Albion College

About: Albion College is a education organization based out in Albion, Michigan, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Higher education. The organization has 485 authors who have published 754 publications receiving 20907 citations.

Judgments, Evaluations, and Preferences

Abstract: The way that people react to the natural environment or photographic depictions of it, could be influenced by many things, some of which include artistic style, individual preferences, and cultural factors. Understanding what people react to could be important in determining how people will respond to such things as appeals to preserve the environment. Is it possible to determine what is postive and negative about anyone’s reactions to the visual environment or depictions of it? If so, what cultural influences could that have?

Computing the Symmetries and Exponents of Operator-Stable Laws

Abstract: If X 1, X 2, X 3, … are iid random vectors and A n(X 1 + … + X n) - b n converges weakly to a nondegenerate limit Y, then Y is operator-stable In other words there is a matrix B called an exponent of Y such that for all n = 1,2,3, … if Y1, Y2, Y3, … are iid with Y then exp(-B log n)(Y 1 + … + Y n) is identically distributed with Y + a n for some a n Computation of the norming matrices A n is complicated by the fact that Y may possess a complex symmetry structure The set of symmetries of Y forms a compact group G with the property that exp(Bs)G exp(-Bs) = G for all real s We use this fact to compute G The computer algebra system Maple is used to perform the necessary matrix calculations

W49A North - Global or Local or No Collapse?

Abstract: We attempt to fit observations with 5" resolution of the J=2-1 transition of CS in the directions of H II regions A, B, and G of W49A North as well as observations with 20" resolution of the J=2-1, 3-2, 5-4, and 7-6 transitions in the directions of H II regions A and G by using radiative transfer calculations. These calculations predict the intensity profiles resulting from several spherical clouds along the line of sight. We consider three models: global collapse of a very large (5 pc radius) cloud, localized collapse from smaller (1 pc) clouds around individual H II regions, and multiple, static clouds. For all three models we can find combinations of parameters that reproduce the CS profiles reasonably well provided that the component clouds have a core-envelope structure with a temperature gradient. Cores with high temperature and high molecular hydrogen density are needed to match the higher transitions (e.g. J=7-6) observed towards A and G. The lower temperature, low density gas needed to create the inverse P-Cygni profile seen in the CS J=2-1 line (with 5" beam) towards H II region G arises from different components in the 3 models. The infalling envelope of cloud G plus cloud B creates the absorption in global collapse, cloud B is responsible in local collapse, and a separate cloud, G', is needed in the case of many static clouds. The exact nature of the velocity field in the envelopes for the case of local collapse is not important as long as it is in the range of 1 to 5 km/s for a turbulent velocity of about 6 km/s. High resolution observations of the J=1-0 and 5-4 transitions of CS and C34S may distinguish between these three models. Modeling existing observations of HCO+ and C18O does not allow one to distinguish between the three models but does indicate the existence of a bipolar outflow.

Classical Discourse and British Conceptions of India

Abstract: Considering only the narratives of decline discussed in the preceding chapter, it would seem that classical discourse contributed to a rather negative image of Asia. Whether we take Gibbon’s link between ‘Oriental traffic’, the taste for luxury and moral decline, Cobden’s fear that Asia would infect Britain with decay as it had Greece and Rome, or Seeley’s assertion that contact with eastern civilization had killed the higher civilizations of Greece and Rome, Asia and Asians appear as dangerously different. Whether derived directly from ancient sources, the works of modern historians, or a combination of the two, with some contemporary prejudice thrown in, such negative imagery naturally tinged British attitudes to India.538 Other elements of classical discourse made similar contributions — not all of them strictly negative or leading inevitably to the entrenchment of ‘difference’, though in the end this seems to have been the most common result of applying it to the study and representation of India during the long 19th century.

Postural Control, Dual Task Performance and Executive Function Following an Ultramarathon.

Abstract: As research into the postural and cognitive effects of ultramarathon running is sparse and still needed, we investigated the effect of ultramarathon running on runners' postural control, dual task postural control and a measure of executive function-the flanker test, expecting fatigue-related deterioration on each measure. We used a pre- and post-test research design with 14 runners who completed (a) postural assessment with eyes open and closed, on a flat surface and on foam during (b) a two-choice reaction time dual task postural assessment, and (c) an executive function modified flanker task. With regard to postural stability, we observed, after running, increased anterior-posterior (AP) path length and AP root mean square (RMS) and reductions in both mediolateral (ML) RMS and ML median frequency. Dual task analysis showed reduced ML RMS prior to the race, whereas the effect was absent afterwards. Reaction times were not significantly altered between pre-post or surface conditions assessments. There were no statistically significant differences in mean modified flanker scores before and after the race. These data demonstrated that, following an endurance run, there were plane specific movement adaptations in postural sway that may have resulted from neuroprotective changes under extreme fatigue.