Saint Anselm College

About: Saint Anselm College is a education organization based out in Manchester, New Hampshire, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Politics & Nurse education. The organization has 255 authors who have published 522 publications receiving 7222 citations.

Measuring acceleration using the Purcell effect.

Abstract: We show that a two-level atom resonantly coupled to one of the modes of a cavity field can be used as a sensitive tool to measure the proper acceleration of a combined atom-cavity system. To achieve it we investigate the relation between the transition probability of a two-level atom placed within an ideal cavity and study how it is affected by the acceleration of the whole. We indicate how to choose the position of the atom as well as its characteristic frequency in order to maximize the sensitivity to acceleration.

Una investigación transnacional sobre la disponibilidad de armas de fuego y la violencia letal

Abstract: La comunidad mundial muestra gran interes por el abuso de las armas de fuego y su regulacion. Sin embargo, antes de 1997, existian pocas bases de datos disponibles a nivel internacional que permitieran a los investigadores profundizar en la importancia, en caso de que tuviese alguna, que la posibilidad de disponer de un arma de fuego tenia en las conductas violentas. Como repuesta, se llevo a cabo una recomendacion en el marco de la Cuarta Sesion de la Comision para la Prevencion del Crimen y la Justicia Criminal (Viena, Austria, del 30 de mayo al 9 de junio de 1995) a fin de que se estudiase este problema a nivel internacional. Basado en dicha recomendacion, el Congreso Economico y Social adopto una resolucion (ECOSOC Resolution 1995/27, Section IV, A., Parrafos 7 y 8) con el objetivo de fundar el ISFR (the United Nations International Study on Firearm Regulation) conocido como “Estudio Internacional sobre la Regulacion de las armas de fuego de las Naciones Unidas”. Este estudio recogia, entre otros, datos de variables similares a aquellos utilizadas en investigaciones previas que se habian llevado a cabo en otros paises (Killias 1993, Lester 1996).

Media use and political commitment: The 1992 U.S. presidential election

Abstract: This study explores the relationship between media use and political commitment. Undergraduate participants answered an extensive political background questionnaire, which included measures of media use, perceived importance of information sources regarding the 1992 presidential election, and various political behaviors as an index of political commitment. Correlational analyses revealed that those who are more politically committed tend to select a variety of media sources regarding a presidential candidate. This study also investigated how informational and commitment variables were related to attitudes towards the major presidential candidates. Results observed for people expressing positive attitudes toward Perot are discussed in terms of the modern day “third party voter.”