On the Use of a Magnetometer to Determine the Angular Motion of a Spinning Body in Regular Precession

Magnetometer for determination of angular motion of spinning body in regular precessio

A method for determining nodal arrival times at the moon from precessing near-earth parking orbits having various inclinations

Effect of precession of near-earth orbits on timing of inplane launching for nodal encounter with moo

Thomistic Metaphysics and the Synthetic \u3ci\u3eA Priori\u3c/i\u3e

Aquinas’ metaphysics is a powerful, comprehensive system, but one that is subtle and demands careful attention. The author here argues that Henry B. Veatch’s paper, which attempts to reconcile Aquinas with Kant’s metaphysics, mistakenly turns Aquinas’ thought into a mere empirical science. The article begins with an overview of Kant’s two types of judgments and Aquinas’ notion of principia per se nota, or first principles. Aquinas’ first principles are analytic on Kant’s analysis yet are also said to give information about the world, according to Thomist thought. But “how are the principia per se nota informative about the world?”—Kant would think this impossible! The author argues that Veatch’s explanation fails to postulate the variable ways that principles can be about the world. Veatch errs in forcing metaphysics to conform to natural science. Because Aquinas’ metaphysical substances apply to all being—they are transcendent—, they naturally apply to sensible being, also

Basic principles of public financing

"MP 225, 71 3M""This publication is one of six reference documents prepared for the educational program on Providing Public Services in Missouri-Issues and Alternatives. The educational program of which this publication is a part was developed by a UMC interdepartmental committee co-chaired by Professors Clarence Klingner and Bryan Phifer. ... These basic reference documents supplement the study-discussion leaflets prepared for the educational program. They are intended for use by group discussion leaders and for those who want more information than provided in the discussion leaflets."--Back cover."Two questions basic to the study of public finance at any level of government are: 1. What should the level of government spending be? 2. How should the government obtain its revenue? These two questions can be answered only within the framework of the broad economic and social objectives of society. These objectives in turn are the result of psychological factors and physical environment which will vary both from one community to another and from one generation to another. Each new generation must make itself aware of the requirements of the society and the economy and build upon and change the objectives of the past generation. Because our society is dynamic, there is a need for continual re-evaluation of objectives and the means of attaining those objectives."--Page 3.J.D. Timmons (Department of Agricultural Economics)Introduction -- Level of government spending -- Sources of revenue -- Evaluating a tax system -- Characteristics of taxe

Hamilton, Missouri: A Community Development Process Case Study

A Classical community development process approach was applied in a northwestern Missouri community. The article provides a case study of how the community revitalized itself to meet citizen needs. The development stages—policy formulation, recognition, intelligence, commitment and accomplishments—are discussed

Motivating social distancing during the Covid-19 pandemic: An online experiment. ESRI Working Paper No. 658 April 2020

Social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic will save lives. We tested communication strategies to promote social distancing via an online experiment (N = 500) commissioned by Ireland’s Department of Health. A control group saw a current informational poster. Two treatment groups saw similar posters with messages that highlighted: (i) the risk of transmission to identifiable persons vulnerable to COVID-19; (ii) the exponential nature of transmission. We then measured judgements of behaviours previously identified by focus groups as “marginal” (meaning that people were not sure whether they were advisable, such meeting others outdoors, or visiting parents). We recorded intention to undertake behaviours and stated acceptability of behaviours. Our hypotheses, that both treatments would increase participants’ caution about marginal behaviours, were preregistered (i.e. lodged with an international organisation for open science before data collection). Results confirmed the hypotheses. The findings suggest that the thought of infecting vulnerable people or large numbers of people can motivate social distancing. This has implications for communications strategies. The stud

Recovery of Point-Injected Labeled Nitrogen by Corn as Affected by Timing, Rate, and Tillage

Point-injection technology is being developed to improve fertilizer management, particularly N management. This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of the rate (number) and timing of point-injections of an ammonium nitrate (NH4NO3) solution on N uptake and corn growth and to measure any differences due to tillage. Nitrogen-15 depleted NH4NO3 (AN) was hand-injected beside individual plants at the V1, V5, and/or V9 growth stages at rates of 50, 100, and/or 200 kg N ha−1 with fall moldboard plow (MP), fall chisel plow (CP), and ridge-till (RT) systems. While MP had the highest grain and total dry matter production (but with the lowest N concentrations in those materials), tillage was not a significant factor in either the percentage of the total plant N derived from labeled AN (NF) or its recovery (NR) for any stage sampled. Generally the year (i.e. different environmental conditions) and application timing or a timing-by-year interaction had the greatest influence on NF and NR. Although plants sampled at the V9 stage on the average recovered more N from the V1 application (39%) vs the V5 application (27%), at maturity NR values for grain (35%) and total dry matter (47%) were the same for both V1 or V5 applications (when only two applications were made). However when three applications were made (at the V1, V5, and V9 stages), NR values decreased with time of application for both grain (38, 31, and 26%, respectively) and total dry matter (53, 43, and 33%, respectively). Across application timing, grain NR values were 34 and 31%, respectively, for MP and RT. Compared with preplant knifed-in labeled N for MP and RT systems in an adjacent simultaneous study, grain NRvalues for point-injected N in this study were 16 and 6% greater, respectively, indicating that multiple injections of fertilizer N improved N-use efficiency

How Much Rent for Unimproved Farms?

Offhand, you\u27d expect improved farms- farms with buildings- to rent for more than unimproved farms- farms without buildings. But this doesn\u27t seem to be true

An experiment for regulatory policy on broadband speed advertising. ESRI WP641, November 2019

Identifying whether hyperbolic advertising claims influence consumers is important for consumer protection, but differentiating mere “puffery” from misleading advertising is not straightforward. We conducted a pre-registered experiment to determine whether pseudo-technical advertising claims about broadband speed bias consumer choice. We tested whether these claims lead consumers to (i) make suboptimal choices and (ii) choose faster, more expensive broadband packages than they otherwise would. We also tested a potential policy response, consisting of consumer information on broadband speeds and how they are advertised. One-in-five consumers chose a provider advertising “lightning fast” broadband over another offering the same speed at a cheaper price. Puffery also led consumers to choose faster, more expensive packages than consumers who saw no such claims. The information intervention (i) decreased the proportion of suboptimal decisions, (ii) increased the likelihood that consumers switched package, and (iii) improved understanding of speed descriptions. The findings suggest that a relatively soft regulatory intervention may benefit broadband consumers

How is paranoia experienced in a student population? A qualitative study of students scoring highly on a paranoia measure

Objectives: Recent studies have suggested that students may experience high levels of paranoia. This study aimed to explore both experiences of paranoia and coping strategies in students scoring at high levels on a measure of paranoia. Design: This was a qualitative study which utilized a quantitative measure to identify potential participants. Methods: From an overall sample of 174 London-based university students in the UK, a sub-sample of 31 students with the highest total scores on the Green et al Paranoid Thoughts Scale were invited to interview resulting in interviews with seven students (six female, one male) aged between 20-36 (M = 28.14). A Thematic Analysis of the interview transcripts was conducted from a critical realist standpoint. Results: Two key foci structured the analysis: Perceived causal influences on paranoia (comprised of: ‘historical contexts fostering mistrust’; ‘finding a social situation strange’; ‘anticipating threat’; and ‘evaluating the concern’); and living with paranoia (comprised of ‘effects on everyday life’; and ‘trying to minimise the effects of paranoia and regaining control’). Conclusions: Key aspects of the findings discussed in the context of the literature include: paranoia as a threat heuristic; the role of internal and external dialogues; the influence of gender on content and the importance of meaning in life as a coping resource