MiniBooNE Status

MiniBooNE, the Mini Booster Neutrino Experiment at Fermilab, will confirm or refute the existence of the neutrino oscillation signal seen by the Liquid Scintillator Neutrino Detector (LSND) Experiment at Los Alamos National Laboratory. The experiment will search for the appearance of electron neutrinos in a beam of muon neutrinos. This work presents preliminary results from the first round of analyses of charged current quasi-elastic events, neutral current pi0 events, and neutral current elastic events. The neutrino oscillation analysis is not presented in this work; it is a blind analysis which will not be presented until the full set of data has been collected.Comment: 8 pages, 11 figures, to be published in the Proceedings of the NOON2004 Workshop (5th Workshop on Neutrino Oscillations and their Origin, Tokyo, Japan, Feb. 11-15, 2004

Seasonal Work and Employment Insurance Use

A variety of measures have been used to identify the extent of seasonal work. While some give an indication of the incidence of Employment Insurance (EI) use among seasonal workers or the seasonality of frequent claimants’ EI patterns, they do not directly measure the relationship between seasonal work and frequent EI use. Such analysis requires a longitudinal source, such as the Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics (SLID) which captures both work and EI use patterns over time.seasonal employment

Targeting the Cause, affecting the Course:Characterization and Optimization of Experimental Models for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Vonk Noordegraaf, A. [Promotor]Bogaard, H.J. [Copromotor

Prospects for Antineutrino Running at MiniBooNE

We outline a program of antineutrino cross-section measurements necessary for the next generation of neutrino oscillation experiments, that can be performed with one year of data at MiniBooNE. We describe three independent methods of constraining wrong-sign (neutrino) backgrounds in an antineutrino beam, and their application to the MiniBooNE antineutrino cross section measurements.Comment: 3 pages, 0 figures, NuFact05 to be published in Nucl. Phys. B (Proc. Supp.

Cancer-Related Fatigue: a multidimensional approach

Fatigue is experienced by cancer patients in all stages of the disease trajectory: from before diagnosis to years after completing treatment and also in advanced cancer. Fatigue has a greater negative influence on quality of life and daily activities than any other cancer-related symptom. Although both national and international guidelines have been developed to enhance the management of cancer-related fatigue, cancer-related fatigue is still poorly understood. This thesis describes research that has been performed in order to clarify some aspects of the multidimensional nature, pathogenesis, assessment and treatment of cancer-related fatigue. Concerning the multidimensional nature of fatigue, we investigated in a systematic review whether the physical and mental senses of fatigue are expressions of one symptom (multidimensional concept) or expressions of several phenomena which are all called fatigue but actually are separate symptoms (multiple symptom concept). We found some circumstantial evidence supporting the multiple symptom concept, for example a different trajectory during anti-tumor therapy. We also investigated in a cross-sectional study whether cancer patients in various stages of the disease trajectory have different fatigue experiences. We found that fatigue is more intense and that especially physical fatigue is more prominent in advanced cancer patients than in cancer survivors. With respect to the pathogenesis of fatigue, we found that several inflammatory markers were correlated to physical fatigue, but not to mental fatigue in advanced cancer patients, whereas no consistent association could be found between inflammation and fatigue in cancer survivors. On the assessment of fatigue, we investigated in a systematic review which the optimal cut points are on 0 to 10 Numeric Rating Scales for fatigue and other symptoms. Overall, using a score ≥4 for all symptoms as a trigger for a more comprehensive assessment seems to be justified in daily clinical practice. Concerning the treatment of fatigue, we performed a randomized controlled trial to investigate whether it is possible to alleviate fatigue in advanced cancer patients by optimizing treatment of other physical symptoms. Patients were randomized to protocolized patient-tailored treatment of physical symptoms (PPT) or care as usual (CAU). The patients randomized to PPT had four appointments with a nurse who assessed the severity of nine physical symptoms on an NRS. Patients received a nursing intervention for symptoms scored ≥1/10 and a medical intervention for symptoms scored ≥4/10. Seventy-six patients were randomized to each study arm. We found significant improvements over time in favor of PPT for the primary outcome General Fatigue (P=0.01). Improvements in favor of PPT were also found for the following secondary outcomes: fatigue dimensions Reduced Activity and Reduced Motivation, fatigue NRS, symptom burden, interference of fatigue with daily life and anxiety (all P≤0.03). We concluded that nurse-led monitoring and protocolized treatment of physical symptoms is effective in alleviating fatigue in advanced cancer patients

Korean Wave Issue as A Soft Power Strategy in Taiwanese Presidential Election 2016

AbstractBoth state and non-state actors need the power to influence others to achieve their desired goals. Soft power isoften used by state or non-state actors to attracts the attention of others without using coercive actions to achievethe desired goals. This strategy has been widely used in various cases, including in the issue of China and Taiwan,especially in the "Taiwan Flag" incident involving Tzuyu, a K-Pop artist who declared herself a Taiwanese andcarried the Taiwan flag on a South Korean television program. This incident was later brought up by Tsai Ingwen, a politician from Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) to cooperate with the Taiwanese people against Chinain the 2016 Taiwan Presidential Election. This article will discuss how Tsai Ing-wen and the people of Taiwan usedKorean wave as a soft power strategy in the 2016 Taiwan Presidential Election to “fight” against China. Thosegave positive results due to the similarity of political values believed by Taiwan and carried by the Korean wave,as well as the goals shared by Tsai Ing-wen and people of Taiwan, thereby defeated the pro-China Kuomintang(KMT) party in the election.Keywords: Soft Power, Taiwan, China, Korean Wave, Taiwan Presidential Election 2016, Taiwan Flag IncidentAbstrakBaik aktor negara maupun non-negara memerlukan kekuatan untuk mempengaruhi pihak lain agar tujuan yangdiinginkan dapat tercapai. Salah satunya adalah soft power yang mengedepankan upaya menarik perhatianpihak lain tanpa menggunakan tindakan koersif untuk mencapai tujuan yang diinginkan. Implementasi strategitersebut telah banyak dimanfaatkan dalam berbagai kasus, salah satunya dalam isu China dan Taiwan dalam the“Waving Taiwan Flag” incident yang melibatkan Tzuyu yang merupakan artis K-Pop yang mendeklarasikan dirisebagai warga negara Taiwan serta membawa bendera Taiwan dalam salah satu program televisi di KoreaSelatan. Insiden tersebut kemudian diangkat oleh Tsai Ing-wen, seorang politisi dari Democratic ProgressiveParty (DPP) untuk bekerja sama dengan masyarakat Taiwan untuk melawan China dalam Taiwan PresidentialElection 2016. Artikel ini membahas bagaimana Tsai Ing-wen dan masyarakat Taiwan memanfaatkan isu Koreanwave sebagai strategi soft power dalam Taiwan Presidential Election 2016 untuk “melawan” kampanye pro Chinayang disuarakan oleh KMT. Implementasi isu Korean wave sebagai strategi soft power dalam Taiwan PresidentialElection 2016 memberikan hasil positif dan ikut mempengaruhi kemenangan Tsai Ing-wen dalam pemilu diTaiwan di tahun 2016.Kata Kunci: Soft Power, Taiwan, China, Korean Wave, Pemilu Presiden Taiwan 2016, Insiden Bendera Taiwa