A Letter from the Council of the Colony of Massachusetts Bay to the Council of Connecticut

Written April 7, 1676, by Edward Rawson, the Secretary. Issued at the General Court of the Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations by its Governor, Frederick Dickman Carr, Esq. and the Council of the Society December 30, 1921. The letter begins with a formal expression of sympathy and condolence on the passing of Connecticut’s Governor John Winthrop (April 5, 1676). The letter goes on to discuss two matters of diplomacy, the impressment of Massachusetts sojourners in Connecticut, and the embargo or stop on the exportation of corn.https://digitalcommons.providence.edu/ri_history/1007/thumbnail.jp

Vocalizing the Vindications of Our Veterans: Evaluating the Needs of Our Returning Soldiers

The soldiers of the United States devote their lives, families, and careers in order to ensure our limitless opportunities of liberty and justice. It is therefore our duty, as grateful citizens of America to meet their needs upon return from war. This research evaluates the effects that Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder places on the returning soldiers. This study proposes that in order to support our veterans, there must be established policies that will accommodate for their mental health conditions as well as the required treatments that pertain to such diagnosis. In an effort to evaluate the necessary treatments and conditions needed to properly support our veterans a U.S. veteran was interviewed to discuss his opinion and expedience with PTSD. In addition to this, numerous articles and manuals were referenced. Using this information, a formal definition of PTSD was formulated according to its conditions and criteria. The current methods of treatment and evaluation for PTSD were also evaluated to gain a strong understanding of this disorder. This study also provides evidence as to why PTSD treatments need to be mandated out of concern for both the soldiers as well as the public. With this information the study presents a suggested method of treatment, recommending that the Pentagon should increase “dwell time” and mandate group treatment in between deployments as a part of a comprehensive strategy to reduce the incidence of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder among returning veterans. It is intended for this work to contribute to future support and aid for our veterans

The Evaluation of Wellness Programs for Our Returning Veterans

Today we continue to experience inefficiencies in understanding the mental health and cultural needs of returning service members. I have conducted my own personal research to best comprehend the emotions and needs of returning veterans, evaluating the practices that are most beneficial for healing and reintegration. The primary focus of my independent study was to observe the current mental health treatments that are offered to the veterans outside of the traditional medical realm. In relation to this, I wanted to evaluate the role that religious and spiritual practices play in the veterans’ healing process. I spent four months observing and interviewing various personnel at the Providence Rhode Island Veterans’ Administration Hospital. I conducted interviews with a chaplain, psychologist, peer-­‐mentor specialist, anthropologist, veterans, and PTSD clinical staff members. My research also included the analysis of a documentary film, texts, research studies, and soldier’s memoirs. To demonstrate the services that returning veterans with mental health conditions would receive at the VAH, I applied the story of a recently returned veteran to my encounters. I used this veteran’s story to depict the vast amount of encounters that he could potentially experience during his treatment process, and the different types of treatment mechanisms that may be recommended. I have concluded this research with my personal recommendations, proposing changes and implementations that could be made to better treat the mental health conditions of the veterans

Data retrieval system provides unlimited hardware design information

Data is input to magnetic tape on a single format card that specifies the system, location, and component, the test point identification number, the operators initial, the date, a data code, and the data itself. This method is efficient for large volume data storage and retrieval, and permits output variations without continuous program modifications

"For the sake of fullness of music in the choir”—performance practice and the double bass at the Kroměříž Court

Argues that the field of historically-informed performance is still applying romantic notions of approaches to the notation of double bass parts in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth century. Rather than looking to surviving parts for details about instruments, it is argued that the role and function in the context of basso continuo practice, much more than organological concerns about tuning and size, is key to a historical understanding of performance practice of the time. Relying on previously overlooked or mis-read primary sources, a new approach is called for as well as some reconsideration of the function of the 16' bass in the context of concert music with cello obligato

Petri Nets for Concurrent Programming

Concurrent programming is used in all large and complex computer systems. However, concurrency errors and system failures (ex: crashes and deadlocks) are common. We find that Petri nets can be used to model concurrent systems and find and remove errors ahead of time. We introduce a novel generalization of Petri nets with nondeterministic transition nodes to match real systems. These allow for a compact way to construct, optimize, and prove computer programs at the concurrency level. Petri net programs can also be optimized by automatically solving for maximal concurrency, where the maximum number of valid threads is determined by the structure of the Petri net prior to execution. We discuss an algorithm to compute the state graph of a given Petri net start state pair. We introduce our open source software framework which implements this theory as a general purpose concurrency focused middle-ware