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The All-American Christ, Mark St George

Research Papers

My research identifies the mythogenesis of the myth-hero, the All-American Christ. This figure is realized through motion pictures by fusing together the ideological strains of Judeo-Christian vicarious redemption, Biblical American Exceptionalism, and conservative, Muscular Christianity. Using the methodologies of historical criticism and American studies, I argue that the construction of this conservative myth represents a militant manifestation of theocratic media, and is evangelized in the 1971 Christ film, The Omega Man, starring Charlton Heston.

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Stitched Together: What We Learn From Secret Stories In Public Media, Sara D. Rocks

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Where do you go to divulge your deepest secrets? Some may turn to journals and diaries; some turn to family and friends; some turn to religious confessionals; some turn to Twitter; and still, some take their secrets to the grave. There is at least one other way people share their secrets that has thus far received limited scholarly attention: the crowdsourced confessional. In the new media landscape, intimate stories and personal disclosures with strangers can be (and are) produced as content for a vast pool of additional strangers to consume as media. Yet, little is known about the personal narratives …

College Of Education News, Georgia Southern University

College of Education: News & Publications (2003-2023)

• College of Education Faculty Travel to Georgia Southern University's Ireland Campus for Exchange of Ideas in Advance of Summer Study Abroad Program

Use Of Machine Learning For Gamma/Hadron Separation With Hawc, T. Capistrán, K. L. Fan, J. T. Linnemann, J. T. Linnemann, I. Torres, P. M. Saz Parkinson, Philip L.H. Yu, A. U. Abeysekara, A. Albert, R. Alfaro, C. Alvarez, J. D. Álvarez, J. R. Angeles Camacho, J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez, K. P. Arunbabu, D. Avila Rojas, H. A. Ayala Solares, R. Babu, V. Baghmanyan, A. S. Barber, J. Becerra Gonzalez, E. Belmont-Moreno, S. Y. Benzvi, D. Berley, C. Brisbois, K. S. Caballero-Mora, T. Capistran, A. Carraminana, S. Casanova, O. Chaparro-Amaro, U. Cotti, J. Cotzomi, S. Coutino De Leon, E. De La Fuente, C. De Leon, L. Diaz-Cruz, R. Diaz Hernandez, J. C. Diaz-Velez, B. L. Dingus, M. Durocher, M. A. Duvernois, R. W. Ellsworth, K. Engel, C. Espinoza, K. L. Fan, K. Fang, M. Fernandez Alonso, B. Fick, H. Fleischhack, J. L. Flores, N. I. Fraija, D. Garcia, J. A. Garcia-Gonzalez, J. L. Garcia-Luna, G. Garcia-Torales, F. Garfias, H. Goksu, M. M. Gonzalez, J. A. Goodman, J. P. Harding, S. Hernandez, I. Herzog, J. Hinton, B. Hona, D. Huang, F. Hueyotl-Zahuantitla, C. M. Hui, B. Humensky, P. Huntemeyer, A. Iriarte, A. Jardin-Blicq, H. Jhee, V. Joshi, D. Kieda, G. J. Kunde, S. Kunwar, A. Lara, J. Lee, W. H. Lee, D. Lennarz, H. Leon Vargas, J. Linnemann, A. L. Longinotti, R. Lopez-Coto, G. Luis-Raya, J. Lundeen, K. Malone, V. Marandon, O. Martinez, I. Martinez-Castellanos, H. Martinez-Huerta, J. Martinez-Castro, J. A. J. Matthews, J. Mcenery, P. Miranda-Romagnoli, J. A. Morales-Soto, E. Moreno, M. Mostafa, A. Nayerhoda, L. Nellen, M. Newbold, M. U. Nisa, R. Noriega-Papaqui, L. Olivera-Nieto, N. Omodei, A. Peisker, Y. Perez Araujo, E. G. Perez-Perez, C. D. Rho, C. Riviere, D. Rosa-Gonzalez, E. Ruiz-Velasco, J. Ryan, H. Salazar, F. Salesa Greus, A. Sandoval, M. Schneider, H. Schoorlemmer, J. Serna-Franco, G. Sinnis, A. J. Smith, R. W. Springer, P. Surajbali, I. Taboada, M. Tanner, K. Tollefson, I. Torres, R. Torres-Escobedo, R. Turner, F. Urena-Mena, L. Villasenor, Xiaojie Wang, I. J. Watson, T. Weisgarber, F. Werner, E. Willox, J. Wood, G. B. Yodh, A. Zepeda, H. Zhou

Physics Faculty Research & Creative Works

Background showers triggered by hadrons represent over 99.9% of all particles arriving at ground-based gamma-ray observatories. An important stage in the data analysis of these observatories, therefore, is the removal of hadron-triggered showers. Currently, the High-Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) gamma-ray observatory employs an algorithm based on a single cut in two variables, unlike other ground-based gamma-ray observatories (e.g. H.E.S.S., VERITAS), which employ a large number of variables to separate the primary particles. In this work, we explore machine learning techniques (Boosted Decision Trees and Neural Networks) to identify the primary particles detected by HAWC. Our new gamma/hadron separation techniques were …

Moderators And Predictors In A Parent Hearing Aid Management Ehealth Program, Guadalupe G. San Miguel, Karen F. Muñoz, Tyson Barrett, Michael P. Twohig

Psychology Student Research

Objective: Consistent hearing-aid use is essential for spoken language development of children who are hard of hearing. A recent randomized controlled trial of an eHealth hearing aid management education program found the intervention increased knowledge, perceptions, confidence, and device monitoring among parents of young children. Yet, it is not known which variables can be a point of emphasis to improve treatment outcomes. The purpose of this study was to investigate potential moderators and predictors in the eHealth program.

Design: Randomized controlled trial

Study Sample: Parents (N=78) of children (42 months or younger) were randomized to the intervention or treatment-as-usual (TAU) …

Galactic Science With The Southern Wide-Field Gamma-Ray Observatory, P. Abreu, A. Albert, E. O. Angüner, C. Arcaro, L. H. Arnaldi, J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez, P. Assis, A. Bakalová, U. Barres De Almeida, I. Batković, J. Bellido, E. Belmont-Moreno, F. Bisconti, A. Blanco, M. Bohacova, E. Bottacini, T. Bretz, C. Brisbois, P. Brogueira, A. M. Brown, T. Bulik, K. S. Caballero Moru, S. M. Campos, A. Chiavassa, L. Chytka, R. Conceicao, G. Consolati, J. Cotzomi Paleta, S. Dasso, A. De Angelis, C. R. De Bom, E. De La Fuente, V. De Souza, D. Depaoli, G. Di Sciascio, C. O. Dib, D. Dorner, M. Doro, M. Du Vernois, T. Ergin, K. L. Fan, N. Fraija, S. Funk, J. I. Garcia, J. A. Garcia-Gonzalez, S. T. Garcia Roca, G. Giacinti, H. Goksu, B. S. Gonzalez, F. Guarino, A. Guillen, F. Haist, P. M. Hansen, J. P. Harding, J. Hinton, W. Hofmann, B. Hona, D. Hoyos, P. Huentemeyer, F. Hueyotl-Zahuantitla, A. Insolia, P. Janecek, V. Joshi, B. Khelifi, S. Kunwar, G. La Mura, J. Lapington, M. R. Laspiur, F. Leitl, F. Longo, L. Lopes, R. Lopez-Coto, D. Mandat, A. G. Mariazzi, M. Mariotti, A. Marques-Moreas, J. Martines-Castro, H. Martinez-Huerta, S. May, D. G. Melo, L. F. Mendes, L. M. Mendes, T. Mineeva, A. Mitchell, S. Mohan, O. G. Morales Olivares, E. Moreno-Barbosa, L. Nellen, V. Novotny, L. Olivera-Nieto, E. Orlando, M. Pech, A. Pichel, M. Pimenta, M. Portes De Albuquerque, E. Prandini, M. S. Rado Cuchills, A. Reisenegger, B. Reville, C. D. Rho, A. C. Rovero, E. Ruiz-Velasco, G. A. Salazar, A. Sandoval, M. Santander, H. Schoorlemmer, F. Schussler, V. H. Serrano, R. C. Shellard, A. Sinha, A. J. Smith, P. Surabali, B. Tome, I. Torres Aguilar, C. Van Eldik, I. D. Vergara-Quispe, A. Vianna, J. Vicha, C. F. Vigorito, Xiaojie Wang, F. Werner, R. White, M. A. Jara

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The Southern Wide-field Gamma-ray Observatory (SWGO) is a proposed ground-based gamma-ray detector that will be located in the Southern Hemisphere and is currently in its design phase. In this contribution, we will outline the prospects for Galactic science with this Observatory. Particular focus will be given to the detectability of extended sources, such as gamma-ray halos around pulsars; optimisation of the angular resolution to mitigate source confusion between known TeV sources; and studies of the energy resolution and sensitivity required to study the spectral features of PeVatrons at the highest energies. Such a facility will ideally complement contemporaneous observatories in …

Searching For Dark Matter With The Southern Wide-Field Gamma-Ray Observatory (Swgo), Aion Viana, Andrea Albert, J. Patrick Harding, Jim Hinton, Jim Hinton, Harm Schoorlemmer, Vitor De Souza, P. Abreu, E. O. Angüner, C. Arcaro, L. H. Arnaldi, J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez, P. Assis, A. Bakalová, U. Barres De Almeida, I. Batković, J. Bellido, E. Belmont-Moreno, F. Bisconti, A. Blanco, M. Bohacova, E. Bottacini, T. Bretz, C. Brisbois, P. Brogueira, A. M. Brown, T. Bulik, K. S. Caballero Mora, S. M. Campos, A. Chiavassa, L. Chytka, R. Conceicao, G. Consolati, J. Cotzomi Paleta, S. Dasso, A. De Angelis, C. R. De Bom, E. De La Fuente, V. De Souza, D. Depaoli, G. Di Sciascio, C. O. Rib, D. Dorner, M. Doro, M. Du Vernois, T. Ergin, K. L. Fan, N. Fraija, S. Funk, J. I. Garcia, J. A. Garcia-Gonzalez, S. T. Garcia Roca, G. Giacinti, H. Goksu, B. S. Gonzalez, F. Guarino, A. Guillen, F. Haist, P. M. Hansen, J. P. Harding, J. Hinton, W. Hofmann, B. Hona, D. Hoyos, P. Huentemeyer, F. Hueyoti-Zahuantitla, A. Insolia, P. Janecek, V. Joshi, B. Khelifi, S. Kunwar, G. La Mura, J. Lapington, M. R. Laspiur, F. Leitl, F. Longo, L. Lopes, R. Lopez-Coto, D. Mandat, A. G. Mariazzi, M. Mariotti, A. Marques Moraes, J. Martinez-Castro, H. Martinez-Huerta, S. May, D. G. Melo, L. F. Mendes, L. M. Mendes, T. Mineeva, A. Mitchell, S. Mohan, O. G. Morales Olivares, E. Moreno-Barbosa, L. Nellen, V. Novotny, L. Olivera-Nieto, E. Orlando, M. Pech, A. Pichel, M. Pimenta, M. Portes De Albuquerque, E. Pradini, M. S. Rado Cuchillis, A. Reisenegger, B. Reville, C. D. Rho, A. C. Rovero, E. Ruiz-Velasco, G. A. Salazar, A. Sandoval, M. Santander, H. Schoorlemmer, F. Schussler, V. H. Serrano, R. C. Shellard, A. Sinha, A. J. Smith, P. Surajbali, B. Tome, I. Torres Aguilar, C. Van Eldik, I. D. Vergara-Quispe, A. Vianna, J. Vicha, C. F. Vigorito, Xiaojie Wang, F. Werner, R. White, M. A. Zamalloa Jara

Physics Faculty Research & Creative Works

Despite mounting evidence that dark matter (DM) exists in the Universe, its fundamental nature remains unknown. We present sensitivity estimates to detect DM particles with a future very-high-energy (& TeV) wide field-of-view gamma-ray observatory in the Southern Hemisphere, currently in its research and development phase under the name Southern Wide field-of-view Gamma-ray Observatory (SWGO). This observatory would search for gamma rays from the annihilation or decay of DM particles in many key targets in the Southern sky, such as the Galactic halo, several dwarf galaxies, including the promising Reticulum II, and the Large Magellanic Cloud. With a wide field of …

The All-Particle Cosmic Ray Energy Spectrum Measured With Hawc, J. A. Morales-Soto, J. A. Morales-Soto, J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez, J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez, A. U. Abeysekara, A. Albert, R. Alfaro, C. Alvarez, J. D. Álvarez, J. R. Angeles Camacho, K. P. Arunbabu, D. Avila Rojas, H. A. Ayala Solares, R. Babu, V. Baghmanyan, A. S. Barber, J. Becerra Gonzalez, E. Belmont-Moreno, S. Y. Benzvi, D. Berley, C. Brisbois, K. S. Caballero-Mora, T. Capistran, A. Caraminana, S. Casanova, O. Chaparro-Amaro, U. Cotti, J. Cotzomi, S. Coutino De Leon, E. De La Fuente, C. De Leon, L. Diaz-Cruz, R. Diaz Hernandez, J. C. Diaz-Velez, B. L. Dingus, M. Durocher, M. A. Duvernois, R. W. Ellsworth, K. Engel, C. Ezpinoza, K. L. Fan, K. Fang, M. Fernandez Alonso, B. Fick, H. Fleischhack, J. L. Flores, N. I. Fraija, D. Garcia, J. A. Garcia-Gonzalez, J. L. Garcia-Luna, G. Garcia-Torales, F. Garfias, G. Giacinti, H. Goksu, M. M. Gonzalez, J. A. Goodman, J. P. Harding, S. Hernandez, I. Herzog, J. Hinton, B. Hona, D. Huang, F. Hueyotl-Zahuantitla, C. M. Hui, B. Humensky, P. Huntemeyer, A. Iriarte, A. Jardin-Blicq, H. Jhee, V. Joshi, D. Kieda, G. J. Kunde, S. Kunwar, A. Lara, J. Lee, W. H. Lee, D. Lennarz, H. Leon Vargas, J. Linnemann, A. L. Longinotti, R. Lopez-Coto, G. Luis-Raya, J. Lundeen, K. Malone, V. Marandon, O. Martinez, I. Martinez-Castellanos, H. Martinez-Huerta, J. Martinez-Castro, J. A. J. Matthews, J. Mcenery, P. Miranda-Romagnoli, J. A. Morales-Soto, E. Moreno, M. Mostafa, A. Nayerhoda, L. Nellen, M. Newbold, M. U. Nisa, R. Noriega-Papaqui, L. Olivera-Nieto, N. Omodei, A. Peisker, Y. Perez Araujo, E. G. Perez-Perez, C. D. Rho, C. Riviere, D. Rosa-Gonzalez, E. Ruiz-Velasco, J. Ryan, H. Salazar, F. Salesa Grues, A. Sandoval, M. Schneider, H. Schoorlemmer, J. Serna-Franco, G. Sinnis, A. J. Smith, R. W. Springer, P. Surajbali, I. Taboada, M. Tanner, K. Tollefson, I. Torres, R. Torres-Escobedo, R. Turner, F. Urena-Mena, L. Villasenor, Xiaojie Wang, I. J. Watson, T. Weisgerber, F. Werner, E. Willox, J. Wood, G. B. Yodh, A. Zepeda, H. Zhou

Physics Faculty Research & Creative Works

Thanks to recent technological development, a new generation of cosmic ray experiments have been developed with more sensitivity to study these particles in the primary energy interval from 10 TeV to 1 PeV, such as HAWC. Due to its design and high altitude, the HAWC gamma-ray and cosmic ray observatory can provide a bridge between the data from direct and indirect cosmic ray detectors. In 2017 the HAWC collaboration published its first result on the total energy spectrum of cosmic rays, which covers the range from 10 to 500 TeV. This work updates the previous result by extending the energy …

Constraints On The Very High Energy Gamma-Ray Emission With Hawc, Y. Pérez Araujo, M. M. González, N. Fraija, N. Fraija, A. U. Abeysekara, A. Albert, R. Alfaro, C. Alvarez, J. D. Álvarez, J. R.Angeles Camacho, J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez, K. P. Arunbabu, D. Avila Rojas, H. A.Ayala Solares, R. Babu, V. Baghmanyan, A. S. Barber, J. Becerra Gonzalez, E. Belmont- Moreno, S. Y. Benzvi, D. Berley, C. Brisbois, K. S. Cabellero-Mora, T. Capistran, A. Carraminana, S. Casanova, O. Chaparro-Amaro, U. Cotti, J. Cotzomi, S. Coutino De Leon, E. De La Fuenta, C. De Leon, L. Diaz-Cruz, R. Diaz-Hernandez, J. C. Diaz-Velez, B. L. Dingus, M. Durocher, M. A. Duvernois, R. W. Ellsworth, K. Engel, C. Espinoza, K. L. Fan, K. Fang, M. Fernandez Alonso, B. Fick, H. Fleischhack, J. L. Flores, N. I. Fraija, D. Garcia, J. A. Garcia-Gonzalez, J. L. Garcia-Luna, G. Garcia-Torales, F. Garfias, G. Giacinti, H. Goksu, M. M. Gonzalez, J. A. Goodman, J. P. Harding, S. Hernandez, I. Herzog, J. Hinton, B. Hona, D. Huang, F. Hueyotl-Zahuantitla, C. M. Hui, B. Humensky, P. Huntemeyer, A. Iriarte, A. Jardin-Blicq, H. Jhee, V. Joshi, D. Kieda, G. J. Kunde, S. Kunwar, A. Lara, J. Lee, W. H. Lee, D. Lennarz, H. Leon Vargas, J. Linnemann, A. L. Longinotti, R. Lopez-Coto, G. Luiz-Raya, J. Lundeen, K. Malone, V. Marandon, O. Martinez, I. Martinez-Castellanos, H. Martinez-Huerta, J. A. J. Matthews, J. Mcenrey, P. Miranda-Romagnoli, J. A. Morales-Soto, E. Moreno, M. Mostafa, A. Nayerhoda, L. Nellen, M. Newbold, M. U. Nisa, R. Noriega-Papaqui, L. Olivera-Nieto, N. Omodei, A. Peisker, Y. Perez Araujo, E. G. Perez-Perez, C. D. Rho, C. Riviere, D. Rosa-Gonzalez, E. Ruiz-Velasco, J. Ryan, H. Salazar, F. Salesa Grues, A. Sandoval, M. Schneider, H. Schoorlemmer, J. Serna-Franco, G. Sinnis, A. J. Smith, R. W. Springer, P. Surajbali, I. Taboada, M. Tanner, K. Tollefson, I. Torres, R. Torres-Escobedo, R. Turner, F. Urena-Mena, L. Villasenor, Xiaojie Wang, I. J. Watson, T. Weisgarber, F. Werner, E. Willox, J. Wood, G. B. Yodh, A. Zepeda, H. Zhou

Physics Faculty Research & Creative Works

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are among the most luminous sources in the universe. The nature of their emission at TeV energies is one of the most relevant open issues related to these events. The temporal and spectral features inferred from the early and late emissions usually known as prompt and afterglow, respectively, can be interpreted within the context of the fireball model. The synchrotron self-Compton process is expected during the afterglow phase. We explain how the theoretical SSC light curves can be compared with hypothetical upper limit located at z = 0.3. We show the allowed parameter space of the microphysical …

Reconstruction Of Nearly Horizontal Muons In The Hawc Observatory, Ahron S. Barber, Ahron S. Barber, David B. Kieda, David B. Kieda, R. Wayne Springer, A. U. Abeysekara, A. Albert, R. Alfaro, C. Alvarez, J. D. Álvarez, J. R. Angeles Camacho, J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez, K. P. Arunbabu, D. Avila Rojas, H. A. Ayala Solares, R. Babu, V. Baghmanyan, J. Becerra Gonzalez, E. Belmont-Moreno, S. Y. Benzvi, D. Berley, C. Brisbois, K. S. Caballero-Mora, T. Capistran, A. Carraminana, S. Casanova, O. Chaparro-Amaro, U. Cotti, J. Cotzomi, S. Coutino De Leon, E. De La Fuente, C. De Leon, L. Diaz-Cruz, R. Diaz Hernandez, J. C. Diaz-Velez, B. L. Dingus, M. Durocher, M. A. Duvernois, R. W. Ellsworth, K. Engel, C. Espinoza, K. L. Fan, K. Fang, M. Fernandez Alonso, B. Fick, H. Fleischhack, J. L. Flores, N. I. Fraija, D. Garcia, J. A. Garcia-Ggonzalez, J. L. Garcia-Luna, G. Garcia-Torales, F. Garfias, G. Giacinti, H. Goksu, M. M. Gonzalez, J. A. Goodman, J. P. Harding, S. Hernandez, I. Herzog, J. Hinton, B. Hona, D. Huang, F. Hueyotl-Zahuantitla, C. M. Hui, B. Humensky, P. Huntemeyer, A. Iriarte, J. Jardin-Blicq, H. Jhee, V. Joshi, D. Kieda, G. J. Kunde, S. Kunwar, A. Lara, J. Lee, W. H. Lee, D. Lennarz, H. Leon Vargas, J. Linnemann, A. L. Longinotti, R. Lopez-Coto, G. Luis-Raya, J. Lundeen, K. Malone, V. Marandon, O. Martinez, I. Martinez-Castellanos, H. Martinez-Huerta, J. Martinez-Castro, J. A. J. Matthews, J. Mcenery, P. Miranda-Romagnoli, J. A. Morales-Soto, E. Moreno, M. Mostafa, A. Nayerhoda, L. Nellen, M. Newbold, M. U. Nisa, R. Noriega-Papaqui, L. Olivera-Nieto, N. Omodei, A. Peisker, Y. Perez Araujo, E. G. Perez-Perez, C. D. Rho, C. Riviere, D. Rosa-Gonzalez, E. Ruiz-Velasco, J. Ryan, H. Salazar, F. Salesa Greus, A. Sandoval, M. Schneider, H. Schoorlemmer, J. Serna-Franco, G. Sinnis, A. J. Smith, R. W. Springer, P. Surajbali, I. Taboada, M. Tanner, K. Tollefson, I. Torres, R. Torres-Escobedo, R. Turner, F. Urena-Mena, L. Villasenor, Xiaojie Wang, I. J. Watson, T. Weigarber, F. Werner, E. Willox, J. Wood, G. B. Yodh, A. Zepeda, H. Zhou

Physics Faculty Research & Creative Works

The volcanoes surrounding the HAWC observatory provide varying material depths from open sky to over 15 km of rock for nearly horizontal muon trajectories. The muon integral intensity as a function of material depth may be determined from the rate of muons as a function of arrival direction near the horizon. A Hough transform algorithm is used to identify nearly-horizontal muons traversing the HAWC observatory by finding a line in the 3d point cloud of PMT hits (xi,yi, and cti). The arrival direction of the muon can be estimated from this line. Background Extensive Air Shower (EAS) fragments are identified …

Spectral And Energy Morphology Analysis Study Of Hawc J2031+415, A. U. Abeysekara, A. Albert, R. Alfaro, C. Alvarez, J. D. Álvarez, J. R. Angeles Camacho, J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez, K. P. Arunbabu, D. Avila Rojas, H. A. Ayala Solares, R. Babu, V. Baghmanyan, A. S. Barber, J. Becerra Gonzalez, E. Belmont-Moreno, S. Y. Benzvi, D. Berley, C. Brisbois, K. S. Caballero-Mora, T. Capistran, A. Carraminana, S. Casanova, O. Chaparro-Amaro, U. Cotti, J. Cotzomi, S. Coutino De Leon, E. De La Fuente, C. De Leon, L. Diaz-Cruz, R. Diaz Hernandez, J. C. Diaz-Velez, B. L. Dingus, M. Durocher, M. A. Duvernois, R. W. Ellsworth, K. Engel, C. Espinoza, K. L. Fan, K. Fang, M. Fernandez Alonso, B. Fick, H. Fleischhack, J. L. Flores, N. I. Fraija, D. Garcia, J. A. Garcia-Gonzalez, J. L. Garcia-Luna, G. Garcia-Torales, F. Garfias, G. Giacinti, H. Goksu, M. M. Gonzalez, J. A. Goodman, J. P. Harding, S. Hernandez, I. Herzog, J. Hinton, B. Hona, D. Huang, F. Hueyotl-Zahuantitla, C. M. Hui, B. Humensky, P. Huntemeyer, A. Iriarte, A. Jardin-Blicq, H. Jhee, V. Joshi, D. Kieda, G. J. Kunde, S. Kunwar, A. Lara, J. Lee, W. H. Lee, D. Lennarz, H. Leon Vargas, J. Linnemann, A. L. Longinotti, R. Lopez-Coto, G. Luis-Raya, J. Lundeen, K. Malone, V. Marandon, O. Martinez, I. Martinez-Castellanos, H. Martinez-Huerta, J. Martinez-Castro, J. A. J. Matthews, J. Mcenery, P. Miranda-Romagnoli, J. A. Morales-Soto, E. Moreno, M. Mostafa, A. Nayerhoda, L. Nellen, M. Newbold, M. U. Nisa, R. Noriega-Papaqui, L. Olivera-Nieto, N. Omodei, A. Peisker, Y. Perez Araujo, E. G. Perez-Perez, C. D. Rho, C. Riviere, D. Rosa-Gonzalez, E. Ruiz-Velasco, J. Ryan, H. Salazar, F. Salesa Greus, A. Sandoval, M. Schneider, H. Schoorlemmer, J. Serna-Franco, G. Sinnis, A. J. Smith, R. W. Springer, P. Surajbali, I. Taboada, M. Tanner, K. Tollefson, I. Torres, R. Torres-Escobedo, R. Turner, F. Urena-Mena, L. Villasenor, Xiaojie Wang, I. J. Watson, T. Weisgarber, F. Werner, E. Willox, J. Wood, G. B. Yodh, A. Zepeda, H. Zhou

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The Cygnus Cocoon region is a complex region containing an OB star cluster that is prominent in the TeV energy range. Located in this region is 3HWC J2031+415, a significant TeV gamma-ray source whose emission is possibly associated with 2 components, the Cygnus OB2 star cluster and a pulsar wind nebula (PWN). In this work, several modelling methods are presented to best describe the emission. These models disentangle emission believed to be from the Cocoon and isolate the component emitted by the probable PWN. I will present several spectral models to describe the emission of the probable PWN using the …

Galactic Cosmic Ray Increase Associated With An Interplanetary Magnetic Cloud Observed By Hawc, Alejandro Lara, K. P. Arunbabu, Tatiana Niembro, A. U. Abeysekara, A. Albert, R. Alfaro, C. Alvarez, J. D. Álvarez, J. R. Angeles Camacho, J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez, D. Avila Rojas, H. A. Ayala Solares, R. Babu, V. Baghmanyan, A. S. Barber, J. Becerra Gonzalez, E. Belmont-Moreno, S. Y. Benzvi, D. Berley, C. Brisbois, K. S. Caballero-Mora, T. Capistran, A. Carraminana, S. Casanova, O. Chaparro-Amaro, U. Cotti, J. Cotzomi, S. Coutino De Leon, E. De La Fuente, C. De Leon, L. Diaz-Cruz, R. Diaz Hernandez, J. C. Diaz-Velez, B. L. Dingus, M. Durocher, M. A. Duvernois, R. W. Ellsworth, K. Engel, C. Espinoza, K. L. Fan, K. Fang, M. Fernandez Alonso, B. Fick, H. Fleischhack, J. L. Flores, N. I. Fraija, D. Garcia, J. A. Garcia-Gonzalez, J. L. Garcia-Luna, G. Garcia-Torales, F. Garfias, G. Giacinti, H. Goksu, M. M. Gonzalez, J. A. Goofman, J. P. Harding, S. Hernandez, I. Herzog, J. Hinton, B. Hona, D. Huang, F. Hueyotl-Zahuantitla, C. M. Hui, B. Humensky, P. Huntemeyer, A. Iriarte, A. Jardin-Blicq, H. Jhee, V. Joshi, D. Kieda, G. J. Kunde, S. Kunwar, A. Lara, J. Lee, W. H. Lee, D. Lennarz, H. Leon Vargas, J. Linnemann, A. L. Longinotti, R. Lopez-Coto, G. Luis-Raya, J. Lundeen, K. Malone, V. Marandon, O. Martinez, I. Martinez-Castellanos, H. Martinez-Huerta, J. Martinez-Castro, J. A. J. Matthews, J. Mcenery, P. Miranda-Romagnoli, J. A. Morales-Soto, E. Moreno, M. Mostafa, A. Nayerhoda, L. Nellen, M. Newbold, M. U. Nisa, R. Noriega-Papaqui, L. Olivera-Nieto, N. Omodei, A. Peisker, Y. Perez Araujo, E. G. Perez-Perez, C. D. Rho, C. Riviere, D. Rosa-Gonzalez, E. Ruiz-Velasco, J. Ryan, H. Salazar, F. Salesa Greus, A. Sandoval, M. Schneider, H. Schoorlemmer, J. Serna-Franco, G. Sinnis, A. J. Smith, R. W. Springer, P. Surajbali, I. Taboada, M. Tanner, K. Tollefson, I. Torres, R. Torres-Escobedo, R. Turner, F. Urena-Mena, L. Villasenor, Xiaojie Wang, I. J. Watson, T. Weisgarber, F. Werner, E. Willox, J. Wood, G. B. Yodh, A. Zepeda, H. Zhou

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We present the observation of an anomalous increment of the galactic cosmic ray (GCR) flux observed by the HAWC array during October 2016. We propose that this anisotropy of the GCR flux was caused by a magnetic flux rope (MFR) i. e., by the helicoidal magnetic field of an interplanetary coronal mass ejection observed at 1 AU at the same time. We computed the trajectory of protons with energy in the range of 10 to 60 GeV, traveling inside the helicoidal magnetic field observed in situ. The direction of these particles changes towards the axis of the MFR resulting in …

Hawc Measurements Of The Energy Spectra Of Cosmic Ray Protons, Helium And Heavy Nuclei In The Tev Range, J. C. Arteaga-Velazquez, J. C. Arteaga-Velazquez, A. U. Abeysekara, A. Albert, R. Alfaro, C. Alvarez, J. D. Álvarez, J. R. Angeles Camacho, K. P. Arunbabu, D. Avila Rojas, H. A. Ayala Solares, R. Babu, V. Baghmanyan, A. S. Barber, J. Becerra Gonzalez, E. Belmont-Moreno, S. Y. Benzvi, D. Berley, C. Brisbois, K. S. Caballero-Mora, T. Capistran, A. Carraminana, S. Casanova, O. Chaparro-Amaro, U. Cotti, J. Cotzomi, S. Coutino De Leon, E. De La Fuente, C. De Leon, L. Diaz-Cruz, R. Diaz Hernandez, J. C. Diaz-Velez, B. L. Dingus, M. Durocher, M. A. Durocher, R. W. Ellsworth, K. Engel, C. Espinoza, K. L. Fan, K. Fang, M. Fernandez Alonso, B. Fick, H. Fleischhack, J. L. Flores, N. I. Fraija, D. Garcia, J. A. Garcia-Gonzalez, J. L. Garcia-Luna, G. Garcia-Torales, F. Garfias, G. Giacinti, H. Goksu, M. M. Gonzalez, J. A. Goodman, J. P. Harding, S. Hernandez, I. Herzog, J. Hinton, B. Hona, D. Huang, F. Hueyotl-Zahuantitla, C. M. Hui, B. Humensky, P. Huntemeyer, A. Iriarte, A. Jardin-Blicq, H. Jhee, V. Joshi, D. Kieda, G. J. Kunde, S. Kunwar, A. Lara, J. Lee, W. H. Lee, D. Lennarz, H. Leon Vargas, J. Linnemann, A. L. Longinotti, R. Lopez-Coto, G. Luis-Raya, J. Lundeen, K. Malone, V. Marandon, O. Martinez, I. Martinez-Castellanos, H. Martinez-Huerta, J. Martinez-Castro, J. A. J. Matthews, J. Mcenery, P. Miranda-Romagnoli, J. A. Morales-Soto, E. Moreno, M. Mostafa, A. Nayerhoda, L. Nellen, M. Newbold, M. U. Nisa, R. Noriega-Papaqui, L. Olivera-Nieto, N. Omodei, A. Peisker, Y. Perez Araujo, E. G. Perez-Perez, C. D. Rho, C. Riviere, D. Rosa-Gonzalez, E. Ruiz-Velasco, J. Ryan, H. Salazar, F. Salesa Greus, A. Sandoval, M. Schneider, H. Schoorlemmer, J. Serna-Franco, G. Sinnis, A. J. Smith, R. W. Springer, P. Surajbali, I. Taboada, M. Tanner, K. Tollefson, I. Torres, R. Torres-Escobedo, R. Turner, F. Urena-Mena, L. Villasenor, Xiaojie Wang, I. J. Watson, T. Weisgarber, F. Werner, E. Willox, J. Wood, G. B. Yodh, A. Zepeda, H. Zhou

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Current knowledge of the relative abundances and the energy spectra of the elemental mass groups of cosmic rays in the 10 TeV - 1 PeV interval is uncertain. This situation prevents carrying out precision tests that may lead to distinguish among the existing hypotheses on the origin and propagation of TeV cosmic rays in the galaxy. In order to learn more about the mass composition of these particles, we have employed HAWC data from hadron induced air showers in order to determine the spectra of three mass groups of cosmic rays: protons, helium and heavy nuclei with Z > 2. The …

Study Of The Morphology Of The Region Surrounding Ehwc J1850+001, A. U. Abeysekara, A. Albert, R. Alfaro, C. Alvarez, J. D. Álvarez, J. R. Angeles Camacho, J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez, K. P. Arunbabu, D. Avila Rojas, H. A. Ayala Solares, R. Babu, V. Baghmanyan, A. S. Barber, J. Becerra Gonzalez, E. Belmont-Moreno, S. Y. Benzvi, D. Berley, Chad Brisbois, K. S. Caballero-Mora, T. Capistran, O. Carraminana, S. Casanova, O. Chaparro-Amaro, U. Cotti, J. Cotzomi, S. Coutino De Leon, E. De La Fuente, C. De Leon, L. Diaz-Cruz, R. Diaz Hernandez, J. C. Diaz-Velez, B. L. Dingus, M. Durocher, M. A. Du Vernois, R. W. Ellsworth, K. Engel, C. Espinoza, K. L. Fan, K. Fang, M. Fernandez Alonso, B. Fick, H. Fleischhack, J. L. Flores, N. I. Fraija, D. Garcia, J. A. Garcia-Gonzalez, J. L. Garcia-Luna, G. Garcia-Torales, F. Garfias, G. Giacinti, H. Goksu, M. M. Gonzalez, J. A. Goodman, J. P. Harding, S. Hernandez, I. Herzog, J. Hinton, B. Hona, D. Huang, F. Hueyotl-Zahuantitla, C. M. Hui, B. Humensky, P. Huntemeyer, A. Iriarte, A. Jardin-Blicq, H. Jhee, V. Joshi, D. Kieda, G. J. Kunde, S. Kunwar, A. Lara, J. Lee, W. H. Lee, D. Lennarz, H. Leon Vargas, J. Linnemann, A. L. Longinotti, R. Lopez-Coto, G. Luis-Raya, J. Lundeen, K. Malone, V. Marandon, O. Martinez, I. Martinez-Castellanos, H. Martinez-Huerta, J. Martinez-Castro, J. A. J. Matthews, J. Mcenery, P. Noriega-Papaqui, L. Olivera-Nieto, N. Omodei, A. Peisker, Y. Perez Araujo, E. G. Perez-Perez, C. D. Rho, C. Riviere, D. Rosa-Gonzalez, E. Ruiz-Velasco, J. Ryan, H. Salazar, F. Salesa Greus, A. Sandoval, M. Schneider, H. Schoorlemmer, J. Serna-Franco, G. Sinnis, A. J. Smith, R. W. Springer, P. Surajbali, I. Taboada, M. Tanner, K. Tollefson, I. Torres, R. Torres-Escobedo, R. Turner, F. Urena-Mena, L. Villasenor, Xiaojie Wang, I. J. Watson, T. Weisgarber, F. Werner, E. Willox, J. Wood, G. B. Yodh, H. Zhou

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Although at extreme energies (>50 TeV) γ-ray sources generally have large angular separations from one another as observed on Earth, at lower energies in the galactic plane this is often not the case. HAWC observes extended emission from the source eHWC J1850+001 exceeding 50 TeV, and at lower energies this region appears to consist of multiple sources of γ-ray emission. These include the 3HWC J1849+001 source but also two nearby H.E.S.S. sources observed in their Galactic Plane Survey. Therefore, a full description of the region requires a morphological study including the full energy range of HAWC data. Understanding the …

Particle Acceleration In The Cygnus Superbubble, A. U. Abeysekara, A. Albert, R. Alfaro, C. Alvarez, J. D. Álvarez, J. R. Angeles Camacho, J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez, K. P. Arunbabu, D. Avila Rojas, H. A. Ayala Solares, R. Babu, V. Baghmanyan, A. S. Barber, J. Becerra Gonzalez, E. Belmont-Moreno, S. Y. Benzvi, D. Berley, C. Brisbois, K. S. Caballero-Mora, T. Capistran, A. Carraminana, S. Casanova, O. Chaparro-Amaro, U. Cotti, J. Cotzomi, S. Coutino De Leon, E. De La Fuente, C. De Leon, L. Diaz-Cruz, R. Diaz Hernandez, J. C. Diaz-Velez, B. L. Dingus, M. Durocher, M. A. Du Vernois, R. W. Ellsworth, K. Engel, C. Espinoza, K. L. Fan, K. Fang, M. Fernandez Alonso, B. Fick, H. Fleischhack, J. L. Flores, N. I. Fraija, D. Garcia, J. A. Garcia-Gonzalez, J. L. Garcia-Luna, G. Garcia-Torales, F. Garfias, G. Giacinti, H. Goksu, M. M. Gonzalez, J. A. Goodman, J. P. Harding, S. Hernandez, I. Herzog, J. Hinton, B. Hona, D. Huang, F. Hueyotl-Zahuantitla, C. M. Hui, B. Humensky, P. Huntemeyer, A. Iriarte, A. Jardin-Blicq, H. Jhee, V. Joshi, D. Kieda, G. J. Kunde, S. Kunwar, A. Lara, J. Lee, W. H. Lee, D. Lennarz, H. Leon Vargas, J. Linnemann, A. L. Longinotti, R. Lopez-Coto, G. Luis-Raya, J. Lundeen, K. Malone, V. Marandon, O. Martinez, I. Martinez-Castellanos, H. Martinez-Huerta, J. Martinez-Castro, J. A. J. Matthews, J. Mcenery, P. Mirando-Romagnoli, J. A. Morales-Soto, E. Moreno, M. Mostafa, A. Nayerhoda, L. Nellen, M. Newbold, M. U. Nisa, R. Noriega-Papaqui, L. Olivera-Nieto, N. Omodei, A. Peisker, Y. Perez Araujo, E. G. Perez-Perez, C. D. Rho, C. Riviere, D. Rosa-Gonzalez, E. Ruiz-Velasco, J. Ryan, H. Salazar, F. Salesa Greus, A. Sandoval, M. Schneider, H. Schoorlemmer, J. Serna-Franco, G. Sinnis, A. J. Smith, R. W. Springer, P. Surajbali, I. Taboada, M. Tanner, K. Tollefson, I. Torres, R. Torres-Escobedo, R. Turner, F. Urena-Mena, L. Villasenor, Xiaojie Wang, I. J. Watson, T. Weisgarber, F. Werner, E. Willox, J. Wood, G. B. Yodh, A. Zepeda, H. Zhou

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The Cygnus Cocoon is the first gamma-ray superbubble powered by a massive stellar association, the OB2 association. It was postulated that the combined effects of the stellar winds of all the massive O-type stars of the OB2 association can accelerate the cosmic rays to PeV energy in the Cocoon. The conclusive proof of acceleration to PeV energy in the Cocoon will identify the stellar association as a PeV cosmic-ray accelerator, known as PeVatron. However, the Cocoon has been previously studied only up to 10 TeV. In this contribution, using 1343 days of High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) observatory data, we …

A Search For Spectral Hardening In Hawc Sources Above 56 Tev, A. U. Abeysekara, A. Albert, R. Alfaro, C. Alvarez, J. D. Álvarez, J. R. Angeles Camacho, J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez, K. P. Arunbabu, D. Avila Rojas, H. A. Ayala Solares, R. Babu, V. Baghmanyan, A. S. Barber, J. Becerra Gonzalez, E. Belmont-Moreno, S. Y. Benzvi, D. Berley, C. Brisbois, K. S. Caballero-Mora, T. Capistran, A. Carraminana, S. Casanova, O. Chaparro-Amaro, U. Cotti, J. Cotzomi, S. Coutino De Leon, E. De La Fuente, C. De Leon, L. Diaz-Cruz, R. Diaz Hernandez, J. C. Diaz-Velez, B. L. Dingus, M. Durocher, M. A. Du Vernois, R. W. Ellsworth, K. Engel, C. Espinoza, K. L. Fan, K. Fang, M. Fernandez Alonso, B. Fick, H. Fleischhack, J. L. Flores, N. I. Fraija, D. Garcia, J. A. Garcia-Gonzalez, J. L. Garcia-Luna, G. Garcia-Torales, F. Garfias, G. Giacinti, H. Goksu, M. M. Gonzalez, J. A. Goodman, J. P. Harding, S. Hernandez, I. Herzog, J. Hinton, B. Hona, D. Huang, F. Hueyotl-Zahuantitla, C. M. Hui, B. Humensky, P. Huntemeyer, A. Iriarte, A. Jardin-Blicq, H. Jhee, V. Joshi, D. Kieda, G. J. Kunde, S. Kunwar, A. Lara, J. Lee, W. H. Lee, D. Lennarz, H. Leon Vargas, J. Linnemann, A. L. Longinotti, R. Lopez-Coto, G. Luis-Raya, J. Lundeen, K. Malone, V. Marandon, O. Martinez, I. Martinez-Castellanos, H. Martinez-Huerta, J. Martinez-Castro, J. A. J. Matthews, J. Mcenery, P. Miranda-Romagnoli, J. A. Morales-Soto, E. Moreno, M. Mostafa, A. Nayerhoda, L. Nellen, M. Newbold, M. U. Nisa, R. Noriega-Papaqui, L. Olivera-Nieto, N. Omodei, A. Peisker, Y. Perez Araujo, E. G. Perez-Perez, C. D. Rho, C. Riviere, D. Rosa-Gonzalez, E. Ruiz-Velasco, J. Ryan, H. Salazar, F. Salesa Greus, A. Sandoval, M. Schneider, H. Schoorlemmer, J. Serna-Franco, G. Sinnis, A. J. Smith, R. W. Springer, P. Surajbali, I. Taboada, M. Tanner, K. Tollefson, I. Torres, R. Torres-Escobedo, R. Turner, F. Urena-Mena, L. Villasenor, Xiaojie Wang, I. J. Watson, T. Weisgarber, F. Werner, E. Willox, J. Wood, G. B. Yodh, A. Zepeda, H. Zhou

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The High-Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Observatory is a wide-field-of-view gamma-ray observatory that is optimized to detect gamma rays between 300 GeV and several hundred TeV. The HAWC Collaboration recently released their third source catalog (3HWC), which contains 65 sources. One of these sources, the ultra-high-energy gamma-ray source 3HWC J1908+063, may exhibit a hardening of the spectral index at the highest energies (above 56 TeV). At least two populations of particles are needed to satisfactorily explain the highest energy emission. This second component could be leptonic or hadronic in origin. If it is hadronic in origin, it would imply the presence …

Horizontal Muon Track Identification With Neural Networks In Hawc, J. R. Angeles Camacho, J. R. Angeles Camacho, H. León Vargas, H. León Vargas, A. U. Abeysekara, A. Albert, R. Alfaro, C. Alvarez, J. D. Álvarez, J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez, K. P. Arunbabu, D. Avila Rojas, H. A. Ayala Solares, R. Babu, V. Baghmanyan, A. S. Barber, J. Becerra Gonzalez, E. Belmont-Moreno, S. Y. Benzvi, D. Berley, C. Brisbois, K. S. Caballero-Mora, T. Capistran, A. Carraminana, S. Casanova, O. Chaparro-Amaro, U. Cotti, J. Cotzomi, S. Coutino De Leon, E. De La Fuente, C. De Leon, L. Diaz-Cruz, R. Diaz Hernandez, J. C. Diaz-Velez, B. L. Dingus, M. Durocher, M. A. Du Vernois, R. W. Ellsworth, K. Engel, C. Espinoza, K. L. Fan, K. Fang, M. Fernandez Alonso, B. Fick, H. Fleischhack, J. L. Flores, N. I. Fraija, D. Garcia, J. A. Garcia-Gonzalez, J. L. Garcia-Luna, G. Garcia-Torales, F. Garfias, G. Giacinti, H. Goksu, M. M. Gonzalez, J. A. Goodman, J. P. Harding, S. Hernandez, I. Herzog, J. Hinton, B. Hona, D. Huang, F. Hueyotl-Zahuantitla, C. M. Hui, B. Humensky, P. Huntemeyer, A. Iriarte, A. Jardin-Blicq, H. Jhee, V. Joshi, D. Kieda, G. J. Kunde, S. Kunwar, A. Lara, J. Lee, W. H. Lee, D. Lennarz, H. Leon Vargas, J. Linnemann, A. L. Longinotti, R. Lopez-Coto, G. Luis-Raya, J. Lundeen, K. Malone, V. Marandon, O. Martinez, I. Martinez-Castellanos, H. Martinez-Huerta, J. Martinez-Castro, J. A. J. Matthews, J. Mcenery, P. Noriega-Papaqui, L. Olivera-Nieto, N. Omodei, A. Peisker, Y. Perez Araujo, E. G. Perez-Perez, C. D. Rho, C. Riviere, D. Rosa-Gonzalez, E. Ruiz-Velasco, J. Ryan, H. Salazar, F. Salesa Greus, A. Sandoval, M. Schneider, H. Schoorlemmer, J. Serna-Franco, G. Sinnis, A. J. Smith, R. W. Springer, P. Surajbali, I. Taboada, M. Tanner, K. Tolllefson, I. Torres, R. Torres-Escobedo, R. Turner, F. Urena-Mena, L. Villasenor, Xiaojie Wang, I. J. Watson, T. Weisgarber, F. Werner, E. Willox, J. Wood, G. B. Yodh, A. Zepeda, H. Zhou

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Nowadays the implementation of artificial neural networks in high-energy physics has obtained excellent results on improving signal detection. In this work we propose to use neural networks (NNs) for event discrimination in HAWC. This observatory is a water Cherenkov gamma-ray detector that in recent years has implemented algorithms to identify horizontal muon tracks. However, these algorithms are not very efficient. In this work we describe the implementation of three NNs: two based on image classification and one based on object detection. Using these algorithms, we obtain an increase in the number of identified tracks. The results of this study could …

Aerosite: Autonomous Environmental And Scientific Swgo Site Characterization Instrument, Ladislav Chytka, Dušan Mandát, Miroslav Pech, Daniel Staník, Jakub Vícha, Petr Trávníček, Martina Boháčová, Petr Tobiška, Tomasz Bulik, Marek Cieślar, Mariusz Suchenek, P. Abreu, A. Albert, E. O. Angüner, C. Arcaro, L. H. Arnaldi, J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez, P. Assis, A. Bakalova, U. Barres De Almeida, I. Batkovic, J. Bellido, E. Belmont-Moreno, F. Bisconti, A. Blanco, M. Bohacova, E. Bottacini, T. Bretz, C. Brisbois, P. Brogueira, A. M. Brown, T. Bulik, K. S. Caballero Mora, S. M. Campos, A. Chiavassa, L. Chytka, R. Conceicao, G. Consolati, J. Cotzomi Paleta, S. Dasso, A. De Angelis, C. R. De Bom, E. De La Fuente, V. De Souza, D. Depaoli, G. Di Sciascio, C. O. Dib, D. Dorner, M. Doro, M. Du Vernois, T. Ergin, K. L. Fan, N. Fraija, S. Funk, J. I. Garcia, J. A. Garcia-Gonzalez, S. T. Garcia Roca, G. Giacinti, H. Goksu, B. S. Gonzalez, F. Guarino, A. Guillen, F. Haist, P. M. Hansen, J. P. Harding, J. Hinton, W. Hofmann, B. Hona, D. Hoyos, P. Huentemeyer, F. Hueyotl-Zahuantitla, A. Insolia, P. Janecek, V. Joshi, B. Khelifi, S. Kunwar, G. La Mura, J. Lapington, M. R. Laspiur, F. Leitl, F. Longo, L. Lopes, R. Lopez-Coto, D. Mandat, A. G. Mariazzi, M. Mariotti, A. Marques Moraes, J. Martinez-Castro, H. Martinez-Huerta, S. May, D. G. Melo, L. F. Mendes, L. M. Mendes, T. Mineeva, A. Mitchell, S. Mohan, O. G. Morales Olivares, E. Moreno-Barbosa, L. Nellen, V. Novotny, L. Olivera-Nieto, E. Orlando, M. Pech, A. Pichel, M. Pimenta, M. Portes De Albuquerque, E. Prandini, M. S. Rado Cuchills, A. Reisenegger, B. Reville, C. D. Rho, A. C. Rovero, E. Ruiz-Velasco, G. A. Salazar, A. Sandoval, M. Santander, H. Schoorlemmer, F. Schussler, V. H. Serrano, R. C. Shellard, A. Sinha, A. J. Smith, P. Surajbali, B. Tome, I. Torres Aguilar, C. Van Eldik, I. D. Vergara-Quispe, A. Viana, J. Vicha, C. F. Vigorito, Xiaojie Wang, F. Werner, R. White, M. A. Zamalloa Jara

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The project Southern Wide-field Gamma-ray Observatory (SWGO) aims to build an array of air-shower detectors in the Southern hemisphere. Preliminary site searches identified suitable sites in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile and Peru. Site environment (including weather, seismic activity and also the electric field) is one of the key aspects to be considered in the site selection and should be based on reliable and comparable measurements. We describe an environmental monitoring device to equip several candidate sites proposed for the SWGO. The individual monitoring sensors, control unit and the data storage together with the power system and data transfer concepts are specified. …

Limits On Diffuse Dark Matter With Hawc, A. U. Abeysekara, A. Albert, R. Alfaro, C. Alvarez, J. D. Álvarez, J. R. Angeles Camacho, J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez, K. P. Arunbabu, D. Avila Rojas, H. A. Ayala Solares, R. Babu, V. Baghmanyan, A. S. Barber, J. Becerra Gonzalez, E. Belmont-Moreno, S. Y. Benzvi, D. Berley, C. Brisbois, K. S. Caballero-Mora, T. Capistran, A. Carraminana, S. Casanova, O. Chaparro-Amaro, U. Cotti, J. Cotzomi, S. Coutino De Leon, E. De La Fuente, C. De Leon, L. Diaz-Cruz, R. Diaz Hernandez, J. C. Diaz-Velez, B. L. Dingus, M. Durocher, M. A. Du Vernois, R. W. Ellsworth, K. Engel, C. Espinoza, K. L. Fan, K. Fang, M. Fernandez Alonso, B. Fick, H. Fleischhack, J. L. Flores, N. I. Fraija, D. Garcia, J. A. Garcia-Gonzalez, J. L. Garcia-Luna, G. Garcia-Torales, F. Garfias, G. Giacinti, H. Goksu, M. M. Gonzalez, J. A. Goodman, J. P. Harding, S. Hernandez, I. Herzog, J. Hinton, B. Hona, D. Huang, F. Hueyotl-Zahuantitla, C. M. Hui, B. Humensky, P. Huntemeyer, A. Iriarte, A. Jardin-Blicq, H. Jhee, V. Joshi, D. Kieda, G. J. Kunde, S. Kunwar, A. Lara, J. Lee, W. H. Lee, D. Lennarz, H. Leon Vargas, J. Linnemann, A. L. Longinotti, R. Lopez-Coto, G. Luis-Raya, J. Lundeen, K. Malone, V. Marandon, O. Martinez, I. Martinez-Castellanos, H. Martinez-Huerta, J. Martinez-Castro, J. A. J. Matthews, J. Mcenery, P. Miransa-Romagnoli, J. A. Morales-Soto, E. Moreno, M. Mostafa, A. Nayerhoda, L. Nellen, M. Newbold, M .U. Nisa, Rt. Noriega-Papaqui, L. Olivera-Nieto, N. Omodei, A. Peisker, Y. Perez Araujo, E. G. Perez-Perez, C. D. Rho, C. Riviere, D. Rosa-Gonzalez, E. Ruiz-Velasco, J. Ryan, H. Salazar, F. Salesa Greus, A. Sandoval, M. Schneider, H. Schoorlemmer, J. Serna-Franco, G. Sinnis, A. J. Smith, R. W. Springer, P. Surajbali, I. Taboada, M. Tanner, K. Tollefson, I. Torres, R. Torres-Escobedo, R. Turner, F. Urena-Mena, L. Villasenor, Xiaojie Wang, I. J. Watson, T. Weisgarber, F. Werner, E. Willox, J. Wood, G. B. Yodh, A. Zepeda, H. Zhou

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In addition to dense regions of dark matter, such as galaxy clusters and dwarf galaxies, dark matter annihilation and decay are also expected to have a nearly isotropic distribution across the sky. This isotropic component is less model-dependent than the flux from isolated dark matter targets, and would produce galactic contributions to the Diffuse Gamma-Ray Background (DGRB). With its continuous monitoring of the gamma-ray sky from a few hundred GeV to several hundred TeV and its wide field-of-view, the High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) observatory is well-suited to search for dark matter contributions in the DGRB. In this work, 535 …

Modeling The Non-Flaring Vhe Emission From M87 As Detected By The Hawc Gamma Ray Observatory, Fernando Ureña-Mena, Alberto Carramiñana, Anna Lia Longinotti, Daniel Rosa-González, A. U. Abeysekara, A. Albert, R. Alfaro, C. Alvarez, J. D. Álvarez, J. R. Angeles Camacho, J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez, K. P. Arunbabu, D. Avila Rojas, H. A. Ayala Solares, R. Babu, V. Baghmanyan, A. S. Barber, J. Becerra Gonzalez, E. Belmont-Moreno, S. Y. Benzvi, D Berley, C. Brisbois, K. S. Caballero-Mora, T. Capistran, A. Carraminana, S. Casanova, O. Chaparro-Amaro, U. Cotti, J. Cotzomi, S. Coutino De Leon, E. De La Fuente, C. De Leon, L. Diaz-Cruz, R. Diaz Hernandez, J. C. Diaz-Velez, B. L. Dingus, M. Durocher, M. A. Duvernois, R. W. Ellsworth, K. Engel, C. Espinoza, K. L. Fan, K. Fang, M. Fernandez Alonso, B. Fick, H. Fleischhack, J. L. Flores, N. I. Fraija, D. Garcia, J. A. Garcia-Gonzalez, J. L. Garcia-Luna, G. Garcia-Torales, F. Garfias, G. Giacinti, H. Goksu, M. M. Gonzalez, J. A. Goodman, J. P. Harding, S. Hernandez, I. Herzog, J. Hinton, B. Hona, D. Huang, F. Hueyotl-Zahuantitla, C. M. Hui, B. Humensky, P. Huntemeyer, A. Iriarte, A. Jardin-Blicq, H. Jhee, V. Joshi, D. Kieda, G. J. Kunde, S. Kunwar, A. Lara, J. Lee, W. H. Lee, D. Lennarz, H. Leon Vargas, J. Linnemann, A. L. Longinotti, R. Lopez-Coto, G. Luis-Raya, J. Lundeen, K. Malone, V. Marandon, O. Martinez, I. Martinez-Castellanos, H. Martinez-Huerta, J. Martinez-Castro, J. A. J. Matthews, J. Mcenery, P. Miranda-Romagnoli, J. A. Morales-Soto, E. Moreno, M. Mostafa, A. Nayerhoda, L. Nellen, M. Newbold, M. U. Nisa, R. Noriega-Papaqui, L. Olivera-Nieto, N. Omodei, A. Peisker, Y. Perez Araujo, E. G. Perez-Perez, C. D. Rho, C. Riviere, D. Rosa-Gonzalez, E. Ruiz-Velasco, J. Ryan, H. Salazar, F. Salesa Greus, A. Sandoval, M. Schneider, H. Schoorlemmer, J. Serna-Franco, G. Sinnis, A. J. Smith, R. W. Springer, P. Surajbali, I. Taboada, M. Tanner, K. Tollefson, I. Torres, R. Torres-Escobedo, R. Turner, F. Urena-Mena, L. Villasenor, Xiaojie Wang, I. J. Watson, T. Weisgarber, F. Werner, E. Willox, J. Wood, G. B. Yodh, A. Zepeda, H. Zhou

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M87 is a giant radio galaxy located in the Virgo Cluster, known to be a very high energy (VHE) gamma-ray source. As radio galaxies are considered the misaligned low-redshift counterparts of blazars, they are excellent laboratories for testing AGN emission models. M87 has been detected and monitored by Fermi-LAT and several atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes. Recently, the HAWC Collaboration presented marginal evidence of 4.5-year TeV gamma-ray emission from this object. The HAWC data has the potential to constrain the average VHE emission of sources of complex behavior, like M87, for which the physical origin of the VHE gamma-ray emission is still …

Studying High-Mass Microquasars With Hawc, Se Yeon Hwang, Youngwan Son, A. U. Abeysekara, A. Albert, R. Alfaro, C. Alvarez, J. D. Álvarez, J. R. Angeles Camacho, J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez, K. P. Arunbabu, D. Avila Rojas, H. A. Ayala Solares, R. Babu, V. Baghmanyan, A. S. Barber, J. Becerra Gonzalez, E. Belmont-Moreno, S. Y. Benzvi, D. Berley, C. Brisbois, K. S. Caballero-Mora, T. Capistran, A. Carraminana, S. Casanova, O. Chaparro-Amaro, U. Cotti, J. Cotzomi, S. Coutino De Leon, E. De La Fuente, C. De Leon, L. Diaz-Cruz, R. Diaz Hernandez, J. C. Diaz-Velez, B. L. Dingus, M. Durocher, M. A. Duvernois, R. W. Ellsworth, K. Engel, C. Espinoza, K. L. Fan, K. Fang, M. Fernandez Alonso, B. Fick, H. Fleischhack, J. L. Flores, N. I. Fraija, D. Garcia, J. A. Garcia-Gonzalez, J. L. Garcia-Luna, G. Garcia-Torales, F. Garfias, G. Giacinti, H. Goksu, M. M. Gonzalez, J. A. Goodman, J. P. Harding, S. Hernandez, I. Herzog, J. Hinton, B. Hona, D. Huang, F. Hueyotl-Zahuantitla, C. M. Hui, B. Humensky, P. Huntemeyer, A. Iriarte, A. Jardin-Blicq, H. Jhee, V. Joshi, D. Kieda, G. J. Kunde, S. Kunwar, A. Lara, J. Lee, W. H. Lee, D. Lennarz, H. Leon Vargas, J. Linnemann, A. L. Longinotti, R. Lopez-Coto, G. Luis-Raya, J. Lundeen, K. Malone, V. Marandon, O. Martinez, I. Martinez-Castellanos, H. Martinez-Huerta, J. Martinez-Castro, J. A. J. Matthews, J. Mcenery, P. Miranda-Romagnoli, J. A. Morales-Soto, E. Moreno, M. Mostafa, A. Nayerhoda, L. Nellen, M. Newbold, M. U. Nisa, R. Noriega-Papaqui, L. Olivera-Nieto, N. Omodei, A. Peisker, Y. Perez Araujo, E. G. Perez-Perez, C. D. Rho, C. Riviere, D. Rosa-Gonzalez, E. Ruiz-Velasco, J. Ryan, H. Salazar, S. Salesa Greus, A. Sandoval, M. Schneider, H. Schoorlemmer, J. Serna-Franco, G. Sinnis, A. J. Smith, R. W. Springer, P. Surajbali, I. Taboada, M. Tanner, K. Tollefson, I. Torres, R. Torres-Escobedo, R. Turner, F. Urena-Mena, L. Villasenor, Xiaojie Wang, I. J. Watson, T. Weisgarber, F. Werner, E. Willox, J. Wood, G. B. Yodh, A. Zepeda, H. Zhou

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High mass micro quasars (HMMQs) are powerful particle accelerators, but their mechanism of the high-energy emission is poorly understood. To date, only a handful of these particle engines have ever been observed to emit gamma-ray photons and are thus potential TeV gamma-ray emitters. In this work, we study four HMMQs, namely, LS 5039, Cyg X-1, Cyg X-3, and SS 433 using the data from the High-Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) observatory. We perform time dependent analyses on each HMMQ to look for any periodic variations in their flux. We produce light curves using the HAWC daily maps from which we generate …

Hawc Results On Tev Emitting Blazars, Alberto Carramiñana, Alberto Carramiñana, Daniel Rosa González, Anna Lia Longinotti, Anna Lia Longinotti, Fernando Ureña, Sara Coutiño De León, A. U. Abeysekara, A. Albert, R. Alfaro, C. Alvarez, J. D. Álvarez, J. R. Angeles Camacho, J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez, K. P. Arunbabu, D. Avila Rojas, H. A. Ayala Solares, R. Babu, V. Baghmanyan, A. S. Barber, J. Becerra Gonzalez, E. Belmont-Moreno, S. Y. Benzvi, D. Berley, C. Brisbois, K. S. Caballero-Mora, T. Capistran, A. Carraminana, S. Casanova, O. Chaparro-Amaro, U. Cotti, J. Cotzomi, S. Coutino De Leon, E. De La Fuente, C. De Leon, L. Diaz-Cruz, R. Diaz Hernandez, J. C. Diaz-Velez, B. L. Dingus, M. Durocher, M. A. Duvernois, R. W. Ellsworth, K. Engel, C. Espinoza, K. L. Fan, K. Fang, M. Fernandez Alonso, B. Fick, H. Fleischhack, J. L. Flores, N. I. Fraija, D. Garcia, J. A. Garcia-Gonzalez, J. L. Garcia-Luna, G. Garcia-Torales, F. Garfias, G. Giacinti, H. Goksu, M. M. Gonzalez, J. A. Goodman, J. P. Harding, S. Hernandez, I. Herzog, J. Hinton, B. Hona, D. Huang, F. Hueyotl-Zahuantitla, C. M. Hui, B. Humensky, P. Huntemeyer, A. Iriarte, A. Jardin-Blicq, H. Jhee, V. Joshi, D. Kieda, G. J. Kunde, S. Kunwar, A. Lara, J. Lee, W. H. Lee, D. Lennarz, H. Leon Vargas, J. Linnemann, A. L. Longinotti, R. Lopez-Coto, G. Luis-Raya, J. Lundeen, K. Malone, V. Marandon, O. Martinez, I. Martinez-Castellanos, H. Martinez-Huerta, J. Martinez-Castro, J. A. J. Matthews, J. Mcenery, P. Miranda-Romagnoli, J. A. Morales-Soto, E. Moreno, M. Mostafa, A. Nayerhoda, L. Nellen, M. Newbold, M. U. Nisa, R. Noriega-Papaqui, L. Olivera-Nieto, N. Omodei, A. Peisker, Y. Perez Araujo, E. G. Perez-Perez, C. D. Rho, C. Riviere, D. Rosa-Gonzalez, E. Ruiz-Velasco, J. Ryan, H. Salazar, F. Salesa Greus, A. Sandoval, M. Schneider, H. Schoorlemmer, J. Serna-Franco, G. Sinnis, A. J. Smith, R. W. Springer, P. Surajbali, I. Taboada, M. Tanner, K. Tollefson, I. Torres, R. Torres-Escobedo, R. Turner, F. Urena-Mena, L. Villasenor, Xiaojie Wang, I. J. Watson, T. Weisgarber, F. Werner, E. Willox, J. Wood, G. B. Yodh, A. Zepeda, H. Zhou

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Since starting full operations, the HAWC γ-ray observatory has detected and monitored TeV emission of the nearby BL Lac objects Markarian 421 and Markarian 501. The HAWC Collaboration presented a follow-survey of Active Galactic Nuclei selected from the 3FHL Fermi Catalog covering 60% of the sky and up to redshift z ≤ 0.3. Using over 4.5 years of HAWC data we found low-significance evidence for persistent TeV emission from other sources previously reported as flaring very-high energy sources.

Search For Correlations Between High-Energy Gamma Rays And Neutrinos With The Hawc And Antares Detectors, A. Albert, S. Alves, M. André, M. Anghinolfi, G. Anton, M. Ardid, S. Ardid, J. J. Aubert, J. Aublin, B. Baret, S. Basa, B. Belhorma, M. Bendahman, V. Bertin, S. Biagi, M. Bissinger, J. Boumaaza, M. Bouta, M. C. Bouwhuis, H. Branzas, R. Bruijn, J. Brunner, J. Busto, B. Caiffi, A. Capone, L. Caramete, J. Carr, V. Carretero, S. Celli, M. Chabab, T. N. Chau, R. Cherkaoui El Moursli, T. Chiarusi, M. Circella, A. Coleiro, M. Colomer-Molla, R. Coniglione, P. Coyle, A. Creusot, A. F. Diaz, G. De Wasseige, A. Deschamps, C. Distefano, I. Di Palma, A. Domi, C. Donzaud, D. Dornic, D. Drouhin, T. Eberl, T. Van Eeden, D. Van Eijk, N. El Khayati, A. Enzenhofer, P. Fermani, G. Ferrara, F. Filippini, L. A. Fusco, Y. Gatelet, P. Gay, H. Glotin, R. Gozzini, R. Garcia Ruiz, K. Graf, C. Guidi, S. Hallmann, H. Van Haren, A. J. Heijboer, Y. Hello, J. J. Hernandez-Rey, J. Hobl, J. Hofestadt, F. Huang, G. Illuminati, C. W. James, B. Jisse-Jung, M. De Jong, P. De Jong, M. Kadler, O. Kalekin, U. Katz, N. R. Khan-Chowdhury, A. Kouchner, I. Kreykenbohm, V. Kulikovskiy, R. Lahmann, R. Le Breton, D. Lefevre, E. Leonora, G. Levi, M. Lincetto, D. Lopez-Coto, S Loucatos, L. Maderer, J. Manczak, M. Marcelin, A. Margiotta, A. Marinelli, J. A. Martinez-Mora, K. Melis, P. Migliozzi, A. Moussa, R. Muller, L. Nauta, S. Navas, E. Nezri, B. O'Fearraigh, A. Paun, G. E. Pavalas, C. Pellegrino, M. Perrin-Terrin, V. Pestel, P. Piatelli, C. Pieterse, C. Poire, V. Popa, T. Pradier, N. Randazzo, S. Reck, G. Riccobene, A. Romanov, A. Sanchez-Losa, D. F. E. Samtleben, M. Sanguineti, P. Sapienza, J. Schnabel, J. Schumann, F. Schussler, M. Spurio, Th. Stolarczyk, M. Taiuti, Y. Tayalati, S. J. Tingay, B. Vallage, V. Van Elewyck, F. Versari, S. Viola, D. Vivolo, J. Wilms, S. Zavatarelli, A. Zagarelli, J. D. Zornoza, J. Zuniga, A. U. Abeysekara, A. Albert, R. Alfaro, C. Alvarez, J. D. Alvarez, J. R. Angeles Camacho, J. C. Arteaga-Velazquez, K. P. Arunbabu, D. Avila Rojas, H. A. Ayala Solares, R. Babu, V. Baghmanyan, A. S. Barber, J. Becerra Gonzalez, E. Belmont-Moreno, S. Y. Benzvi, D. Berley, C. Brisbois, K. S. Caballero-Mora, T. Capistran, A. Carraminana, S. Casanova, O. Chaparro-Amaro, U. Cotti, J. Cotzomi, S. Coutino De Leon, E. De La Fuente, C. De Leon, L. Diaz-Cruz, R. Diaz Hernandez, J. C. Diaz-Velez, B. L. Gingus, M. Durocher, M. A. Duvernois, R. W. Ellsworth, K. Engel, C. Espinoza, K. L. Fan, K. Fang, M. Fernandez Alonso, B. Fick, H. Fleischhack, J. L. Flores, N. I. Fraija, D. Garcia, J. A. Garcia-Gonzalez, J. L. Garcia-Luna, G. Garcia-Torales, F. Garfias, G. Giaconti, H. Goksu, M. M. Gonzalez, J. A. Goodman, J. P. Harding, S. Hernandez, I. Herzog, J. Hinton, B. Hona, D. Huang, F. Hueyotl-Zahuantitla, C. M. Hui, B. Humensky, P. Huntemeyer, A. Iriarrte, A. Jardin-Blicq, H. Jhee, V. Joshi, D. Kieda, G. J. Kunde, S. Kunwar, A. Lara, J. Lee, W. H. Lee, D. Lennarz, H. Leon Vargas, J. Linnemann, A. L. Longinotti, R. Lopez-Coto, G. Luis-Raya, J. Lundeen, K. Malone, V. Marandon, O. Martinez, I. Martinez-Castellanos, H. Martinez-Huerta, J. Martinez-Castro, J. A. J. Matthews, J. Mcenery, P. Miranda-Romagnoli, J. A. Morales-Soto, E. Moreno, M. Mostafa, A. Nayerhoda, L. Nellen, M. Newbold, M. U. Nisa, R. Noriega-Papaqui, L. Olivera-Nieto, N. Omodei, A. Peisker, Y. Perez Araujo, E. G. Perez-Perez, C. D. Rho, C. Riviere, D. Rosa-Gonzalez, E. Ruiz-Velasco, J. Ryan, H. Salazar, F. Salesa Greus, A. Sandoval, M. Schneider, H. Schoorlemmer, J. Serna-Franco, G. Sinnis, A. J. Smith, R. W. Springer, P. Surajbali, I. Taboada, M. Tanner, K. Tollefson, I. Torres, R. Torres-Escobedo, R. Turner, F. Urena-Mena, L. Villasenor, Xiaojie Wang, I. J. Watson, T. Weisgarber, F. Werner, E. Willox, J. Wood, G. B. Yodh, A. Zepeda, H. Zhou

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ANTARES is an underwater neutrino detector in the Mediterranean Sea. Its location, reconstruction accuracy for all-flavor neutrino interactions, and low energy threshold, make it the most sensitive neutrino observatory for searches below 100 TeV over large parts of the sky. The HAWC experiment is a water Cherenkov gamma-ray detector located in Mexico. Thanks to its large field of view, it is an excellent instrument to observe the very-high energy gamma-ray sky and perform high-sensitivity surveys of the Galactic Plane. The 10-year ANTARES data set and 3-year HAWC point source surveys are used to search for all-flavor neutrino emission in correlation …

Emerging Adults’ Risk Perception And Mindfulness Strategies Concerning Climate Change And Environmental Commitment, Danieli Mercado Ramos

Theses and Dissertations

Climate change continues to be an ever-growing threat to human development, and it is considered the most significant global health threat of the 21st century (Watts et al. 2017). Environmental commitment, risk perceptions, and mindfulness have been explored independently, yet no studies examine the intersectionality of these three relationships. Meanwhile, emerging adulthood and ethnicity are two factors that have not been studied regarding how they impact environmental commitment, risk perceptions, and mindfulness. Krettenauer and colleagues (2017, 2019) states that emerging adulthood plays a vital role regarding their commitment to the environment. The general hypothesis was that risk perception and mindfulness …

Food Consumption Frequency, Perceived Stress, And Depressive Symptoms Among Female University Students In Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Ohoud Mohamad, Haleama Al Sabbah, Linda Smail, Ehab W. Hermena, Rola Al Ghali

All Works

This study assessed whether perceived stress and depressive symptoms were associated with the frequency of consumption of specific food groups among female university students. A cross-sectional study was conducted among female university students using a simple random sampling method. The response rate was 97%, with a total number of 385 participants. The associations between stress levels and most/least-consumed food groups, and between depressive symptoms levels and most/least-consumed food groups were assessed. The questionnaire included a 12-item self-administered food frequency questionnaire, Cohen's Perceived Stress Scale, and the Beck Depression Inventory-II. The study was approved by the University Ethical Committee prior to …

The Journey Of Digital Library Establishment In Pakistan: A Systematic Literature Review, Kiran Butt, Amjid Khan, Pervaiz Ahmad

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study examined the published literature on digital library resources and the users’ experiences (i.e. satisfaction level, motivating factors, and major challenges) with these resources in Pakistan. Several e-databases were consulted including Research Gate’, ScienceDirect, Web of Science, and Google Scholar to retrieve relevant literature. The study adopted a systematic literature review approach followed by PRISMA guidelines. Out of 323 articles, a total of 22 relevant studies were included based on pre-defined inclusion and exclusion criteria. The findings of this study reveal that most of the end-users are satisfied with the digital library resources, and they consulted these resources …

High School Counselors As Social Capital For Low-Income Students In A Career Academy High School Model: A Case Study, Onyejindu Oleka, Donald Mitchell Jr.

The Qualitative Report

Within this qualitative study, we explored the idea that high school counselors, acting as a form of social capital, could influence the postsecondary opportunities of low socioeconomic students. We used a case study design to analyze freshman academy counselors and their influence in the career pathway selection process within one district to answer two research questions: (1) Using the knowledge available regarding college and career opportunities, how do freshman academy counselors influence low socioeconomic students’ career pathway selections? (2) How do freshman academy counselors’ perceptions of college and career opportunities for low socioeconomic students influence low socioeconomic students’ career pathway …

Monitoring Of Structural Quality Under Construction Using 3d Point Cloud Data, Xinxing Yuan

Civil Engineering ETDs

Inspection of infrastructure under construction has become an active research topic in the past few decades. Due to rising costs and safety concerns of current inspection methods, automated inspection methods are proposed. In this context, this dissertation has developed a framework that uses 3D point cloud data from the bridge under construction and evaluates the design specifications and the strength capacity of the structure while is being built. This study presents a slicing algorithm for automatically evaluating rebar placement using 3D point cloud data. The outcomes of this research provide structural engineering with (i) automatic inspection of reinforcement during construction; …

Automatic Classification Of National Health Service Feedback, C Haynes, Ma Palomino, L Stuart, D Viira, Et Al

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

Text datasets come in an abundance of shapes, sizes and styles. However, determining what factors limit classification accuracy remains a difficult task which is still the subject of intensive research. Using a challenging UK National Health Service (NHS) dataset, which contains many characteristics known to increase the complexity of classification, we propose an innovative classification pipeline. This pipeline switches between different text pre-processing, scoring and classification techniques during execution. Using this flexible pipeline, a high level of accuracy has been achieved in the classification of a range of datasets, attaining a micro-averaged F1 score of 93.30% on the Reuters-21578 “ApteMod” …