Four generated, squarefree, monomial ideals

Let $I\supsetneq J$ be two squarefree monomial ideals of a polynomial algebra over a field generated in degree $\geq d$, resp. $\geq d+1$ . Suppose that $I$ is either generated by three monomials of degrees $d$ and a set of monomials of degrees $\geq d+1$, or by four special monomials of degrees $d$. If the Stanley depth of $I/J$ is $\leq d+1$ then the usual depth of $I/J$ is $\leq d+1$ too.Comment: to appear in "Bridging Algebra, Geometry, and Topology", Editors Denis Ibadula, Willem Veys, Springer Proceed. in Math. and Statistics, 96, 201

Election Flops on YouTube

In an election campaign as drawn out as this, you'd have to have excellent memory to remember the hype around John Howard's use of YouTube to make policy announcements. Some months ago, the media were all over the story - but unfortunately for the Prime Minister, much like the widely-predicted poll 'narrowing', the YouTube effect has been missing in action

Beyond Gotcha: Blogs as a Space for Debate

The mainstream media and critics of Web 2.0’s "cult of the amateur" often suggest that blogs and citizen journalism will never replace their mainstream counterparts because they "don’t break stories". Notwithstanding the fundamental furphy – who ever said anything about "replacing" the MSM anyway? – there is some truth in this. It goes without saying that most bloggers don’t have the resources, pulling power or proximity to the pollies to do much original political reporting: this is something that most sensible public affairs bloggers concede. (Though how often the mainstream media really break stories – as against exploiting deliberate, calculated ‘leaks’ from party spinsters – is a separate question.

Blogging outside the Echo Chamber

In the current political climate, it's no surprise that a number of sessions at the recent Australian Blogging Conference at Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane focussed on the potential for blogs and other citizen journalism sites to impact on political news and punditry. In a previous article, we've already noted the continuing skirmishes between psephologist bloggers and the political commentators, whose rather unscientific interpretation of opinion poll results that some bloggers have challenged fervently

Linear resolutions of powers and products

The goal of this paper is to present examples of families of homogeneous ideals in the polynomial ring over a field that satisfy the following condition: every product of ideals of the family has a linear free resolution. As we will see, this condition is strongly correlated to good primary decompositions of the products and good homological and arithmetical properties of the associated multi-Rees algebras. The following families will be discussed in detail: polymatroidal ideals, ideals generated by linear forms and Borel fixed ideals of maximal minors. The main tools are Gr\"obner bases and Sagbi deformation

PROMOTING HEALTHY BEHAVIOR CHANGE: COMMUNICATION INTERVENTIONS TO LOWER RISK OF TYPE II DIABETES IN MEN AND WOMEN UNDER 30

Diabetes is a chronic disease in which one’s blood glucose, more commonly known as sugar, rises to above average levels (American Diabetes Association [ADA], 2015). According to the 2014 National Diabetes Statistics Report, in 2012, 29.1 million Americans age 20 and older have diabetes, up from 25.8 million in 2010, with 90-95% of those diagnosed cases being Type II diabetes (ADA, 2014). As of 2010, diabetes remains the seventh leading cause of death in America (ADA, 2014). Several studies have found regular physical activity and maintaining a normal body mass index (BMI) can significantly reduce one’s risk of developing Type II diabetes even if one is already in a pre-diabetic state (CDC, 2014). This research leads us to recognize Type II diabetes as a preventable disease and one that does not require medications to manage but simply the adjustment of certain health and lifestyle behaviors, specifically those which influence blood sugar levels and weight management. A starting point for promoting behavior change to lower the risk of Type II diabetes is through communication interventions targeting men and women between the ages of 20 and 30 who are graduating from college and entering a monumental stage of their lives filled with significant lifestyle change, for better or worse. This project is designed to review literature on type II diabetes, characteristics of the millennial generation, modern health communication targeting millennials, communication theory, and health campaign design techniques. A proposed health campaign aimed at reducing the risk of type II diabetes in an organization, comprised mostly of individuals under age 30, through the promotion of healthy behavior change will be outlined following literature review

Jesse James: Last Rebel of the Civil War

Review of: Jesse James: Last Rebel of the Civil War. Stiles, T. J

Jesse James: Last Rebel of the Civil War

Review of: Jesse James: Last Rebel of the Civil War. Stiles, T. J