TY - JOUR A1 - Abeysekara, A. U. A1 - Archer, A. A1 - Benbow, Wystan A1 - Bird, Ralph A1 - Brill, A. A1 - Brose, Robert A1 - Buchovecky, M. A1 - Calderon-Madera, D. A1 - Christiansen, J. L. A1 - Cui, W. A1 - Daniel, M. K. A1 - Falcone, A. A1 - Feng, Q. A1 - Fernandez-Alonso, M. A1 - Finley, J. P. A1 - Fortson, Lucy A1 - Furniss, Amy A1 - Gent, A. A1 - Giuri, C. A1 - Gueta, O. A1 - Hanna, David A1 - Hassan, T. A1 - Hervet, Oliver A1 - Holder, J. A1 - Hughes, G. A1 - Humensky, T. B. A1 - Johnson, Caitlin A. A1 - Kaaret, P. A1 - Kertzman, M. A1 - Kieda, David A1 - Krause, Maria A1 - Krennrich, F. A1 - Kumar, S. A1 - Lang, M. J. A1 - Maier, Gernot A1 - Moriarty, P. A1 - Mukherjee, Reshmi A1 - Nievas-Rosillo, M. A1 - Ong, R. A. A1 - Pfrang, Konstantin Johannes A1 - Pohl, Martin A1 - Prado, R. R. A1 - Pueschel, Elisa A1 - Quinn, J. A1 - Ragan, K. A1 - Reynolds, P. T. A1 - Ribeiro, D. A1 - Richards, G. T. A1 - Roache, E. A1 - Rovero, A. C. A1 - Sadeh, Iftach A1 - Santander, M. A1 - Sembroski, G. H. A1 - Shahinyan, Karlen A1 - Sushch, Iurii A1 - Svraka, T. A1 - Weinstein, A. A1 - Wells, R. M. A1 - Wilcox, Patrick A1 - Wilhelm, Alina A1 - Williams, David Arnold A1 - Williamson, T. J. A1 - Zitzer, B. T1 - Measurement of the Extragalactic Background Light Spectral Energy Distribution with VERITAS JF - The astrophysical journal : an international review of spectroscopy and astronomical physics N2 - The extragalactic background light (EBL), a diffuse photon field in the optical and infrared range, is a record of radiative processes over the universe?s history. Spectral measurements of blazars at very high energies (>100 GeV) enable the reconstruction of the spectral energy distribution (SED) of the EBL, as the blazar spectra are modified by redshift- and energy-dependent interactions of the gamma-ray photons with the EBL. The spectra of 14 VERITAS-detected blazars are included in a new measurement of the EBL SED that is independent of EBL SED models. The resulting SED covers an EBL wavelength range of 0.56?56 ?m, and is in good agreement with lower limits obtained by assuming that the EBL is entirely due to radiation from cataloged galaxies. KW - Extragalactic astronomy KW - Active galactic nuclei KW - Diffuse radiation KW - Cosmology Y1 - 2019 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ab4817 SN - 0004-637X SN - 1538-4357 VL - 885 IS - 2 PB - IOP Publ. Ltd. CY - Bristol ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Dumont, Hanna A1 - Ready, Douglas D. D. T1 - On the promise of personalized learning for educational equity JF - npj science of learning N2 - Students enter school with a vast range of individual differences, resulting from the complex interplay between genetic dispositions and unequal environmental conditions. Schools thus face the challenge of organizing instruction and providing equal opportunities for students with diverse needs. Schools have traditionally managed student heterogeneity by sorting students both within and between schools according to their academic ability. However, empirical evidence suggests that such tracking approaches increase inequalities. In more recent years, driven largely by technological advances, there have been calls to embrace students' individual differences in the classroom and to personalize students' learning experiences. A central justification for personalized learning is its potential to improve educational equity. In this paper, we discuss whether and under which conditions personalized learning can indeed increase equity in K-12 education by bringing together empirical and theoretical insights from different fields, including the learning sciences, philosophy, psychology, and sociology. We distinguish between different conceptions of equity and argue that personalized learning is unlikely to result in "equality of outcomes" and, by definition, does not provide "equality of inputs". However, if implemented in a high-quality way, personalized learning is in line with "adequacy" notions of equity, which aim to equip all students with the basic competencies to participate in society as active members and to live meaningful lives. KW - Education KW - Psychology KW - Sociology Y1 - 2023 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-023-00174-x SN - 2056-7936 VL - 8 IS - 1 PB - Nature Publishing Group CY - London ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Taal, H. Rob A1 - St Pourcain, Beate A1 - Thiering, Elisabeth A1 - Das, Shikta A1 - Mook-Kanamori, Dennis O. A1 - Warrington, Nicole M. A1 - Kaakinen, Marika A1 - Kreiner-Moller, Eskil A1 - Bradfield, Jonathan P. A1 - Freathy, Rachel M. A1 - Geller, Frank A1 - Guxens, Monica A1 - Cousminer, Diana L. A1 - Kerkhof, Marjan A1 - Timpson, Nicholas J. A1 - Ikram, M. Arfan A1 - Beilin, Lawrence J. A1 - Bonnelykke, Klaus A1 - Buxton, Jessica L. A1 - Charoen, Pimphen A1 - Chawes, Bo Lund Krogsgaard A1 - Eriksson, Johan A1 - Evans, David M. A1 - Hofman, Albert A1 - Kemp, John P. A1 - Kim, Cecilia E. A1 - Klopp, Norman A1 - Lahti, Jari A1 - Lye, Stephen J. A1 - McMahon, George A1 - Mentch, Frank D. A1 - Mueller-Nurasyid, Martina A1 - O'Reilly, Paul F. A1 - Prokopenko, Inga A1 - Rivadeneira, Fernando A1 - Steegers, Eric A. P. A1 - Sunyer, Jordi A1 - Tiesler, Carla A1 - Yaghootkar, Hanieh A1 - Breteler, Monique M. B. A1 - Debette, Stephanie A1 - Fornage, Myriam A1 - Gudnason, Vilmundur A1 - Launer, Lenore J. A1 - van der Lugt, Aad A1 - Mosley, Thomas H. A1 - Seshadri, Sudha A1 - Smith, Albert V. A1 - Vernooij, Meike W. A1 - Blakemore, Alexandra I. F. A1 - Chiavacci, Rosetta M. A1 - Feenstra, Bjarke A1 - Fernandez-Banet, Julio A1 - Grant, Struan F. A. A1 - Hartikainen, Anna-Liisa A1 - van der Heijden, Albert J. A1 - Iniguez, Carmen A1 - Lathrop, Mark A1 - McArdle, Wendy L. A1 - Molgaard, Anne A1 - Newnham, John P. A1 - Palmer, Lyle J. A1 - Palotie, Aarno A1 - Pouta, Annneli A1 - Ring, Susan M. A1 - Sovio, Ulla A1 - Standl, Marie A1 - Uitterlinden, Andre G. A1 - Wichmann, H-Erich A1 - Vissing, Nadja Hawwa A1 - DeCarli, Charles A1 - van Duijn, Cornelia M. A1 - McCarthy, Mark I. A1 - Koppelman, Gerard H. A1 - Estivill, Xavier A1 - Hattersley, Andrew T. A1 - Melbye, Mads A1 - Bisgaard, Hans A1 - Pennell, Craig E. A1 - Widen, Elisabeth A1 - Hakonarson, Hakon A1 - Smith, George Davey A1 - Heinrich, Joachim A1 - Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta A1 - Jaddoe, Vincent W. V. A1 - Adair, Linda S. A1 - Ang, Wei A1 - Atalay, Mustafa A1 - van Beijsterveldt, Toos A1 - Bergen, Nienke A1 - Benke, Kelly A1 - Berry, Diane J. A1 - Bradfield, Jonathan P. A1 - Charoen, Pimphen A1 - Coin, Lachlan A1 - Cousminer, Diana L. A1 - Das, Shikta A1 - Davis, Oliver S. P. A1 - Elliott, Paul A1 - Evans, David M. A1 - Feenstra, Bjarke A1 - Flexeder, Claudia A1 - Frayling, Tim A1 - Freathy, Rachel M. A1 - Gaillard, Romy A1 - Geller, Frank A1 - Groen-Blokhuis, Maria A1 - Goh, Liang-Kee A1 - Guxens, Monica A1 - Haworth, Claire M. A. A1 - Hadley, Dexter A1 - Hebebrand, Johannes A1 - Hinney, Anke A1 - Hirschhorn, Joel N. A1 - Holloway, John W. A1 - Holst, Claus A1 - Hottenga, Jouke Jan A1 - Horikoshi, Momoko A1 - Huikari, Ville A1 - Hypponen, Elina A1 - Iniguez, Carmen A1 - Kaakinen, Marika A1 - Kilpelainen, Tuomas O. A1 - Kirin, Mirna A1 - Kowgier, Matthew A1 - Lakka, Hanna-Maaria A1 - Lange, Leslie A. A1 - Lawlor, Debbie A. A1 - Lehtimaki, Terho A1 - Lewin, Alex A1 - Lindgren, Cecilia A1 - Lindi, Virpi A1 - Maggi, Reedik A1 - Marsh, Julie A1 - Middeldorp, Christel A1 - Millwood, Iona A1 - Mook-Kanamori, Dennis O. A1 - Murray, Jeffrey C. A1 - Nivard, Michel A1 - Nohr, Ellen Aagaard A1 - Ntalla, Ioanna A1 - Oken, Emily A1 - O'Reilly, Paul F. A1 - Palmer, Lyle J. A1 - Panoutsopoulou, Kalliope A1 - Pararajasingham, Jennifer A1 - Prokopenko, Inga A1 - Rodriguez, Alina A1 - Salem, Rany M. A1 - Sebert, Sylvain A1 - Siitonen, Niina A1 - Sovio, Ulla A1 - St Pourcain, Beate A1 - Strachan, David P. A1 - Sunyer, Jordi A1 - Taal, H. Rob A1 - Teo, Yik-Ying A1 - Thiering, Elisabeth A1 - Tiesler, Carla A1 - Uitterlinden, Andre G. A1 - Valcarcel, Beatriz A1 - Warrington, Nicole M. A1 - White, Scott A1 - Willemsen, Gonneke A1 - Yaghootkar, Hanieh A1 - Zeggini, Eleftheria A1 - Boomsma, Dorret I. A1 - Cooper, Cyrus A1 - Estivill, Xavier A1 - Gillman, Matthew A1 - Grant, Struan F. A. A1 - Hakonarson, Hakon A1 - Hattersley, Andrew T. A1 - Heinrich, Joachim A1 - Hocher, Berthold A1 - Jaddoe, Vincent W. V. A1 - Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta A1 - Lakka, Timo A. A1 - McCarthy, Mark I. A1 - Melbye, Mads A1 - Mohlke, Karen L. A1 - Dedoussis, George V. A1 - Ong, Ken K. A1 - Pearson, Ewan R. A1 - Pennell, Craig E. A1 - Price, Thomas S. A1 - Power, Chris A1 - Raitakari, Olli T. A1 - Saw, Seang-Mei A1 - Scherag, Andre A1 - Simell, Olli A1 - Sorensen, Thorkild I. A. A1 - Timpson, Nicholas J. A1 - Widen, Elisabeth A1 - Wilson, James F. A1 - Ang, Wei A1 - van Beijsterveldt, Toos A1 - Bergen, Nienke A1 - Benke, Kelly A1 - Berry, Diane J. A1 - Bradfield, Jonathan P. A1 - Charoen, Pimphen A1 - Coin, Lachlan A1 - Cousminer, Diana L. A1 - Das, Shikta A1 - Elliott, Paul A1 - Evans, David M. A1 - Frayling, Tim A1 - Freathy, Rachel M. A1 - Gaillard, Romy A1 - Groen-Blokhuis, Maria A1 - Guxens, Monica A1 - Hadley, Dexter A1 - Hottenga, Jouke Jan A1 - Huikari, Ville A1 - Hypponen, Elina A1 - Kaakinen, Marika A1 - Kowgier, Matthew A1 - Lawlor, Debbie A. A1 - Lewin, Alex A1 - Lindgren, Cecilia A1 - Marsh, Julie A1 - Middeldorp, Christel A1 - Millwood, Iona A1 - Mook-Kanamori, Dennis O. A1 - Nivard, Michel A1 - O'Reilly, Paul F. A1 - Palmer, Lyle J. A1 - Prokopenko, Inga A1 - Rodriguez, Alina A1 - Sebert, Sylvain A1 - Sovio, Ulla A1 - St Pourcain, Beate A1 - Standl, Marie A1 - Strachan, David P. A1 - Sunyer, Jordi A1 - Taal, H. Rob A1 - Thiering, Elisabeth A1 - Tiesler, Carla A1 - Uitterlinden, Andre G. A1 - Valcarcel, Beatriz A1 - Warrington, Nicole M. A1 - White, Scott A1 - Willemsen, Gonneke A1 - Yaghootkar, Hanieh A1 - Boomsma, Dorret I. A1 - Estivill, Xavier A1 - Grant, Struan F. A. A1 - Hakonarson, Hakon A1 - Hattersley, Andrew T. A1 - Heinrich, Joachim A1 - Jaddoe, Vincent W. V. A1 - Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta A1 - McCarthy, Mark I. A1 - Pennell, Craig E. A1 - Power, Chris A1 - Timpson, Nicholas J. A1 - Widen, Elisabeth A1 - Ikram, M. Arfan A1 - Fornage, Myriam A1 - Smith, Albert V. A1 - Seshadri, Sudha A1 - Schmidt, Reinhold A1 - Debette, Stephanie A1 - Vrooman, Henri A. A1 - Sigurdsson, Sigurdur A1 - Ropele, Stefan A1 - Coker, Laura H. A1 - Longstreth, W. T. A1 - Niessen, Wiro J. A1 - DeStefano, Anita L. A1 - Beiser, Alexa A1 - Zijdenbos, Alex P. A1 - Struchalin, Maksim A1 - Jack, Clifford R. A1 - Nalls, Mike A. A1 - Au, Rhoda A1 - Hofman, Albert A1 - Gudnason, Haukur A1 - van der Lugt, Aad A1 - Harris, Tamara B. A1 - Meeks, William M. A1 - Vernooij, Meike W. A1 - van Buchem, Mark A. A1 - Catellier, Diane A1 - Gudnason, Vilmundur A1 - Windham, B. Gwen A1 - Wolf, Philip A. A1 - van Duijn, Cornelia M. A1 - Mosley, Thomas H. A1 - Schmidt, Helena A1 - Launer, Lenore J. A1 - Breteler, Monique M. B. A1 - DeCarli, Charles T1 - Common variants at 12q15 and 12q24 are associated with infant head circumference JF - Nature genetics N2 - To identify genetic variants associated with head circumference in infancy, we performed a meta-analysis of seven genome-wide association studies (GWAS) (N = 10,768 individuals of European ancestry enrolled in pregnancy and/or birth cohorts) and followed up three lead signals in six replication studies (combined N = 19,089). rs7980687 on chromosome 12q24 (P = 8.1 x 10(-9)) and rs1042725 on chromosome 12q15 (P = 2.8 x 10(-10)) were robustly associated with head circumference in infancy. Although these loci have previously been associated with adult height(1), their effects on infant head circumference were largely independent of height (P = 3.8 x 10(-7) for rs7980687 and P = 1.3 x 10(-7) for rs1042725 after adjustment for infant height). A third signal, rs11655470 on chromosome 17q21, showed suggestive evidence of association with head circumference (P = 3.9 x 10(-6)). SNPs correlated to the 17q21 signal have shown genome-wide association with adult intracranial volume(2), Parkinson's disease and other neurodegenerative diseases(3-5), indicating that a common genetic variant in this region might link early brain growth with neurological disease in later life. Y1 - 2012 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.2238 SN - 1061-4036 VL - 44 IS - 5 SP - 532 EP - + PB - Nature Publ. Group CY - New York ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Abeysekara, A. U. A1 - Archer, A. A1 - Benbow, Wystan A1 - Bird, Ralph A1 - Brill, A. A1 - Brose, Robert A1 - Buckley, J. H. A1 - Christiansen, Jessie L. A1 - Chromey, A. J. A1 - Daniel, M. K. A1 - Falcone, A. A1 - Feng, Qi A1 - Finley, John P. A1 - Fortson, L. A1 - Furniss, Amy A1 - Gillanders, Gerard H. A1 - Gueta, O. A1 - Hanna, David A1 - Hervet, O. A1 - Holder, J. A1 - Hughes, G. A1 - Humensky, T. B. A1 - Johnson, Caitlin A. A1 - Kaaret, Philip A1 - Kar, P. A1 - Kelley-Hoskins, N. A1 - Kertzman, M. A1 - Kieda, David A1 - Krause, Maria A1 - Krennrich, F. A1 - Lang, M. J. A1 - Moriarty, P. A1 - Mukherjee, Reshmi A1 - Ong, R. A. A1 - Otte, A. N. A1 - Park, N. A1 - Petrashyk, A. A1 - Pohl, Martin A1 - Pueschel, Elisa A1 - Quinn, J. A1 - Ragan, K. A1 - Reynolds, P. T. A1 - Richards, Gregory T. A1 - Roache, E. A1 - Rulten, C. A1 - Sadeh, I. A1 - Santander, Marcos A1 - Scott, S. S. A1 - Sembroski, G. H. A1 - Shahinyan, Karlen A1 - Tyler, J. A1 - Wakely, S. P. A1 - Weinstein, A. A1 - Wells, R. M. A1 - Wilcox, P. A1 - Wilhelm, Alina A1 - Williams, D. A. A1 - Williamson, T. J. A1 - Zitzer, B. A1 - Kaur, A. T1 - VERITAS Observations of the BL Lac Object TXS 0506+056 JF - The astrophysical journal : an international review of spectroscopy and astronomical physics ; Part 2, Letters N2 - On 2017 September 22, the IceCube Neutrino Observatory reported the detection of the high-energy neutrino event IC 170922A, of potential astrophysical origin. It was soon determined that the neutrino direction was consistent with the location of the gamma-ray blazar TXS 0506+056. (3FGL J0509.4+ 0541), which was in an elevated gamma-ray emission state as measured by the Fermi satellite. Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS) observations of the neutrino/blazar region started on 2017 September 23 in response to the neutrino alert and continued through 2018 February 6. While no significant very-high-energy (VHE; E > 100 GeV) emission was observed from the blazar by VERITAS in the two-week period immediately following the IceCube alert, TXS 0506+ 056 was detected by VERITAS with a significance of 5.8 standard deviations (sigma) in the full 35 hr data set. The average photon flux of the source during this period was (8.9 +/- 1.6). x. 10(-12) cm(-2) s(-1), or 1.6% of the Crab Nebula flux, above an energy threshold of 110 GeV, with a soft spectral index of 4.8. +/-. 1.3. KW - astroparticle physics KW - BL Lacertae objects: individual (TXS 0506+056, VER J0509+057) KW - gamma rays: galaxies KW - quasars: general KW - neutrinos Y1 - 2018 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/aad053 SN - 2041-8205 SN - 2041-8213 VL - 861 IS - 2 PB - IOP Publ. Ltd. CY - Bristol ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Abeysekara, A. U. A1 - Benbow, Wystan A1 - Bird, Ralph A1 - Brantseg, T. A1 - Brose, Robert A1 - Buchovecky, M. A1 - Buckley, J. H. A1 - Bugaev, V. A1 - Connolly, M. P. A1 - Cui, Wei A1 - Daniel, M. K. A1 - Falcone, A. A1 - Feng, Qi A1 - Finley, John P. A1 - Fortson, L. A1 - Furniss, Amy A1 - Gillanders, Gerard H. A1 - Gunawardhana, Isuru A1 - Huetten, M. A1 - Hanna, David A1 - Hervet, O. A1 - Holder, J. A1 - Hughes, G. A1 - Humensky, T. B. A1 - Johnson, Caitlin A. A1 - Kaaret, Philip A1 - Kar, P. A1 - Kertzman, M. A1 - Krennrich, F. A1 - Lang, M. J. A1 - Lin, T. T. Y. A1 - McArthur, S. A1 - Moriarty, P. A1 - Mukherjee, Reshmi A1 - Ong, R. A. A1 - Otte, Adam Nepomuk A1 - Park, N. A1 - Petrashyk, A. A1 - Pohl, Martin A1 - Pueschel, Elisa A1 - Quinn, J. A1 - Ragan, K. A1 - Reynolds, P. T. A1 - Richards, Gregory T. A1 - Roache, E. A1 - Rulten, C. A1 - Sadeh, I. A1 - Santander, M. A1 - Sembroski, G. H. A1 - Shahinyan, Karlen A1 - Wakely, S. P. A1 - Weinstein, A. A1 - Wells, R. M. A1 - Wilcox, P. A1 - Williams, D. A. A1 - Zitzer, B. A1 - Jorstad, Svetlana G. A1 - Marscher, Alan P. A1 - Lister, Matthew L. A1 - Kovalev, Yuri Y. A1 - Pushkarev, A. B. A1 - Savolainen, Tuomas A1 - Agudo, I. A1 - Molina, S. N. A1 - Gomez, J. L. A1 - Larionov, Valeri M. A1 - Borman, G. A. A1 - Mokrushina, A. A. A1 - Tornikoski, Merja A1 - Lahteenmaki, A. A1 - Chamani, W. A1 - Enestam, S. A1 - Kiehlmann, S. A1 - Hovatta, Talvikki A1 - Smith, P. S. A1 - Pontrelli, P. T1 - Multiwavelength Observations of the Blazar BL Lacertae BT - a new Fast TeV Gamma-Ray Flare JF - The astrophysical journal : an international review of spectroscopy and astronomical physics N2 - Combined with measurements made by very-long-baseline interferometry, the observations of fast TeV gamma-ray flares probe the structure and emission mechanism of blazar jets. However, only a handful of such flares have been detected to date, and only within the last few years have these flares been observed from lower-frequency-peaked BL. Lac objects and flat-spectrum radio quasars. We report on a fast TeV gamma-ray flare from the blazar BL. Lacertae observed by the Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS). with a rise time of similar to 2.3 hr and a decay time of similar to 36 min. The peak flux above 200 GeV is (4.2 +/- 0.6) x 10(-6) photon m(-2) s(-1) measured with a 4-minute-binned light curve, corresponding to similar to 180% of the flux that is observed from the Crab Nebula above the same energy threshold. Variability contemporaneous with the TeV gamma-ray flare was observed in GeV gamma-ray, X-ray, and optical flux, as well as in optical and radio polarization. Additionally, a possible moving emission feature with superluminal apparent velocity was identified in Very Long Baseline Array observations at 43 GHz, potentially passing the radio core of the jet around the time of the gamma-ray flare. We discuss the constraints on the size, Lorentz factor, and location of the emitting region of the flare, and the interpretations with several theoretical models that invoke relativistic plasma passing stationary shocks. KW - BL Lacertae objects: individual (BL Lacertae = VER J2202+422) KW - galaxies: active Y1 - 2018 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aab35c SN - 0004-637X SN - 1538-4357 VL - 856 IS - 2 PB - IOP Publ. Ltd. CY - Bristol ER -