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A coral reef as an analogical model to promote collaborative learning on cultural and ethnic diversity in science
An exercise designed to engage students in critical thinking and active conversation about gender, diversity, and ethnicity in science is described. First semester college science students frequently do not realize that individual scholarship is an integral component of global scholarship and that scientific progress stems from the scholarly contributions of numerous individuals. The described exercise initially uses a collage of a coral reef—chosen both for its visual impact and because it is an excellent model of diversity—highlighting various aspects of life on a reef. This is followed by a trawl of library resources to enable the development of a chronology of significant contributions and practices in the field of medicine and the identification of historical and contemporary scholars and practitioners by race, cultural heritage, and gender
QED X QCD Exponentiation: Shower/ME Matching and IR-Improved DGLAP Theory at the LHC
We discuss the elements of QED X QCD exponentiation and its interplay with
shower/ME matching and IR-improved DGLAP theory in precision LHC physics
scenarios. Applications to single heavy gauge boson production at hadron
colliders are illustrated.Comment: 5 pages, 1 figure; presented by B.F.L. Ward at ICHEP0
Chemical Identification of the Radioelements Produced from Carbon and Boron by Deuteron Bombardment
Chemical experiments were made on the radioactive substances resulting from the bombardment of carbon and boron by deuterons. Carbon is shown to yield an isotope of nitrogen and boron an isotope of carbon. The nitrogen so formed has a half-life of 10.5 minutes while that found by Curie and Joliot on bombardment of boron with alpha-particles has a half-life of 14 minutes. These facts are discussed
Precision Electro-Weak and Hadronic Luminosity Calculations
We have used YFS Monte Carlo techniques to obtain per-mil level accuracy for
the Bhabha scattering cross section used in the luminosity monitor in
electro-weak scattering experiments. We will describe techniques for extending
these methods for use in the W production luminosity cross section for hadron
colliders.Comment: 8 pages (LaTex) with 5 figures (EPS). Presented by S.A. Yost at the
Third International Symposium on Quantum Theory and Symmetries, Cincinnati,
Sept. 10 - 14, 200
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