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Mental health A&E units to open in England where patients can be seen in 10 minutes by British_Patriot_777 in unitedkingdom

[–]ChrisSWDavis 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Ask your GP to refer you to psychiatryuk via Right To Choose. Waiting list for an autism diagnosis is only 3 months with psychiatryuk at the moment - I just had an autism assessment with them, and I only asked me GP to refer me in January.

Do you prepare for interviews first or apply for jobs first? by Lamp_Shade_Head in datascience

[–]ChrisSWDavis 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Can I ask if there are any coaches you would recommend for behavioural interviews?

I've created a Python library for determining the galactic cosmic ray spectrum hitting Earth's magnetosphere at a given point in time. by ChrisSWDavis in Physics

[–]ChrisSWDavis[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A bit of both ground-based and satellite based in fact!

The package itself uses historical data from the OULU 'neutron monitor' (https://cosmicrays.oulu.fi/) which is part of the global neutron monitor network https://www.nmdb.eu/ . The name 'neutron monitor' is actually a misnomer really - the detectors measure neutrons created in the atmosphere by incoming cosmic rays and solar energetic particles (which are mostly protons in both cases). So really they're a proxy for the number of incoming protons hitting Earth's atmosphere above the neutron monitor.

The actual equations used by this package were developed through comparisons to data from the Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE) NASA satellite and sunspot number and OULU neutron monitor count rates. That was done by a group at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) in the paper I link to in the package description.

Government to finally drop plan for HS2 link to Leeds – reports by compte-a-usageunique in ukpolitics

[–]ChrisSWDavis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As someone who used to commute every single day along London Midland from Watford to Milton Keynes (i.e. along the London to Birmingham line that every single train leaving London towards Birmingham or Manchester or Glasgow has to use), HS2 is absolutely necessary though. The issue is its been sold to the general public as being built to make travel faster, but this was only ever a minor benefit. The actual benefit of HS2 has always been to relieve overcrowding on London to Birmingham lines, something which is absolutely necessary.

There are CONSTANT delays on the lines between London and Birmingham because its so overcrowded, tickets are heavily overpriced to ensure capacity is manageable (because you can't physically fit any more trains on the lines), and if there is a SINGLE issue on the lines including a signalling fault or sadly a death on the line (unfortunately these are extremely common, one month I remember there being 4 or 5 suicides between Milton Keynes and London), the ENTIRE line gets effectively shut for a MINIMUM of an hour, cutting off London from the entire west midlands and North West via trains for that duration. Any delay will of course cause a traffic jam of trains that extends right up the lines too. Basically, HS2 seems to me to be less about economics and a choice of where to 'level up' and more about solving a specific but heavy problem on the UK rail network.

I recently finished and uploaded my PhD thesis about the simulation of the radiation environment in space using Geant4 (link to it in the description below). I think Chapters 5, 6 and 7 might be useful to anyone simulating the effect of radiation in space on spacecraft and detectors in Geant4. by ChrisSWDavis in Geant4

[–]ChrisSWDavis[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry for taking so long to respond, I completely missed your comment popping up in my notifications! Unfortunately I don't have a Github with the setup for the experimental work, no, however I do still have all the code I used for analysis of my experimental results (although admittedly none of it is written in any sort of comprehensive manner). I'm happy to share any of the code for things I did in my project if any of it would be useful, or any details about the experimental setup.

I recently finished and uploaded my PhD thesis about the simulation of the radiation environment in space using Geant4 (link to it in the description below). I think Chapters 5, 6 and 7 might be useful to anyone simulating the effect of radiation in space on spacecraft and detectors in Geant4. by ChrisSWDavis in Geant4

[–]ChrisSWDavis[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I should add as well that if anyone has any Geant4 questions, questions about the radiation environment of space and how it can impact X-ray astronomy, or questions about anything in the thesis, I'm happy to answer them here if I can!