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Laser beamed power: Satellite demonstration applications
It is possible to use a ground-based laser to beam light to the solar arrays of orbiting satellites, to a level sufficient to provide all or some of the operating power required. Near-term applications of this technology for providing supplemental power to existing satellites are discussed. Two missions with significant commercial pay-off are supplementing solar power for radiation-degraded arrays and providing satellite power during eclipse for satellites with failed batteries
Job strain and ischaemic disease: does the inclusion of older employees in the cohort dilute the association? The WOLF Stockholm Study
PENGARUH DIVERSITAS DIREKSI TERHADAP PROFITABILITAS
Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh diversitas direksi terhadap
profitabilitas yang dilihat dari masa jabat, latar belakang pendidikan dan kebangsaan.
Pengamatan dilakukan terhadap 136 perusahaan yang terdaftar di Bursa Efek
Indonesia (BEI) untuk periode tahun 2013-2014.
Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah kuantitatif verifikatif.
Teknik pengambilan sampel menggunakan pendekatan purposive sampling dan
menghasilkan 99 perusahaan yang menjadi sampel penelitian. Teknik analisis data
yang digunakan adalah model regresi data panel.
Hasil pengujian menunjukkan bahwa masa jabat dan kebangsaan direksi
berpengaruh terhadap profitabilitas perusahaan. Sementara itu, latar belakang
pendidikan direksi tidak berpengaruh terhadap profitabilitas perusahaa
J-type Carbon Stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud
A sample of 1497 carbon stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud has been observed
in the red part of the spectrum with the 2dF facility on the AAT. Of these, 156
have been identified as J-type (i.e. 13C-rich) carbon stars using a technique
which provides a clear distinction between J stars and the normal N-type carbon
stars that comprise the bulk of the sample, and yields few borderline cases. A
simple 2-D classification of the spectra, based on their spectral slopes in
different wavelength regions, has been constructed and found to be related to
the more conventional c- and j-indices, modified to suit the spectral regions
observed. Most of the J stars form a photometric sequence in the K - (J-K)
colour magnitude diagram, parallel to and 0.6 mag fainter than the N star
sequence. A subset of the J stars (about 13 per cent) are brighter than this J
star sequence; most of these are spectroscopically different from the other J
stars. The bright J stars have stronger CN bands than the other J stars and are
found strongly concentrated in the central regions of the LMC. Most of the
rather few stars in common with Hartwick and Cowley's sample of suspected CH
stars are J stars. Overall, the proportion of carbon stars identified as J
stars is somewhat lower than has been found in the Galaxy. The Na D lines are
weaker in the LMC J stars than in either the Galactic J stars or the LMC N
stars, and do not seem to depend on temperature.Comment: 19 pages, 21 figures, Latex; in press, MNRA
Variability of Young Massive Stars in the Galactic Super Star Cluster Westerlund 1
This paper presents the first optical variability study of the Westerlund 1
super star cluster in search of massive eclipsing binary systems. A total of
129 new variable stars have been identified, including the discovery of 4
eclipsing binaries that are cluster members, 1 additional candidate, 8 field
binaries, 19 field delta Scuti stars, 3 field W UMa eclipsing binaries, 13
other periodic variables and 81 long period or non-periodic variables. These
include the known luminous blue variable, the B[e] star, 11 Wolf-Rayet stars,
several supergiants, and other reddened stars that are likely members of
Westerlund 1. The bright X-ray source corresponding to the Wolf-Rayet star
WR77o (B) is found to be a 3.51 day eclipsing binary. The discovery of a
reddened detached eclipsing binary system implies the first identification of
main-sequence stars in Westerlund 1.Comment: 28 pages, 9 figures, 3 tables; accepted for publication in The
Astronomical Journal. Full-resolution version and color image of the cluster
are available at http://www.dtm.ciw.edu/bonanos/Westerlund
Comments on "The long-period Galactic Cepheid RS Puppis. I. A geometric distance from its light echoes"
The luminous Galactic Cepheid RS Puppis is unique in being surrounded by a
dust nebula illuminated by the variable light of the Cepheid. In a recent paper
in this journal, Kervella et al. (2008) report a very precise geometric
distance to RS Pup, based on measured phase lags of the light variations of
individual knots in the reflection nebula. In this commentary, we examine the
validity of the distance measurement, as well as the reality of the spatial
structure of the nebula determined by Feast (2008) based upon the phase lags of
the knots. {Kervella et al. assumed that the illuminated dust knots lie, on
average, in the plane of the sky (otherwise it is not possible to derive a
geometric distance from direct imaging of light echoes). We consider the
biasing introduced by the high efficiency of forward scattering. We conclude
that most of the knots are in fact likely to lie in front of the plane of the
sky, thus invalidating the Kervella et al. result. We also show that the flat
equatorial disk structure determined by Feast is unlikely; instead, the
morphology of the nebula is more probably bipolar, with a significant tilt of
its axis with respect to the plane of the sky. Although the Kervella et al.
distance result is invalidated, we show that high-resolution polarimetric
imaging has the potential to yield a valid geometric distance to this important
Cepheid.Comment: 10 pages, 5 figures, 1 table; accepted by Astronomy & Astrophysic
Work changes and employee age, maladaptive coping expectations, and well-being: a Swedish cohort study
PURPOSE: Older workers are expected to suffer more from work changes than younger ones, but empirical evidence is lacking. Negative responses to work changes may result rather from maladaptive coping expectations. This study examined possible age differences in job and life satisfaction, and sleep disturbances, after work changes (voluntary and involuntary job changes, reorganizations) and the moderating role of maladaptive coping expectations. METHODS: Four biennial waves from the Swedish Longitudinal Occupational Survey of Health (SLOSH) including respondents who participated in all four waves (n = 3084). We used multilevel path analyses to estimate direct and moderated relationships between work changes and outcomes. RESULTS: Involuntary job changes were associated with lower job and life satisfaction and more sleep disturbances. Reorganizations were only associated with lower job satisfaction. Older employees were more satisfied with their jobs and lives than younger employees and experienced more sleep disturbances. After involuntary job changes, older employees had similar (lower) levels of well-being as younger ones, but they reported more sleep disturbances when having experienced reorganizations. Maladaptive coping expectations were related to lower job and life satisfaction and more sleep disturbances. Employees with maladaptive coping expectations reported more sleep disturbances after involuntary job changes and reorganizations. CONCLUSION: Our results suggest that there are few age differences in well-being after work changes. Employee well-being seems to mostly depend on maladaptive coping expectations. Organizations aiming to prepare employees for job changes and reorganizations could focus their efforts on employees with maladaptive expectations rather than on older ones
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