Augustana College (Illinois)

About: Augustana College (Illinois) is a education organization based out in Rock Island, Illinois, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Higher education & Population. The organization has 491 authors who have published 763 publications receiving 14274 citations. The organization is also known as: Augustana College and Theological Seminary.

To watch or to read? The respective influence of televised political debates and media debate coverage on citizen learning

Abstract: Courses: Media and Politics, Political Communication, Political Rhetoric, Media EffectsObjective: By taking part in a classroom activity, students will explore how cognitive frames and media frames play a role in learning from political debates

The 0wned Price Index

Abstract: 'Tis the season when we musically celebrate the 12 days of Christmas while quietly rejoicing that there are fewer days of Christmas than there are bottles of beer on the wall. 'Tis also the season for us to visit the Owned Price Index (OPI), our index of underground economy prices. The OPI mimics the PNI Christmas index - the price index of the 12 days of Christmas items. The PNI Christmas index, the market price of 12 drummers drumming down to a partridge in a pear tree, rose an impressive 10.1% in 2008 to a record US$86,609, outperforming most major market indices dramatically. Although we sheepishly concede that golden rings have outperformed Goldman Sachs, and swans a-swimming have outperformed Swanson Foods, it does serve to further distinguish between our true love and our financial advisor. In 2008, true love is Pareto dominant.

Exploring the neutron dripline two neutrons at a time: The first observations of the 26O and 16Be ground state resonances

Abstract: The two-neutron unbound ground state resonances of 26O and 16Be were populated using one-proton knockout reactions from 27F and 17B beams. A coincidence measurement of 3-body system (fragment + n + n) allowed for the decay energy of the unbound nuclei to be reconstructed. A low energy resonance, < 200 keV, was observed for the first time in the 240 + n + n system and assigned to the ground state of 26O. The 16Be ground state resonance was observed at 1.35 MeV. The 3-body correlations of the 14Be + n + n system were compared to simulations of a phase-space, sequential, and dineutron decay. The strong correlations in the n-n system from the experimental data could only be reproduced by the dineutron decay simulation providing the first evidence for a dineutron-like decay.