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A sterile-neutrino search using data from the MicroBooNE liquid-argon time projection chamber performed in an undergraduate teaching laboratory
John Waiton, Joseph Bateman, Justin J Evans, Ole Gunnar Finnerud, Elena Gramellini, Roxanne Guenette, Pawel Guzowski, Alekander Kedziora, Stefan Soldner-Rembold
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.18859

Construction on the Vincent Thomas Bridge near the Port of Los Angeles is slated to begin next month,
but the project will not include a 26-foot bridge hoist that port officials were hoping for.
Port Executive Director Gene Seroka proposed raising the bridge earlier this year amid existing plans from the California Department of Transportation to re-deck the emerald green overpass connecting San Pedro to Terminal Island and Long Beach.
Raising the bridge would allow larger,…

"Can I Decorate My Teeth With Diamonds?": Exploring Multi-Stakeholder Perspectives on Using VR to Reduce Children's Dental Anxiety
Yaxuan Mao, Yanheng Li, Duo Gong, Pengcheng An, Yuhan Luo
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.10019

"Can I Decorate My Teeth With Diamonds?": Exploring Multi-Stakeholder Perspectives on Using VR to Reduce Children's Dental Anxiety
Dental anxiety is prevalent among children, often leading to missed treatment and potential negative effects on their mental well-being. While several interventions (e.g., pharmacological and psychotherapeutic techniques) have been introduced for anxiety alleviation, the recently emerged virtual reality (VR) technology, with its immersive and playful nature, opened new opportunities for complementing and enhancing the therapeutic effects of existing interventions. In this light, we conducted a …

Worked on some more #Gentoo global #jobserver goodies today.
Firstly, Portage jobserver support patch: #PyTest jobs will also be counted towards total job count.
Again, it's not a perfect solution, but it works reasonably. The plugin still starts -n jobs as specified by the arguments, but it acquired job tokens prior to executing every test, therefore delaying actual testing until tokens are available. It doesn't seem to cause noticeable overhead either.

"Poverty ... is a most necessary and indispensable ingredient in society, without which nations and communities could not exist in a state of civilisation. It is the lot of man – it is the source of wealth, since without poverty there would be no labour, and without labour there could be no riches, no refinement, no comfort, and no benefit to those who may be possessed of wealth" — Patrick Colquhoun, quoted by @…

Cinemas, unions sound alarms over Netflix deal
For Netflix, having films launch on its platform allows the company to attract new users, as well as keep existing customers engaged.
But that stance has led to a testy relationship between Netflix and some exhibitors, which have pushed in general for more films to be released on the big screen.
Theater owner trade group Cinema United has voiced staunch opposition to the deal, saying it represented an “unprecedented threat to…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #EssentialClassics
Thomas Tallis, Chapelle du Roi & Alistair Dixon:
🎵 Domine, quis habitabit
#ThomasTallis #ChapelleduRoi #AlistairDixon
https://open.spotify.com/track/012p2fHe34gjUAcE21dENL

Prop. 50 looks likely to face a barrage of legal challenges
David A. Carrillo, executive director of the California Constitution Center at Berkeley Law,
said that if Proposition 50 passes, he expects a barrage of “see what sticks” lawsuits raising California constitutional claims.
They stand little chance of success, he said.
“Voters created the redistricting commission,” he said.
“What the voters created they can change or abolish.”
Attorneys might also br…

Beyond named methods: A typology of active learning based on classroom observation networks
Meagan Sundstrom, Justin Gambrell, Colin Green, Adrienne L. Traxler, Eric Brewe
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.01124

Beyond named methods: A typology of active learning based on classroom observation networks
A growing number of introductory physics instructors are implementing active learning methods in their classrooms, and they are modifying the methods to fit their local instructional contexts. However, we lack a detailed framework for describing the range of what these instructor adaptations of active learning methods look like in practice. Existing studies apply structured protocols to classroom observations and report descriptive statistics, but this approach overlooks the complex nature of i…