Exclusive measurements for SUSY events with the ATLAS detector at the LHC

We present recent work performed in ATLAS on techniques used to reconstruct the decays of SUSY particles at the LHC. We concentrate on strategies to be applied to the first fb-1 of LHC data.Comment: ICHEP0

Constructing Amplitudes from Their Soft Limits

The existence of universal soft limits for gauge-theory and gravity amplitudes has been known for a long time. The properties of the soft limits have been exploited in numerous ways; in particular for relating an n-point amplitude to an (n-1)-point amplitude by removing a soft particle. Recently, a procedure called inverse soft was developed by which "soft" particles can be systematically added to an amplitude to construct a higher-point amplitude for generic kinematics. We review this procedure and relate it to Britto-Cachazo-Feng-Witten recursion. We show that all tree-level amplitudes in gauge theory and gravity up through seven points can be constructed in this way, as well as certain classes of NMHV gauge-theory amplitudes with any number of external legs. This provides us with a systematic procedure for constructing amplitudes solely from their soft limits.Comment: minor change

Diesel Submarine Support to SOF

NPS NRP Project PosterDiesel Submarine Support to SOFNaval Special Warfare Command (NAVSPECWARCOM)This research is supported by funding from the Naval Postgraduate School, Naval Research Program (PE 0605853N/2098). https://nps.edu/nrpChief of Naval Operations (CNO)Approved for public release. Distribution is unlimited.

Diesel Submarine Support to SOF

NPS NRP Executive SummaryDiesel Submarine Support to SOFNaval Special Warfare Command (NAVSPECWARCOM)This research is supported by funding from the Naval Postgraduate School, Naval Research Program (PE 0605853N/2098). https://nps.edu/nrpChief of Naval Operations (CNO)Approved for public release. Distribution is unlimited.

Optimization of Business Processes through Digitization and Automation

NPS NRP Project PosterReporting and clerical functions at an NSW Echelon IV commands are ripe for digitization, automation and optimization. A significant number of manhours are used to populate multiple databases with the same information. Given the budgetary constraints and the push towards a more efficient and effective Navy, it is imperative to reduce the number of non-value-added hours spent on administrative tasks. Given the two-year turnover cycle there are efficiencies that are learned and lost. Long-term efficiencies could be gained from greater automation through the use of simple software, some of which are already available in the Microsoft office environment. Some data could provide long term benefit if captured in a more persistent manner. Manhours could be reduced by optimizing data input requirements and automating cross population of data as well as report generation.Naval Special Warfare Command (NAVSPECWARCOM)N9 - Warfare SystemsThis research is supported by funding from the Naval Postgraduate School, Naval Research Program (PE 0605853N/2098). https://nps.edu/nrpChief of Naval Operations (CNO)Approved for public release. Distribution is unlimited.

Optimization of Business Processes through Digitization and Automation

NPS NRP Executive SummaryReporting and clerical functions at an NSW Echelon IV commands are ripe for digitization, automation and optimization. A significant number of manhours are used to populate multiple databases with the same information. Given the budgetary constraints and the push towards a more efficient and effective Navy, it is imperative to reduce the number of non-value-added hours spent on administrative tasks. Given the two-year turnover cycle there are efficiencies that are learned and lost. Long-term efficiencies could be gained from greater automation through the use of simple software, some of which are already available in the Microsoft office environment. Some data could provide long term benefit if captured in a more persistent manner. Manhours could be reduced by optimizing data input requirements and automating cross population of data as well as report generation.Naval Special Warfare Command (NAVSPECWARCOM)N9 - Warfare SystemsThis research is supported by funding from the Naval Postgraduate School, Naval Research Program (PE 0605853N/2098). https://nps.edu/nrpChief of Naval Operations (CNO)Approved for public release. Distribution is unlimited.

Optimization of Business Processes through Digitization and Automation

NPS NRP Technical ReportReporting and clerical functions at an NSW Echelon IV commands are ripe for digitization, automation and optimization. A significant number of manhours are used to populate multiple databases with the same information. Given the budgetary constraints and the push towards a more efficient and effective Navy, it is imperative to reduce the number of non-value-added hours spent on administrative tasks. Given the two-year turnover cycle there are efficiencies that are learned and lost. Long-term efficiencies could be gained from greater automation through the use of simple software, some of which are already available in the Microsoft office environment. Some data could provide long term benefit if captured in a more persistent manner. Manhours could be reduced by optimizing data input requirements and automating cross population of data as well as report generation.Naval Special Warfare Command (NAVSPECWARCOM)N9 - Warfare SystemsThis research is supported by funding from the Naval Postgraduate School, Naval Research Program (PE 0605853N/2098). https://nps.edu/nrpChief of Naval Operations (CNO)Approved for public release. Distribution is unlimited.

Validation of a French language version of the Early Childhood Oral Health Impact Scale (ECOHIS)

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The ventriloquist in periphery: Impact of eccentricity-related reliability on audio-visual localization

The relative reliability of separate sensory estimates influences the way they are merged into a unified percept. We investigated how eccentricity-related changes in reliability of auditory and visual stimuli influence their integration across the entire frontal space. First, we surprisingly found that despite a strong decrease in auditory and visual unisensory localization abilities in periphery, the redundancy gain resulting from the congruent presentation of audio-visual targets was not affected by stimuli eccentricity. This result therefore contrasts with the common prediction that a reduction in sensory reliability necessarily induces an enhanced integrative gain. Second, we demonstrate that the visual capture of sounds observed with spatially incongruent audio-visual targets (ventriloquist effect) steadily decreases with eccentricity, paralleling a lowering of the relative reliability of unimodal visual over unimodal auditory stimuli in periphery. Moreover, at all eccentricities, the ventriloquist effect positively correlated with a weighted combination of the spatial resolution obtained in unisensory conditions. These findings support and extend the view that the localization of audio-visual stimuli relies on an optimal combination of auditory and visual information according to their respective spatial reliability. All together, these results evidence that the external spatial coordinates of multisensory events relative to an observer's body (e.g., eyes' or head's position) influence how this information is merged, and therefore determine the perceptual outcome

Weaving the Threads of Self-Compassion into Art Therapy Practice: An Heuristic Art-Based Inquiry

In this heuristic arts-based research, I applied Moustakas’s Six Phases of Heuristic Inquiry (Moustakas, 1990) to investigate how the experience of textile repair and transformation practices can be used to explore and cultivate self-compassion in the artist-researcher life. Self–compassion is a psychological mechanism that allows oneself to effectively regulate and cope with negative emotions, addressing with kindness to their suffering. Cultivation of self-compassion fosters the ability to stay mindful and self-kind in the moment of emotional turbulence, accepting the stress as a common human experience (Neff, 2003; Neff & Germer, 2019). In psychotherapy practices, compassion-focused intervention aims to help the clients to find and practice the self-compassionate voice, recognise, and create imagery, that fosters compassion in one’s life, while accepting and embracing imperfection (Gilbert, 2009). Responding to feelings of discomfort and daily stress as a mother, immigrant, and art therapy intern, I have engaged in textile repair and transformation, and through this art practice, I welcomed self-compassion in my life. During the restoration sessions, I mindfully examined the damaged garment with an intention to offer compassion, kindness and actively transform those objects into wearable art. Searching for personal reflection as well as professional insight, I aimed to appraise the benefits of textile repair and transformation as compassion stimulating medium with art therapy clients. Textile repair and transformation is a symbolically rich medium that can connect humans to their past and ancestors. The textile process may provide an expansive tactile and bilateral experience, eliciting creative flow. Moreover, this media is ecologically oriented because it uses upcycled materials, prolonging the life of textile garments. Reuse of textile and reduction of textile waste and consumption is an act of compassion towards our planet and should be integrated in eco-minded art therapy practices