The purpose of the present research was to test the applicability of the Dualistic Model of Passion (Vallerand et al., 2003) to being a sport (football) fan. Three studies provided support for this dualistic conceptualization of passion. Study 1 showed that harmonious passion was positively associated with adaptive behaviours (e.g. celebrate the team's victory), whereas obsessive passion was po...

Centrifugal booster fans are important equipment used to recover blast furnace gas (BFG) for generating electricity, but blade crack faults (BCFs) in centrifugal booster fans can lead to unscheduled breakdowns and potentially serious accidents, so in this work quantitative fault identification and an abnormal alarm strategy based on acquired historical sensor-dependent vibration data is propose...

This paper explores parasocial phenomena on social media pages related to Spanish television fiction by analysing the development of parasociality through relationships established between users and characters characteristics this type online community. The sample consisted 4,762 spontaneous comments posted (1,598 Facebook 3,164 Twitter) linked series. Comments published 1 January 2018 31 May 2...

Measurements have been made of the temperature distribution in the antenna backing structures on the 6 m diameter antennas of the BIMA Array at Hat Creek. 32 thermistors were distributed around the backing structure and on one panel and were monitored under varying conditions. Significant gradients were found between the front and rear of the backing structure, across the structure, and radiall...

Fan aggression in football (soccer) is a societal problem that affects many countries worldwide. However, to date, most studies use an epidemiological or survey approach to explain football fan aggression. This study used a controlled laboratory study to advance a model of predictors for fan aggression. To do so, football fans (n = 74) saw a match summary in which their favorite team lost again...

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This study provides a detailed analysis of the existing problems with nuclear safeguards and material accounting in Russia by comparing the existing situation both to U.S. methods and to the system of controls that existed in the Soviet era. It also examines recent U.S. efforts under the Nunn-Lugar initiative to improve safeguards and the system of material accounting and control. Finally, it c...

Adam N. Stulberg is Assistant Professor at the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Previously, he was as a consultant at RAND and Senior Research Associate at the Center for Nonproliferation Studies(CNS). He has written several articles and monographs on the strategic implications of Russian regionalism, as well as on energy security issues in the fo...