Sample records for compact commissions established

  1. Midwest Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Commission annual report

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Not Available

    1988-08-01

    In 1980, Congress passed the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act. This Act provided for a new approach to the disposal of low-level radioactive waste. It assigned each state responsibility for the disposal of low-level radioactive waste generated within its borders, and it authorized states to enter into compacts for the purpose of operating regional disposal facilities. It also authorized compacts to restrict the use of regional disposal facilities to only member states. To meet their obligations under the Act, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio and Wisconsin formed the Midwest Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact. The Compact was ratified bymore » each of the state legislatures and by Congress. The Compact established the Midwest Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Commission, composed on one representative appointed by the Governor or Legislature of each member state. Article 3 of the compact requires that the Commission prepare an annual report regarding the activities and actions of the Commission. It also requires that the annual report be distributed to the Governors and legislative leaders in the member states. The Commission's Bylaw Article 12 requires the annual report to cover the preceding fiscal year, and to be distributed in August of each year. The Bylaw also requires that an annual audit, prepared by a certified public accountant, be included as part of the annual report. 3 figs.« less

  2. DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Not Available

    The Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Amendments Act of 1985 amends the current act to provide regional facilities established through compacts between two or more states. The Act defines the responsibilities of the federal government and the participating states, and provides for inspection by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and review by Congress. It also establishes procedures for siting and allocation of facilities during the transition period and the requirements for access to regional facilities, which will have a three-year licensing and construction period. There is a graduated ceiling on surcharges until 1992, when the limit is $40 per cubic foot. Themore » Act lists six compacts which are subject to consent.« less

  3. 25 CFR 542.4 - How do these regulations affect minimum internal control standards established in a Tribal-State...

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-04-01

    ... 25 Indians 2 2010-04-01 2010-04-01 false How do these regulations affect minimum internal control standards established in a Tribal-State compact? 542.4 Section 542.4 Indians NATIONAL INDIAN GAMING COMMISSION, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR HUMAN SERVICES MINIMUM INTERNAL CONTROL STANDARDS § 542.4 How do these regulations affect minimum internal...

  4. 25 CFR 542.4 - How do these regulations affect minimum internal control standards established in a Tribal-State...

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-04-01

    ... 25 Indians 2 2011-04-01 2011-04-01 false How do these regulations affect minimum internal control standards established in a Tribal-State compact? 542.4 Section 542.4 Indians NATIONAL INDIAN GAMING COMMISSION, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR HUMAN SERVICES MINIMUM INTERNAL CONTROL STANDARDS § 542.4 How do these regulations affect minimum internal...

  5. 25 CFR 542.4 - How do these regulations affect minimum internal control standards established in a Tribal-State...

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-04-01

    ... 25 Indians 2 2013-04-01 2013-04-01 false How do these regulations affect minimum internal control standards established in a Tribal-State compact? 542.4 Section 542.4 Indians NATIONAL INDIAN GAMING COMMISSION, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR HUMAN SERVICES MINIMUM INTERNAL CONTROL STANDARDS § 542.4 How do these regulations affect minimum internal...

  6. 25 CFR 542.4 - How do these regulations affect minimum internal control standards established in a Tribal-State...

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-04-01

    ... 25 Indians 2 2012-04-01 2012-04-01 false How do these regulations affect minimum internal control standards established in a Tribal-State compact? 542.4 Section 542.4 Indians NATIONAL INDIAN GAMING COMMISSION, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR HUMAN SERVICES MINIMUM INTERNAL CONTROL STANDARDS § 542.4 How do these regulations affect minimum internal...

  7. 25 CFR 542.4 - How do these regulations affect minimum internal control standards established in a Tribal-State...

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-04-01

    ... 25 Indians 2 2014-04-01 2014-04-01 false How do these regulations affect minimum internal control standards established in a Tribal-State compact? 542.4 Section 542.4 Indians NATIONAL INDIAN GAMING COMMISSION, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR HUMAN SERVICES MINIMUM INTERNAL CONTROL STANDARDS § 542.4 How do these regulations affect minimum internal...

  8. 10 CFR 62.11 - Filing and distribution of a determination request.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    ... radioactive waste disposal facilities, to the Compact Commissions with operating regional low-level radioactive waste disposal facilities, and to the Governors of the States in the Compact Commissions with... ACCESS TO NON-FEDERAL AND REGIONAL LOW-LEVEL WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITIES Request for a Commission...

  9. 78 FR 20946 - Certain Dimmable Compact Fluorescent Lamps and Products Containing Same; Notice of Request for...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2013-04-08

    ... INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION [Investigation No. 337-TA-830] Certain Dimmable Compact Fluorescent.... International Trade Commission. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the presiding... General Counsel, U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E Street SW., Washington, DC 20436, telephone...

  10. Vacuum system of the compact Energy Recovery Linac

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Honda, T., E-mail: tohru.honda@kek.jp; Tanimoto, Y.; Nogami, T.

    2016-07-27

    The compact Energy Recovery Linac (cERL), a test accelerator to establish important technologies demanded for future ERL-based light sources, was constructed in late 2013 at KEK. The accelerator was successfully commissioned in early 2014, and demonstrated beam circulation with energy recovery. In the cERL vacuum system, low-impedance vacuum components are required to circulate high-intensity, low-emittance and short-bunch electron beams. We therefore developed ultra-high-vacuum (UHV)-compatible flanges that can connect beam tubes seamlessly, and employed retractable beam monitors, namely, a movable Faraday cup and screen monitors. In most parts of the accelerator, pressures below 1×10{sup −7} Pa are required to mitigate beam-gasmore » interactions. Particularly, near the photocathode electron gun and the superconducting (SC) cavities, pressures below 1×10{sup −8} Pa are required. The beam tubes in the sections adjoining the SC cavities were coated with non-evaporable getter (NEG) materials, to reduce gas condensation on the cryo-surfaces. During the accelerator commissioning, stray magnetic fields from the permanent magnets of some cold cathode gauges (CCGs) were identified as a source of the disturbance to the beam orbit. Magnetic shielding was specially designed as a remedy for this issue.« less

  11. Leading the Way: Success. 2013-18 Master Plan

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission, 2013

    2013-01-01

    This is the second paper in the West Virginia State Higher Education Policy Commission's series concerning the major areas of the Commission's new master plan and compact process. Each paper elaborates on a particular theme sharing additional best practices and insights. It is the intention of the Commission that these additional resources assist…

  12. Leading the Way: Impact. 2013-18 Master Plan

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission, 2013

    2013-01-01

    This is the third and final paper in the Commission's series concerning the major areas of the Commission's new master plan and compact process. Each paper elaborates on a particular theme sharing additional best practices and insights. It is the intention of the Commission that these additional resources assist in fostering discourse among…

  13. 10 CFR 1800.10 - Purpose and scope.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    ... NORTHEAST INTERSTATE LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE COMMISSION DECLARATION OF PARTY STATE ELIGIBILITY FOR NORTHEAST INTERSTATE LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE COMPACT § 1800.10 Purpose and scope. Pursuant to Articles IV.i.(1), (7), (15), and VII.e. of the Northeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact...

  14. 10 CFR 1800.10 - Purpose and scope.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-01-01

    ... NORTHEAST INTERSTATE LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE COMMISSION DECLARATION OF PARTY STATE ELIGIBILITY FOR NORTHEAST INTERSTATE LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE COMPACT § 1800.10 Purpose and scope. Pursuant to Articles IV.i.(1), (7), (15), and VII.e. of the Northeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact...

  15. 10 CFR 1800.11 - Definitions.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-01-01

    ... 10 Energy 4 2011-01-01 2011-01-01 false Definitions. 1800.11 Section 1800.11 Energy NORTHEAST... INTERSTATE LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE COMPACT § 1800.11 Definitions. The definitions contained in Article II of the Compact and Article I.B. of the Commission's By Laws shall apply throughout this part. For the...

  16. 18 CFR 420.23 - Exempt uses under the Compact.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-04-01

    ... 18 Conservation of Power and Water Resources 2 2010-04-01 2010-04-01 false Exempt uses under the Compact. 420.23 Section 420.23 Conservation of Power and Water Resources DELAWARE RIVER BASIN COMMISSION ADMINISTRATIVE MANUAL BASIN REGULATIONS-WATER SUPPLY CHARGES Water Supply Policy § 420.23 Exempt uses under the...

  17. 10 CFR 1800.12 - Procedures for declaring a state eligible for membership in the Compact.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-01-01

    ... 10 Energy 4 2012-01-01 2012-01-01 false Procedures for declaring a state eligible for membership in the Compact. 1800.12 Section 1800.12 Energy NORTHEAST INTERSTATE LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE COMMISSION DECLARATION OF PARTY STATE ELIGIBILITY FOR NORTHEAST INTERSTATE LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE...

  18. 10 CFR 1800.12 - Procedures for declaring a state eligible for membership in the Compact.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    ... 10 Energy 4 2010-01-01 2010-01-01 false Procedures for declaring a state eligible for membership in the Compact. 1800.12 Section 1800.12 Energy NORTHEAST INTERSTATE LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE COMMISSION DECLARATION OF PARTY STATE ELIGIBILITY FOR NORTHEAST INTERSTATE LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE...

  19. 18 CFR 401.8 - Public projects under Article 11 of the Compact.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-04-01

    ... 18 Conservation of Power and Water Resources 2 2011-04-01 2011-04-01 false Public projects under Article 11 of the Compact. 401.8 Section 401.8 Conservation of Power and Water Resources DELAWARE RIVER BASIN COMMISSION ADMINISTRATIVE MANUAL RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE Comprehensive Plan § 401.8 Public...

  20. The Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE): Perspectives on Community Colleges

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Prescott, Brian T.; Michelau, Demarée K.

    2015-01-01

    The Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) is an interstate compact aimed at improving access to, and success in, postsecondary education for residents of the West. Given the region's historic reliance on public higher education, rapidly diversifying demographics, and financial pressures experienced by postsecondary education…

  1. 10 CFR 1800.12 - Procedures for declaring a state eligible for membership in the Compact.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-01-01

    ... 10 Energy 4 2011-01-01 2011-01-01 false Procedures for declaring a state eligible for membership in the Compact. 1800.12 Section 1800.12 Energy NORTHEAST INTERSTATE LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE... Commission shall publish a notice in accordance with Article I.F.1. of the By Laws and shall initiate an...

  2. 16 CFR 1018.14 - Non-Commission established advisory committees.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    ... 16 Commercial Practices 2 2010-01-01 2010-01-01 false Non-Commission established advisory committees. 1018.14 Section 1018.14 Commercial Practices CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION GENERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE MANAGEMENT Establishment of Advisory Committees § 1018.14 Non-Commission established advisory...

  3. What Matters Now: A New Compact for Teaching and Learning. A Call to Action

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    National Commission on Teaching and America's Future, 2016

    2016-01-01

    Twenty years ago, a report by the National Commission on Teaching and America's Future (NCTAF) changed the national discussion about what must be done to improve America's schools so that all students experience success. The Commission drew attention to the overlooked fact that the most important school variable affecting student achievement is…

  4. The Learning Compact Redefined: A Call to Action. A Report of the Commission on the Whole Child

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 2007

    2007-01-01

    In this report, Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development's (ASCD's) Commission on the Whole Child advances five major recommendations for ensuring that all children are healthy, safe, engaged, supported, and challenged. This report frames education within the most fundamental context--the personalized engagement and nurturing of the…

  5. Low-Level Waste Forum notes and summary reports for 1994. Volume 9, Number 3, May-June 1994

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    NONE

    1994-06-01

    This issue includes the following articles: Vermont ratifies Texas compact; Pennsylvania study on rates of decay for classes of low-level radioactive waste; South Carolina legislature adjourns without extending access to Barnwell for out-of-region generators; Southeast Compact Commission authorizes payments for facility development, also votes on petitions, access contracts; storage of low-level radioactive waste at Rancho Seco removed from consideration; plutonium estimates for Ward Valley, California; judgment issued in Ward Valley lawsuits; Central Midwest Commission questions court`s jurisdiction over surcharge rebates litigation; Supreme Court decides commerce clause case involving solid waste; parties voluntarily dismiss Envirocare case; appellate court affirms dismissal ofmore » suit against Central Commission; LLW Forum mixed waste working group meets; US EPA Office of Radiation and Indoor Air rulemakings; EPA issues draft radiation site cleanup regulation; EPA extends mixed waste enforcement moratorium; and NRC denies petition to amend low-level radioactive waste classification regulations.« less

  6. 28 CFR 907.1 - Purpose and authority.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ....1 Judicial Administration NATIONAL CRIME PREVENTION AND PRIVACY COMPACT COUNCIL COMPACT COUNCIL... Prevention and Privacy Compact (Compact) and with rules, standards, and procedures established by the Compact Council regarding application and response procedures, record dissemination and use, response times, data...

  7. 28 CFR 907.1 - Purpose and authority.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ....1 Judicial Administration NATIONAL CRIME PREVENTION AND PRIVACY COMPACT COUNCIL COMPACT COUNCIL... Prevention and Privacy Compact (Compact) and with rules, standards, and procedures established by the Compact Council regarding application and response procedures, record dissemination and use, response times, data...

  8. 28 CFR 907.1 - Purpose and authority.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ....1 Judicial Administration NATIONAL CRIME PREVENTION AND PRIVACY COMPACT COUNCIL COMPACT COUNCIL... Prevention and Privacy Compact (Compact) and with rules, standards, and procedures established by the Compact Council regarding application and response procedures, record dissemination and use, response times, data...

  9. 77 FR 9696 - Notice of Public Meeting; Central Montana Resource Advisory Council

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2012-02-17

    ... Moccasin Travel Plan, amenity fee proposal, oil and gas fracking, presentation led by the council's Category 2, reserved water rights compact commission process, and administrative details. All RAC meetings...

  10. Sustainable landscaping practices for enhancing vegetation establishment.

    DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

    2016-02-01

    Soil compaction can severely limit the success of vegetation establishment. Current grading and landscaping : practices commonly produce compacted soils of varied textures and profiles within SHA medians and roadsides, : resulting in limited capacity...

  11. Trees for Reclamation Symposium Proceedings

    Treesearch

    Northeastern Forest Experiment Station

    1980-01-01

    A collection of 30 papers presented at the symposium on trees for reclamation in the Eastern United States held October 27-29, 1980, Lexington, Kentucky, and sponsored by the USDA Forest Service and Interstate Mining Compact Commission.

  12. 29 CFR 516.16 - Commission employees of a retail or service establishment exempt from overtime pay requirements...

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... 29 Labor 3 2011-07-01 2011-07-01 false Commission employees of a retail or service establishment... Act; Other Special Requirements § 516.16 Commission employees of a retail or service establishment... of a retail or service establishment exempt from the overtime pay requirements of the Act pursuant to...

  13. 29 CFR 516.16 - Commission employees of a retail or service establishment exempt from overtime pay requirements...

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-07-01

    ... 29 Labor 3 2012-07-01 2012-07-01 false Commission employees of a retail or service establishment... Act; Other Special Requirements § 516.16 Commission employees of a retail or service establishment... of a retail or service establishment exempt from the overtime pay requirements of the Act pursuant to...

  14. 29 CFR 516.16 - Commission employees of a retail or service establishment exempt from overtime pay requirements...

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ... 29 Labor 3 2014-07-01 2014-07-01 false Commission employees of a retail or service establishment... Act; Other Special Requirements § 516.16 Commission employees of a retail or service establishment... of a retail or service establishment exempt from the overtime pay requirements of the Act pursuant to...

  15. 29 CFR 516.16 - Commission employees of a retail or service establishment exempt from overtime pay requirements...

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ... 29 Labor 3 2013-07-01 2013-07-01 false Commission employees of a retail or service establishment... Act; Other Special Requirements § 516.16 Commission employees of a retail or service establishment... of a retail or service establishment exempt from the overtime pay requirements of the Act pursuant to...

  16. 29 CFR 516.16 - Commission employees of a retail or service establishment exempt from overtime pay requirements...

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... 29 Labor 3 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false Commission employees of a retail or service establishment... Act; Other Special Requirements § 516.16 Commission employees of a retail or service establishment... of a retail or service establishment exempt from the overtime pay requirements of the Act pursuant to...

  17. Consolidation of Bimetallic Nanosized Particles and Formation of Nanocomposites Depending on Conditions of Shock Wave Compaction

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Vorozhtsov, S. A.; Kudryashova, O. B.; Lerner, M. I.; Vorozhtsov, A. B.; Khrustalyov, A. P.; Pervikov, A. V.

    2017-11-01

    The authors consider and evaluate the physical parameters and regularities of the process of consolidation of Fe-Cu, Cu-Nb, Ag-Ni, Fe-Pb nanoparticles when creating composite materials by means of shock wave compaction. As a result of theoretical consideration of explosive compaction process, researchers established and discussed the physical process conditions, established a number of threshold pressure values corresponding to different target indicators of the state of the compact. The time of shock wave impact on powders for powder consolidation was estimated.

  18. DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Venkataraman, M.; Natarajan, R.; Raj, Baldev

    The reprocessing of spent fuel from Fast Breeder Test Reactor (FBTR) has been successfully demonstrated in the pilot plant, CORAL (COmpact Reprocessing facility for Advanced fuels in Lead shielded cell). Since commissioning in 2003, spent mixed carbide fuel from FBTR of different burnups and varying cooling period, have been reprocessed in this facility. Reprocessing of the spent fuel with a maximum burnup of 100 GWd/t has been successfully carried out so far. The feed backs from these campaigns with progressively increasing specific activities, have been useful in establishing a viable process flowsheet for reprocessing the Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR)more » spent fuel. Also, the design of various equipments and processes for the future plants, which are either under design for construction, namely, the Demonstration Fast Reactor Fuel Reprocessing Plant (DFRP) and the Fast reactor fuel Reprocessing Plant (FRP) could be finalized. (authors)« less

  19. 32 CFR 9.2 - Establishment of Military Commissions.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... 32 National Defense 1 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false Establishment of Military Commissions. 9.2 Section 9.2 National Defense Department of Defense OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE MILITARY COMMISSIONS PROCEDURES FOR TRIALS BY MILITARY COMMISSIONS OF CERTAIN NON-UNITED STATES CITIZENS IN THE WAR AGAINST...

  20. 18 CFR 39.13 - Regional Advisory Bodies.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-04-01

    ... Commission. (d) The Commission may give deference to the advice of a Regional Advisory Body established by... established by the Commission may provide advice to the Electric Reliability Organization or a Regional Entity...

  1. 18 CFR 39.13 - Regional Advisory Bodies.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-04-01

    ... Commission. (d) The Commission may give deference to the advice of a Regional Advisory Body established by... established by the Commission may provide advice to the Electric Reliability Organization or a Regional Entity...

  2. Summary of development of 70 MW class model superconducting generator--research and development of superconducting for electric power application

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Oishi, Ikuo; Nishijima, Kenichi

    2002-03-01

    A 70 MW class superconducting model generator was designed, manufactured, and tested from 1988 to 1999 as Phase I, which was Japan's national project on applications of superconducting technologies to electric power apparatuses that was commissioned by NEDO as part of New Sunshine Program of AIST and MITI. Phase II then is now being carried out by almost same organization as Phase I. With the development of the 70 MW class superconducting model generator, technologies for a 200 MW class pilot generator were established. The world's largest output (79 MW), world's longest continuous operation (1500 h), and other sufficient characteristics were achieved on the 70 MW class superconducting model generator, and key technologies of design and manufacture required for the 200 MW class pilot generator were established. This project contributed to progress of R&D of power apparatuses. Super-GM has started the next project (Phase II), which shall develop the key technologies for larger-capacity and more-compact machine and is scheduled from 2000 to 2003. Phase II shall be the first step for commercialization of superconducting generator.

  3. 78 FR 24233 - Certain Dimmable Compact Fluorescent Lamps and Products Containing Same: Notice of Institution of...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2013-04-24

    ... information concerning the Commission may also be obtained by accessing its Internet server at http://www... complaint alleged, among other things, that the importation into the United States, the sale for importation...

  4. Establishment and early growth of conifers on compact soils in urban areas

    Treesearch

    Robert P. Zisa; Howard G. Halverson; Benjamin B. Stout

    1979-01-01

    A study of pitch pine, Austrian pine, and Norway spruce on two different urban soils compacted to bulk densities of 1.2, 1.3, 1.6, and 1.8 g•cm-3 and maintained at high water potentials showed that all three species could become established from seed at high soil bulk densities. Pitch pine was the most suceessful species in establishment...

  5. 16 CFR 4.2 - Requirements as to form, and filing of documents other than correspondence.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-01-01

    ... Administrative Law Judge) or twelve (12) paper copies (if before the Commission), and an electronic copy in Adobe... an electronic copy on a compact disc (CD) or digital video disc (DVD) in Adobe portable document...

  6. 16 CFR 4.2 - Requirements as to form, and filing of documents other than correspondence.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    ... Administrative Law Judge) or twelve (12) paper copies (if before the Commission), and an electronic copy in Adobe... an electronic copy on a compact disc (CD) or digital video disc (DVD) in Adobe portable document...

  7. NPDES permit compliance and enforcement: A resource guide for oil and gas operators

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    NONE

    1998-12-01

    During the fall of 1996, the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission sponsored sessions for government and industry representatives to discuss concerns about the National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) program under the Clean Water Act. In January 1997, the NPDES Education/Communication/Training Workgroup (ECT Workgroup) was established with co-leaders from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and industry. The ECT Workgroup`s purpose was to develop ideas that would improve communication between NPDES regulators and the oil and gas industry regarding NPDES compliance issues. The Workgroup focused on several areas, including permit compliance monitoring and reporting, enforcement activity and options, and treatmentmore » technology. The ECT Workgroup also discussed the need for materials and information to help NPDES regulatory agency personnel understand more about oil and gas industry exploration and extraction operations and treatment processes. This report represents a compendium of the ECT Workgroup`s efforts.« less

  8. 75 FR 48661 - Equity and Excellence Commission

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2010-08-11

    ... DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Equity and Excellence Commission AGENCY: U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights. ACTION: Notice of Establishment of the Equity and Excellence Commission. SUMMARY: The U.S. Secretary of Education (Secretary) announces the establishment of the Equity and Excellence...

  9. The Forest Genetic Resources Working Group of the North American Forestry Commission (FAO)

    Treesearch

    Ronald C. Schmidtling

    2002-01-01

    The Forest Genetic Resources Working Group (FGRWG) is one of seven working groups established by the North American Forest Commission (NAFC). The NAFC is one of six Forest Commissions established by the Food and Agriculture Organization (F-40). The FGRWG was established by the NAFC in 1961 as the Working Group on Forest Tree Improvement but went through several-changes...

  10. 10 CFR 1800.11 - Definitions.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-01-01

    ... 10 Energy 4 2012-01-01 2012-01-01 false Definitions. 1800.11 Section 1800.11 Energy NORTHEAST INTERSTATE LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE COMMISSION DECLARATION OF PARTY STATE ELIGIBILITY FOR NORTHEAST INTERSTATE LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE COMPACT § 1800.11 Definitions. The definitions contained in Article II...

  11. 10 CFR 1800.11 - Definitions.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    ... 10 Energy 4 2010-01-01 2010-01-01 false Definitions. 1800.11 Section 1800.11 Energy NORTHEAST INTERSTATE LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE COMMISSION DECLARATION OF PARTY STATE ELIGIBILITY FOR NORTHEAST INTERSTATE LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE COMPACT § 1800.11 Definitions. The definitions contained in Article II...

  12. 18 CFR 401.0 - Introduction.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-04-01

    ... 18 Conservation of Power and Water Resources 2 2011-04-01 2011-04-01 false Introduction. 401.0 Section 401.0 Conservation of Power and Water Resources DELAWARE RIVER BASIN COMMISSION ADMINISTRATIVE MANUAL RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE § 401.0 Introduction. (a) The Delaware River Basin Compact...

  13. Principles of control automation of soil compacting machine operating mechanism

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Anatoly Fedorovich, Tikhonov; Drozdov, Anatoly

    2018-03-01

    The relevance of the qualitative compaction of soil bases in the erection of embankment and foundations in building and structure construction is given.The quality of the compactible gravel and sandy soils provides the bearing capability and, accordingly, the strength and durability of constructed buildings.It has been established that the compaction quality depends on many external actions, such as surface roughness and soil moisture; granulometry, chemical composition and degree of elasticity of originalfilled soil for compaction.The analysis of technological processes of soil bases compaction of foreign and domestic information sources showed that the solution of such important problem as a continuous monitoring of soil compaction actual degree in the process of machine operation carry out only with the use of modern means of automation. An effective vibrodynamic method of gravel and sand material sealing for the building structure foundations for various applications was justified and suggested.The method of continuous monitoring the soil compaction by measurement of the amplitudes and frequencies of harmonic oscillations on the compactible surface was determined, which allowed to determine the basic elements of facilities of soil compacting machine monitoring system of operating, etc. mechanisms: an accelerometer, a bandpass filter, a vibro-harmonics, an on-board microcontroller. Adjustable parameters have been established to improve the soil compaction degree and the soil compacting machine performance, and the adjustable parameter dependences on the overall indexhave been experimentally determined, which is the soil compaction degree.A structural scheme of automatic control of the soil compacting machine control mechanism and theoperation algorithm has been developed.

  14. Commission Review of a Proposal by the Santa Clarita Community College District To Establish the Canyon Country Educational Center. Commission Report 04-19

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    California Postsecondary Education Commission, 2004

    2004-01-01

    In this report, the Commission considers a proposal by the Santa Clara Community College District to establish an educational center in the community of Canyon Country. The district was created in 1968 when the communities of Valencia, Newhall, Canyon Country, Agua Dulce, and Val Verde voted overwhelmingly for its establishment. It serves a…

  15. 78 FR 15722 - Pleading Cycle Established for Comment on Applications for State Certification for the Provision...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2013-03-12

    ... FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION [CG Docket No. 03-123; DA 13-275] Pleading Cycle Established for Comment on Applications for State Certification for the Provision of Telecommunications Relay Service AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: In this document, the Commission...

  16. 78 FR 25083 - Pleading Cycle Established for Comment on Applications for State Certification for the Provision...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2013-04-29

    ... FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION [CG Docket No. 03-123; DA 13-770] Pleading Cycle Established for Comment on Applications for State Certification for the Provision of Telecommunications Relay Service AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: In this document, the Commission...

  17. SU-F-T-143: Implementation of a Correction-Based Output Model for a Compact Passively Scattered Proton Therapy System

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Ferguson, S; Ahmad, S; Chen, Y

    2016-06-15

    Purpose: To commission and investigate the accuracy of an output (cGy/MU) prediction model for a compact passively scattered proton therapy system. Methods: A previously published output prediction model (Sahoo et al, Med Phys, 35, 5088–5097, 2008) was commissioned for our Mevion S250 proton therapy system. This model is a correction-based model that multiplies correction factors (d/MUwnc=ROFxSOBPF xRSFxSOBPOCFxOCRxFSFxISF). These factors accounted for changes in output due to options (12 large, 5 deep, and 7 small), modulation width M, range R, off-center, off-axis, field-size, and off-isocenter. In this study, the model was modified to ROFxSOBPFxRSFxOCRxFSFxISF-OCFxGACF by merging SOBPOCF and ISF for simplicitymore » and introducing a gantry angle correction factor (GACF). To commission the model, outputs over 1,000 data points were taken at the time of the system commissioning. The output was predicted by interpolation (1D for SOBPF, FSF, and GACF; 2D for RSF and OCR) with inverse-square calculation (ISF-OCR). The outputs of 273 combinations of R and M covering total 24 options were measured to test the model. To minimize fluence perturbation, scattered dose from range compensator and patient was not considered. The percent differences between the predicted (P) and measured (M) outputs were calculated to test the prediction accuracy ([P-M]/Mx100%). Results: GACF was required because of up to 3.5% output variation dependence on the gantry angle. A 2D interpolation was required for OCR because the dose distribution was not radially symmetric especially for the deep options. The average percent differences were −0.03±0.98% (mean±SD) and the differences of all the measurements fell within ±3%. Conclusion: It is concluded that the model can be clinically used for the compact passively scattered proton therapy system. However, great care should be taken when the field-size is less than 5×5 cm{sup 2} where a direct output measurement is required due to substantial output change by irregular block shape.« less

  18. 10 CFR 1800.13 - Conditions for becoming an eligible party state.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-01-01

    ... 10 Energy 4 2012-01-01 2012-01-01 false Conditions for becoming an eligible party state. 1800.13 Section 1800.13 Energy NORTHEAST INTERSTATE LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE COMMISSION DECLARATION OF PARTY STATE ELIGIBILITY FOR NORTHEAST INTERSTATE LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE COMPACT § 1800.13 Conditions for...

  19. 18 CFR 401.5 - Review of applications.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-04-01

    ... 18 Conservation of Power and Water Resources 2 2010-04-01 2010-04-01 false Review of applications. 401.5 Section 401.5 Conservation of Power and Water Resources DELAWARE RIVER BASIN COMMISSION... public hearing upon notice thereon as provided in paragraph 14.4(b) of the Compact and may take such...

  20. 18 CFR 801.4 - Project review.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-04-01

    ... 18 Conservation of Power and Water Resources 2 2010-04-01 2010-04-01 false Project review. 801.4 Section 801.4 Conservation of Power and Water Resources SUSQUEHANNA RIVER BASIN COMMISSION GENERAL POLICIES § 801.4 Project review. (a) The Compact provides generally that no project affecting the water...

  1. 18 CFR 401.33 - Administrative agreements.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-04-01

    ... 18 Conservation of Power and Water Resources 2 2011-04-01 2011-04-01 false Administrative agreements. 401.33 Section 401.33 Conservation of Power and Water Resources DELAWARE RIVER BASIN COMMISSION ADMINISTRATIVE MANUAL RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE Project Review Under Section 3.8 of the Compact § 401.33...

  2. 18 CFR 401.37 - Sequence of approval.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-04-01

    ... 18 Conservation of Power and Water Resources 2 2011-04-01 2011-04-01 false Sequence of approval. 401.37 Section 401.37 Conservation of Power and Water Resources DELAWARE RIVER BASIN COMMISSION ADMINISTRATIVE MANUAL RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE Project Review Under Section 3.8 of the Compact § 401.37...

  3. 18 CFR 401.31 - Scope.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-04-01

    ... 18 Conservation of Power and Water Resources 2 2011-04-01 2011-04-01 false Scope. 401.31 Section 401.31 Conservation of Power and Water Resources DELAWARE RIVER BASIN COMMISSION ADMINISTRATIVE MANUAL RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE Project Review Under Section 3.8 of the Compact § 401.31 Scope. This...

  4. 18 CFR 401.41 - Limitation of approval.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-04-01

    ... 18 Conservation of Power and Water Resources 2 2011-04-01 2011-04-01 false Limitation of approval. 401.41 Section 401.41 Conservation of Power and Water Resources DELAWARE RIVER BASIN COMMISSION ADMINISTRATIVE MANUAL RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE Project Review Under Section 3.8 of the Compact § 401.41...

  5. 78 FR 12355 - Notice of Establishment of the National Commission on Forensic Science and Solicitation of...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2013-02-22

    ... DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE [Docket No. OLP 153] Notice of Establishment of the National Commission on Forensic Science and Solicitation of Applications for Commission Membership AGENCY: Department of Justice... submitted to: Armando Bonilla by email at [email protected] or by mail at Department of Justice...

  6. 75 FR 28206 - Establishment of an Emergency Response Interoperability Center

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    2010-05-20

    ..., industry representatives, and service providers. 0 4. Section 0.392 is amended by revising the introductory... FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 47 CFR Part 0 [GN Docket No. 09-51; PS Docket No. 06-229; FCC 10... Commission. ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: This Order amends Part 0 of the Commission's rules to establish...

  7. 77 FR 31520 - Connect America Fund; A National Broadband Plan for Our Future; Establishing Just and Reasonable...

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    2012-05-29

    ... Exchange Carriers; High-Cost Universal Service Support AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission. ACTION...: The complete text may be purchased from the Commission's duplicating contractor, Best Copy and... Commission established Phase I of the CAF to begin the process of transitioning high-cost support for price...

  8. 75 FR 57898 - NIST Blue Ribbon Commission on Management and Safety-II

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    2010-09-23

    ... DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Institute of Standards and Technology NIST Blue Ribbon Commission... Commerce. ACTION: Notice of establishment of the NIST Blue Ribbon Commission on Management and Safety--II... NIST Blue Ribbon Commission on Management and Safety--II ``Commission''. The Commission will assess...

  9. 75 FR 17161 - Meeting of the Compact Council for the National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact

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    2010-04-05

    ... Compact also provides a legal framework for the establishment of a cooperative federal-state system to... agencies to serve on the Council. The Council will prescribe system rules and procedures for the effective and proper operation of the Interstate Identification Index system. Matters for discussion are...

  10. What Matters Now: A New Compact for Teaching and Learning. The Evidence Base

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    National Commission on Teaching and America's Future, 2016

    2016-01-01

    In 1996, the National Commission on Teaching and America's Future's (NCTAF's) first groundbreaking report made five bold recommendations that changed teaching and learning across the country. "What Matters Most" challenged the nation to provide every American child with his or her educational birthright: access to competent, caring,…

  11. COMPARISON OF RANDOM SITE SELECTION AT MULTIPLE INTENSITIES FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF THE OHIO RIVER FISH COMMUNITY

    EPA Science Inventory

    The Ohio River Valley Sanitation Commission (ORSANCO) is a compact of eight states representing interests in the Ohio River basin that has been instrumental in the development of biological monitoring of the Ohio River. In the past, ORSANCO has conducted intensive surveys by samp...

  12. 18 CFR 401.32 - Concept of 3.8.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-04-01

    ... 18 Conservation of Power and Water Resources 2 2010-04-01 2010-04-01 false Concept of 3.8. 401.32 Section 401.32 Conservation of Power and Water Resources DELAWARE RIVER BASIN COMMISSION ADMINISTRATIVE MANUAL RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE Project Review Under Section 3.8 of the Compact § 401.32 Concept...

  13. 10 CFR 1800.14 - Modification to and enforcement of the rules in this part.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-01-01

    ... 10 Energy 4 2012-01-01 2012-01-01 false Modification to and enforcement of the rules in this part. 1800.14 Section 1800.14 Energy NORTHEAST INTERSTATE LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE COMMISSION DECLARATION OF PARTY STATE ELIGIBILITY FOR NORTHEAST INTERSTATE LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE COMPACT § 1800.14...

  14. 18 CFR 801.13 - Proviso.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-04-01

    ... 18 Conservation of Power and Water Resources 2 2010-04-01 2010-04-01 false Proviso. 801.13 Section 801.13 Conservation of Power and Water Resources SUSQUEHANNA RIVER BASIN COMMISSION GENERAL POLICIES § 801.13 Proviso. (a) This part is promulgated pursuant to sections 3.1, 3.5(1), and 15.2 of the Compact...

  15. 10 CFR 1800.14 - Modification to and enforcement of the rules in this part.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    ... 10 Energy 4 2010-01-01 2010-01-01 false Modification to and enforcement of the rules in this part. 1800.14 Section 1800.14 Energy NORTHEAST INTERSTATE LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE COMMISSION DECLARATION OF PARTY STATE ELIGIBILITY FOR NORTHEAST INTERSTATE LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE COMPACT § 1800.14...

  16. 18 CFR 401.32 - Concept of 3.8.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-04-01

    ... 18 Conservation of Power and Water Resources 2 2011-04-01 2011-04-01 false Concept of 3.8. 401.32 Section 401.32 Conservation of Power and Water Resources DELAWARE RIVER BASIN COMMISSION ADMINISTRATIVE MANUAL RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE Project Review Under Section 3.8 of the Compact § 401.32 Concept...

  17. 18 CFR 401.34 - Submission of project required.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-04-01

    ... 18 Conservation of Power and Water Resources 2 2011-04-01 2011-04-01 false Submission of project required. 401.34 Section 401.34 Conservation of Power and Water Resources DELAWARE RIVER BASIN COMMISSION ADMINISTRATIVE MANUAL RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE Project Review Under Section 3.8 of the Compact § 401.34...

  18. Construction and commissioning of the compact energy-recovery linac at KEK

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Akemoto, Mitsuo; Arakawa, Dai; Asaoka, Seiji; Cenni, Enrico; Egi, Masato; Enami, Kazuhiro; Endo, Kuninori; Fukuda, Shigeki; Furuya, Takaaki; Haga, Kaiichi; Hajima, Ryoichi; Hara, Kazufumi; Harada, Kentaro; Honda, Tohru; Honda, Yosuke; Honma, Teruya; Hosoyama, Kenji; Kako, Eiji; Katagiri, Hiroaki; Kawata, Hiroshi; Kobayashi, Yukinori; Kojima, Yuuji; Kondou, Yoshinari; Tanaka, Olga; Kume, Tatsuya; Kuriki, Masao; Matsumura, Hiroshi; Matsushita, Hideki; Michizono, Shinichiro; Miura, Takako; Miyajima, Tsukasa; Nagahashi, Shinya; Nagai, Ryoji; Nakai, Hirotaka; Nakajima, Hiromitsu; Nakamura, Norio; Nakanishi, Kota; Nigorikawa, Kazuyuki; Nishimori, Nobuyuki; Nogami, Takashi; Noguchi, Shuichi; Obina, Takashi; Qiu, Feng; Sagehashi, Hidenori; Sakai, Hiroshi; Sakanaka, Shogo; Sasaki, Shinichi; Satoh, Kotaro; Sawamura, Masaru; Shimada, Miho; Shinoe, Kenji; Shishido, Toshio; Tadano, Mikito; Takahashi, Takeshi; Takai, Ryota; Takenaka, Tateru; Tanimoto, Yasunori; Uchiyama, Takashi; Ueda, Akira; Umemori, Kensei; Watanabe, Ken; Yamamoto, Masahiro

    2018-01-01

    Energy-recovery linacs (ERLs) are promising for advanced synchrotron light sources, high-power free electron lasers (FELs), high-brightness gamma-ray sources, and electron-ion colliders. To demonstrate the critical technology of ERL-based light sources, we have designed and constructed a test accelerator, the compact ERL (cERL). Using advanced technology that includes a photocathode direct current (DC) electron gun and two types of 1.3-GHz-frequency superconducting cavities, the cERL was designed to be capable of recirculating low emittance (≤1 mm ṡ mrad) and high average-current (≥10 mA) electron beams while recovering the beam energy. During initial commissioning, the cERL demonstrated successful recirculation of high-quality beams with normalized transverse emittance of ∼0.14 mm ṡ mrad and momentum spread of ∼1.2 × 10-4 (rms) at a beam energy of 20 MeV and bunch charge below 100 fC. Energy recovery in the superconducting main linac was also demonstrated for high-average-current continuous-wave beams. These results constitute an important milestone toward realizing ERL-based light sources.

  19. VARTM Variability and Substantiation

    DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

    2008-06-18

    Presentation overview: establish the fundamental understanding of the various VARTM processes; Flow model is fully developed for SCRIMP, VAP, and CAPRI process; Compaction behavior has been evaluated for all processes; Dry compaction during debulking...

  20. 78 FR 22852 - Establishment of the National Commission on the Structure of the Air Force

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    2013-04-17

    ... notice that it is establishing the charter for the National Commission on the Structure of the Air Force... Commission as a result of the study required by Section 363(a) of the FY 2013 NDAA, together with its recommendations for such legislation and administrative actions it may consider appropriate in light of the...

  1. 17 CFR 171.28 - Participation by Commission staff.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-04-01

    ... staff. 171.28 Section 171.28 Commodity and Securities Exchanges COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION..., Membership Denial and Registration Actions § 171.28 Participation by Commission staff. The Division of.... The Commission shall by order establish a supplementary briefing schedule for the Commission staff and...

  2. 17 CFR 171.28 - Participation by Commission staff.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-04-01

    ... staff. 171.28 Section 171.28 Commodity and Securities Exchanges COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION..., Membership Denial and Registration Actions § 171.28 Participation by Commission staff. The Division of.... The Commission shall by order establish a supplementary briefing schedule for the Commission staff and...

  3. 17 CFR 171.28 - Participation by Commission staff.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-04-01

    ... staff. 171.28 Section 171.28 Commodity and Securities Exchanges COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION..., Membership Denial and Registration Actions § 171.28 Participation by Commission staff. The Division of.... The Commission shall by order establish a supplementary briefing schedule for the Commission staff and...

  4. 17 CFR 171.28 - Participation by Commission staff.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-04-01

    ... staff. 171.28 Section 171.28 Commodity and Securities Exchanges COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION..., Membership Denial and Registration Actions § 171.28 Participation by Commission staff. The Division of.... The Commission shall by order establish a supplementary briefing schedule for the Commission staff and...

  5. Experimental Setup and Commissioning of a Test Facility for Gain Evaluation of Microchannel-Plate Photomultipliers in High Magnetic Field at Jefferson Lab

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Bringley, Eric; Cao, Tongtong; Ilieva, Yordonka; Nadel-Turonski, Pawel; Park, Kijun; Zorn, Carl

    2014-09-01

    At the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (JLab) a research and development project for a Detector of Internally-Reflected Cherenkov light for the upcoming Electron Ion Collider is underway. One goal is the development of a compact readout camera that can operate in high magnetic fields. Small-size photon sensors, such as Microchannel-Plate Photomultipliers (MCP-PMT), are key components of the readout. Here we present our work to set up and commission a dedicated test facility at JLab where MCP-PMT gain is evaluated in magnetic fields of up to 5 T, and to develop a test procedure and analysis software to determine the gain. We operate the setup in a single-photon mode, where a light-emitting diode delivers photons to the sensor's photocathode. The PMT spectrum is measured with a flash Analog-to-Digital converter (fADC). We model the spectrum as a sum of an exponential background and a convolution of Poisson and Gaussian distributions of the pedestal and multiple photoelectron peaks, respectively. We determine the PMT's gain from the position of the single-photoelectron peak obtained by fitting the fADC spectrum to the model. Our gain uncertainty is <10%. The facility is now established and will have a long-lasting value for sensor tests and beyond-nuclear-physics applications.

  6. Mechanical and chemical compaction in fine-grained shallow-water limestones.

    USGS Publications Warehouse

    Shinn, E.A.; Robbin, D.M.

    1983-01-01

    Significant mechanical compaction resulted from pressures simulating less than 305 m of burial. Increasing loads to an equivalent of more than 3400 m did not significantly increase compaction or reduce sediment core length. Chemical compaction (pressure dissolution) was detected only in sediment cores compacted to pressures greater than 3400 m of burial. These short-term experiments suggest that chemical compaction would begin at much shallower depths given geologic time. Compaction experiments that caused chemical compaction lend support to the well-established hypothesis; that cement required to produce a low-porosity/low-permeability fine-grained limestone is derived internally. Dissolution, ion diffusion, and reprecipitation are considered the most likely processes for creating significant thicknesses of dense limestone in the geologic record. Continuation of chemical compaction after significant porosity reduction necessitates expulsion of connate fluids, possibly including hydrocarbons. -from Authors

  7. 10 CFR 7.9 - Public notice of advisory committee establishment, reestablishment, or renewal.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-01-01

    ... 10 Energy 1 2012-01-01 2012-01-01 false Public notice of advisory committee establishment, reestablishment, or renewal. 7.9 Section 7.9 Energy NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ADVISORY COMMITTEES § 7.9 Public notice of advisory committee establishment, reestablishment, or renewal. (a) After the Commission has...

  8. 10 CFR 7.9 - Public notice of advisory committee establishment, reestablishment, or renewal.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-01-01

    ... 10 Energy 1 2014-01-01 2014-01-01 false Public notice of advisory committee establishment, reestablishment, or renewal. 7.9 Section 7.9 Energy NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ADVISORY COMMITTEES § 7.9 Public notice of advisory committee establishment, reestablishment, or renewal. (a) After the Commission has...

  9. 10 CFR 7.9 - Public notice of advisory committee establishment, reestablishment, or renewal.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-01-01

    ... 10 Energy 1 2013-01-01 2013-01-01 false Public notice of advisory committee establishment, reestablishment, or renewal. 7.9 Section 7.9 Energy NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ADVISORY COMMITTEES § 7.9 Public notice of advisory committee establishment, reestablishment, or renewal. (a) After the Commission has...

  10. 10 CFR 7.9 - Public notice of advisory committee establishment, reestablishment, or renewal.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    ... 10 Energy 1 2010-01-01 2010-01-01 false Public notice of advisory committee establishment, reestablishment, or renewal. 7.9 Section 7.9 Energy NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ADVISORY COMMITTEES § 7.9 Public notice of advisory committee establishment, reestablishment, or renewal. (a) After the Commission has...

  11. 10 CFR 7.9 - Public notice of advisory committee establishment, reestablishment, or renewal.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-01-01

    ... 10 Energy 1 2011-01-01 2011-01-01 false Public notice of advisory committee establishment, reestablishment, or renewal. 7.9 Section 7.9 Energy NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ADVISORY COMMITTEES § 7.9 Public notice of advisory committee establishment, reestablishment, or renewal. (a) After the Commission has...

  12. Compact fast analyzer of rotary cuvette type

    DOEpatents

    Thacker, Louis H.

    1976-01-01

    A compact fast analyzer of the rotary cuvette type is provided for simultaneously determining concentrations in a multiplicity of discrete samples using either absorbance or fluorescence measurement techniques. A rigid, generally rectangular frame defines optical passageways for the absorbance and fluorescence measurement systems. The frame also serves as a mounting structure for various optical components as well as for the cuvette rotor mount and drive system. A single light source and photodetector are used in making both absorbance and fluorescence measurements. Rotor removal and insertion are facilitated by a swing-out drive motor and rotor mount. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The invention relates generally to concentration measuring instruments and more specifically to a compact fast analyzer of the rotary cuvette type which is suitable for making either absorbance or fluorescence measurements. It was made in the course of, or under, a contract with the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission.

  13. 75 FR 16127 - Establishment of the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2010-03-31

    ... expert panel composed of not more than 13 members, who will be drawn from fields of bioethics, science.... The Commission has been established to replace the President's Council on Bioethics. The Council was...

  14. 78 FR 36574 - Certain Dimmable Compact Fluorescent Lamps and Products Containing Same; Termination as to Three...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2013-06-18

    ... domestic industry requirement. The Commission has also determined to review the ALJ's claim construction of.... 1337, by reason of the infringement of certain claims of United States Patent Nos. 5,434,480 (``the... (``ULA''); and Golden U Lighting Manufacturing (Shenzhen) of Shenzhen, China (``Golden U''). Claim 9 of...

  15. P-16: The Last Education Reform. Book One: Reflections on School Restructuring and the Establishment of Local Preschool through College Compacts

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Rochford, Joseph A.; O'Neill, Adrienne; Gelb, Adele; Ross, Kimberly J.

    2005-01-01

    The first in a series of three books on P-16 systems of education, P-16: The Last Education Reform chronicles the establishment of Ohio's first regional P-16 Compact and how one community began the process of large scale systemic education reform not just for K-12 education, but for its entire education system--preschool through college and…

  16. 75 FR 29155 - Publicly Available Consumer Product Safety Information Database

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2010-05-24

    ...The Consumer Product Safety Commission (``Commission,'' ``CPSC,'' or ``we'') is issuing a notice of proposed rulemaking that would establish a publicly available consumer product safety information database (``database''). Section 212 of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (``CPSIA'') amended the Consumer Product Safety Act (``CPSA'') to require the Commission to establish and maintain a publicly available, searchable database on the safety of consumer products, and other products or substances regulated by the Commission. The proposed rule would interpret various statutory requirements pertaining to the information to be included in the database and also would establish provisions regarding submitting reports of harm; providing notice of reports of harm to manufacturers; publishing reports of harm and manufacturer comments in the database; and dealing with confidential and materially inaccurate information.

  17. 17 CFR 171.28 - Participation by Commission staff.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-04-01

    ... staff. 171.28 Section 171.28 Commodity and Securities Exchanges COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION... Disciplinary, Membership Denial and Registration Actions § 171.28 Participation by Commission staff. The... establish a supplementary briefing schedule for the Commission staff and other parties to the proceeding. If...

  18. 39 CFR 3002.10 - The Commission and its offices.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... 39 Postal Service 1 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false The Commission and its offices. 3002.10 Section 3002.10 Postal Service POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION PERSONNEL ORGANIZATION § 3002.10 The Commission and its offices. (a) The Commissioners. The Postal Regulatory Commission is an independent establishment of the executive branch of the U.S. Government...

  19. Mouse Embryo Compaction.

    PubMed

    White, M D; Bissiere, S; Alvarez, Y D; Plachta, N

    2016-01-01

    Compaction is a critical first morphological event in the preimplantation development of the mammalian embryo. Characterized by the transformation of the embryo from a loose cluster of spherical cells into a tightly packed mass, compaction is a key step in the establishment of the first tissue-like structures of the embryo. Although early investigation of the mechanisms driving compaction implicated changes in cell-cell adhesion, recent work has identified essential roles for cortical tension and a compaction-specific class of filopodia. During the transition from 8 to 16 cells, as the embryo is compacting, it must also make fundamental decisions regarding cell position, polarity, and fate. Understanding how these and other processes are integrated with compaction requires further investigation. Emerging imaging-based techniques that enable quantitative analysis from the level of cell-cell interactions down to the level of individual regulatory molecules will provide a greater understanding of how compaction shapes the early mammalian embryo. © 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

  20. 75 FR 65465 - Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future, Disposal Subcommittee

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    2010-10-25

    ... DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future, Disposal Subcommittee AGENCY: Department of Energy, Office of Nuclear Energy. ACTION: Notice of open meeting. SUMMARY: This... subcommittee of the Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future (the Commission). The establishment of...

  1. 10 CFR 1800.14 - Modification to and enforcement of the rules in this part.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-01-01

    ... 10 Energy 4 2011-01-01 2011-01-01 false Modification to and enforcement of the rules in this part. 1800.14 Section 1800.14 Energy NORTHEAST INTERSTATE LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE COMMISSION DECLARATION... rescinded after a public hearing held pursuant to Article IV.i.(6) of the Compact and Article V.F.1. of the...

  2. [The transparency commission: evaluation and re-evaluation].

    PubMed

    Bergmann, J F

    The purpose of the French Transparency Commission is to provide scientific advice concerning the usefulness, interest and good use of drugs. The work of the Transparency Commission lies at the interface between the French or European marketing approval procedures and the health and economic prerequisites of the French community. The opinion of the French Transparency Commission is used to assess the medical service provided by a new drug and the improvement of this medical service subsequent to its use. This opinion is taken into consideration for establishing the reimbursement rate applied by the social security organizations and the selling price set by the administration. The expert opinions and recommendations established by the Transparency Commission participate in implementing good use of drugs.

  3. On Critical States, Rupture States and Interlocking Strength of Granular Materials.

    PubMed

    Szalwinski, Chris M

    2017-07-27

    The Mohr-Coulomb theory of strength identifies cohesion and internal friction as the two principal contributions to the shear strength of a granular material. The contribution of cohesion in over-compacted granular materials has been challenged and replacing cohesion with interlocking has been proposed. A theory of rupture strength that includes interlocking is derived herein. The physics-chemistry concept of critical state is elaborated to accommodate granular materials, based on empirical definitions established in the fields of soil mechanics and bulk solids' flow. A surface in state space, called the critical compaction surface, separates over-compacted states from lightly compacted states. The intersection of this surface with the Mohr-Coulomb envelope forms the critical state surface for a granular material. The rupture strength of an over-compacted granular material is expressed as the sum of cohesion, internal friction and interlocking strength. Interlocking strength is the shear strength contribution due to over-compaction and vanishes at critical state. The theory allows migrations from one critical state to another. Changes in specific volume during such migrations are related to changes in mean-normal effective stress and uncoupled from changes in shearing strain. The theory is reviewed with respect to two established research programs and underlying assumptions are identified.

  4. 75 FR 36647 - Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2010-06-28

    ... DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future AGENCY: Office of Nuclear Energy, DOE. ACTION: Notice of open meeting. SUMMARY: This notice announces an open meeting of the Blue... directed that the Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future (the Commission) be established to...

  5. 50 CFR 510.3 - Definitions.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-10-01

    ... 50 Wildlife and Fisheries 7 2010-10-01 2010-10-01 false Definitions. 510.3 Section 510.3 Wildlife and Fisheries MARINE MAMMAL COMMISSION IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ACT § 510.3... by the Commission; (c) The term Commission means the Marine Mammal Commission, established by 16 U.S...

  6. 78 FR 52783 - Notice of Meeting, Rio Grande Natural Area Commission

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    2013-08-26

    ... Meeting, Rio Grande Natural Area Commission AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior. ACTION: Notice of... (BLM) Rio Grande Natural Area Commission will meet as indicated below. DATES: The meeting will be held.... SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Rio Grande Natural Area Commission was established in the Rio Grande Natural Area...

  7. 77 FR 21584 - Notice of Meeting, Rio Grande Natural Area Commission

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    2012-04-10

    ... Meeting, Rio Grande Natural Area Commission AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior. ACTION: Notice of... Land Management (BLM) Rio Grande Natural Area Commission will meet as indicated below. DATES: The... Rio Grande Natural Area Commission was established in the Rio Grande Natural Area Act (16 U.S.C...

  8. 78 FR 69127 - Notice of Meeting, Rio Grande Natural Area Commission

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    2013-11-18

    ... Meeting, Rio Grande Natural Area Commission AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior. ACTION: Notice of... (BLM) Rio Grande Natural Area Commission will meet as indicated below. DATES: The meeting will be held.... SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Rio Grande Natural Area Commission was established in the Rio Grande Natural Area...

  9. 29 CFR 779.416 - What compensation “represents commissions.”

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-07-01

    ... 29 Labor 3 2012-07-01 2012-07-01 false What compensation ârepresents commissions.â 779.416 Section... Service Establishments Employees Compensated Principally by Commissions § 779.416 What compensation... determination of whether or to what extent such periodic payments can be considered to represent commissions may...

  10. 29 CFR 779.416 - What compensation “represents commissions.”

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ... 29 Labor 3 2013-07-01 2013-07-01 false What compensation ârepresents commissions.â 779.416 Section... Service Establishments Employees Compensated Principally by Commissions § 779.416 What compensation... determination of whether or to what extent such periodic payments can be considered to represent commissions may...

  11. 18 CFR 154.501 - Refunds.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-04-01

    ... 18 Conservation of Power and Water Resources 1 2011-04-01 2011-04-01 false Refunds. 154.501 Section 154.501 Conservation of Power and Water Resources FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, DEPARTMENT... other time period established by the Commission or as established in the pipeline's tariff. (b) Costs of...

  12. 18 CFR 154.501 - Refunds.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-04-01

    ... 18 Conservation of Power and Water Resources 1 2010-04-01 2010-04-01 false Refunds. 154.501 Section 154.501 Conservation of Power and Water Resources FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, DEPARTMENT... other time period established by the Commission or as established in the pipeline's tariff. (b) Costs of...

  13. 18 CFR 154.501 - Refunds.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-04-01

    ... 18 Conservation of Power and Water Resources 1 2012-04-01 2012-04-01 false Refunds. 154.501 Section 154.501 Conservation of Power and Water Resources FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, DEPARTMENT... other time period established by the Commission or as established in the pipeline's tariff. (b) Costs of...

  14. NRC`s proposed rulemaking on the documentation and reporting of low-level radioactive waste shipment manifest information

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Lahs, W.R.; Haisfield, M.F.

    1991-12-31

    Since the 1982 promulgation of regulations for the land disposal of low-level radioactive waste (LLW), requirements have been in place to control transfers of LLW intended for disposal at licensed land disposal facilities. These requirements established a manifest tracking system and defined processes to control transfers of LLW intended for disposal at a land disposal facility. Because the regulations did not specify the format for the LLW shipment manifests, it was not unexpected that the two operators of the three currently operating disposal sites should each have developed their own manifest forms. The forms have many similarities and the collectedmore » information, in many cases, is identical; however, these manifests incorporate unique operator preferences and also reflect the needs of the Agreement State regulatory authority in the States where the disposal sites are located. Since Agreement State regulations must be compatible with, but need not always be identical to, those of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), the possibility of a proliferation of different manifest forms containing variations in collected information could be envisioned. If these manifests were also to serve a shipping paper purpose, effective integration of the Department of Transportations` (DOT) requirements would also have to be addressed. This wide diversity in uses of manifest information by Federal and State regulatory authorities, other State or Compact entities, and disposal site operators, suggested a single consolidated approach to develop a uniform manifest format with a baseline information content and to define recordkeeping requirements. The NRC, in 1989, had embarked on a rulemaking activity to establish a base set of manifest information needs for regulatory purposes. In response to requests from State and Regional Compact organizations who are attempting to design, develop and operate LLW disposal facilities, and with the general support of Agreement State regulatory authorities, this original data base rulemaking was expanded to include development of a uniform low-level radioactive waste manifest.« less

  15. Establishing a U.S. Water Commission

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Showstack, Randy

    The legislation, H.R. 135, would establish the commission to develop recommendations for a comprehensive water strategy to address future water needs. The legislation builds on a bill (H.R. 3561) which was introduced during the last session of Congress, and it now awaits consideration by the full Resources Committee.

  16. 77 FR 35623 - Connect America Fund; a National Broadband Plan for Our Future; Establishing Just and Reasonable...

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    2012-06-14

    ... America Fund; a National Broadband Plan for Our Future; Establishing Just and Reasonable Rates for Local Exchange Carriers; High-Cost Universal Service Support AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission. ACTION... Fund, Report and Order (Order). The Commission submitted revisions to this information collection under...

  17. 77 FR 30903 - Connect America Fund; A National Broadband Plan for Our Future; Establishing Just and Reasonable...

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    2012-05-24

    ... America Fund; A National Broadband Plan for Our Future; Establishing Just and Reasonable Rates for Local Exchange Carriers; High-Cost Universal Service Support AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission. ACTION... of information collections associated with the Commission's; Connect America Fund; A National...

  18. 18 CFR 35.27 - Authority of State commissions.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-04-01

    ... under applicable State and Federal law, or (b) Limits the authority of a State commission in accordance with State and Federal law to establish (1) Competitive procedures for the acquisition of electric... distribution of such electric energy to retail consumers for purposes established in accordance with State law...

  19. 18 CFR 35.27 - Authority of State commissions.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-04-01

    ... under applicable State and Federal law, or (b) Limits the authority of a State commission in accordance with State and Federal law to establish (1) Competitive procedures for the acquisition of electric... distribution of such electric energy to retail consumers for purposes established in accordance with State law...

  20. 75 FR 31430 - Frequency Regulation Compensation in the Organized Wholesale Power Markets; Notice Establishing...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2010-06-03

    ... DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. AD10-11-000] Frequency Regulation Compensation in the Organized Wholesale Power Markets; Notice Establishing Date for Comments May 27, 2010. On May 26, 2010, Commission staff convened a technical conference regarding frequency...

  1. 18 CFR 35.27 - Authority of State commissions.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-04-01

    ... under applicable State and Federal law, or (b) Limits the authority of a State commission in accordance with State and Federal law to establish (1) Competitive procedures for the acquisition of electric... distribution of such electric energy to retail consumers for purposes established in accordance with State law...

  2. 18 CFR 35.27 - Authority of State commissions.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-04-01

    ... under applicable State and Federal law, or (b) Limits the authority of a State commission in accordance with State and Federal law to establish (1) Competitive procedures for the acquisition of electric... distribution of such electric energy to retail consumers for purposes established in accordance with State law...

  3. 18 CFR 35.27 - Authority of State commissions.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-04-01

    ... under applicable State and Federal law, or (b) Limits the authority of a State commission in accordance with State and Federal law to establish (1) Competitive procedures for the acquisition of electric... distribution of such electric energy to retail consumers for purposes established in accordance with State law...

  4. 16 CFR 16.5 - Establishment of advisory committees.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    ... one copy of a letter to the Administrator requesting concurrence in the Commission's proposal to establish an advisory committee. The letter from the Commission shall describe the nature and purpose of the... essential to the conduct of agency business and in the public interest and why the functions of the proposed...

  5. Effect of Minesoil Compaction on Growth and Yield of KY-31 Tall Fescue and Sericea Lespedeza

    Treesearch

    Jerry T. Crews; Jerry T. Crews

    1984-01-01

    Kentucky 31 tall fescue and sericea lespedeza were sown on clay and loam minesoils that had been screened throu h a No. 10 sieve and compacted to densities of 1.6, 1.8, and 2.0 gfjcm3. Stands of sericea lespedeza were more difficult to establish than fescue on both minesoils and were more susceptible than fescue to increased levels of compaction. Dry matter yields...

  6. 19 CFR 4.68 - Federal Maritime Commission certificates for certain passenger vessels.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-04-01

    ... 19 Customs Duties 1 2010-04-01 2010-04-01 false Federal Maritime Commission certificates for... Clearances § 4.68 Federal Maritime Commission certificates for certain passenger vessels. No vessel having... established that the vessel has valid certificates issued by the Federal Maritime Commission. [T.D. 00-4, 65...

  7. 47 CFR 0.409 - Commission policy on private printing of FCC forms.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-10-01

    ... 47 Telecommunication 1 2010-10-01 2010-10-01 false Commission policy on private printing of FCC... ORGANIZATION General Information General § 0.409 Commission policy on private printing of FCC forms. The Commission has established a policy regarding the printing of blank FCC forms by private companies if they...

  8. 77 FR 66479 - Notice of Meeting, Rio Grande Natural Area Commission

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    2012-11-05

    ... Meeting, Rio Grande Natural Area Commission AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior. ACTION: Notice of... Land Management (BLM) Rio Grande Natural Area Commission will meet as indicated below. DATES: The... INFORMATION: The Rio Grande Natural Area Commission was established in the Rio Grande Natural Area Act (16 U.S...

  9. 77 FR 8275 - Notice of Meeting, Rio Grande Natural Area Commission

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2012-02-14

    ... Meeting, Rio Grande Natural Area Commission AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior. ACTION: Notice of... Land Management (BLM) Rio Grande Natural Area Commission will meet as indicated below. DATES: The...: The Rio Grande Natural Area Commission was established in the Rio Grande Natural Area Act (16 U.S.C...

  10. 77 FR 41798 - Notice of Meeting, Rio Grande Natural Area Commission

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2012-07-16

    ... Meeting, Rio Grande Natural Area Commission AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior. ACTION: Notice of... Land Management (BLM) Rio Grande Natural Area Commission will meet as indicated below. DATES: The... INFORMATION: The Rio Grande Natural Area Commission was established in the Rio Grande Natural Area Act (16 U.S...

  11. [EU-Cosmetics: timetables for the replacement of animal experiments].

    PubMed

    Ruhdel, Irmela Wiltrud

    2005-01-01

    According to the 7(th) Amendment of the Cosmetics Directive the European Commission had to establish timetables for the phasing out of the various animal tests for the safety evaluation of ingredients used in cosmetics. However, the published timetables do not reflect the objectives of the 7(th) Amendment but contain longer deadlines for the ban on animal experiments of several endpoints. The European Commission also had to draw up a Directive for establishing an Annex IX that should list validated alternative methods which are not already listed in Annex V of the Dangerous Substances Directive. Although various alternative methods could have been listed in this Annex IX, the Commission published an empty table. From the point of view of the German Animal Welfare Federation amendments of the timetables and the Directive establishing Annex IX are urgently required. Additionally, the Commission has to provide optimal conditions for the replacement of alternative methods.

  12. Correlation of the manual compaction hammer with mechanical hammers for the Marshall method of design for asphaltic concrete.

    DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

    1964-09-01

    The purpose of this investigation was to establish, through a series of correlations, the compactive effort (number of blows) needed using the mechanical hammers to yield similar physical properties obtained with 75 blows of the manual hammer.

  13. 78 FR 2407 - Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Nomination Letters

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    2013-01-11

    ... GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Nomination Letters AGENCY: Government Accountability Office (GAO). ACTION: Notice on letters of nomination. SUMMARY: The Balanced Budget Act of 1997 established the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) and gave the Comptroller...

  14. 76 FR 81503 - Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Nomination Letters

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2011-12-28

    ... GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Nomination Letters AGENCY: Government Accountability Office (GAO). ACTION: Notice on letters of nomination. SUMMARY: The Balanced Budget Act of 1997 established the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) and gave the Comptroller...

  15. 78 FR 28243 - Senior Executive Service; Performance Review Board; Members

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2013-05-14

    ... NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING COMMISSION Senior Executive Service; Performance Review Board; Members AGENCY: National Capital Planning Commission. ACTION: Notice of Members of Senior Executive Service... Senior Executive Service. The PRB established for the National Capital Planning Commission also makes...

  16. 76 FR 29013 - Senior Executive Service; Performance Review Board; Members

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2011-05-19

    ... NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING COMMISSION Senior Executive Service; Performance Review Board; Members AGENCY: National Capital Planning Commission. ACTION: Notice of Members of Senior Executive Service... Senior Executive Service. The PRB established for the National Capital Planning Commission also makes...

  17. 77 FR 56242 - Dodd-Frank Investor Advisory Committee

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    2012-09-12

    ... Investor Advisory Committee AGENCY: Securities and Exchange Commission. ACTION: Notice of Meeting of Securities and Exchange Commission Dodd- Frank Investor Advisory Committee. SUMMARY: The Securities and Exchange Commission Investor Advisory Committee, established pursuant to Section 911 of the Dodd-Frank Wall...

  18. 78 FR 68887 - Dodd-Frank Investor Advisory Committee; Meeting

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2013-11-15

    ... Investor Advisory Committee; Meeting AGENCY: Securities and Exchange Commission. ACTION: Notice of Meeting of Securities and Exchange Commission Dodd- Frank Investor Advisory Committee. SUMMARY: The Securities and Exchange Commission Investor Advisory Committee, established pursuant to Section 911 of the...

  19. 75 FR 64741 - Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor Commission: Notice of Meeting

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2010-10-20

    ... Corridor Commission: Notice of Meeting Notice is hereby given in accordance with Section 552b of Title 5... Corridor Commission will be held on Friday, November 19, 2010. The Commission was established pursuant to... Corridor. The meeting will convene on November 19, 2010 at 9 a.m. at Brigham Hill Community Barn located at...

  20. 75 FR 2885 - Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor Commission: Notice of Meeting

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2010-01-19

    ... Corridor Commission: Notice of Meeting Notice is hereby given in accordance with Section 552b of Title 5... Corridor Commission will be held on Thursday, February 25, 2010. The Commission was established pursuant to... Corridor. The meeting will convene on February 25, 2010 at 9 a.m. at the Woonsocket City Hall located at...

  1. 75 FR 48359 - Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor Commission: Notice of Meeting

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2010-08-10

    ... Corridor Commission: Notice of Meeting Notice is hereby given in accordance with Section 552b of Title 5... Corridor Commission will be held on Thursday, September 16, 2010. The Commission was established pursuant... waters within the Corridor. The meeting will convene on September 16, 2010 at 9 a.m. at Slater Mill...

  2. Perceptions of Factors Affecting the Relative Effectiveness of Temporary Blue Ribbon State Commissions.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Johnson, Janet Rogers-Clarke

    Elements in the composition and process of higher education blue ribbon commissions that influence their effectiveness were studied. Blue ribbon commissions, which have been used as one type of statewide planning strategy, are defined here as commissions with (1) a predetermined life span; (2) authority established by the legislature and/or the…

  3. An uncertainty principle for unimodular quantum groups

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Crann, Jason; Université Lille 1 - Sciences et Technologies, UFR de Mathématiques, Laboratoire de Mathématiques Paul Painlevé - UMR CNRS 8524, 59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq Cédex; Kalantar, Mehrdad, E-mail: jason-crann@carleton.ca, E-mail: mkalanta@math.carleton.ca

    2014-08-15

    We present a generalization of Hirschman's entropic uncertainty principle for locally compact Abelian groups to unimodular locally compact quantum groups. As a corollary, we strengthen a well-known uncertainty principle for compact groups, and generalize the relation to compact quantum groups of Kac type. We also establish the complementarity of finite-dimensional quantum group algebras. In the non-unimodular setting, we obtain an uncertainty relation for arbitrary locally compact groups using the relative entropy with respect to the Haar weight as the measure of uncertainty. We also show that when restricted to q-traces of discrete quantum groups, the relative entropy with respect tomore » the Haar weight reduces to the canonical entropy of the random walk generated by the state.« less

  4. 77 FR 29705 - Dodd-Frank Investor Advisory Committee

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2012-05-18

    ... Investor Advisory Committee AGENCY: Securities and Exchange Commission. ACTION: Notice of First Meeting of Securities and Exchange Commission Dodd-Frank Investor Advisory Committee. SUMMARY: The Securities and Exchange Commission Investor Advisory Committee, established pursuant to Section 911 of the Dodd-Frank Wall...

  5. 77 FR 24538 - Fukushima-Related Orders Modifying Licenses; Establishment of Atomic Safety and Licensing Board

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2012-04-24

    ... NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [Docket Nos. EA-12-050, EA-12-051; ASLBP No. 12-918-01-EA-BD01] Fukushima-Related Orders Modifying Licenses; Establishment of Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Pursuant to delegation by the Commission dated December 29, 1972, published in the Federal Register, 37 FR 28,710 (1972...

  6. 75 FR 3946 - Tennessee Valley Authority; Establishment of Atomic Safety and Licensing Board

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2010-01-25

    ... NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [Docket Nos. 50-438-CP, 50-439-CP; ASLBP No. 10-896-01-CP-BD01] Tennessee Valley Authority; Establishment of Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Pursuant to delegation by the Commission dated December 29, 1972, published in the Federal Register, 37 FR 28,710 (1972), and the...

  7. 78 FR 5529 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC; Notice of Designation of a Longer...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2013-01-25

    ... SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION [Release No. 34-68694; File No. SR-NASDAQ-2012-129] Self... Commission Action on Proposed Rule Change To Establish the Retail Price Improvement Program on a Pilot Basis...,\\2\\ a proposed rule change to establish a Retail Price Improvement Program to attract additional...

  8. 75 FR 17756 - Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor Commission: Notice of Meeting

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2010-04-07

    ... Corridor Commission: Notice of Meeting Notice is hereby given in accordance with Section 552b of Title 5... Corridor Commission will be held on Thursday, May 20, 2010. The Commission was established pursuant to... Corridor. The meeting will convene on May 20, 2010 at 9 a.m. at Atria Draper Place located at 25 Hopedale...

  9. Discovery of interaction signatures in the Hickson Compact Group 88

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Brosch, Noah

    2015-08-01

    I describe new observations of the Hickson Compact Group 88 (HCG88) obtained during the commissioning of a new telescope at the Wise Observatory. The observations that reach low surface brightness levels reveal a diffuse, ~20-kpc long low-surface-brightness tail emerging from the brightest component (NGC 6878) to the NW, and possibly a morphological abnormally in component B (NGC 6977). The N6878 tail could explain the asymmetry in this galaxy’s optical rotation curve. These findings show that significant interactions, including possible galactic cannibalism, have taken place in at least two galaxies of this group, contrary to previous claims that HCG88 is in a very early stage of interaction. This work emphasizes the surprisingly interesting results that can be obtained from deep imaging of interesting targets.

  10. 77 FR 20051 - Meeting of the Compact Council for the National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2012-04-03

    ... provides a legal framework for the establishment of a cooperative federal-state system to exchange such... on the Council. The Council will prescribe system rules and procedures for the effective and proper operation of the Interstate Identification Index system for noncriminal justice purposes. Matters for...

  11. 76 FR 20044 - Meeting of the Compact Council for the National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2011-04-11

    ... provides a legal framework for the establishment of a cooperative Federal-State system to exchange such... on the Council. The Council will prescribe system rules and procedures for the effective and proper operation of the Interstate Identification Index system for noncriminal justice purposes. Matters for...

  12. 78 FR 61384 - Meeting of the Compact Council for the National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2013-10-03

    ... provides a legal framework for the establishment of a cooperative federal-state system to exchange such... on the Council. The Council will prescribe system rules and procedures for the effective and proper operation of the Interstate Identification Index system for noncriminal justice purposes. Matters for...

  13. 77 FR 60475 - Meeting of the Compact Council for the National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2012-10-03

    ... provides a legal framework for the establishment of a cooperative federal-state system to exchange such... on the Council. The Council will prescribe system rules and procedures for the effective and proper operation of the Interstate Identification Index system for noncriminal justice purposes. Matters for...

  14. 77 FR 2968 - Pomperaug Hydro Project, Andrew Peklo III; Notice Establishing Deadline for Comments and Reply...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2012-01-20

    ... DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 12790-001] Pomperaug Hydro Project, Andrew Peklo III; Notice Establishing Deadline for Comments and Reply Comments On December 15, 2011, the Commission issued notice that Office of Energy Projects staff will hold a site visit and technical meeting on January 18, 2012. The...

  15. High Temperature Heat Exchanger Design and Fabrication for Systems with Large Pressure Differentials

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Chordia, Lalit; Portnoff, Marc A.; Green, Ed

    The project’s main purpose was to design, build and test a compact heat exchanger for supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO 2) power cycle recuperators. The compact recuperator is required to operate at high temperature and high pressure differentials, 169 bar (~2,500 psi), between streams of sCO 2. Additional project tasks included building a hot air-to-sCO 2 Heater heat exchanger (HX) and design, build and operate a test loop to characterize the recuperator and heater heat exchangers. A novel counter-current microtube recuperator was built to meet the high temperature high differential pressure criteria and tested. The compact HX design also incorporated amore » number of features that optimize material use, improved reliability and reduced cost. The air-to-sCO 2 Heater HX utilized a cross flow, counter-current, micro-tubular design. This compact HX design was incorporated into the test loop and exceeded design expectations. The test loop design to characterize the prototype Brayton power cycle HXs was assembled, commissioned and operated during the program. Both the prototype recuperator and Heater HXs were characterized. Measured results for the recuperator confirmed the predictions of the heat transfer models developed during the project. Heater HX data analysis is ongoing.« less

  16. Report on the activities of the Danish Atomic Energy Commission up to 31 March 1957

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    None

    1958-01-15

    Activities of the Danish Atomic Energy Commission from its establishment in 1955 through March, 1957, are reported. The technical and administrative organization of the Commission are outlined. Contracts were signed for the purchase of two reactors. The site for a reactor research establishment was acquired on the Risoe Peninsula near Roskilde. Land for agricultural experiments was acquired nearby. Buildings and facilities were nearing completion by 1957. Training programs for personnel were held. Areas of international cooperation in the peaceful use of atomic energy are outlined. A statement of expenditures is included. (C.H.)

  17. 77 FR 55512 - Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2012-09-10

    ... Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission'') has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget a...''). The Commission plans to submit this existing collection of information to the Office of Management and...-Leach-Bliley Act (``GLBA''), which include the requirement that at the time of establishing a customer...

  18. The Commission on Preservation and Access Newsletter. 1994.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Commission on Preservation and Access Newsletter, 1994

    1994-01-01

    The Commission on Preservation and Access was established in 1986 to foster and support collaboration among libraries and allied organizations in order to ensure the preservation of the published and documentary record in all formats and to provide enhanced access to scholarly information. The Commission's newsletter keeps the preservation and…

  19. 77 FR 10650 - Annual Update of Filing Fees

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2012-02-23

    ... updating is to adjust the fees on the basis of the Commission's costs for Fiscal Year 2011. DATES... establishing updated fees on the basis of the Commission's Fiscal Year 2011 costs. The adjusted fees announced...] Annual Update of Filing Fees AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, DOE. ACTION: Final rule...

  20. 78 FR 2880 - Annual Update of Filing Fees

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2013-01-15

    ... updating is to adjust the fees on the basis of the Commission's costs for Fiscal Year 2012. DATES... establishing updated fees on the basis of the Commission's Fiscal Year 2012 costs. The adjusted fees announced...] Annual Update of Filing Fees AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, DOE. ACTION: Final rule...

  1. Children & Youth Master Plan 2014. Alexandria

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Forum for Youth Investment, 2014

    2014-01-01

    In 2010, the Alexandria City Council of Virginia created the Children, Youth and Families Collaborative Commission (CYFCC, or the Commission) with the support of the Alexandria City Public Schools (ACPS). Establishing the Commission was a groundbreaking step toward addressing the needs of Alexandria's children in a more holistic manner. The…

  2. 18 CFR 701.209 - River basin commissions and field committees.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-04-01

    ... 18 Conservation of Power and Water Resources 2 2010-04-01 2010-04-01 false River basin commissions and field committees. 701.209 Section 701.209 Conservation of Power and Water Resources WATER... field committees. (a) River basin commissions established pursuant to Title II of the Water Resources...

  3. 18 CFR 701.209 - River basin commissions and field committees.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-04-01

    ... 18 Conservation of Power and Water Resources 2 2014-04-01 2014-04-01 false River basin commissions and field committees. 701.209 Section 701.209 Conservation of Power and Water Resources WATER... field committees. (a) River basin commissions established pursuant to Title II of the Water Resources...

  4. 18 CFR 701.209 - River basin commissions and field committees.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-04-01

    ... 18 Conservation of Power and Water Resources 2 2011-04-01 2011-04-01 false River basin commissions and field committees. 701.209 Section 701.209 Conservation of Power and Water Resources WATER... field committees. (a) River basin commissions established pursuant to Title II of the Water Resources...

  5. 18 CFR 701.209 - River basin commissions and field committees.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-04-01

    ... 18 Conservation of Power and Water Resources 2 2012-04-01 2012-04-01 false River basin commissions and field committees. 701.209 Section 701.209 Conservation of Power and Water Resources WATER... field committees. (a) River basin commissions established pursuant to Title II of the Water Resources...

  6. 18 CFR 701.209 - River basin commissions and field committees.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-04-01

    ... 18 Conservation of Power and Water Resources 2 2013-04-01 2012-04-01 true River basin commissions and field committees. 701.209 Section 701.209 Conservation of Power and Water Resources WATER... field committees. (a) River basin commissions established pursuant to Title II of the Water Resources...

  7. 76 FR 25273 - Listing Standards for Compensation Committees

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2011-05-04

    ... Comments Use the Commission's Internet comment form ( http://www.sec.gov/rules/proposed.shtml ); Send an e..., please use only one method. The Commission will post all comments on the Commission's Internet Web site... would direct the exchanges to establish listing standards that, among other things, require each member...

  8. 30 CFR 880.5 - Definitions.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... States of America; (b) Commission means the Appalachian Regional Development Commission established by section 101 of the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965; (c) Local authorities means the State or...

  9. The Kennedy Report: Commission Evaluates High School Journalism

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Heintz, Ann

    1974-01-01

    Presents excerpts from the report of the Kennedy Commission of Inquiry into High School Journalism, concentrating on censorship, minority participation, journalism education, established media, and censorship issues.

  10. Guide to the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    American Public Welfare Association, Washington, DC.

    This booklet describes aspects of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children, a uniform law establishing orderly procedures for the interstate placement of children and fixing responsibilities for those involved in placing a child. The law has been enacted by almost all of the states and jurisdictions of the United States. Contents focus…

  11. Soil response to skidder and dozer traffic as indicated by soil stress residuals

    Treesearch

    Brian Parkhurst; Mike Aust; Chad Bolding; Scott Barrett; Andrew Vinson; John Klepac; Emily Carter

    2015-01-01

    Ground-based timber harvesting systems are common throughout many regions of the United States. Machine movements during harvesting can negatively impact soils leading to increased erosion and soil compaction. This is especially true of skid trails that have been established to facilitate tree removals. Several techniques have the potential to reduce soil compaction...

  12. Progress report: effects of subsoiling study, Milford Ranger District, Plumas National Forest

    Treesearch

    John T. Kliejunas; William J. Otrosina

    1997-01-01

    Subsoiling is becoming a standard practice to alleviate detrimental soil compaction following biomass harvesting in eastside pine and mixed conifer forests in California. Compaction of soil following the harvesting can be detrimental to growth of residuals, to establishment of natural regeneration, and may change long-term soil productivity. The short and long-term...

  13. Making the Choices Necessary to Make a Difference: The Responsibility of National Bioethics Commissions.

    PubMed

    Grady, Christine

    2017-05-01

    In this essay, I offer some reflections on how the topics were identified and approached by the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues, on which I had the honor to serve, in the hope that the reflections may be useful to future national bioethics commissions. In the executive order that established the bioethics commission, President Obama explicitly recognized the ethical imperative to responsibly pursue science, innovation, and advances in biomedical research and health care, and the importance of national attention to these issues. The bioethics commission prioritized practicable, actionable, targeted recommendations. Like most earlier U.S. national bioethics commissions, President Obama's commission did not undertake projects on significant and troublesome issues related to health and health care that were not associated with new science or technology. Issues such as health care access, health care delivery, opioid addiction, end-of-life care, and physician-aid-in-dying are topical and ethically complex areas of significance to bioethics, and they are also being discussed and debated by the public, the media, and policy-makers. In my view, there are good reasons to select and prioritize projects as well as a justification for confining commission efforts to issues related to novel science and emerging technologies, when there is only one national-level bioethics commission that has been established by the Office of the President. © 2017 The Hastings Center.

  14. Report of the Programme and External Relations Commission. Part II.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France).

    This document presents a summary of the activities of the Program and External Relations Commission of the United Nations in one session. The topics considered by the Commission in this paper include: (1) the possibility of the establishment of an International University; (2) possible international regulation on education for international…

  15. 17 CFR 1.23 - Interest of futures commission merchant in segregated futures customer funds; additions and...

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-04-01

    ... any and all futures customers' accounts from becoming undersegregated at any time. (2) If a futures commission merchant discovers at any time that it is holding insufficient funds in segregated accounts to... with the segregated funds requirements at all times. Each futures commission merchant shall establish...

  16. 76 FR 63570 - Agency Procedure Following the Submission of Probable Cause Briefs by the Office of General Counsel

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    ... FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION 11 CFR Part 111 [Notice 2011-15] Agency Procedure Following the Submission of Probable Cause Briefs by the Office of General Counsel AGENCY: Federal Election Commission. ACTION: Notice of agency procedure. SUMMARY: The Federal Election Commission is establishing an agency...

  17. National Commission on New Technological Uses of Copyrighted Works (CONTU), Meeting Number One (Washington, D.C., October 8, 1975).

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Copyright Office.

    The first meeting of the National Commission on New Technological Uses of Copyrighted Works (CONTU) established some basic premises and procedures. Commissioners representing various interests concerned with copyright legislation (librarians, publishers, consumers and lawyers) discussed the responsibility of the Commission to review copyright…

  18. Report to the President: President's Commission on the Holocaust.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    President's Commission on the Holocaust, Washington, DC.

    On November 1, 1978, President Carter established the President's Commission on the Holocaust and charged it with the responsibility of deciding what might constitute an appropriate national memorial to all those who had perished in the Holocaust. This publication is the report of that Commission which consisted of 34 members including survivors,…

  19. Report of the Missouri Commission on the Affordability of Higher Education.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Missouri Coordinating Board for Higher Education, Jefferson City.

    The Missouri Coordinating Board for Higher Education established the Commission on the Affordability of Higher Education to respond to concerns and challenges posed by the rising cost of attendance at colleges and universities and private career schools. This commission was charged with reviewing pertinent data and making recommendations to the…

  20. 76 FR 58716 - Interpretation of Transmission Planning Reliability Standard

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    ... directs NERC and Commission staff to initiate a process to identify any reliability issues, as discussed... Commission directs NERC and Commission staff to initiate a process to identify any reliability issues, as... established a process to select and certify an ERO,\\5\\ and subsequently certified NERC.\\6\\ On April 4, 2006...

  1. 77 FR 33995 - Petition Filed by American Cable Association for Partial Reconsideration of the Commission's...

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    ... Fifth Report and Order; Announces Schedule for Pleading Cycle AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission... Alert System (EAS) Fifth Report and Order, and announces a schedule for the pleading cycle. DATES... process last at least one year. By the Public Notice, the Commission establishes a pleading cycle for...

  2. 78 FR 25129 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; Fixed Income Clearing Corporation; Notice of Filing of Proposed...

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    ... provide guaranteed settlement and central counterparty services,\\10\\ which among other things established... following methods: Electronic Comments Use the Commission's Internet comment form ( http://www.sec.gov/rules... method. The Commission will post all comments on the Commission's Internet Web site ( http://www.sec.gov...

  3. Report

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Ehrenfreund, Pascale Foing; Kwok, Sun; Irvine, William; Galante, Douglas; Gargaud, Muriel; Levasseur-Regourd, Anne-Chantal; Haghighipour, Nader; Holm, Nils; Lineweaver, Charley; Jayawardhana, Ray; Ohishi, Masatoshi

    2016-04-01

    The International Astronomical Union's Commission 51 was established in 1982 as ``Bioastronomy: Search for Extraterrestrial Life''. As the interests of Commission members expanded to include all aspects of the study of the origin, evolution, and distribution of life in the universe, C51 was renamed simply ``Bioastronomy'' in 2006. Thus, the term ``bioastronomy'' became for the Commission essentially synonymous with the NASA-coined term ``astrobiology``. Since the latter term has been adopted by many scientific societies around the world with similar interests, under the new Division and Commission structure of the IAU the Commission has been again renamed and is now Commission F-3 ``Astrobiology''.

  4. 78 FR 23899 - Codex Alimentarius Commission: Meeting of the Codex Alimentarius Commission

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    ....gov. For Further Information About the Public Meeting Contact: Jasmine Curtis, U.S. Codex Office, 1400...-3157, Email: Jasmine[email protected] . SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background Codex was established...

  5. Commission on Child Online Protection (COPA) Report to Congress [and] Personal Statements of COPA Commissioners.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    2000

    In October, 1998, Congress enacted the Child Online Protection Act and established the Commission on Online Child Protection (COPA) to study methods to help reduce access by minors to certain sexually explicit material, defined in the statute as harmful to minors. Congress directed the Commission to evaluate the accessibility, cost, and…

  6. 75 FR 24786 - List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: NUHOMS® HD System Revision 1

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    ... of establishing one or more technologies that the [Nuclear Regulatory] Commission may, by rule... technology approved by the Commission under Section 218(a) for use at the site of any civilian nuclear power... NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 10 CFR Part 72 RIN 3150-AI75 [NRC-2009-0538] List of Approved Spent...

  7. 75 FR 33678 - List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: MAGNASTOR System, Revision 1

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    2010-06-15

    ... of establishing one or more technologies that the [Nuclear Regulatory] Commission may, by rule... technology approved by the Commission under Section 218(a) for use at the site of any civilian nuclear power... NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 10 CFR Part 72 [NRC-2010-0140] RIN 3150-AI86 List of Approved Spent...

  8. 78 FR 27307 - Establishment of Class A TV Service and Cable Television Rate Regulation; Cost of Service Rules...

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    ... FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 47 CFR Parts 73 and 76 [MM Docket No. 00-10; FCC 01-123 and MM...: Federal Communications Commission. ACTION: Final rule; correction. SUMMARY: This document corrects a final..., 1996''. Federal Communications Commission. Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2013-10981 Filed 5-9...

  9. 46 CFR 540.24 - Insurance, surety bonds, self-insurance, guaranties, and escrow accounts.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-10-01

    ... for good cause. (e) Filing with the Commission evidence of an escrow account, acceptable to the... established by one of the following methods: (a) Filing with the Commission evidence of insurance issued by an... guaranty as specified in paragraph (d) of this section. (b) Filing with the Commission a surety bond on...

  10. 3 CFR 13639 - Executive Order 13639 of March 28, 2013. Establishment of the Presidential Commission on Election...

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-01-01

    ... laws of the United States of America, and in order to promote the efficient administration of Federal... experience of voters facing other obstacles in casting their ballots, such as members of the military... to the Commission's work. (b) The Commission shall be advisory in nature and shall submit a final...

  11. 77 FR 99 - Barren River Lake Hydro LLC; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission...

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    ... DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 13022-003] Barren River Lake Hydro LLC; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission, Soliciting Additional Study Requests, and Establishing Procedural Schedule for Licensing and a Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments Take notice that the following...

  12. Decree No. 17965-S promulgating Regulations on the functioning of the National Commission on Breastfeeding, 4 February 1988.

    PubMed

    1988-01-01

    The Commission of Costa Rica referred to in the title was established by Decree No. 17273-S of 31 October 1986 (Annual Review of Population Law, Vol. 13, 1986, Section 920). Section 3 of the present Decree lays down that the primary objective of the Commission is to promote breast feeding by means of activities in the fields of care, education, law, research, and information dissemination. Section 5 lays down that, in order to carry out its functions, the Commission may have recourse to the technical assistance and financial support of the Institute of Nutrition for Central America and Panama (INCAP), the Pan American Health Organization, the UN Children's Fund, and the agencies that form part of the Commission, depending on their respective financial resources. Section 6 lays down that the Commission is to function as a coordinating agency between public and private establishments undertaking activities to promote breast feeding and to organize groups carrying out activities related to breast feeding. Under Section 7, the Commission's functions are as follows: ensuring that the information disseminated by the various media on breast milk and breast-milk substitutes is not prejudicial to breast feeding; ensuring the satisfactory implementation of and compliance with the rules issued to foster breast feeding in health care centers in the country; encouraging the inclusion of matters relating to breast feeding and its promotion in the different levels of official education; encouraging the training of personnel who, on account of their functions, undertake activities in the maternal and child care field; contributing to the development of educational materials relating to breast feeding; ensuring awareness of legislation directly or indirectly fostering breast feeding and implementing such legislation; encouraging research enabling priorities to be established in decision-making for improving maternal and child health; and performing all other duties laid down by the law or deemed necessary by the Commission to achieve its objectives. Under Section 11, the Commission is to maintain contacts with corresponding commissions in countries in Central America, the Caribbean, and elsewhere as well as with international organizations and agencies undertaking activities in the field of maternal and child care. full text

  13. The role of national ethics commissions in Finland.

    PubMed

    Halila, Ritva

    2003-08-01

    There are six national ethics commissions in Finland. The National Advisory Board on Research Ethics was first established in 1991, followed by the National Advisory Board on Biotechnology and the Board on Gene Technology in 1995. The National Advisory Board on Health Care Ethics was established in 1998, followed by its Sub-Committee on Medical Research Ethics in 1999. The Co-operation Group for Laboratory Animal Sciences was established in 2001. Only the Board on Gene Technology works as a national authority and gives binding opinions and recommendations about the use of genetically modified organisms. The Sub-Committee on Medical Research Ethics acts a national research ethics committee and gives opinions about research projects. Other advisory boards do not make legally binding decisions, but their expertise gives a lot of power to their opinions and statements. The commissions work in close collaboration with each other, having regular meetings. They arrange seminars and conferences, and share information with each other. The commissions also share duties and information in international collaboration. How the voice and opinions of these commissions is heard in society lies in the wide, multi-professional expertise of their members. Large commissions and wide expertise may make it difficult to find consensus in their opinions and statements, although wide expertise may, more than discussion in a small expert group, help to further process difficult ethical issues. Collaboration between different bodies is important in order to share duties, and also to add more emphasis to the statements and opinions where different bodies share interests. In our country, the interest that national commissions share is research ethics, where the advisory boards and their members have discharged collaborative activities for years.

  14. EPA's Role in the North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC)

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    EPA takes a leadership role in the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC), an international organization established by the United States, Canada, and Mexico under the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation (NAAEC).

  15. 76 FR 54690 - Statutory Delays of Notifications and Prohibitions of Disclosure

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    ...'' or ``Commission'') is establishing an internal procedure for delegating its authority to seek court..., delegating the Commission's authority pursuant to Reorganization Plan No. 4 of 1961, 26 FR 6191, either an...

  16. 75 FR 65507 - U.S.-Russia Polar Bear Commission Adopts an Annual Taking Limit for the Alaska-Chukotka Polar...

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    2010-10-25

    ...-FY10] U.S.-Russia Polar Bear Commission Adopts an Annual Taking Limit for the Alaska-Chukotka Polar..., by unanimous vote, the U.S.-Russia Polar Bear Commission established by the ``Agreement Between the... States and Russia are parties with other polar bear range states: Norway, Canada, and Denmark. While the...

  17. Museums for a New Century. A Report of the Commission on Museums for a New Century.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    American Association of Museums, Washington, DC.

    The report of a commission established to study and clarify the role of museums in American society is presented. The commission singled out seven conditions in museums that need to be approached with fresh insight. Specific recommendations for dealing with these conditions are made and discussed in detail. First, pressing needs concerning the…

  18. Mountain bike trail compaction relation to selected physical parameters

    Treesearch

    Jeff Hale; Rodney R. Zwick

    2002-01-01

    The purpose of this research is to explore the rates of compaction and their relation to trail contextual aspects of: soil type, slope and crown cover on a newly established mountain bike trail in the northern reach of Vermont. A random sample of 52 sites was selected for monitoring on the 1.09-mile trail. Three penetrometer readings were taken at each of the sample...

  19. Electron cyclotron resonance ion sources in use for heavy ion cancer therapy.

    PubMed

    Tinschert, K; Iannucci, R; Lang, R

    2008-02-01

    The use of electron cyclotron resonance (ECR) ion sources for producing ion beams for heavy ion cancer therapy has been established for more than ten years. After the Heavy Ion Medical Accelerator (HIMAC) at Chiba, Japan started therapy of patients with carbon ions in 1994 the first carbon ion beam for patient treatment at the accelerator facility of GSI was delivered in 1997. ECR ion sources are the perfect tool for providing the required ion beams with good stability, high reliability, and easy maintenance after long operating periods. Various investigations were performed at GSI with different combinations of working gas and auxiliary gas to define the optimal beam conditions for an extended use of further ion species for the dedicated Heidelberg Ion Beam Therapy (HIT) facility installed at the Radiological University Hospital Heidelberg, Germany. Commercially available compact all permanent magnet ECR ion sources operated at 14.5 GHz were chosen for this facility. Besides for (12)C(4+) these ion sources are used to provide beams of (1)H(3)(1+), (3)He(1+), and (16)O(6+). The final commissioning at the HIT facility could be finished at the end of 2006.

  20. A l% and 1cm Perspective Leads to a Novel CDOM Absorption Algorithm

    NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

    Morrow, J. H.; Hooker, S. B.; Matsuoka, A.

    2012-01-01

    A next-generation in-water profiler designed to measure the apparent optical properties of seawater was developed and validated across a wide dynamic range of water properties. This new Compact-Optical Profiling System (C-OPS) design uses a novel, kite-shaped, free-falling backplane with adjustable buoyancy and is based on 19 state-of-the-art microradiometers, spanning 320-780 nm. Data collected as part of the field commissioning were of a previously unachievable quality and showed that systematic uncertainties in the sampling protocols were discernible at the 1% optical and 1cm depth resolution levels. A sensitivity analysis as a function of three water types, established by the peak in the remote sensing reflectance spectra, revealed which water types and spectral domains were the most indicative of data acquisition uncertainties. The unprecedented vertical resolution of C-OPS measurements provided near-surface data products at the spectral endpoints with a quality level that has not been obtainable. The improved data allowed development of an algorithm for predicting the spectral absorption due to chromophoric dissolved organic matter (CDOM) using ratios of diffuse attenuation coefficients with over 99% of the variance in the data explained.

  1. Commissioning of a compact laser-based proton beam line for high intensity bunches around 10Â MeV

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Busold, S.; Schumacher, D.; Deppert, O.; Brabetz, C.; Kroll, F.; Blažević, A.; Bagnoud, V.; Roth, M.

    2014-03-01

    We report on the first results of experiments with a new laser-based proton beam line at the GSI accelerator facility in Darmstadt. It delivers high current bunches at proton energies around 9.6 MeV, containing more than 109 particles in less than 10 ns and with tunable energy spread down to 2.7% (ΔE/E0 at FWHM). A target normal sheath acceleration stage serves as a proton source and a pulsed solenoid provides for beam collimation and energy selection. Finally a synchronous radio frequency (rf) field is applied via a rf cavity for energy compression at a synchronous phase of -90 deg. The proton bunch is characterized at the end of the very compact beam line, only 3 m behind the laser matter interaction point, which defines the particle source.

  2. DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Not Available

    Two Senate bills, S. 1517 and S. 1578, were the subject of joint hearings on the issue of the disposal of low-level wastes. At issue was the inability to meet the January 1 deadline for the states to develop regional compacts. Witnesses discussed interim measures until the compacts are in place as proposed in the two bills. S. 1517 continues DOE financial and technical assistance, and revises the guidelines for regional compacts. S. 1578 focuses on improving the procedures for establishing and implementing the compacts. The witnesses presented the views of several states, the nuclear and electric power industries, environmentalmore » and safety groups, and others. Two appendices with additional responses and material submitted for the record follow the text of the two bills and the statements and testimony of 24 witnesses.« less

  3. The DARPA compact superconducting x-ray lithography source features. [Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Heese, R.; Kalsi, S.; Leung, E.

    1991-01-01

    Under DARPA sponsorship, a compact Superconducting X-ray Lithography Source (SXLS) is being designed and built by the Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) with industry participation from Grumman Corporation and General Dynamics. This source is optimized for lithography work for sub-micron high density computer chips, and is about the size of a billiard table (1.5 m {times} 4.0 m). The machine has a racetrack configuration with two 180{degree} bending magnets being designed and built by General Dynamics under a subcontract with Grumman Corporation. The machine will have 18 photon ports which would deliver light peaked at a wave length of 10 Angstroms.more » Grumman is commercializing the SXLS device and plans to book orders for delivery of industrialized SXLS (ISXLS) versions in 1995. This paper will describe the major features of this device. The commercial machine will be equipped with a fully automated user-friendly control systems, major features of which are already working on a compact warm dipole ring at BNL. This ring has normal dipole magnets with dimensions identical to the SXLS device, and has been successfully commissioned. 4 figs., 1 tab.« less

  4. 29 CFR 1621.1 - Purpose.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... to Labor (Continued) EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION PROCEDURES-THE EQUAL PAY ACT § 1621.1 Purpose. The regulations set forth in this part contain the procedures established by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for issuing opinion letters under the Equal Pay Act. ...

  5. The economics of the introduction of modern timber bridges in Virginia.

    DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

    1996-01-01

    In 1990, the Virginia Assembly established a commission to propose recommendations to enhance the economic development of the southside region of the Commonwealth. The commission's 1991 report, House Document 42, included a recommendation for a timbe...

  6. 76 FR 60754 - Preserving the Open Internet

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    ...-201] Preserving the Open Internet AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission. ACTION: Final rule..., 2011, a document establishing rules to preserve the open Internet. Inadvertently the wrong paragraph... alleging violations of the open Internet rules. Federal Communications Commission. Matt Warner, Attorney...

  7. 16 CFR 1615.5 - Labeling requirements.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    ... Commercial Practices CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION FLAMMABLE FABRICS ACT REGULATIONS STANDARD FOR THE.... (a) Care labels. All items of children's sleepwear shall be labeled with precautionary instructions... accordance with rules and regulations established by the Consumer Product Safety Commission. (b) [Reserved...

  8. United States Army Medical Department Journal, January-March 2010

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2010-03-01

    or reclassification. Soldiers at a minimum must be able to perform the following common tasks: fire individual weapon ; wear the ballistic helmet...the National Bioethics Advisory Commission (1996). The President’s Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and...Committee on Human Radiation Experiments resulted in Executive Order 12975,𔃽 which established the National Bioethics Advisory Commission (NBAC) in

  9. Microbial biomass and bacterial functional diversity in forest soils: effects of organic matter removal, compaction, and vegetation control

    Treesearch

    Qingchao Li; H. Lee Allen; Arthur G. Wollum

    2004-01-01

    The effects of organic matter removal, soil compaction, and vegetation control on soil microbial biomass carbon, nitrogen, C-to-N ratio, and functional diversity were examined in a 6-year loblolly pine plantation on a Coastal Plain site in eastern North Carolina, USA. This experimental plantation was established as part of the US Forest Service's Long Term Soil...

  10. Aboveground biomass responses to organic matter removal, soil compaction, and competing vegetation control on 20-year mixed conifer plantations in California

    Treesearch

    Jianwei Zhang; Matt D. Busse; David H. Young; Gary O. Fiddler; Joseph W. Sherlock; Jeff D. TenPas

    2017-01-01

    We measured vegetation growth 5, 10, and 20 years following plantation establishment at 12 Long-term Soil Productivity installations in California’s Sierra Nevada and Southern Cascades. The combined effects of soil compaction (none, moderate, severe), organic matter removal (tree bole only, whole tree, whole tree plus forest floor), and competing vegetation...

  11. Changes in soil physical and chemical properties following organic matter removal and compaction: 20-year response of the aspen Lake-States Long Term Soil Productivity installations

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    Robert A. Slesak; Brian J. Palik; Anthony W. D' Amato; Valerie J. Kurth

    2017-01-01

    Soil functions that control plant resource availability can be altered by management activities such as increased organic matter (OM) removal and soil compaction during forest harvesting. The Long Term Soil Productivity study was established to evaluate how these practices influence soil and site productivity using experimental treatments that span a range of forest...

  12. 47 CFR 13.203 - Examination elements.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-10-01

    ... Telecommunication FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION GENERAL COMMERCIAL RADIO OPERATORS Examination System § 13.203... commercial radio operator license. For each Element, the Commission shall establish through public notices or... communications, knowledge of the documents relating to charges for radio communications and knowledge of those...

  13. 16 CFR 1018.12 - Statutory advisory committees.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    ... 16 Commercial Practices 2 2010-01-01 2010-01-01 false Statutory advisory committees. 1018.12 Section 1018.12 Commercial Practices CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION GENERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE MANAGEMENT Establishment of Advisory Committees § 1018.12 Statutory advisory committees. The Commission has...

  14. 3 CFR 13521 - Executive Order 13521 of November 24, 2009. Establishing the Presidential Commission for the...

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    ... technological innovation are conducted in an ethically responsible manner. To achieve this goal, the Commission... department, agency, or the head thereof; or (ii) functions of the Director of the Office of Management and...

  15. 10 CFR 25.5 - Definitions.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    ... establish an industrial security program for the purpose of safeguarding classified information under the... Agent for the National Industrial Security Program. Commission means the Nuclear Regulatory Commission... designated by the Executive Director for Operations, is eligible for a security clearance for access to...

  16. 75 FR 45175 - New Postal Product

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    ... Product AGENCY: Postal Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: The Commission is noticing a... to the competitive product list. This notice addresses procedural steps associated with the filing... that Order No. 86, which established GEPS 1 as a product, also authorized functionally equivalent...

  17. 76 FR 77230 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request

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    ... consumers in making informed purchasing decisions, and recordkeeping requirements that assist the Commission... Rules establish disclosure requirements that assist consumers in making informed purchasing decisions... consumers in making informed purchasing decisions, and recordkeeping requirements that assist the Commission...

  18. APPARATUS FOR HANDLING MIXTURES OF SOLID MATERIALS

    DOEpatents

    Hubbell, J.P.

    1959-08-25

    An apparatus is described for handling either a mixture of finely subdivided materials or a single material requiring a compacting action thereon preparatory to a chemical reducing process carried out in a crucible container. The apparatus is designed to deposit a mixture of dust-forming solid materials in a container while confining the materials against escape into the surrounding atmosphere. A movable filling tube, having a compacting member, is connected to the container and to a covered hopper receiving the mixture of materials. The filling tube is capable of reciprocating in the container and their relative positions are dependent upon the pressure established upon the material by the compacting member.

  19. Influence of temporary organic bond nature on the properties of compacts and ceramics

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Ditts, A., E-mail: ditts@tpu.ru; Revva, I., E-mail: revva@tpu.ru; Pogrebenkov, V.

    2016-01-15

    This work contains results of investigation of obtaining high thermally conductive ceramics from commercial powders of aluminum nitride and yttrium oxide by the method of monoaxial compaction of granulate. The principal scheme of preparation is proposed and technological properties of granulate are defined. Compaction conditions for simple items to use as heat removal in microelectronics and power electrical engineering have been established. Investigations of thermophysical properties of obtained ceramics and its structure by the XRD and SEM methods have been carried out. Ceramics with thermal conductivity from 172 to 174 W/m·K has been obtained as result of this work.

  20. Robustness of a compact endfire personal audio system against scattering effects (L).

    PubMed

    Tu, Zhen; Lu, Jing; Qiu, Xiaojun

    2016-10-01

    Compact loudspeaker arrays have wide potential applications as portable personal audio systems that can project sound energy to specified regions. It is meaningful to investigate the scattering effects on the array performance since the scattering of the users' heads is inevitable in practice. A five-channel compact endfire array is established and the regularized acoustic contrast control method is evaluated for the scenarios of one moving listener and one listener fixed in the bright zone while another listener moves along the evaluation region. Both simulations and experiments verify that the scattering has limited influence on the directivity of the endfire array.

  1. SU-F-T-160: Commissioning of a Single-Room Double-Scattering Proton Therapy System

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Jin, H; Ahmad, S; Chen, Y

    2016-06-15

    Purpose: To report the detailed commissioning experience for a compact double-scattering Mevion S250 proton therapy system at a University Cancer Center site. Methods: The commissioning of the proton therapy system mainly consisted of ensuring integrity of mechanical and imaging system, beam data collection, and commissioning of a treatment planning system (TPS). First, mechanical alignment and imaging were tested including safety, interlocks, positional accuracy of couch and gantry, image quality, mechanical and imaging isocenter and so on. Second, extensive beam data (outputs, PDDs, and profiles) were collected and analyzed through effective sampling of range (R) and modulation width (M) from 24more » beam options. Three different output (cGy/MU) prediction models were also commissioned as primary and secondary MU calculation tool. Third, the Varian Eclipse TPS was commissioned through five sets of data collections (in-water Bragg peak scans, in-air longitudinal fluence scans, in-air lateral profiles, in-air half-beam profiles, and an HU-to-stopping-power conversion curve) and accuracy of TPS calculation was tested using in-water scans and dose measurements with a 2D array detector with block and range compensator. Finally, an anthropomorphic phantom was scanned and heterogeneity effects were tested by inserting radiochromic films in the phantom and PET activation scans for range verification in conjunction with end-to-end test. Results: Beam characteristics agreed well with the vendor specifications; however, minor mismatches in R and M were found in some measurements during the beam data collection. These were reflected into the TPS commissioning such that the TPS could accurately predict the R and M within tolerance levels. The output models had a good agreement with measured outputs (<3% error). The end-to-end test using the film and PET showed reasonably the TPS predicted dose, R and M in heterogeneous medium. Conclusion: The proton therapy system was successfully commissioned and was released for clinical use.« less

  2. A prototype fully polarimetric 160-GHz bistatic ISAR compact radar range

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Beaudoin, C. J.; Horgan, T.; DeMartinis, G.; Coulombe, M. J.; Goyette, T.; Gatesman, A. J.; Nixon, William E.

    2017-05-01

    We present a prototype bistatic compact radar range operating at 160 GHz and capable of collecting fullypolarimetric radar cross-section and electromagnetic scattering measurements in a true far-field facility. The bistatic ISAR system incorporates two 90-inch focal length, 27-inch-diameter diamond-turned mirrors fed by 160 GHz transmit and receive horns to establish the compact range. The prototype radar range with its modest sized quiet zone serves as a precursor to a fully developed compact radar range incorporating a larger quiet zone capable of collecting X-band bistatic RCS data and 3D imagery using 1/16th scale objects. The millimeter-wave transmitter provides 20 GHz of swept bandwidth in the single linear (Horizontal/Vertical) polarization while the millimeter-wave receiver, that is sensitive to linear Horizontal and Vertical polarization, possesses a 7 dB noise figure. We present the design of the compact radar range and report on test results collected to validate the system's performance.

  3. Environmental impacts of lighting technologies - Life cycle assessment and sensitivity analysis

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Welz, Tobias; Hischier, Roland, E-mail: Roland.Hischier@empa.ch; Hilty, Lorenz M.

    2011-04-15

    With two regulations, 244/2009 and 245/2009, the European Commission recently put into practice the EuP Directive in the area of lighting devices, aiming to improve energy efficiency in the domestic lighting sector. This article presents a comprehensive life cycle assessment comparison of four different lighting technologies: the tungsten lamp, the halogen lamp, the conventional fluorescent lamp and the compact fluorescent lamp. Taking advantage of the most up-to-date life cycle inventory database available (ecoinvent data version 2.01), all life cycle phases were assessed and the sensitivity of the results for varying assumptions analysed: different qualities of compact fluorescent lamps (production phase),more » different electricity mixes (use phase), and end-of-life scenarios for WEEE recycling versus municipal solid waste incineration (disposal phase). A functional unit of 'one hour of lighting' was defined and the environmental burdens for the whole life cycle for all four lamp types were calculated, showing a clearly lower impact for the two gas-discharge lamps, i.e. the fluorescent and the compact fluorescent lamp. Differences in the product quality of the compact fluorescent lamps reveal to have only a very small effect on the overall environmental performance of this lamp type; a decline of the actual life time of this lamp type doesn't result in a change of the rank order of the results of the here examined four lamp types. It was also shown that the environmental break-even point of the gas-discharge lamps is reached long before the end of their expected life-span. All in all, it can be concluded that a change from today's tungsten lamp technology to a low-energy-consuming technology such as the compact fluorescent lamp results in a substantial environmental benefit.« less

  4. Recommended E3 HEMP Heave Electric Field Waveform for the Critical Infrastructures. Volume 2

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2017-07-31

    OF THE COMMISSION TO ASSESS THE THREAT TO THE UNITED STATES FROM ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE (EMP) ATTACK The cover photo depicts Fishbowl Starfish...Assess the Threat to the United States from Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Attack. The Commission was established by Congress in the FY2001 National...Department of Defense E electric field EMP electromagnetic pulse EPRI Electric Power Research Institute FERC Federal Energy Regulatory Commission GMD

  5. 75 FR 3448 - Federal Advisory Committee; Military Leadership Diversity Commission

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2010-01-21

    ... DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Office of the Secretary Federal Advisory Committee; Military Leadership... of Defense established the Military Leadership Diversity Commission (hereafter referred to as the... has served in a leadership position with either a Military Department command or combatant command; (b...

  6. 29 CFR 901.2 - Policy of Commission.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... Relating to Labor (Continued) CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COMMISSION POLICY STATEMENT ON... time recognizes the interests of each branch of the industry and preserves existing procedures that... the industry without such a procedure to establish its own procedures to facilitate the settlement of...

  7. 78 FR 16852 - Open Internet Advisory Committee

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2013-03-19

    ... FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION [DA 13-375] Open Internet Advisory Committee AGENCY: Federal... agenda of the Open Internet Advisory Committee (Committee). The Committee was established to track and evaluate the effects of the Commission's Open Internet rules, and to provide any recommendations it deems...

  8. 77 FR 74661 - Open Internet Advisory Committee

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2012-12-17

    ... FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION [DA 12-1986] Open Internet Advisory Committee AGENCY: Federal... agenda of the Open Internet Advisory Committee (Committee). The Committee was established to track and evaluate the effects of the Commission's Open Internet rules, and to provide any recommendations it deems...

  9. 77 FR 57086 - Open Internet Advisory Committee

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2012-09-17

    ... FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION [DA 12-1433] Open Internet Advisory Committee AGENCY: Federal... agenda of the Open Internet Advisory Committee (Committee). The Committee was established to track and evaluate the effects of the Commission's Open Internet rules, and to provide any recommendations it deems...

  10. 47 CFR 51.705 - LECs' rates for transport and termination.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-10-01

    ... provision of the Commission's rules, by default, transport and termination for Non-Access Telecommunications... negotiated agreement between parties, state commissions establish Non-Access Reciprocal Compensation rates for the exchange of Non-Access Telecommunications Traffic between a local exchange carrier and a...

  11. 47 CFR 51.705 - LECs' rates for transport and termination.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-10-01

    ... provision of the Commission's rules, by default, transport and termination for Non-Access Telecommunications... negotiated agreement between parties, state commissions establish Non-Access Reciprocal Compensation rates for the exchange of Non-Access Telecommunications Traffic between a local exchange carrier and a...

  12. 47 CFR 51.705 - LECs' rates for transport and termination.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-10-01

    ... provision of the Commission's rules, by default, transport and termination for Non-Access Telecommunications... negotiated agreement between parties, state commissions establish Non-Access Reciprocal Compensation rates for the exchange of Non-Access Telecommunications Traffic between a local exchange carrier and a...

  13. 76 FR 5160 - Emergency Access Advisory Committee; Announcement of Date of Second Meeting

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2011-01-28

    ... FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION [DA 11-124] Emergency Access Advisory Committee; Announcement of Date of Second Meeting AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: This... 7, 2010, in document DA 10-2318, Chairman Julius Genachowski announced the establishment, and...

  14. 78 FR 51678 - Market Tests of Experimental Postal Products

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2013-08-21

    ...] Market Tests of Experimental Postal Products AGENCY: Postal Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Proposed rule... tests of experimental products. The proposed rules address the contents of market test filings, describe... Tests I. Introduction The Commission proposes to establish rules governing market tests of experimental...

  15. 16 CFR 1700.3 - Establishment of standards for special packaging.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-01-01

    ... standard; (2) Available scientific, medical, and engineering data concerning special packaging and... such standards, the Commission shall not prescribe specific packaging designs, product content, package... such substance in a package which the Commission determines is unnecessarily attractive to children. (e...

  16. 16 CFR 1700.3 - Establishment of standards for special packaging.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    ... standard; (2) Available scientific, medical, and engineering data concerning special packaging and... such standards, the Commission shall not prescribe specific packaging designs, product content, package... such substance in a package which the Commission determines is unnecessarily attractive to children. (e...

  17. 16 CFR 1700.3 - Establishment of standards for special packaging.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-01-01

    ... standard; (2) Available scientific, medical, and engineering data concerning special packaging and... such standards, the Commission shall not prescribe specific packaging designs, product content, package... such substance in a package which the Commission determines is unnecessarily attractive to children. (e...

  18. 16 CFR 1700.3 - Establishment of standards for special packaging.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-01-01

    ... standard; (2) Available scientific, medical, and engineering data concerning special packaging and... such standards, the Commission shall not prescribe specific packaging designs, product content, package... such substance in a package which the Commission determines is unnecessarily attractive to children. (e...

  19. 10 CFR 61.1 - Purpose and scope.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-01-01

    ... REGULATORY COMMISSION (CONTINUED) LICENSING REQUIREMENTS FOR LAND DISPOSAL OF RADIOACTIVE WASTE General Provisions § 61.1 Purpose and scope. (a) The regulations in this part establish, for land disposal of radioactive waste, the procedures, criteria, and terms and conditions upon which the Commission issues...

  20. 10 CFR 61.1 - Purpose and scope.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-01-01

    ... REGULATORY COMMISSION (CONTINUED) LICENSING REQUIREMENTS FOR LAND DISPOSAL OF RADIOACTIVE WASTE General Provisions § 61.1 Purpose and scope. (a) The regulations in this part establish, for land disposal of radioactive waste, the procedures, criteria, and terms and conditions upon which the Commission issues...

  1. 10 CFR 61.1 - Purpose and scope.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-01-01

    ... REGULATORY COMMISSION (CONTINUED) LICENSING REQUIREMENTS FOR LAND DISPOSAL OF RADIOACTIVE WASTE General Provisions § 61.1 Purpose and scope. (a) The regulations in this part establish, for land disposal of radioactive waste, the procedures, criteria, and terms and conditions upon which the Commission issues...

  2. 10 CFR 61.1 - Purpose and scope.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-01-01

    ... REGULATORY COMMISSION (CONTINUED) LICENSING REQUIREMENTS FOR LAND DISPOSAL OF RADIOACTIVE WASTE General Provisions § 61.1 Purpose and scope. (a) The regulations in this part establish, for land disposal of radioactive waste, the procedures, criteria, and terms and conditions upon which the Commission issues...

  3. 10 CFR 61.1 - Purpose and scope.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    ... REGULATORY COMMISSION (CONTINUED) LICENSING REQUIREMENTS FOR LAND DISPOSAL OF RADIOACTIVE WASTE General Provisions § 61.1 Purpose and scope. (a) The regulations in this part establish, for land disposal of radioactive waste, the procedures, criteria, and terms and conditions upon which the Commission issues...

  4. Astrophysics on the Edge: New Instrumental Developments at the ING

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Santander-García, M.; Rodríguez-Gil, P.; Tulloch, S.; Rutten, R. G. M.

    Present and future key instruments at the Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes (ING) are introduced, and their corresponding latest scientific highlights are presented. GLAS (Ground-layer Laser Adaptive optics System): The recently installed 515 nm laser, mounted on the WHT (William Herschel Telescope), produces a bright artificial star at a height of 15 km. This enables almost full-sky access to Adaptive Optics observations. Recent commissioning observations with the NAOMI+GLAS system showed that very significant improvement in image quality can be obtained, e.g. down to 0.16 arcsec in the H band. QUCAM2 and QUCAM3: Two Low Light Level (L3) CCD cameras for fast or faint-object spectroscopy with the twin-armed ISIS spectrograph at the WHT. Their use opens a new window of high time-frequency observations, as well as access to fainter objects. They are powerful instruments for research on compact objects such as white dwarfs, neutron stars or black holes, stellar pulsations, and compact binaries.HARPS-NEF (High-Accuracy Radial-velocity Planet Searcher of the New Earths Facility): An extremely stable, high-resolution (R ˜ 120, 000) spectrograph for the WHT which is being constructed for commissioning in 2009-2010. Its radial velocity stability of < 1 m s- 1 may in the future be even further improved by using a Fabry-Perot laser-comb, a wavelength calibration unit capable of achieving an accuracy of 1 cm s- 1. This instrument will effectively allow to search for earth-like exoplanets.

  5. 10 CFR 7.4 - Establishment of advisory committees.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-01-01

    ... 10 Energy 1 2012-01-01 2012-01-01 false Establishment of advisory committees. 7.4 Section 7.4 Energy NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ADVISORY COMMITTEES § 7.4 Establishment of advisory committees. (a) An NRC advisory committee may be established under this part only if its establishment— (1) Is...

  6. 10 CFR 7.4 - Establishment of advisory committees.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-01-01

    ... 10 Energy 1 2014-01-01 2014-01-01 false Establishment of advisory committees. 7.4 Section 7.4 Energy NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ADVISORY COMMITTEES § 7.4 Establishment of advisory committees. (a) An NRC advisory committee may be established under this part only if its establishment— (1) Is...

  7. 10 CFR 7.4 - Establishment of advisory committees.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-01-01

    ... 10 Energy 1 2013-01-01 2013-01-01 false Establishment of advisory committees. 7.4 Section 7.4 Energy NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ADVISORY COMMITTEES § 7.4 Establishment of advisory committees. (a) An NRC advisory committee may be established under this part only if its establishment— (1) Is...

  8. 10 CFR 7.4 - Establishment of advisory committees.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    ... 10 Energy 1 2010-01-01 2010-01-01 false Establishment of advisory committees. 7.4 Section 7.4 Energy NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ADVISORY COMMITTEES § 7.4 Establishment of advisory committees. (a) An NRC advisory committee may be established under this part only if its establishment— (1) Is...

  9. 10 CFR 7.4 - Establishment of advisory committees.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-01-01

    ... 10 Energy 1 2011-01-01 2011-01-01 false Establishment of advisory committees. 7.4 Section 7.4 Energy NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ADVISORY COMMITTEES § 7.4 Establishment of advisory committees. (a) An NRC advisory committee may be established under this part only if its establishment— (1) Is...

  10. Flow and compaction properties of hypromellose: new directly compressible versus the established grades.

    PubMed

    Grdešič, Peter; Vrečer, Franc; Ilić, Ilija

    2016-11-01

    Information about flow and compaction properties of hypromellose (HPMC) polymers is essential for the technologists who are facing challenges regarding poor flow and compaction while developing new controlled release matrix tablets. There is a profound lack of studies in this field and none of the published ones deal with the compaction of the newly introduced HPMC grades specifically designed for direct compression (DC). The objective behind this study was the evaluation of flow and compaction properties of six different grades of HPMC substitution type 2208 polymers, including two second generation directly compressible grades from Dow Chemical Company (K100LV, K15M, K4M CR, K4M DC, K100M CR and K100M DC). Flow properties were determined using flow time and Carr index. Compaction properties were quantified using "out-of-die" Heckel and modified Walker models as well as tensile strength profile and elastic recovery. We used statistical approach to analyze the results. Due to larger, rounder and smoother particles both DC grades showed distinctly better flow properties compared to their non-DC counterparts. Overall, K15M showed the best compaction properties, closely followed by K100LV. K100M grades showed superior compaction properties over K4M grades. The new, second generation DC grades had poorer compaction properties, however, they exhibited better flow properties on the other hand. Considering all compaction results, the Heckel model gave better description of compressibility compared to the Walker model, so it may be preferred in case of studying HPMC polymers and other similar materials.

  11. 29 CFR 1630.16 - Specific activities permitted.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... regulations (if any) of the Departments of Defense and Transportation and of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission... such regulations comply with the standards established in the regulations (if any) of the Departments of Defense and Transportation, and of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, regarding alcohol and the...

  12. 29 CFR 1630.16 - Specific activities permitted.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ... regulations (if any) of the Departments of Defense and Transportation and of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission... such regulations comply with the standards established in the regulations (if any) of the Departments of Defense and Transportation, and of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, regarding alcohol and the...

  13. 32 CFR 15.1 - Purpose.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... 32 National Defense 1 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false Purpose. 15.1 Section 15.1 National Defense Department of Defense OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE MILITARY COMMISSIONS REPORTING RELATIONSHIPS FOR MILITARY COMMISSION PERSONNEL § 15.1 Purpose. This part establishes supervisory and performance evaluation...

  14. 16 CFR 16.3 - Policy.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    ... 16 Commercial Practices 1 2010-01-01 2010-01-01 false Policy. 16.3 Section 16.3 Commercial Practices FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION ORGANIZATION, PROCEDURES AND RULES OF PRACTICE ADVISORY COMMITTEE MANAGEMENT § 16.3 Policy. (a) The Commission's policy shall be to: (1) Establish an advisory committee only...

  15. 75 FR 4689 - Electronic Tariff Filings

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2010-01-29

    ... collaborative process relies upon the use of metadata (or information) about the tariff filing, including such... code.\\5\\ Because the Commission is using the electronic metadata to establish statutory action dates... code, as well as accurately providing any other metadata. 6. Similarly, the Commission will be using...

  16. 75 FR 14214 - Senior Executive Service Performance Review Board Membership

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2010-03-24

    ... OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW COMMISSION Senior Executive Service Performance Review Board Membership AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission. ACTION: Annual notice. SUMMARY: Notice... established a Senior Executive Service PRB. The PRB reviews and evaluates the initial appraisal of a senior...

  17. 78 FR 5516 - Senior Executive Service Performance Review Board Membership

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2013-01-25

    ... OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW COMMISSION Senior Executive Service Performance Review Board Membership AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission. ACTION: Annual notice. SUMMARY: Notice... established a Senior Executive Service PRB. The PRB reviews and evaluates the initial appraisal of a senior...

  18. 76 FR 39926 - Senior Executive Service Performance Review Board Membership

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2011-07-07

    ... OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW COMMISSION Senior Executive Service Performance Review Board Membership AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission. ACTION: Annual notice. SUMMARY: Notice... established a Senior Executive Service PRB. The PRB reviews and evaluates the initial appraisal of a senior...

  19. 76 FR 81998 - Senior Executive Service Performance Review Board Membership

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2011-12-29

    ... OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW COMMISSION Senior Executive Service Performance Review Board Membership AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission. ACTION: Annual notice. SUMMARY: Notice... established a Senior Executive Service PRB. The PRB reviews and evaluates the initial appraisal of a senior...

  20. 47 CFR 2.1072 - Limitation on Declaration of Conformity.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-10-01

    ... 47 Telecommunication 1 2010-10-01 2010-10-01 false Limitation on Declaration of Conformity. 2.1072 Section 2.1072 Telecommunication FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION GENERAL FREQUENCY ALLOCATIONS AND RADIO... date is otherwise established by the Commission. (c) No person shall, in any advertising matter...

  1. 47 CFR 0.284 - Actions taken under delegated authority.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-10-01

    ... Section 0.284 Telecommunication FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION GENERAL COMMISSION ORGANIZATION Delegations of Authority Chief, Media Bureau § 0.284 Actions taken under delegated authority. (a) In discharging the authority conferred by § 0.283 of this part, the Chief, Media Bureau, shall establish working...

  2. Looking into the Future.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    McDowell, Stirling

    1984-01-01

    After four months of public hearings, the MacDonald Commission established to look into Canada's future is now preparing its interim report. The 220,000-member Canadian Teachers' Federation has submitted a four-point proposal to the commission calling for a reaffirmation of the overriding importance of education. (JBM)

  3. 78 FR 23832 - Labeling Requirements for Alternative Fuels and Alternative Fueled Vehicles

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2013-04-23

    ... Fuels and Alternative Fueled Vehicles AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission). ACTION... Alternative Fuels and Alternative Fueled Vehicles'') to consolidate the FTC's alternative fueled vehicle (AFV...) established federal programs to encourage the development of alternative fuels and alternative fueled vehicles...

  4. 16 CFR 1018.4 - Applicability.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-01-01

    ... organizations: (1) Any local civic group whose primary function is that of rendering a public service with... non-statutory) subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission. This part also shall apply to ad hoc advisory committees and non-Commission established advisory committees when they are performing advisory...

  5. 16 CFR 1018.4 - Applicability.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-01-01

    ... organizations: (1) Any local civic group whose primary function is that of rendering a public service with... non-statutory) subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission. This part also shall apply to ad hoc advisory committees and non-Commission established advisory committees when they are performing advisory...

  6. 16 CFR 1018.4 - Applicability.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-01-01

    ... organizations: (1) Any local civic group whose primary function is that of rendering a public service with... non-statutory) subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission. This part also shall apply to ad hoc advisory committees and non-Commission established advisory committees when they are performing advisory...

  7. 16 CFR § 1018.4 - Applicability.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-01-01

    ... organizations: (1) Any local civic group whose primary function is that of rendering a public service with... non-statutory) subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission. This part also shall apply to ad hoc advisory committees and non-Commission established advisory committees when they are performing advisory...

  8. 16 CFR 1018.4 - Applicability.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    ... organizations: (1) Any local civic group whose primary function is that of rendering a public service with... non-statutory) subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission. This part also shall apply to ad hoc advisory committees and non-Commission established advisory committees when they are performing advisory...

  9. 16 CFR § 1700.3 - Establishment of standards for special packaging.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-01-01

    ... such standard; (2) Available scientific, medical, and engineering data concerning special packaging and... such standards, the Commission shall not prescribe specific packaging designs, product content, package... such substance in a package which the Commission determines is unnecessarily attractive to children. (e...

  10. 18 CFR 260.400 - Cash management programs.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-04-01

    ... 18 Conservation of Power and Water Resources 1 2011-04-01 2011-04-01 false Cash management... Cash management programs. Natural gas companies subject to the provisions of the Commission's Uniform... management programs must file these agreements with the Commission. The documentation establishing the cash...

  11. 77 FR 35199 - Swap Data Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements: Pre-Enactment and Transition Swaps

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2012-06-12

    ...The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (``Commission'' or ``CFTC'') is adopting rules to further implement the Commodity Exchange Act (``CEA'' or ``Act'') with respect to the new statutory framework regarding swap data recordkeeping and reporting established by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (``Dodd-Frank Act''). The Dodd-Frank Act, which amended the CEA, directs that rules adopted by the Commission shall provide for the reporting of data relating to swaps entered into before the date of enactment of the Dodd-Frank Act, the terms of which have not expired as of the date of enactment of the Dodd-Frank Act (``pre-enactment swaps'') and data relating to swaps entered into on or after the date of enactment of the Dodd-Frank Act and prior to the compliance date specified in the Commission's final swap data reporting rules (``transition swaps''). These final rules establish swap data recordkeeping and reporting requirements for pre-enactment swaps and transition swaps.

  12. Non-Compact Cardiomyopathy or Ventricular Non-Compact Syndrome?

    PubMed Central

    2014-01-01

    Ventricular myocardial non-compaction has been recognized and defined as a genetic cardiomyopathy by American Heart Association since 2006. The argument on the nomenclature and pathogenesis of this kind of ventricular myocardial non-compaction characterized by regional ventricular wall thickening and deep trabecular recesses often complicated with chronic heart failure, arrhythmia and thromboembolism and usually overlap the genetics and phenotypes of other kind of genetic or mixed cardiomyopathy still exist. The proper classification and correct nomenclature of the non-compact ventricles will contribute to the precisely and completely understanding of etiology and its related patho-physiological mechanism for a better risk stratification and more personalized therapy of the disease individually. All of the genetic heterogeneity and phenotypical overlap and the variety in histopathological, electromechanical and clinical presentation indicates that some of the cardiomyopathies might just be the different consequence of myocardial development variations related to gene mutation and phenotype of one or group genes induced by the interacted and disturbed process of gene modulation at different links of gene function expression and some other etiologies. This review aims to establish a new concept of "ventricular non-compaction syndrome" based on the demonstration of the current findings of etiology, epidemiology, histopathology and echocardiography related to the disorder of ventricular myocardial compaction and myocardial electromechanical function development. PMID:25580189

  13. [Isolated left ventricular non-compaction associated with Ebstein's anomaly. Multimodality non-invasive imaging for the assessment of congenital heart disease].

    PubMed

    Renilla, Alfredo; Santamarta, Elena; Corros, Cecilia; Martín, María; Barreiro, Manuel; de la Hera, Jesús

    2013-01-01

    To establish the etiology of heart failure in patients with congenital heart disease can be challenging. Multiple concomitant anomalies that can be missed after an initial diagnosis could be seen in these patients. In patients with congenital heart disease, a more accurate evaluation of cardiac morphology and left ventricular systolic function could be evaluated by recent non-invasive cardiac imaging techniques. We present a rare case where multimodal cardiac imaging was useful to establish the final diagnosis of left ventricular non-compaction associated with Ebstein's anomaly. Copyright © 2012 Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez. Published by Masson Doyma México S.A. All rights reserved.

  14. National Commission for Women Decree 1989 (No. 30 of 1989), 7 December 1989.

    PubMed

    1989-01-01

    In 1989, Nigeria established a National Commission for Women to promote the general welfare of women. The Commission has the following objectives: 1) to promote the involvement of women in the development of human resources and of the nation, with equal rights and corresponding obligations; 2) to promote responsible motherhood and maternal health; 3) to improve women;s civic, political, cultural, social, and economic education; 4) to support the work of non-governmental organizations and act as coordinator between the government and women's organizations; 5) to encourage cooperative societies and activities among women and stimulate creative entrepreneurship in cottage industries and small-scale industries; 6) to formulate and propagate moral values in families and society and establish programs to inculcate moral education in women and children; and 7) to work toward the elimination of all practices which discriminate against and dehumanize women. In order to fulfill these objectives, the National Commission will formulate policies; establish state and local government council bodies to implement the policies; provide loans and vocational training; monitor and act as a liaison with appropriate organizations and international bodies, submit reports on women's education, counseling, health, and existing legislation; coordinate, grant aid, and evaluate the activities of women's voluntary organizations; and conduct general research and planning to improve the status of women.

  15. The Road to a College Diploma: The Complex Reality of Raising Educational Achievement for Hispanics in the United States. An Interim Report of the President's Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans, Washington, DC.

    In 2001, the President's Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans was created to develop a multi-year plan for closing the achievement gap facing Hispanic Americans and attaining the goals established by the 2001 No Child Left Behind Act. The Commission defined five strategic imperatives: coordinating a national…

  16. 76 FR 46889 - U.S. Advisory Panel to the U.S. Section of the North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission; Notice...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2011-08-03

    ... DEPARTMENT OF STATE [Public Notice 7476] U.S. Advisory Panel to the U.S. Section of the North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission; Notice of Renewal The Department of State has renewed the Charter of the U.S. Advisory Panel to the U.S. Section of the North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission (NPAFC) for another two years. The NPAFC was established...

  17. California legislator cites many ways states can alleviate energy crunch. [Functions of state energy commissions

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Not Available

    In this interview, Charles Warren, chairman of a committee on resources, land use, and energy in the California State Assembly, answers several questions relating to the functions and effectiveness of state governments in energy-related problems. For California, in particular, he points to the fairly recently established Energy Resources, Conservation, and Development Commission and its past activities in electric power forecasting and energy conservation, the latter particularly for the building sector. In the future, possibly the biggest problem facing the Commission will be establishing a mechanism for California's handling of Alaskan crude and, probably, liquefied natural gas; e.g., if deep-water portsmore » are necessary, it would probably be desirable to have one port available to all companies bringing crude to California, instead of each company building its own port. Answers are provided to other questions regarding: (1) cooperation among states; (2) organization of the Commission and the acceptance of its actions, both by Gov. Brown and the people; (3) Commission's existence enhancing California's chances of federal R and D funds; (4) relationship with California's university system; and (5) California's nuclear initiative. (LMT)« less

  18. Accurate lithography simulation model based on convolutional neural networks

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Watanabe, Yuki; Kimura, Taiki; Matsunawa, Tetsuaki; Nojima, Shigeki

    2017-07-01

    Lithography simulation is an essential technique for today's semiconductor manufacturing process. In order to calculate an entire chip in realistic time, compact resist model is commonly used. The model is established for faster calculation. To have accurate compact resist model, it is necessary to fix a complicated non-linear model function. However, it is difficult to decide an appropriate function manually because there are many options. This paper proposes a new compact resist model using CNN (Convolutional Neural Networks) which is one of deep learning techniques. CNN model makes it possible to determine an appropriate model function and achieve accurate simulation. Experimental results show CNN model can reduce CD prediction errors by 70% compared with the conventional model.

  19. Handbook on Architectural Services.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Adams, Hugh D.; And Others

    Alabama State Building Commission policies and procedures are established for the use of all agencies, architects, and engineers working under the jurisdiction of the Commission. All school construction with the exception of mobile classroom units is covered, and general procedures are outlined followed by the requirements for plan submittals.…

  20. 29 CFR 1650.110 - Implementation of salary offset.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... Labor Regulations Relating to Labor (Continued) EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION DEBT COLLECTION... established pay intervals from an employee's current pay account, unless the employee and the Commission agree... only from basic pay, special pay, incentive pay, retired pay, retainer pay or in the case of an...

  1. 18 CFR 39.6 - Conflict of a Reliability Standard with a Commission Order.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-04-01

    ... FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY REGULATIONS UNDER THE FEDERAL POWER ACT RULES CONCERNING CERTIFICATION OF THE ELECTRIC RELIABILITY ORGANIZATION; AND PROCEDURES FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT, APPROVAL, AND ENFORCEMENT OF ELECTRIC RELIABILITY STANDARDS § 39.6 Conflict of a Reliability Standard with...

  2. 76 FR 21741 - Emergency Access Advisory Committee; Announcement of Establishment, and of Members and Co...

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    ... FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION [DA 10-2318 and DA 11-55] Emergency Access Advisory Committee... AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission. ACTION: Notice; correction. SUMMARY: The Federal Communication... The Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act (``CVAA''), the date of the first...

  3. The introduction of modern timber bridges in Virginia : a final report on the Virginia timber bridge initiative.

    DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

    2002-01-01

    In 1990, the Virginia General Assembly established a commission to propose and enhance the economic development of the Southside region of the Commonwealth, the tier of largely rural counties across the southern border. The commission's 1991 report, ...

  4. 10 CFR 7.1 - Policy.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-01-01

    ... 10 Energy 1 2013-01-01 2013-01-01 false Policy. 7.1 Section 7.1 Energy NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ADVISORY COMMITTEES § 7.1 Policy. The regulations in this part define the policies and procedures to be followed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in the establishment, utilization, and...

  5. 10 CFR 7.1 - Policy.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-01-01

    ... 10 Energy 1 2012-01-01 2012-01-01 false Policy. 7.1 Section 7.1 Energy NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ADVISORY COMMITTEES § 7.1 Policy. The regulations in this part define the policies and procedures to be followed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in the establishment, utilization, and...

  6. 10 CFR 7.1 - Policy.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-01-01

    ... 10 Energy 1 2014-01-01 2014-01-01 false Policy. 7.1 Section 7.1 Energy NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ADVISORY COMMITTEES § 7.1 Policy. The regulations in this part define the policies and procedures to be followed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in the establishment, utilization, and...

  7. Report of the National Advisory Commission on Health Manpower. Volume 1.

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    National Advisory Commission on Health Manpower, Washington, DC.

    In 1966, the President established the National Advisory Commission on Health Manpower to "develop appropriate recommendations for action by government or by private institutions, organizations, or individuals for improving the availability and utilization of health manpower." Recommendations include: (1) federal funds to encourage…

  8. 10 CFR 7.1 - Policy.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    ... 10 Energy 1 2010-01-01 2010-01-01 false Policy. 7.1 Section 7.1 Energy NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ADVISORY COMMITTEES § 7.1 Policy. The regulations in this part define the policies and procedures to be followed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in the establishment, utilization, and...

  9. 10 CFR 7.1 - Policy.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-01-01

    ... 10 Energy 1 2011-01-01 2011-01-01 false Policy. 7.1 Section 7.1 Energy NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ADVISORY COMMITTEES § 7.1 Policy. The regulations in this part define the policies and procedures to be followed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in the establishment, utilization, and...

  10. 10 CFR 19.1 - Purpose.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    ... 10 Energy 1 2010-01-01 2010-01-01 false Purpose. 19.1 Section 19.1 Energy NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION NOTICES, INSTRUCTIONS AND REPORTS TO WORKERS: INSPECTION AND INVESTIGATIONS § 19.1 Purpose. The.... The regulations in this part also establish the rights and responsibilities of the Commission and...

  11. 50 CFR 300.91 - Definitions.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-10-01

    ... Fraser River Sockeye and Pink Salmon Fisheries § 300.91 Definitions. In addition to the terms defined in... fishing regulations. Commission means the Pacific Salmon Commission established by the Pacific Salmon... impound salmon passing over the net, the net must be raised to the surface. (4) Troll fishing gear means...

  12. 50 CFR 300.91 - Definitions.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-10-01

    ... Fraser River Sockeye and Pink Salmon Fisheries § 300.91 Definitions. In addition to the terms defined in... fishing regulations. Commission means the Pacific Salmon Commission established by the Pacific Salmon... impound salmon passing over the net, the net must be raised to the surface. (4) Troll fishing gear means...

  13. Commission Review of a Proposal by the State Center Community College District to Establish the Willow-International Community College Center: A Report to the Governor and Legislature in Response to a Request from the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges. Commission Report 03-05

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    California Postsecondary Education Commission, 2003

    2003-01-01

    This report reviews a proposal by the State Center Community College District to establish a State-approved education center in the city of Fresno. The center would be named the Willow-International Community College Center, and it would replace an existing Clovis operational outreach center that is considered by the district to be insufficient…

  14. Approximations and Solution Estimates in Optimization

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2016-04-06

    comprehensive descriptions of epi-convergence and its connections to variational analysis broadly. Our motivation for going beyond normed linear spaces , which...proper, every closed ball in this metric space is compact and the existence of solutions of such optimal fitting problems is more easily established...lsc-fcns(X), dl(fν , f) → 0 implies that fν epi-converges to f. We recall that a metric space is proper if every closed ball in that space is compact

  15. The Effects of Anti-Deforestation Programs on Brazil’s Ecological Sustainability Goals and the Implications for the Economic Objectives of the Strategic Partnership with the European Union

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2014-06-01

    and Invest, “CDM Markt kompakt,” [CDM Market Compact] Cologne: 2009. 104Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação [Ministry of Science...Challenged,” 395‒424. 128“Designated National Authority (Interministerial Commission on Global Climate Change),” Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e... Tecnologia e Inovação, accessed March 17, 2014, http://mct.gov.br/index.php/content/view/58160.html. 51

  16. A new and compact system at the AMS laboratory in Bucharest

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Stan-Sion, C.; Enachescu, M.; Petre, A. R.; Simion, C. A.; Calinescu, C. I.; Ghita, D. G.

    2015-10-01

    AMS research started more than 15 years ago at our National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering (IFIN-HH), Bucharest. A first facility was constructed based on our multipurpose 9 MV tandem accelerator and was upgraded several times. In May 2012 a new Cockcroft Walton type 1 MV HVEE tandetron AMS system, was commissioned. Two chemistry laboratories were constructed and are routinely performing the target preparation for carbon dating and for other isotope applications such as for geology, environment physics, medicine and forensic physics. Performance parameters of the new system are shown.

  17. Analysis of the impact of the eastern ring road of Lodz on selected components of the environment

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Janas, , Monika; Zawadzka, Alicja

    2018-01-01

    The geographical location of Poland and the pursuit of economic growth make it necessary to build a sufficiently equipped and compact network of expressways and motorways. Such investments do not, however, leave the environment unaffected. The work analyzes changes that have occurred in the natural environment under the influence of the construction and operation of Lodz eastern ring road being a section of the A1 motorway commissioned in August 2016. Changes in the pollution of air, soil and acoustic climate are discussed in detail.

  18. A new XUV optical end-station to characterize compact and flexible photonic devices using synchrotron radiation

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Marcelli, A.; Mazuritskiy, M. I.; Dabagov, S. B.; Hampai, D.; Lerer, A. M.; Izotova, E. A.; D'Elia, A.; Turchini, S.; Zema, N.; Zuccaro, F.; de Simone, M.; Javad Rezvani, S.; Coreno, M.

    2018-03-01

    In this contribution we present the new experimental end-station to characterize XUV diffractive optics, such as Micro Channel Plates (MCPs) and other polycapillary optics, presently under commission at the Elettra synchrotron radiation laboratory (Trieste, Italy). To show the opportunities offered by these new optical devices for 3rd and 4th generation radiation sources, in this work we present also some patterns collected at different energies of the primary XUV radiation transmitted by MCP optical devices working in the normal incidence geometry.

  19. 76 FR 65223 - Proposed Collection; Comment Request

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    2011-10-20

    ..., however, may impose a burden. For an issuer to establish a QLCC, the QLCC must adopt written procedures... establish a QLCC.\\2\\ Establishing the written procedures required by the rule should not impose a... SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Proposed Collection; Comment Request Upon Written Request...

  20. Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management in the United States: What Have We Wrought? The Richard S. Hodes, M.D. Honor Lecture Award - 12222

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Jacobi, Lawrence R.

    2012-07-01

    In 1979, radioactive waste disposal was an important national issue. State governors were closing the gates on the existing low-level radioactive waste disposal sites and the ultimate disposition of spent fuel was undecided. A few years later, the United States Congress thought they had solved both problems by passing the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act of 1981, which established a network of regional compacts for low-level radioactive waste disposal, and by passing the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to set out how a final resting place for high-level waste would be determined. Upon passage of the acts, State, Regionalmore » and Federal officials went to work. Here we are some 30 years later with little to show for our combined effort. The envisioned national repository for high-level radioactive waste has not materialized. Efforts to develop the Yucca Mountain high-level radioactive waste disposal facility were abandoned after spending $13 billion on the failed project. Recently, the Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future issued its draft report that correctly concludes the existing policy toward high-level nuclear waste is 'all but completely broken down'. A couple of new low-level waste disposal facilities have opened since 1981, but neither were the result of efforts under the act. What the Act has done is interject a system of interstate compacts with a byzantine interstate import and export system to complicate the handling of low-level radioactive waste, with attendant costs. As this paper is being written in the fourth-quarter of 2011, after 30 years of political and bureaucratic turmoil, a new comprehensive low-level waste disposal facility at Andrews Texas is approaching its initial operating date. The Yucca Mountain project might be completed or it might not. The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission is commencing a review of their 1981 volume reduction policy statement. The Department of Energy after 26 years has yet to figure out how to implement its obligations under the 1985 amendments to the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act. But, the last three decades have not been a total loss. A great deal has been learned about radioactive waste disposal since 1979 and the efforts of the public and private sector have shaped and focused the work to be done in the future. So, this lecturer asks the question: 'What have we wrought?' to which he provides his perspective and his recommendations for radioactive waste management policy for the next 30 years. (author)« less

  1. 10 CFR 1.1 - Creation and authority.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    ... 10 Energy 1 2010-01-01 2010-01-01 false Creation and authority. 1.1 Section 1.1 Energy NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION STATEMENT OF ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL INFORMATION Introduction § 1.1 Creation and authority. (a) The Nuclear Regulatory Commission was established by the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974...

  2. 10 CFR 1.1 - Creation and authority.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-01-01

    ... 10 Energy 1 2011-01-01 2011-01-01 false Creation and authority. 1.1 Section 1.1 Energy NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION STATEMENT OF ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL INFORMATION Introduction § 1.1 Creation and authority. (a) The Nuclear Regulatory Commission was established by the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974...

  3. 75 FR 54662 - Privacy Act of 1974: Systems of Records

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    2010-09-08

    ..., Chief Privacy Officer, Office of Information Technology, 202-551-7209. In the Federal Register of August... SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION [Release No. PA-44A; File No. S7-17-10] Privacy Act of 1974: Systems of Records AGENCY: Securities and Exchange Commission. ACTION: Notice to establish systems of...

  4. 77 FR 2708 - Performance of Registration Functions by National Futures Association With Respect To Swap...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2012-01-19

    ... standards established by the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) and the Commission's regulations issued thereunder...: January 19, 2012. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barbara S. Gold, Associate Director, Christopher W... Background In a separate document published elsewhere in today's Federal Register, the Commission is issuing...

  5. 78 FR 60243 - Solicitation of Written Comments by the Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2013-10-01

    ...The Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission (MCRMC) was established by the National Defense Authorization Act FY 2013. Pursuant to the Act, the Commission is seeking written comments from the general public and interested parties on measures to modernize the military compensation and retirement systems.

  6. 39 CFR 3002.3 - Official seal.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... 39 Postal Service 1 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false Official seal. 3002.3 Section 3002.3 Postal Service POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION PERSONNEL ORGANIZATION § 3002.3 Official seal. (a) Authority. The Seal described in this section is hereby established as the official seal of the Postal Rate Commission...

  7. 39 CFR 3002.3 - Official seal.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... 39 Postal Service 1 2011-07-01 2011-07-01 false Official seal. 3002.3 Section 3002.3 Postal Service POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION PERSONNEL ORGANIZATION § 3002.3 Official seal. (a) Authority. The Seal described in this section is hereby established as the official seal of the Postal Rate Commission...

  8. Colorado Business Commission on Child Care Financing, Report.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Colorado State Dept. of Human Services, Denver. Div. of Child Care.

    This report examines child care from a business perspective and proposes methods to help finance affordable, accessible, and high-quality child care in Colorado. The Commission's procedures are described, and data summaries are included. The following 12 recommendations are made: (1) establish model planning and zoning programs to increase and…

  9. 47 CFR 0.401 - Location of Commission offices.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-10-01

    ... exemption, waiver or deferral from the fee requirement), should be delivered to one of the following... Commission, P.O. Box IT-70, Gettysburg, PA 17326. (4) The locations of the field offices of the Compliance... boxes for the receipt of different types of applications. It will also establish special post office...

  10. 19 CFR 213.1 - Purpose and applicability of part.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-04-01

    ... 213.1 Customs Duties UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION INVESTIGATIONS OF UNFAIR PRACTICES IN IMPORT TRADE TRADE REMEDY ASSISTANCE § 213.1 Purpose and applicability of part. (a) Section 339 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, establishes in the Commission an office known as the Trade Remedy...

  11. 19 CFR 213.1 - Purpose and applicability of part.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-04-01

    ... 213.1 Customs Duties UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION INVESTIGATIONS OF UNFAIR PRACTICES IN IMPORT TRADE TRADE REMEDY ASSISTANCE § 213.1 Purpose and applicability of part. (a) Section 339 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, establishes in the Commission an office known as the Trade Remedy...

  12. 19 CFR 213.1 - Purpose and applicability of part.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-04-01

    ... 213.1 Customs Duties UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION INVESTIGATIONS OF UNFAIR PRACTICES IN IMPORT TRADE TRADE REMEDY ASSISTANCE § 213.1 Purpose and applicability of part. (a) Section 339 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, establishes in the Commission an office known as the Trade Remedy...

  13. 19 CFR 213.1 - Purpose and applicability of part.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-04-01

    ... 213.1 Customs Duties UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION INVESTIGATIONS OF UNFAIR PRACTICES IN IMPORT TRADE TRADE REMEDY ASSISTANCE § 213.1 Purpose and applicability of part. (a) Section 339 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, establishes in the Commission an office known as the Trade Remedy...

  14. 76 FR 12141 - New Postal Product and New Price Category

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    2011-03-04

    ... POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION [Docket Nos. MC2011-23 and CP2011-62; Order No. 683] New Postal Product and New Price Category AGENCY: Postal Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: The... competitive product list. The Postal Service also states that it has established a new price category under...

  15. 78 FR 16486 - Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC-606); Comment Request

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    2013-03-15

    ...-time employment). \\4\\ Average salary plus benefits per full-time equivalent employee. Comments... Requests for Further Information), to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review of the... intended to allow agencies to assist the Commission to make better informed decisions in establishing due...

  16. The 1910 Edinburgh World Missionary Conference and Comparative Colonial Education

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    Jensz, Felicity

    2018-01-01

    In 1910 some 1200 delegates from Protestant missionary societies came together in Edinburgh, Scotland to attend a World Missionary Conference. In preparation for this event eight commissions were established to research various topics of importance to missionary societies. Commission III was dedicated to 'Education in Relation to the…

  17. Four Corners Regional Commission Third Annual Report, 1970.

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    Four Corners Regional Commission, Farmington, NM.

    The Four Corners Regional Commission is a state-Federal partnership, the purpose of which is to initiate long-range planning, provide data for specific plans, promote private investment, promote legislation, establish plans and program priorities, and initiate and coordinate economic developmental districts in 92 counties in Arizona, Colorado, New…

  18. Four Corners Regional Commission Second Annual Report, 1969.

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    Four Corners Regional Commission, Farmington, NM.

    The Four Corners Regional Commission is a state-Federal partnership, the purpose of which is to initiate long-range planning, provide data for specific plans, promote private investment, promote legislation, establish plans and program priorities, and initiate and coordinate economic developmental districts in 92 counties in Arizona, Colorado, New…

  19. 10 CFR 1.1 - Creation and authority.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-01-01

    ... 10 Energy 1 2013-01-01 2013-01-01 false Creation and authority. 1.1 Section 1.1 Energy NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION STATEMENT OF ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL INFORMATION Introduction § 1.1 Creation and authority. (a) The Nuclear Regulatory Commission was established by the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974...

  20. 10 CFR 1.1 - Creation and authority.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-01-01

    ... 10 Energy 1 2014-01-01 2014-01-01 false Creation and authority. 1.1 Section 1.1 Energy NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION STATEMENT OF ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL INFORMATION Introduction § 1.1 Creation and authority. (a) The Nuclear Regulatory Commission was established by the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974...

  1. 10 CFR 1.1 - Creation and authority.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-01-01

    ... 10 Energy 1 2012-01-01 2012-01-01 false Creation and authority. 1.1 Section 1.1 Energy NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION STATEMENT OF ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL INFORMATION Introduction § 1.1 Creation and authority. (a) The Nuclear Regulatory Commission was established by the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974...

  2. 77 FR 65463 - Filing of Privileged Materials and Answers to Motions

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    2012-10-29

    ... Answers to Motions AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, DOE. ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: In this... time period for action. Instead, the Commission proposes to set the time for responding to such motions... Rules of Practice and Procedure, which establishes the timeline for filing answers to motions, to...

  3. Student Veterans and Community Colleges

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Rumann, Corey; Rivera, Marisa; Hernandez, Ignacio

    2011-01-01

    Higher education and the military have been linked throughout U.S. history. Following World War II, the President's Commission on Higher Education released "Higher Education for American Democracy," popularly known as the Truman Commission Report of 1946. It called for, among other things, the establishment of a network of public community…

  4. 18 CFR 385.206 - Complaints (Rule 206).

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-04-01

    ... electronic media as specified by the Secretary. (11) Explain with respect to requests for Fast Track... merits based upon the pleadings; (3) The Commission may establish a hearing before an ALJ; (h) Fast Track processing. (1) The Commission may resolve complaints using Fast Track procedures if the complaint requires...

  5. 18 CFR 385.206 - Complaints (Rule 206).

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-04-01

    ... electronic media as specified by the Secretary. (11) Explain with respect to requests for Fast Track... merits based upon the pleadings; (3) The Commission may establish a hearing before an ALJ; (h) Fast Track processing. (1) The Commission may resolve complaints using Fast Track procedures if the complaint requires...

  6. The Heidelberg compact electron beam ion traps

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Micke, P.; Kühn, S.; Buchauer, L.; Harries, J. R.; Bücking, T. M.; Blaum, K.; Cieluch, A.; Egl, A.; Hollain, D.; Kraemer, S.; Pfeifer, T.; Schmidt, P. O.; Schüssler, R. X.; Schweiger, Ch.; Stöhlker, T.; Sturm, S.; Wolf, R. N.; Bernitt, S.; Crespo López-Urrutia, J. R.

    2018-06-01

    Electron beam ion traps (EBITs) are ideal tools for both production and study of highly charged ions (HCIs). In order to reduce their construction, maintenance, and operation costs, we have developed a novel, compact, room-temperature design, the Heidelberg Compact EBIT (HC-EBIT). Four already commissioned devices operate at the strongest fields (up to 0.86 T) reported for such EBITs using permanent magnets, run electron beam currents up to 80 mA, and energies up to 10 keV. They demonstrate HCI production, trapping, and extraction of pulsed Ar16+ bunches and continuous 100 pA ion beams of highly charged Xe up to charge state 29+, already with a 4 mA, 2 keV electron beam. Moreover, HC-EBITs offer large solid-angle ports and thus high photon count rates, e.g., in x-ray spectroscopy of dielectronic recombination in HCIs up to Fe24+, achieving an electron-energy resolving power of E/ΔE > 1500 at 5 keV. Besides traditional on-axis electron guns, we have also implemented a novel off-axis gun for laser, synchrotron, and free-electron laser applications, offering clear optical access along the trap axis. We report on its first operation at a synchrotron radiation facility demonstrating the resonant photoexcitation of highly charged oxygen.

  7. Ocean Commission Report Includes Key Recommendations for Science and Governance

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Showstack, Randy

    2004-05-01

    The preliminary report of the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy, released on 20 April, calls for ecosystem-based management of the oceans, dramatically restructuring federal governance oversight of ocean issues, and doubling the federal ocean and coastal research budget over the next five years to $1.3 billion per year. The report by the congressionally-mandated and presidentially-appointed commission includes nearly 200 recommendations for establishing a coordinated and comprehensive national ocean policy framework.

  8. 28 CFR 904.1 - Purpose and authority.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... HISTORY RECORD SCREENING STANDARDS § 904.1 Purpose and authority. Pursuant to the National Crime..., Article IV (c), the Compact Council hereby establishes record screening standards for criminal history...

  9. 28 CFR 904.1 - Purpose and authority.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ... HISTORY RECORD SCREENING STANDARDS § 904.1 Purpose and authority. Pursuant to the National Crime..., Article IV (c), the Compact Council hereby establishes record screening standards for criminal history...

  10. 28 CFR 904.1 - Purpose and authority.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ... HISTORY RECORD SCREENING STANDARDS § 904.1 Purpose and authority. Pursuant to the National Crime..., Article IV (c), the Compact Council hereby establishes record screening standards for criminal history...

  11. 28 CFR 904.1 - Purpose and authority.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-07-01

    ... HISTORY RECORD SCREENING STANDARDS § 904.1 Purpose and authority. Pursuant to the National Crime..., Article IV (c), the Compact Council hereby establishes record screening standards for criminal history...

  12. 28 CFR 904.1 - Purpose and authority.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... HISTORY RECORD SCREENING STANDARDS § 904.1 Purpose and authority. Pursuant to the National Crime..., Article IV (c), the Compact Council hereby establishes record screening standards for criminal history...

  13. Use of in-die powder densification parameters in the implementation of process analytical technologies for tablet production on industrial scale.

    PubMed

    Cespi, Marco; Perinelli, Diego R; Casettari, Luca; Bonacucina, Giulia; Caporicci, Giuseppe; Rendina, Filippo; Palmieri, Giovanni F

    2014-12-30

    The use of process analytical technologies (PAT) to ensure final product quality is by now a well established practice in pharmaceutical industry. To date, most of the efforts in this field have focused on development of analytical methods using spectroscopic techniques (i.e., NIR, Raman, etc.). This work evaluated the possibility of using the parameters derived from the processing of in-line raw compaction data (the forces and displacement of the punches) as a PAT tool for controlling the tableting process. To reach this goal, two commercially available formulations were used, changing the quantitative composition and compressing them on a fully instrumented rotary pressing machine. The Heckel yield pressure and the compaction energies, together with the tablets hardness and compaction pressure, were selected and evaluated as discriminating parameters in all the prepared formulations. The apparent yield pressure, as shown in the obtained results, has the necessary sensitivity to be effectively included in a PAT strategy to monitor the tableting process. Additional investigations were performed to understand the criticalities and the mechanisms beyond this performing parameter and the associated implications. Specifically, it was discovered that the efficiency of the apparent yield pressure depends on the nominal drug title, the drug densification mechanism and the error in pycnometric density. In this study, the potential of using some parameters derived from the compaction raw data has been demonstrated to be an attractive alternative and complementary method to the well established spectroscopic techniques to monitor and control the tableting process. The compaction data monitoring method is also easy to set up and very cost effective. Copyright © 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

  14. Galaxy interactions in the Hickson Compact Group 88

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Brosch, Noah

    2015-12-01

    I present observations of the Hickson Compact Group 88 (HCG88) obtained during the commissioning of a new 28-inch telescope at the Wise Observatory. This galaxy group was advertized to be non-interacting, or to be in a very early interaction stage, but this is not the case. The observations reported here were done using a `luminance' filter, essentially a very broad R filter, reaching a low surface brightness level of ≈26 mag arcsec-2. Additional observations were obtained in a narrow spectral band approximately centred on the rest-frame H α line from the group. Contrary to previous studies, my observations show that at least two of the major galaxies have had significant interactions in the past, although probably not between themselves. I report the discovery of a faint extended tail emerging from the brightest of the group galaxies, severe isophote twisting and possible outer shells around another galaxy, and map the H II regions in all the galaxies.

  15. Safety Testing of AGR-2 UCO Compacts 6-4-2 and 2-3-1

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Hunn, John D.; Morris, Robert N.; Baldwin, Charles A.

    2017-08-01

    Post-irradiation examination (PIE) and elevated-temperature safety testing are being performed on tristructural-isotropic (TRISO) coated-particle fuel compacts from the Advanced Gas Reactor (AGR) Fuel Development and Qualification Program second irradiation experiment (AGR-2). Details on this irradiation experiment have been previously reported [Collin 2014]. The AGR-2 PIE effort builds upon the understanding acquired throughout the AGR-1 PIE campaign [Demkowicz et al. 2015] and is establishing a database for the different AGR-2 fuel designs.

  16. 77 FR 26792 - Union Electric Company; Establishment of Atomic Safety and Licensing Board

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2012-05-07

    ... Company; Establishment of Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Pursuant to delegation by the Commission dated... Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (Board) is being established to preside over the following proceeding... Board is comprised of the following administrative judges: G. Paul Bollwerk, III, Chair, Atomic Safety...

  17. 77 FR 30559 - Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.; Establishment of Atomic Safety and Licensing Board

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2012-05-23

    ... Operations, Inc.; Establishment of Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Pursuant to delegation by the Commission... Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (Board) is being established to preside over the following proceeding... is comprised of the following administrative judges: Ann Marshall Young, Chair, Atomic Safety and...

  18. 77 FR 20853 - Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.; Establishment of Atomic Safety and Licensing Board

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2012-04-06

    ... Operations, Inc.; Establishment of Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Pursuant to delegation by the Commission... Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (Board) is being established to preside over the following proceeding... administrative judges: Ann Marshall Young, Chair, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel, U.S. Nuclear...

  19. 77 FR 30029 - Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.; Establishment of Atomic Safety and Licensing Board

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2012-05-21

    ... Operations, Inc.; Establishment of Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Pursuant to delegation by the Commission... Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (Board) is being established to preside over the following proceeding... of the following administrative judges: Ann Marshall Young, Chair, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board...

  20. 10 CFR 7.5 - Consultation with Committee Management Secretariat on establishment of advisory committees...

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-01-01

    ... 10 Energy 1 2012-01-01 2012-01-01 false Consultation with Committee Management Secretariat on establishment of advisory committees; advisory committee charters. 7.5 Section 7.5 Energy NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ADVISORY COMMITTEES § 7.5 Consultation with Committee Management Secretariat on establishment of...

  1. 10 CFR 7.5 - Consultation with Committee Management Secretariat on establishment of advisory committees...

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-01-01

    ... 10 Energy 1 2013-01-01 2013-01-01 false Consultation with Committee Management Secretariat on establishment of advisory committees; advisory committee charters. 7.5 Section 7.5 Energy NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ADVISORY COMMITTEES § 7.5 Consultation with Committee Management Secretariat on establishment of...

  2. 10 CFR 7.5 - Consultation with Committee Management Secretariat on establishment of advisory committees...

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-01-01

    ... 10 Energy 1 2014-01-01 2014-01-01 false Consultation with Committee Management Secretariat on establishment of advisory committees; advisory committee charters. 7.5 Section 7.5 Energy NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ADVISORY COMMITTEES § 7.5 Consultation with Committee Management Secretariat on establishment of...

  3. 10 CFR 7.5 - Consultation with Committee Management Secretariat on establishment of advisory committees...

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    ... 10 Energy 1 2010-01-01 2010-01-01 false Consultation with Committee Management Secretariat on establishment of advisory committees; advisory committee charters. 7.5 Section 7.5 Energy NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ADVISORY COMMITTEES § 7.5 Consultation with Committee Management Secretariat on establishment of...

  4. 10 CFR 7.5 - Consultation with Committee Management Secretariat on establishment of advisory committees...

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-01-01

    ... 10 Energy 1 2011-01-01 2011-01-01 false Consultation with Committee Management Secretariat on establishment of advisory committees; advisory committee charters. 7.5 Section 7.5 Energy NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ADVISORY COMMITTEES § 7.5 Consultation with Committee Management Secretariat on establishment of...

  5. Regularity of random attractors for fractional stochastic reaction-diffusion equations on Rn

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Gu, Anhui; Li, Dingshi; Wang, Bixiang; Yang, Han

    2018-06-01

    We investigate the regularity of random attractors for the non-autonomous non-local fractional stochastic reaction-diffusion equations in Hs (Rn) with s ∈ (0 , 1). We prove the existence and uniqueness of the tempered random attractor that is compact in Hs (Rn) and attracts all tempered random subsets of L2 (Rn) with respect to the norm of Hs (Rn). The main difficulty is to show the pullback asymptotic compactness of solutions in Hs (Rn) due to the noncompactness of Sobolev embeddings on unbounded domains and the almost sure nondifferentiability of the sample paths of the Wiener process. We establish such compactness by the ideas of uniform tail-estimates and the spectral decomposition of solutions in bounded domains.

  6. Summer Fallowing Helps Establish Cottonwood on Old Fields

    Treesearch

    James B. Baker; B. G. Blackmon

    1973-01-01

    Cottonwood is an ideal crop for many old fields in the Mississippi Delta, but getting the trees established on these sites has proved difficult. Surface soils are often compacted and depleted of nutrients, and grasses and other herbaceous vegetation compete strongly with the young trees for moisture and nutrients. Fallowing in the summer before cottonwood cuttings are...

  7. Commemorating 30 Years of Service to the People of Appalachia. Special Edition.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Appalachia, 1995

    1995-01-01

    The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) is a regional economic development agency representing a unique partnership of federal, state, and local governments. Established by an act of Congress in 1965, the Commission is composed of the governors of the 13 Appalachian states and a federal co-chairperson. Grassroots participation is provided by…

  8. 75 FR 5622 - Cape Cod National Seashore, South Wellfleet, MA; Cape Cod National Seashore Advisory Commission

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2010-02-03

    ... the Commission is to consult with the Secretary of the Interior, or his designee, with respect to... provisions of sections 4 and 5 of the Act establishing the Seashore. The regular business meeting is being.../Cell Towers; Shorebird Management; Highlands Center Update; Alternate Transportation funding; Other...

  9. 75 FR 48990 - Cape Cod National Seashore; South Wellfleet, MA; Cape Cod National Seashore Advisory Commission

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2010-08-12

    ... the Commission is to consult with the Secretary of the Interior, or his designee, with respect to... provisions of sections 4 and 5 of the Act establishing the Seashore. The regular business meeting is being... Flexible Shorebird Management Highlands Center Update Alternate Transportation funding Other construction...

  10. 75 FR 63854 - Cape Cod National Seashore, South Wellfleet, MA; Cape Cod National Seashore Advisory Commission

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2010-10-18

    .... The purpose of the Commission is to consult with the Secretary of the Interior, or his designee, with... out the provisions of sections 4 and 5 of the Act establishing the Seashore. The regular business... Wind Turbines/Cell Towers Flexible Shorebird Management Highlands Center Update Alternate...

  11. 76 FR 32986 - National Capital Memorial Advisory Commission Meeting

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2011-06-07

    .... (b) S. 253 and H.R. 938, bills to establish a World War I National Memorial Commission and reestablish the District of Columbia World War Memorial as the National World War I Memorial. (c) S. 883, a... is as follows: (1) Memorial to American Veterans Disabled for Life--Design presentation. (2) Memorial...

  12. 77 FR 2287 - FFP Project 17, LLC and Northland Power Mississippi River LLC; Notice Announcing Preliminary...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2012-01-17

    ... Drawing The Commission has received two preliminary permit applications deemed filed on February 1, 2011... drawing to determine the filing priority of the applicants identified in this notice. The Commission will... priority established by this drawing will be used to determine which applicant, among those with identical...

  13. 77 FR 2289 - FFP Project 41, LLC, Northland Power Mississippi River LLC; Notice Announcing Preliminary Permit...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2012-01-17

    ... Permit Drawing The Commission has received two preliminary permit applications deemed filed on February 1... drawing to determine the filing priority of the applicants identified in this notice. The Commission will... priority established by this drawing will be used to determine which applicant, among those with identical...

  14. 77 FR 2287 - FFP Project 32, LLC and Northland Power Mississippi River LLC; Notice Announcing Preliminary...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2012-01-17

    ... Drawing The Commission has received two preliminary permit applications deemed filed on February 1, 2011... drawing to determine the filing priority of the applicants identified in this notice. The Commission will... priority established by this drawing will be used to determine which applicant, among those with identical...

  15. 77 FR 2289 - FFP Project 39, LLC and Northland Power Mississippi River LLC; Notice Announcing Preliminary...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2012-01-17

    ... Drawing The Commission has received two preliminary permit applications deemed filed on February 1, 2011... drawing to determine the filing priority of the applicants identified in this notice. The Commission will... priority established by this drawing will be used to determine which applicant, among those with identical...

  16. 77 FR 2288 - FFP Project 21, LLC and Northland Power Mississippi River LLC; Notice Announcing Preliminary...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2012-01-17

    ... Drawing The Commission has received two preliminary permit applications deemed filed on February 1, 2011... drawing to determine the filing priority of the applicants identified in this notice. The Commission will... priority established by this drawing will be used to determine which applicant, among those with identical...

  17. 77 FR 2290 - FFP Project 30, LLC and Northland Power Mississippi River LLC; Notice Announcing Preliminary...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2012-01-17

    ... Drawing The Commission has received two preliminary permit applications deemed filed on February 1, 2011... drawing to determine the filing priority of the applicants identified in this notice. The Commission will... priority established by this drawing will be used to determine which applicant, among those with identical...

  18. Annual Report of the South Carolina Commission on Higher Education.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    South Carolina Commission on Higher Education, Columbia.

    The South Carolina Commission on Higher Education submits its report on significant events of the last year and reports briefly on the following: (1) enrollment information for the colleges and universities; (2) establishment of the Student Intern Program of S.C. designed to utilize qualified college and university students on specific projects of…

  19. Current Status, Planning and Prospects of the 1202 State Postsecondary Commissions.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Fenske, Robert H., Ed.; Romesburg, Kerry D., Ed.

    With the passage of the Education Amendments of 1972, the Congress of the United States introduced to the nation's educators a new academic and educational environment. Included in those amendments, under Title XII, General Provisions, was Section 1202 pertaining to the establishment of state postsecondary education commissions, signifying an…

  20. Sexual Harassment in the Workplace: The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's New Guidelines.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Oneglia, Stewart B.; Cornelius, Susan French

    1981-01-01

    The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's new guidelines, although untested in court, are consistent with prior Title VII case law in the areas of racial harassment and employer liability and more expansive though consistent with existing sexual harassment case law. They should also establish some specificity in the parameters of sexual…

  1. 78 FR 69844 - Alaska Village Electric Cooperative, Inc.; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2013-11-21

    ... DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 13272-003] Alaska Village Electric Cooperative, Inc.; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission and Establishing... drinking water tank access road. As requested by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, to prevent traffic in...

  2. Comparative Service Quality Metrics in Regular and Nonregular Undergraduate Marketing Programs: Implications for Marketing Education and Professionalism

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Okpara, Gazie S.; Agu, Agu G.

    2017-01-01

    Nonregular higher education in Nigeria became an integral part of the university manpower development since 1960, when the Ashby Commission recommended establishing evening degree programs. These ubiquitous programs have contributed to national capacity-building and remain relatively unmonitored by the National Universities Commission. This…

  3. 77 FR 19095 - Security Zone; USCGC STRATTON Commissioning Ceremony, Alameda, CA

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2012-03-30

    ...-AA87 Security Zone; USCGC STRATTON Commissioning Ceremony, Alameda, CA AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. ACTION: Temporary final rule. SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary security zone in the navigable waters of the San Francisco Bay, Alameda, CA within the San Francisco Captain of the Port (COTP) Zone...

  4. Computer Technology: For Better or Worse?

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Ware, Willis H.

    Computer technology ought to be among the most helpful and useful of any technology, but if it is not treated with care, the society will be worse off for it. The Federal Privacy Act of 1974 established the Privacy Protection Study Commission whose business started in June, 1975. In examination of the private sector, the commission's…

  5. 76 FR 69333 - Derivatives Clearing Organization General Provisions and Core Principles

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2011-11-08

    ...The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission) is adopting final regulations to implement certain provisions of Title VII and Title VIII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act) governing derivatives clearing organization (DCO) activities. More specifically, the regulations establish the regulatory standards for compliance with DCO Core Principles A (Compliance), B (Financial Resources), C (Participant and Product Eligibility), D (Risk Management), E (Settlement Procedures), F (Treatment of Funds), G (Default Rules and Procedures), H (Rule Enforcement), I (System Safeguards), J (Reporting), K (Recordkeeping), L (Public Information), M (Information Sharing), N (Antitrust Considerations), and R (Legal Risk) set forth in Section 5b of the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA). The Commission also is updating and adding related definitions; adopting implementing rules for DCO chief compliance officers (CCOs); revising procedures for DCO applications including the required use of a new Form DCO; adopting procedural rules applicable to the transfer of a DCO registration; and adding requirements for approval of DCO rules establishing a portfolio margining program for customer accounts carried by a futures commission merchant (FCM) that is also registered as a securities broker-dealer (FCM/BD). In addition, the Commission is adopting certain technical amendments to parts 21 and 39, and is adopting certain delegation provisions under part 140.

  6. Freeze-Thaw Cycles Effects on Soil Compaction in a Clay Loam

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Jabro, J.; Evans, R.; Iversen, W.

    2012-04-01

    Inappropriate soil management practices and heavier farm machinery and equipment have led to an increase in soil compaction in the last two decades prompting increased global concern regarding the impact of soil compaction on crop production and soil quality in modern mechanized agriculture. A 3-yr comprehensive study was established to evaluate the dynamic of freeze-thaw cycles on soil compaction in a clay loam soil. Plots of frozen soils were compared with plots where soils were prevented from freezing with electrically heated blankets commonly used on concrete. Results showed that frequent freeze-thaw cycles over the winter alleviated a majority of soil compaction at the 0 - 20 cm depth. Soil penetration resistance in compacted soils was reduced by 73 and 68% over the winter at the 0 - 10 and 10 - 20 cm depths, respectively, due to dynamic effects of freeze-thaw cycles on soil structure and particles configuration. In unfrozen compacted soils, the penetration resistance was also reduced by 50 and 60% over winter at the 0 - 10 and 10 - 20 cm depths, respectively, due to the biology of soil, microbial activity, and disruptive effects of shrink-swell cycles. These results have demonstrated of how repeated freeze-thaw cycles can alleviate soil compaction, alter soil physical quality and create optimal soil conditions required for profitable growth of agricultural crops. The results from this study will save growers considerable time, money and energy currently required to alleviate soil compaction using other methods such as sub-soiling and deep tillage. We believe that Mother Nature provides ways to reverse soil compaction and improve soil structure and aggregation through the dynamic of freeze-thaw cycles that soils in Montana and other parts of the country go through each year. We concluded that the Mother Nature is the most effective and cheapest way to alleviate soil compaction.

  7. Commissioning an in-room mobile CT for adaptive proton therapy with a compact proton system.

    PubMed

    Oliver, Jasmine A; Zeidan, Omar; Meeks, Sanford L; Shah, Amish P; Pukala, Jason; Kelly, Patrick; Ramakrishna, Naren R; Willoughby, Twyla R

    2018-05-01

    To describe the commissioning of AIRO mobile CT system (AIRO) for adaptive proton therapy on a compact double scattering proton therapy system. A Gammex phantom was scanned with varying plug patterns, table heights, and mAs on a CT simulator (CT Sim) and on the AIRO. AIRO-specific CT-stopping power ratio (SPR) curves were created with a commonly used stoichiometric method using the Gammex phantom. A RANDO anthropomorphic thorax, pelvis, and head phantom, and a CIRS thorax and head phantom were scanned on the CT Sim and AIRO. Clinically realistic treatment plans and nonclinical plans were generated on the CT Sim images and subsequently copied onto the AIRO CT scans for dose recalculation and comparison for various AIRO SPR curves. Gamma analysis was used to evaluate dosimetric deviation between both plans. AIRO CT values skewed toward solid water when plugs were scanned surrounded by other plugs in phantom. Low-density materials demonstrated largest differences. Dose calculated on AIRO CT scans with stoichiometric-based SPR curves produced over-ranged proton beams when large volumes of low-density material were in the path of the beam. To create equivalent dose distributions on both data sets, the AIRO SPR curve's low-density data points were iteratively adjusted to yield better proton beam range agreement based on isodose lines. Comparison of the stoichiometric-based AIRO SPR curve and the "dose-adjusted" SPR curve showed slight improvement on gamma analysis between the treatment plan and the AIRO plan for single-field plans at the 1%, 1 mm level, but did not affect clinical plans indicating that HU number differences between the CT Sim and AIRO did not affect dose calculations for robust clinical beam arrangements. Based on this study, we believe the AIRO can be used offline for adaptive proton therapy on a compact double scattering proton therapy system. © 2018 Orlando Health UF Health Cancer Center. Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of American Association of Physicists in Medicine.

  8. 44 CFR 60.23 - Planning considerations for mudslide (i.e., mudflow)-prone areas.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-10-01

    ... open space; (d) The means of adjusting to the hazard, including the (1) establishment by ordinance of site exploration, investigation, design, grading, construction, filing, compacting, foundation...

  9. 44 CFR 60.23 - Planning considerations for mudslide (i.e., mudflow)-prone areas.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-10-01

    ... open space; (d) The means of adjusting to the hazard, including the (1) establishment by ordinance of site exploration, investigation, design, grading, construction, filing, compacting, foundation...

  10. 44 CFR 60.23 - Planning considerations for mudslide (i.e., mudflow)-prone areas.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-10-01

    ... open space; (d) The means of adjusting to the hazard, including the (1) establishment by ordinance of site exploration, investigation, design, grading, construction, filing, compacting, foundation...

  11. 44 CFR 60.23 - Planning considerations for mudslide (i.e., mudflow)-prone areas.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-10-01

    ... open space; (d) The means of adjusting to the hazard, including the (1) establishment by ordinance of site exploration, investigation, design, grading, construction, filing, compacting, foundation...

  12. 44 CFR 60.23 - Planning considerations for mudslide (i.e., mudflow)-prone areas.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-10-01

    ... open space; (d) The means of adjusting to the hazard, including the (1) establishment by ordinance of site exploration, investigation, design, grading, construction, filing, compacting, foundation...

  13. Base compaction specification feasibility analysis.

    DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

    2012-12-01

    The objective of this research is to establish the technical engineering and cost : analysis concepts that will enable WisDOT management to objectively evaluate the : feasibility of switching construction specification philosophies for aggregate base...

  14. Gender equality and women empowerment.

    PubMed

    Dargan, R

    1996-01-01

    This article lists 11 suggestions for empowering women that the government of India should take, if it has a sincere commitment to gender equality and women's empowerment grounded in social change and not just rhetoric: 1) education should be made compulsory for all female children and places held on a 50/50 basis in all technical institutions; 2) a uniform civil code should be adopted for all citizens regardless of cast, creed, and religion; 3) women should have an equal right to own property and receive inheritance; 4) the National Women's Commission should be enlarged, representative of diversity, and effective in making policy decisions related to welfare, education, recruitment, and promotion; 5) a State Women's Commission should be established with affiliates at the block, district, and division levels; 6) the National and State Women's Commission should be established as a Statutory Body with binding decisions mandating government action; 7) the National and State Women's Commissions should have transparent functions, be regulatory, and offer workshops and seminars for women; 8) state governments should not interfere in the functions of National and State Women's Commissions; 9) women should fill 50% of all Center and State government service posts and concessions should be made on minimum academic qualifications and completed years of service, until all positions are filled; 10) 50% of the seats of Parliament should be reserved for women in both the State Legislature, Council of Ministry Boards, Corporations, Committees, and Commissions; and 11) the Constitution should provide for women judges in courts of law.

  15. Limits and regulations for mycotoxins in food and feed.

    PubMed

    Zmudzki, J; Wiśniewska-Dmytrow, H

    2004-01-01

    Mycotoxins are natural contaminants whose presence in food- and feedstuffs cannot be completely avoided. Since several mycotoxins have been associated with and implicated in human and animal diseases there is a need to establish maximum levels, guidelines or action levels for them in some kinds of commodities. International and government authorities in many countries have been investing in mycotoxins research and initiating administrative actions for elaboration of legislation and implementing regulatory measures for the control of mycotoxins. Codex Alimentarius Commission is established international legislation on food and feed. In European Union specific limits and regulations for mycotoxins and other contaminants are constructed under the general Codex standards and based on proposal from European Commission. The legal basis for European Commission became available with the framework Council Regulation (EEC) No 315/93. In this paper, legislation regarding maximum levels for certain mycotoxins in food- and feedstuffs in European Community and other countries were reviewed and discussed.

  16. Below-ground attributes on reclaimed surface minelands over a 40-year chronosequence

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Limb, Ryan; Bohrer, Stefanie; Volk, Jay

    2017-04-01

    Reclamation following mining activities often aims to restore stable soils that support productive and diverse native plant communities. The soil re-spread process increases soil compaction, which may alter soil water, plant composition, rooting depths and soil organic matter. This may have a direct impact on vegetation establishment and species recruitment. Seasonal wet/dry and freeze/thaw patterns are thought to alleviate soil compaction over time. However, this has not been formally evaluated on reclaimed landscapes at large scales. Our objectives were to (1) determine soil compaction alleviation, (2) rooting depth and (3) spatial patterns of soil water content over a time-since-reclamation gradient. Soil resistance to penetration varied by depth, with shallow compaction remaining unchanged, but deeper compaction increased over time rather than being alleviated. Root biomass and depth did not increase with time and was consistently less than reference locations. Plant communities initially had a strong native component, but quickly became dominated by invasive species following reclamation and soil water content became increasingly homogeneous over the 40-year chronosequence. Seasonal weather patterns and soil organic matter additions can reduce soil compaction if water infiltration is not limited. Shallow and strongly fibrous-rooted grasses present in reclaimed sites added organic matter to shallow soil layers, but did not penetrate the compacted layers and allow water infiltration. Strong linkages between land management strategies, soil properties and vegetation composition can advance reclamation efforts and promote heterogeneous landscapes. However, current post-reclamation management strategies are not facilitating natural seasonal weather patterns to reducing soil compaction.

  17. 75 FR 67145 - Nextera Energy Seabrook, LLC; Establishment of Atomic Safety and Licensing Board

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2010-11-01

    ... Seabrook, LLC; Establishment of Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Pursuant to delegation by the Commission... that an Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (Board) is being established to preside over the following... Board is comprised of the following administrative judges: Paul S. Ryerson, Chair, Atomic Safety and...

  18. 25 CFR 700.337 - Establishment of boundaries of life estate leases.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-04-01

    ... 25 Indians 2 2010-04-01 2010-04-01 false Establishment of boundaries of life estate leases. 700... RELOCATION PROCEDURES Life Estate Leases § 700.337 Establishment of boundaries of life estate leases. (a) Prior to the issuance of a life estate lease, the Commission shall, after consultation with the Tribe...

  19. 25 CFR 700.337 - Establishment of boundaries of life estate leases.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-04-01

    ... 25 Indians 2 2011-04-01 2011-04-01 false Establishment of boundaries of life estate leases. 700... RELOCATION PROCEDURES Life Estate Leases § 700.337 Establishment of boundaries of life estate leases. (a) Prior to the issuance of a life estate lease, the Commission shall, after consultation with the Tribe...

  20. 25 CFR 700.337 - Establishment of boundaries of life estate leases.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-04-01

    ... 25 Indians 2 2013-04-01 2013-04-01 false Establishment of boundaries of life estate leases. 700... RELOCATION PROCEDURES Life Estate Leases § 700.337 Establishment of boundaries of life estate leases. (a) Prior to the issuance of a life estate lease, the Commission shall, after consultation with the Tribe...

  1. 25 CFR 700.337 - Establishment of boundaries of life estate leases.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-04-01

    ... 25 Indians 2 2012-04-01 2012-04-01 false Establishment of boundaries of life estate leases. 700... RELOCATION PROCEDURES Life Estate Leases § 700.337 Establishment of boundaries of life estate leases. (a) Prior to the issuance of a life estate lease, the Commission shall, after consultation with the Tribe...

  2. Commissions as educating organizations: How to educate the public regarding the mission of the public utilities commission in the new regulatory environment

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Sevel, F.

    1996-12-31

    Numerous authors have discussed the massive changes in the new regulatory environment and the necessary impact of these changes on the roles, responsibilities, structure, function, and mission of the public utility commission. In fact, when public utility commissioners gathered in Denver for the NRRI/NARUC Commissioners Summit in April 1995, {open_quotes}they made it clear that they embraced change as necessary to effective commission functioning in new regulatory environments and made it clear that they were prepared to direct that change.{close_quotes} The Commissioners identified the following trends of change: (1) Dichotomy of customers in core and noncore groupings. (2) Unbundling and newmore » service offerings. (3) Deregulation of certain services and markets. (4) Increased use of market-based pricing and incentive ratemaking. (5) Large users seeking lowest-cost service providers. (6) Shift from old regulatory compact [of] territorial exclusivity and assured recovery. (7) Changing obligation to serve. (8) Utility diversification into other businesses and use of holding company structures. (9) Increased business risk for utilities. (10) Uncertainty as to continued attention to social goals. In response to these changes, they identified five clusters of core missions for public utility commissions: (1) Protection of those customers who would not reap the full benefits of competition. (2) Support of competition balanced with an interest in fair and effective competition. (3) The provision of timely and clear decisions to utility managers and allowing utilities the flexibility to adapt to new conditions. (4) Preserving the commitment to social goals compatible with the competitive market. (5) Addressing the impact of new corporate structures, jurisdictional changes, necessary change in regulatory methods, and customer protection in the new environment.« less

  3. Evaluation of hydraulic plate compactor.

    DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

    2014-12-01

    This report presents the results of two parallel field investigations consisting of utility trench backfill compaction tests. The field : investigation at State College, Pa. was conducted to establish baseline measurements using a walk-behind vibrato...

  4. An Assessment of the Appalachian Regional Commission's Regional Education Service Agencies Program.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Waller, John D.; And Others

    This report presents the results of a study of Regional Education Service Agencies (RESAs) in Appalachia, with particular attention to the Appalachian Regional Commission's (ARC) RESA program and the 22 RESAs that have received ARC assistance. RESAs are organizations established to provide a range of educational services on a regional basis by…

  5. Supporting Analyses for an Assessment of the Appalachian Regional Commission's Regional Education Service Agencies Program, and Appendices.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Waller, John D.; And Others

    This report presents the results of a Rapid Feedback Evaluation focused on 1) policy questions raised by the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) concerning its Regional Education Service Agency (RESA) program, and 2) future ARC strategies for evaluating and monitoring RESAs. RESAs are organizations established to provide a range of educational…

  6. Introducing the PEC Network: Mailing Addresses of the Peace Education Commission. Peace Education Miniprints No. 1.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Bjerstedt, Ake, Ed.

    The Peace Education Commission (PEC) was established to facilitate international cooperation among individuals interested in peace education and research related to the field. The major ambition of PEC is to serve as a useful network for transnational information and support in the peace education area. This document gives current mailing…

  7. 25 CFR 513.32 - What are the hearing procedures when the Commission is the creditor agency?

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-04-01

    ... the creditor agency? 513.32 Section 513.32 Indians NATIONAL INDIAN GAMING COMMISSION, DEPARTMENT OF... conducted according to the FCCS review requirements at 31 CFR 901.3(e). (d) Unless the employee requests... established by written agreement between the employee and the creditor agency. (e) If the hearing official...

  8. 77 FR 31050 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC; Notice of Designation of a Longer...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2012-05-24

    ... from NASDAQ Rule 2460 (Payment for Market Making). Accordingly, the Commission, pursuant to Section 19...-Regulatory Organizations; The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC; Notice of Designation of a Longer Period for Commission Action on Proposed Rule Change, as Modified by Amendment No. 1 Thereto, To Establish the Market...

  9. 76 FR 25274 - Reopening and Extension of Comment Periods for Rulemakings Implementing the Dodd-Frank Wall...

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    ... establish a comprehensive new framework for the regulation of swaps. In order to provide interested parties... proposed new regulatory framework, the Commission is reopening or extending the comment period for many of its proposed rulemakings. The Commission is also requesting comment on the order in which it should...

  10. 77 FR 9653 - Comment Sought on Potential Data for Connect America Fund Phase One Incremental Support

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    ... Internet by accessing the ECFS: http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/ecfs2/ . Paper Filers: Parties who choose to file..., or via the Internet at http://www.bcpiweb.com . 1. On November 18, 2011, the Commission released the... things, the Commission established a transitional mechanism to distribute high cost universal service...

  11. 77 FR 2916 - Policies To Promote Rural Radio Service and To Streamline Allotment and Assignment Procedures

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    ...In this document, the Commission adopted procedures designed to promote the initiation of commercial FM radio service by and to Native American tribes, by providing a procedure for such tribes to establish threshold qualifications when applying for commercial FM allotments added to the Table of Allotments using the Commission's Tribal Priority.

  12. Influence of Tow Architecture on Compaction and Nesting in Textile Preforms

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    Yousaf, Z.; Potluri, P.; Withers, P. J.

    2017-04-01

    Transverse compression response of tows during processes such as vacuum infusion or autoclave curing has significant influence on resin permeability in fabrics as well as the laminate thickness, fibre volume fraction and tow orientations in the finished composite. This paper reports macro -scale deformations in dry fibre assemblies due to transverse compaction. In this study, influence of weave geometry and the presence of interlacements or stitches on the ply-level compaction as well as nesting have been investigated. 2D woven fabrics with a variety of interlacement patterns - plain, twill and sateen- as well as stitched Non-crimp (NCF) fabrics have been investigated for macro-level deformations. Compression response of single layer and multilayer stacks has been studied as a function of external pressure in order to establish nesting behaviour. It appears that the degree of individual ply compaction and degree of nesting between the plies are influenced by tow architectures. Inter-tow spacing and stitching thread thickness appears to influence the degree of nesting in non-crimp fabrics.

  13. An all permanent magnet electron cyclotron resonance ion source for heavy ion therapy.

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    Cao, Yun; Li, Jia Qing; Sun, Liang Ting; Zhang, Xue Zhen; Feng, Yu Cheng; Wang, Hui; Ma, Bao Hua; Li, Xi Xia

    2014-02-01

    A high charge state all permanent Electron Cyclotron Resonance ion source, Lanzhou All Permanent ECR ion source no. 3-LAPECR3, has been successfully built at IMP in 2012, which will serve as the ion injector of the Heavy Ion Medical Machine (HIMM) project. As a commercial device, LAPECR3 features a compact structure, small size, and low cost. According to HIMM scenario more than 100 eμA of C(5+) ion beam should be extracted from the ion source, and the beam emittance better than 75 π*mm*mrad. In recent commissioning, about 120 eμA of C(5+) ion beam was got when work gas was CH4 while about 262 eμA of C(5+) ion beam was obtained when work gas was C2H2 gas. The design and construction of the ion source and its low-energy transportation beam line, and the preliminary commissioning results will be presented in detail in this paper.

  14. On τ-Compactness of Products of τ-Measurable Operators

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    Bikchentaev, Airat M.

    2017-12-01

    Let M be a von Neumann algebra of operators on a Hilbert space H, τ be a faithful normal semifinite trace on M. We obtain some new inequalities for rearrangements of τ-measurable operators products. We also establish some sufficient τ-compactness conditions for products of selfadjoint τ-measurable operators. Next we obtain a τ-compactness criterion for product of a nonnegative τ-measurable operator with an arbitrary τ-measurable operator. We construct an example that shows importance of nonnegativity for one of the factors. The similar results are obtained also for elementary operators from M. We apply our results to symmetric spaces on (M, τ ). The results are new even for the *-algebra B(H) of all linear bounded operators on H endowed with the canonical trace τ = tr.

  15. SU-E-T-188: Commission of World 1st Commercial Compact PBS Proton System

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    Ding, X; Patel, B; Song, X

    2015-06-15

    Purpose: ProteusONE is the 1st commercial compact PBS proton system with an upstream scanning gantry and C230 cyclotron. We commissioned XiO and Raystation TPS simultaneously. This is a summary of beam data collection, modeling, and verification and comparison without range shiter for this unique system with both TPS. Methods: Both Raystation and XiO requires the same measurements data: (i) integral depth dose(IDDs) of single central spot measured in water tank; (ii) absolute dose calibration measured at 2cm depth of water with mono-energetic 10×10 cm2 field with spot spacing 4mm, 1MU per spot; and (iii) beam spot characteristics in air atmore » 0cm and ± 20cm away from ISO. To verify the beam model for both TPS, same 15 cube plans were created to simulate different treatment sites, target volumes and positions. PDDs of each plan were measured using a Multi-layer Ionization Chamber(MLIC), absolute point dose verification were measured using PPC05 in water tank and patient-specific QA were measured using MatriXX PT, a 2D ion chamber array. Results: All the point dose measurements at midSOBP were within 2% for both XiO and Raystation. However, up to 5% deviations were observed in XiO’s plans at shallow depth while within 2% in Raystation plans. 100% of the ranges measured were within 1 mm with maximum deviation of 0.5 mm. 20 patient specific plan were generated and measured in 3 planes (distal, proximal and midSOBP) in Raystation. The average of gamma index is 98.7%±3% with minimum 94% Conclusions: Both TPS were successfully commissioned and can be safely deployed for clinical use for ProteusONE. Based on our clinical experience in PBS planning, user interface, function and workflow, we preferably use Raystation as our main clinical TPS. Gamma Index >95% at 3%/3 mm criteria is our institution action level for patient specific plan QAs.« less

  16. 75 FR 72664 - System Personnel Training Reliability Standards

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    2010-11-26

    ...Under section 215 of the Federal Power Act, the Commission approves two Personnel Performance, Training and Qualifications (PER) Reliability Standards, PER-004-2 (Reliability Coordination--Staffing) and PER-005-1 (System Personnel Training), submitted to the Commission for approval by the North American Electric Reliability Corporation, the Electric Reliability Organization certified by the Commission. The approved Reliability Standards require reliability coordinators, balancing authorities, and transmission operators to establish a training program for their system operators, verify each of their system operators' capability to perform tasks, and provide emergency operations training to every system operator. The Commission also approves NERC's proposal to retire two existing PER Reliability Standards that are replaced by the standards approved in this Final Rule.

  17. 75 FR 80897 - Swap Data Repositories

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    2010-12-23

    ...The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (``CFTC'' or ``Commission'') is proposing rules to implement new statutory provisions introduced by Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (``Dodd-Frank Act''). Section 728 of the Dodd-Frank Act amends the Commodity Exchange Act (``CEA'' or the ``Act'') by adding new Section 21, which establishes registration requirements, statutory duties, core principles and certain compliance obligations for registered swap data repositories (``SDRs'') and directs the Commission to adopt rules governing persons that are registered, as such, under this Section.

  18. Performance of compact fast pyrolysis reactor with Auger-type modules for the continuous liquid biofuel production

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    Nishimura, Shun; Ebitani, Kohki

    2018-01-01

    Development of a compact fast pyrolysis reactor constructed using Auger-type technology to afford liquid biofuel with high yield has been an interesting concept in support of local production for local consumption. To establish a widely useable module package, details of the performance of the developing compact module reactor were investigated. This study surveyed the properties of as-produced pyrolysis oil as a function of operation time, and clarified the recent performance of the developing compact fast pyrolysis reactor. Results show that after condensation in the scrubber collector, e.g. approx. 10 h for a 25 kg/h feedstock rate, static performance of pyrolysis oil with approximately 20 MJ/kg (4.8 kcal/g) calorific values were constantly obtained after an additional 14 h. The feeding speed of cedar chips strongly influenced the time for oil condensation process: i.e. 1.6 times higher feeding speed decreased the condensation period by half (approx. 5 h in the case of 40 kg/h). Increasing the reactor throughput capacity is an important goal for the next stage in the development of a compact fast pyrolysis reactor with Auger-type modules.

  19. Topology and Singularities in Cosmological Spacetimes Obeying the Null Energy Condition

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    Galloway, Gregory J.; Ling, Eric

    2018-06-01

    We consider globally hyperbolic spacetimes with compact Cauchy surfaces in a setting compatible with the presence of a positive cosmological constant. More specifically, for 3 + 1 dimensional spacetimes which satisfy the null energy condition and contain a future expanding compact Cauchy surface, we establish a precise connection between the topology of the Cauchy surfaces and the occurrence of past singularities. In addition to the Penrose singularity theorem, the proof makes use of some recent advances in the topology of 3-manifolds and of certain fundamental existence results for minimal surfaces.

  20. Quantification of lycopene in the processed tomato-based products by means of the light-emitting diode (LED) and compact photoacoustic (PA) detector

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    Bicanic, D.; Skenderović, H.; Marković, K.; Dóka, O.; Pichler, L.; Pichler, G.; Luterotti, S.

    2010-03-01

    The combined use of a high power light emitting diode (LED) and the compact photoacoustic (PA) detector offers the possibility for a rapid (no extraction needed), accurate (precision 1.5%) and inexpensive quantification of lycopene in different products derived from the thermally processed tomatoes. The concentration of lycopene in selected products ranges from a few mg to several tens mg per 100 g fresh weight. The HPLC was used as the well established reference method.

  1. Soil compaction effects on water status of ponderosa pine assessed through 13C/12C composition.

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    Gomez, G Armando; Singer, Michael J; Powers, Robert F; Horwath, William R

    2002-05-01

    Soil compaction is a side effect of forest reestablishment practices resulting from use of heavy equipment and site preparation. Soil compaction often alters soil properties resulting in changes in plant-available water. The use of pressure chamber methods to assess plant water stress has two drawbacks: (1) the measurements are not integrative; and (2) the method is difficult to apply extensively to establish seasonal soil water status. We evaluated leaf carbon isotopic composition (delta13C) as a means of assessing effects of soil compaction on water status and growth of young ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa Dougl. ex Laws) stands across a range of soil textures. Leaf delta13C in cellulose and whole foliar tissue were highly correlated. Leaf delta13C in both whole tissue and cellulose (holocellulose) was up to 1.0 per thousand lower in trees growing in non-compacted (NC) loam or clay soils than in compacted (SC) loam or clay soils. Soil compaction had the opposite effect on leaf delta13C in trees growing on sandy loam soil, indicating that compaction increased water availability in this soil type. Tree growth response to compaction also varied with soil texture, with no effect, a negative effect and a positive effect as a result of compaction of loam, clay and sandy loam soils, respectively. There was a significant correlation between 13C signature and tree growth along the range of soil textures. Leaf delta13C trends were correlated with midday stem water potentials. We conclude that leaf delta13C can be used to measure retrospective water status and to assess the impact of site preparation on tree growth. The advantage of the leaf delta13C approach is that it provides an integrative assessment of past water status in different aged leaves.

  2. A long-term soil structure observatory for post-compaction soil structure evolution: design and initial soil structure recovery observations

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Keller, Thomas; Colombi, Tino; Ruiz, Siul; Grahm, Lina; Reiser, René; Rek, Jan; Oberholzer, Hans-Rudolf; Schymanski, Stanislaus; Walter, Achim; Or, Dani

    2016-04-01

    Soil compaction due to agricultural vehicular traffic alters the geometrical arrangement of soil constituents, thereby modifying mechanical properties and pore spaces that affect a range of soil hydro-ecological functions. The ecological and economic costs of soil compaction are dependent on the immediate impact on soil functions during the compaction event, and a function of the recovery time. In contrast to a wealth of soil compaction information, mechanisms and rates of soil structure recovery remain largely unknown. A long-term (>10-yr) soil structure observatory (SSO) was established in 2014 on a loamy soil in Zurich, Switzerland, to quantify rates and mechanisms of structure recovery of compacted arable soil under different post-compaction management treatments. We implemented three initial compaction treatments (using a two-axle agricultural vehicle with 8 Mg wheel load): compaction of the entire plot area (i.e. track-by-track), compaction in wheel tracks, and no compaction. After compaction, we implemented four post-compaction soil management systems: bare soil (BS), permanent grass (PG), crop rotation without mechanical loosening (NT), and crop rotation under conventional tillage (CT). BS and PG provide insights into uninterrupted natural processes of soil structure regeneration under reduced (BS) and normal biological activity (PG). The two cropping systems (NT and CT) enable insights into soil structure recovery under common agricultural practices with minimal (NT) and conventional mechanical soil disturbance (CT). Observations include periodic sampling and measurements of soil physical properties, earthworm abundance, crop measures, electrical resistivity and ground penetrating radar imaging, and continuous monitoring of state variables - soil moisture, temperature, CO2 and O2 concentrations, redox potential and oxygen diffusion rates - for which a network of sensors was installed at various depths (0-1 m). Initial compaction increased soil bulk density to about half a metre, decreased gas and water transport functions (air permeability, gas diffusivity, saturated hydraulic conductivity), and increased mechanical impedance. Water infiltration at the soil surface was initially reduced by three orders of magnitude, but significantly recovered within a year. However, within the soil profile, recovery of transport properties is much smaller. Air permeability tended to recover more than gas diffusivity, suggesting that initial post-compaction recovery is initiated by new macropores (e.g. biopores). Tillage recovered topsoil bulk density but not topsoil transport functions. Compaction changed grass species composition in PG, and significantly reduced grass biomass in PG and crop yields in NT and CT.

  3. 25 CFR 700.119 - Establishment of fair market value.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-04-01

    ... 25 Indians 2 2010-04-01 2010-04-01 false Establishment of fair market value. 700.119 Section 700... value. (a) General. The Commission shall establish the amount of fair market value to be offered to the... recommendations as to the fair market value of the habitations and/or improvements; or (2) The fair market value...

  4. Division F Commission 22: Meteors, Meteorites, and Interplanetary Dust

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    Jenniskens, Peter; Borovička, Jiří; Watanabe, Jun-Ichi; Jopek, Tadeusz; Abe, Shinsuke; Consolmagno, Guy J.; Ishiguro, Masateru; Janches, Diego; Ryabova, Galina O.; Vaubaillon, Jérémie; Zhu, Jin

    2016-04-01

    Commission 22 (Meteors, Meteorites and Interplanetary Dust) was established at the first IAU General Assembly held in Rome in 1922, with William Frederick Denning as its first President. Denning was an accountant by profession, but as an amateur astronomer he contributed extensively to meteor science. Commission 22 thus established a pattern that has continued to this day that non-professional astronomers were welcomed and valued and could play a significant role in its affairs. The field of meteors, meteorites and interplanetary dust has played a disproportional role in the astronomical perception of the general public through the majestic displays of our annual meteor showers. Those in the field deployed many techniques uncommon in other fields of astronomy, studying the ``vermin of space'', the small solid bodies that pervade interplanetary space and impact Earth's atmosphere, the surface of the Moon, and that of our satellites in orbit. Over time, the field has tackled a wide array of problems, from predicting the encounter with meteoroid streams, to the origin of our meteorites and the nature of the zodiacal cloud. Commission 22 has played an important role in organizing the field through dedicated meetings, a data centre, and working groups that developed professional-amateur relationships and that organized the nomenclature of meteor showers. The contribution of Commission 22 to the field is perhaps most readily seen in the work of the presidents that followed in the footsteps of Denning.

  5. A Report to Congress on the Continuation of the Applachian Regional Commission.

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    Appalachian Regional Commission, Washington, DC.

    The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC), established by Congress in 1965, is a unique partnership of federal, state, and local government action attempting to provide every person living in the region with the health and skills needed to compete in everyday life and to attract new industry to the region, thus providing more jobs and a more…

  6. Membership Directory of the PEC Network: Mailing Addresses of the Peace Education Commission. Peace Education Miniprints No. 21.

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    Bjerstedt, Ake, Ed.

    The Peace Education Commission (PEC) was established to facilitate international cooperation among individuals interested in peace education and research related to peace education. The main ambition of PEC is to serve as a useful network for transnational information and support in the peace education area. This document provides current mailing…

  7. Medical Services: Medical, Dental, and Veterinary Care

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2002-01-28

    requirements to fixed military treatment facility laboratories in Europe and Korea. Clarifies Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare ...which meets the requirements of the licensing and accrediting agencies (for example, FDA, AABB, Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare ...as officer in charge or equivalent status when no pharmacist is on duty at the facility. (2) Policies are established to ensure— (a) Rational

  8. 75 FR 34479 - Cape Cod National Seashore; South Wellfleet, MA; Cape Cod National Seashore Advisory Commission

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    ... indicators by Seashore Natural Resources Management. 6. Old Business. 7. New Business. 8. Date and agenda for.... The purpose of the Commission is to consult with the Secretary of the Interior, or his designee, with... out the provisions of sections 4 and 5 of the Act establishing the Seashore. The regular business...

  9. Visions of Peace Education: Interviews with the Five Former Executive Secretaries of the Peace Education Commission. Educational Information Debate 99.

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    Bjerstedt, Ake, Ed.

    The Peace Education Commission (PEC), a subgroup of the IPRA (The International Peace Research Association), was established to facilitate international cooperation among individuals interested in peace education and research related to peace education. PEC is coordinated by a Council and an Executive Secretary (at present Ake Bjerstedt). The full…

  10. Skills for the 21st Century: A Report for the Maine Technical College System.

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    Gildart, Kevin; Healy, Bridget

    The Skills Commission for the 21st Century was established by the Maine Technical College System Board of Trustees to determine the critical complementary skills necessary for success in the workplace of the 1990s. This report presents the Commission's findings based on input from employers and other key groups in the state. Following introductory…

  11. A Lasting Legacy: Recommendations of the New England Governors Blue Ribbon Commission on Land Conservation

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    Barringer, Richard

    2010-01-01

    In September 2008, New England's governors established a blue-ribbon Commission on Land Conservation to identify the most urgent land-conservation issues facing New England today and provide recommendations to the governors in September 2009. New England faces profound threats to its land and natural-resource base. As the nation urbanizes further,…

  12. Academic Freedom, University Governance and the State: The Commission of Inquiry into the Hong Kong Institute of Education

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    Morris, Paul

    2010-01-01

    In 2007, a Judicial Commission of Inquiry was established by the Government of Hong Kong to investigate allegations that senior officials had interfered with the academic freedom and institutional autonomy of the Hong Kong Institute of Education (HKIEd). It concluded that a former minister had requested the President of that institution to curb…

  13. Report On: Arizona Indian Water Rights Conference (White Mountain Apache Reservation, August 21-23, 1973).

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    Arizona Commission of Indian Affairs, Phoenix.

    Established by the Arizona Legislature in 1953, the Arizona Commission on American Indian Affairs serves as the official link between the tribal autonomies and the State government, its legislature, and elected officials. Its primary purpose has been to study conditions among Indians residing within the State. Among the commission's goals are: (1)…

  14. 75 FR 75207 - Regulation SBSR-Reporting and Dissemination of Security-Based Swap Information

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    2010-12-02

    ...In accordance with Section 763 (``Section 763'') and Section 766 (``Section 766'') of Title VII (``Title VII'') of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the ``Dodd-Frank Act''), the Securities and Exchange Commission (``SEC'' or ``Commission'') is proposing Regulation SBSR--Reporting and Dissemination of Security-Based Swap Information (``Regulation SBSR'') under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (``Exchange Act'').\\1\\ Proposed Regulation SBSR would provide for the reporting of security- based swap information to registered security-based swap data repositories or the Commission and the public dissemination of security-based swap transaction, volume, and pricing information. Registered security-based swap data repositories would be required to establish and maintain certain policies and procedures regarding how transaction data are reported and disseminated, and participants of registered security-based swap data repositories that are security- based swap dealers or major security-based swap participants would be required to establish and maintain policies and procedures that are reasonably designed to ensure that they comply with applicable reporting obligations. Finally, proposed Regulation SBSR also would require a registered SDR to register with the Commission as a securities information processor on existing Form SIP. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

  15. 16 CFR 1018.16 - Membership selection.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    ... 16 Commercial Practices 2 2010-01-01 2010-01-01 false Membership selection. 1018.16 Section 1018... Establishment of Advisory Committees § 1018.16 Membership selection. (a) Whenever new applicants are required... Candidate Evaluation Panel, using selection criteria established by the Commission, shall evaluate all...

  16. 16 CFR 1018.16 - Membership selection.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-01-01

    ... 16 Commercial Practices 2 2011-01-01 2011-01-01 false Membership selection. 1018.16 Section 1018... Establishment of Advisory Committees § 1018.16 Membership selection. (a) Whenever new applicants are required... Candidate Evaluation Panel, using selection criteria established by the Commission, shall evaluate all...

  17. 16 CFR 1018.16 - Membership selection.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-01-01

    ... 16 Commercial Practices 2 2014-01-01 2014-01-01 false Membership selection. 1018.16 Section 1018... Establishment of Advisory Committees § 1018.16 Membership selection. (a) Whenever new applicants are required... Candidate Evaluation Panel, using selection criteria established by the Commission, shall evaluate all...

  18. 16 CFR 1018.16 - Membership selection.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-01-01

    ... 16 Commercial Practices 2 2012-01-01 2012-01-01 false Membership selection. 1018.16 Section 1018... Establishment of Advisory Committees § 1018.16 Membership selection. (a) Whenever new applicants are required... Candidate Evaluation Panel, using selection criteria established by the Commission, shall evaluate all...

  19. 10 CFR 1.55 - Establishment of official NRC flag.

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    2010-01-01

    ... 10 Energy 1 2010-01-01 2010-01-01 false Establishment of official NRC flag. 1.55 Section 1.55 Energy NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION STATEMENT OF ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL INFORMATION NRC Seal and Flag... dark blue field with a gold fringe. ...

  20. 25 CFR 1000.142 - Instead of the negotiated indirect cost rate, is it possible to establish a fixed amount or...

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-04-01

    ... 25 Indians 2 2010-04-01 2010-04-01 false Instead of the negotiated indirect cost rate, is it...-DETERMINATION AND EDUCATION ACT Non-BIA Annual Self-Governance Compacts and Funding Agreements Funding § 1000.142 Instead of the negotiated indirect cost rate, is it possible to establish a fixed amount or...

  1. Bringing the CMS distributed computing system into scalable operations

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    Belforte, S.; Fanfani, A.; Fisk, I.; Flix, J.; Hernández, J. M.; Kress, T.; Letts, J.; Magini, N.; Miccio, V.; Sciabà, A.

    2010-04-01

    Establishing efficient and scalable operations of the CMS distributed computing system critically relies on the proper integration, commissioning and scale testing of the data and workload management tools, the various computing workflows and the underlying computing infrastructure, located at more than 50 computing centres worldwide and interconnected by the Worldwide LHC Computing Grid. Computing challenges periodically undertaken by CMS in the past years with increasing scale and complexity have revealed the need for a sustained effort on computing integration and commissioning activities. The Processing and Data Access (PADA) Task Force was established at the beginning of 2008 within the CMS Computing Program with the mandate of validating the infrastructure for organized processing and user analysis including the sites and the workload and data management tools, validating the distributed production system by performing functionality, reliability and scale tests, helping sites to commission, configure and optimize the networking and storage through scale testing data transfers and data processing, and improving the efficiency of accessing data across the CMS computing system from global transfers to local access. This contribution reports on the tools and procedures developed by CMS for computing commissioning and scale testing as well as the improvements accomplished towards efficient, reliable and scalable computing operations. The activities include the development and operation of load generators for job submission and data transfers with the aim of stressing the experiment and Grid data management and workload management systems, site commissioning procedures and tools to monitor and improve site availability and reliability, as well as activities targeted to the commissioning of the distributed production, user analysis and monitoring systems.

  2. A quality by design approach to investigate the effect of mannitol and dicalcium phosphate qualities on roll compaction.

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    Souihi, Nabil; Dumarey, Melanie; Wikström, Håkan; Tajarobi, Pirjo; Fransson, Magnus; Svensson, Olof; Josefson, Mats; Trygg, Johan

    2013-04-15

    Roll compaction is a continuous process for solid dosage form manufacturing increasingly popular within pharmaceutical industry. Although roll compaction has become an established technique for dry granulation, the influence of material properties is still not fully understood. In this study, a quality by design (QbD) approach was utilized, not only to understand the influence of different qualities of mannitol and dicalcium phosphate (DCP), but also to predict critical quality attributes of the drug product based solely on the material properties of that filler. By describing each filler quality in terms of several representative physical properties, orthogonal projections to latent structures (OPLS) was used to understand and predict how those properties affected drug product intermediates as well as critical quality attributes of the final drug product. These models were then validated by predicting product attributes for filler qualities not used in the model construction. The results of this study confirmed that the tensile strength reduction, known to affect plastic materials when roll compacted, is not prominent when using brittle materials. Some qualities of these fillers actually demonstrated improved compactability following roll compaction. While direct compression qualities are frequently used for roll compacted drug products because of their excellent flowability and good compaction properties, this study revealed that granules from these qualities were more poor flowing than the corresponding powder blends, which was not seen for granules from traditional qualities. The QbD approach used in this study could be extended beyond fillers. Thus any new compound/ingredient would first be characterized and then suitable formulation characteristics could be determined in silico, without running any additional experiments. Copyright © 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

  3. The impact of soil degradation on soil functioning in Europe

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    Montanarella, Luca

    2010-05-01

    The European Commission has presented in September 2006 its Thematic Strategy for Soil Protection.The Thematic Strategy for Soil Protection consists of a Communication from the Commission to the other European Institutions, a proposal for a framework Directive (a European law), and an Impact Assessment. The Communication (COM(2006) 231) sets the frame. It defines the relevant soil functions for Europe and identifies the major threats. It explains why further action is needed to ensure a high level of soil protection, sets the overall objective of the Strategy and explains what kind of measures must be taken. It establishes a ten-year work program for the European Commission. The proposal for a framework Directive (COM(2006) 232) sets out common principles for protecting soils across the EU. Within this common framework, the EU Member States will be in a position to decide how best to protect soil and how use it in a sustainable way on their own territory. The Impact Assessment (SEC (2006) 1165 and SEC(2006) 620) contains an analysis of the economic, social and environmental impacts of the different options that were considered in the preparatory phase of the strategy and of the measures finally retained by the Commission. Since 2006 a large amount of new evidence has allowed to further document the extensive negative impacts of soil degradation on soil functioning in Europe. Extensive soil erosion, combined with a constant loss of soil organic carbon, have raised attention to the important role soils are playing within the climate change related processes. Other important processes are related to the loss of soil biodiversity, extensive soil sealing by housing and infrastructure, local and diffuse contamination by agricultural and industrial sources, compaction due to unsustainable agricultural practices and salinization by unsustainable irrigation practices. The extended impact assessment by the European Commission has attempted to quantify in monetary terms the actual economic impact of soil degradation in Europe.The total costs of soil degradation that could be assessed for erosion, organic matter decline, salinisation, landslides and contamination on the basis of available data, would be up to €38 billion annually for EU25. These estimates are necessarily wide ranging due to the lack of sufficient quantitative and qualitative data. Future research activities will have to address, in multidisciplinary teams, the social and economic aspects of soil degradation in Europe, in order to come up with more reliable estimates of the economic impact of soil degradation. A more reliable and updated system of indicators needs to be developed in order to cover the full cycle of the Driving forces-Pressures-State-Impact-Response (DPSIR) framework. Recent developments towards a new soil monitoring system for Europe will be presented as well as some of the recent outputs of the European Soil Data Centre (ESDAC).

  4. Digital Audio Radio Broadcast Systems Laboratory Testing Nearly Complete

    NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

    2005-01-01

    Radio history continues to be made at the NASA Lewis Research Center with the completion of phase one of the digital audio radio (DAR) testing conducted by the Consumer Electronics Group of the Electronic Industries Association. This satellite, satellite/terrestrial, and terrestrial digital technology will open up new audio broadcasting opportunities both domestically and worldwide. It will significantly improve the current quality of amplitude-modulated/frequency-modulated (AM/FM) radio with a new digitally modulated radio signal and will introduce true compact-disc-quality (CD-quality) sound for the first time. Lewis is hosting the laboratory testing of seven proposed digital audio radio systems and modes. Two of the proposed systems operate in two modes each, making a total of nine systems being tested. The nine systems are divided into the following types of transmission: in-band on-channel (IBOC), in-band adjacent-channel (IBAC), and new bands. The laboratory testing was conducted by the Consumer Electronics Group of the Electronic Industries Association. Subjective assessments of the audio recordings for each of the nine systems was conducted by the Communications Research Center in Ottawa, Canada, under contract to the Electronic Industries Association. The Communications Research Center has the only CCIR-qualified (Consultative Committee for International Radio) audio testing facility in North America. The main goals of the U.S. testing process are to (1) provide technical data to the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) so that it can establish a standard for digital audio receivers and transmitters and (2) provide the receiver and transmitter industries with the proper standards upon which to build their equipment. In addition, the data will be forwarded to the International Telecommunications Union to help in the establishment of international standards for digital audio receivers and transmitters, thus allowing U.S. manufacturers to compete in the world market.

  5. 47 CFR 87.149 - Special requirements for automatic link establishment (ALE).

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-10-01

    ... 47 Telecommunication 5 2010-10-01 2010-10-01 false Special requirements for automatic link establishment (ALE). 87.149 Section 87.149 Telecommunication FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (CONTINUED) SAFETY AND SPECIAL RADIO SERVICES AVIATION SERVICES Technical Requirements § 87.149 Special requirements...

  6. The Working Group on Meteor Showers Nomenclature: a History, Current Status and a Call for Contributions

    NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

    Jopek, T. J.; Jenniskens, P. M.

    2011-01-01

    During the IAU General Assembly in Rio de Janeiro in 2009, the members of Commission 22 established the Working Group on Meteor Shower Nomenclature, from what was formerly the Task Group on Meteor Shower Nomenclature. The Task Group had completed its mission to propose a first list of established meteor showers that could receive officially names. At the business meeting of Commission 22 the list of 64 established showers was approved and consequently officially accepted by the IAU. A two-step process is adopted for showers to receive an official name from the IAU: i) before publication, all new showers discussed in the literature are first added to the Working List of Meteor Showers, thereby receiving a unique name, IAU number and three-letter code; ii) all showers which come up to the verification criterion are selected for inclusion in the List of Established Meteor Showers, before being officially named at the next IAU General Assembly.

  7. Magnetic suspension and balance system study

    NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

    Boom, R. W.; Eyssa, Y. M.; Mcintosh, G. E.; Abdelsalam, M. K.

    1984-01-01

    A compact design for a superconducting magnetic suspension and balance system is developed for a 8 ft. x 8 ft. transonic wind tunnel. The main features of the design are: a compact superconducting solenoid in the suspended airplane model; permanent magnet wings; one common liquid helium dewar for all superconducting coils; efficient new race track coils for roll torques; use of established 11 kA cryostable AC conductor; acceptable AC losses during 10 Hz control even with all steel structure; and a 560 liter/hour helium liquefier. Considerable design simplicity, reduced magnet weights, and reduced heat leak results from using one common dewar which eliminates most heavy steel structure between coils and the suspended model. Operational availability is thought to approach 100% for such magnet systems. The weight and cost of the magnet system is approximately one-third that of previous less compact designs.

  8. New Evidence for a Black Hole in the Compact Binary Cygnus X-3

    NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

    Shrader, Chris R.; Titarchuk, Lev; Shaposhnikov, Nikolai

    2010-01-01

    The bright and highly variable X-ray and radio source known as Cygnus X-3 was among the first X-ray sources discovered, yet it remains in many ways an enigma. Its known to consist of a massive. Wolf-Rayet primary in an extremely tight orbit with a compact object. Yet one of the most basic of pa.ranietern the mass of the compact object - is not known. Nor is it even clear whether its is a neutron star or a black hole. In this Paper we present our analysis of the broad-band high-energy continua covering a substantial range in luminosity and spectral morphology. We apply these results to a recently identified scaling relationship which has been demonstrated to provide reliable estimates of the compact object mass in a number of accretion powered binaries. This analysis leads us to conclude that the compact object in Cygnus X-3 has a mass greater than 4.2 solar mass thus clearly indicative of a black hole and as such resolving a longstanding issue. The full range of uncertainty in our analysis and from using a. range of recently published distance estimates constrains the compact object mass to lie between 4.2 solar mass and 14.4 solar mass. Our favored estimate, based on a 9.0 kpc distance estimate is approx. l0 solar mass, with the. error margin of 3.2 solar masses. This result may thus pose challenges to shared-envelope evolutionary models of compact binaries. as well as establishing Cygnus X-3 as the first confirmed accretion-powered galactic gamma: ray source.

  9. The influence of API concentration on the roller compaction process: modeling and prediction of the post compacted ribbon, granule and tablet properties using multivariate data analysis.

    PubMed

    Boersen, Nathan; Carvajal, M Teresa; Morris, Kenneth R; Peck, Garnet E; Pinal, Rodolfo

    2015-01-01

    While previous research has demonstrated roller compaction operating parameters strongly influence the properties of the final product, a greater emphasis might be placed on the raw material attributes of the formulation. There were two main objectives to this study. First, to assess the effects of different process variables on the properties of the obtained ribbons and downstream granules produced from the rolled compacted ribbons. Second, was to establish if models obtained with formulations of one active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) could predict the properties of similar formulations in terms of the excipients used, but with a different API. Tolmetin and acetaminophen, chosen for their different compaction properties, were roller compacted on Fitzpatrick roller compactor using the same formulation. Models created using tolmetin and tested using acetaminophen. The physical properties of the blends, ribbon, granule and tablet were characterized. Multivariate analysis using partial least squares was used to analyze all data. Multivariate models showed that the operating parameters and raw material attributes were essential in the prediction of ribbon porosity and post-milled particle size. The post compacted ribbon and granule attributes also significantly contributed to the prediction of the tablet tensile strength. Models derived using tolmetin could reasonably predict the ribbon porosity of a second API. After further processing, the post-milled ribbon and granules properties, rather than the physical attributes of the formulation were needed to predict downstream tablet properties. An understanding of the percolation threshold of the formulation significantly improved the predictive ability of the models.

  10. Simulations of the temporal and spatial resolution for a compact time-resolved electron diffractometer

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Robinson, Matthew S.; Lane, Paul D.; Wann, Derek A.

    2016-02-01

    A novel compact electron gun for use in time-resolved gas electron diffraction experiments has recently been designed and commissioned. In this paper we present and discuss the extensive simulations that were performed to underpin the design in terms of the spatial and temporal qualities of the pulsed electron beam created by the ionisation of a gold photocathode using a femtosecond laser. The response of the electron pulses to a solenoid lens used to focus the electron beam has also been studied. The simulated results show that focussing the electron beam affects the overall spatial and temporal resolution of the experiment in a variety of ways, and that factors that improve the resolution of one parameter can often have a negative effect on the other. A balance must, therefore, be achieved between spatial and temporal resolution. The optimal experimental time resolution for the apparatus is predicted to be 416 fs for studies of gas-phase species, while the predicted spatial resolution of better than 2 nm-1 compares well with traditional time-averaged electron diffraction set-ups.

  11. Real-time vehicle emissions monitoring using a compact LiDAR system and conventional instruments: first results of an experimental campaign in a suburban area in southern Italy

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Parracino, Stefano; Richetta, Maria; Gelfusa, Michela; Malizia, Andrea; Bellecci, Carlo; De Leo, Leonardo; Perrimezzi, Carlo; Fin, Alessandro; Forin, Marco; Giappicucci, Francesca; Grion, Massimo; Marchese, Giuseppe; Gaudio, Pasquale

    2016-10-01

    Urban air pollution causes deleterious effects on human health and the environment. To meet stringent standards imposed by the European Commission, advanced measurement methods are required. Remote sensing techniques, such as light detection and ranging (LiDAR), can be a valuable option for evaluating particulate matter (PM), emitted by vehicles in urban traffic, with high sensitivity and in shorter time intervals. Since air quality problems persist not only in large urban areas, a measuring campaign was specifically performed in a suburban area of Crotone, Italy, using both a compact LiDAR system and conventional instruments for real-time vehicle emissions monitoring along a congested road. First results reported in this paper show a strong dependence between variations of LiDAR backscattering signals and traffic-related air pollution levels. Moreover, time-resolved LiDAR data averaged in limited regions, directly above conventional monitoring stations at the border of an intersection, were found to be linearly correlated to the PM concentration levels with a correlation coefficient between 0.75 and 0.84.

  12. Reforestation as a post-mining land use in the Midwest

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Parr, D.E.

    1982-12-01

    With the passage of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (P.L. 95-87), some very stringent requirements for the successful establishment of trees and shrubs have come into effect. In response to these requirements, AMAX Coal Company is developing a reforestation program for seven surface mines in Indiana and Illinois using the best technology currently available. The program emphasizes obtaining good quality stock, the proper care and handling of stock, the proper planting of the stock, and an effective weed control program. The value of weed control for the establishment and growth of hardwoods has long been recognizedmore » in the forest industry, but has not been used extensively in the reforestation of surface mined lands. The improved survival of tree seedlings with the use of weed control justifies the additional cost. Weed control also enhances the growth of tree seedlings. However, the long term growth of seedlings is questionable due to the compaction resulting from the extensive grading required to achieve approximate original contour. To minimize compaction, a forest area in Illinois is being minimally graded only to the extent necessary for environmental stability. Minimal grading is designed to reduce compaction which in turn will promote the development of a more productive forest resource.« less

  13. Global health governance: commission on social determinants of health and the imperative for change.

    PubMed

    Bell, Ruth; Taylor, Sebastian; Marmot, Michael

    2010-01-01

    In May 2009 the World Health Assembly passed a resolution on reducing health inequities through action on the social determinants of health, based on the work of the global Commission on Social Determinants of Health, 2005-2008. The Commission's genesis and findings raise some important questions for global health governance. We draw out some of the essential elements, themes, and mechanisms that shaped the Commission. We start by examining the evolving nature of global health and the Commission's foundational inspiration--the universal pattern of health inequity and the imperative, driven by a sense of social justice, to make better and more equal health a global goal. We look at how the Commission was established, how it was structured internally, and how it developed external relationships--with the World Health Organization, with global networks of academics and practitioners, with country governments eager to spearhead action on health equity, and with civil society. We outline the Commission's recommendations as they relate to the architecture of global health governance. Finally, we look at how the Commission is catalyzing a movement to bring social determinants of health to the forefront of international and national policy discourse. © 2010 American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics, Inc.

  14. WE-AB-201-00: Treatment Planning System Commissioning and QA

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    NONE

    Treatment planning systems (TPS) are a cornerstone of modern radiation therapy. Errors in their commissioning or use can have a devastating impact on many patients. To support safe and high quality care, medical physicists must conduct efficient and proper commissioning, good clinical integration, and ongoing quality assurance (QA) of the TPS. AAPM Task Group 53 and related publications have served as seminal benchmarks for TPS commissioning and QA over the past two decades. Over the same time, continuing innovations have made the TPS even more complex and more central to the clinical process. Medical goals are now expressed in termsmore » of the dose and margins around organs and tissues that are delineated from multiple imaging modalities (CT, MR and PET); and even temporally resolved (i.e., 4D) imaging. This information is passed on to optimization algorithms to establish accelerator movements that are programmed directly for IMRT, VMAT and stereotactic treatments. These advances have made commissioning and QA of the TPS much more challenging. This education session reviews up-to-date experience and guidance on this subject; including the recently published AAPM Medical Physics Practice Guideline (MPPG) #5 “Commissioning and QA of Treatment Planning Dose Calculations: Megavoltage Photon and Electron Beams”. Treatment Planning System Commissioning and QA: Challenges and Opportunities (Greg Salomons) This session will provide some key background and review publications describing prominent incidents relating to TPS commissioning and QA. Traditional approaches have been hardware and feature oriented. They aim to establish a functional configuration and establish specifications for regular testing of features (like dose calculation) to assure stable operation and detect failures. With the advent of more complex systems, more patient-specific testing has also been adopted. A number of actual TPS defects will be presented along with heuristics for identifying similar defects in the future. Finally, the Gamma test has become a popular metric for reporting TPS Commissioning and QA results. It simplifies complex testing into a numerical index, but noisy data and casual application can make it misleading. A brief review of the issues around the use of the Gamma test will be presented. TPS commissioning and QA: A process orientation and application of control charts (Michael Sharpe) A framework for commissioning a treatment planning system will be presented, focusing on preparations, practical aspects of configuration, priorities, specifications, and establishing performance. The complexity of the modern TPS make modular testing of features inadequate, and modern QA tools can provide “too much information” about the performance of techniques like IMRT and VMAT. We have adopted a process orientation and quality tools, like control charts, for ongoing TPS QA and assessment of patient-specific tests. The trending nature of these tools reveals the overall performance of the TPS system, and quantifies the variations that arise from individual plans, discrete calculations, and experimentation based on discrete measurements. Examples demonstrating application of these tools to TPS QA will be presented. TPS commissioning and QA: Incorporating the entire planning process (Sasa Mutic) The TPS and its features do not perform in isolation. Instead, the features and modules are key components in a complex process that begins with CT Simulation and extends to treatment delivery, along with image guidance and verification. Most importantly, the TPS is used by people working in a multi-disciplinary environment. It is very difficult to predict the outcomes of human interactions with software. Therefore, an interdisciplinary approach to training, commissioning and QA will be presented, along with an approach to the physics chart check and end-to-end testing as a tool for TPS QA. The role of standardization and automation in QA will also be discussed. The recommendations of MPPG #5 and practical implementation strategies (Jennifer Smilowitz) The recently published recommendations from Task Group No. 244, Medical Physics Practice Guideline on Commissioning and QA of Treatment Planning Dose Calculations: Megavoltage Photon and Electron Beams will be presented. The recommendations focus on the validation of commissioning data and dose calculations. Tolerance values for non-IMRT beam configurations are summarized based on established criteria and data collected by the IROC. More stringent evaluation criteria for IMRT dose calculations are suggested to test the limitations of the TPS dose algorithms for advanced delivery conditions. The MPPG encourages users to create a suite of validation tests for dose calculation for various conditions for static photon beams, heterogeneities, IMRT/VMAT and electron beams. This test suite is intended to be used for subsequent testing, including TPS software upgrades. In the past, the recommendations of some reports have not been widely implemented due to practical limitations. Implementation strategies, tools and processes developed by multiple centers for efficient and “do-able” MPPG # 5 testing will be presented, as well as a discussion on the overall validation experience. Learning Objectives: Identify some of the key documents relevant for TPS commissioning and QA Understand strategies for testing TPS software Gain a practical knowledge of the Gamma test criteria Increase familiarity with the process of commissioning a TPS Learn about the use of Control Charts for TPS QA Review the role of the TPS in the overall planning process Increase awareness of the link between TPS QA and chart checking Gain an increased appreciation for the importance of interdisciplinary communication Understand the new recommendations from MPPG #5 on TPS Dose Algorithm Commissioning and QC/QA Learn practical implementation processes and tools for MPPG #5 validation recommendations.« less

  15. WE-AB-201-03: TPS Commissioning and QA: Incorporating the Entire Planning Process

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Mutic, S.

    Treatment planning systems (TPS) are a cornerstone of modern radiation therapy. Errors in their commissioning or use can have a devastating impact on many patients. To support safe and high quality care, medical physicists must conduct efficient and proper commissioning, good clinical integration, and ongoing quality assurance (QA) of the TPS. AAPM Task Group 53 and related publications have served as seminal benchmarks for TPS commissioning and QA over the past two decades. Over the same time, continuing innovations have made the TPS even more complex and more central to the clinical process. Medical goals are now expressed in termsmore » of the dose and margins around organs and tissues that are delineated from multiple imaging modalities (CT, MR and PET); and even temporally resolved (i.e., 4D) imaging. This information is passed on to optimization algorithms to establish accelerator movements that are programmed directly for IMRT, VMAT and stereotactic treatments. These advances have made commissioning and QA of the TPS much more challenging. This education session reviews up-to-date experience and guidance on this subject; including the recently published AAPM Medical Physics Practice Guideline (MPPG) #5 “Commissioning and QA of Treatment Planning Dose Calculations: Megavoltage Photon and Electron Beams”. Treatment Planning System Commissioning and QA: Challenges and Opportunities (Greg Salomons) This session will provide some key background and review publications describing prominent incidents relating to TPS commissioning and QA. Traditional approaches have been hardware and feature oriented. They aim to establish a functional configuration and establish specifications for regular testing of features (like dose calculation) to assure stable operation and detect failures. With the advent of more complex systems, more patient-specific testing has also been adopted. A number of actual TPS defects will be presented along with heuristics for identifying similar defects in the future. Finally, the Gamma test has become a popular metric for reporting TPS Commissioning and QA results. It simplifies complex testing into a numerical index, but noisy data and casual application can make it misleading. A brief review of the issues around the use of the Gamma test will be presented. TPS commissioning and QA: A process orientation and application of control charts (Michael Sharpe) A framework for commissioning a treatment planning system will be presented, focusing on preparations, practical aspects of configuration, priorities, specifications, and establishing performance. The complexity of the modern TPS make modular testing of features inadequate, and modern QA tools can provide “too much information” about the performance of techniques like IMRT and VMAT. We have adopted a process orientation and quality tools, like control charts, for ongoing TPS QA and assessment of patient-specific tests. The trending nature of these tools reveals the overall performance of the TPS system, and quantifies the variations that arise from individual plans, discrete calculations, and experimentation based on discrete measurements. Examples demonstrating application of these tools to TPS QA will be presented. TPS commissioning and QA: Incorporating the entire planning process (Sasa Mutic) The TPS and its features do not perform in isolation. Instead, the features and modules are key components in a complex process that begins with CT Simulation and extends to treatment delivery, along with image guidance and verification. Most importantly, the TPS is used by people working in a multi-disciplinary environment. It is very difficult to predict the outcomes of human interactions with software. Therefore, an interdisciplinary approach to training, commissioning and QA will be presented, along with an approach to the physics chart check and end-to-end testing as a tool for TPS QA. The role of standardization and automation in QA will also be discussed. The recommendations of MPPG #5 and practical implementation strategies (Jennifer Smilowitz) The recently published recommendations from Task Group No. 244, Medical Physics Practice Guideline on Commissioning and QA of Treatment Planning Dose Calculations: Megavoltage Photon and Electron Beams will be presented. The recommendations focus on the validation of commissioning data and dose calculations. Tolerance values for non-IMRT beam configurations are summarized based on established criteria and data collected by the IROC. More stringent evaluation criteria for IMRT dose calculations are suggested to test the limitations of the TPS dose algorithms for advanced delivery conditions. The MPPG encourages users to create a suite of validation tests for dose calculation for various conditions for static photon beams, heterogeneities, IMRT/VMAT and electron beams. This test suite is intended to be used for subsequent testing, including TPS software upgrades. In the past, the recommendations of some reports have not been widely implemented due to practical limitations. Implementation strategies, tools and processes developed by multiple centers for efficient and “do-able” MPPG #5 testing will be presented, as well as a discussion on the overall validation experience. Learning Objectives: Identify some of the key documents relevant for TPS commissioning and QA Understand strategies for testing TPS software Gain a practical knowledge of the Gamma test criteria Increase familiarity with the process of commissioning a TPS Learn about the use of Control Charts for TPS QA Review the role of the TPS in the overall planning process Increase awareness of the link between TPS QA and chart checking Gain an increased appreciation for the importance of interdisciplinary communication Understand the new recommendations from MPPG #5 on TPS Dose Algorithm Commissioning and QC/QA Learn practical implementation processes and tools for MPPG #5 validation recommendations.« less

  16. WE-AB-201-01: Treatment Planning System Commissioning and QA: Challenges and Opportunities

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Salomons, G.

    Treatment planning systems (TPS) are a cornerstone of modern radiation therapy. Errors in their commissioning or use can have a devastating impact on many patients. To support safe and high quality care, medical physicists must conduct efficient and proper commissioning, good clinical integration, and ongoing quality assurance (QA) of the TPS. AAPM Task Group 53 and related publications have served as seminal benchmarks for TPS commissioning and QA over the past two decades. Over the same time, continuing innovations have made the TPS even more complex and more central to the clinical process. Medical goals are now expressed in termsmore » of the dose and margins around organs and tissues that are delineated from multiple imaging modalities (CT, MR and PET); and even temporally resolved (i.e., 4D) imaging. This information is passed on to optimization algorithms to establish accelerator movements that are programmed directly for IMRT, VMAT and stereotactic treatments. These advances have made commissioning and QA of the TPS much more challenging. This education session reviews up-to-date experience and guidance on this subject; including the recently published AAPM Medical Physics Practice Guideline (MPPG) #5 “Commissioning and QA of Treatment Planning Dose Calculations: Megavoltage Photon and Electron Beams”. Treatment Planning System Commissioning and QA: Challenges and Opportunities (Greg Salomons) This session will provide some key background and review publications describing prominent incidents relating to TPS commissioning and QA. Traditional approaches have been hardware and feature oriented. They aim to establish a functional configuration and establish specifications for regular testing of features (like dose calculation) to assure stable operation and detect failures. With the advent of more complex systems, more patient-specific testing has also been adopted. A number of actual TPS defects will be presented along with heuristics for identifying similar defects in the future. Finally, the Gamma test has become a popular metric for reporting TPS Commissioning and QA results. It simplifies complex testing into a numerical index, but noisy data and casual application can make it misleading. A brief review of the issues around the use of the Gamma test will be presented. TPS commissioning and QA: A process orientation and application of control charts (Michael Sharpe) A framework for commissioning a treatment planning system will be presented, focusing on preparations, practical aspects of configuration, priorities, specifications, and establishing performance. The complexity of the modern TPS make modular testing of features inadequate, and modern QA tools can provide “too much information” about the performance of techniques like IMRT and VMAT. We have adopted a process orientation and quality tools, like control charts, for ongoing TPS QA and assessment of patient-specific tests. The trending nature of these tools reveals the overall performance of the TPS system, and quantifies the variations that arise from individual plans, discrete calculations, and experimentation based on discrete measurements. Examples demonstrating application of these tools to TPS QA will be presented. TPS commissioning and QA: Incorporating the entire planning process (Sasa Mutic) The TPS and its features do not perform in isolation. Instead, the features and modules are key components in a complex process that begins with CT Simulation and extends to treatment delivery, along with image guidance and verification. Most importantly, the TPS is used by people working in a multi-disciplinary environment. It is very difficult to predict the outcomes of human interactions with software. Therefore, an interdisciplinary approach to training, commissioning and QA will be presented, along with an approach to the physics chart check and end-to-end testing as a tool for TPS QA. The role of standardization and automation in QA will also be discussed. The recommendations of MPPG #5 and practical implementation strategies (Jennifer Smilowitz) The recently published recommendations from Task Group No. 244, Medical Physics Practice Guideline on Commissioning and QA of Treatment Planning Dose Calculations: Megavoltage Photon and Electron Beams will be presented. The recommendations focus on the validation of commissioning data and dose calculations. Tolerance values for non-IMRT beam configurations are summarized based on established criteria and data collected by the IROC. More stringent evaluation criteria for IMRT dose calculations are suggested to test the limitations of the TPS dose algorithms for advanced delivery conditions. The MPPG encourages users to create a suite of validation tests for dose calculation for various conditions for static photon beams, heterogeneities, IMRT/VMAT and electron beams. This test suite is intended to be used for subsequent testing, including TPS software upgrades. In the past, the recommendations of some reports have not been widely implemented due to practical limitations. Implementation strategies, tools and processes developed by multiple centers for efficient and “do-able” MPPG #5 testing will be presented, as well as a discussion on the overall validation experience. Learning Objectives: Identify some of the key documents relevant for TPS commissioning and QA Understand strategies for testing TPS software Gain a practical knowledge of the Gamma test criteria Increase familiarity with the process of commissioning a TPS Learn about the use of Control Charts for TPS QA Review the role of the TPS in the overall planning process Increase awareness of the link between TPS QA and chart checking Gain an increased appreciation for the importance of interdisciplinary communication Understand the new recommendations from MPPG #5 on TPS Dose Algorithm Commissioning and QC/QA Learn practical implementation processes and tools for MPPG #5 validation recommendations.« less

  17. WE-AB-201-02: TPS Commissioning and QA: A Process Orientation and Application of Control Charts

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Sharpe, M.

    Treatment planning systems (TPS) are a cornerstone of modern radiation therapy. Errors in their commissioning or use can have a devastating impact on many patients. To support safe and high quality care, medical physicists must conduct efficient and proper commissioning, good clinical integration, and ongoing quality assurance (QA) of the TPS. AAPM Task Group 53 and related publications have served as seminal benchmarks for TPS commissioning and QA over the past two decades. Over the same time, continuing innovations have made the TPS even more complex and more central to the clinical process. Medical goals are now expressed in termsmore » of the dose and margins around organs and tissues that are delineated from multiple imaging modalities (CT, MR and PET); and even temporally resolved (i.e., 4D) imaging. This information is passed on to optimization algorithms to establish accelerator movements that are programmed directly for IMRT, VMAT and stereotactic treatments. These advances have made commissioning and QA of the TPS much more challenging. This education session reviews up-to-date experience and guidance on this subject; including the recently published AAPM Medical Physics Practice Guideline (MPPG) #5 “Commissioning and QA of Treatment Planning Dose Calculations: Megavoltage Photon and Electron Beams”. Treatment Planning System Commissioning and QA: Challenges and Opportunities (Greg Salomons) This session will provide some key background and review publications describing prominent incidents relating to TPS commissioning and QA. Traditional approaches have been hardware and feature oriented. They aim to establish a functional configuration and establish specifications for regular testing of features (like dose calculation) to assure stable operation and detect failures. With the advent of more complex systems, more patient-specific testing has also been adopted. A number of actual TPS defects will be presented along with heuristics for identifying similar defects in the future. Finally, the Gamma test has become a popular metric for reporting TPS Commissioning and QA results. It simplifies complex testing into a numerical index, but noisy data and casual application can make it misleading. A brief review of the issues around the use of the Gamma test will be presented. TPS commissioning and QA: A process orientation and application of control charts (Michael Sharpe) A framework for commissioning a treatment planning system will be presented, focusing on preparations, practical aspects of configuration, priorities, specifications, and establishing performance. The complexity of the modern TPS make modular testing of features inadequate, and modern QA tools can provide “too much information” about the performance of techniques like IMRT and VMAT. We have adopted a process orientation and quality tools, like control charts, for ongoing TPS QA and assessment of patient-specific tests. The trending nature of these tools reveals the overall performance of the TPS system, and quantifies the variations that arise from individual plans, discrete calculations, and experimentation based on discrete measurements. Examples demonstrating application of these tools to TPS QA will be presented. TPS commissioning and QA: Incorporating the entire planning process (Sasa Mutic) The TPS and its features do not perform in isolation. Instead, the features and modules are key components in a complex process that begins with CT Simulation and extends to treatment delivery, along with image guidance and verification. Most importantly, the TPS is used by people working in a multi-disciplinary environment. It is very difficult to predict the outcomes of human interactions with software. Therefore, an interdisciplinary approach to training, commissioning and QA will be presented, along with an approach to the physics chart check and end-to-end testing as a tool for TPS QA. The role of standardization and automation in QA will also be discussed. The recommendations of MPPG #5 and practical implementation strategies (Jennifer Smilowitz) The recently published recommendations from Task Group No. 244, Medical Physics Practice Guideline on Commissioning and QA of Treatment Planning Dose Calculations: Megavoltage Photon and Electron Beams will be presented. The recommendations focus on the validation of commissioning data and dose calculations. Tolerance values for non-IMRT beam configurations are summarized based on established criteria and data collected by the IROC. More stringent evaluation criteria for IMRT dose calculations are suggested to test the limitations of the TPS dose algorithms for advanced delivery conditions. The MPPG encourages users to create a suite of validation tests for dose calculation for various conditions for static photon beams, heterogeneities, IMRT/VMAT and electron beams. This test suite is intended to be used for subsequent testing, including TPS software upgrades. In the past, the recommendations of some reports have not been widely implemented due to practical limitations. Implementation strategies, tools and processes developed by multiple centers for efficient and “do-able” MPPG #5 testing will be presented, as well as a discussion on the overall validation experience. Learning Objectives: Identify some of the key documents relevant for TPS commissioning and QA Understand strategies for testing TPS software Gain a practical knowledge of the Gamma test criteria Increase familiarity with the process of commissioning a TPS Learn about the use of Control Charts for TPS QA Review the role of the TPS in the overall planning process Increase awareness of the link between TPS QA and chart checking Gain an increased appreciation for the importance of interdisciplinary communication Understand the new recommendations from MPPG #5 on TPS Dose Algorithm Commissioning and QC/QA Learn practical implementation processes and tools for MPPG #5 validation recommendations.« less

  18. Resources. An Overview of the University of Kentucky Community College System, Part Six.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Kentucky Univ., Lexington. Community Coll. System.

    The Commission to Study the Future of Community Colleges in Kentucky was established in 1988 to review the accomplishments of the Kentucky Community College System (KCCS) and to provide direction for the KCCS towards the year 2000. Developed as part of a collection of reports on the KCCS for use by the Commission in its work, this report provides…

  19. An Indiana Pattern for Higher Education: Report of the State Policy Commission on Post High School Education.

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    Indiana State Policy Commission on Post High School Education, Indianapolis.

    The commission recommended: (1) establishment by the General Assembly of a Board of Regents; (2) number and terms of Board members; (3) setting the Regent's duties as (a) setting policy for public higher education, (b) making long-range plans in coordination with private schools, (c) approving new schools and major changes of policy, (d)…

  20. The Final Report of the President's Commission on Olympic Sports, 1975-1977. Volume I: Executive Summary and Major Conclusions and Recommendations.

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    President's Commission on Olympic Sports, Washington, DC.

    This document is the final report of the President's Commission on Olympic Sports, established to determine factors impeding, or tending to impede, the United States from fielding its best teams in international competition. It determines that many of the factors inhibiting U.S. capabilities are self-generated and may be traced to lack of…

  1. Are occupational exposure limits becoming more alike within the European Union?

    PubMed

    Schenk, Linda; Hansson, Sven Ove; Rudén, Christina; Gilek, Michael

    2008-10-01

    The occupational exposure limits (OELs) established by seven different national regulatory agencies of EU member states are compared with those of the European Commission (EC). The comparison concerned: (1) what chemicals have been selected, (2) the average level of exposure limits for all chemicals, and (3) the similarity between the OELs of different EU member states and the OELs recommended by the European Commission. The average level of the exposure limits has declined during the past 10 years in four of the five countries in our study for which historical data were available to us. Poland has not changed its level noticeably and Germany has increased it. Since the first list of indicative OELs was established by the EC, a few of the EU exposure limits have been lowered. The similarity index indicates that the exposure limits of EU member states are converging towards the European Commission's recommended OELs. Still, the average level of OELs differs between organizations--the Estonian OELs are on average 35% higher than the Polish OELs.

  2. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Issuances. Opinions and decisions of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission with selected orders: July 1, 1992--December 31, 1992, Volume 36, Pages 1--396

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    Not Available

    1992-12-31

    This is the thirty-sixth volume of issuances (1-396) of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and its Atomic Safety and Licensing Boards, Administrative Law Judges, and Office Directors. It covers the period from July 1, 1992-December 31, 1992. Atomic Safety and Licensing Boards are authorized by Section 191 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954. These Boards, comprised of three members conduct adjudicatory hearings on applications to construct and operate nuclear power plants and related facilities and issue initial decisions which, subject to internal review and appellate procedures, become the final Commission action with respect to those applications. Boards are drawn frommore » the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel, comprised of lawyers, nuclear physicists and engineers, environmentalists, chemists, and economists. The Atomic Energy Commission first established Licensing Boards in 1962 and the Panel in 1967.« less

  3. Resilient modulus of compacted crushed stone aggregate bases.

    DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

    2007-11-07

    The main goal of this study was to establish a simple and efficient means of predicting the resilient modulus of different types of Kentucky crushed stone aggregate bases. To accomplish this purpose, resilient modulus of different tests were performe...

  4. 16 CFR § 1018.16 - Membership selection.

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    2013-01-01

    ... 16 Commercial Practices 2 2013-01-01 2013-01-01 false Membership selection. § 1018.16 Section Â... Establishment of Advisory Committees § 1018.16 Membership selection. (a) Whenever new applicants are required... Candidate Evaluation Panel, using selection criteria established by the Commission, shall evaluate all...

  5. 17 CFR 31.11 - Disclosure.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-04-01

    ... offered by the person soliciting the order therefor, and shall contain: (1) The following bold-faced risk... TRANSACTION MERCHANT ARE RE-ESTABLISHED AT THE THEN PREVAILING BID PRICE AND LEVERAGE CONTRACTS SOLD TO A LEVERAGE TRANSACTION MERCHANT ARE RE-ESTABLISHED AT THE THEN PREVAILING ASK PRICE WITHOUT COMMISSIONS, FEES...

  6. Ultrafast electron diffraction optimized for studying structural dynamics in thin films and monolayers

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    Badali, D. S.; Gengler, R. Y. N.; Miller, R. J. D.

    2016-01-01

    A compact electron source specifically designed for time-resolved diffraction studies of free-standing thin films and monolayers is presented here. The sensitivity to thin samples is achieved by extending the established technique of ultrafast electron diffraction to the “medium” energy regime (1–10 kV). An extremely compact design, in combination with low bunch charges, allows for high quality diffraction in a lensless geometry. The measured and simulated characteristics of the experimental system reveal sub-picosecond temporal resolution, while demonstrating the ability to produce high quality diffraction patterns from atomically thin samples. PMID:27226978

  7. Design and Analysis of a Compact Precision Positioning Platform Integrating Strain Gauges and the Piezoactuator

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    Huang, Hu; Zhao, Hongwei; Yang, Zhaojun; Fan, Zunqiang; Wan, Shunguang; Shi, Chengli; Ma, Zhichao

    2012-01-01

    Miniaturization precision positioning platforms are needed for in situ nanomechanical test applications. This paper proposes a compact precision positioning platform integrating strain gauges and the piezoactuator. Effects of geometric parameters of two parallel plates on Von Mises stress distribution as well as static and dynamic characteristics of the platform were studied by the finite element method. Results of the calibration experiment indicate that the strain gauge sensor has good linearity and its sensitivity is about 0.0468 mV/μm. A closed-loop control system was established to solve the problem of nonlinearity of the platform. Experimental results demonstrate that for the displacement control process, both the displacement increasing portion and the decreasing portion have good linearity, verifying that the control system is available. The developed platform has a compact structure but can realize displacement measurement with the embedded strain gauges, which is useful for the closed-loop control and structure miniaturization of piezo devices. It has potential applications in nanoindentation and nanoscratch tests, especially in the field of in situ nanomechanical testing which requires compact structures. PMID:23012566

  8. Advanced LIGO status

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    Dwyer, S.; LIGO Scientific Collaboration

    2015-05-01

    Advanced LIGO is currently in the final stages of installation and early commissioning. In the design of Advanced LIGO a key goal was the ability to detect gravitational waves from compact object binary inspirals, as these are thought to be the most likely candidates for early detections with ground based interferometers. Special emphasis has been placed on improving the low frequency sensitivity relative to the first generations of LIGO, in addition to improving the high frequency sensitivity by increasing the laser power. The interferometer in Livingston Louisiana has been locked (continuously held within the linear operating range) and noise investigations have begun, and the major installation activities for the interferometer at Hanford, Washington are completed.

  9. Results from the commissioning of a multi-modal endoscope for ultrasound and time of flight PET

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    Bugalho, Ricardo

    2015-07-01

    The EndoTOFPET-US collaboration has developed a multi-modal imaging system combining Ultrasound with Time-of-Flight Positron Emission Tomography into an endoscopic imaging device. The objective of the project is to obtain a coincidence time resolution of about 200 ps FWHM and to achieve about 1 mm spatial resolution of the PET system, while integrating all the components in a very compact detector suitable for endoscopic use. This scanner aims to be exploited for diagnostic and surgical oncology, as well as being instrumental in the clinical test of new biomarkers especially targeted for prostate and pancreatic cancer. (authors)

  10. Annual Report on the State of the DOE National Laboratories

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    None

    2017-01-01

    This first Annual Report to Congress on the State of the DOE National Laboratories provides a comprehensive overview of the Lab system, covering S&T programs, management and strategic planning. The Department committed to prepare this report in response to recommendations from the Congressionally mandated Commission to Review the Effectiveness of the National Energy Laboratories (CRENEL) that the Department should better communicate the value that the Laboratories provide to the Nation. We expect that future annual reports will be much more compact, building on the extensive description of the Laboratories and of the governance structures that are part of this firstmore » report.« less

  11. 76 FR 77856 - International Mail Price Change for Inbound Air Parcel Post

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    ... POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION [Docket No. CP2012-3; Order No. 1033] International Mail Price Change..., Notice of Establishment of Prices and Classifications Not of General Applicability for Inbound Air Parcel... Governors' Decision No. 09-15 which establishes prices and classifications for Inbound Air Parcel Post at...

  12. 78 FR 29263 - Rules andRegulations Under the Textile Fiber Products Identification Act

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    ... revise defined terms relating to the electronic fulfillment processes widespread in the textile industry... definitions that the Commission has established through its textile petition process. Second, it establishes... and threads inserted or added to the product in minor proportion for holding, reinforcing or similar...

  13. 78 FR 20960 - Order Temporarily Exempting Certain Broker-Dealers From the Recordkeeping, Reporting, and...

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    ...'s own trading system (other than any risk management controls established for purposes of compliance... establishing a two-phased approach to implementation.\\6\\ In the first phase, the Commission provided a... through a sponsored access arrangement \\8\\ (``Phase One''). In the [[Page 20961

  14. 77 FR 24730 - Submission of Information Collection Under the Paperwork Reduction Act; Reinstatement

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    ... regulatory authorities to establish and implement tribal internal control standards that provide a level of... system that, at a minimum, complies with the tribal internal control standards established by the tribal... DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Indian Gaming Commission Submission of Information Collection...

  15. 77 FR 9261 - Submission of Information Collection Under the Paperwork Reduction Act; Reinstatement

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    ... regulatory authorities to establish and implement tribal internal control standards that provide a level of... system that, at a minimum, complies with the tribal internal control standards established by the tribal... DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Indian Gaming Commission Submission of Information Collection...

  16. 10 CFR 95.29 - Establishment of Restricted or Closed areas.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-01-01

    ... 10 Energy 2 2014-01-01 2014-01-01 false Establishment of Restricted or Closed areas. 95.29 Section 95.29 Energy NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (CONTINUED) FACILITY SECURITY CLEARANCE AND SAFEGUARDING...) The Closed Area must be accorded supplemental protection during non-working hours. During these hours...

  17. 10 CFR 95.29 - Establishment of Restricted or Closed areas.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    ... 10 Energy 2 2010-01-01 2010-01-01 false Establishment of Restricted or Closed areas. 95.29 Section 95.29 Energy NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (CONTINUED) FACILITY SECURITY CLEARANCE AND SAFEGUARDING...) The Closed Area must be accorded supplemental protection during non-working hours. During these hours...

  18. 10 CFR 95.29 - Establishment of Restricted or Closed areas.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-01-01

    ... 10 Energy 2 2012-01-01 2012-01-01 false Establishment of Restricted or Closed areas. 95.29 Section 95.29 Energy NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (CONTINUED) FACILITY SECURITY CLEARANCE AND SAFEGUARDING...) The Closed Area must be accorded supplemental protection during non-working hours. During these hours...

  19. 10 CFR 95.29 - Establishment of Restricted or Closed areas.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-01-01

    ... 10 Energy 2 2013-01-01 2013-01-01 false Establishment of Restricted or Closed areas. 95.29 Section 95.29 Energy NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (CONTINUED) FACILITY SECURITY CLEARANCE AND SAFEGUARDING...) The Closed Area must be accorded supplemental protection during non-working hours. During these hours...

  20. 10 CFR 95.29 - Establishment of Restricted or Closed areas.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-01-01

    ... 10 Energy 2 2011-01-01 2011-01-01 false Establishment of Restricted or Closed areas. 95.29 Section 95.29 Energy NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (CONTINUED) FACILITY SECURITY CLEARANCE AND SAFEGUARDING...) The Closed Area must be accorded supplemental protection during non-working hours. During these hours...

  1. 77 FR 54908 - TC Offshore, LLC; Notice Establishing Deadline for Comments

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    ... DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. RP12-908-000] TC Offshore, LLC; Notice Establishing Deadline for Comments On August 29, 2012, TC Offshore, LLC (TC Offshore... is hereby given that participants in the captioned proceedings may file comments to TC Offshsore's...

  2. 29 CFR 779.413 - Methods of compensation of retail store employees.

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    2014-07-01

    ... 29 Labor 3 2014-07-01 2014-07-01 false Methods of compensation of retail store employees. 779.413... Retail or Service Establishments Employees Compensated Principally by Commissions § 779.413 Methods of compensation of retail store employees. (a) Retail or service establishment employees are generally compensated...

  3. 29 CFR 779.413 - Methods of compensation of retail store employees.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ... 29 Labor 3 2013-07-01 2013-07-01 false Methods of compensation of retail store employees. 779.413... Retail or Service Establishments Employees Compensated Principally by Commissions § 779.413 Methods of compensation of retail store employees. (a) Retail or service establishment employees are generally compensated...

  4. 29 CFR 779.413 - Methods of compensation of retail store employees.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-07-01

    ... 29 Labor 3 2012-07-01 2012-07-01 false Methods of compensation of retail store employees. 779.413... Retail or Service Establishments Employees Compensated Principally by Commissions § 779.413 Methods of compensation of retail store employees. (a) Retail or service establishment employees are generally compensated...

  5. 29 CFR 779.413 - Methods of compensation of retail store employees.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... 29 Labor 3 2011-07-01 2011-07-01 false Methods of compensation of retail store employees. 779.413... Retail or Service Establishments Employees Compensated Principally by Commissions § 779.413 Methods of compensation of retail store employees. (a) Retail or service establishment employees are generally compensated...

  6. Nursing and Allied Health Shortages: TBR Responds.

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    Berryman, Treva

    Staff members of the Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR) and the Tennessee Higher Education Commission worked jointly to establish a task force to investigate and develop recommendations for addressing the workforce shortages in nursing and allied health in Tennessee. The investigation established that Tennessee already has a workforce shortage of…

  7. WE-AB-201-04: The Recommendations of MPPG #5 and Practical Implementation Strategies

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    Smilowitz, J.

    Treatment planning systems (TPS) are a cornerstone of modern radiation therapy. Errors in their commissioning or use can have a devastating impact on many patients. To support safe and high quality care, medical physicists must conduct efficient and proper commissioning, good clinical integration, and ongoing quality assurance (QA) of the TPS. AAPM Task Group 53 and related publications have served as seminal benchmarks for TPS commissioning and QA over the past two decades. Over the same time, continuing innovations have made the TPS even more complex and more central to the clinical process. Medical goals are now expressed in termsmore » of the dose and margins around organs and tissues that are delineated from multiple imaging modalities (CT, MR and PET); and even temporally resolved (i.e., 4D) imaging. This information is passed on to optimization algorithms to establish accelerator movements that are programmed directly for IMRT, VMAT and stereotactic treatments. These advances have made commissioning and QA of the TPS much more challenging. This education session reviews up-to-date experience and guidance on this subject; including the recently published AAPM Medical Physics Practice Guideline (MPPG) #5 “Commissioning and QA of Treatment Planning Dose Calculations: Megavoltage Photon and Electron Beams”. Treatment Planning System Commissioning and QA: Challenges and Opportunities (Greg Salomons) This session will provide some key background and review publications describing prominent incidents relating to TPS commissioning and QA. Traditional approaches have been hardware and feature oriented. They aim to establish a functional configuration and establish specifications for regular testing of features (like dose calculation) to assure stable operation and detect failures. With the advent of more complex systems, more patient-specific testing has also been adopted. A number of actual TPS defects will be presented along with heuristics for identifying similar defects in the future. Finally, the Gamma test has become a popular metric for reporting TPS Commissioning and QA results. It simplifies complex testing into a numerical index, but noisy data and casual application can make it misleading. A brief review of the issues around the use of the Gamma test will be presented. TPS commissioning and QA: A process orientation and application of control charts (Michael Sharpe) A framework for commissioning a treatment planning system will be presented, focusing on preparations, practical aspects of configuration, priorities, specifications, and establishing performance. The complexity of the modern TPS make modular testing of features inadequate, and modern QA tools can provide “too much information” about the performance of techniques like IMRT and VMAT. We have adopted a process orientation and quality tools, like control charts, for ongoing TPS QA and assessment of patient-specific tests. The trending nature of these tools reveals the overall performance of the TPS system, and quantifies the variations that arise from individual plans, discrete calculations, and experimentation based on discrete measurements. Examples demonstrating application of these tools to TPS QA will be presented. TPS commissioning and QA: Incorporating the entire planning process (Sasa Mutic) The TPS and its features do not perform in isolation. Instead, the features and modules are key components in a complex process that begins with CT Simulation and extends to treatment delivery, along with image guidance and verification. Most importantly, the TPS is used by people working in a multi-disciplinary environment. It is very difficult to predict the outcomes of human interactions with software. Therefore, an interdisciplinary approach to training, commissioning and QA will be presented, along with an approach to the physics chart check and end-to-end testing as a tool for TPS QA. The role of standardization and automation in QA will also be discussed. The recommendations of MPPG #5 and practical implementation strategies (Jennifer Smilowitz) The recently published recommendations from Task Group No. 244, Medical Physics Practice Guideline on Commissioning and QA of Treatment Planning Dose Calculations: Megavoltage Photon and Electron Beams will be presented. The recommendations focus on the validation of commissioning data and dose calculations. Tolerance values for non-IMRT beam configurations are summarized based on established criteria and data collected by the IROC. More stringent evaluation criteria for IMRT dose calculations are suggested to test the limitations of the TPS dose algorithms for advanced delivery conditions. The MPPG encourages users to create a suite of validation tests for dose calculation for various conditions for static photon beams, heterogeneities, IMRT/VMAT and electron beams. This test suite is intended to be used for subsequent testing, including TPS software upgrades. In the past, the recommendations of some reports have not been widely implemented due to practical limitations. Implementation strategies, tools and processes developed by multiple centers for efficient and “do-able” MPPG #5 testing will be presented, as well as a discussion on the overall validation experience. Learning Objectives: Identify some of the key documents relevant for TPS commissioning and QA Understand strategies for testing TPS software Gain a practical knowledge of the Gamma test criteria Increase familiarity with the process of commissioning a TPS Learn about the use of Control Charts for TPS QA Review the role of the TPS in the overall planning process Increase awareness of the link between TPS QA and chart checking Gain an increased appreciation for the importance of interdisciplinary communication Understand the new recommendations from MPPG #5 on TPS Dose Algorithm Commissioning and QC/QA Learn practical implementation processes and tools for MPPG #5 validation recommendations.« less

  8. Science and Technology in Asian Development. Conference on the Application of Science and Technology to the Development of Asia (New Delhi, India, August, 1968).

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France).

    The conclusions reached by commissions established by the Conference on the Application of Science and Technology to the Development of Asia, convened by UNESCO in 1968, are presented after brief descriptions of the present status of applied science and technology in 19 Asian countries. One commission studied social, economic, and cultural factors…

  9. 76 FR 54537 - Swap Data Repositories: Registration Standards, Duties and Core Principles

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    ...The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (``CFTC'' or ``Commission'') is adopting its regulations to implement section 21 of the Commodity Exchange Act (``CEA'' or ``Act''), which establishes registration requirements, statutory duties, core principles and certain compliance obligations for registered swap data repositories (``SDRs''). Section 21 of the CEA was added by section 728 of the Dodd- Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (``Dodd-Frank Act'').

  10. A case for permitting altruistic surrogacy.

    PubMed

    Baker, B M

    1996-01-01

    Canada's Royal Commission on New Reproductive Technologies rejects all forms of surrogacy arrangement under the rubric of objecting to commercial surrogacy. Noncommercial surrogacy arrangements, however, can be defended against the commission's objections. They can be viewed as cases of giving a benefit or service to another in a way that expresses benevolence, and establishes a relationship between surrogates and prospective 'social' parents that allows mutual understanding and reciprocal personal interaction between them.

  11. Hearings on Language and Literacy. Testimony Before The National Commission on Excellence in Education (Houston, Texas, April 1982).

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    Lundy, Eileen T.

    Conditions of language and literacy are considered by a Texas educator and presented at a 1982 hearing held by the National Commission on Excellence in Education. It is noted that a 1979 policy at the University of Texas system established a freshman-level remedial English course for credit. At the University of Texas, San Antonio, this course is…

  12. Refractive index sensor based on lateral-offset of coreless silica interferometer

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Baharin, Nur Faizzah; Azmi, Asrul Izam; Abdullah, Ahmad Sharmi; Mohd Noor, Muhammad Yusof

    2018-02-01

    A compact, cost-effective and high sensitivity fiber interferometer refractive index (RI) sensor based on symmetrical offset coreless silica fiber (CSF) configuration is proposed, optimized and demonstrated. The sensor is formed by splicing a section of CSF between two CSF sections in an offset manner. Thus, two distinct optical paths are created with large index difference, the first path through the connecting CSF sections and the second path is outside the CSF through the surrounding media. RI sensing is established from direct interaction of light with surrounding media, hence high sensitivity can be achieved with a relatively compact sensor length. In the experimental work, a 1.5 mm sensor demonstrates RI sensitivity of 750 nm/RIU for RI range between 1.33 and 1.345. With the main attributes of high sensitivity and compact size, the proposed sensor can be further developed for related applications including blood diagnosis, water quality control and food industries.

  13. Compact seaweed growth of peritectic phase on confined, flat properitectic dendrites

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    Ludwig, A.; Mogeritsch, J.

    2016-12-01

    Peritectic alloys form a variety of different solidification morphologies at low growth rates. An alloy with a concentration that corresponds to the hyper-peritectic limit should show a cellular/dendritic solidification of the peritectic phase for growth velocities above the corresponding constitutional undercooling limit. However, due to nucleation retardation of the peritectic phase we observed growth of properitectic dendrites before cellular growth of the peritectic could established. The transition happened via an overgrowth of dendrites with a thin layer of peritectic phase. The observations were made using a transparent, metal-like solidifying peritectic system that was solidified directionally in thin samples. In the gap between the flat dendrites and the tubing walls, the peritectic phase grew with a compact seaweed morphology, whereas in the interdendritic spacing it formed small-curved bumps. At same distance behind the tip region, more and more polycrystalline-like objects appeared at the elongated traces of the compact seaweed morphology.

  14. Deuteron injector for Peking University Neutron Imaging Facility projecta)

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    Ren, H. T.; Peng, S. X.; Lu, P. N.; Zhou, Q. F.; Yuan, Z. X.; Zhao, J.; Zhang, M.; Song, Z. Z.; Yu, J. X.; Guo, Z. Y.; Chen, J. E.

    2012-02-01

    The deuteron injector developed for the PKUNIFTY (Peking University Neutron Imaging Facility) has been installed and commissioned at Peking University (PKU). The injector system must transfer 50 keV 50 mA of D+ ion beam to the entrance of the 2 MeV radio frequency quadrupole (RFQ) with 10% duty factor (1 ms, 100 Hz). A compact 2.45 GHz permanent magnet electron cyclotron resonance (PMECR) ion source and a 1.36 m long low energy beam transport (LEBT) line using two solenoids was developed as the deuteron injector. A ϕ5 mm four-quadrant diaphragm was used to simulate the entrance of RFQ electrodes. The beam parameters are measured after this core with an emittance measurement unit (EMU) and a bending magnet for ion fraction analysis at the end of injector. During the commissioning, 77 mA of total deuteron beam was extracted from PMECR and 56 mA of pure D+ beam that passed through the ϕ5 mm four-quadrant diaphragm was obtained at the position of RFQ entrance with the measured normalized rms emittance 0.12-0.16π mm mrad. Ion species analysis results show that the deuteron fraction is as high as 99.5%. All of the parameters satisfy PKUNIFTY's requirements. In this paper, we will describe the deuteron injector design and report the commissioning results as well as the initial operation.

  15. Near-infrared chemical imaging (NIR-CI) as a process monitoring solution for a production line of roll compaction and tableting.

    PubMed

    Khorasani, Milad; Amigo, José M; Sun, Changquan Calvin; Bertelsen, Poul; Rantanen, Jukka

    2015-06-01

    In the present study the application of near-infrared chemical imaging (NIR-CI) supported by chemometric modeling as non-destructive tool for monitoring and assessing the roller compaction and tableting processes was investigated. Based on preliminary risk-assessment, discussion with experts and current work from the literature the critical process parameter (roll pressure and roll speed) and critical quality attributes (ribbon porosity, granule size, amount of fines, tablet tensile strength) were identified and a design space was established. Five experimental runs with different process settings were carried out which revealed intermediates (ribbons, granules) and final products (tablets) with different properties. Principal component analysis (PCA) based model of NIR images was applied to map the ribbon porosity distribution. The ribbon porosity distribution gained from the PCA based NIR-CI was used to develop predictive models for granule size fractions. Predictive methods with acceptable R(2) values could be used to predict the granule particle size. Partial least squares regression (PLS-R) based model of the NIR-CI was used to map and predict the chemical distribution and content of active compound for both roller compacted ribbons and corresponding tablets. In order to select the optimal process, setting the standard deviation of tablet tensile strength and tablet weight for each tablet batch was considered. Strong linear correlation between tablet tensile strength and amount of fines and granule size was established, respectively. These approaches are considered to have a potentially large impact on quality monitoring and control of continuously operating manufacturing lines, such as roller compaction and tableting processes. Copyright © 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

  16. Searching for Compact Radio Sources Associated with UCH ii Regions

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    Masqué, Josep M.; Trinidad, Miguel A.; Rodríguez-Rico, Carlos A.

    Ultra-compact (UC)H ii regions represent a very early stage of massive star formation. The structure and evolution of these regions are not yet fully understood. Interferometric observations showed in recent years that compact sources of uncertain nature are associated with some UCH ii regions. To examine this, we carried out VLA 1.3 cm observations in the A configuration of selected UCH ii regions in order to report additional cases of compact sources embedded in UCH ii regions. With these observations, we find 13 compact sources that are associated with 9 UCH ii regions. Although we cannot establish an unambiguous naturemore » for the newly detected sources, we assess some of their observational properties. According to the results, we can distinguish between two types of compact sources. One type corresponds to sources that are probably deeply embedded in the dense ionized gas of the UCH ii region. These sources are photoevaporated by the exciting star of the region and will last for 10{sup 4}–10{sup 5} years. They may play a crucial role in the evolution of the UCH ii region as the photoevaporated material could replenish the expanding plasma and might provide a solution to the so-called lifetime problem of these regions. The second type of compact sources is not associated with the densest ionized gas of the region. A few of these sources appear resolved and may be photoevaporating objects such as those of the first type, but with significantly lower mass depletion rates. The remaining sources of this second type appear unresolved, and their properties are varied. We speculate on the similarity between the sources of the second type and those of the Orion population of radio sources.« less

  17. Aquifer-System Compaction and Land Subsidence: Measurements, Analyses, and Simulations-the Holly Site, Edwards Air Force Base, Antelope Valley, California

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    Sneed, Michelle; Galloway, Devin L.

    2000-01-01

    Land subsidence resulting from ground-water-level declines has long been recognized as a problem in Antelope Valley, California. At Edwards Air Force Base (EAFB), ground-water extractions have caused more than 150 feet of water-level decline, resulting in nearly 4 feet of subsidence. Differential land subsidence has caused sinklike depressions and earth fissures and has accelerated erosion of the playa lakebed surface of Rogers Lake at EAFB, adversely affecting the runways on the lakebed which are used for landing aircraft such as the space shuttles. Since 1990, about 0.4 foot of aquifer-system compaction has been measured at a deep (840 feet) borehole extensometer (Holly site) at EAFB. More than 7 years of paired ground-water-level and aquifer-system compaction measurements made at the Holly site were analyzed for this study. Annually, seasonal water-level fluctuations correspond to steplike variations in aquifer-system compaction; summer water-level drawdowns are associated with larger rates of compaction, and winter water-level recoveries are associated with smaller rates of compaction. The absence of aquifer-system expansion during recovery is consistent with the delayed drainage and resultant delayed, or residual, compaction of thick aquitards. A numerical one-dimensional MODFLOW model of aquitard drainage was used to refine estimates of aquifer-system hydraulic parameters that control compaction and to predict potential future compaction at the Holly site. The analyses and simulations of aquifer-system compaction are based on established theories of aquitard drainage. Historical ground-water-level and land-subsidence data collected near the Holly site were used to constrain simulations of aquifer-system compaction and land subsidence at the site for the period 1908?90, and ground-water-level and aquifer- system compaction measurements collected at the Holly site were used to constrain the model for the period 1990?97. Model results indicate that two thick aqui- tards, which total 129 feet or about half the aggregate thickness of all the aquitards penetrated by the Holly boreholes, account for most (greater than 99 percent) of the compaction measured at the Holly site during the period 1990?97. The results of three scenarios of future water-level changes indicate that these two thick aquitards account for most of the future compaction. The results also indicate that if water levels decline to about 30 feet below the 1997 water levels an additional 1.7 feet of compaction may occur during the next 30 years. If water levels remain at 1997 levels, the model predicts that only 0.8 foot of compaction may occur during the same period, and even if water levels recover to about 30 feet above 1997 water levels, another 0.5 foot of compaction may occur in the next 30 years. In addition, only a portion of the compaction that ultimately will occur likely will occur within the next 30 years; therefore, the residual compaction and associated land subsidence attributed to slowly equilibrating aquitards is important to consider in the long-term management of land and water resources at EAFB.

  18. Law sets up oceans commission

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Showstack, Randy

    In an anticipated move, U.S. President Bill Clinton on August 7 signed into law the Oceans Act of 2000.The bipartisan legislation, which takes effect on January 20,2001, establishes a commission on ocean policy to examine federal ocean policy and environmental and economic trends affecting oceans and coasts.The act—which grew out of a call issued by Clinton at the National Oceans Conference in Monterey, California in 1998—requires the commission to submit recommendations to Congress and the president within 18 months of its appointment, and for the President to submit proposals to Congress about the use and stewardship of ocean and coastal resources.

  19. An all permanent magnet electron cyclotron resonance ion source for heavy ion therapy

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    Cao, Yun, E-mail: caoyun@impcas.ac.cn; Li, Jia Qing; Sun, Liang Ting

    2014-02-15

    A high charge state all permanent Electron Cyclotron Resonance ion source, Lanzhou All Permanent ECR ion source no. 3-LAPECR3, has been successfully built at IMP in 2012, which will serve as the ion injector of the Heavy Ion Medical Machine (HIMM) project. As a commercial device, LAPECR3 features a compact structure, small size, and low cost. According to HIMM scenario more than 100 eμA of C{sup 5+} ion beam should be extracted from the ion source, and the beam emittance better than 75 π*mm*mrad. In recent commissioning, about 120 eμA of C{sup 5+} ion beam was got when work gasmore » was CH{sub 4} while about 262 eμA of C{sup 5+} ion beam was obtained when work gas was C{sub 2}H{sub 2} gas. The design and construction of the ion source and its low-energy transportation beam line, and the preliminary commissioning results will be presented in detail in this paper.« less

  20. Design and implementation of an improved chilled water glycol system for GeMS: CANOPUS thermal enclosures

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Gausachs, Gaston; Bec, Matthieu; Galvez, Ramon; Cavedoni, Chas; Vergara, Vicente; Diaz, Herman; Fernandez, German

    2010-07-01

    CANOPUS is the facility instrument for the Gemini Multi Conjugate Adaptive Optics System (GeMS) wherein all the adaptive optics mechanisms and associated electronic are tightly packed. At an early stage in the pre-commissioning phase Gemini undertook the redesign and implementation of its chilled Ethylene Glycol Water (EGW) cooling system to remove the heat generated by the electronic hardware. The electronic boards associated with the Deformable Mirrors (DM) represent the highest density heat yielding components in CANOPUS and they are also quite sensitive to overheating. The limited size of the two electronic thermal enclosures (TE) requires the use of highly efficient heat exchangers (HX) coupled with powerful yet compact DC fans. A systematic approach to comply with all the various design requirements brought about a thorough and robust solution that, in addition to the core elements (HXs and fan), makes use of features such as high performance vacuum insulated panels, vibration mitigation elements and several environment sensors. This paper describes the design and implementation of the solution in the lab prior to delivering CANOPUS for commissioning.

  1. Ball-and-Socket-Bearing Wear Test

    NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

    Graham, W. G.

    1984-01-01

    Series of experiments to measure wear life of spherical bearing summarized. Report designed to establish clearance, contour, finish, and lubricant parameters for highly-loaded, compact plain spherical bearing. Information useful in design of bearings for helicopter control linkages, business machines, nuclear reactor, and rotor bearings.

  2. History of Astronomy Under the Auspices of the IAU

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Kochhar, Rajesh; Sun, Xiaochun; Ruggles, Clive; Avilés, Juan Antonio Belmonte; Corbin, Brenda; Milone, Eugene; Norris, Raymond; Oigatto, Luisa; Sōma, Mitsuru

    2016-04-01

    International Astronomical Union was formed after the First World War although it became truly international only after the Second World War. Its Commission 41 on History of Astronomy (C41) was set up in 1948 and in a few years established itself as an active and influential unit. It has the distinction of being a joint Commission, the other partner being International Union of History and Philosophy of Science and Technology (IUHPS). Since IAU is an internationally respected body of professional astronomers, its support for history of astronomy enhances the credibility of the discipline in the eyes of scientists as well as science establishments of individual countries. C41 is committed to advancing objective and rigorous world history of astronomy taking into account all its aspects.

  3. NEET Micro-Pocket Fission Detector. Final Project report

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Unruh, T.; Rempe, Joy; McGregor, Douglas

    2014-09-01

    A collaboration between the Idaho National Laboratory (INL), the Kansas State University (KSU), and the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission, Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives, (CEA), is funded by the Nuclear Energy Enabling Technologies (NEET) program to develop and test Micro-Pocket Fission Detectors (MPFDs), which are compact fission chambers capable of simultaneously measuring thermal neutron flux, fast neutron flux and temperature within a single package. When deployed, these sensors will significantly advance flux detection capabilities for irradiation tests in US Material Test Reactors (MTRs). Ultimately, evaluations may lead to a more compact, more accurate, andmore » longer lifetime flux sensor for critical mock-ups, and high performance reactors, allowing several Department of Energy Office of Nuclear Energy (DOE-NE) programs to obtain higher accuracy/higher resolution data from irradiation tests of candidate new fuels and materials. Specifically, deployment of MPFDs will address several challenges faced in irradiations performed at MTRs: Current fission chamber technologies do not offer the ability to measure fast flux, thermal flux and temperature within a single compact probe; MPFDs offer this option. MPFD construction is very different than current fission chamber construction; the use of high temperature materials allow MPFDs to be specifically tailored to survive harsh conditions encountered in-core of high performance MTRs. The higher accuracy, high fidelity data available from the compact MPFD will significantly enhance efforts to validate new high-fidelity reactor physics codes and new multi-scale, multi-physics codes. MPFDs can be built with variable sensitivities to survive the lifetime of an experiment or fuel assembly in some MTRs, allowing for more efficient and cost effective power monitoring. The small size of the MPFDs allows multiple sensors to be deployed, offering the potential to accurately measure the flux and temperature profiles in the reactor. This report summarizes the status at the end of year two of this three year project. As documented in this report, all planned accomplishments for developing this unique new, compact, multipurpose sensor have been completed.« less

  4. 76 FR 17460 - South Texas Project Nuclear Operating Company; Establishment of Atomic Safety and Licensing Board

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    2011-03-29

    ...] South Texas Project Nuclear Operating Company; Establishment of Atomic Safety and Licensing Board..., 2.318, and 2.321, notice is hereby given that an Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (Board) is being...: Ronald M. Spritzer, Chair, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission...

  5. 75 FR 71397 - Regulations Establishing and Governing the Duties of Swap Dealers and Major Swap Participants

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    2010-11-23

    ... risks associated with the use of models to derive market valuations or otherwise calculate or evaluate... swap dealers and major swap participants registered with the Commission with regard to: Risk management...) \\3\\ to establish a comprehensive regulatory framework to reduce risk, increase transparency, and...

  6. 76 FR 22340 - Further Inquiry Into Tribal Issues Relating to Establishment of a Mobility Fund

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    2011-04-21

    ... Fund (USF) to create a Mobility Fund which would employ a market-based, reverse auction mechanism to... Into Tribal Issues Relating to Establishment of a Mobility Fund AGENCY: Federal Communications... consideration by the Federal Communication Commission in connection with the proposed creation of a new Mobility...

  7. 47 CFR 73.151 - Field strength measurements to establish performance of directional antennas.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-10-01

    ... performance of directional antennas. 73.151 Section 73.151 Telecommunication FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION... measurements to establish performance of directional antennas. The performance of a directional antenna may be... directional antenna pattern, a total of six radials is sufficient. If two radials would be more than 90° apart...

  8. 47 CFR 73.151 - Field strength measurements to establish performance of directional antennas.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-10-01

    ... performance of directional antennas. 73.151 Section 73.151 Telecommunication FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION... measurements to establish performance of directional antennas. The performance of a directional antenna may be... directional antenna pattern, a total of six radials is sufficient. If two radials would be more than 90° apart...

  9. 47 CFR 73.151 - Field strength measurements to establish performance of directional antennas.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-10-01

    ... performance of directional antennas. 73.151 Section 73.151 Telecommunication FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION... measurements to establish performance of directional antennas. The performance of a directional antenna may be... directional antenna pattern, a total of six radials is sufficient. If two radials would be more than 90° apart...

  10. 47 CFR 73.151 - Field strength measurements to establish performance of directional antennas.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-10-01

    ... performance of directional antennas. 73.151 Section 73.151 Telecommunication FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION... measurements to establish performance of directional antennas. The performance of a directional antenna may be... directional antenna pattern, a total of six radials is sufficient. If two radials would be more than 90° apart...

  11. 77 FR 68873 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC; Notice of Designation of Longer...

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    2012-11-16

    ...-Regulatory Organizations; The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC; Notice of Designation of Longer Period for Commission Action on Proceedings to Determine Whether to Approve or Disapprove Proposed Rule Change To Establish... proposed rule change to establish various ``Benchmark Orders'' under NASDAQ Rule 4751(f). The proposed rule...

  12. 78 FR 4784 - Fees

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    2013-01-23

    ... part 514 is to establish how the NIGC sets and collects those fees, to establish a basic formula for... process. 77 FR 5178, Feb. 2, 2012. In its final rule, the Commission also provided tribes with rights to... FR 58941, Sept. 25, 2012. Thus, any reference in part 514 to appeal rights in former part 577 is...

  13. 29 CFR 779.411 - Employee of a “retail or service establishment”.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ... Retail or Service Establishments Employees Compensated Principally by Commissions § 779.411 Employee of a “retail or service establishment”. In order for an employee to come within the exemption from the overtime... must be employed by a retail or service establishment. The term “retail or service establishment” is...

  14. 29 CFR 779.411 - Employee of a “retail or service establishment”.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-07-01

    ... Retail or Service Establishments Employees Compensated Principally by Commissions § 779.411 Employee of a “retail or service establishment”. In order for an employee to come within the exemption from the overtime... must be employed by a retail or service establishment. The term “retail or service establishment” is...

  15. 29 CFR 779.411 - Employee of a “retail or service establishment”.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ... Retail or Service Establishments Employees Compensated Principally by Commissions § 779.411 Employee of a “retail or service establishment”. In order for an employee to come within the exemption from the overtime... must be employed by a retail or service establishment. The term “retail or service establishment” is...

  16. 29 CFR 779.411 - Employee of a “retail or service establishment”.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... Retail or Service Establishments Employees Compensated Principally by Commissions § 779.411 Employee of a “retail or service establishment”. In order for an employee to come within the exemption from the overtime... must be employed by a retail or service establishment. The term “retail or service establishment” is...

  17. 29 CFR 779.411 - Employee of a “retail or service establishment”.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... Retail or Service Establishments Employees Compensated Principally by Commissions § 779.411 Employee of a “retail or service establishment”. In order for an employee to come within the exemption from the overtime... must be employed by a retail or service establishment. The term “retail or service establishment” is...

  18. 75 FR 6069 - Idaho State University; Establishment of Atomic Safety and Licensing Board

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    2010-02-05

    ... University; Establishment of Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Pursuant to delegation by the Commission dated... University This proceeding concerns a Petition to Intervene submitted by Dr. Kevan Crawford in response to a... opportunity for hearing with respect to a revised application from Idaho State University requesting renewal...

  19. 78 FR 2295 - Charlissa C. Smith; Establishment of Atomic Safety and Licensing Board

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    2013-01-10

    ... NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [Docket No. 55-23694-SP; ASLBP No. 13-925-01-SP-BD01] Charlissa C... (Board) is being established to preside over the following proceeding: Charlissa C. Smith, (Denial of Senior Reactor Operator License). This proceeding concerns a hearing request from Charlissa C. Smith...

  20. Inventing the future of reliability: FERC's recent orders and the consolidation of reliability authority

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Skees, J. Daniel

    2010-06-15

    The Energy Policy Act of 2005 established mandatory reliability standard enforcement under a system in which the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the Electric Reliability Organization would have their own spheres of responsibility and authority. Recent orders, however, reflect the Commission's frustration with the reliability standard drafting process and suggest that the Electric Reliability Organization's discretion is likely to receive less deference in the future. (author)

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