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Maloney Library Annual Report 2016-2017
The annual report of the Maloney Library at Fordham Law School from May 2016 to May 2017.https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/annual-report/1000/thumbnail.jp
An Eprints Apache Log Filter for Non-Redundant Document Downloads by Browser Agents
Web log files record a vast amount of information and much of it just gets in the way of meaningful observational studies on usage. It is therefore necessary to filter out the junk in a deliberate way before making statements on how the web is being used. This report describes the methods and scripts used to accomplish apache web log filtering and report generation. It is open to scrutiny and freely available for others to use
Interstellar Silicon Depletion and the Ultraviolet Extinction
Spinning small silicate grains were recently invoked to account for the
Galactic foreground anomalous microwave emission. These grains, if present,
will absorb starlight in the far ultraviolet (UV). There is also renewed
interest in attributing the enigmatic 2175 Angstrom interstellar extinction
bump to small silicates. To probe the role of silicon in the UV extinction, we
explore the relations between the amount of silicon required to be locked up in
silicates [Si/H]_{dust} and the 2175 Angstrom bump or the far-UV extinction
rise, based on an analysis of the extinction curves along 46 Galactic
sightlines for which the gas-phase silicon abundance [Si/H]_{gas} is known. We
derive [Si/H]_{dust} either from {[Si/H]_{ISM} - [Si/H]_{gas}} or from the
Kramers-Kronig relation which relates the wavelength-integrated extinction to
the total dust volume, where [Si/H]_{ISM} is the interstellar silicon reference
abundance and taken to be that of proto-Sun or B stars. We also derive
[Si/H]_{dust} from fitting the observed extinction curves with a mixture of
amorphous silicates and graphitic grains. We find that in all three cases
[Si/H]_{dust} shows no correlation with the 2175 Angstrom bump, while the
carbon depletion [C/H]_{dust} tends to correlate with the 2175 Angstrom bump.
This supports carbon grains instead of silicates as the possible carrier of the
2175 Angstrom bump. We also find that neither [Si/H]_{dust} nor [C/H]_{dust}
alone correlates with the far-UV extinction, suggesting that the far-UV
extinction is a combined effect of small carbon grains and silicates.Comment: 38 pages, 15 figures, 2 tables; accepted for publication in The
Astrophysical Journal (2017). arXiv admin note: text overlap with
arXiv:1507.0659
Montana Public Affairs Report, June 1979
Contents in this issue: The 1979 Montana Legislature - Robert E. Eagle
It includes a focus on Taxation and the Budget, Energy, Environment and Natural Resources, National Issues - Abortion, Balanced Budget, ERA, Criminal Justice and the Courts, Agriculture, Education, Institutions, and Possible Ballot Issues for 1980 and Interim Studies
Commentary : missing targets on drugs-related deaths, and a Scottish paradox
The 10-year drug strategy for England and Wales was published in February 2008. It dropped drugs-related deaths (DRDs) as a key performance indicator. Scotland retained a necessary strong focus on DRDs. Scotland's DRDs numbered 1006 in 2000–02 and 1009 in 2003–05. The previous Scottish administration's claim that its number of current injectors had decreased substantially between 2000 and 2003 implied, paradoxically, that their DRD rate would have to have increased. Worse was to come: Scotland's DRDs had increased to 876 in 2006 + 2007. We analyse UK's DRDs by sex and age-group to reveal temporal trends (2000–02 versus 2003–05 versus 2006 + 2007) with different public health and epidemiological implications. We also address the above Scottish paradox and assess, by age-group, how consistent Scotland's 876 DRDs in 2006 + 2007 are with Scottish injectors’ DRD rate in 2003–05 of around 1 per 100 injector-years. Public health success in the UK in reducing DRDs at younger ages should not be overshadowed by the late consequence in terms of older-age DRDs of UK's injector epidemics; in the early 1980s in Scotland, and late 1980s in England and Wales. Targets for reducing DRDs should pay heed to UK's injector epidemics
Improving coastal livelihoods through sustainable aquaculture practices - a report to the collaborative APEC Grouper Research and Development Network
Wild-harvest fisheries for live reef fish are largely over-exploited or unsustainable because of over-fishing and the widespread use of destructive fishing practices such as blast and cyanide fishing. Sustainable aquaculture – such as that of groupers – is one option for meeting the
strong demand for reef fish, as well as potentially maintaining or improving the livelihoods of coastal communities. This report from a short study by the STREAM Initiative draws on secondary literature, media sources and four diverse case studies from at-risk reef fisheries, to frame a strategy for encouraging sustainable aquaculture as an alternative to destructive fishing practices. It was undertaken as a component of the APEC-funded project Collaborative Grouper Research and Development Network (FWG/01/2001) to better understand how recent technical advances in grouper culture and other complementary work – including that of the Asia-Pacific Marine Finfish Aquaculture Network (APMFAN) hosted by NACA – could better support the livelihoods of poor coastal communities. (PDF contains 49 pages
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