New analysis of the common nuclear dependence of the EMC effect and short-range correlations

The strong repulsive core of the nucleon-nucleon (NN) interaction at short distances prevents nucleons from becoming close to each other. This gives rise to high-momentum nucleons in the nucleus that cannot be explained in the context of the mean field and are commonly called short-range correlations (SRCs). They are responsible for the strength seen in momentum distribution tails seen in all nuclei, and we can obtain a relative measure of SRCs via cross section ratios to light nuclei. Recent inclusive scattering data from Jefferson Lab have allowed a precise determination of the A-dependence of SRCs in nuclei and suggests that, like the EMC effect, it is especially sensitive to the nuclear local density. These new results, as well as a new analysis of the relationship between SRCs and the EMC effect, will be presented and discussed.Comment: CIPANP Proceeding

What does an archivist do?

By definition, an archivist is an individual responsible for appraising, acquiring, arranging, describing, preserving, and providing access to records of enduring value1. A record is a written or printed work of a legal or official nature that may be used as evidence or proof. It is data or information that has been fixed on some medium; that has content, context, and structure; and that is used as an extension of human memory or to demonstrate accountability. Records are often created or received in the course of individual or institutional activity and set aside (preserved) as evidence of that activity for future reference2

Identity and the Legislative Decision Making Process: A Case Study of the Maryland State Legislature

Both politicians and the mass public believe that identity influences political behavior yet, political scientists have failed to fully detail how identity is salient for all political actors not just minorities and women legislators. To what extent do racial, gendered, and race/gendered identities affect the legislation decision process? To test this proposition, I examine how race and gender based identities shape the legislative decisions of Black women in comparison to White men, White women, and Black men. I find that Black men and women legislators interviewed believe that racial identity is relevant in their decision making processes, while White men and women members of the Maryland state legislature had difficulty deciding whether their identities mattered and had even more trouble articulating how or why they did. African American women legislators in Maryland articulate or describe an intersectional identity as a meaningful and significant component of their work as representatives. More specifically, Black women legislators use their identity to interpret legislation differently due to their race/gender identities

Endo-permutation modules as sources of simple modules.

The source of a simple $kG$-module, for a finite $p$-solvable group $G$ and an algebraically closed field $k$ of prime characteristic $p$, is an endo-permutation module (see~\cite{Pu1} or~\cite{Th}). L. Puig has proved, more precisely, that this source must be isomorphic to the cap of an endo-permutation module of the form \bigotimes_{Q/R\in\cal S}\Ten^P_Q\Inf^Q_{Q/R}(M_{Q/R}), where $M_{Q/R}$ is an indecomposable torsion endo-trivial module with vertex $Q/R$, and $\cal S$ is a set of cyclic, quaternion and semi-dihedral sections of the vertex of the simple $kG$-module. At present, it is conjectured that, if the source of a simple module is an endo-permutation module, then it should have this shape. In this paper, we are going to give a method that allow us to realize explicitly the cap of any such indecomposable module as the source of a simple module for a finite $p$-nilpotent group

The Dade group of a metacyclic pp-group.

The Dade group $D(P)$ of a finite $p$-group $P$, formed by equivalence classes of endo-permutation modules, is a finitely generated abelian group. Its torsion-free rank equals the number of conjugacy classes of non-cyclic subgroups of $P$ and it is conjectured that every non-trivial element of its torsion subgroup $D^t(P)$ has order $2$, (or also $4$, in case $p=2$). The group $D^t(P)$ is closely related to the injectivity of the restriction map \Res:T(P)\rightarrow\prod_E T(E) where $E$ runs over elementary abelian subgroups of $P$ and $T(P)$ denotes the group of equivalence classes of endo-trivial modules, which is still unknown for (almost) extra-special groups ($p$ odd). As metacyclic $p$-groups have no (almost) extra-special section, we can verify the above conjecture in this case. Finally, we compute the whole Dade group of a metacyclic $p$-group

Faber/Vates. Historische en mythologische modellen voor de kunstenaarsrol in de oudheid

What do we mean when we call someone an ‘artist’? There’s something about the word that eludes definition. For besides the skills of a craftsman (faber, in Latin), the artist is supposed to possess a certain indefinable, privileged insight or inspiration that makes him a visionary (vates), a mediator between day-to-day reality and something that transcends it. This highly prestigious image of the artist established itself in the Renaissance and was modelled on the renown and status of artists in Antiquity. However, historical sources make clear that although the products of visual arts held a very important place in Greek and Roman culture, their makers were initially all but highly esteemed. Sculptors and painters were thought of as not much more than menial labourers. In this article, the roots of the image of the artist as vates are traced back to another classical model: that of the divinely inspired poet. It was only when visual arts and literature were merged into one category that the artist could lay claim to a similar status. This link, however, had slumbered in the traditional lore about mythical artists for ages. This paper will inquire further into this historical and mythological material to semantically situate the concept of the inspired artist, and to attempt to describe its role and importance until this day

EDV – Italian Medieval Epigraphy in the Vernacular. Some Editorial Problems Discussed,

EDV (Epigraphic Database Vernacular) is a database collecting the vernacular inscriptions produced in Italy from the late Medieval to the Early Modern Age, and is a part of the EAGLE and IDEA projects. The present contribution illustrates the criteria used for the description and indexing of all inscriptions that record public script in language(s) other than Latin. The material is very varied as regards language, script, provenance, support and function. The author discusses briefly the editorial criteria that may prove most appropriate for its publication