Separating True V0's from Combinatoric Background with a Neural Network

A feedforward multilayered neural network has been trained to "recognize" true V0's in the presence of a large combinatoric background using simulated data for 2 GeV/nucleon Ni + Cu interactions. The resulting neural network filter has been applied to actual data from the EOS TPC experiment. An enhancement of signal to background over more traditional selection mechanisms has been observed.Comment: 9 pages LaTeX using elsart.sty and psfig, 5 ps figures. Submitted to NI

Alaska Victimization Survey: Aleutian/Pribilof Islands

This article also appeared on p. 4 of the Spring 2018 print edition.This article provides an overview of key results from the 2014–2015 Alaska Victimization Survey (AVS) for the Aleutian/Pribilof Island region, which was conducted from April to June 2014 and May to August 2015. Among the survey's results was the finding that 45 percent of adult women in the region have experienced intimate partner violence, sexual violence or both in their lifetime.Council on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, Alaska Department of Public Safet

UAA Justice Center 40th Anniversary 1975–2015

The timeline of selected milestones appearing on pp. 2–3 (split-page format) is also available separately in a single-page format (12.7 x 3.8 in).In celebration of its 40th anniversary, the UAA Justice Center presents a timeline of selected milestones from its history.[Introduction] / UAA Justice Center Selected Milestones, 1975–201

Long-Term Impacts of Environmental Contaminants Are ‘Generational Game Changer’

This article also appeared on pp. 5–6 of the Summer 2018 print edition.Most Formerly Used Defense Sites (FUDS) properties are in remote locations, placing a disproportionate impact on Alaska Native communities that depend upon environmental resources for their livelihood. After the 1972 closure of a U.S. Air Force base that had operated for 20 years on St. Lawrence Island, residents of the Yup'ik village of Savoonga began to experience a higher incidence of cancer, lower birth-weight babies, and higher numbers of miscarriages. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers eventually spent $125 million cleaning up the abandoned base. But there are concerns about continued impact from environmental contamination. While state and federal health studies recommend continued reliance upon traditional foods based on locally harvested berries, fish, and wildlife, St. Lawrence Island community members fear those foods may be contributing to elevated levels of PCBs and higher cancer rates.Unequal impacts / Corps is not a health agency / Health evaluation requested / Protecting future generations / Reference

Corporate Social Responsibility: Challenges and Opportunities for Trade Unionists

Presents a background of the corporate initiative at self regulation. Criticizes certain components of the concept from the perspective of trade unions

Expanded Brownfields Program Supports Redevelopment in Alaska

This article also appeared on pp. 7–8 of the Summer 2018 print edition.The Environmental Protection Agency’s Brownfields Program support the redevelopment of property which may have contaminants from prior use. Anchorage, Mat-Su Borough, and Kodiak Island Borough are current recipients of Brownfields funds. This year Congress increased grant limits under the Brownfields Program and expanded eligibility requirements. Alaska Native villages and corporations that received a contaminated facility from the U.S. government under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) are now eligible for Brownfields grants.Redevelopment projects / Increased grant limits / Kodiak, Anchorage and Mat-Su grants / Eligibility expanded / Reference

Disposition of Sexual Assault Cases

Originally published in the Alaska Justice Forum 20(4): 8 (Winter 2004). The full Alaska Judicial Council report which is the source of statistics summarized here is available online at http://www.ajc.state.ak.us/reports/Fel99FullReport.pdf.This article summarizes findings on cases involving sexual offenses from the Alaska Judicial Council study Alaska Felony Process: 1999 (February 2004). (The full Judicial Council report is available online at http://www.ajc.state.ak.us/reports/Fel99FullReport.pdf.) The study examined the original single most serious charge and determined its final disposition. Twelve percent of felony cases included a sexual offense as the original single most serious charge. Charges for sexual abuse of a minor were more likely to be convicted as sexual offenses than sexual assault charges (and were less likely to be convicted as misdemeanors). * The most frequent original single most serious charges included sexual abuse of a minor in the second degree (Class B felony), sexual assault in the second degree (Class B felony), sexual assault in the first degree (Unclassified felony), and sexual abuse of a minor in the first degree (Unclassified felony). * Eighty-one percent of charges for sexual abuse of a minor in the second degree were convicted as sexual offense charges. Forty-one percent were convicted as sexual abuse of a minor in the second degree. Thirteen percent were convicted as misdemeanors. * Fifty-five percent of charges for sexual assault in the second degree were convicted as sexual offense charges. Seventeen percent were convicted as sexual assault in the second degree. Thirty-four percent were convicted as misdemeanors. * Fifty percent of charges for sexual assault in the first degree were convicted as sexual offense charges. Nine percent were convicted as sexual assault in the first degree. Twenty-two percent were convicted as misdemeanors. * Eighty-four percent of charges for sexual abuse of a minor in the first degree were convicted as sexual offense charges. Twenty-one percent were convicted as sexual abuse of a minor in the first degree. Five percent were convicted as misdemeanors

Prison Visitation Policies in the U.S. And Alaska

This article examines prison visitation in Alaska and nationally based on a 2012 survey of prison visitation policies for all 50 states and in the federal prison system.[Introduction] / Family Visitation and Virtual Visitation / Alaska's Visitation Policies / Topics for Future Study / SIDEBARS / Questions from Prison Visitation Policies: A Fifty State Survey / Alaska Prison Visitation Resource

Divine Foreknowledge and the Problem of Evil: Four Views

This paper examines the issues of divine foreknowledge and the Problem of Evil from the standpoint of four different theological systems: Open Theism, Arminianism, Molinism, and Calvinism. The author summarizes each view’s understanding of divine foreknowledge and then explains how this understanding applies to the view’s refutation of the Problem of Evil