Christian person. The method has a two-fold approach. First, we evaluate Zizioulas’s central tenets and interpretation of Patristic sources concerning personhood. These central tenets include trinitarian theology, an ontology of person, and the writings of the Early Church Fathers. In turn, the thesis critically evaluates the historical and the theological development of Zizioulas’s thought. The conclusion finds a deficiency in pneumatology and personal identity. The Holy Spirit relates not only to the Father and the Son but also to believers of Christ in a personal way bringing about complete Christian personhood as beings-in-relation with each other and with God, establishing trinitarian pneumatological personhood in humans. The trinitarian person becomes a prototype for human personhood with the caveat that the creature cannot equal the Creator. The second approach further develops trinitarian pneumatological personhood by taking three keywords from Zizioulas’s theological vocabulary and presenting them as significant in Wesleyan theology: particularity, presence, and participation. The persons of the Holy Trinity are a community in relationship that is mutual self-giving love and serve as an example for the human community. The trinitarian community reveals an equality-with-headship model. Human persons discover their identity and fulfillment not within themselves but rather in relationship with another. The person of the Holy Spirit constitutes Christian anthropology drawing the human person into a relationship with God and with others making the human being a complete person