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Forecasting The Effect Of The Amethyst Initiative On College Drinking, Ben G. Fitzpatrick, Richard Scribner, Azmy S. Ackleh, Jawaid Rasul, Geoffrey Jacquez, Neal Simonsen, Robert Rommel 2012 Loyola Marymount University

Forecasting The Effect Of The Amethyst Initiative On College Drinking, Ben G. Fitzpatrick, Richard Scribner, Azmy S. Ackleh, Jawaid Rasul, Geoffrey Jacquez, Neal Simonsen, Robert Rommel

Mathematics, Statistics and Data Science Faculty Works

Background

A number of college presidents have endorsed the Amethyst Initiative, a call to consider lowering the minimum legal drinking age (MLDA). Our objective is to forecast the effect of the Amethyst Initiative on college drinking.

Methods

A system model of college drinking siumlates MLDA changes through (1) a decrease in heavy episodic drinking (HED) due to the lower likelihood of students drinking in unsupervised settings where they model irresponsible drinking (misperception), and (2) an increase in overall drinking among currently underage students due to increased social availability of alcohol (wetness).

Results

For the proportion of HEDs on campus, effects …


Fast Algorithms For Brownian Dynamics Simulation With Hydrodynamic Interactions, Zhi Liang 2012 New Jersey Institute of Technology

Fast Algorithms For Brownian Dynamics Simulation With Hydrodynamic Interactions, Zhi Liang

Dissertations

In the Brownian dynamics simulation with hydrodynamic interactions, one needs to generate the total displacement vectors of Brownian particles consisting of two parts: a deterministic part which is proportional to the product of the Rotne-Prager-Yamakawa (RPY) tensor D [1, 2] and the given external forces F; and a hydrodynamically correlated random part whose covariance is proportional to the RPY tensor. To be more precise, one needs to calculate Du for a given vector u and compute √Dv for a normally distributed random vector v. For an arbitrary N-particle configuration, D is a 3N x 3N matrix and u, v are …


Analytical And Computational Methods For The Study Of Rare Event Probabilities In Dispersive And Dissipative Waves, Daniel S. Cargill 2012 New Jersey Institute of Technology

Analytical And Computational Methods For The Study Of Rare Event Probabilities In Dispersive And Dissipative Waves, Daniel S. Cargill

Dissertations

The main focus of this dissertation is the application of importance sampling (IS) to calculate the probabilities associated with rare events in nonlinear, large-dimensional lightwave systems that are driven by noise, including models for fiber-based optical communication system and mode-locked lasers. Throughout the last decade, IS has emerged as a valuable tool for improving the efficiency of simulating rare events in such systems. In particular, it has shown great success in simulating various sources of transmission impairments found in optical communication systems, with examples ranging from large polarization fluctuations resulting from randomly varying fiber birefringence to large pulse-width fluctuations resulting …


Research Of Laytime And Demurrage, Gengwei Zheng 2012 World Maritime University

Research Of Laytime And Demurrage, Gengwei Zheng

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Study On Optimal Dwell Time At Jakarta International Container Terminal, Siti Nurrochmah Badrudin 2012 World Maritime University

Study On Optimal Dwell Time At Jakarta International Container Terminal, Siti Nurrochmah Badrudin

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Freight Forecasting Of Dry Bulk Market Based On The Bp Neural Network, Qianran Huang 2012 World Maritime University

Freight Forecasting Of Dry Bulk Market Based On The Bp Neural Network, Qianran Huang

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Research On National Culture Effects On Human Failures In Container Shipping, Kai Jiang 2012 World Maritime University

Research On National Culture Effects On Human Failures In Container Shipping, Kai Jiang

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Empirical Analysis On The Effect Of The Forward Freight Agreement In Dry Bulk Based On Route C3 And C5, Gang Li 2012 World Maritime University

Empirical Analysis On The Effect Of The Forward Freight Agreement In Dry Bulk Based On Route C3 And C5, Gang Li

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Container-Handling Operation Optimization At Koja Container Terminal, Moh Taufik Hidayat 2012 World Maritime University

Container-Handling Operation Optimization At Koja Container Terminal, Moh Taufik Hidayat

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.


The Impact Of Northern Sea Route On China’S Shipping Industry, Minyu Tang 2012 World Maritime University

The Impact Of Northern Sea Route On China’S Shipping Industry, Minyu Tang

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Dry Bulk Carrier Demolition Market Forecast And Analysis, Chao Wang 2012 World Maritime University

Dry Bulk Carrier Demolition Market Forecast And Analysis, Chao Wang

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Analysis On The Strategies Of Daily Maersk, Wenjun Yuan 2012 World Maritime University

Analysis On The Strategies Of Daily Maersk, Wenjun Yuan

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.


The Study Of Improvement Of Warehouse Operations Of Panalpina Company, Xupeng Zhou 2012 World Maritime University

The Study Of Improvement Of Warehouse Operations Of Panalpina Company, Xupeng Zhou

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Design And Implementation Of Erp Software In Material Supply Chain Management For Siix Corp., Xing'er Chen 2012 World Maritime University

Design And Implementation Of Erp Software In Material Supply Chain Management For Siix Corp., Xing'er Chen

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Study On Site Selection Of Dalian Dry Port Group, Shabai Zhu 2012 World Maritime University

Study On Site Selection Of Dalian Dry Port Group, Shabai Zhu

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.


The Rationality Study On Capacity Allocation For Cscl’S Asia-Europe Route, Yan Zhou 2012 World Maritime University

The Rationality Study On Capacity Allocation For Cscl’S Asia-Europe Route, Yan Zhou

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Locust Dynamics: Behavioral Phase Change And Swarming, Chad M. Topaz, Maria R. D'Orsogna, Leah Edelstein-Keshet, Andrew J. Bernoff 2012 Macalester College

Locust Dynamics: Behavioral Phase Change And Swarming, Chad M. Topaz, Maria R. D'Orsogna, Leah Edelstein-Keshet, Andrew J. Bernoff

All HMC Faculty Publications and Research

Locusts exhibit two interconvertible behavioral phases, solitarious and gregarious. While solitarious individuals are repelled from other locusts, gregarious insects are attracted to conspecifics and can form large aggregations such as marching hopper bands. Numerous biological experiments at the individual level have shown how crowding biases conversion towards the gregarious form. To understand the formation of marching locust hopper bands, we study phase change at the collective level, and in a quantitative framework. Specifically, we construct a partial integrodifferential equation model incorporating the interplay between phase change and spatial movement at the individual level in order to predict the dynamics of …


Nested (2,R)-Regular Graphs And Their Network Properties., Josh Daniel Brooks 2012 East Tennessee State University

Nested (2,R)-Regular Graphs And Their Network Properties., Josh Daniel Brooks

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

A graph G is a (t, r)-regular graph if every collection of t independent vertices is collectively adjacent to exactly r vertices. If a graph G is (2, r)-regular where p, s, and m are positive integers, and m ≥ 2, then when n is sufficiently large, then G is isomorphic to G = Ks+mKp, where 2(p-1)+s = r. A nested (2,r)-regular graph is constructed by replacing selected cliques with a (2,r)-regular graph and joining the vertices of the peripheral cliques. For …


Global Domination Stable Graphs, Elizabeth Marie Harris 2012 East Tennessee State University

Global Domination Stable Graphs, Elizabeth Marie Harris

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

A set of vertices S in a graph G is a global dominating set (GDS) of G if S is a dominating set for both G and its complement G. The minimum cardinality of a global dominating set of G is the global domination number of G. We explore the effects of graph modifications on the global domination number. In particular, we explore edge removal, edge addition, and vertex removal.


Weierstrass Points On Families Of Graphs, William D. Lindsay Jr. 2012 University of Connecticut

Weierstrass Points On Families Of Graphs, William D. Lindsay Jr.

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


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