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Gender Gaps in the Measurement of Public Opinion About Homosexuality in Cross-national Surveys: A Question-Wording Experiment
Measures of attitudes towards homosexuality in cross-national studies have received criticism for not being âgender-sensitiveâ. The current study used a split-ballot design allowing for separate analyses of the attitudes towards âgay men and lesbian womenâ, âgay menâ, and âlesbian womenâ in a pooled sample of 3,381 participants from Great Britain, Hungary, and Portugal. Analyses controlling for sociodemographics showed that differences in attitudes towards male and female targets were generally small and did not interact with the gender of the rater. In addition, results showed that menâs attitudes towards homosexuality were more strongly related to their gender ideology than womenâs attitudes. Implications of these findings for cross-national studies measuring attitudes towards homosexuality are discussed
An investigation of some effects of mach number and air temperature on the hypersonic flow over a blunt body
Mach number and air temperature effect on hypersonic flow over blunt bodie
A Statistical Model for Simultaneous Template Estimation, Bias Correction, and Registration of 3D Brain Images
Template estimation plays a crucial role in computational anatomy since it
provides reference frames for performing statistical analysis of the underlying
anatomical population variability. While building models for template
estimation, variability in sites and image acquisition protocols need to be
accounted for. To account for such variability, we propose a generative
template estimation model that makes simultaneous inference of both bias fields
in individual images, deformations for image registration, and variance
hyperparameters. In contrast, existing maximum a posterori based methods need
to rely on either bias-invariant similarity measures or robust image
normalization. Results on synthetic and real brain MRI images demonstrate the
capability of the model to capture heterogeneity in intensities and provide a
reliable template estimation from registration
A stochastic large deformation model for computational anatomy
In the study of shapes of human organs using computational anatomy, variations are found to arise from inter-subject anatomical differences, disease-specific effects, and measurement noise. This paper introduces a stochastic model for incorporating random variations into the Large Deformation Diffeomorphic Metric Mapping (LDDMM) framework. By accounting for randomness in a particular setup which is crafted to fit the geometrical properties of LDDMM, we formulate the template estimation problem for landmarks with noise and give two methods for efficiently estimating the parameters of the noise fields from a prescribed data set. One method directly approximates the time evolution of the variance of each landmark by a finite set of differential equations, and the other is based on an Expectation-Maximisation algorithm. In the second method, the evaluation of the data likelihood is achieved without registering the landmarks, by applying bridge sampling using a stochastically perturbed version of the large deformation gradient flow algorithm. The method and the estimation algorithms are experimentally validated on synthetic examples and shape data of human corpora callosa
Comparative atmosphere structure experiment
Atmospheric structure of outer planets as determined by pressure, temperature, and accelerometers is reviewed and results obtained from the PAET earth entry are given. In order to describe atmospheric structure, entry is divided into two regimes, high and low speed. Acceleration is then measured: from these measurements density is determined as a function of time. The equations of motion are integrated to determine velocity, flight path angle, and altitude as a function of time. Density is then determined as a function of altitude from the previous determinations of density and altitude as a function of time. Hydrostatic equilibrium was assumed to determine pressure as a function of altitude. Finally the equation of space applied to determine temperature as a function of altitude, if the mean molecular weight is known. The mean molecular weight is obtained independently from either the low speed experiment or from the composition experiments
Some measurements of the dynamic and static stability of two blunt-nosed, low-fineness- ratio bodies of revolution in free flight at mequal4
Dynamic and static stability of two blunt nosed low fineness ratio bodies of revolution in free flight - ballistic
INCOMPOSITA: a MADS-box gene controlling prophyll development and floral meristem identity in Antirrhinum
Entwuerfe ueber die von der Synodalkonferenz angenommene Epistelreihe
Entwuerfe ueber die von der Synodalkonferenz angenommene Epistelreihe (Drafts on the series of epistles adopted by the Synodal Conference
The Pastor and Secular Literature
Give attendance to reading, St. Paul admonished the young clergyman Timothy. And what Timothy was told is to be impressed upon every clergyman: give attendance to reading. When, after the death of Moses, Joshua assumed leadership over Israel. God told him: This Book of the Law shall not depart out of thy mouth, but thou shalt meditate therein day and night.â To one who would lead and teach others God addresses these challenging words: Thou, therefore, which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? Rom. 2, 21
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