Gidon Eshel
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- October 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780691128917
- eISBN:
- 9781400840632
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Princeton University Press
- DOI:
- 10.23943/princeton/9780691128917.001.0001
- Subject:
- Environmental Science, Environmental Studies
A severe thunderstorm morphs into a tornado that cuts a swath of destruction through Oklahoma. How do we study the storm’s mutation into a deadly twister? Avian flu cases are reported in China. How ...
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A severe thunderstorm morphs into a tornado that cuts a swath of destruction through Oklahoma. How do we study the storm’s mutation into a deadly twister? Avian flu cases are reported in China. How do we characterize the spread of the flu, potentially preventing an epidemic? The way to answer important questions like these is to analyze the spatial and temporal characteristics—origin, rates, and frequencies—of these phenomena. This book introduces advanced undergraduate students, graduate students, and researchers to the statistical and algebraic methods used to analyze spatiotemporal data in a range of fields, including climate science, geophysics, ecology, astrophysics, and medicine. The book begins with a concise yet detailed primer on linear algebra, providing readers with the mathematical foundations needed for data analysis. It then fully explains the theory and methods for analyzing spatiotemporal data, guiding readers from the basics to the most advanced applications. This self-contained, practical guide to the analysis of multidimensional data sets features a wealth of real-world examples as well as sample homework exercises and suggested exams.Less
A severe thunderstorm morphs into a tornado that cuts a swath of destruction through Oklahoma. How do we study the storm’s mutation into a deadly twister? Avian flu cases are reported in China. How do we characterize the spread of the flu, potentially preventing an epidemic? The way to answer important questions like these is to analyze the spatial and temporal characteristics—origin, rates, and frequencies—of these phenomena. This book introduces advanced undergraduate students, graduate students, and researchers to the statistical and algebraic methods used to analyze spatiotemporal data in a range of fields, including climate science, geophysics, ecology, astrophysics, and medicine. The book begins with a concise yet detailed primer on linear algebra, providing readers with the mathematical foundations needed for data analysis. It then fully explains the theory and methods for analyzing spatiotemporal data, guiding readers from the basics to the most advanced applications. This self-contained, practical guide to the analysis of multidimensional data sets features a wealth of real-world examples as well as sample homework exercises and suggested exams.
Patricia J. Bauer, Melissa M. Burch, Dana L. Van Abbema, and Jennifer K. Ackil
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- May 2008
- ISBN:
- 9780195308457
- eISBN:
- 9780199867387
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195308457.003.0007
- Subject:
- Psychology, Developmental Psychology
This chapter examines the widely-held assumption that highly stressful and traumatic events are differentially remembered relative to events that are more affectively neutral or positive. This ...
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This chapter examines the widely-held assumption that highly stressful and traumatic events are differentially remembered relative to events that are more affectively neutral or positive. This assumption is evaluated using data from a study of children's reports of the experience of a tornado that devastated the town of St. Peter, Minnesota, in March of 1998. The evaluation is multifaceted, featuring analyses of how much about the experience the children reported, the type of information they included, and the extent to which their reports were affected by the narrative style of their conversational partners, namely their mothers. It is shown that conversations about the tornado were longer than those about the nontraumatic events. Conversations about the tornado also had more breadth than those about the nontraumatic events. On the other hand, the level of detail provided about the traumatic and nontraumatic events did not differ. Similar patterns of relations between maternal verbal behavior and children's contributions were apparent for the tornado and the nontraumatic events.Less
This chapter examines the widely-held assumption that highly stressful and traumatic events are differentially remembered relative to events that are more affectively neutral or positive. This assumption is evaluated using data from a study of children's reports of the experience of a tornado that devastated the town of St. Peter, Minnesota, in March of 1998. The evaluation is multifaceted, featuring analyses of how much about the experience the children reported, the type of information they included, and the extent to which their reports were affected by the narrative style of their conversational partners, namely their mothers. It is shown that conversations about the tornado were longer than those about the nontraumatic events. Conversations about the tornado also had more breadth than those about the nontraumatic events. On the other hand, the level of detail provided about the traumatic and nontraumatic events did not differ. Similar patterns of relations between maternal verbal behavior and children's contributions were apparent for the tornado and the nontraumatic events.
Peter J. Thuesen
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- September 2009
- ISBN:
- 9780195174274
- eISBN:
- 9780199872138
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195174274.003.0001
- Subject:
- Religion, Theology, Church History
The Introduction opens with two vignettes about recent tornadoes that struck Indiana and Illinois. For some Christians, the doctrine predestination resembles the capricious wrath of a twister: God ...
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The Introduction opens with two vignettes about recent tornadoes that struck Indiana and Illinois. For some Christians, the doctrine predestination resembles the capricious wrath of a twister: God elects certain persons for salvation while visiting destruction upon others. for other Christians, predestination is the rock of certainty—a doctrine of assurance in an unpredictable world. while most Catholic and Protestant thinkers have equated outright denial of predestination with atheism, they have disagreed mightily over whether God elects persons arbitrarily or based on some foreseen condition of merit or faith. This debate is the main focus of the book, which argues that predestination is the unacknowledged source of much American denominational division. The book further argues that predestinarianism has tended to work against sacramental understandings of Christianity in which grace is conveyed continually through ritual. The Introduction presents these arguments and previews the content of the six main chapters and Epilogue.Less
The Introduction opens with two vignettes about recent tornadoes that struck Indiana and Illinois. For some Christians, the doctrine predestination resembles the capricious wrath of a twister: God elects certain persons for salvation while visiting destruction upon others. for other Christians, predestination is the rock of certainty—a doctrine of assurance in an unpredictable world. while most Catholic and Protestant thinkers have equated outright denial of predestination with atheism, they have disagreed mightily over whether God elects persons arbitrarily or based on some foreseen condition of merit or faith. This debate is the main focus of the book, which argues that predestination is the unacknowledged source of much American denominational division. The book further argues that predestinarianism has tended to work against sacramental understandings of Christianity in which grace is conveyed continually through ritual. The Introduction presents these arguments and previews the content of the six main chapters and Epilogue.
David R. Bush
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- May 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780813037448
- eISBN:
- 9780813042305
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Florida
- DOI:
- 10.5744/florida/9780813037448.003.0006
- Subject:
- History, Military History
This chapter focuses on how the prisoners were able to create very fashionable pieces of hard rubber jewelry for their loved ones. Sources of hard rubber are discussed and the process for carving ...
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This chapter focuses on how the prisoners were able to create very fashionable pieces of hard rubber jewelry for their loved ones. Sources of hard rubber are discussed and the process for carving these items is outlined. The archaeological record is instrumental in providing the information necessary for interpreting the production of all the various types of jewelry created within the prison compound.Less
This chapter focuses on how the prisoners were able to create very fashionable pieces of hard rubber jewelry for their loved ones. Sources of hard rubber are discussed and the process for carving these items is outlined. The archaeological record is instrumental in providing the information necessary for interpreting the production of all the various types of jewelry created within the prison compound.
Mercedes Cros Sandoval
- Published in print:
- 2007
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780813030203
- eISBN:
- 9780813039565
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Florida
- DOI:
- 10.5744/florida/9780813030203.003.0017
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Latin American Studies
This chapter discusses the three important fluvial goddesses in Yoruban religion: Oya, Oshun, and Oba. They are the wives of Shango, who was discussed in the previous chapter. These goddesses are ...
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This chapter discusses the three important fluvial goddesses in Yoruban religion: Oya, Oshun, and Oba. They are the wives of Shango, who was discussed in the previous chapter. These goddesses are also associated with atmospheric phenomena; Oba is associated with wild clouds, Oya is associated with tornados, and Oshun is associated with gathering darkness.Less
This chapter discusses the three important fluvial goddesses in Yoruban religion: Oya, Oshun, and Oba. They are the wives of Shango, who was discussed in the previous chapter. These goddesses are also associated with atmospheric phenomena; Oba is associated with wild clouds, Oya is associated with tornados, and Oshun is associated with gathering darkness.
Alan H. Lockwood
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- May 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780262034876
- eISBN:
- 9780262335737
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- The MIT Press
- DOI:
- 10.7551/mitpress/9780262034876.003.0003
- Subject:
- Public Health and Epidemiology, Public Health
A hotter climate means there will be more heat waves and heat-related illnesses, such as heat exhaustion and heat stroke, the leading causes of weather-related death in the US. Without mitigation, ...
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A hotter climate means there will be more heat waves and heat-related illnesses, such as heat exhaustion and heat stroke, the leading causes of weather-related death in the US. Without mitigation, annual world-wide heat-related deaths may exceed 225,000 by 2050. Heat will spawn more extreme weather events such as severe thunderstorms, and tornadoes. Although the number of hurricanes may not increase, the moisture-laden air and warmer oceans will make those that do form more intense and deadly.Less
A hotter climate means there will be more heat waves and heat-related illnesses, such as heat exhaustion and heat stroke, the leading causes of weather-related death in the US. Without mitigation, annual world-wide heat-related deaths may exceed 225,000 by 2050. Heat will spawn more extreme weather events such as severe thunderstorms, and tornadoes. Although the number of hurricanes may not increase, the moisture-laden air and warmer oceans will make those that do form more intense and deadly.
Stephen Doheny-Farina
- Published in print:
- 2001
- Published Online:
- October 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780300089776
- eISBN:
- 9780300133820
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Yale University Press
- DOI:
- 10.12987/yale/9780300089776.003.0005
- Subject:
- Environmental Science, Nature
This chapter discusses the breakdown and rebuilding of the electric grid in Potsdam in January 1998. It discusses how, unlike the focused, piercing devastation of a tornado, hurricane, flood, or ...
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This chapter discusses the breakdown and rebuilding of the electric grid in Potsdam in January 1998. It discusses how, unlike the focused, piercing devastation of a tornado, hurricane, flood, or earthquake, the breakdown of the grid took a week to evolve as it slowly, incrementally compressed the power grid past the breaking point. The heaviest accumulations covered the Seaway valley from its source at the eastern edge of Lake Ontario across a wide path north and south of the river all the way past Montreal. When the rain finally stopped falling, those lands were under more than four inches of ice. The chapter discusses various problems that people of the affected area had to face, and also discusses how power was restored in the region and the grid was brought back to normal.Less
This chapter discusses the breakdown and rebuilding of the electric grid in Potsdam in January 1998. It discusses how, unlike the focused, piercing devastation of a tornado, hurricane, flood, or earthquake, the breakdown of the grid took a week to evolve as it slowly, incrementally compressed the power grid past the breaking point. The heaviest accumulations covered the Seaway valley from its source at the eastern edge of Lake Ontario across a wide path north and south of the river all the way past Montreal. When the rain finally stopped falling, those lands were under more than four inches of ice. The chapter discusses various problems that people of the affected area had to face, and also discusses how power was restored in the region and the grid was brought back to normal.
Michael Innis-Jiménez
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- April 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780252040498
- eISBN:
- 9780252098932
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Illinois Press
- DOI:
- 10.5406/illinois/9780252040498.003.0007
- Subject:
- Sociology, Social Movements and Social Change
In this chapter, the author reflects on how history could influence activism in Alabama in the aftermath of two disasters, “one natural and one manmade.” In the spring of 2011, tornadoes devastated ...
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In this chapter, the author reflects on how history could influence activism in Alabama in the aftermath of two disasters, “one natural and one manmade.” In the spring of 2011, tornadoes devastated communities across Alabama, including those where Latino immigrants live. Simultaneously, the state's Republican politicians introduced HB 56, the Beason-Hammon Alabama Taxpayer and Citizen Protection Act. Already suffering in communities devastated by tornadoes, the state's Latinos and Latinas now also feared attending public schools and could not easily do any business that required a contract. The author, an assistant professor of American studies at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, recounts how the students in his service learning class joined a multiethnic, multiracial group of more than 4,000 people who gathered at a symbolic site for an earlier civil rights movement: Birmingham's Sixteenth Street Baptist Church. His story demonstrates how service learning can contribute to students' new interest in civic engagement and activism.Less
In this chapter, the author reflects on how history could influence activism in Alabama in the aftermath of two disasters, “one natural and one manmade.” In the spring of 2011, tornadoes devastated communities across Alabama, including those where Latino immigrants live. Simultaneously, the state's Republican politicians introduced HB 56, the Beason-Hammon Alabama Taxpayer and Citizen Protection Act. Already suffering in communities devastated by tornadoes, the state's Latinos and Latinas now also feared attending public schools and could not easily do any business that required a contract. The author, an assistant professor of American studies at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, recounts how the students in his service learning class joined a multiethnic, multiracial group of more than 4,000 people who gathered at a symbolic site for an earlier civil rights movement: Birmingham's Sixteenth Street Baptist Church. His story demonstrates how service learning can contribute to students' new interest in civic engagement and activism.
