Local-global compatibility for l=p, II

We prove the compatibility at places dividing l of the local and global Langlands correspondences for the l-adic Galois representations associated to regular algebraic essentially (conjugate) self-dual cuspidal automorphic representations of GL_n over an imaginary CM or totally real field. We prove this compatibility up to semisimplification in all cases, and up to Frobenius semisimplification in the case of Shin-regular weight.Comment: 13 page

Constitutional Law—Invalidating Statutes on Hypothetical Facts

A parking lot attendant drove a customer to her place of business, and, while returning the automobile to the parking lot, negligently struck the plaintiff, a pedestrian, who successfully recovered against the customer under the following Georgia statute: “Every owner of a motor vehicle . . . shall be liable . . . for injuries . . . resulting from negligence in the operation of such motor vehicle if . . . used in the prosecution of the business (or) for the benefit of such owner.” On appeal, Held: the statute violates due process because it might impose liability upon an owner whose automobile was operated without his consent or knowledge, express or implied. Frankel v. Cone, 214 Ga. 733, 107 S.E.2d 819 (1959). A statute is invalid if it makes an owner absolutely liable for the negligence of a thief, but this statute did not reach that far. It is very difficult to imagine a thief operating a stolen automobile for the owner’s benefit, or in the prosecution of the owner’s business. On the other hand, statutes imposing liability upon a car owner whose car is operated with his permission have been uniformly upheld

Constitutional Law—Invalidating Statutes on Hypothetical Facts

A parking lot attendant drove a customer to her place of business, and, while returning the automobile to the parking lot, negligently struck the plaintiff, a pedestrian, who successfully recovered against the customer under the following Georgia statute: “Every owner of a motor vehicle . . . shall be liable . . . for injuries . . . resulting from negligence in the operation of such motor vehicle if . . . used in the prosecution of the business (or) for the benefit of such owner.” On appeal, Held: the statute violates due process because it might impose liability upon an owner whose automobile was operated without his consent or knowledge, express or implied. Frankel v. Cone, 214 Ga. 733, 107 S.E.2d 819 (1959). A statute is invalid if it makes an owner absolutely liable for the negligence of a thief, but this statute did not reach that far. It is very difficult to imagine a thief operating a stolen automobile for the owner’s benefit, or in the prosecution of the owner’s business. On the other hand, statutes imposing liability upon a car owner whose car is operated with his permission have been uniformly upheld

Local-global compatibility for l=p, I

We prove the compatibility of the local and global Langlands correspondences at places dividing l for the l-adic Galois representations associated to regular algebraic conjugate self-dual cuspidal automorphic representations of GL n over an imaginary CM field, under the assumption that the automorphic representations have Iwahori-fixed vectors at places dividing l and have Shin-regular weight.Mathematic

Educational and psychosocial interventions to prevent uptake of smoking by young people

Introduction: More than 200,000 UK children aged 11–15 years start smoking each year and up to 50% of children who try smoking will become regular smokers within 2–3 years. Given the high personal, social and economic cost of smoking, intervening to prevent children and young people from beginning to smoke is an important public health goal. Whilst rates of smoking uptake have decreased significantly in recent years, the social gradient in young people taking up smoking remains marked, contributing to health inequalities. Methods: Using National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Research Capability Funding (RCF) from a pooled fund contributed to by the Norfolk and Waveney Clinical Commissioning Groups, a team at the University of East Anglia undertook a comprehensive literature review and programme of public and patient involvement (PPI) in order to gather current evidence about the educational and psychosocial interventions that are effective in preventing smoking uptake, and improve understanding of current smoking prevention practice. The aim was both to provide evidence to inform commissioning decisions and to facilitate the development of an application for research funding for a trial of an intervention to support young people to choose not to start smoking. Results of review: The literature review identified a large number of educational and psychosocial interventions that have been found to be effective in reducing smoking uptake. Most of the identified interventions are universal, classroom-based interventions, designed to be delivered in mainstream schools. There is evidence that approaches to smoking prevention that combine elements designed to help young people refuse offers to smoke by improving general social competence, with elements aimed at increasing awareness of the social influences that promote smoking, may be most effective. However, it is important that smoking prevention interventions are tailored to the developmental stage of the age group targeted: interventions effective in one group may be ineffective, or even detrimental, in other populations. The ASSIST approach, involving training influential children to encourage their peers not to smoke, was the only approach identified with recent, UK evidence of both effectiveness and cost-effectiveness. Despite a clear rationale for targeting smoking prevention at high-risk groups, few interventions specifically targeting such groups have been trialled to-date. Results of PPI work: The PPI work carried out suggests that teaching in science lessons and/or Personal Social and Health education are the most common approaches to smoking prevention in Norfolk secondary schools. Providing information about the health threats of smoking was perceived by both teachers and pupils to be the most effective means of preventing smoking uptake. Given that research findings suggest that simply providing information about smoking is not the most effective means of preventing young people from taking up smoking, this may point to the need to provide schools with evidence-based information about optimum smoking prevention strategies. The use of peers to discourage smoking initiation was rarely reported as a currently used strategy in Norfolk, but most teachers and pupils responded that they believed this to be a good idea when specifically asked about this approach. Whilst all teachers and majority of pupils reported that their school had a policy in place in the event that pupils are found to be/suspected of smoking, fewer had a similar policy for pupils found to be/suspected of vaping (using e-cigarettes). Teachers reported awareness of school policies to also support smoking cessation where applicable (e.g. referral to specialist services), but pupils were generally unaware of such policies. Conclusions/recommendations: A range of evidence-based educational/psychosocial interventions for preventing uptake of smoking by young people are available, most of which are designed to be delivered within the school environment. The implementation of these interventions within schools has the potential to significantly reduce smoking prevalence, contributing to improvements in public health. However, it appears that many Norfolk schools may not be implementing these evidence-based interventions at present. Schools should be provided with information about the most effective strategies for preventing uptake of smoking by children and young people and encouraged to implement evidence-based smoking prevention initiatives. Equally, further research is needed to identify interventions that are effective in targeting groups of young people at high-risk of smoking uptake

Experimental Testing and modeling of a Dual-Fired LiBr-H2O Absorption Chiller

An LiBr-H2O chiller was modified to utilize heat sources from natural gas combustion and/or from hot fluid. This was achieved by replacing the original gas-fired generator with a dual-fired generator. Steam was used as the hot fluid. The generator of the chiller can be powered by each source separately or both sources simultaneously. Experimental investigation was performed to obtain capacity and coefficient of performance (COP) of the original chiller and the modified chiller. During the experiments, the modified chiller was powered solely by steam, natural gas, or both. There was a significant increase in COP and capacity when steam was used as a heat source. The tests using natural gas resulted in performance similar to the original chiller. The experimental conditions were closely modeled by a numerical program

The Influence of Frame Size on Growth and Carcass Characteristics of Swine Taken to Heavy Weights

In recent years progressive swine producers have sought a larger framed hog that matures at a heavier weight . In theory, these large framed pigs are leaner and maintain desirable feed/gain to heavier weights and therefore offer the flexibility to be marketed at heavier weights if favorable marketing conditions prevail. The study reported herein was designed to evaluate large and small framed pigs for growth and carcass characteristics when taken to a 300-pound slaughter weight