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Barbara Streets,Yong Deuk Choi 한국노인복지학회 2013 International Journal of Welfare for the Aged Vol.28 No.-
In this study, we analyzed various factors for attitudes about old people and aging. In purpose of this study was twofold: first, we examined the relationships between demographic variables such as age, gender, education, marital status and attitude toward aging; and second we examined the relationships between personality traits such as neuroticism, extraversion, and conscientiousness and attitude toward aging. Subjects were a convenience sample of 312 college students (mean age = 20.8, SD = 3.1) at a university in Upstate New York. Questionnaires included demographic factors, the Reaction to Ageing Questionnaire (RAQ), and three personality traits from NEO-Five Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI). The most influential factors for improving positive attitudes are experiences with old people. Pearson correlations showed that two personality traits such as neuroticism and conscientiousness were correlated with overall attitude toward aging.
Surface ozone background in the United States: Canadian and Mexican pollution influences
Wang, H.,Jacob, D.J.,Le Sager, P.,Streets, D.G.,Park, R.J.,Gilliland, A.B.,van Donkelaar, A. Pergamon Press ; Elsevier [distribution] 2009 Atmospheric environment Vol.43 No.6
We use a global chemical transport model (GEOS-Chem) with 1<SUP>o</SUP>x1<SUP>o</SUP> horizontal resolution to quantify the effects of anthropogenic emissions from Canada, Mexico, and outside North America on daily maximum 8-hour average ozone concentrations in US surface air. Simulations for summer 2001 indicate mean North American and US background concentrations of 26+/-8ppb and 30+/-8ppb, as obtained by eliminating anthropogenic emissions in North America vs. in the US only. The US background never exceeds 60ppb in the model. The Canadian and Mexican pollution enhancement averages 3+/-4ppb in the US in summer but can be occasionally much higher in downwind regions of the northeast and southwest, peaking at 33ppb in upstate New York (on a day with 75ppb total ozone) and 18ppb in southern California (on a day with 68ppb total ozone). The model is successful in reproducing the observed variability of ozone in these regions, including the occurrence and magnitude of high-ozone episodes influenced by transboundary pollution. We find that exceedances of the 75ppb US air quality standard in eastern Michigan, western New York, New Jersey, and southern California are often associated with Canadian and Mexican pollution enhancements in excess of 10ppb. Sensitivity simulations with 2020 emission projections suggest that Canadian pollution influence in the Northeast US will become comparable in magnitude to that from domestic power plants.
Source Forensics of Black Carbon Aerosols from China
Chen, Bing,Andersson, August,Lee, Meehye,Kirillova, Elena N.,Xiao, Qianfen,Kruså,, Martin,Shi, Meinan,Hu, Ke,Lu, Zifeng,Streets, David G.,Du, Ke,Gustafsson, Ö,rjan American Chemical Society 2013 Environmental science & technology Vol.47 No.16
<P>The limited understanding of black carbon (BC) aerosol emissions from incomplete combustion causes a poorly constrained anthropogenic climate warming that globally may be second only to CO<SUB>2</SUB> and regionally, such as over East Asia, the dominant driver of climate change. The relative contribution to atmospheric BC from fossil fuel versus biomass combustion is important to constrain as fossil BC is a stronger climate forcer. The source apportionment is the underpinning for targeted mitigation actions. However, technology-based “bottom-up” emission inventories are inconclusive, largely due to uncertain BC emission factors from small-scale/household combustion and open burning. We use “top-down” radiocarbon measurements of atmospheric BC from five sites including three city sites and two regional sites to determine that fossil fuel combustion produces 80 ± 6% of the BC emitted from China. This source-diagnostic radiocarbon signal in the ambient aerosol over East Asia establishes a much larger role for fossil fuel combustion than suggested by all 15 BC emission inventory models, including one with monthly resolution. Our results suggest that current climate modeling should refine both BC emission strength and consider the stronger radiative absorption associated with fossil-fuel-derived BC. To mitigate near-term climate effects and improve air quality in East Asia, activities such as residential coal combustion and city traffic should be targeted.</P><P><B>Graphic Abstract</B> <IMG SRC='http://pubs.acs.org/appl/literatum/publisher/achs/journals/content/esthag/2013/esthag.2013.47.issue-16/es401599r/production/images/medium/es-2013-01599r_0005.gif'></P><P><A href='http://pubs.acs.org/doi/suppl/10.1021/es401599r'>ACS Electronic Supporting Info</A></P>
Printed Polymer and a-Si TFT Backplanes for Flexible Displays
Street, R.A.,Wong, W.S.,Ready, S.E.,Chabinyc, M.L.,Arias, A.C.,Daniel, J.H.,Apte, R.B.,Salleo, A.,Lujan, R.,Ong, Beng,Wu, Yiliang The Korean Infomation Display Society 2005 Journal of information display Vol.6 No.3
The need for low cost, flexible, thin film transistor (TFT) display backplanes has focused attention on new processing techniques and materials. We report the development of TFT backplane technology based entirely on jet-printing, using a combination of additive and subtractive processing, to print active materials or etch masks. The technique eliminates the use of photolithography and has the potential to reduce the array manufacturing cost. The printing technique is demonstrated with both amorphous silicon and polymer semiconductor TFT arrays, and we show results of small prototype displays.
Street, Tamara D.,Thomas, Drew L. Occupational Safety and Health Research Institute 2017 Safety and health at work Vol.8 No.1
Background: Rates of overweight and obese Australians are high and continue to rise, putting a large proportion of the population at risk of chronic illness. Examining characteristics associated with preference for a work-based weight-loss program will enable employers to better target programs to increase enrolment and benefit employees' health and fitness for work. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was undertaken at two Australian mining sites. The survey collected information on employee demographics, health characteristics, work characteristics, stages of behavior change, and preference for workplace assistance with reaching a healthy weight. Results: A total of 897 employees participated; 73.7% were male, and 68% had a body mass index in the overweight or obese range. Employees at risk of developing obesity-related chronic illnesses (based on high body mass index) were more likely to report preference for weight management assistance than lower risk employees. This indicates that, even in the absence of workplace promotion for weight management, some at risk employees want workplace assistance. Employees who were not aware of a need to change their current nutrition or physical activity behaviors were less likely to seek assistance. This indicates that practitioners need to communicate the negative effects of excess weight and promote the benefits of a healthy lifestyle to increase the likelihood of weight management. Conclusion: Weight management programs should provide information, motivation. and trouble-shooting assistance to meet the needs of at-risk mining employees, including those who are attempting to change and maintain behaviors to achieve a healthy weight and be suitably fit for work.
<i>SPITZER</i>PARALLAX OF OGLE-2015-BLG-0966: A COLD NEPTUNE IN THE GALACTIC DISK
Street, R. A.,Udalski, A.,Novati, S. Calchi,Hundertmark, M. P. G.,Zhu, W.,Gould, A.,Yee, J.,Tsapras, Y.,Bennett, D. P.,Jørgensen, U. G.,Dominik, M.,Andersen, M. I.,Bachelet, E.,Bozza, V.,Bramich, D. M American Astronomical Society 2016 The Astrophysical journal Vol.819 No.2
<P>We report the detection of a cold Neptune m(planet) = 21 +/- 2M(circle plus) orbiting a 0.38M(circle dot) M dwarf lying 2.5-3.3 kpc toward the Galactic center as part of a campaign combining ground-based and Spitzer observations to measure the Galactic distribution of planets. This is the first time that the complex real-time protocols described by Yee et al., which aim to maximize planet sensitivity while maintaining sample integrity, have been carried out in practice. Multiple survey and follow. up teams successfully combined their efforts within the framework of these protocols to detect this planet. This is the second planet in the Spitzer Galactic distribution sample. Both are in the near. to. mid-disk and are clearly not in the Galactic bulge.</P>