Baryon femtoscopy in sqrt(sNN) = 2.76 TeV Pb-Pb collisions at ALICE

We present femtoscopic results for proton and Lambda correlation functions measured by ALICE in sqrt(sNN) = 2.76 TeV Pb-Pb collisions. Femtoscopic radii are extracted from pp, pbarpbar, and ppbar pairs. Comparisons of these radii with those from pion and kaon analyses reveal an approximate transverse mass scaling that is consistent with explanations of radial flow. Inelastic final state interactions are explored in baryon-antibaryon correlations functions to investigate their relationship with reduced proton yields at LHC energies.Comment: 5 pages, 9 figures, proceedings for the 29th Winter Workshop on Nuclear Dynamics, Squaw Valley, CA, February 3-10, 201

Fisheries rules and regulations in 23 states of Nigeria: a note

In order to make a sound proposal to the Kainji Lake Fisheries Management and Conservation Unit regarding the amendment of the existing Fisheries Laws and Regulations, including the raise of fishing license fees, the Fisheries Departments of 21 Nigerian States were visited in August-September 2000. In that occasion the staff was interviewed, existing documents were revised, and the results were compared with those of Kebbi and Niger Stat

U.S. National Weather Service Weather Ready Nation Initiative

The National Weather Service (NWS) has embarked on an initiative to first and foremost save more lives and livelihoods. By increasing the nation’s weather-readiness, the country will be prepared to protect, mitigate, respond to and recover from weather-related disasters. Society’s ability to prepare for natural disasters requires a societal response equal to the risk. Government cannot do this alone, which is why the NWS is leveraging its vast nationwide network of partners, and incorporating new partners who are beginning to share the vision of building a Weather-Ready Nation. The purpose of this presentation is to discuss how the NWS is accomplishing this task with a focus on the pilot project at the local forecast office in Slidell, LA

The Art of Breaking Up: Ending Romantic Relationships

This thesis reviews research on the most difficult aspect of dating: the breakup. The process of ending a romantic relationship follows a particular pattern which begins when problems begin to arise in the partnership and ends when both individuals have accepted the breakup and received closure. Using various peer-reviewed studies, the literature review deliberates the common predictors of a breakup, common methods of breaking up (and how each is perceived by the other person), common reactions to the breakup based on gender, and finally, the aftermath of the breakup. It is determined that personal and individual relationship factors ultimately decide the fate of a breakup; however, there is no single correct answer. Therefore, comprehension of the breakup model is beneficial for those seeking to end their partnership as it takes into account contextual differences and advises the course of a breakup

Anomaly detection in a mobile data network

The dissertation investigated the creation of an anomaly detection approach to identify anomalies in the SGW elements of a LTE network. Unsupervised techniques were compared and used to identify and remove anomalies in the training data set. This “cleaned” data set was then used to train an autoencoder in an semi-supervised approach. The resultant autoencoder was able to indentify normal observations. A subsequent data set was then analysed by the autoencoder. The resultant reconstruction errors were then compared to the ground truth events to investigate the effectiveness of the autoencoder’s anomaly detection capability

Dynamic modal estimation using instrumental variables

A method to determine the modes of dynamical systems is described. The inputs and outputs of a system are Fourier transformed and averaged to reduce the error level. An instrumental variable method that estimates modal parameters from multiple correlations between responses of single input, multiple output systems is applied to estimate aircraft, spacecraft, and off-shore platform modal parameters

Who Killed Susie Homemaker: What Really Happened To Home Economics

Home economics was once a vibrant women\u27s movement in America, on a level with the women\u27s suffrage or temperance movements. A tendency exists for modern women to disregard the study of home economics as useless, old-fashioned, or anti feminist. The purpose of this study is to examine commonly-held perceptions of the decline of home economics as a social and scholarly phenomenon exploring the potential to re-elevate home economics by demonstrating its continued relevance in modern America

Oscillations of macrobenthos in shallow waters of the Peruvian central coast induced by EI Niño 1982-83

Macrozoobenthos was sampled at 15 m (January 1982–October 1984) and 34 m depth (September 1981–September 1984) in the Bay of Ancón, north of Lima. Fluctuations in density, biomass, species composition and diversity of the fauna as well as oscillations in the density of several dominant species were studied in relation to temperature, salinity and dissolved oxygen. El Niño (EN) 1982–83 induced marked positive effects at both depths. Some of these changes prevailed in 1984 due to the increase of oxygen close to the seafloor and the persistence of higher O2 values during and after the phenomenon. The number of species at 15 m, which before EN fluctuated between 3 and 17, increased to \u3e26 (max. 45) during EN and in the months following the event. Biomass, before EN always \u3c1 g, reached 18.4 g AFDW per m2 in December 1982. Density, normally \u3c4000 per m2, increased to 1724, and diversity nearly doubled and remained high until September 1984. The number of species at 34 m (≥5 before EN) fluctuated between 15 and 24 from December 1982 to February 1983 and returned to ≥5 by June 1984. Biomass reached 6.9 g AFDW per m2 in December 1982. Density, normally \u3c425 per m2, increased to 13550, and diversity at this depth nearly tripled in February 1983

Photographic database development of Nigerian fisheries: a complementary source of information documentation

The paper traces the history of the different documentation media used for information dissemination. Such early media are clay tablets, papyrus, and vellum or parchment codex. The invention of printing however revolutionized the information industry, enabling the production of books in multiple copies. Photography came into documentation mainly to preserve rare materials and those that easily deteriorate. This paper reports the efforts of National Institute for Freshwater Fisheries Research (NIFFR) and Kainji Lake Fisheries Promotion Project (KLFPPP), Nigeria, to develop an Object Oriented Database (OOD) using photographs. The photographs are stored in digitized form on commercial computers, using the program ACDSee 32 for classification, description and retrieval. Specifically the paper focuses on photographs in fisheries as visual communication and expression. Presently, the database contains photo documents about the following aspects of Kainji Lake fisheries: fishing gears and crafts, fish preservation method