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  1. REVIEW ARTICLE: Geophysical signatures of oceanic core complexes

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Blackman, Donna K.; Canales, J. Pablo; Harding, Alistair

    2009-08-01

    Oceanic core complexes (OCCs) provide access to intrusive and ultramafic sections of young lithosphere and their structure and evolution contain clues about how the balance between magmatism and faulting controls the style of rifting that may dominate in a portion of a spreading centre for Myr timescales. Initial models of the development of OCCs depended strongly on insights available from continental core complexes and from seafloor mapping. While these frameworks have been useful in guiding a broader scope of studies and determining the extent of OCC formation along slow spreading ridges, as we summarize herein, results from the past decade highlight the need to reassess the hypothesis that reduced magma supply is a driver of long-lived detachment faulting. The aim of this paper is to review the available geophysical constraints on OCC structure and to look at what aspects of current models are constrained or required by the data. We consider sonar data (morphology and backscatter), gravity, magnetics, borehole geophysics and seismic reflection. Additional emphasis is placed on seismic velocity results (refraction) since this is where deviations from normal crustal accretion should be most readily quantified. However, as with gravity and magnetic studies at OCCs, ambiguities are inherent in seismic interpretation, including within some processing/analysis steps. We briefly discuss some of these issues for each data type. Progress in understanding the shallow structure of OCCs (within ~1 km of the seafloor) is considerable. Firm constraints on deeper structure, particularly characterization of the transition from dominantly mafic rock (and/or altered ultramafic rock) to dominantly fresh mantle peridotite, are not currently in hand. There is limited information on the structure and composition of the conjugate lithosphere accreted to the opposite plate while an OCC forms, commonly on the inside corner of a ridge-offset intersection. These gaps preclude full testing of current models. However, with the data in hand there are systematic patterns in OCC structure, such as the 1-2 Myr duration of this rifting style within a given ridge segment, the height of the domal cores with respect to surrounding seafloor, the correspondence of gravity highs with OCCs, and the persistence of corrugations that mark relative (palaeo) slip along the exposed detachment capping the domal cores. This compilation of geophysical results at OCCs should be useful to investigators new to the topic but we also target advanced researchers in our presentation and synthesis of findings to date.

  2. Three-dimensional Gravity Modeling of Ocean Core Complexes at the Central Indian Ridge

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    Kim, S. S.; Chandler, M. T.; Pak, S. J.; Son, S. K.

    2017-12-01

    The spatial distribution of ocean core complexes (OCCs) on mid-ocean ridge flanks can indicate the variation of magmatism and tectonic extension at a given spreading center. A recent study revealed 11 prominent OCCs developed along the middle portion of the Central Indian Ridge (CIR) based on the high-resolution shipboard bathymetry. The CIR is located between the Carlsberg Ridge and the Indian Ocean triple junction. The detailed morphotectonic interpretations from the recent study suggested that the middle ridge segments of the CIR were mainly developed through tectonic extension with little magmatism. Furthermore, the OCCs exposed by detachment faults appear to the main host for active off-axis hydrothermal circulations. Here we form a three-dimensional gravity model to investigate the crustal structures of OCCs developed between 12oS and 14oS at the CIR. These OCCs exhibit domal topographic highs with corrugated surface. The rock samples from these areas include deep-seated rocks such as serpentinized harzburgite and gabbro. A typical gravity study on mid-ocean ridges assumes a constant density contrast along the water-crust interface and constant crustal thickness and removes its gravitational contributions and thermal effects of lithospheric cooling from the free-air gravity anomaly. This approach is effective to distinguish anomalous regions that deviate from the applied crustal and thermal models. The oceanic crust around the OCCs, however, tends to be thinned due to detachment faulting and tectonic extension. In this study, we include multi-layers with different density contrast and variable thickness to approximate gravity anomalies resulting from the OCCs. In addition, we aim to differentiate the geophysical characteristics of the OCCs from the nearby ridge segments and infer tectonic relationship between the OCCs and ridges.

  3. The Death Throes of Ocean Core Complexes: Examples from the Mid-Cayman Spreading Centre

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    Cheadle, M. J.; John, B. E.; German, C. R.; Kusznir, N. J.

    2012-12-01

    The Mid-Cayman Spreading Centre (MCSC) is an ultraslow (full rate 15-17 mm/yr) mid-ocean ridge that is located within the Cayman Trough, at the boundary between the North American and Caribbean plates. It is 110km long, and at ~6km below sea level, is the deepest spreading centre in the world. In the Summer of 2011, during NOAA EX 1104, the RV Okeanos Explorer collected high resolution (50m) Simrad EM302 multibeam bathymetry, and high-resolution video using the ROV Little Hercules ,which together provide insight into the evolution (from birth to death) of oceanic core complexes (OCCs). The MCSC exhibits bathymetry typical of slow spreading, magmatically deficient, ridges with thick lithosphere. It has both well-developed OCCs with ~15km of detachment fault offset and smaller offset (6-7km) normal faults forming >40km long linear ridges. Mass wasting is conspicuous. The MCSC is flanked on both sides by three oceanic core complexes: i) the now inactive, Mount Emms to the northeast, ii) the near-recently active Mount Dent in the west centre of the axial valley, and iii) the decapitated Mount Hudson on the south east flank. Together these massifs show different stages of OCC termination. Mount Emms lies approximately 2Ma off axis, is the oldest of the OCCs, and is heavily dissected by faulting and mass wasting. Mount Hudson is terminated by a west dipping high angle normal fault, with 1.6km throw and was initially rifted apart ~0.5Ma. A recently active axial volcanic ridge (AVR) with ROV observed pahoehoe lava forms, and a line of conical volcanic edifices lie within the rifted remains at the toe of the OCC. In contrast, Mount Dent was the most recently active, but is now in the very initial stages of being rifted apart by the presently active AVR that currently intersects the OCC. Incipient high angle normal faults that lie along strike of the AVR cut the dome of Mount Dent, and host the active von Damm hydrothermal system. Mount Dent also shows excess (>1km) uplift beyond that expected by simple flexural uplift, in contrast to the ridges bounded by the smaller offset (6-7km) normal faults, which can be explained by flexural uplift. Together these three OCCs adjacent to the MCSC highlight two interacting processes that lead to OCC termination. Firstly asymmetric spreading associated with OCC development leads to the root of the bounding detachment fault migrating across the axial valley. Secondly, migration of the locus of magmatism can lead to the AVR intersecting the OCC. Both of these processes ultimately lead to rifting and hence termination of the OCC. We suggest that the anomalous uplift of Mount Dent might be an initial response to increased magmatic activity beneath the OCC, and that continued magmatic activity led to thermal weakening of the lithosphere, with development of normal faults and rifting within the dome of the OCC. Interestingly, one key outcome of this new interpretation of the Mt Dent OCC is that the Von Damm hydrothermal field becomes an on-axis vent system.

  4. Near-Bottom High Resolution Magnetic Observations Over and Around an Active Oceanic Core Complex, MAR 13°N

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    Searle, R. C.; Tominaga, M.; Peirce, C.; Reston, T. J.; MacLeod, C. J.

    2016-12-01

    Oceanic Core complexes (OCCs) associated with major detachment faults represent an important mode of seafloor spreading and crustal accretion processes at slow spreading rates. The processes of plate construction and modification at such sites are highly asymmetric, and plate accretion (spreading) rates may also be asymmetric. As part of a program to further understand these asymmetric processes and the geometry of the associated detachments, in January-February 2016 we carried out ten dives of 24 hr duration using the AUV Autosub 6000 to acquire high resolution, near-bottom magnetic field and seafloor topography in an area rich in OCCs on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge near 13°N. Autosub ran at a nominal height of 115-150 m above seafloor with a speed of approximately 1 ms-1. Two closely-spaced, W-E profiles were run across the 13°20'N OCC, which is believed to be the footwall of an active detachment, and two more closely spaced W-E profiles were run at 13°25'N, midway between OCC 1320 and the next OCC to the north, which is actively or has recently stopped slipping. Three more widely-spaced (approximately 5 km) W-E profiles were interspersed between these. All these profiles were designed to extend between the expected positions of the Jaramillo anomalies (0.99 Ma), approximately 14 km either side of the ridge axis. The remainder of the dives ran over and around the 13° 30'N OCC in grids with lines 500 m apart. High-resolution (4 m grid) seafloor topography was measured concurrently with magnetics using a Kongsberg EM2040 multibeam sonar and Applied Physics Systems 1540 fluxgate magnetometer. Preliminary examination of the data shows the OCC largely surrounded to the north, south and east (young) sides by recent hummocky volcanism, which correlates with high-amplitude, short wavelength magnetic anomalies. The western side of the OCC, which should be older, has more subdued magnetic anomaly character and volcanic relief. The smooth, striated dome of the OCC has uniformly low-amplitude, long wavelength magnetic anomalies, suggesting the presence there of an internally coherent magnetic source with lower magnetisations than the volcanics, possibly a faulted formation of gabbros and/or serpentinites.

  5. Wide-Angle Refraction Tomographic Inversion of Mid Cayman Spreading Center and its Oceanic Core Complex, CaySEIS Experiment

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    Harding, J.; Van Avendonk, H. J.; Hayman, N. W.; Grevemeyer, I.; Peirce, C.; Dannowski, A.; Papenberg, C. A.

    2015-12-01

    The CaySEIS experiment, conducted in April 2015, is a multi-national collaborative seismic study of the Mid Cayman Spreading Center (MCSC), an ultra-slow spreading center [15 mm/yr fr] in the Caribbean Sea. Ultra-slow spreading centers are thought to have very thin crust and a paucity of magmatism due to cooler mantle conditions. However, the suggestion that gabbro-cored oceanic core complexes (OCCs), volcanic deposits, and multiple layers of hydrothermal vents are widespread in the MCSC and other ultra-slow spreading centers has led to questions about the relationship between seafloor spreading rates and magmatism. To investigate this further, we conducted the CaySEIS experiment, with five wide-angle seismic refraction lines parallel and perpendicular to the neovolcanic zone. This analysis is based on two east-west oriented 100-km-long seismic refraction lines, which were each occupied by 18 ocean bottom seismometers. Line 2 lies across the central MCSC and an OCC called Mt. Dent. Line 3 crosses the northern end of the MCSC near the Oriente Transform Zone. With the wide-angle OBS data we can image the seismic velocity structure of Mt. Dent and distinguish between two models of OCCs - either Mt. Dent is composed of mostly gabbro with peridotite lenses identified by a low velocity gradient, or it is composed of mostly peridotite with gabbroic bodies identified by a constant velocity gradient. The crustal structure of both lines gives more insight into the asymmetry of the MCSC and the style of seafloor spreading to the east vs. the west. The 2-D velocity models reveal Mt. Dent has thick crust of 8 km with a low velocity gradient, supporting the magmatic gabbroic origin of OCCs. The surrounding crust to the west of the MCSC is highly variable, with areas of very thin crust. The crust to the east of the MCSC has an approximately constant thickness of 4 km. The development of OCCs may contribute to the crustal heterogeneity of ultra-slow spreading centers.

  6. Model for the Evolution of an Oceanic Core Complex and its Hydrothermal Vent on the Ultraslow-Spreading Mid Cayman Spreading Center

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    Harding, J.; Van Avendonk, H. J.; Hayman, N. W.; Grevemeyer, I.; Peirce, C.

    2016-12-01

    The Mid Cayman Spreading Center (MCSC) is an ultraslow-spreading center (15 mm yr-1 full rate) along the Caribbean-North American plate boundary. Despite the paradigm that ultraslow-spreading centers are amagmatic and cold, two hydrothermal vent fields have recently been discovered along the MCSC. The Beebe Vent Field is a black smoker in the northern axial deep, and the Von Damm Vent Field (VDVF) is a moderate-temperature, talc precipitating vent found atop an oceanic core complex (OCC). This OCC, "Mt. Dent", is a large (3 km high) massif that formed beneath a detachment fault, which exhumed lower crustal and upper mantle material. The CaySeis Experiment was conducted in April, 2015 in order to collect wide-angle refraction data of the MCSC crust and upper mantle. We modeled the across-axis crustal structure of Mt. Dent as well as the surrounding lithosphere using 2.5D P-wave tomography. Using this tomographic model, along with geochemistry, we propose a model for the formation and evolution of the OCC Mt. Dent and the VDVF. A detachment fault formed in a magma-poor environment due to a pulse of magmatism, producing a large gabbro body that was then exhumed and rotated into the OCC footwall. Once magmatism waned and the gabbroic body cooled, the OCC was faulted and fractured due to plate flexure and increased tectonic extensional stress in the naturally cold and thick lithosphere. These faults provide a permeable and deep network of hydrothermal pathways that mine deep lithospheric heat and expose gabbro and fresh mantle peridotite. This model is consistent with the basalt geochemistry, hydrothermal fluid geochemistry, and the distribution of brittle vs. ductile structures along the detachment shear zone. The VDVF is therefore a product of a pulse of magmatism in an overall melt-poor environment, conditions that may be found at other ultraslow-spreading ridges.

  7. An oceanic core complex (OCC) in the Albanian Dinarides? Preliminary paleomagnetic and structural results from the Mirdita Ophiolite (northern Albania)

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    Maffione, M.; Morris, A.; Anderson, M.

    2010-12-01

    Oceanic core complexes (OCCs) are dome-shaped massifs commonly associated with the inside corners of the intersection of transform faults and slow (and ultra-slow) spreading centres. They represent the uplifted footwalls of large-slip oceanic detachment faults (e.g. Cann et al., 1997; Blackman et al., 1998) and are composed of mantle and lower crustal rocks exhumed during fault displacement (Smith et al., 2006, 2008). Recent paleomagnetic studies of core samples from OCCs in the Atlantic Ocean (Morris et al., 2009; MacLeod et al., in prep) have confirmed that footwall sections undergo substantial rotation around (sub-) horizontal axes. These studies, therefore, support “rolling hinge” models for the evolution of OCCs, whereby oceanic detachment faults initiate at a steep angle at depth and then “roll-over” to their present day low angle orientations during unroofing (Buck, 1988; Wernicke & Axen, 1988; Lavier et al., 1999). However, a fully integrated paleomagnetic and structural analysis of this process is hampered by the one-dimensional sampling provided by ocean drilling of OCC footwalls. Therefore, ancient analogues for OCCs in ophiolites are of great interest, as these potentially provide 3-D exposures of these important structures and hence a more complete understanding of footwall strain and kinematics (providing that emplacement-related phases of deformation can be accounted for). Recently, the relationship between outcropping crustal and upper mantle rocks led Tremblay et al. (2009) to propose that an OCC is preserved within the Mirdita ophiolite of the Albanian Dinarides (northern Albania). This is a slice of Jurassic oceanic lithosphere exposed along a N-S corridor which escaped the main late Cenozoic Alpine deformation (Robertson, 2002, 2004; Dilek et al., 2007). Though in the eastern portion of the Mirdita ophiolite a Penrose-type sequence is present, in the western portion mantle rocks are in tectonic contact with upper crustal lithologies. This main fault has been interpreted by Tremblay et al. (2009) as originally an oceanic detachment fault that exhumed mantle rocks and put them in contact with upper crustal basalts according to the “rolling-hinge” model. In order to test this model and document the kinematics of the proposed detachment fault, we carried out a preliminary paleomagnetic and structural sampling campaign in July 2010. The principal aims were: (i) to determine whether paleomagnetic remanences provide evidence for early relative rotation of footwall and hanging wall sequences either side of the proposed detachment that may be consistent with rolling-hinge models for OCCs; & (ii) to provide insights into the broader tectonic evolution of the Mirdita units. We collected c. 200 oriented samples at 32 localities distributed within a 30 km x 15 km area located between the Puka and Krabbi massifs, near the villages of Puka and Reps. Here we present the preliminary results of this study and discuss their geological implications for the history of the Mirdita ophiolite, including the interpretation of the Puka and Krabbi massifs as a fossil OCC and the primary orientation of the Mirdita spreading axis.

  8. Particular Oceanic Core Complex evolution in an extremely low melt supply environment

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    Maia, M.; Vincent, C.; Briais, A.; Brunelli, D.; Ligi, M.; Adrião, Á.; Sichel, S. E.

    2017-12-01

    Saint Paul is a major transform system in the Equatorial Mid-Atlantic Ridge. It consists of four transform faults and three short intra-transform ridge segments. This study focuses on peridotitic and gabbroic ridges and unusual Oceanic Core Complex (OCC)-related tectonics found at the St. Paul southern intra-transform segment. These structures display the same characters as the OCCs worldwide (termination, rafted blocks, corrugations, breakaway); however unusual features suggest that they have evolved in a particular way with respect to other OCCs along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Small ridge segments display an asymmetrical accretion through successive nucleations of detachment faults over more than 10 m.y. marked by crustal mylonitisation (Adrião et al., this session). Structural mapping and gravity models covering about 100 km on each ridge flank confirm the existence of four consecutive detachments, the more recent being still active, and provide an interpretative model of their spatiotemporal evolution. The unusual aspect is that each detachment appears to have been split on the two sides of the ridge axis. As a consequence, the breakaways are located on the American plate, while the conjugate terminations are drafted away on the African plate. We suggest that this unusual feature results from the rupture of the detachment surfaces by relocation of the ridge axis through westward small ridge jumps. This mode of expansion is somehow intermediate between the "normal" OCCs spreading and the Smooth Seafloor-type model described off-axis along the Southwest Indian Ridge (Sauter et al., 2013). It partly compensates the long-term asymmetric expansion of this ridge segment and is likely related to the extremely low melt supply and thick lithosphere inferred from other studies. Adrião et al., 2017. Mechanical mixing and metamorphism of mafic and ultramafic lithologies .... This Session Sauter et al., 2013. Continuous exhumation of mantle-derived rocks… Nat Geo, 2013

  9. Spectral and Fluorescent Studies of the Interaction of an Anionic Oxacarbocyanine Dye with Bovine Serum Albumin

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    Pronkin, P. G.; Tatikolov, A. S.

    2017-01-01

    The influence of the formation of noncovalent intermolecular complexes with bovine serum albumin (BSA) on the spectral and fluorescent properties of the anionic oxacarbocyanine dye 3,3'-di-(γ-sulfopropyl)-5,5'-diphenyl-9-ethyloxacarbocyanine betaine (OCC) was studied. Binding of OCC to BSA increased significantly the dye fluorescence. Changes in the absorption and fluorescence spectra of OCC upon interaction with BSA argued in favor of a shift of the dye cis-trans equilibrium in the complex. The effects of adding albumin-denaturing compounds (urea, sodium dodecyl sulfate) on the spectral and fluorescent properties of the dye in the OCC-BSA complex were studied. It was concluded that OCC can act as a probe for albumins and can be used to study protein denaturing.

  10. Spectral Fluorescence Properties of an Anionic Oxacarbocyanine Dye in Complexes with Human Serum Albumin

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    Pronkin, P. G.; Tatikolov, A. S.

    2015-07-01

    The spectral fluorescence properties of the anionic oxacarbocyanine dye 3,3'-di-(γ-sulfopropyl)-5,5'-diphenyl-9-ethyloxacarbocyanine betaine (OCC) were studied in solutions and in complexes with human serum albumin (HSA). Interaction with HSA leads to a significant increase in the fluorescence of the dye. We studied quenching of the fluorescence of OCC in a complex with HSA by ibuprofen and warfarin. Data on quenching of fluorescence by ibuprofen indicate binding of the dye to binding site II of subdomain IIIA in the HSA molecule. Synchronous fluorescence spectra of human serum albumin in the presence of OCC showed that complexation with OCC does not lead to appreciable rearrangement of the protein molecule at the binding site.

  11. Oceanic core complexes in the Philippine Sea: results from Japan's extended continental shelf mapping

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    Ohara, Y.; Yoshida, T.; Nishizawa, A.

    2013-12-01

    The United Nations Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS) issued its recommendations on Japan's extended continental shelf in April 2012, confirming Japan's rights over the vast areas within the Philippine Sea and Pacific Plates. Japan submitted information on the limits of its continental shelf beyond the EEZ to the CLCS on November 2008, which was the result of 25 years of nation's continental shelf survey project since 1983, involving all of Japan's agency relevant to geosciences. The huge geological and geophysical data obtained through the project give the scientists unprecedented opportunity to study the geology and tectonics of the Philippine Sea and Pacific Plates. In this contribution, we show such an example from the Philippine Sea Plate, relevant to the global mid-ocean ridge problem. Oceanic core complexes (OCC) are dome-shaped bathymetric highs identified in mid-ocean ridges, interpreted as portions of the lower crust and/or upper mantle denuded via low-angle detachment faulting. OCCs are characterized morphologically by axis-normal striations (corrugations, or mullion structure) on the dome, and exposures of mantle peridotite and/or lower crustal gabbro. A strikingly giant OCC (named 'Godzilla Megamullion') was discovered in the Parece Vela Basin by the continental shelf survey project in 2001. Godzilla Megamullion is morphologically the largest OCC in the world, consisting mainly of fertile mantle peridotite along its entire length of over 125 km. Following its discovery in 2001, several academic cruises investigated the structure in detail, providing numerous important findings relevant to mid-ocean ridge tectono-magmatic processes and Philippine Sea evolution, including the slow- to ultraslow-spreading environment for denudation of the detachment fault (< 2.5 cm/y) and associated decreasing degree of partial melting of the peridotites towards the termination of Godzilla Megamullion. In addition to Godzilla Megamullion, several potential OCCs have been discovered in the Philippine Sea Plate by the continental shelf survey project. These are: (1) the ones in the Shikoku Basin spreading axis at around 24 degrees north, (2) the Chaotic Terrain in the Parece Vela Basin, (3) Chaotic Terrain in the West Philippine Basin, near the CBF Rift (formerly known as the Central Basin Fault), (4) Chaotic Terrain in the Kita-Daito Basin, (5) the one in the Shikoku Basin floor to the east of Kyushu-Palau Ridge at 25 degrees north, (6) the Higashi-Ryusei Spur of the Kyushu-Palau Ridge at 26 degrees north, and (7) the one in the Daito Ridge adjoining to the Kida-Daito Basin. OCCs are commonly developed in slow-spreading ridges, providing excellent opportunities as tectonic windows to study the composition and structure of deep oceanic lithosphere. The OCCs in the Philippine Sea Plate in turn provide the opportunities to study the backarc basin lithosphere as well as the continental lithosphere (at the above examples 6 and 7). Although Godzilla Megamullion has been studied very well, the other OCCs are not well documented yet. The next step is to focus on these interesting targets to understand the lithospheric process in the Philippine Sea Plate.

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  13. 3D Numerical Models of the Effect of Diking on the Faulting Pattern at Incipient Continental Rifts and Steady-State Spreading Centers

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    Tian, X.; Choi, E.; Buck, W. R.

    2015-12-01

    The offset of faults and related topographic relief varies hugely at both continental rifts and mid-ocean ridges (MORs). In some areas fault offset is measured in 10s of meters while in places marked by core complexes it is measured in 10s of kilometers. Variation in the magma supply is thought to control much of these differences. Magma supply is most usefully described by the ratio (M) between rates of lithospheric extension accommodated by magmatic dike intrusion and that occurring via faulting. 2D models with different values of M successfully explain much of the observed cross-sectional structure seen at rifts and ridges. However, magma supply varies along the axis of extension and the interactions between the tectonics and magmatism are inevitably three-dimensional. We investigate the consequences of this along-axis variation in diking in terms of faulting patterns and the associated structures using a 3D parallel geodynamic modeling code, SNAC. Many observed 3D structural features are reproduced: e.g., abyssal hill, oceanic core complex (OCC), inward fault jump, mass wasting, hourglass-shaped median valley, corrugation and mullion structure. An estimated average value of M = 0.65 is suggested as a boundary value for separating abyssal hills and OCCs formation. Previous inconsistency in the M range for OCC formation between 2D model results (M = 0.3˜0.5) and field observations (M < 0.3 or M > 0.5) is reconciled by the along-ridge coupling between different faulting regimes. We also propose asynchronous faulting-induced tensile failure as a new possibility for explaining corrugations seen on the surface of core complexes. For continental rifts, we will describe a suite of 2D and 3D model calculations with a range of initial lithospheric structures and values of M. In one set of the 2D models we limit the extensional tectonic force and show how this affects the maximum topographic relief produced across the rift. We are also interested in comparing models in which the value of M varies as the rift evolves with observations from real rifts and continental margins. Finally, we plan to show how the faulting pattern in 3D can depend on the distribution of dike opening rate along segments for incipient continental rifts.

  14. Effects of RU486 and indomethacin on meiotic maturation, formation of extracellular matrix, and progesterone production by porcine oocyte-cumulus complexes.

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    Nagyova, E; Scsukova, S; Kalous, J; Mlynarcikova, A

    2014-07-01

    This study was designed to determine whether inhibition of either cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) by indomethacin or progesterone receptor (PR) by PR antagonist, RU486, affects oocyte maturation, progesterone production, and covalent binding between hyaluronan (HA) and heavy chains of inter-α trypsin inhibitor, as well as expression of cumulus expansion-associated proteins (HA-binding protein, tumor necrosis factor α-induced protein 6, pentraxin 3) in oocyte-cumulus complexes (OCCs). The experiments were based on freshly isolated porcine OCC cultures in which the consequences of PR and COX-2 inhibition on the final processes of oocyte maturation were determined. Granulosa cells (GCs) and OCCs were cultured in medium supplemented with FSH/LH (both 100 ng/mL) in the presence/absence of RU486 or indomethacin. Western blot analysis, (3)H-glucosamine hydrochloride assay, immunofluorescence, and radioimmunoassay were performed. Only treatment with RU486 (25 μM) caused a decrease in the number of oocytes that reached germinal vesicle breakdown and metaphase II stage compared with indomethacin (100 μM) or FSH/LH treatment alone after 44 h. All treated OCCs synthesized an almost equal amount of HA. Heavy chains (of inter-α trypsin inhibitor)-HA covalent complexes were formed during in vitro FSH/LH-stimulated expansion in RU486- or indomethacin-treated OCCs. Follicle-stimulating hormone/LH-induced progesterone production by OCCs was increased in the presence of RU486 after 44 h. In contrast, a decrease of FSH/LH-stimulated progesterone production by GCs was detected in the presence of either RU486 or indomethacin after 72 h. We suggest that the PR-dependent pathway may be involved in the regulation of oocyte maturation. Both PR and COX-2 regulate FSH/LH-stimulated progesterone production by OCCs and GCs. Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

  15. Trained neurons-based motion detection in optical camera communications

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    Teli, Shivani; Cahyadi, Willy Anugrah; Chung, Yeon Ho

    2018-04-01

    A concept of trained neurons-based motion detection (TNMD) in optical camera communications (OCC) is proposed. The proposed TNMD is based on neurons present in a neural network that perform repetitive analysis in order to provide efficient and reliable motion detection in OCC. This efficient motion detection can be considered another functionality of OCC in addition to two traditional functionalities of illumination and communication. To verify the proposed TNMD, the experiments were conducted in an indoor static downlink OCC, where a mobile phone front camera is employed as the receiver and an 8 × 8 red, green, and blue (RGB) light-emitting diode array as the transmitter. The motion is detected by observing the user's finger movement in the form of centroid through the OCC link via a camera. Unlike conventional trained neurons approaches, the proposed TNMD is trained not with motion itself but with centroid data samples, thus providing more accurate detection and far less complex detection algorithm. The experiment results demonstrate that the TNMD can detect all considered motions accurately with acceptable bit error rate (BER) performances at a transmission distance of up to 175 cm. In addition, while the TNMD is performed, a maximum data rate of 3.759 kbps over the OCC link is obtained. The OCC with the proposed TNMD combined can be considered an efficient indoor OCC system that provides illumination, communication, and motion detection in a convenient smart home environment.

  16. A New Look at the Bathymetric and Potential-Field Structure of the Cayman Trough via CaySEIS

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    Hayman, N. W.; Harding, J.; Van Avendonk, H. J.; Peirce, C.; Grevemeyer, I.; Dannowski, A.; Papenberg, C. A.

    2015-12-01

    The Cayman Trough (CT) has one of the world's deepest axial valleys, thinnest crust, end-member basalt composition, and slowest spreading rate. Accommodating motion between the North American and Caribbean plates, and the Gonave microplate, marine magnetic anomalies show that the Mid-Cayman Spreading Center (MCSC) has been spreading at ~15 mm/yr (F.R.) since 20 Ma, if not 49 Ma. At a little over 100 km in length, the MCSC is now recognized to host oceanic core complexes (OCCs), hydrothermal vents, and a seafloor of variably distributed lower crustal gabbros, upper mantle peridotite/serpentinite, and basaltic lavas. Though spreading rate appears to be relatively symmetric over geologic time, the structure of the CT is quite asymmetric, with a broad region of low gravity and somewhat lineated magnetic anomalies to the east, and gravity highs and irregular magnetic anomalies to the west. Until now it has been difficult to further assess the nature of the CT because of the sparse and generally old data from the region; the CT's claim on thinnest crust, for example, stems primarily from pre-1960's seismic data and inferences from satellite gravity. The CaySEIS active-source OBS-experiment on the R/V Meteor thus set out in April of 2015 to provide a more complete, deeper view of the CT. A serendipitous discovery during the expedition is that the off-axis seafloor is characterized by curvilinear ridges preserving what appear to be dismembered OCCs. Thus, a previously proposed model based on the oblique volcanic ridge to the south of the axial OCC, Mt. Dent, could also apply to the geologic history of the CT. This model, which we call "the magmatic cleaver", envisions how intrusions cut the OCC surfaces and raft the hanging-wall-dominated portion of the OCC to the east, and the footwall-dominated portion to the west. The "cleaver" appears to have been operating over at least the last 20 Ma, illustrating how melt flow in ultraslow-spread crust can create distinctive seafloor morphologies.

  17. The cooling history and the depth of detachment faulting at the Atlantis Massif oceanic core complex

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    Schoolmeesters, Nicole; Cheadle, Michael J.; John, Barbara E.; Reiners, Peter W.; Gee, Jeffrey; Grimes, Craig B.

    2012-10-01

    Oceanic core complexes (OCCs) are domal exposures of oceanic crust and mantle interpreted to be denuded to the seafloor by large slip oceanic detachment faults. We combine previously reported U-Pb zircon crystallization ages with (U-Th)/He zircon thermochronometry and multicomponent magnetic remanence data to determine the cooling history of the footwall to the Atlantis Massif OCC (30°N, MAR) and help establish cooling rates, as well as depths of detachment faulting and gabbro emplacement. We present nine new (U-Th)/He zircon ages for samples from IODP Hole U1309D ranging from 40 to 1415 m below seafloor. These data paired with U-Pb zircon ages and magnetic remanence data constrain cooling rates of gabbroic rocks from the upper 800 m of the central dome at Atlantis Massif as 2895 (+1276/-1162) °C Myr-1 (from ˜780°C to ˜250°C); the lower 600 m of the borehole cooled more slowly at mean rates of ˜500 (+125/-102) °C Myr-1(from ˜780°C to present-day temperatures). Rocks from the uppermost part of the hole also reveal a brief period of slow cooling at rates of ˜300°C Myr-1, possibly due to hydrothermal circulation to ˜4 km depth through the detachment fault zone. Assuming a fault slip rate of 20 mm/yr (from U-Pb zircon ages of surface samples) and a rolling hinge model for the sub-surface fault geometry, we predict that the 780°C isotherm lies at ˜7 km below the axial valley floor, likely corresponding both to the depth at which the semi-brittle detachment fault roots and the probable upper limit of significant gabbro emplacement.

  18. Seismic Reflection Imaging of Detachment Faulting at 13°N on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

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    Falder, M.; Reston, T. J.; Peirce, C.; Simão, N.; MacLeod, C. J.; Searle, R. C.

    2016-12-01

    The observation of domal corrugated surfaces at slow spreading ridges less than two decades ago, has dramatically challenged our understanding of seafloor spreading. These `oceanic core complexes' are believed to be caused by large-scale detachment faults which accommodate plate separation during periods when melt supply is low or absent entirely. Despite increasing recognition of their importance, the mechanics of, and interactions between, detachment faults at OCCs is not well understood. In Jan-Feb 2016, seismic reflection and refraction data were acquired across the 13N OCCs. The twelve-airgun array seismic source was recorded by a 3000m-long streamer, with shots fired with the full array at either 20 s intervals, or with half the array in a "flip flop" fashion every 10 s. A shorter firing rate results in significantly less spatial aliasing and enhances the performance of the F-K domain filtering. Here we present preliminary seismic reflection images of the 13N region. The currently active 13° 20'N detachment fault is imaged continuing downwards from the smooth fault plane exposed at the seabed. Away from the fault, and between the two OCCs in the area, fewer subsurface structures are observed, which may either represent an actual lack of sharp acoustic contrasts or be as a result of the challenging imaging conditions. Acoustic energy scattered by rough bathymetry both within and out of plane of section is the main challenge of seismic reflection imaging in this area and various strategies are being investigated for its attenuation, including prediction based on high-resolution bathymetry acquired.

  19. The Role of Organ of Corti Mass in Passive Cochlear Tuning

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    de La Rochefoucauld, Ombeline; Olson, Elizabeth S.

    2007-01-01

    The mechanism for passive cochlear tuning remains unsettled. Early models considered the organ of Corti complex (OCC) as a succession of spring-mass resonators. Later, traveling wave models showed that passive tuning could arise through the interaction of cochlear fluid mass and OCC stiffness without local resonators. However, including enough OCC mass to produce local resonance enhanced the tuning by slowing and thereby growing the traveling wave as it approached its resonant segment. To decide whether the OCC mass plays a role in tuning, the frequency variation of the wavenumber of the cochlear traveling wave was measured (in vivo, passive cochleae) and compared to theoretical predictions. The experimental wavenumber was found by taking the phase difference of basilar membrane motion between two longitudinally spaced locations and dividing by the distance between them. The theoretical wavenumber was a solution of the dispersion relation of a three-dimensional cochlear model with OCC mass and stiffness as the free parameters. The experimental data were only well fit by a model that included OCC mass. However, as the measurement position moved from a best-frequency place of 40 to 12 kHz, the role of mass was diminished. The notion of local resonance seems to only apply in the very high-frequency region of the cochlea. PMID:17905841

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  1. Tectonic overprint on magnetic fabric of the Ordovician Thetford Mines Ophiolite (Canada)

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    Di Chiara, Anita; Morris, Antony; Anderson, Mark W.; Menegon, Luca

    2017-04-01

    Studies in modern oceanic settings suggest locally along low-spreading ridges both lower crust and upper mantle peridotites may be exhumed to the seafloor in features known as oceanic core complexes (OCC). Examples of OCC on geological record can be preserved in ophiolites, relict of oceanic crust obducted onto continental margins, as for example the Jurassic Mirdita Ophiolite (Albania), suggesting that this spreading mode was active in the past. In order to understand such dynamics further, we investigated the OCC preserved in the Thetford Mines Ophiolite (TMO). TMO is part of the Southern Quebec ophiolites in the Canadian Appalachians (Quebec region), divided into three lithotectonic assemblages: The Humber Zone, a remnant of the Laurentian continental margin; The Cambrian-Ordovician Dunnage Zone, a remnant of the Iapetus Ocean and including the TMO and other ophiolites; and Silurian-Devonian Gaspé Belt, the sedimentary cover sequence. These were subjected to polyphase deformation, experiencing two Paleozoic orogenies: The Ordovician Taconian Orogeny (the Humber and Dunnage zones were amalgamated) and the Devonian Acadian orogeny which deformed and metamorphosed both the Dunnage Zone and the overlying Gaspe Belt. Here we present results from 12 paleomagnetic sites sampled on Humber zone on pillow lavas, dykes, layered gabbros and serpentinized dunites. Our results from AMS experiments show that these rocks, formed by fundamentally different magmatic processes, share a common magnetic fabric, with a kmin axis NW-SE orientated and the kmax steeply plunging to the NE. Additional processing of acquired BSE images and chemical mapping analyses at the SEM show that the kmax of the magnetic fabric is parallel to the elongation of magnetic particles (Iron rich minerals). This remarkably consistent fabric has a tectonic origin and is consistent with shortening perpendicular to the regional trend of fold axes.

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  3. Hydrothermal activities around Dragon Horn Area (49.7°E) on ultra-slow spreading Southwest Indian Ridge (SWIR)

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    Tao, C.; Liang, J.; Zhang, H.; Li, H.; Egorov, I. V.; Liao, S.

    2016-12-01

    The Dragon Horn Area (49.7°E), is located at the west end of the EW trending Segment 28 of Southwest Indian Ridge between Indomed and Gallieni FZ. The segment is characterized by highly asymmetric topography. The northern flank is deeper and develops typical parallel linear fault escarpments. Meanwhile, the southern flank, where the Dragon Horn lies, is shallower and bears corrugations. The indicative corrugated surface which extends some 5×5 km was interpreted to be of Dragon Flag OCC origin (Zhao et al., 2013). Neo-volcanic ridge extends along the middle of the rifted valley and is bounded by two non-transform offsets to the east and west. Our investigations revealed 6 hydrothermal fields/anomalies in this area, including 2 confirmed sulfide fields, 1 carbonate field, and 3 inferred hydrothermal anomalies based on methane and turbidity data from 2016 AUV survey. Longqi-1(Dragon Flag) vent system lies to the northwest edge of Dragon Flag OCC. It is one of the largest hydrothermal venting systems along Mid-Ocean Ridges, with maximum temperature at vent site DFF6 of 'M zone' up to 379.3 °C (Tao et al, 2016). Massive sulfides (49.73 °E, 37.78 °S) were sampled 10 km east to Longqi-1, representing independent hydrothermal activities controlled by respective local structures. According to geological mapping and interpretation, both sulfide fields are located on the hanging wall of the Dragon Flag OCC detachment. Combined with the inferred hydrothermal anomaly to the east of the massive sulfide site, we suppose that they are controlled by different fault phases during the detachment of oceanic core complex. Moreover, consolidated carbonate sediments were widely observed and sampled on the corrugated surface and its west side, they are proposed to be precipitated during the serpentinization of ultramafic rocks, representing low-temperature hydrothermal process. These hydrothermal activities, distributed within 20km, may be controlled by the same Dragon Flag OCC. Acknowledgement This work was supported by National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program) under contract No. 2012CB417305, China Ocean Mineral Resources R & D Association "Twelfth Five-Year" Major Program under contract No. DY125-11-R-01 and DY125-11-R-05

  4. The role of detachment faulting in slow seafloor spreading: First results from cruise JC132 to the MAR at 13N

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    Reston, T. J.; Falder, M.; Peirce, C.; Simão, N.; Searle, R. C.; MacLeod, C. J.

    2016-12-01

    Our understanding of the processes of seafloor spreading at slow-spreading mid-ocean ridges is undergoing a paradigm shift as it has become increasingly clear that much of the slowly spread seafloor has not been built solely by the symmetric accretion of the products of partial melting to the trailing edges of the separating plates, but that tectonic stretching on large-offset normal (`detachment') faults, weakened by the penetration of water and production of weak phyllosilicates (e.g. talc), also plays a fundamental role, unroofing plutonic and partially serpentinized mantle footwalls to form `oceanic core complexes' (OCCs). However, fundamental aspects of OCC structure and evolution, and the detachment process itself, are still poorly understood: it is not clear, and consequently hotly debated, whether the controlling faults are seismically active, what their 3D geometry is, how they are linked with the supply and emplacement of magma and, crucially, how far detachments continue laterally in the sub-surface and/or if they link at depth. Our understanding of the 3D geometry and mechanics of detachment faults is limited by a paucity of observations from actively forming OCCs, and in particular the lack of sub-surface images from which the geometry and extent of surface features can be traced to depth, the lack of detailed P- and S-wave 3D-volume velocity models to reveal how detachments relate to magmatic accretion in time and space, and the lack of coincident observations of local seismicity to determine the focus of active deformation. To investigate these key questions, in Jan-Feb 2016 we collected a combined MCS - wide-angle seismic dataset, and high resolution near surface and near seafloor bathymetry and magnetics, to complement passive recordings of microseismicity made in 2014. We discuss the aims of the cruise, and present first results.

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  6. The mechanisms underlying the muscle metaboreflex modulation of sweating and cutaneous blood flow in passively heated humans.

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    Haqani, Baies; Fujii, Naoto; Kondo, Narihiko; Kenny, Glen P

    2017-02-01

    Metaboreceptors can modulate cutaneous blood flow and sweating during heat stress but the mechanisms remain unknown. Fourteen participants (31 ± 13 years) performed 1-min bout of isometric handgrip (IHG) exercise at 60% of their maximal voluntary contraction followed by a 3-min occlusion (OCC), each separated by 10 min, initially under low (LHS, to activate sweating without changes in core temperature) and high (HHS, whole-body heating to a core temperature increase of 1.0°C) heat stress conditions. Cutaneous vascular conductance (CVC) and sweat rate were measured continuously at four forearm skin sites perfused with 1) lactated Ringer's solution (Control), 2) 10 mmol L-NAME [inhibits nitric oxide synthase (NOS)], 3) 10 mmol Ketorolac [inhibits cyclooxygenase (COX)], or 4) 4 mmol theophylline (THEO; inhibits adenosine receptors). Relative to pre-IHG levels with Control, NOS inhibition attenuated the metaboreceptor-mediated increase in sweating under LHS and HHS ( P  ≤ 0.05), albeit the attenuation was greater under LHS ( P  ≤ 0.05). In addition, a reduction from baseline was observed with THEO under LHS during OCC ( P  ≤ 0.05), but not HHS (both P  > 0.05). In contrast, CVC was lower than Control with L-NAME during OCC in HHS ( P  ≤ 0.05), but not LHS ( P  > 0.05). We show that metaboreceptor activation modulates CVC via the stimulation of NOS and adenosine receptors, whereas NOS, but not COX or adenosine receptors, contributes to sweating at all levels of heating. © 2017 The Authors. Physiological Reports published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of The Physiological Society and the American Physiological Society.

  7. The Impact of Fe-Ti Oxide Concentration on the Structural Rigidity of the Lower Oceanic Crust, Atlantis Bank, Southwest Indian Ridge

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    Deans, J. R.; Winkler, D. A.

    2017-12-01

    Fe-Ti oxides are important components of oceanic core complexes (OCC) formed at slow-spreading ridges, since Fe-Ti oxide phases form throughout the crustal column and are weaker than silicate phases. This study investigated the predicted relationship between the presence and concentration of Fe-Ti oxides and the presence/intensity of crystal-plastic deformation in samples from Atlantis Bank, Southwest Indian Ridge (SWIR). Atlantis Bank is an OCC that formed through the exhumation of lower oceanic crust along a detachment shear zone/fault. OCCs form along slow-spreading ridges and are characterized by the complex interactions between magmatism and crustal extension, thus, making them more susceptible to crystal-plastic deformation at higher temperatures and for weaker phases like Fe-Ti oxides to preferentially partition strain. Atlantis Bank has been the focus of many scientific expeditions to various sites including; Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) Holes 735B and 1105A, and the International Oceanic Discovery Program (IODP) Hole U1473A. A total of 589 thin sections from all three holes were analyzed using the software package Fiji to calculate the Fe-Ti oxide concentration within the thin sections. The Fe-Ti oxide percentage was correlated with the crystal-plastic fabric (CPF) intensity, from 0-5 (no foliation - ultramylonite), for each thin section using the statistical software R. All three holes show a positive correlation between the abundance of Fe-Ti oxides and the CPF intensity. Specifically, 76.3% of samples with a concentration of 5% or more Fe-Ti oxides have a corresponding CPF intensity value of 2 or more (porphyroclastic foliation - ultramylonitic). The positive correlation may be explained by the Fe-Ti oxides preferentially partitioning strain, especially at temperatures below where dry plagioclase can recrystallize. This allows for a mechanism of continued slip along the shear zone or form new shear zones at amphibolite grade conditions while the lower crust is being exhumed. Additionally, IODP U1473A and ODP 1105A had similar correlation values of 0.11 (on a scale of -1 to 1), whereas ODP Hole 735B had double the correlation value of 0.24. Since ODP Hole 735B has older rocks than the other two holes, it may have recorded more deformation comparatively speaking.

  8. Crystal packing modifies ligand binding affinity: the case of aldose reductase.

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    Cousido-Siah, Alexandra; Petrova, Tatiana; Hazemann, Isabelle; Mitschler, André; Ruiz, Francesc X; Howard, Eduardo; Ginell, Stephan; Atmanene, Cédric; Van Dorsselaer, Alain; Sanglier-Cianférani, Sarah; Joachimiak, Andrzej; Podjarny, Alberto

    2012-11-01

    The relationship between the structures of protein-ligand complexes existing in the crystal and in solution, essential in the case of fragment-based screening by X-ray crystallography (FBS-X), has been often an object of controversy. To address this question, simultaneous co-crystallization and soaking of two inhibitors with different ratios, Fidarestat (FID; K(d) = 6.5 nM) and IDD594 (594; K(d) = 61 nM), which bind to h-aldose reductase (AR), have been performed. The subatomic resolution of the crystal structures allows the differentiation of both inhibitors, even when the structures are almost superposed. We have determined the occupation ratio in solution by mass spectrometry (MS) Occ(FID)/Occ(594) = 2.7 and by X-ray crystallography Occ(FID)/Occ(594) = 0.6. The occupancies in the crystal and in solution differ 4.6 times, implying that ligand binding potency is influenced by crystal contacts. A structural analysis shows that the Loop A (residues 122-130), which is exposed to the solvent, is flexible in solution, and is involved in packing contacts within the crystal. Furthermore, inhibitor 594 contacts the base of Loop A, stabilizing it, while inhibitor FID does not. This is shown by the difference in B-factors of the Loop A between the AR-594 and AR-FID complexes. A stable loop diminishes the entropic energy barrier to binding, favoring 594 versus FID. Therefore, the effect of the crystal environment should be taken into consideration in the X-ray diffraction analysis of ligand binding to proteins. This conclusion highlights the need for additional methodologies in the case of FBS-X to validate this powerful screening technique, which is widely used. Copyright © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

  9. Deciphering the Paleochemistry and Holocene Environmental Variability in Central New York: Different Perspectives from the Stable Carbon Isotopes of Organic Matter and Carbonates.

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    Finkelstein, D. B.; Colcord, D. E.; Curtin, T.

    2014-12-01

    This study investigates environmental variability recorded in lacustrine and wetland sediments of Seneca Lake. Sediments display a range of stable isotopic and elemental chemistries suggesting there are changes in lake level, climate, or both during the Holocene in central New York. A ~13.5 m sediment core collected from the Catharine Creek wetland located south of Watkins Glen, NY at the southern tip of Seneca Lake was analyzed for total nitrogen (% TN), total organic carbon (% TOC), C/N ratios, δ13C of bulk organic matter (δ13Corg) and δ13Ccc and δ18Occ of carbonate. There is little change in TOC with the exception of an organic-rich interval (~20% TOC) between 5.5 and 4.3 m. Between 13.5 and 6 m, the C/N ratios decrease gradually upcore, from ~40 to ~10 - 20 and is paralleled by an increase in δ13Corg values from ~ -27‰ to ~ -24‰. Between 6-5.5 m, δ13C becomes significantly more negative (~ -30‰). The δ13Corg increases (to -26‰) upcore from 5.5 to 2.4 m. High C/N values (ranging from 60 to 20) from 15.5 to 11.8 m are consistent with input of land plants. The C/N values from 11.8 to 2.6 m range from 10 - 20 and represents a mixed signal of both algal and land plant derived organic matter. Throughout the Holocene, there has been a steady shift from negative δ13Corg values to more positive values of organic matter, which is consistent with an increase in the abundance of C4 plants in the watershed. Shifts in C/N over the length of the core suggest changes in lake level. In contrast, carbonate isotopic values (δ13Ccc and δ18Occ) do not covary and trends are consistent with a fresh-water, over-filled lake. In most lacustrine carbonate studies, calculated paleo-water temperatures from δ18Occ are commonly used prima facie to reflect environmental variability and constrain temperatures. In this study, wide variations in the calculated paleo-water temperatures reflect multiple carbonate sources / fractionations invalidating their use as a first order indication of temperature. We interpret the vertical stratigraphic variations of both δ13Corg and δ13Ccc to reflect either multiple sources or changes in internal carbon cycling / processes or both driven by a complex history of lake level changes associated with isostatic rebound.

  10. Current-use pesticides and organochlorine compounds in precipitation and lake sediment from two high-elevation national parks in the Western United States

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    Mast, M.A.; Foreman, W.T.; Skaates, S.V.

    2007-01-01

    Current-use pesticides (CUPs) and banned organochlorine compounds (OCCs) were measured in precipitation (snowpack and rain) and lake sediments from two national parks in the Western United States to determine their occurrence and distribution in high-elevation environments. CUPs frequently detected in snow were endosulfan, dacthal, and chlorothalonil in concentrations ranging from 0.07 to 2.4 ng/L. Of the OCCs, chlordane, hexachlorobenzene, and two polychlorinated biphenyl congeners were detected in only one snow sample each. Pesticides most frequently detected in rain were atrazine, carbaryl, and dacthal in concentrations from 3.0 to 95 ng/L. Estimated annual deposition rates in one of the parks were 8.4 ??g/m2 for atrazine, 9.9 ??g/m2 for carbaryl, and 2.6 ??g/m2 for dacthal, of which >85% occurred during summer. p,p'-DDE and p,p'-DDD were the most frequently detected OCCs in surface sediments from lakes. However, concentrations were low (0.12 to 4.7 ??g/kg) and below levels at which harmful effects for benthic organisms are likely to be observed. DDD and DDE concentrations in an age-dated sediment core suggest that atmospheric deposition of DDT and its degradates, and possibly other banned OCCs, to high-elevation areas have been decreasing since the 1970s. Dacthal and endosulfan sulfate were present in low concentrations (0.11 to 1.2 ??g/kg) and were the only CUPs detected in surface sediments. Both pesticides were frequently detected in snow, confirming that some CUPs entering high-elevation aquatic environments through atmospheric deposition are accumulating in lake sediments and potentially in aquatic biota as well. ?? 2007 Springer Science+Business Media, Inc.

  11. MR imaging and MR cholangiopancreatography of cholangiocarcinoma developing in printing company workers.

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    Koyama, Koichi; Kubo, Shoji; Ueki, Ai; Shimono, Taro; Takemura, Shigekazu; Tanaka, Shogo; Kinoshita, Masahiko; Hamano, Genya; Miki, Yukio

    2017-05-01

    To retrospectively investigate magnetic resonance (MR) imaging findings of occupational cholangiocarcinoma (oCC) occurring among workers in printing companies in Japan, compared to those of non-occupational cholangiocarcinoma (nCC), primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC), and age-matched normal controls (NORs). Participants comprised 27 consecutive patients (oCC, n = 5; nCC, n = 8; PSC, n = 6; NOR, n = 8) who underwent MR imaging between May 2009 and October 2012. MR imaging was evaluated with respect to tumor characteristics, abnormal MR cholangiographic findings (PSC-like findings), bile duct stricture, and signal changes of the hepatic parenchyma. Tumors were detected in all nCCs and four oCCs. Tumors displayed a mass-forming type in all nCCs and two oCCs, and an intraductal growth type in two oCCs. Abnormal cholangiographic findings were detected in all oCCs and PSCs, but not in any nCCs or NORs. All oCCs and seven nCCs showed biliary strictures longer than 1 cm; five PSCs showed biliary strictures shorter than 1 cm. Both intra- and extrahepatic biliary strictures were detected in three PSCs and two oCCs. Peripheral hepatic hyperintensity on T2-weighted imaging was detected in two nCCs, two PSCs, and two oCCs. These results indicated that MR imaging of oCC showed findings of both PSC and nCC.

  12. The impact of feature selection on one and two-class classification performance for plant microRNAs.

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    Khalifa, Waleed; Yousef, Malik; Saçar Demirci, Müşerref Duygu; Allmer, Jens

    2016-01-01

    MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are short nucleotide sequences that form a typical hairpin structure which is recognized by a complex enzyme machinery. It ultimately leads to the incorporation of 18-24 nt long mature miRNAs into RISC where they act as recognition keys to aid in regulation of target mRNAs. It is involved to determine miRNAs experimentally and, therefore, machine learning is used to complement such endeavors. The success of machine learning mostly depends on proper input data and appropriate features for parameterization of the data. Although, in general, two-class classification (TCC) is used in the field; because negative examples are hard to come by, one-class classification (OCC) has been tried for pre-miRNA detection. Since both positive and negative examples are currently somewhat limited, feature selection can prove to be vital for furthering the field of pre-miRNA detection. In this study, we compare the performance of OCC and TCC using eight feature selection methods and seven different plant species providing positive pre-miRNA examples. Feature selection was very successful for OCC where the best feature selection method achieved an average accuracy of 95.6%, thereby being ∼29% better than the worst method which achieved 66.9% accuracy. While the performance is comparable to TCC, which performs up to 3% better than OCC, TCC is much less affected by feature selection and its largest performance gap is ∼13% which only occurs for two of the feature selection methodologies. We conclude that feature selection is crucially important for OCC and that it can perform on par with TCC given the proper set of features.

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  14. Long noncoding RNA OCC-1 suppresses cell growth through destabilizing HuR protein in colorectal cancer.

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    Lan, Yang; Xiao, Xuewei; He, Zhengchi; Luo, Yu; Wu, Chuanfang; Li, Ling; Song, Xu

    2018-06-20

    Overexpressed in colon carcinoma-1 (OCC-1) is one of the earliest annotated long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) in colorectal cancer (CRC); however, its function remains largely unknown. Here, we revealed that OCC-1 plays a tumor suppressive role in CRC. OCC-1 knockdown by RNA interference promotes cell growth both in vitro and in vivo, which is largely due to its ability to inhibit G0 to G1 and G1 to S phase cell cycle transitions. In addition, overexpression of OCC-1 can suppress cell growth in OCC-1 knockdown cells. OCC-1 exerts its function by binding to and destabilizing HuR (ELAVL1), a cancer-associated RNA binding protein (RBP) which can bind to and stabilize thousands of mRNAs. OCC-1 enhances the binding of ubiquitin E3 ligase β-TrCP1 to HuR and renders HuR susceptible to ubiquitination and degradation, thereby reducing the levels of HuR and its target mRNAs, including the mRNAs directly associated with cancer cell growth. These findings reveal that lncRNA OCC-1 can regulate the levels of a large number of mRNAs at post-transcriptional level through modulating RBP HuR stability.

  15. Synthesis and ion transport characterization of hot-pressed Ag+ ion conducting glass-polymer electrolytes

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    Chandra, A.

    2013-07-01

    Synthesis and ion transport characterization of a new Ag+ ion conducting glass-polymer electrolyte (GPE) films: (1- x) PEO: x [0.8(0.75AgI:0.25AgCl):0.2(Ag2O:V2O5)], where 0 < x < 50 wt%, are reported. The composition: 70PEO: 30[0.8(0.75AgI:0.25AgCl):0.2(Ag2O:V2O5)] with conductivity ( σ) 7.7 × 10-7 Ω-1 cm-1 is identified as highest conducting composition referred to as the optimum conducting composition (OCC). Approximately two and half orders of conductivity enhancement have been achieved in OCC from that of the pure polymer poly(ethylene oxide). The glass-polymer complexation is confirmed by the XRD, FTIR, DSC and TGA techniques. The ion transport behavior has been reported on the basis of experimental measurements on some basic ionic parameters. A solid state polymeric battery has been fabricated by using GPE OCC as an electrolyte and their important cell parameters have been also calculated from the discharge profiles.

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    ... Treasury's database to facilitate their participation in the competitive procurement process for OCC contracts. This database is used by OCC procurement staff to identify firms to be solicited for OCC...

  18. Creating Democratic Class Rooms in Asian Contexts: The Influences of Individual and School Level Factors on Open Classroom Climate

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    Kuang, Xiaoxue; Kennedy, Kerry J.; Mok, Magdalena Mo Ching

    2018-01-01

    Purpose: Literature indicates that open classroom climate (OCC) is a positive influence on civic outcomes. Few studies have explored factors that appear to facilitate OCC. Most research on OCC has focused on Western countries. The emphasis has been on individual student characteristics related to OCC with little attention made to school level…

  19. Characterization of a putative periplasmic transport system for octopine accumulation encoded by Agrobacterium tumefaciens Ti plasmid pTiA6.

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    Valdivia, R H; Wang, L; Winans, S C

    1991-01-01

    Neoplastic crown gall tumors incited by Agrobacterium tumefaciens release novel amino acid or sugar derivatives known as opines, whose synthesis is directed by genes transferred to plant cells. Agrobacterium cells can transport and catabolize these compounds as sources of carbon and nitrogen. This article describes a region of the pTiA6 plasmid which is required for catabolism of the opine octopine and whose transcription is induced by octopine. This region of the plasmid contains four open reading frames, occQ, occM, occP, and occJ, which show homology to the family of so-called shock-sensitive permeases. TnphoA mutagenesis demonstrated that the OccJ and OccM proteins lie fully or partly in the periplasmic space. The OccJ protein was identified by electrophoresis and found to be fully localized in the periplasmic space. When these proteins were expressed in Escherichia coli, radiolabeled octopine became cell-associated. Images FIG. 6 PMID:1655707

  20. Progesterone from the Cumulus Cells Is the Sperm Chemoattractant Secreted by the Rabbit Oocyte Cumulus Complex

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    Guidobaldi, Héctor Alejandro; Teves, María Eugenia; Uñates, Diego Rafael; Anastasía, Agustín; Giojalas, Laura Cecilia

    2008-01-01

    Sperm chemotaxis in mammals have been identified towards several female sources as follicular fluid (FF), oviduct fluid, and conditioned medium from the cumulus oophorus (CU) and the oocyte (O). Though several substances were confirmed as sperm chemoattractant, Progesterone (P) seems to be the best chemoattractant candidate, because: 1) spermatozoa express a cell surface P receptor, 2) capacitated spermatozoa are chemotactically attracted in vitro by gradients of low quantities of P; 3) the CU cells produce and secrete P after ovulation; 4) a gradient of P may be kept stable along the CU; and 5) the most probable site for sperm chemotaxis in vivo could be near and/or inside the CU. The aim of this study was to verify whether P is the sperm chemoattractant secreted by the rabbit oocyte-cumulus complex (OCC) in the rabbit, as a mammalian animal model. By means of videomicroscopy and computer image analysis we observed that only the CU are a stable source of sperm attractants. The CU produce and secrete P since the hormone was localized inside these cells by immunocytochemistry and in the conditioned medium by enzyme immunoassay. In addition, rabbit spermatozoa express a cell surface P receptor detected by western blot and localized over the acrosomal region by immunocytochemistry. To confirm that P is the sperm chemoattractant secreted by the CU, the sperm chemotactic response towards the OCC conditioned medium was inhibited by three different approaches: P from the OCC conditioned medium was removed with an anti-P antibody, the attractant gradient of the OCC conditioned medium was disrupted by a P counter gradient, and the sperm P receptor was blocked with a specific antibody. We concluded that only the CU but not the oocyte secretes P, and the latter chemoattract spermatozoa by means of a cell surface receptor. Our findings may be of interest in assisted reproduction procedures in humans, animals of economic importance and endangered species. PMID:18725941

  1. Toward Understanding the Outer Membrane Uptake of Small Molecules by Pseudomonas aeruginosa*

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    Eren, Elif; Parkin, Jamie; Adelanwa, Ayodele; Cheneke, Belete; Movileanu, Liviu; Khalid, Syma; van den Berg, Bert

    2013-01-01

    Because small molecules enter Gram-negative bacteria via outer membrane (OM) channels, understanding OM transport is essential for the rational design of improved and new antibiotics. In the human pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa, most small molecules are taken up by outer membrane carboxylate channel (Occ) proteins, which can be divided into two distinct subfamilies, OccD and OccK. Here we characterize substrate transport mediated by Occ proteins belonging to both subfamilies. Based on the determination of the OccK2-glucuronate co-crystal structure, we identify the channel residues that are essential for substrate transport. We further show that the pore regions of the channels are rigid in the OccK subfamily and highly dynamic in the OccD subfamily. We also demonstrate that the substrate carboxylate group interacts with central residues of the basic ladder, a row of arginine and lysine residues that leads to and away from the binding site at the channel constriction. Moreover, the importance of the basic ladder residues corresponds to their degree of conservation. Finally, we apply the generated insights by converting the archetype of the entire family, OccD1, from a basic amino acid-specific channel into a channel with a preference for negatively charged amino acids. PMID:23467408

  2. Earth Observatory Satellite system definition study. Report 5: System design and specifications. Volume 5: Specification for EROS operations control center

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    1974-01-01

    The functional, performance, and design requirements for the Operations Control Center (OCC) of the Earth Observatory Satellite (EOS) system are presented. The OCC controls the operations of the EOS satellite to acquire mission data consisting of: (1) thematic mapper data, (2) multispectral scanner data on EOS-A, or High Resolution Pointable Imager data on EOS-B, and (3) data collection system (DCS) data. The various inputs to the OCC are identified. The functional requirements of the OCC are defined. The specific systems and subsystems of the OCC are described and block diagrams are provided.

  3. Mapping raised bogs with an iterative one-class classification approach

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    Mack, Benjamin; Roscher, Ribana; Stenzel, Stefanie; Feilhauer, Hannes; Schmidtlein, Sebastian; Waske, Björn

    2016-10-01

    Land use and land cover maps are one of the most commonly used remote sensing products. In many applications the user only requires a map of one particular class of interest, e.g. a specific vegetation type or an invasive species. One-class classifiers are appealing alternatives to common supervised classifiers because they can be trained with labeled training data of the class of interest only. However, training an accurate one-class classification (OCC) model is challenging, particularly when facing a large image, a small class and few training samples. To tackle these problems we propose an iterative OCC approach. The presented approach uses a biased Support Vector Machine as core classifier. In an iterative pre-classification step a large part of the pixels not belonging to the class of interest is classified. The remaining data is classified by a final classifier with a novel model and threshold selection approach. The specific objective of our study is the classification of raised bogs in a study site in southeast Germany, using multi-seasonal RapidEye data and a small number of training sample. Results demonstrate that the iterative OCC outperforms other state of the art one-class classifiers and approaches for model selection. The study highlights the potential of the proposed approach for an efficient and improved mapping of small classes such as raised bogs. Overall the proposed approach constitutes a feasible approach and useful modification of a regular one-class classifier.

  4. Trends in oropharyngeal and oral cavity cancer incidence of human papillomavirus (HPV)-related and HPV-unrelated sites in a multicultural population: the British Columbia experience.

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    Auluck, Ajit; Hislop, Greg; Bajdik, Chris; Poh, Catherine; Zhang, Lewei; Rosin, Miriam

    2010-06-01

    There is a growing recognition of the involvement of human papilloma virus infection in the etiology of head and neck cancers at some sites, mainly the base of the tongue, tonsils, and other oropharynx (hereafter termed oropharyngeal cancer). Other oral sites (hereafter termed oral cavity cancer [OCC]) show a stronger association with tobacco and alcohol. Little is known about the ethnic variation in incidence for these cancers. This study determined incidence rates of OCC and oropharyngeal cancer among South Asian, Chinese, and the general population in British Columbia, Canada. Patients with OCC and oropharyngeal cancer diagnosed from 1980 to 2006 were identified through the British Columbia cancer registry, and surname lists were used to establish ethnicity. Age-adjusted incidence rates were determined for these cancers by sex, topographical site, and ethnicity, and temporal trends were examined. Age-adjusted incidence rates have been decreasing for OCC and increasing for oropharyngeal cancer in the general population for both sexes, with men having higher incidence rates than women. Ethnic differences were found, with the highest age-adjusted incidence rates for OCC for men in South Asians and for women in Chinese, and with the highest age-adjusted incidence rates for oropharyngeal cancer for men in Chinese and for women in the general population. Differences were also found for OCC topographical sites by sex and ethnicity. The incidence of oropharyngeal cancer has now surpassed OCC in the British Columbia male population. Ethnic minorities are at higher risk than the general population for both OCC and oropharyngeal cancer for men, and for OCC for women. (c) 2010 American Cancer Society.

  5. Rising population of survivors of oral squamous cell cancer in the United States.

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    Patel, Mira A; Blackford, Amanda L; Rettig, Eleni M; Richmon, Jeremy D; Eisele, David W; Fakhry, Carole

    2016-05-01

    The incidence of oropharyngeal cancer (OPC) and a subset of oral cavity cancer (OCC) is increasing in the United States. To the authors' knowledge, the presumed growing prevalence of survivors of OPC and OCC has not been investigated to date. Retrospective analysis of Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results data (1975-2012) estimated changes in incidence, 5-year cause-specific survival, and prevalence for OPC and OCC. Changes in incidence, cause-specific survival and prevalence were estimated by linear regression and expressed as the percentage change (B). Differences in incidence trends over time were determined by joinpoint analysis. The incidence of OPC increased by 62.6% from 1975 through 2012. Notable increases in OPC incidence were observed among men, white individuals, and those of younger ages. The 5-year survival for OPC increased significantly for all sexes, races, and individuals aged >30 years, with white individuals and males experiencing the largest increase in survival. By contrast, the incidence of OCC declined by 22.3% during the same time period. OCC incidence decreased across all groups but increased among individuals aged 30 to 39 years. Significant increases in survival were observed for OCC, except for those who were female, black, and aged <40 years. The prevalence of survivors of OPC increased from 2000 to 2012 (B, 115.1 per 100,000 individuals per year; P<.0001), whereas the prevalence of survivors of OCC significantly decreased (B, -15.8 per 100,000 individuals per year; P<.0001). The prevalence of survivors of OPC is increasing, whereas the prevalence of survivors of OCC is declining. These data portend significant implications for long-term care planning for survivors of OPC and OCC. Cancer 2016;122:1380-1387. © 2016 American Cancer Society. © 2016 American Cancer Society.

  6. Effect of organic calcium compounds on combustion characteristics of rice husk, sewage sludge, and bituminous coal: thermogravimetric investigation.

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    Zhang, Lihui; Duan, Feng; Huang, Yaji

    2015-04-01

    Experiments were conducted in a thermogravimetric analyzer to assess the enhancement of combustion characteristics of different solid fuels blended with organic calcium compounds (OCCs). Rice husk, sewage sludge, and bituminous coal, and two OCC were used in this study. Effect of different mole ratios of calcium to sulfur (Ca/S ratio) on the combustion characteristics were also investigated. Results indicated that combustion performance indexes for bituminous coal impregnated by OCC were improved, however, an inverse trend was found for sewage sludge because sewage sludge has lower ignition temperature and higher volatile matter content compared to those of OCC. For rice husk, effect of added OCC on the combustion characteristics is not obvious. Different solid fuels show different combustion characteristics with increases of Ca/S ratio. The maximum combustion performance indexes appear at Ca/S ratios of 1:1, 2:1, and 3:1 for OCC blended with Shenhua coal, rice husk, and sewage sludge, respectively. Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

  7. 77 FR 61238 - Annual Stress Test

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    ...'') stress tests. One commenter suggested that the OCC introduce stress test requirements on a rolling basis... Stress Test and Use of Stress Test Results One commenter noted that the OCC's proposed rule defined... concerns, the OCC is implementing a one-year delay for application of the annual stress test requirement to...

  8. 76 FR 33409 - Guidance on Deposit-Related Consumer Credit Products

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    ... OCC's application of principles of safe and sound banking practices in connection with deposit-related... guidance details the principles that the OCC expects national banks to follow in connection with any... without dictating specific product terms. The OCC expects national banks to apply the principles set forth...

  9. Gravity and Magnetic Signatures of Different Types of Spreading at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

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    Alodia, G.; Green, C. M.; McCaig, A. M.; Paton, D.; Campbell, S.

    2017-12-01

    In recent years it has been recognised that parts of slow spreading ridges such as the mid-Atlantic Ridge (MAR) are characterised by typical magmatic spreading, while other parts are characterised by the formation of detachment faults and oceanic core complexes (OCC). These different spreading modes can be clearly identified in the near-ridge environment in the bathymetry, with magmatic mode crust characterised by linear fault-bounded ridges, and detachment mode crust by more chaotic bathymetric signatures. The aim of this project is to characterise the magnetic and gravity signatures of lithosphere created by different modes of spreading, with the aim of using these signatures to identify different modes of spreading in ocean-continent transitions where the bathymetry is often hidden beneath sediment. In this presentation, we first characterise different modes of spreading using available high-resolution bathymetry data in the 28-32 N section of the MAR up to 20 My of age. The identified characteristics are then related to the corresponding ship-borne gravity and magnetic data in the same area. As most magnetic anomalies found in the near-axis environment are caused by the remanent magnetisation, it is found that in places where OCCs are present, magnetic anomalies are not as symmetrical as those found in magmatic mode regions. In both gravity and magnetic data, gradients are strongly clustered in the spreading direction in magmatic mode crust, but much more variable in detachment mode. We present a range of parameters extracted from the data that characterise different spreading modes, and use these to test whether transitions between detachment and magmatic mode crust identified in the bathymetry can be readily identified in gravity and magnetic data with different degrees of resolution.

  10. Oral cavity cancer trends over the past 25 years in Hong Kong: a multidirectional statistical analysis.

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    Ushida, Keisuke; McGrath, Colman P; Lo, Edward C M; Zwahlen, Roger A

    2015-07-24

    Even though oral cavity cancer (OCC; ICD 10 codes C01, C02, C03, C04, C05, and C06) ranks eleventh among the world's most common cancers, accounting for approximately 2 % of all cancers, a trend analysis of OCC in Hong Kong is lacking. Hong Kong has experienced rapid economic growth with socio-cultural and environmental change after the Second World War. This together with the collected data in the cancer registry provides interesting ground for an epidemiological study on the influence of socio-cultural and environmental factors on OCC etiology. A multidirectional statistical analysis of the OCC trends over the past 25 years was performed using the databases of the Hong Kong Cancer Registry. The age, period, and cohort (APC) modeling was applied to determine age, period, and cohort effects on OCC development. Joinpoint regression analysis was used to find secular trend changes of both age-standardized and age-specific incidence rates. The APC model detected that OCC development in men was mainly dominated by the age effect, whereas in women an increasing linear period effect together with an age effect became evident. The joinpoint regression analysis showed a general downward trend of age-standardized incidence rates of OCC for men during the entire investigated period, whereas women demonstrated a significant upward trend from 2001 onwards. The results suggest that OCC incidence in Hong Kong appears to be associated with cumulative risk behaviors of the population, despite considerable socio-cultural and environmental changes after the Second World War.

  11. 76 FR 62883 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; Options Clearing Corporation; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule...

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    ... Organizations; Options Clearing Corporation; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Relating to Clearing Options on... 27, 2011, The Options Clearing Corporation (``OCC'') filed with the Securities and Exchange... OCC's By-Laws, clarifying that OCC will clear and treat as securities options any option contracts on...

  12. 76 FR 37162 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; The Options Clearing Corporation; Order Approving Proposed Rule...

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    ... (February 7, 2011). \\3\\ Letter from Gene Thomas (Retired), (April 24, 2011); letter from Andrew S. Margolin... CFTC's regulations. OCC By-Laws, Article I, Definitions. OCC's current internal cross-margining program...-CME program. Article VI, Section 25(b) of OCC's By-Laws currently requires clearing members to obtain...

  13. 77 FR 35253 - Alternatives to the Use of External Credit Ratings in the Regulations of the OCC

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    ... are investment grade; or (2) The obligations are approved by the OCC. The aggregate outstanding direct...-Frank Act) contains two directives to Federal agencies including the OCC. First, section 939A directs...), seeking comment on a proposal to revise its regulations pertaining to investment securities, securities...

  14. 12 CFR 4.39 - Notification of parties and procedures for sharing and using OCC records in litigation.

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    ... CURRENCY, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS, AVAILABILITY AND RELEASE OF INFORMATION... Information § 4.39 Notification of parties and procedures for sharing and using OCC records in litigation. (a... OCC information obtained pursuant to this subpart, and, upon entry of a protective order, shall...

  15. 12 CFR 4.39 - Notification of parties and procedures for sharing and using OCC records in litigation.

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    ... CURRENCY, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS, AVAILABILITY AND RELEASE OF INFORMATION... Information § 4.39 Notification of parties and procedures for sharing and using OCC records in litigation. (a... OCC information obtained pursuant to this subpart, and, upon entry of a protective order, shall...

  16. 12 CFR 4.39 - Notification of parties and procedures for sharing and using OCC records in litigation.

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    ... CURRENCY, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS, AVAILABILITY AND RELEASE OF INFORMATION... Information § 4.39 Notification of parties and procedures for sharing and using OCC records in litigation. (a... OCC information obtained pursuant to this subpart, and, upon entry of a protective order, shall...

  17. 12 CFR Appendix A to Part 25 - Ratings

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    .... (iv) Needs to improve. The OCC rates a bank's lending performance “needs to improve” if, in general... OCC rates a bank's investment performance “needs to improve” if, in general, it demonstrates: (A) A... to improve. The OCC rates a bank's service performance “needs to improve” if, in general, the bank...

  18. 78 FR 18382 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; The Options Clearing Corporation; Notice of Filing of Proposed...

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    ... a means for OCC clearing members to submit broker-to-broker stock loan transactions to OCC for clearance. Broker-to-broker transactions are independently- executed stock loan transactions that are negotiated directly between two OCC clearing members. Where a stock loan transaction is submitted to, and...

  19. 78 FR 33892 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Examination...

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    ..., the OCC may not conduct or sponsor, and the respondent is not required to respond to, an information... properly evaluate the content and conduct of OCC examinations. Completed Examination Surveys also help... communications. The OCC will use the information to identify problems or trends that may impair the effectiveness...

  20. 78 FR 75659 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; The Options Clearing Corporation; Order Approving Proposed Rule...

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    ...: (i) To oversee OCC's governance processes; (ii) to approve and oversee OCC's business strategies... place for a number of years, it has not previously submitted those as proposed rule changes pursuant to... accountability, and to align OCC with current best practices in corporate governance. The Board Charter addresses...

  1. 77 FR 24999 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; The Options Clearing Corporation; Notice of Filing and Order...

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    ... operational capacity to effect a settlement with each clearing member, on an intraday basis, either routinely... 1301(c) provides OCC with the authority to effect intraday settlements and Interpretation and Policy .01 of Rule 1301 states OCC's policy of not requiring intraday variation payments while reserving OCC...

  2. 75 FR 51531 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

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    ... controls and risk management procedures that the agencies (OCC, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve... collection unless it displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number. The OCC... of your comments to OCC Desk Officer, 1557-0229, by mail to U.S. Office of Management and Budget, 725...

  3. The Off-Campus Center: Extending the Reach of Higher Education. Organizational Issues.

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    Gabor, Stanley C.; Heggan, Jon P.

    Based on a study of basic organizational issues typically encountered in opening, managing, and closing an off-campus center (OCC), this monograph is designed for colleges and universities wishing to explore the possibility of creating or expanding an OCC for adult students. The definition of an OCC is provided. After a brief statistical overview…

  4. 77 FR 59431 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; The Options Clearing Corporation; Notice of Filing of Advance...

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    ... rule filing defines ``OTC option'' and ``OTC index option'' generically in order to simplify future... future OTC options accepted for clearing, OCC intends that such future OTC options will conform to the... index options that OCC may in the future clear may be fixed at such value as OCC determines and provides...

  5. 12 CFR 4.39 - Notification of parties and procedures for sharing and using OCC records in litigation.

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    2011-01-01

    ... OCC information obtained pursuant to § 4.15, to the other parties. (c) Retrieval and destruction of... CURRENCY, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS, AVAILABILITY AND RELEASE OF INFORMATION... promptly notify other parties to a case of the release of non-public OCC information obtained pursuant to...

  6. 77 FR 41836 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; The Options Clearing Corporation; Notice of Filing and Immediate...

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    ... Change To Amend OCC's Schedule of Fees to Eliminate Fees for Certain Educational Brochures July 10, 2012... change would amend OCC's Schedule of Fees to eliminate fees for three brochures to reflect that these... OCC's Schedule of Fees to eliminate fees for three brochures to reflect that these brochures are now...

  7. Academic Advisee Motives for Pursuing Out-of-Class Communication with the Faculty Academic Advisor

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    Leach, Rebecca B.; Wang, Tiffany R.

    2015-01-01

    This study examined advisee communication motives for engaging in out-of-class communication (OCC) with the faculty academic advisor. Undergraduate students (n = 21) were interviewed about their motives for engaging in OCC with their faculty academic advisors. In a thematic analysis, six motives emerged for engaging in OCC with faculty academic…

  8. 75 FR 75724 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

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    ... of the OCC. The OCC requires independent credit card banks to pay an additional assessment based on receivables attributable to accounts owned by the bank. Independent credit card banks are national banks that primarily engage in credit card operations and are not affiliated with a full service national bank. The OCC...

  9. 75 FR 33385 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request

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    ... to assist the respondent in understanding the types of information that the OCC needs in order to... information for the OCC to act on a particular filing, including the OCC's e-Corp filing system. Type of... information technology; and (e) Estimates of capital or startup costs and costs of operation, maintenance, and...

  10. 12 CFR 116.40 - Where do I file my application?

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    ... application? (a) OCC Office. (1) You must file the original application and the number of copies indicated on.... If the form does not indicate the number of copies you must file or if the OCC has not prescribed a... OCC licensing office at headquarters. You must file the number of copies indicated on the applicable...

  11. 12 CFR 116.40 - Where do I file my application?

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    ... application? (a) OCC Office. (1) You must file the original application and the number of copies indicated on.... If the form does not indicate the number of copies you must file or if the OCC has not prescribed a... OCC licensing office at headquarters. You must file the number of copies indicated on the applicable...

  12. 12 CFR 116.40 - Where do I file my application?

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    ... application? (a) OCC Office. (1) You must file the original application and the number of copies indicated on.... If the form does not indicate the number of copies you must file or if the OCC has not prescribed a... OCC licensing office at headquarters. You must file the number of copies indicated on the applicable...

  13. 12 CFR 4.4 - Washington office and web site.

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    ... 12 Banks and Banking 1 2013-01-01 2013-01-01 false Washington office and web site. 4.4 Section 4.4... EXAMINERS Organization and Functions § 4.4 Washington office and web site. The Washington office of the OCC...'s Web site is at http://www.occ.gov. [76 FR 43561, July 21, 2011] ...

  14. 12 CFR 4.4 - Washington office and web site.

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    ... 12 Banks and Banking 1 2014-01-01 2014-01-01 false Washington office and web site. 4.4 Section 4.4... EXAMINERS Organization and Functions § 4.4 Washington office and web site. The Washington office of the OCC...'s Web site is at http://www.occ.gov. [76 FR 43561, July 21, 2011] ...

  15. 12 CFR 4.4 - Washington office and web site.

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    ... 12 Banks and Banking 1 2012-01-01 2012-01-01 false Washington office and web site. 4.4 Section 4.4... EXAMINERS Organization and Functions § 4.4 Washington office and web site. The Washington office of the OCC...'s Web site is at http://www.occ.gov. [76 FR 43561, July 21, 2011] ...

  16. 12 CFR 155.300 - Must I inform the OCC before I use electronic means or facilities?

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    ... 12 Banks and Banking 1 2013-01-01 2013-01-01 false Must I inform the OCC before I use electronic means or facilities? 155.300 Section 155.300 Banks and Banking COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY ELECTRONIC OPERATIONS § 155.300 Must I inform the OCC before I use electronic means...

  17. 77 FR 60057 - Margin and Capital Requirements for Covered Swap Entities; Reopening of Comment Period

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  18. 77 FR 71466 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; The Options Clearing Corporation; Notice of Filing of Proposed...

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  19. CCL2/CCL5 secreted by the stroma induce IL-6/PYK2 dependent chemoresistance in ovarian cancer.

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    Pasquier, Jennifer; Gosset, Marie; Geyl, Caroline; Hoarau-Véchot, Jessica; Chevrot, Audrey; Pocard, Marc; Mirshahi, Massoud; Lis, Raphael; Rafii, Arash; Touboul, Cyril

    2018-02-19

    Minimal residual disease is the main issue of advanced ovarian cancer treatment. According to the literature and previous results, we hypothesized that Mesenchymal Stromal Cells (MSC) could support this minimal residual disease by protecting ovarian cancer cells (OCC) from chemotherapy. In vitro study confirmed that MSC could induce OCC chemoresistance without contact using transwell setting. Further experiments showed that this induced chemoresistance was dependent on IL-6 OCC stimulation. We combined meticulous in vitro profiling and tumor xenograft models to study the role of IL-6 in MSC/OCC intereactions. We demonstrated that Tocilizumab® (anti-IL-6R therapy) in association with chemotherapy significantly reduced the peritoneal carcinosis index (PCI) than chemotherapy alone in mice xenografted with OCCs+MSCs. Further experiments showed that CCL2 and CCL5 are released by MSC in transwell co-culture and induce OCCs IL-6 secretion and chemoresistance. Finally, we found that IL-6 induced chemoresistance was dependent on PYK2 phosphorylation. These findings highlight the potential key role of the stroma in protecting minimal residual disease from chemotherapy, thus favoring recurrences. Future clinical trials targeting stroma could use anti-IL-6 therapy in association with chemotherapy.

  20. Exploring Students' Use of E-Mail for Out-of-Class Communication: Frequency, Satisfaction, and Learning Self-Efficacy

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    Zhao, Q.; Ahn, S.; Meyers, R. A.; Timmerman, C. E.; Fonner, K. L.

    2012-01-01

    The authors assessed students' use of e-mail for out-of-class communication (OCC) and its impact on satisfaction and learning self-efficacy. Findings showed that students and instructors use e-mail frequently for OCC, and frequency of use is positively associated with student satisfaction with e-mail as an OCC medium. Moreover, the content of…

  1. 77 FR 7621 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; The Options Clearing Corporation; Notice of Filing and Immediate...

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  2. Sex differences and sexual orientation differences in personality: findings from the BBC Internet survey.

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    Lippa, Richard A

    2008-02-01

    Analyzing a large international data set generated by a BBC Internet survey, I examined sex differences and sexual orientation differences in six personality traits: extraversion, agreeableness, neuroticism, disagreeable assertiveness, masculine versus feminine occupational preferences (MF-Occ), and self-ascribed masculinity-femininity (Self-MF). Consistent with previous research, sex differences and sexual orientation differences were largest for MF-Occ and for Self-MF. In general, heterosexual-homosexual differences mirrored sex differences in personality, with gay men shifted in female-typical and lesbians in male-typical directions. Bisexual men scored intermediate between heterosexual and gay men on MF-Occ; however, they were slightly more feminine than gay men on Self-MF. Bisexual women scored intermediate between heterosexual women and lesbians on both MF-Occ and Self-MF. Sex differences and sexual orientation differences in MF-Occ, Self-MF, and other personality traits were consistent across five nations/world regions (the UK, USA, Canada, Australia/New Zealand, and Western Europe), thereby suggesting a biological component to these differences.

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    ...Pursuant to Title III of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, all functions of the Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS) relating to Federal savings associations and the rulemaking authority of the OTS relating to all savings associations are transferred to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) on July 21, 2011 (transfer date). In order to facilitate the OCC's enforcement and administration of former OTS rules and to make appropriate changes to these rules to reflect OCC supervision of Federal savings associations as of the transfer date, the OCC is republishing, with nomenclature and other technical changes, the OTS regulations currently found in Chapter V of Title 12 of the Code of Federal Regulations. The republished regulations will be recodified with the OCC's regulations in Chapter I at parts 100 through 197 (Republished Regulations), effective on July 21, 2011. The Republished Regulations will supersede the OTS regulations in Chapter V for purposes of OCC supervision and regulation of Federal savings associations, and certain of the Republished Rules will supersede the OTS regulations in Chapter V for purposes of the FDIC's supervision of state savings associations. Chapter V of Title 12 of the Code of Federal Regulations will be vacated at a later date.

  4. 12 CFR 34.21 - General rule.

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    ... and sound banking practices as described in published OCC guidance, including appropriate diligence... sound banking practices as described in published OCC guidance, including appropriate diligence...

  5. OCC and state of New York settle Love Canal claims

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    Following a 14-year legal battle, the state of New York and Occidental Chemical Corporation (OCC) have entered into a consent judgement in the Love Canal litigation. The June 21, 1994 judgement, which was approved by the US District Court for the Western District of New York on July 1, 1994, requires that OCC pay the state $98 million in exchange for a release of all state claims remaining against the company.

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    ...The OCC, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on the renewal of an information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. In accordance with the requirements of the PRA, the OCC may not conduct or sponsor, and the respondent is not required to respond to, an information collection unless it displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number. The OCC is soliciting comment concerning renewal of its information collection titled, ``Interagency Guidance on Asset Securitization Activities.'' The OCC is also giving notice that it has sent the collection to OMB for review.

  8. Recurrent oral cavity cancer: Patterns of failure after salvage multimodality therapy.

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    Quinlan-Davidson, Sean R; Morrison, William H; Myers, Jeffrey N; Gunn, Gary B; William, William N; Beadle, Beth M; Skinner, Heath D; Gillenwater, Ann M; Frank, Steven J; Phan, Jack; Johnson, Faye M; Fuller, Clifton D; Zafereo, Mark E; Rosenthal, David I; Garden, Adam S

    2017-04-01

    We focused on a cohort of radiation naïve patients who had recurrent oral cavity cancer (recurrent OCC) to assess their outcomes with salvage multimodal therapy. A retrospective single institutional study was performed of patients with recurrent OCC. Disease recurrence and survival outcomes were assessed. Seventy-eight patients were analyzed. All patients had salvage surgery and intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) and 74% had chemotherapy. Five-year overall survival, recurrence-free survival, and locoregional control rates were 59%, 60%, and 74%, respectively. Outcomes of radiation naïve patients with recurrent OCC are fair, and seem similar with patients with locally advanced nonrecurrent OCC treated with multimodal therapy. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Head Neck 39: 633-638, 2017. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

  9. A mechanical chest compressor closed-loop controller with an effective trade-off between blood flow improvement and ribs fracture reduction.

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    Zhang, Guang; Wu, Taihu; Song, Zhenxing; Wang, Haitao; Lu, Hengzhi; Wang, Yalin; Wang, Dan; Chen, Feng

    2015-06-01

    Chest compression (CC) is a significant emergency medical procedure for maintaining circulation during cardiac arrest. Although CC produces the necessary blood flow for patients with heart arrest, improperly deep CC will contribute significantly to the risk of chest injury. In this paper, an optimal CC closed-loop controller for a mechanical chest compressor (OCC-MCC) was developed to provide an effective trade-off between the benefit of improved blood perfusion and the risk of ribs fracture. The trade-off performance of the OCC-MCC during real automatic mechanical CCs was evaluated by comparing the OCC-MCC and the traditional mechanical CC method (TMCM) with a human circulation hardware model based on hardware simulations. A benefit factor (BF), risk factor (RF) and benefit versus risk index (BRI) were introduced in this paper for the comprehensive evaluation of risk and benefit. The OCC-MCC was developed using the LabVIEW control platform and the mechanical chest compressor (MCC) controller. PID control is also employed by MCC for effective compression depth regulation. In addition, the physiological parameters model for MCC was built based on a digital signal processor for hardware simulations. A comparison between the OCC-MCC and TMCM was then performed based on the simulation test platform which is composed of the MCC, LabVIEW control platform, physiological parameters model for MCC and the manikin. Compared with the TMCM, the OCC-MCC obtained a better trade-off and a higher BRI in seven out of a total of nine cases. With a higher mean value of cardiac output (1.35 L/min) and partial pressure of end-tidal CO2 (15.7 mmHg), the OCC-MCC obtained a larger blood flow and higher BF than TMCM (5.19 vs. 3.41) in six out of a total of nine cases. Although it is relatively difficult to maintain a stable CC depth when the chest is stiff, the OCC-MCC is still superior to the TMCM for performing safe and effective CC during CPR. The OCC-MCC is superior to the TMCM in performing safe and effective CC during CPR and can be incorporated into the current version of mechanical CC devices for high quality CPR, in both in-hospital and out-of-hospital CPR settings.

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  11. Spatial Variability of Soil Water and Soil Organic Carbon Contents Under Different Degradation Degrees of Alpine Meadow Soil over the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

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    Zeng, C.; Zhang, F.

    2014-12-01

    Alpine meadow is one of widespread vegetation types of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. However, alpine meadow ecosystem is undergoing degradation in recent years. The degradation of alpine meadow can changes soil physical and chemical properties as well as it's spatial variability. However, little research has been done that address the spatial patterns of soil properties under different degradation degrees of alpine meadow of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau although these changes were important to water and heat study and modelling of land surface. 296 soil surface (0-10 cm) samples were collected using grid sampling design from three different degraded alpine meadow regions (1 km2). Then soil water content (SWC) and organic carbon content (OCC) were measured. Classical statistical and geostatistical methods were employed to study the spatial heterogeneities of SWC and OCC under different degradation degrees (Non-degraded ND, moderately degraded MD, extremely degraded ED) of alpine meadow. Results show that both SWC and OCC of alpine meadow were normally distributed with the exception of SWC under ED. On average, both SWC and OCC of alpine meadow decreased in the order that ND > MD > ED. For nugget ratios, SWC and OCC of alpine meadow showed increasing spatial dependence tendency from ND to ED. For the range of spatial variation, both SWC and OCC of alpine meadow showed increasing tendency in distance with the increasing degree of degradation. In all, the degradation of alpine meadow has significant impact on spatial heterogeneities of SWC and OCC of alpine meadow. With increasing of alpine meadow degradation, soil water condition and nutrient condition become worse, and their distributions in spatial become unevenly.

  12. Sharing the knowledge gained from occupational cohort studies: a call for action.

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    Behrens, Thomas; Mester, Birte; Fritschi, Lin

    2012-06-01

    An immense body of knowledge has been created by establishing various job-exposure matrices (JEMs) to assess occupational exposures in community- and industry-based cohort studies. These JEMs could be made available to occupational epidemiologists using knowledge-sharing technologies, thereby saving considerable amounts of time and money for researchers investigating occupation-related research questions. In this paper, the authors give an example of how a detailed JEM can be easily transformed into a job-specific module (JSM) for use in community-based studies. OccIDEAS is operationalised as a web-based software, combining the use of JSMs with an individual expert exposure assessment to assess occupational exposures in various industries according to a set of predefined rules. The authors used a JEM focusing on endocrine-disrupting chemicals from a German study on testicular cancer in the automobile industry to create a JSM in OccIDEAS. The JEM was easily translated into OccIDEAS requiring about 50 h of work by an epidemiologist familiar with the German JEM to learn about the OccIDEAS structure, establish the required set of exposure rules and to translate the JEM into OccIDEAS. Language did not represent an obstacle for translation either. To make the data available in an international context, an interpreter had to translate the German tasks and exposures after they were coded into OccIDEAS. JEMs which are constructed based on identifying tasks that determine exposure can be easily transformed into a JSM. Occupational epidemiologists are invited to contribute to the international scope of OccIDEAS by providing their previously established JEMs to make existing data on occupational exposures widely available to the epidemiological community.

  13. Differential Expression Patterns of occ1-Related Genes in Adult Monkey Visual Cortex

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    Takahata, Toru; Komatsu, Yusuke; Watakabe, Akiya; Hashikawa, Tsutomu; Tochitani, Shiro

    2009-01-01

    We have previously revealed that occ1 is preferentially expressed in the primary visual area (V1) of the monkey neocortex. In our attempt to identify more area-selective genes in the macaque neocortex, we found that testican-1, an occ1-related gene, and its family members also exhibit characteristic expression patterns along the visual pathway. The expression levels of testican-1 and testican-2 mRNAs as well as that of occ1 mRNA start of high in V1, progressively decrease along the ventral visual pathway, and end of low in the temporal areas. Complementary to them, the neuronal expression of SPARC mRNA is abundant in the association areas and scarce in V1. Whereas occ1, testican-1, and testican-2 mRNAs are preferentially distributed in thalamorecipient layers including “blobs,” SPARC mRNA expression avoids these layers. Neither SC1 nor testican-3 mRNA expression is selective to particular areas, but SC1 mRNA is abundantly observed in blobs. The expressions of occ1, testican-1, testican-2, and SC1 mRNA were downregulated after monocular tetrodotoxin injection. These results resonate with previous works on chemical and functional gradients along the primate occipitotemporal visual pathway and raise the possibility that these gradients and functional architecture may be related to the visual activity–dependent expression of these extracellular matrix glycoproteins. PMID:19073625

  14. Ohno continuous casting

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    Soda, H.; McLean, A.; Motoyasu, G.

    1995-04-01

    Production of net-shape products directly from the liquid is an attractive manufacturing route for alloys that are difficult to process or that cannot be rolled, drawn, or extruded. Developed at the Chiba Institute of Technology in Japan, the Ohno Continuous Casting (OCC) approach not only provides significant cost savings, but also has the potential to create new products. OCC process equipment includes a melting furnace, crucible, mold level-control block, cooling device, and pinch rolls. OCC is currently used to produce copper rods and wires for audio and video cables, and aluminum alloy welding rods for hard-surfacing applications. For example, Mitsuimore » Engineering and Ship Building Co. has used OCC to produce copper tubing products with internal fins and partitions for applications such as heat exchanger tubes and induction coils.« less

  15. Past and future changes in Canadian boreal wildfire activity.

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    Girardin, Martin P; Mudelsee, Manfred

    2008-03-01

    Climate change in Canadian boreal forests is usually associated with increased drought severity and fire activity. However, future fire activity could well be within the range of values experienced during the preindustrial period. In this study, we contrast 21st century forecasts of fire occurrence (FireOcc, number of large forest fires per year) in the southern part of the Boreal Shield, Canada, with the historical range of the past 240 years statistically reconstructed from tree-ring width data. First, a historical relationship between drought indices and FireOcc is developed over the calibration period 1959-1998. Next, together with seven tree-ring based drought reconstructions covering the last 240 years and simulations from the CGCM3 and ECHAM4 global climate models, the calibration model is used to estimate past (prior to 1959) and future (post 1999) FireOcc. Last, time-dependent changes in mean FireOcc and in the occurrence rate of extreme fire years are evaluated with the aid of advanced methods of statistical time series analysis. Results suggest that the increase in precipitation projected toward the end of the 21st century will be insufficient to compensate for increasing temperatures and will be insufficient to maintain potential evapotranspiration at current levels. Limited moisture availability would cause FireOcc to increase as well. But will future FireOcc exceed its historical range? The results obtained from our approach suggest high probabilities of seeing future FireOcc reach the upper limit of the historical range. Predictions, which are essentially weighed on northwestern Ontario and eastern boreal Manitoba, indicate that, by 2061-2100, typical FireOcc could increase by more than 34% when compared with the past two centuries. Increases in fire activity as projected by this study could negatively affect the implementation in the next century of forest management inspired by historical or natural disturbance dynamics. This approach is indeed feasible only if current and future fire activities are sufficiently low compared with the preindustrial fire activity, so a substitution of fire by forest management could occur without elevating the overall frequency of disturbance. Conceivable management options will likely have to be directed toward minimizing the adverse impacts of the increasing fire activity.

  16. Development of Methodologies for Technology Deployment for Advanced Outage Control Centers that Improve Outage Coordination, Problem Resolution and Outage Risk Management

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    Shawn St. Germain; Ronald Farris; Heather Medeman

    2013-09-01

    This research effort is a part of the Light-Water Reactor Sustainability (LWRS) Program, which is a research and development (R&D) program sponsored by Department of Energy (DOE) and performed in close collaboration with industry R&D programs that provides the technical foundations for licensing and managing the long-term, safe, and economical operation of current nuclear power plants. The LWRS program serves to help the U.S. nuclear industry adopt new technologies and engineering solutions that facilitate the continued safe operation of the plants and extension of the current operating licenses. The long term viability of existing nuclear power plants in the U.S.more » will depend upon maintaining high capacity factors, avoiding nuclear safety issues and reducing operating costs. The slow progress in the construction on new nuclear power plants has placed in increased importance on maintaining the output of the current fleet of nuclear power plants. Recently expanded natural gas production has placed increased economic pressure on nuclear power plants due to lower cost competition. Until recently, power uprate projects had steadily increased the total output of the U.S. nuclear fleet. Errors made during power plant upgrade projects have now removed three nuclear power plants from the U.S. fleet and economic considerations have caused the permanent shutdown of a fourth plant. Additionally, several utilities have cancelled power uprate projects citing economic concerns. For the past several years net electrical generation from U.S. nuclear power plants has been declining. One of few remaining areas where significant improvements in plant capacity factors can be made is in minimizing the duration of refueling outages. Managing nuclear power plant outages is a complex and difficult task. Due to the large number of complex tasks and the uncertainty that accompanies them, outage durations routinely exceed the planned duration. The ability to complete an outage on or near schedule depends upon the performance of the outage management organization. During an outage, the outage control center (OCC) is the temporary command center for outage managers and provides several critical functions for the successful execution of the outage schedule. Essentially, the OCC functions to facilitate information inflow, assist outage management in processing information and to facilitate the dissemination of information to stakeholders. Currently, outage management activities primarily rely on telephone communication, face to face reports of status and periodic briefings in the OCC. Much of the information displayed in OCCs is static and out of date requiring an evaluation to determine if it is still valid. Several advanced communication and collaboration technologies have shown promise for facilitating the information flow into, across and out of the OCC. Additionally, advances in the areas of mobile worker technologies, computer based procedures and electronic work packages can be leveraged to improve the availability of real time status to outage managers.« less

  17. Waste from grocery stores

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    Lieb, K.

    1993-11-01

    The Community Recycling Center, Inc., (CRC, Champaign, Ill.), last year conducted a two-week audit of waste generated at two area grocery stores. The stores surveyed are part of a 10-store chain. For two of the Kirby Foods Stores, old corrugated containers (OCC) accounted for 39-45% of all waste. The summary drew correlations between the amount of OCC and the sum of food and garbage waste. The study suggested that one can reasonably estimate volumes of waste based on the amount of OCC because most things come in a box. Auditors set up a series of containers to make the collectionmore » process straightforward. Every day the containers were taken to local recycling centers and weighed. Approximate waste breakdowns for the two stores were as follows: 45% OCC; 35% food waste; 20% nonrecyclable or noncompostable items; and 10% other.« less

  18. Toward the rational design of carbapenem uptake in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

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    Isabella, Vincent M; Campbell, Arthur J; Manchester, John; Sylvester, Mark; Nayar, Asha S; Ferguson, Keith E; Tommasi, Ruben; Miller, Alita A

    2015-04-23

    Understanding how compound penetration occurs across the complex cell walls of Gram-negative bacteria is one of the greatest challenges in discovering new drugs to treat the infections they cause. A combination of next-generation transposon sequencing, computational metadynamics simulations (CMDS), and medicinal chemistry was used to define genetic and structural elements involved in facilitated carbapenem entry into Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Here we show for the first time that these compounds are taken up not only by the major outer membrane channel OccD1 (also called OprD or PA0958) but also by a closely related channel OccD3 (OpdP or PA4501). Transport-mediating molecular interactions predicted by CMDS for these channels were first confirmed genetically, then used to guide the design of carbapenem analogs with altered uptake properties. These results bring us closer to the rational design of channel transmissibility and may ultimately lead to improved permeability of compounds across bacterial outer membranes. Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

  19. Prognosis for Mammographically Occult, Early-Stage Breast Cancer Patients Treated With Breast-Conservation Therapy

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    Yang, Tzu-I. J.; Yang Qifeng; Department of Breast Surgery, Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan

    2010-01-15

    Purpose: To compare mammographically occult (MamOcc) and mammographically positive (MamPos) early-stage breast cancer patients treated with breast-conservation therapy (BCT), to analyze differences between the two cohorts. Methods and Materials: Our two cohorts consisted of 214 MamOcc and 2168 MamPos patients treated with BCT. Chart reviews were conducted to assess mammogram reports and method of detection. All clinical-pathologic and outcome parameters were analyzed to detect differences between the two cohorts. Results: Median follow-up was 7 years. There were no differences in final margins, T stage, nodal status, estrogen/progesterone receptor status, or 'triple-negative' status. Significant differences included younger age at diagnosis (pmore » < 0.0001), more positive family history (p = 0.0033), less HER-2+ disease (p = 0.0294), and 1{sup o} histology (p < 0.0001). At 10 years, the differences in overall survival, cause-specific survival, and distant relapse between the two groups did not differ significantly. The MamOcc cohort had more breast relapses (15% vs. 8%; p = 0.0357), but on multivariate analysis this difference was not significant (hazard ratio 1.0, 95% confidence interval 0.993-1.007, p = 0.9296). Breast relapses were mammographically occult in 32% of the MamOcc and 12% of the MamPos cohorts (p = 0.0136). Conclusions: Although our study suggests that there are clinical-pathologic variations for the MamOcc cohort vs. MamPos patients that may ultimately affect management, breast relapse after BCT was not significantly different. Breast recurrences were more often mammographically occult in the MamOcc cohort; consideration should be given to closer follow-up and alternative imaging strategies (ultrasound, breast MRI) for routine posttreatment examination. To our knowledge, this represents the largest series addressing the prognostic significance of MamOcc cancers treated with BCT.« less

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  1. Healing, Mental Energy in the Physics Classroom: Energy Conceptions and Trust in Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Grade 10-12 Students

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    Svedholm, Annika M.; Lindeman, Marjaana

    2013-03-01

    Lay conceptions of energy often conflict with scientific knowledge, hinder science learning and scientific literacy, and provide a basis for ungrounded beliefs. In a sample of Finnish upper secondary school students, energy was attributed with features of living and animate beings and thought of as a mental property. These ontologically confused conceptions (OCC) were associated with trust in complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), and independent of scientifically valid conceptions. Substance-based energy conceptions followed the correlational pattern of OCC, rather than scientific conceptions. OCC and CAM decreased both during the regular school physics curriculum and after a lesson targeted at the ontological confusions. OCC and CAM were slightly less common among students with high actively open-minded thinking, low trust in intuition and high need for cognition. The findings are discussed in relation to the goals of scientific education.

  2. Gender- and ethnicity-specific survival trends of oral cavity and oropharyngeal cancers in British Columbia.

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    Auluck, Ajit; Hislop, Greg; Bajdik, Chris; Hay, John; Bottorff, Joan L; Zhang, Lewei; Rosin, Miriam P

    2012-12-01

    A shift in etiology of oral cancers has been associated with a rise in incidence for oropharyngeal cancers (OPC) and decrease for oral cavity cancers (OCC); however, there is limited information about population-based survival trends. We report epidemiological transitions in survival for both OPC and OCC from a population-based cancer registry, focusing upon gender and ethnic differences. All primary oral cancers diagnosed between 1980 and 2005 were identified from the British Columbia Cancer Registry and regrouped into OPC and OCC by topographical subsites, time periods (1980-1993 and 1994-2005), stage at diagnosis, and ethnicity. Cases were then followed up to December 2009. Using gender-based analysis, actuarial life tables were used to calculate survival rates, which were compared using Kaplan-Meier curves and log-rank tests. For OPC, survival improved, significant for tonsil and base of tongue in men and marginally significant at base of tongue in women. This improvement occurred in spite of an increase in late-stage diagnosis for OPC in both genders. Interestingly, there was no difference in survival for early- and late-stage disease for OPC in men. For OCC, there was a decrease in survival for floor of mouth cancers in both genders although significant in women only. South Asians had the poorest survival for OCC in both genders. Survival for OPC improved, more dramatically in men than women, in spite of late-stage diagnosis and increasing nodal involvement. Given the poor survival rates and need for early detection, targeted OCC screening programs are required for South Asians.

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  4. Influence of blood flow occlusion on the development of peripheral and central fatigue during small muscle mass handgrip exercise

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    Broxterman, R M; Craig, J C; Smith, J R; Wilcox, S L; Jia, C; Warren, S; Barstow, T J

    2015-01-01

    Abstract The influence of the muscle metabolic milieu on peripheral and central fatigue is currently unclear. Moreover, the relationships between peripheral and central fatigue and the curvature constant (W ′) have not been investigated. Six men (age: 25 ± 4 years, body mass: 82 ± 10 kg, height: 179 ± 4 cm) completed four constant power handgrip tests to exhaustion under conditions of control exercise (Con), blood flow occlusion exercise (Occ), Con with 5 min post-exercise blood flow occlusion (Con + Occ), and Occ with 5 min post-exercise blood flow occlusion (Occ + Occ). Neuromuscular fatigue measurements and W ′ were obtained for each subject. Each trial resulted in significant peripheral and central fatigue. Significantly greater peripheral (79.7 ± 5.1% vs. 22.7 ± 6.0%) and central (42.6 ± 3.9% vs. 4.9 ± 2.0%) fatigue occurred for Occ than for Con. In addition, significantly greater peripheral (83.0 ± 4.2% vs. 69.0 ± 6.2%) and central (65.5 ± 14.6% vs. 18.6 ± 4.1%) fatigue occurred for Occ + Occ than for Con + Occ. W ′ was significantly related to the magnitude of global (r = 0.91) and peripheral (r = 0.83) fatigue. The current findings demonstrate that blood flow occlusion exacerbated the development of both peripheral and central fatigue and that post-exercise blood flow occlusion prevented the recovery of both peripheral and central fatigue. Moreover, the current findings suggest that W ′ may be determined by the magnitude of fatigue accrued during exercise. Key points Critical power represents an important threshold for neuromuscular fatigue development and may, therefore, dictate intensities for which exercise tolerance is determined by the magnitude of fatigue accrued. Peripheral fatigue appears to be constant across O2 delivery conditions for large muscle mass exercise, but this consistency is equivocal for smaller muscle mass exercise. We sought to determine the influence of blood flow occlusion during handgrip exercise on neuromuscular fatigue development and to examine the relationship between neuromuscular fatigue development and W ′. Blood flow occlusion influenced the development of both peripheral and central fatigue, thus providing further evidence that the magnitude of peripheral fatigue is not constant across O2 delivery conditions for small muscle mass exercise. W ′ appears to be related to the magnitude of fatigue accrued during exercise, which may explain the reported consistency of intramuscular metabolic perturbations and work performed for severe-intensity exercise. PMID:26104881

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  6. Does a dedicated program for young breast cancer patients affect the likelihood of fertility preservation discussion and referral?

    PubMed

    Srikanthan, Amirrtha; Amir, Eitan; Warner, Ellen

    2016-06-01

    To assess whether a dedicated program for young breast cancer patients, including a nurse navigator, improves the frequency of: a) fertility discussion documentation and b) fertility preservation (FP) referrals. A retrospective chart review and prospective survey were undertaken of breast cancer patients diagnosed at age 40 or younger between 2011 and 2013 who received adjuvant or neo-adjuvant chemotherapy at two academic cancer centers in Toronto, Canada. The Odette Cancer Centre (OCC) has a dedicated program for young breast cancer patients while Princess Margaret Cancer Centre (PM) does not. Patient demographics, tumor pathology, treatment and fertility discussion documentation prior to systemic chemotherapy administration were extracted from patient records. Prospective surveys were administered to the same cohort to corroborate data collected. Eighty-one patient charts were reviewed at both OCC and PM. Forty-seven and 49 at OCC and PM returned surveys for a response rate of 58% and 60% respectively. Chart reviews demonstrated no difference in the frequency of fertility discussion documentation (78% versus 75% for OCC and PM, p = 0.71); however, surveys demonstrated higher rates of recall of fertility discussion at OCC (96% versus 80%, p = 0.02). A greater proportion of women were offered FP referrals at OCC, as observed in chart reviews (56% versus 41%, p = 0.09), and surveys (73% versus 51%, p = 0.04). Time to initiation of chemotherapy did not differ between women who underwent FP and those who did not. A dedicated program for young breast cancer patients is associated with a higher frequency of FP referrals without delaying systemic therapy. Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

  7. Recent Trends in Oral Cavity Cancer Research Support in the United States.

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    Fribley, A M; Svider, P F; Warner, B M; Garshott, D M; Raza, S N; Kirkwood, K L

    2017-01-01

    The objectives were to characterize oral cavity cancer (OCC) funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) with a secondary aim of comparing NIH support provided to OCC and other malignancies. NIH awards supporting OCC inquiry from 2000 to 2014 were accessed from the NIH RePORTER database. These data were used to evaluate temporal trends and the role of human papilloma virus and to determine the academic training and professional profiles of the principal investigators. Comparison of 2014 funding levels with other malignancies was also performed, controlling for incidence. Overall funding totals decreased considerably after 2009. Funding administered through the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) was 6.5 times greater than dollars awarded by the National Cancer Institute in 2000. During the period evaluated, NIDCR support decreased in most years, while National Cancer Institute support increased and approached NIDCR funding levels. Funding for human papilloma virus-related projects gradually rose, from 3.4% of dollars in 2000 to 2004 to 6.2% from 2010 to 2014 ( P < 0.05). A majority of principal investigators had a PhD omnia solus (57%), and 13% possessed dual PhD/clinical degrees. Among clinicians with specialty training, otolaryngologists and oral/maxillofacial pathologists garnered the most funding. OCC had a 2014 funding:incidence ratio of $785, much lower than for other malignancies. There has been increased volatility in funding support in recent years possibly due to budget cuts and sequestration. The National Cancer Institute has played an increasingly important role in supporting OCC research, concomitant with decreasing NIDCR support. Our findings suggest that OCC is underfunded relative to other non-oral cavity malignancies, indicating a need to increase the focus on rectifying the disparity.

  8. Comparison of oropharyngeal and oral cavity squamous cell cancer incidence and trends in New Zealand and Queensland, Australia.

    PubMed

    Elwood, J Mark; Youlden, Danny R; Chelimo, Carol; Ioannides, Sally J; Baade, Peter D

    2014-02-01

    Increases in the incidence of squamous cell oropharyngeal cancer (OPC) have been reported from some countries, but have not been assessed in Australia or New Zealand. This study examines trends for squamous cell OPC and squamous cell oral cavity cancer (OCC) in two similarly sized populations, New Zealand and Queensland, Australia. Incidence data for 1982-2010 were obtained from the respective population-based cancer registries for squamous cell OPC and OCC, by subsite, sex, and age. Time trends and annual percentage changes (APCs) were assessed by joinpoint regression. The incidence rates of squamous cell OPC in males in New Zealand since 2005 and Queensland since 2006 have increased rapidly, with APCs of 11.9% and 10.6% respectively. The trends were greatest at ages 50-69 and followed more gradual increases previously. In females, rates increased by 2.1% per year in New Zealand from 1982, but by only 0.9% (not significant) in Queensland. In contrast, incidence rates for OCC decreased by 1.2% per year in males in Queensland since 1982, but remained stable for females in Queensland and for both sexes in New Zealand. Overall, incidence rates for both OCC and OPC were substantially higher in Queensland than in New Zealand. In males in both areas, OPC incidence is now higher than that of OCC. Incidence rates of squamous cell OPC have increased rapidly in men, while rates of OCC have been stable or reducing, showing distinct etiologies. This has both clinical and public health importance, including implications for the extension of human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccination to males. Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

  9. 12 CFR 4.35 - Consideration of requests.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    ... Banks and Banking COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS, AVAILABILITY AND RELEASE OF INFORMATION, CONTRACTING OUTREACH PROGRAM, POST-EMPLOYMENT RESTRICTIONS FOR SENIOR EXAMINERS Release of Non-Public OCC Information § 4.35 Consideration of requests. (a) In general—(1) OCC...

  10. 12 CFR 4.35 - Consideration of requests.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-01-01

    ... Banks and Banking COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS, AVAILABILITY AND RELEASE OF INFORMATION, CONTRACTING OUTREACH PROGRAM, POST-EMPLOYMENT RESTRICTIONS FOR SENIOR EXAMINERS Release of Non-Public OCC Information § 4.35 Consideration of requests. (a) In general—(1) OCC...

  11. 12 CFR 4.35 - Consideration of requests.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-01-01

    ... Banks and Banking COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS, AVAILABILITY AND RELEASE OF INFORMATION, CONTRACTING OUTREACH PROGRAM, POST-EMPLOYMENT RESTRICTIONS FOR SENIOR EXAMINERS Release of Non-Public OCC Information § 4.35 Consideration of requests. (a) In general—(1) OCC...

  12. 12 CFR 4.35 - Consideration of requests.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-01-01

    ... Banks and Banking COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS, AVAILABILITY AND RELEASE OF INFORMATION, CONTRACTING OUTREACH PROGRAM, POST-EMPLOYMENT RESTRICTIONS FOR SENIOR EXAMINERS Release of Non-Public OCC Information § 4.35 Consideration of requests. (a) In general—(1) OCC...

  13. CGH and OCC Announce a New, Two-Year Funding Opportunity for NCI-designated Cancer Centers

    Cancer.gov

    CGH and OCC announce a new funding opportunity available from CGH for cancer prevention and control (CPC) researchers at NCI-designated cancer centers: Administrative Supplements to Promote Cancer Prevention and Control Research in Low and Middle Income Countries.

  14. 12 CFR 116.5 - Do the same procedures apply to all applications under this part?

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-01-01

    ... rating is 3, 4, or 5. The composite rating is the composite numeric rating that the OCC or the other... is the numeric rating that the OCC or the other Federal banking regulator assigned to you under the...

  15. 12 CFR 116.5 - Do the same procedures apply to all applications under this part?

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-01-01

    ... rating is 3, 4, or 5. The composite rating is the composite numeric rating that the OCC or the other... is the numeric rating that the OCC or the other Federal banking regulator assigned to you under the...

  16. 12 CFR 116.5 - Do the same procedures apply to all applications under this part?

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-01-01

    ... rating is 3, 4, or 5. The composite rating is the composite numeric rating that the OCC or the other... is the numeric rating that the OCC or the other Federal banking regulator assigned to you under the...

  17. Differentiating psychotic patients from nonpsychotic patients with the MMPI-2 and Rorschach.

    PubMed

    Dao, Tam K; Prevatt, Frances; Horne, Heather Leveta

    2008-01-01

    The goal of this study was to examine the incremental validity and the clinical utility of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2; (Butcher, Dahlstrom, Graham, Tellegen, & Kaemmer, 1989) and Rorschach (Rorschach, 1942) with regard to differential diagnosis in a sample of adult inpatients with a primary psychotic disorder or a primary mood disorder without psychotic features. Diagnostic efficiency statistics have suggested that the Rorschach Perceptual Thinking Index (PTI; Exner, 2000a, 2000b) was better than MMPI-2 scales in discriminating psychotic patients from nonpsychotic patients. We compared the 84% overall correct classification rate (OCC) for the PTI to an OCC of 70% for the MMPI-2 scales. Adding the MMPI-2 scales to the PTI resulted in a decrease in OCC of 1%, whereas adding the PTI to the MMPI-2 resulted in an increase in OCC of 14%. Sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive power, negative predictive power, and kappa were equal or higher with only the PTI in the model.

  18. Translating Research into Practice: Establishing a Network of Climate Change Practitioners in Ontario, Canada

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Milner, G. A.

    2017-12-01

    Climate research and information continues to emerge at a rapid pace from the academic and scientific community. Decisions being made today by planners, engineers and staff across the Province of Ontario rely on science and information to plan and build our systems for the long term. Of course, as scientific information evolves continuously to produce lessons learned and new evidence, on the ground decisions often become entrenched in outdated information and need updating. Given this, bridging the gap between research to policy, and research to practice is of critical importance as the Province of Ontario upgrades its infrastructure, plans for long term growth in population within the Great Lakes Basin, and manages its natural systems and resources responsibly. The Ontario Climate Consortium (OCC) is an interdisciplinary network of academics and practitioners established in 2011 in the province that works to mobilize climate research findings towards building capacity, inspiring climate action, and training end-users with the latest science. The OCC has collaborated with more than 39 organizations throughout Ontario and across Canada, including government agencies at all levels (local, provincial and federal), non-profit organizations and private sector companies. This presentation will describe the foundations of climate action in Ontario, Canada including the landscape of climate adaptation practitioners from both public and private organizations. Furthermore, this presentation will feature lessons learned from the OCC network, including: 1) What comprises effective partnerships to undertake climate change adaptation planning for cities; 2) How to build the foundation for capacity at agencies with limited resources or expertise in the climate change field; and 3) How to successfully mobilize complex climate data for end-users to produce usable tools (through a case study research project). The latter will present findings from a two-year research project undertaken with OCC and the City of Vaughan, just northwest of Toronto, which examined vulnerability and risks of climate change to the city's stormwater infrastructure system and produced key tools and information for managers to begin building climate resilience into their planning and operations.

  19. 12 CFR 3.4 - Reservation of authority.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    ... risk weight for any asset or the credit equivalent amount or credit conversion factor for any off..., if no risk weight, credit equivalent amount, or credit conversion factor is specifically assigned, the OCC may assign any risk weight, credit equivalent amount, or credit conversion factor that the OCC...

  20. 12 CFR 4.17 - Fees for services.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    ... EXAMINERS Availability of Information Under the Freedom of Information Act § 4.17 Fees for services. (a... expenditures that the OCC incurs in providing services (including searching for, reviewing, and duplicating...(c). The OCC may contract with a commercial service to search for, duplicate, or disseminate records...

  1. 78 FR 60356 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; The Options Clearing Corporation; Order Approving Proposed Rule...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2013-10-01

    ... choose an alternative reduction method. Third, in order to better reflect technological advancements as well as the decentralized operational structures and remote access adopted to address business... clear confirmed trades and otherwise conduct all of its business with OCC on any given day. Fourth, OCC...

  2. 78 FR 52227 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; the Options Clearing Corporation; Notice of Filing of Proposed...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2013-08-22

    ... conduct business with OCC and applies to items such as trade data and banking instructions. Manual..., regulatory requirements pertaining to business continuity planning and disaster recovery have required OCC... to electronically verify and validate information such as trade data and banking instructions. Such...

  3. 76 FR 73526 - Alternatives to the Use of External Credit Ratings in the Regulations of the OCC

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2011-11-29

    ... Branches of Foreign Banks The OCC's regulations on permissible investment securities, securities offerings... to investment securities, securities offerings, and foreign bank capital equivalency deposits... 939A directs all Federal agencies to review, no later than one year after enactment, any regulation...

  4. 12 CFR 4.33 - Requirements for a request of records or testimony.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-01-01

    ... ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS, AVAILABILITY AND RELEASE OF INFORMATION, CONTRACTING OUTREACH PROGRAM, POST-EMPLOYMENT RESTRICTIONS FOR SENIOR EXAMINERS Release of Non-Public OCC Information § 4.33 Requirements for a... information must submit a request in writing to the OCC. The requester must explain, in as detailed a...

  5. 12 CFR 4.36 - Disclosure of non-public OCC information.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-01-01

    ... 12 Banks and Banking 1 2013-01-01 2013-01-01 false Disclosure of non-public OCC information. 4.36 Section 4.36 Banks and Banking COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS, AVAILABILITY AND RELEASE OF INFORMATION, CONTRACTING OUTREACH PROGRAM, POST-EMPLOYMENT...

  6. 12 CFR 4.33 - Requirements for a request of records or testimony.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    ... ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS, AVAILABILITY AND RELEASE OF INFORMATION, CONTRACTING OUTREACH PROGRAM, POST-EMPLOYMENT RESTRICTIONS FOR SENIOR EXAMINERS Release of Non-Public OCC Information § 4.33 Requirements for a... information must submit a request in writing to the OCC. The requester must explain, in as detailed a...

  7. 12 CFR 4.37 - Persons and entities with access to OCC information; prohibition on dissemination.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-01-01

    ... information; prohibition on dissemination. 4.37 Section 4.37 Banks and Banking COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS, AVAILABILITY AND RELEASE OF INFORMATION, CONTRACTING OUTREACH PROGRAM, POST-EMPLOYMENT RESTRICTIONS FOR SENIOR EXAMINERS Release of Non-Public OCC Information...

  8. 12 CFR 4.37 - Persons and entities with access to OCC information; prohibition on dissemination.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-01-01

    ... information; prohibition on dissemination. 4.37 Section 4.37 Banks and Banking COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS, AVAILABILITY AND RELEASE OF INFORMATION, CONTRACTING OUTREACH PROGRAM, POST-EMPLOYMENT RESTRICTIONS FOR SENIOR EXAMINERS Release of Non-Public OCC Information...

  9. 12 CFR 4.37 - Persons and entities with access to OCC information; prohibition on dissemination.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    ... information; prohibition on dissemination. 4.37 Section 4.37 Banks and Banking COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS, AVAILABILITY AND RELEASE OF INFORMATION, CONTRACTING OUTREACH PROGRAM, POST-EMPLOYMENT RESTRICTIONS FOR SENIOR EXAMINERS Release of Non-Public OCC Information...

  10. 12 CFR 4.33 - Requirements for a request of records or testimony.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-01-01

    ... ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS, AVAILABILITY AND RELEASE OF INFORMATION, CONTRACTING OUTREACH PROGRAM, POST-EMPLOYMENT RESTRICTIONS FOR SENIOR EXAMINERS Release of Non-Public OCC Information § 4.33 Requirements for a... information must submit a request in writing to the OCC. The requester must explain, in as detailed a...

  11. 12 CFR 4.36 - Disclosure of non-public OCC information.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-01-01

    ... 12 Banks and Banking 1 2012-01-01 2012-01-01 false Disclosure of non-public OCC information. 4.36 Section 4.36 Banks and Banking COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS, AVAILABILITY AND RELEASE OF INFORMATION, CONTRACTING OUTREACH PROGRAM, POST-EMPLOYMENT...

  12. 12 CFR 4.33 - Requirements for a request of records or testimony.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-01-01

    ... ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS, AVAILABILITY AND RELEASE OF INFORMATION, CONTRACTING OUTREACH PROGRAM, POST-EMPLOYMENT RESTRICTIONS FOR SENIOR EXAMINERS Release of Non-Public OCC Information § 4.33 Requirements for a... information must submit a request in writing to the OCC. The requester must explain, in as detailed a...

  13. 12 CFR 4.37 - Persons and entities with access to OCC information; prohibition on dissemination.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-01-01

    ... information; prohibition on dissemination. 4.37 Section 4.37 Banks and Banking COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS, AVAILABILITY AND RELEASE OF INFORMATION, CONTRACTING OUTREACH PROGRAM, POST-EMPLOYMENT RESTRICTIONS FOR SENIOR EXAMINERS Release of Non-Public OCC Information...

  14. 12 CFR 4.36 - Disclosure of non-public OCC information.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-01-01

    ... 12 Banks and Banking 1 2014-01-01 2014-01-01 false Disclosure of non-public OCC information. 4.36 Section 4.36 Banks and Banking COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS, AVAILABILITY AND RELEASE OF INFORMATION, CONTRACTING OUTREACH PROGRAM, POST-EMPLOYMENT...

  15. 12 CFR 4.36 - Disclosure of non-public OCC information.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    ... 12 Banks and Banking 1 2010-01-01 2010-01-01 false Disclosure of non-public OCC information. 4.36 Section 4.36 Banks and Banking COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS, AVAILABILITY AND RELEASE OF INFORMATION, CONTRACTING OUTREACH PROGRAM, POST-EMPLOYMENT...

  16. 12 CFR 5.9 - Public availability.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    ... CORPORATE ACTIVITIES Rules of General Applicability § 5.9 Public availability. (a) General. The OCC provides..., Communications Division, at the address listed in the Manual. Requests should be in writing. The OCC may impose a... information withheld from the public file should submit the request to the Disclosure Officer, Communications...

  17. 75 FR 20883 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2010-04-21

    ... DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Agency Information Collection... Currency (OCC), Treasury. ACTION: Notice and request for comment. SUMMARY: The OCC, as part of its... Currency, Mailstop 2-3, Attention: 1557-0190, 250 E Street, SW., Washington, DC 20219. In addition...

  18. 77 FR 37475 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2012-06-21

    ... DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Agency Information Collection... Currency (OCC), Treasury. ACTION: Notice and request for comment. SUMMARY: The OCC, as part of its... the Comptroller of the Currency, Mailstop 2-3, Attention: 1557-0232, 250 E Street SW., Washington, DC...

  19. 78 FR 43275 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2013-07-19

    ... DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Office of the Comptroller of the Currency FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE... Currency (OCC), Treasury; and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) . ACTION: Notice and Request for Comment. SUMMARY: The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and Federal Deposit Insurance...

  20. 76 FR 72497 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2011-11-23

    ... DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Office of The Comptroller of The Currency FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM...; Comment Request AGENCIES: Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Treasury; Board of Governors of.... OCC: Communications Division, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Mailstop 2-3, Attention: 1557...

  1. 78 FR 13401 - Bank 360, Beresford, South Dakota; Approval of Conversion Application

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2013-02-27

    ... DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Office of the Comptroller of the Currency [OCC Charter Number 705919] Bank 360, Beresford, South Dakota; Approval of Conversion Application Notice is hereby given that on... under Mutual to Stock Conversion Applications. If you have any questions, please call OCC Licensing...

  2. 77 FR 52135 - Hamilton Bank, Baltimore, Maryland; Approval of Conversion Application

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2012-08-28

    ... DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Office of the Comptroller of the Currency [OCC Charter Number 701904] Hamilton Bank, Baltimore, Maryland; Approval of Conversion Application Notice is hereby given that on August 13, 2012, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) approved the application of Hamilton...

  3. 12 CFR 28.15 - Capital equivalency deposits.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-01-01

    ... provided by the OCC, a foreign bank's capital equivalency deposits (CED) must consist of: (i) Investment... increase its CED above the minimum amount. For example, the OCC may require an increase if a Federal branch... arrangements. A foreign bank should require its depository bank to segregate its CED on the depository bank's...

  4. 12 CFR 28.15 - Capital equivalency deposits.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-01-01

    ... provided by the OCC, a foreign bank's capital equivalency deposits (CED) must consist of: (i) Investment... increase its CED above the minimum amount. For example, the OCC may require an increase if a Federal branch... arrangements. A foreign bank should require its depository bank to segregate its CED on the depository bank's...

  5. 12 CFR 28.15 - Capital equivalency deposits.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-01-01

    ... provided by the OCC, a foreign bank's capital equivalency deposits (CED) must consist of: (i) Investment... or agency in a state, it shall determine the CED and the amount of liabilities requiring capital... cases or otherwise, that a foreign bank increase its CED above the minimum amount. For example, the OCC...

  6. 12 CFR 28.15 - Capital equivalency deposits.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-01-01

    ... provided by the OCC, a foreign bank's capital equivalency deposits (CED) must consist of: (i) Investment... or agency in a state, it shall determine the CED and the amount of liabilities requiring capital... cases or otherwise, that a foreign bank increase its CED above the minimum amount. For example, the OCC...

  7. 12 CFR 28.15 - Capital equivalency deposits.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    ... provided by the OCC, a foreign bank's capital equivalency deposits (CED) must consist of: (i) Investment... increase its CED above the minimum amount. For example, the OCC may require an increase if a Federal branch... arrangements. A foreign bank should require its depository bank to segregate its CED on the depository bank's...

  8. 77 FR 61050 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Leasing

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2012-10-05

    ... value of the property is recorded in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP... banking law and regulations and accounting principles. The OCC uses the information in conducting examinations and as an auditing tool to verify compliance with laws and regulations. In addition, the OCC uses...

  9. 12 CFR 162.4 - Audit of savings associations.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-01-01

    ... independent public accountants when needed for any safety and soundness reason identified by the OCC. (b... the OCC. (d) Qualifications for independent public accountants. The audit shall be conducted by an independent public accountant who: (1) Is registered or licensed to practice as a public accountant, and is in...

  10. 12 CFR 162.4 - Audit of savings associations.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-01-01

    ... independent public accountants when needed for any safety and soundness reason identified by the OCC. (b... the OCC. (d) Qualifications for independent public accountants. The audit shall be conducted by an independent public accountant who: (1) Is registered or licensed to practice as a public accountant, and is in...

  11. 12 CFR 162.4 - Audit of savings associations.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-01-01

    ... independent public accountants when needed for any safety and soundness reason identified by the OCC. (b... the OCC. (d) Qualifications for independent public accountants. The audit shall be conducted by an independent public accountant who: (1) Is registered or licensed to practice as a public accountant, and is in...

  12. 76 FR 39989 - Guidance on Deposit-Related Consumer Credit Products

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2011-07-07

    ..., Treasury (OCC). ACTION: Extension of comment period. SUMMARY: On June 8, 2011, the OCC published in the... into the docket and publish them on the Regulations.gov Web site without change, including any business..., 2011, the proposed guidance was published in the Federal Register.\\1\\ The proposed guidance would...

  13. 77 FR 31048 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; the Options Clearing Corporation; Order Approving Proposed Rule...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2012-05-24

    ... made changes to OCC's ``Fitness Standard for Directors, Clearing Members and Others'' to conform it to... to statutory disqualifications. The proposed rule change will amend OCC's ``Fitness Standards for Directors, Clearing Members and Others'' (``Fitness Standards'') to bring such standards into conformity...

  14. 78 FR 69934 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Information Collection Renewal; Submission for OMB...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2013-11-21

    ... Activities: Information Collection Renewal; Submission for OMB Review; Lending Limits AGENCY: Office of the... concerning renewal of its information collection titled, ``Lending Limits.'' The OCC is also giving notice... INFORMATION: The OCC is seeking to renew, without change, the following collection: Title: Lending Limits--12...

  15. 78 FR 69935 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Information Collection Renewal; Submission for OMB...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2013-11-21

    ... Marketing AGENCIES: Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Treasury. ACTION: Notice and request... ``Affiliate Marketing.'' The OCC is also giving notice that it has submitted a request for renewal of its information collection titled, ``Fair Credit Reporting--Affiliate Marketing'' to OMB for review. DATES...

  16. 75 FR 33385 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2010-06-11

    ... the types of internal controls and risk management procedures that the agencies (OCC, Board of... information collection unless it displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control..., please send a copy of your comments to OCC Desk Officer, 1557-0229, by mail to U.S. Office of Management...

  17. 12 CFR 48.4 - Supervisory non-objection.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-01-01

    ... retail forex business, a national bank must provide the OCC with prior notice and obtain from the OCC a... retail forex transactions in a safe and sound manner and in compliance with this part; and (ii) Provide... forex businesses. A national bank that is engaged in a retail forex business on July 15, 2011 or...

  18. 12 CFR 48.4 - Supervisory non-objection.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-01-01

    ... retail forex business, a national bank must provide the OCC with prior notice and obtain from the OCC a... retail forex transactions in a safe and sound manner and in compliance with this part; and (ii) Provide... forex businesses. A national bank that is engaged in a retail forex business on July 15, 2011 or...

  19. 12 CFR 48.4 - Supervisory non-objection.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-01-01

    ... retail forex business, a national bank must provide the OCC with prior notice and obtain from the OCC a... retail forex transactions in a safe and sound manner and in compliance with this part; and (ii) Provide... forex businesses. A national bank that is engaged in a retail forex business on July 15, 2011 or...

  20. 78 FR 72135 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; The Options Clearing Corporation; Notice of Filing and Immediate...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2013-12-02

    ... Change To Clarify OCC's Existing Policy Regarding Use of Clearing Fund Assets in Anticipation of a... assets in anticipation of a clearing member default. Specifically, OCC proposes to add an interpretation... obtain, funds from third parties in anticipation of a potential default by, or suspension of, a clearing...

  1. 12 CFR 7.4000 - Visitorial powers.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    ... 12 Banks and Banking 1 2010-01-01 2010-01-01 false Visitorial powers. 7.4000 Section 7.4000 Banks... Preemption § 7.4000 Visitorial powers. (a) General rule. (1) Only the OCC or an authorized representative of the OCC may exercise visitorial powers with respect to national banks, except as provided in paragraph...

  2. 75 FR 49423 - Alternatives to the Use of External Credit Ratings in the Regulations of the OCC

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2010-08-13

    ..., Credit and Market Risk Division, (202) 874-5670; or Carl Kaminski, Senior Attorney, Legislative and... agencies' risk-based capital frameworks. II. OCC Regulations Referencing Credit Ratings The non-capital... interest rate, credit, liquidity, price and other risks presented by investments, and the investments must...

  3. 77 FR 56911 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Information Collection; Submission for OMB Review

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2012-09-14

    ... DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Agency Information Collection... the Currency (OCC), Treasury. ACTION: Notice and request for comment. SUMMARY: The OCC, as part of its... the Currency, Mailstop 2-3, Attention: 1557-0232, 250 E Street SW., Washington, DC 20219. In addition...

  4. 77 FR 27858 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Renewal of a Currently Approved Collection; Comment...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2012-05-11

    ... DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Agency Information Collection... the Currency (OCC). ACTION: Notice and request for comments. SUMMARY: The OCC, as part of its... the Comptroller of the Currency, Public Information Room, Mailstop 2-3, Attention: 1557-0180, 250 E...

  5. 12 CFR 21.11 - Suspicious Activity Report.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-01-01

    ... Activity Report on the form prescribed by the OCC. (c) SARs required. A national bank shall file a SAR with... supervisory action. (j) Obtaining SARs. A national bank may obtain SARs and the Instructions from the appropriate OCC District Office listed in 12 CFR part 4. (k) Confidentiality of SARs. SARs are confidential...

  6. 78 FR 56953 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; The Options Clearing Corporation; Notice of Filing of an Advance...

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    ... SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION [Release No. 34-70366; File No. SR-OCC-2013-805] Self... Existing Interpretation and Policy To Give OCC Discretion Not To Grant a Particular Clearing Member Margin... Payment, Clearing, and Settlement Supervision Act of 2010 (``Clearing Supervision Act'') \\1\\ and Rule 19b...

  7. 78 FR 40270 - Sunnyside Federal Savings and Loan Association of Irvington, Irvington, New York; Approval of...

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    ... DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Office of the Comptroller of the Currency [OCC Charter Number 702397] Sunnyside Federal Savings and Loan Association of Irvington, Irvington, New York; Approval of Conversion... Stock Conversion Applications. If you have any questions, please call OCC Licensing Activities at (202...

  8. 77 FR 52135 - HomeTrust Bank, Clyde, North Carolina; Approval of Conversion Application

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    ... DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Office of the Comptroller of the Currency [OCC Charter Number 713558] HomeTrust Bank, Clyde, North Carolina; Approval of Conversion Application Notice is hereby given that on May 14, 2012, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) approved the application of Home...

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    ... SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION [Release No. 34-64181; File No. SR-OCC-2010-19] Self-Regulatory Organizations; The Options Clearing Corporation; Order Approving a Proposed Rule Change Relating to Stock Loan Programs April 5, 2011. I. Introduction On December 16, 2010, The Options Clearing Corporation (``OCC...

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    ... SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION [Release No. 34-62956; File No. SR-OCC-2010-09] Self-Regulatory Organizations; The Options Clearing Corporation; Order Granting Approval of Proposed Rule Change Relating to... clearing organization'' registered as such with the CFTC, OCC also filed this proposed rule change for...

  11. 12 CFR 7.4000 - Visitorial powers.

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    ... 12 Banks and Banking 1 2011-01-01 2011-01-01 false Visitorial powers. 7.4000 Section 7.4000 Banks... Preemption § 7.4000 Visitorial powers. (a) General rule. (1) Only the OCC or an authorized representative of the OCC may exercise visitorial powers with respect to national banks, except as provided in paragraph...

  12. 77 FR 74043 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; The Options Clearing Corporation; Order Granting Approval of...

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    ... (``OCC'') submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission''), pursuant to Rule 9b-1... of trading standardized options. In September 2012, the Commission approved proposed rule changes...\\ The Commission recently approved a proposed rule change by the OCC to make similar changes to its By...

  13. 75 FR 21377 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; The Options Clearing Corporation; Notice of Filing and Immediate...

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    ... transfer these ``non-tracked'' dividend equivalent payments from a borrower to a lender without removing a... asked OCC to process dividend equivalent payments that are not covered by DTC's automatic dividend... Service. In October 2009, OCC amended its rules so that dividend equivalent payments are principally...

  14. Evaluation of storing hepatitis B vaccine outside the cold chain in the Solomon Islands: Identifying opportunities and barriers to implementation.

    PubMed

    Breakwell, Lucy; Anga, Jenniffer; Dadari, Ibrahim; Sadr-Azodi, Nahad; Ogaoga, Divinal; Patel, Minal

    2017-05-15

    Monovalent Hepatitis B vaccine (HepB) is heat stable, making it suitable for storage outside cold chain (OCC) at 37°C for 1month. We conducted an OCC project in the Solomon Islands to determine the feasibility of and barriers to national implementation and to evaluate impact on coverage. Healthcare workers at 13 facilities maintained monovalent HepB birth dose (HepB-BD) OCC for up to 28days over 7months. Vaccination data were recorded for children born during the project and those born during 7months before the project. Timely HepB-BD coverage among facility and home births increased from 30% to 68% and from 4% to 24%, respectively. Temperature excursions above 37°C were rare, but vaccine wastage was high and shortages common. Storing HepB OCC can increase HepB-BD coverage in countries with insufficient cold chain capacity or numerous home births. High vaccine wastage and unreliable vaccine supply must be addressed for successful implementation. Published by Elsevier Ltd.

  15. Changing patterns of cow's milk contamination with organochlorine compounds in Israel (1976-1986)

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    Pines, A.; Cucos, S.; Grafstein, O.

    1988-01-01

    Environmental pollution with organochlorine insecticides (OCIs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCGs) has decreased due to restriction and/or banning of these compounds. However, several recent reports indicate that pollution with OCIs and PCBs still does exist, and may be of public and environmental health significance even in developed countries. Cow's milk is one of the most important media where organochlorine compound (OCC) levels are monitored. On the one hand, milk and its products play a central role in human nutrition and, on the other, highly lipophilic OCCs can accumulate in fat-rich milk products. In a previous study, the authors reported a significantmore » decrease in OCC content in both farm and market milk in Israel between the mid-1970s and early 1980s. The clearest decrease was seen in the cases of DDT, dieldrin and lindane, but not as much as for heptachlor epoxide (HE) and PCBs. The present study was undertaken to follow up the observed trends and to determine whether cow's milk contamination with OCC presently poses a public health problem in Israel.« less

  16. Anomaly detection in forward looking infrared imaging using one-class classifiers

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    Popescu, Mihail; Stone, Kevin; Havens, Timothy; Ho, Dominic; Keller, James

    2010-04-01

    In this paper we describe a method for generating cues of possible abnormal objects present in the field of view of an infrared (IR) camera installed on a moving vehicle. The proposed method has two steps. In the first step, for each frame, we generate a set of possible points of interest using a corner detection algorithm. In the second step, the points related to the background are discarded from the point set using an one class classifier (OCC) trained on features extracted from a local neighborhood of each point. The advantage of using an OCC is that we do not need examples from the "abnormal object" class to train the classifier. Instead, OCC is trained using corner points from images known to be abnormal object free, i.e., that contain only background scenes. To further reduce the number of false alarms we use a temporal fusion procedure: a region has to be detected as "interesting" in m out of n, m

  17. Influence of fuel properties, nitrogen oxides, and exhaust treatment by an oxidation catalytic converter on the mutagenicity of diesel engine emissions.

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    Bünger, Jürgen; Krahl, Jürgen; Weigel, Andreas; Schröder, Olaf; Brüning, Thomas; Müller, Michael; Hallier, Ernst; Westphal, Götz

    2006-08-01

    Particle emissions of diesel engines (DEP) content polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) these compounds cause a strong mutagenicity of solvent extracts of DEP. We investigated the influence of fuel properties, nitrogen oxides (NO( x )), and an oxidation catalytic converter (OCC) on the mutagenic effects of DEP. The engine was fuelled with common diesel fuel (DF), low-sulphur diesel fuel (LSDF), rapeseed oil methyl ester (RME), and soybean oil methyl ester (SME) and run at five different load modes in two series with and without installation of an OCC in the exhaust pipe. Particles from the cooled and diluted exhaust were sampled onto glass fibre filters and extracted with dichloromethane in a soxhlet apparatus. The mutagenicity of the extracts was tested using the Salmonella typhimurium/mammalian microsome assay with tester strains TA98 and TA100. Without OCC the number of revertant colonies was lower in extracts of LSDF than in extracts of DF. The lowest numbers of revertant colonies were induced by the plant oil derived fuels. In three load modes, operation with the OCC led to a reduction of the mutagenicity. However, direct mutagenic effects under heavy duty conditions (load mode A) were significantly increased for RME (TA98, TA100) and SME (TA98). A consistent but not significant increase in direct mutagenicity was observed for DF and LSDF at load mode A, and for DF at idling (load mode E) when emissions were treated with the OCC. These results raise concern over the use of oxidation catalytic converters with diesel engines. We hypothesise that the OCC increases formation of direct acting mutagens under certain conditions by the reaction of NO( x ) with PAH resulting in the formation of nitrated-PAH. Most of these compounds are powerful direct acting mutagens.

  18. Structured triglycerides containing caprylic (8:0) and oleic (18:1) fatty acids reduce blood cholesterol concentrations and aortic cholesterol accumulation in hamsters.

    PubMed

    Wilson, Thomas A; Kritchevsky, David; Kotyla, Timothy; Nicolosi, Robert J

    2006-03-01

    The effects of structured triglycerides containing one long chain fatty acid (oleic acid, C18:1) and one short chain saturated fatty acid (caprylic acid, 8:0) on lipidemia, liver and aortic cholesterol, and fecal neutral sterol excretion were investigated in male Golden Syrian hamsters fed a hypercholesterolemic regimen consisting of 89.9% commercial ration to which was added 10% coconut oil and 0.1% cholesterol (w/w). After 2 weeks on the HCD diet, the hamsters were bled, following an overnight fast (16 h) and placed into one of three dietary treatments of eight animals each based on similar plasma cholesterol levels. The hamsters either continued on the HCD diet or were placed on diets in which the coconut oil was replaced by one of two structured triglycerides, namely, 1(3),2-dicaproyl-3(1)-oleoylglycerol (OCC) or 1,3-dicaproyl-2-oleoylglycerol (COC) at 10% by weight. Plasma total cholesterol (TC) in hamsters fed the OCC and COC compared to the HCD were reduced 40% and 49%, respectively (P<0.05). Similarly, hamsters fed the OCC and COC diets reduced their plasma nonHDL cholesterol levels by 47% and 57%, respectively (P<0.05), compared to hamsters fed the HCD after 2 weeks of dietary treatment. Although hamsters fed the OCC (-26%) and COC (-32%) had significantly lower plasma HDL levels compared to HCD, (P<0.05), the plasma nonHDL/HDL cholesterol ratio was significantly lower (P<0.05) compared to the HCD for the OCC-fed (-27%) and the COC-fed (-38%) hamsters, respectively. Compared to the HCD group, aortic esterified cholesterol was 20% and 53% lower for the OCC and COC groups, respectively, with the latter reaching statistical significance, P<0.05. In conclusion, the hamsters fed the structured triglyceride oils had lower blood cholesterol levels and lower aortic accumulation of cholesterol compared to the control fed hamsters.

  19. Population-based incidence trends of oropharyngeal and oral cavity cancers by sex among the poorest and underprivileged populations

    PubMed Central

    2014-01-01

    Background Oral cancer is an important health issue, with changing incidence in many countries. Oropharyngeal cancer (OPC, in tonsil and oropharygeal areas) is increasing, while oral cavity cancer (OCC, other sites in the mouth) is decreasing. There is the need to identify high risk groups and communities for further study and intervention. The objective of this study was to determine how the incidence of OPC and OCC varied by neighbourhood socioeconomic status (SES) in British Columbia (BC), including the magnitude of any inequalities and temporal trends. Methods ICDO-3 codes were used to identify OPC and OCC cases in the BC Cancer Registry from 1981–2010. Cases were categorized by postal codes into SES quintiles (q1-q5) using VANDIX, which is a census-based, multivariate weighted index based on neighbourhood average household income, housing tenure, educational attainment, employment and family structure. Age-standardized incidence rates were determined for OPC and OCC by sex and SES quintiles and temporal trends were then examined. Results Incidence rates are increasing in both men and women for OPC, and decreasing in men and increasing in women for OCC. This change is not linear or proportionate between different SES quintiles, for there is a sharp and dramatic increase in incidence according to the deprivation status of the neighbourhood. The highest incidence rates in men for both OPC and OCC were observed in the most deprived SES quintile (q5), at 1.7 times and 2.2 times higher, respectively, than men in the least deprived quintile (q1). For OPC, the age-adjusted incidence rates significantly increased in all SES quintiles with the highest increase observed in the most deprived quintile (q5). Likewise, the highest incidence rates for both OPC and OCC in women were observed in the most deprived SES quintile (q5), at 2.1 times and 1.8 times higher, respectively, than women in the least deprived quintile (q1). Conclusion We report on SES disparities in oral cancer, emphasizing the need for community-based interventions that address access to medical care and the distribution of educational and health promotion resources among the most SES deprived communities in British Columbia. PMID:24886308

  20. 75 FR 38572 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; NASDAQ OMX BX, Inc.; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness...

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    2010-07-02

    ... Eliminate Certain Rule Text Which Has Been Made Unnecessary Due to the Decommissioning of the OCC Hub June... text which has been made unnecessary due to the decommissioning of the Options Clearing Corporation (``OCC'') Hub. The text of the proposed rule change is available on BX's Web site, on the Commission's...

  1. 76 FR 60572 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; The Options Clearing Corporation; Order Approving Proposed Rule...

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    ..., 2008), 73 FR 42646 (July 22, 2008) (SR-OCC-2007-20)); give itself time to prepare updated comparative...\\ Proposed Interpretation and Policy .01 to OCC Rule 1001. The new formula is designed to more directly take...\\ \\10\\ Note the comparative data described in this paragraph was obtained using confidence levels set at...

  2. 12 CFR 4.39 - Notification of parties and procedures for sharing and using OCC records in litigation.

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    2010-01-01

    ... CURRENCY, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS, AVAILABILITY AND RELEASE OF INFORMATION... Information § 4.39 Notification of parties and procedures for sharing and using OCC records in litigation. (a... information obtained pursuant to this subpart, and, upon entry of a protective order, shall provide copies of...

  3. 78 FR 60362 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE MKT LLC; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of...

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    2013-10-01

    ... the Exchange on each ATP Holder for all options transactions, including mini-options, executed or cleared by the ATP Holder that are cleared by The Options Clearing Corporation (``OCC'') in the customer range (i.e., transactions that clear in the customer account of the ATP Holder's clearing firm at OCC...

  4. 78 FR 47449 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; The Options Clearing Corporation; Order Approving Proposed Rule...

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    ... SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION [Release No. 34-70076; File No. SR-OCC-2013-09] Self-Regulatory Organizations; The Options Clearing Corporation; Order Approving Proposed Rule Change, as Modified by Amendment No. 1, To Separate the Powers and Duties Currently Combined in the Office of OCC's Chairman Into Two Offices, Chairman and President, an...

  5. 78 FR 3051 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; The Options Clearing Corporation; Order Approving Proposed Rule...

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    ... to eliminate potential ambiguity as to OCC's right to use margin and other amounts credited to the... restricted lien account (such as the customers' account) may be withdrawn and applied to the closing out of... maintained in accounts subject to OCC's restricted lien exceed the proceeds used from such accounts for that...

  6. 12 CFR Appendix C to Part 30 - OCC Guidelines Establishing Standards for Residential Mortgage Lending Practices

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    2011-01-01

    ..., DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY SAFETY AND SOUNDNESS STANDARDS Pt. 30, App. C Appendix C to Part 30—OCC Guidelines..., Conditions, and Features in Certain Mortgages D. Avoidance of Consumer Misunderstanding E. Purchased and... national banks and their operating subsidiaries, either directly or through loans that they purchase or...

  7. 78 FR 36826 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Information Collection; Submission for OMB...

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    ... DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Agency Information Collection... Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Treasury. ACTION: Notice and Request for Comment. SUMMARY: The OCC, as part... Currency, Attention: 1557-0194, 400 7th Street SW., Suite 3E-218, Mail Stop 9W- 11, Washington, DC 20219...

  8. 78 FR 72729 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; The Options Clearing Corporation; Notice of Filing and Immediate...

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    ... SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION [Release No. 34-70947; File No. SR-OCC-2013-21] Self-Regulatory Organizations; The Options Clearing Corporation; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change To Make Technical Changes to OCC's By-Laws and Rules in Connection with the Modification of the...

  9. 78 FR 42125 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; The Options Clearing Corporation; Notice of Filing of an Advance...

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    ... Connection With a Proposed Change to its Operations in the Form of a Private Offering by OCC of Senior... change its operations in the form of a private offering of senior unsecured debt securities (``Offering... would provide OCC with access to additional liquidity for working capital needs and general corporate...

  10. 78 FR 51786 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; The Options Clearing Corporation; Notice of Filing of Proposed...

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    ... SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION [Release No. 34-70207; File No. SR-OCC-2013-12] Self-Regulatory...(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (``Act ''),\\1\\ and Rule 19b-4 thereunder,\\2\\ notice is hereby given that on August 2, 2013, The Options Clearing Corporation (``OCC'') filed with the Securities...

  11. 78 FR 1306 - Transition Period Under Section 716 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act

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    ... DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Office of the Comptroller of the Currency [Docket ID OCC-2013-0001...: Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Department of the Treasury. ACTION: Notice of guidance. SUMMARY: The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) is notifying insured Federal depository...

  12. 77 FR 30562 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; The Options Clearing Corporation; Order Approving Proposed Rule...

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    ... SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION [Release No. 34-67013; File No. SR-OCC-2012-04] Self-Regulatory Organizations; The Options Clearing Corporation; Order Approving Proposed Rule Change Relating to Stock Loan Buy-In and Sell-Out Rules May 17, 2012. I. Introduction On March 22, 2012, The Options Clearing Corporation (``OCC'') filed with the...

  13. 76 FR 42752 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; The Options Clearing Corporation; Notice of Filing and Immediate...

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    ... Spread Executor will pay to or collect from OCC will be the same (except for very small discrepancies due... Price Differential Spread Executor receives slightly less or pays slightly more than it would have... Spread Executors are entitled to receive more or pay less as a result of OCC's rounding procedures. While...

  14. 78 FR 37640 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; The Options Clearing Corporation; Notice of Filing of Proposed...

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    ... Clearing Members The proposed rule change relates to OCC governance issues. OCC believes that it would... discussed any comments it received on the proposed rule change. The text of these statements may be examined... corporate governance matter dividing the powers and duties of the Chairman into two positions was desirable...

  15. 77 FR 77133 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; The Options Clearing Corporation; Notice of Filing and Immediate...

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    ... month fee if they elect to subscribe to a service that provides real-time series information data. OCC... and processes to accommodate real-time feeds of Series Information data to Subscribers; however... these costs, OCC plans to charge a $250 per month fee to Subscribers receiving real-time Series...

  16. 76 FR 43549 - Office of Thrift Supervision Integration; Dodd-Frank Act Implementation

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    2011-07-21

    ...The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) is adopting amendments to its regulations governing organization and functions, availability and release of information, post-employment restrictions for senior examiners, and assessment of fees to incorporate the transfer of certain functions of the Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS) to the OCC pursuant to Title III of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. The OCC also is amending its rules pertaining to preemption and visitorial powers to implement various sections of the Act; change in control of credit card banks and trust banks to implement section 603 of the Act; and deposit- taking by uninsured Federal branches to implement section 335 of the Act.

  17. Stereo-vision-based cooperative-vehicle positioning using OCC and neural networks

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Ifthekhar, Md. Shareef; Saha, Nirzhar; Jang, Yeong Min

    2015-10-01

    Vehicle positioning has been subjected to extensive research regarding driving safety measures and assistance as well as autonomous navigation. The most common positioning technique used in automotive positioning is the global positioning system (GPS). However, GPS is not reliably accurate because of signal blockage caused by high-rise buildings. In addition, GPS is error prone when a vehicle is inside a tunnel. Moreover, GPS and other radio-frequency-based approaches cannot provide orientation information or the position of neighboring vehicles. In this study, we propose a cooperative-vehicle positioning (CVP) technique by using the newly developed optical camera communications (OCC). The OCC technique utilizes image sensors and cameras to receive and decode light-modulated information from light-emitting diodes (LEDs). A vehicle equipped with an OCC transceiver can receive positioning and other information such as speed, lane change, driver's condition, etc., through optical wireless links of neighboring vehicles. Thus, the target vehicle position that is too far away to establish an OCC link can be determined by a computer-vision-based technique combined with the cooperation of neighboring vehicles. In addition, we have devised a back-propagation (BP) neural-network learning method for positioning and range estimation for CVP. The proposed neural-network-based technique can estimate target vehicle position from only two image points of target vehicles using stereo vision. For this, we use rear LEDs on target vehicles as image points. We show from simulation results that our neural-network-based method achieves better accuracy than that of the computer-vision method.

  18. 12 CFR 150.70 - Must I obtain OCC approval or file a notice before I exercise fiduciary powers?

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    2013-01-01

    ... before I exercise fiduciary powers? 150.70 Section 150.70 Banks and Banking COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY....70 Must I obtain OCC approval or file a notice before I exercise fiduciary powers? You should refer... before you exercise fiduciary powers. This chart does not apply to activities that are exempt under...

  19. 12 CFR 150.70 - Must I obtain OCC approval or file a notice before I exercise fiduciary powers?

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    2012-01-01

    ... before I exercise fiduciary powers? 150.70 Section 150.70 Banks and Banking COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY....70 Must I obtain OCC approval or file a notice before I exercise fiduciary powers? You should refer... before you exercise fiduciary powers. This chart does not apply to activities that are exempt under...

  20. 12 CFR 150.70 - Must I obtain OCC approval or file a notice before I exercise fiduciary powers?

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    2014-01-01

    ... before I exercise fiduciary powers? 150.70 Section 150.70 Banks and Banking COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY....70 Must I obtain OCC approval or file a notice before I exercise fiduciary powers? You should refer... before you exercise fiduciary powers. This chart does not apply to activities that are exempt under...

  1. 77 FR 68047 - Policy Statement on the Principles for Development and Distribution of Annual Stress Test Scenarios

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    2012-11-15

    .... OCC-2012-0016] Policy Statement on the Principles for Development and Distribution of Annual Stress... and factors to be used by the OCC in development and distributing the stress test scenarios for the annual stress test required by the Dodd- Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 as...

  2. 12 CFR 12.8 - Waivers.

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    2010-01-01

    ... 12 Banks and Banking 1 2010-01-01 2010-01-01 false Waivers. 12.8 Section 12.8 Banks and Banking... SECURITIES TRANSACTIONS § 12.8 Waivers. A national bank may file a written request with the OCC for waiver of one or more of the requirements set forth in §§ 12.2 through 12.7, either in whole or in part. The OCC...

  3. 75 FR 44833 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; The Options Clearing Corporation; Notice of Filing and Immediate...

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    ... which the securities would be held and not to affect the respective rights of OCC or its Members in the deposited securities. The general lien granted under new paragraph (b) of Article VIII, Section 1 of OCC's... responsible and does not significantly affect the respective rights or obligations of the clearing agency or...

  4. Survey of Educational Goals: Ocean County High School Juniors & Seniors, Spring, 1979. Report No. 78-79-05.

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    Parrish, Richard M.

    A survey of 3,195 junior and senior students at 11 Ocean County high schools was conducted by Ocean County College (OCC) to determine students' post-secondary aspirations, student attitudes toward OCC, and the television and radio stations most popular among area high school students. Data, collected on a questionnaire distributed to English and…

  5. 77 FR 5284 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; The Options Clearing Corporation; Notice of Filing of Proposed...

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    ... governance structure of OCC by (i) increasing the number of public directors on the Board from one to three... any comments it received on the proposed rule change. The text of these statements may be examined at... change is to modify the corporate governance structure of OCC by (i) increasing the number of public...

  6. 12 CFR Appendix C to Part 30 - OCC Guidelines Establishing Standards for Residential Mortgage Lending Practices

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    2012-01-01

    ... Residential Mortgage Lending Practices C Appendix C to Part 30 Banks and Banking COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY SAFETY AND SOUNDNESS STANDARDS Pt. 30, App. C Appendix C to Part 30—OCC Guidelines.... Preservation of Existing Authority C. Relationship to Other Legal Requirements D. Definitions II. Standards for...

  7. 76 FR 38225 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; The Options Clearing Corporation; Order Approving Proposed Rule...

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    ... The Options Clearing Corporation With Respect to Its Obligations To Pay Settlement Amounts to Clearing... flexibility to OCC with respect to its obligations to pay settlement amounts to clearing members generally as... for OCC to pay settlement amounts to clearing members from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. (All times referred to in...

  8. 12 CFR 170.4 - Issuance of orders to correct deficiencies and to take or refrain from taking other actions.

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    2013-01-01

    ...) Notice of intent to issue order—(1) In general. The OCC shall provide a Federal savings association prior written notice of the OCC's intention to issue an order requiring the savings association to correct a... the FDI Act. The savings association shall have such time to respond to a proposed order as provided...

  9. 12 CFR 170.4 - Issuance of orders to correct deficiencies and to take or refrain from taking other actions.

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    2014-01-01

    ...) Notice of intent to issue order—(1) In general. The OCC shall provide a Federal savings association prior written notice of the OCC's intention to issue an order requiring the savings association to correct a... the FDI Act. The savings association shall have such time to respond to a proposed order as provided...

  10. 12 CFR 170.4 - Issuance of orders to correct deficiencies and to take or refrain from taking other actions.

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    2012-01-01

    ...) Notice of intent to issue order—(1) In general. The OCC shall provide a Federal savings association prior written notice of the OCC's intention to issue an order requiring the savings association to correct a... the FDI Act. The savings association shall have such time to respond to a proposed order as provided...

  11. MiR-124 down-regulation is critical for cancer associated fibroblasts-enhanced tumor growth of oral carcinoma

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    Li, Xia, E-mail: dentistlx@163.com; Fan, Qinqiao; Li, Jinyun

    Cancer associated fibroblasts (CAFs) are known to be involved in initiation, progression and metastasis of various cancers. However, the molecular mechanism of how CAFs affects the biological function of oral cancer (OC) has not been fully-addressed. In this study, we demonstrated that miR-124 was downregulated in oral CAFs and oral cancer cells (OCCs) when compared with matched normal fibroblasts (NFs). Hypermethylation in the promoter region of miR-124 genes was accounted for its downregulation. Interestingly, CAFs but not NFs exerted promotion effect on OCCs cell proliferation, migration and tumor growth in CAFs/NFs-OCCs co-culture. Furthermore, we identified Chemokine (C-C motif) ligand 2more » (CCL2) and Interleukin 8 (IL-8) as two direct targets of miR-124. Over-expression of miR-124 in CAFs-OCCs co-culture abrogated CAFs-promoted OCCs cell growth and migration, and this inhibitory effect can be rescued by addition of CCL2 and IL-8. Finally, we showed that restoration of miR-124 expression by lentiviral infection or formulated miR-124 injection inhibited oral tumor growth in vivo suggesting miR-124 rescue could be a potential rationale for therapeutic applications in oral cancer in the future. - Highlights: • miR-124 was downregulated in oral cancer cells and cancer associated fibroblasts. • Hypermethylation in the promoter region was accounted for miR-124 downregulation. • CCL2 and IL-8 are two direct targets of miR-124. • miR-124 rescue could be a potential rationale for oral cancer therapy.« less

  12. Dynamics of Dust Particles Released from Oort Cloud Comets and Their Contribution to Radar Meteors

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    Nesvorny, David; Vokrouhlicky, David; Pokorny, Petr; Janches, Diego

    2012-01-01

    The Oort Cloud Comets (OCCs), exemplified by the Great Comet of 1997 (Hale-Bopp), are occasional visitors from the heatless periphery of the solar system. Previous works hypothesized that a great majority of OCCs must physically disrupt after one or two passages through the inner solar system, where strong thermal gradients can cause phase transitions or volatile pressure buildup. Here we study the fate of small debris particles produced by OCC disruptions to determine whether the imprints of a hypothetical population of OCC meteoroids can be found in the existing meteor radar data. We find that OCC particles with diameters D < or approx. 10 microns are blown out from the solar system by radiation pressure, while those with D > or approx. 1 mm have a very low Earth-impact probability. The intermediate particle sizes, D approx. 100 microns represent a sweet spot. About 1% of these particles orbitally evolve by Poynting-Robertson drag to reach orbits with semimajor axis a approx. 1 AU. They are expected to produce meteors with radiants near the apex of the Earth s orbital motion. We find that the model distributions of their impact speeds and orbits provide a good match to radar observations of apex meteors, except for the eccentricity distribution, which is more skewed toward e approx. 1 in our model. Finally, we propose an explanation for the long-standing problem in meteor science related to the relative strength of apex and helion/antihelion sources. As we show in detail, the observed trend, with the apex meteors being more prominent in observations of highly sensitive radars, can be related to orbital dynamics of particles released on the long-period orbits.

  13. The effect of intermittent lower limb occlusion on recovery following exercise-induced muscle damage: A randomized controlled trial.

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    Page, Will; Swan, Rachael; Patterson, Stephen D

    2017-08-01

    The purpose of this investigation was to examine the effectiveness of intermittent lower limb occlusion in augmenting recovery from exercise induced muscle damage (EIMD) in physically active males. Randomized controlled trial, double blind. Sixteen healthy recreationally active male participants were randomly assigned to an intermittent occlusion (OCC; n=8) or control (SHAM; n=8) group. The EIMD protocol comprised of 100 drop-jumps, from a 0.6m box. Indices of muscle damage were creatine kinase (CK), thigh-circumference (TC), muscle soreness (DOMS), counter-movement jump (CMJ) and maximal isometric voluntary contraction (MIVC). Measurements were assessed pre, 24h, 48h and 72h following exercise. There was a significant time effect for all indices of muscle damage suggesting EIMD was present following the exercise protocol. The decrease in MIVC was significantly attenuated in the OCC group compared to the SHAM group at 24 (90.4±10.7 vs. 81.5±6.7%), 48 (96.2±6.1 vs. 84.5±7.1%) and 72h (101.1±4.2 vs. 89.7±7.5%). The CK response was reduced in the OCC group at 24 (335±87 vs. 636±300 IU) and 48h (244±70 vs. 393±248 IU), compared to the SHAM group. DOMS was significantly lower in the OCC compared to the SHAM group at 24, 48 and 72h post EIMD. There was no effect of OCC on CMJ or TC. This investigation shows that intermittent lower limb occlusion administered after a damaging bout of exercise reduces indices of muscle damage and accelerates the recovery in physically active males. Copyright © 2017 Sports Medicine Australia. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

  14. [Health status, quality of life, and use of healthcare resources by patients with diabetes mellitus in Spain].

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    García-Soidán, F J; Villoro, R; Merino, M; Hidalgo-Vega, Á; Hernando-Martín, T; González-Martín-Moro, B

    2017-09-01

    This study analyses the health status of patients diagnosed with diabetes mellitus (DM), their health related quality of life (HRQoL) and their use of healthcare resources in Spain. A descriptive analysis was conducted using the Spanish Health National Survey (ENSE, 2012), gathering data on those patients aged 15 and over diagnosed with DM. Their health status, their HRQoL, and their use of healthcare resources were systematically compared with those of patients diagnosed with other chronic conditions (OCC), as well as a population without DM (non-DM). Out of 21,007 subjects that took part, 7.4% were diagnosed with DM and 59% with OCC conditions (mean age 65.6±14.2 years with DM, 51.3±18.1 years with OCC, and 45.7±18.2 years with non-DM). When compared to non-DM and OCC, DM was statistically significantly associated with higher frequencies of hypertension, hypercholesterolaemia, obesity, myocardial infraction, hospital admissions in the last year, and drug consumption, but with a lower number of visits to secondary healthcare. The mean quality adjusted life years (QALY) of patients with DM was 0.75 per year, significantly lower (P<.05) to that of individuals with OCC (0.89), and those without DM (0.92). The difference vs. non-DM remained statistically significant after adjusting for age, gender, and number of comorbidities (P<.001). In Spain, DM is associated with a high comorbidity, involves a greater loss in HRQoL than those diagnosed with other chronic conditions as a whole, and generates a significant burden on the healthcare system. Copyright © 2016 Sociedad Española de Médicos de Atención Primaria (SEMERGEN). Publicado por Elsevier España, S.L.U. All rights reserved.

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  17. A Bayesian method for detecting pairwise associations in compositional data

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    Ventz, Steffen; Huttenhower, Curtis

    2017-01-01

    Compositional data consist of vectors of proportions normalized to a constant sum from a basis of unobserved counts. The sum constraint makes inference on correlations between unconstrained features challenging due to the information loss from normalization. However, such correlations are of long-standing interest in fields including ecology. We propose a novel Bayesian framework (BAnOCC: Bayesian Analysis of Compositional Covariance) to estimate a sparse precision matrix through a LASSO prior. The resulting posterior, generated by MCMC sampling, allows uncertainty quantification of any function of the precision matrix, including the correlation matrix. We also use a first-order Taylor expansion to approximate the transformation from the unobserved counts to the composition in order to investigate what characteristics of the unobserved counts can make the correlations more or less difficult to infer. On simulated datasets, we show that BAnOCC infers the true network as well as previous methods while offering the advantage of posterior inference. Larger and more realistic simulated datasets further showed that BAnOCC performs well as measured by type I and type II error rates. Finally, we apply BAnOCC to a microbial ecology dataset from the Human Microbiome Project, which in addition to reproducing established ecological results revealed unique, competition-based roles for Proteobacteria in multiple distinct habitats. PMID:29140991

  18. Interleukin-6 secreted by oral cancer- associated fibroblast accelerated VEGF expression in tumor and stroma cells.

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    Mirkeshavarz, M; Ganjibakhsh, M; Aminishakib, P; Farzaneh, P; Mahdavi, N; Vakhshiteh, F; Karimi, A; Gohari, N S; Kamali, F; Kharazifard, M J; Shahzadeh Fazeli, S A; Nasimian, A

    2017-10-31

    Oral cancer represents the sixth most common cancer type worldwide. Patients with oral cancer express high levels of IL-6 which is associated with very poor prognosis. Previous studies illustrated that IL-6 cytokine induces angiogenesis. It has also been reported that the presence of Cancer- Associated Fibroblasts (CAFs) is essential for angiogenesis. In this study, we examined the correlation between IL-6 and CAF and the role of this correlation on VEGF production. In this study, quantitative expression level of IL-6 and VEGF in CAF and Oral Cancer Cells (OCCs) examined through Real Time PCR and ELISA and western blot analysis. In addition, maintenance and retention of IL-6 and VEGF checked out in co-culture experiment of CAF and OCC cells. These experiments demonstrated that in oral cancer, CAF cell line secretes significantly more IL-6 than OCC. Also IL-6 is a factor that causes VEGF secretion in CAF cell line. CAF is the basic and the most essential source for producing IL-6 in patients with oral cancer. Secreted IL-6 is able to induce VEGF production in both CAF and OCCs. Correlation between CAF, IL-6 and VEGF could be considered as an approach for cancer therapy.

  19. Improving the properties of geopolymer containing oil-contaminated clay, metakaolin, and blast furnace slag by applying nano-SiO2.

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    Luo, Huan-Lin; Lin, Deng-Fong; Chen, Shih-Chieh

    2017-07-01

    In this study, geopolymer specimens based on calcined oil-contaminated clays (OCCs), metakaolin replacements of OCCs, and blast furnace slag were manufactured by the addition of nano-SiO 2 to improve their properties. The effects of adding 0, 1, 2, or 3% nano-SiO 2 on the properties and microstructures of the geopolymer specimens were determined using compressive strength tests, flow tests, setting time tests, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and silicon nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (Si-NMR). The results showed that the setting time and flowability of the geopolymer specimens decreased and the compressive strength increased as the amount of nano-SiO 2 increased. These results were supported by the SEM and Si-NMR assays. This study suggests that the addition of nano-SiO 2 was beneficial and improved the properties of the geopolymer specimens containing calcined OCC.

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  1. Cu refertilization of abyssal harzburgites by melt percolation

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    Ciazela, Jakub; Dick, Henry; Koepke, Juergen; Botcharnikov, Roman; Muszynski, Andrzej; Kuhn, Thomas

    2015-04-01

    Primitive mantle is depleted in many elements by partial melting processes, but it can be subsequently refertilized by impregnation with percolating melts. It is known that Cu can be enriched in primitive melts, depleting mantle residue, due to the former process (Patten et al. 2013). However, the behavior of Cu in the processes of mantle-melt interaction is poorly understood. The only comprehensive study is based on compositions of orogenic peridotites, representing the subcontinental mantle (Lorand et al. 1993; 2013), where a moderate enrichment of the mantle in Cu (up to ~50 ppm) has been observed. Here, we present the first results obtained for a suite of rocks from an oceanic core complex (OCC), the Kane Megamullion at 22°30'N at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge (Dick et al. 2008). OCC's provide large exposures of mantle and lower crustal rocks on the seafloor on detachment fault footwalls at slow and ultraslow spreading ridges. The mantle rocks are composed of spinel and plagioclase harzburgites. The spinel harzburgites represent depleted mantle, whereas the plagioclase harzburgites were formed by subsequent late-stage melt impregnation in the depleted mantle (Dick et al. 2010). We have determined Cu concentrations in 22 residual spinel harzburgites and 4 plagioclase harzburgites using total digestion ICP-MS. The average Cu concentration in spinel harzburgites is 35±11 ppm Cu (2σ). The average Cu concentration obtained for plagioclase harzburgites is 131±33 ppm Cu (2σ). Additionally, we have analyzed one 1.5 cm thick contact zone between an oxide gabbro vein and residual peridotite. The contact zone, which has been heavily impregnated by the melt, contains 284 ppm Cu. In contrast, the neighboring oxide gabbro vein and the hosting peridotite contain 147 and 68 ppm Cu, respectively. Furthermore, we have determined the concentration of Cu in a dunite (118 ppm), formed in a reaction between the mantle and melt ascending through the lithosphere (Dick et al. 2010). Magmatic processes in the rocks coming from OCCs can be obscured by deformation and alteration. Plastically deformed rocks are common in the damaged zone related to the detachment fault. Metaperidotites from these zones, which show protomylonitic to ultramylonitic textures, are systematically depleted in Cu (15±5 ppm, 2σ) in comparison to non-deformed spinel harzburgites. We have not included the values obtained from non-deformed harzburgites in the calculation of the averages presented above. Thus, the effect of deformation processes does not influence our results. The relatively narrow 0.95 confidence intervals of the means obtained for non-deformed spinel and plagioclase harzburgite species and a large difference between the two means indicate a relatively low influence of alteration. Therefore, we believe the significant enrichment in Cu exhibited by the refertilized mantle rocks is caused exclusively by mantle impregnation with late-stage melts. Enhanced Cu concentrations indicate that the scale of this enrichment can be significantly underestimated in previous studies (Lorand et al. 2013). Dick, H.J.B., Tivey, M.A. & Tucholke, B.E., 2008. Plutonic foundation of a slow-spreading ridge segment: Oceanic core complex at Kane Megamullion, 23°30'N, 45°20'W. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 9, Q05014. Dick, H.J.B., Lissenberg, C.J., & Warren, J.M., 2010. Mantle melting, melt transport, and delivery beneath a slow-spreading ridge: The paleo-MAR from 23°15'N to 23°45'N. Journal of Petrology 51, 425-467. Lorand, J.P., Keays, R.R. & Bodinier, J.L., 1993. Copper and noble metal enrichments across the lithosphere-astenosphere boundary of mantle diapirs: evidence from the Lanzo Lherzolite Massif. Journal of Petrology 34, 1111-1140. Lorand, J.P., Luguet, A. & Alard, O., 2013. Platinum-group element systematics and petrogenetics processing of the upper mantle: A review. Lithos 164-167, 2-21. Patten, C., Barnes, S.-J., Mathez, E.A. & Jenner, F.E., 2013. Partition coefficients of chalcophile elements between sulfide and silicate melts and the early crystallization history of sulfide liquid: LA-ICP-MS analysis of MORB sulfide droplets. Chemical Geology 358, 170-188.

  2. Co-release of noradrenaline and dopamine in the cerebral cortex elicited by single train and repeated train stimulation of the locus coeruleus

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    Devoto, Paola; Flore, Giovanna; Saba, Pierluigi; Fà, Mauro; Gessa, Gian Luigi

    2005-01-01

    Background Previous studies by our group suggest that extracellular dopamine (DA) and noradrenaline (NA) may be co-released from noradrenergic nerve terminals in the cerebral cortex. We recently demonstrated that the concomitant release of DA and NA could be elicited in the cerebral cortex by electrical stimulation of the locus coeruleus (LC). This study analyses the effect of both single train and repeated electrical stimulation of LC on NA and DA release in the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC), occipital cortex (Occ), and caudate nucleus. To rule out possible stressful effects of electrical stimulation, experiments were performed on chloral hydrate anaesthetised rats. Results Twenty min electrical stimulation of the LC, with burst type pattern of pulses, increased NA and DA both in the mPFC and in the Occ. NA in both cortices and DA in the mPFC returned to baseline within 20 min after the end of the stimulation period, while DA in the Occ reached a maximum increase during 20 min post-stimulation and remained higher than baseline values at 220 min post-stimulation. Local perfusion with tetrodotoxin (TTX, 10 μM) markedly reduced baseline NA and DA in the mPFC and Occ and totally suppressed the effect of electrical stimulation in both areas. A sequence of five 20 min stimulations at 20 min intervals were delivered to the LC. Each stimulus increased NA to the same extent and duration as the first stimulus, whereas DA remained elevated at the time next stimulus was delivered, so that baseline DA progressively increased in the mPFC and Occ to reach about 130 and 200% the initial level, respectively. In the presence of the NA transport (NAT) blocker desipramine (DMI, 100 μM), multiple LC stimulation still increased extracellular NA and DA levels. Electrical stimulation of the LC increased NA levels in the homolateral caudate nucleus, but failed to modify DA level. Conclusion The results confirm and extend that LC stimulation induces a concomitant release of DA and NA in the mPFC and Occ. The different time-course of LC-induced elevation of DA and NA suggests that their co-release may be differentially controlled. PMID:15865626

  3. Do metaboreceptors alter heat loss responses following dynamic exercise?

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    McGinn, Ryan; Swift, Brendan; Binder, Konrad; Gagnon, Daniel; Kenny, Glen P

    2014-01-01

    Metaboreceptor activation during passive heating is known to influence cutaneous vascular conductance (CVC) and sweat rate (SR). However, whether metaboreceptors modulate the suppression of heat loss following dynamic exercise remains unclear. On separate days, before and after 15 min of high-intensity treadmill running in the heat (35°C), eight males underwent either 1) no isometric handgrip exercise (IHG) or ischemia (CON), 2) 1 min IHG (60% of maximum, IHG), 3) 1 min IHG followed by 2 min of ischemia (IHG+OCC), 4) 2 min of ischemia (OCC), or 5) 1 min IHG followed by 2 min of ischemia with application of lower body negative pressure (IHG+LBNP). SR (ventilated capsule), cutaneous blood flow (Laser-Doppler), and mean arterial pressure (Finometer) were measured continuously before and after dynamic exercise. Following dynamic exercise, CVC was reduced with IHG exercise (P < 0.05) and remained attenuated with post-IHG ischemia during IHG+OCC relative to CON (39 ± 2 vs. 47 ± 6%, P < 0.05). Furthermore, the reduction in CVC was exacerbated by application of LBNP during post-IHG ischemia (35 ± 3%, P < 0.05) relative to IHG+OCC. SR increased during IHG exercise (P < 0.05) and remained elevated during post-IHG ischemia relative to CON following dynamic exercise (0.94 ± 0.15 vs. 0.53 ± 0.09 mg·min(-1)·cm(-2), P < 0.05). In contrast, application of LBNP during post-IHG ischemia had no effect on SR (0.93 ± 0.09 mg·min(-1)·cm(-2), P > 0.05) relative to post-IHG ischemia during IHG+OCC. We show that CVC is reduced and that SR is increased by metaboreceptor activation following dynamic exercise. In addition, we show that the metaboreflex-induced loading of the baroreceptors can influence the CVC response, but not the sweating response.

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    M. R. Doshi; J. Dyer

    Laboratory research indicates that wax is amenable to removal by froth flotation provided it is free or detached from the fiber. The only effective means, at this time, of maximizing detachment of wax is through the use of low consistency pulping at temperatures above the melting point of wax. Wax removal from WCC through washing, flotation, or a combination of both was approximately 90% in these laboratory studies, indicating that not all of the wax is detached from fibers. These results were summarized in Annual Report 1, December 1, 1997 to November 30, 1998. Pilot trials were conducted in whichmore » the authors simulated a conventional OCC repulping process with and without flotation. Additional aggressive washing and water clarification were also examined during the study. The inclusion of flotation in the OCC stock preparation system significantly improved the removal of wax spots and extractable material from the furnish. Based on this study, the authors predict that a compact flotation system with 2 lb surfactant/ton of fiber would improve the OCC pulp quality with regard to wax spots by 60% and would not negatively affect strength properties. Flotation losses would be in the 2-5% range. Two mill trials were conducted during the last quarter of the project. One trial was carried out at Green Bay Packaging, Green Bay, WI, and a second trial was conducted at Menasha Corporation, Otsego, MI. A 250-liter Voith Sulzer Ecocell was used to evaluate the removal of wax and stickies from the OCC processing systems at these two mills. The inclusion of flotation in the OCC stock preparation system significantly improved the removal of wax spots from the furnish. The data indicate that flotation was more effective in removing wax and stickies than reverse cleaners. The mill trials have demonstrated that flotation can be substituted for or replace existing reverse cleaning systems and, in some cases, can replace dispersion systems. In this manner, the use of flotation can provide significant energy savings when compared to reverse cleaning or dispersion.« less

  5. Intake of meat and fish and risk of head-neck cancer subtypes in the Netherlands Cohort Study.

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    Perloy, Andy; Maasland, Denise H E; van den Brandt, Piet A; Kremer, Bernd; Schouten, Leo J

    2017-06-01

    To date, the role of meat and fish intake in head-neck cancer (HNC) etiology is not well understood and prospective evidence is limited. This prompted us to study the association between meat, fish, and HNC subtypes, i.e., oral cavity cancer (OCC), oro- and hypopharyngeal cancer (OHPC), and laryngeal cancer (LC), within the Netherlands Cohort Study (NLCS). In 1986, 120,852 participants (aged 55-69 years) completed a baseline 150-item food frequency questionnaire (FFQ), from which daily meat and fish intake were calculated. After 20.3 years of follow-up, 430 HNC overall (134 OCC, 90 OHPC and 203 LC) cases and 4,111 subcohort members were found to be eligible for case-cohort analysis. Multivariate hazard ratios were calculated using Cox's proportional hazards model within quartiles of energy-adjusted meat and fish intake. Processed meat intake, but not red meat intake, was positively associated with HNC overall [HR(Q4 vs. Q1) = 1.46, 95% CI 1.06-2.00; ptrend = 0.03]. Among HNC subtypes, processed meat was positively associated with OCC, while no associations were found with OHPC and LC. Fish intake was not associated with HNC risk. Tests for interaction did not reveal statistically significant interaction between meat, fish, and alcohol or smoking on HNC overall risk. In this large cohort study, processed meat intake was positively associated with HNC overall and HNC subtype OCC, but not with OHPC and LC.

  6. Minimax rational approximation of the Fermi-Dirac distribution.

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    Moussa, Jonathan E

    2016-10-28

    Accurate rational approximations of the Fermi-Dirac distribution are a useful component in many numerical algorithms for electronic structure calculations. The best known approximations use O(log(βΔ)log(ϵ -1 )) poles to achieve an error tolerance ϵ at temperature β -1 over an energy interval Δ. We apply minimax approximation to reduce the number of poles by a factor of four and replace Δ with Δ occ , the occupied energy interval. This is particularly beneficial when Δ ≫ Δ occ , such as in electronic structure calculations that use a large basis set.

  7. Minimax rational approximation of the Fermi-Dirac distribution

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    Moussa, Jonathan E.

    2016-10-01

    Accurate rational approximations of the Fermi-Dirac distribution are a useful component in many numerical algorithms for electronic structure calculations. The best known approximations use O(log(βΔ)log(ɛ-1)) poles to achieve an error tolerance ɛ at temperature β-1 over an energy interval Δ. We apply minimax approximation to reduce the number of poles by a factor of four and replace Δ with Δocc, the occupied energy interval. This is particularly beneficial when Δ ≫ Δocc, such as in electronic structure calculations that use a large basis set.

  8. Using Simulations to Investigate Decision Making in Airline Operations

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    Bruce, Peter J.; Gray, Judy H.

    2003-01-01

    This paper examines a range of methods to collect data for the investigation of decision-making in airline Operations Control Centres (OCCs). A study was conducted of 52 controllers in five OCCs of both domestic and international airlines in the Asia-Pacific region. A range of methods was used including: surveys, interviews, observations, simulations, and think-aloud protocol. The paper compares and evaluates the suitability of these techniques for gathering data and provides recommendations on the application of simulations. Keywords Data Collection, Decision-Making, Research Methods, Simulation, Think-Aloud Protocol.

  9. A multicenter, randomized, vehicle-controlled phase 2 study of blue light photodynamic therapy with aminolevulinic acid HCl 20% topical solution for the treatment of actinic keratoses on the upper extremities: the effect of occlusion during the drug incubation period.

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    Schmieder, George J; Huang, Eugene Y; Jarratt, Michael

    2012-12-01

    Photodynamic therapy (PDT) with aminolevulinic acid (ALA) has been shown to be safe and effective in the treatment of actinic keratoses (AKs) of the face and scalp. A recent small study has suggested that ALA-PDT can be effective for AKs of the dorsal hands/forearms. However, studies designed to provide sufficient statistical power to test this hypothesis are lacking in the literature. To determine and compare the safety and efficacy of blue light ALA-PDT vs blue light placebo vehicle (VEH) in the treatment of AKs of the upper extremities and to evaluate the effect of occlusion after application of ALA vs VEH. ALA or VEH was applied to both dorsal hands/forearms for the 3-hour incubation period before blue light treatment (10 J/ cm2). One extremity of each subject was covered with occlusive dressing during the incubation period. Treatment was repeated at week 8 if any AK lesions remained. The median AK lesion clearance rate at week 12 was 88.7% for extremities treated with occluded ALA (ALA+OCC), 70.0% for extremities treated with nonoccluded ALA, 16.7% for extremities treated with occluded VEH (VEH+OCC), and 5.6% for extremities treated with nonoccluded VEH (P<.0001). ALA+OCC resulted in a significantly higher clearance rate compared with the nonoccluded extremity at weeks 8 (P=.0006) and 12 (P=.0029). Thirty-four percent (12/35) of extremities treated with ALA+OCC had complete clearance of lesions at week 12 compared with 0% (0/35) of extremities treated with VEH+OCC (P=.0002). The safety pro!le in this study is consistent with previously reported side effects of the therapy. Blue light ALA-PDT following a 3-hour incubation appears efficacious for AK clearance of the upper extremities. Incubation using an occlusive dressing significantly increases the efficacy of the procedure and also increases the incidence and severity of some acute inflammatory side effects of PDT.

  10. Quality of life and use of health care resources among patients with chronic depression

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    Villoro, Renata; Merino, María; Hidalgo-Vega, Alvaro

    2016-01-01

    Purpose This study estimates the health-related quality of life and the health care resource utilization of patients diagnosed with chronic depression (CD) in Spain. Patients and methods We used the Spanish National Health Survey 2011–2012, a cross-sectional survey representative at the national level, that selects people aged between 18 and 64 years (n=14,691). We estimated utility indices through the EuroQol five-dimensional descriptive system questionnaire included in the survey. We calculated percentage use of health care resources (medical visits, hospitalizations, emergency services, and drug consumption) and average number of resources used when available. A systematic comparison was made between people diagnosed with CD and other chronic conditions (OCCs). The chi-square test, Mann–Whitney U-test, and Kruskal–Wallis test were used to determine the statistical significance of differences between comparison groups. Multivariate analyses (Poisson regression, logistic regression, and linear regression) were also carried out to assess the relationship between quality of life and consumption of health care resources. Results Approximately, 6.1% of the subjects aged between 18 and 64 years were diagnosed with CD (average age 48.3±11 years, 71.7% females). After controlling for age, sex, and total number of comorbidities, a diagnosis of CD reduced utility scores by 0.09 (P<0.05) vs OCCs, and increased the average number of hospitalizations by 15%, the average number of days at hospital by 51%, and the average number of visits to emergency services by 15% (P<0.05). CD also increased the average number of visits to secondary care by 14% and visits to general practitioners by 4%. People with CD had a higher probability of consuming drugs than people with OCCs (odds ratio [OR]: 1.24, P<0.05), but only 38.6% took antidepressants. Conclusion People with CD had significantly lower health-related quality of life than people with OCCs. CD was associated with increased hospital length of stay and involved a higher consumption of emergency services and drugs than OCCs. PMID:27713651

  11. Improving birth dose coverage of hepatitis B vaccine.

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    Hipgrave, David B.; Maynard, James E.; Biggs, Beverley-Ann

    2006-01-01

    Administration of a birth dose of hepatitis B vaccine (HepB vaccine) to neonates is recommended to prevent mother-to-infant transmission and chronic infection with the hepatitis B virus (HBV). Although manufacturers recommend HepB vaccine distribution and storage at 2-8 degrees C, recognition of the heat stability of hepatitis B surface antigen stimulated research into its use after storage at, or exposure to, ambient or high temperatures. Storage of HepB vaccine at ambient temperatures would enable birth dosing for neonates delivered at home in remote areas or at health posts lacking refrigeration. This article reviews the current evidence on the thermostability of HepB vaccine when stored outside the cold chain (OCC). The reports reviewed show that the vaccines studied were safe and effective whether stored cold or OCC. Field and laboratory data also verifies the retained potency of the vaccine after exposure to heat. The attachment of a highly stable variety of a vaccine vial monitor (measuring cumulative exposure to heat) on many HepB vaccines strongly supports policies allowing their storage OCC, when this will benefit birth dose coverage. We recommend that this strategy be introduced to improve birth dose coverage, especially in rural and remote areas. Concurrent monitoring and evaluation should be undertaken to affirm the safe implementation of this strategy, and assess its cost, feasibility and effect on reducing HBV infection rates. Meanwhile, release of manufacturer data verifying the potency of currently available HepB vaccines after exposure to heat will increase confidence in the use of vaccine vial monitors as a managerial tool during storage of HepB vaccine OCC. PMID:16501717

  12. The OCC NOAA Data Commons: First Year Experiences

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    Flamig, Z.; Patterson, M.; Wells, W.; Grossman, R.

    2016-12-01

    The Open Commons Consortium (OCC) is one of the five "Data Alliance" anchoring institutions in the NOAA Big Data Project (BDP) that was announced on April 21st, 2015. This study will present lessons learned from the first year of the BDP. The project so far has set up a pilot data commons with some initial datasets and established a digital ID service. Demonstrations on how to work with the digital ID service and the NEXRAD radar data will be shown. The proof of concept for the OCC NOAA Data Commons was established using the level 2 NEXRAD data made available to the BDP partners. Approximately 50 TiB of NEXRAD data representing the year 2015 was incorporated into the data commons. The digital ID service supports a common persistent data ID that can access data from across multiple data locations. Using this digital ID service allows users to access the NEXRAD data from their choice of the OCC NOAA Data Commons or from Amazon's NEXRAD data holdings in the same manner. To demonstrate the concept further, a sample Jupyter notebook was created to utilize the data. The notebook, which uses the Py-ART package, creates an animated loop of the NEXRAD data showing a Mayfly hatch in Wisconsin during June 2015. The notebook also demonstrates how to do a basic quality control procedure on the radar data, in this instance to remove meteorological echoes in favor of showcasing the biological scatters. For grantees on the Open Science Data Cloud there are additional premade resources available such as virtual machine images preloaded with the tools needed to access the NEXRAD data.

  13. High-Molecular-Mass Multi-c-Heme Cytochromes from Methylococcus capsulatus Bath†

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    Bergmann, David J.; Zahn, James A.; DiSpirito, Alan A.

    1999-01-01

    The polypeptide and structural gene for a high-molecular-mass c-type cytochrome, cytochrome c553O, was isolated from the methanotroph Methylococcus capsulatus Bath. Cytochrome c553O is a homodimer with a subunit molecular mass of 124,350 Da and an isoelectric point of 6.0. The heme c concentration was estimated to be 8.2 ± 0.4 mol of heme c per subunit. The electron paramagnetic resonance spectrum showed the presence of multiple low spin, S = 1/2, hemes. A degenerate oligonucleotide probe synthesized based on the N-terminal amino acid sequence of cytochrome c553O was used to identify a DNA fragment from M. capsulatus Bath that contains occ, the gene encoding cytochrome c553O. occ is part of a gene cluster which contains three other open reading frames (ORFs). ORF1 encodes a putative periplasmic c-type cytochrome with a molecular mass of 118,620 Da that shows approximately 40% amino acid sequence identity with occ and contains nine c-heme-binding motifs. ORF3 encodes a putative periplasmic c-type cytochrome with a molecular mass of 94,000 Da and contains seven c-heme-binding motifs but shows no sequence homology to occ or ORF1. ORF4 encodes a putative 11,100-Da protein. The four ORFs have no apparent similarity to any proteins in the GenBank database. The subunit molecular masses, arrangement and number of hemes, and amino acid sequences demonstrate that cytochrome c553O and the gene products of ORF1 and ORF3 constitute a new class of c-type cytochrome. PMID:9922265

  14. Key Lessons in Building "Data Commons": The Open Science Data Cloud Ecosystem

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    Patterson, M.; Grossman, R.; Heath, A.; Murphy, M.; Wells, W.

    2015-12-01

    Cloud computing technology has created a shift around data and data analysis by allowing researchers to push computation to data as opposed to having to pull data to an individual researcher's computer. Subsequently, cloud-based resources can provide unique opportunities to capture computing environments used both to access raw data in its original form and also to create analysis products which may be the source of data for tables and figures presented in research publications. Since 2008, the Open Cloud Consortium (OCC) has operated the Open Science Data Cloud (OSDC), which provides scientific researchers with computational resources for storing, sharing, and analyzing large (terabyte and petabyte-scale) scientific datasets. OSDC has provided compute and storage services to over 750 researchers in a wide variety of data intensive disciplines. Recently, internal users have logged about 2 million core hours each month. The OSDC also serves the research community by colocating these resources with access to nearly a petabyte of public scientific datasets in a variety of fields also accessible for download externally by the public. In our experience operating these resources, researchers are well served by "data commons," meaning cyberinfrastructure that colocates data archives, computing, and storage infrastructure and supports essential tools and services for working with scientific data. In addition to the OSDC public data commons, the OCC operates a data commons in collaboration with NASA and is developing a data commons for NOAA datasets. As cloud-based infrastructures for distributing and computing over data become more pervasive, we ask, "What does it mean to publish data in a data commons?" Here we present the OSDC perspective and discuss several services that are key in architecting data commons, including digital identifier services.

  15. 75 FR 12812 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2010-03-17

    ...The OCC, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on a continuing information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a respondent is not required to respond to, an information collection unless it displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number. The OCC is soliciting comment concerning an extension of OMB approval of the information collection titled, ``Interagency Guidance on Asset Securitization Activities.''

  16. Minimax rational approximation of the Fermi-Dirac distribution

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    Moussa, Jonathan E.

    2016-10-27

    Accurate rational approximations of the Fermi-Dirac distribution are a useful component in many numerical algorithms for electronic structure calculations. The best known approximations use O(log(βΔ)log(ϵ –1)) poles to achieve an error tolerance ϵ at temperature β –1 over an energy interval Δ. We apply minimax approximation to reduce the number of poles by a factor of four and replace Δ with Δ occ, the occupied energy interval. Furthermore, this is particularly beneficial when Δ >> Δ occ, such as in electronic structure calculations that use a large basis set.

  17. Prognostic significance of monocarboxylate transporter expression in oral cavity tumors

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    Simões-Sousa, Susana; Granja, Sara; Pinheiro, Céline; Fernandes, Daniela; Longatto-Filho, Adhemar; Laus, Ana Carolina; Alves, Cira Danielle Casado; Suárez-Peñaranda, J. M.; Pérez-Sayáns, Mario; Lopes Carvalho, Andre; Schmitt, Fernando C.; García-García, Abel; Baltazar, Fatima

    2016-01-01

    ABSTRACT Background: Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) is the sixth most common type of cancer. The majority of patients present advanced stage disease and has poor survival. Therefore, it is imperative to search for new biomarkers and new alternative and effective treatment options. Most cancer cells rely on aerobic glycolysis to generate energy and metabolic intermediates. This phenotype is a hallmark of cancer, characterized by an increase in glucose consumption and production of high amounts of lactate. Consequently, cancer cells need to up-regulate many proteins and enzymes related with the glycolytic metabolism. Thus, the aim of this study was to characterize metabolic phenotype of oral cavity cancers (OCC) by assessing the expression pattern of monocarboxylate transporters (MCTs) 1, 2 and 4 and other proteins related with the glycolytic phenotype. Material and Methods: We evaluated the immunohistochemical expression of MCT1, MCT4, CD147, GLUT1 and CAIX in 135 human samples of OCC and investigated the correlation with clinicopathological parameters and the possible association with prognosis. Results: We observed that all proteins analyzed presented significantly higher plasma membrane expression in neoplastic compared to non-neoplastic samples. MCT4 was significantly associated with T-stage and advanced tumoral stage, while CD147 was significantly correlated with histologic differentiation. Interestingly, tumors expressing both MCT1 and MCT4 but negative for MCT2 were associated with shorter overall survival. Conclusion: Overexpression of MCT1/4, CD147, GLUT1 and CAIX, supports previous findings of metabolic reprograming in OCC, warranting future studies to explore the hyper-glycolytic phenotype of these tumors. Importantly, MCT expression revealed to have a prognostic value in OCC survival. PMID:27232157

  18. The Cotoncello Shear Zone (Elba Island, Italy): The deep root of a fossil oceanic detachment fault in the Ligurian ophiolites

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    Frassi, Chiara; Musumeci, Giovanni; Zucali, Michele; Mazzarini, Francesco; Rebay, Gisella; Langone, Antonio

    2017-05-01

    The ophiolite sequences in the western Elba Island are classically interpreted as a well-exposed ocean-floor section emplaced during the Apennines orogeny at the top of the tectonic nappe-stack. Stratigraphic, petrological and geochemical features indicate that these ophiolite sequences are remnants of slow-ultraslow spreading oceanic lithosphere analogous to the present-day Mid-Atlantic Ridge and Southwest Indian Ridge. Within the oceanward section of Tethyan lithosphere exposed in the Elba Island, we investigated for the first time a ​10s of meters-thick structure, the Cotoncello Shear Zone (CSZ), that records high-temperature ductile deformation. We used a multidisciplinary approach to document the tectono-metamorphic evolution of the shear zone and its role during spreading of the western Tethys. In addition, we used zircon U-Pb ages to date formation of the gabbroic lower crust in this sector of the Apennines. Our results indicate that the CSZ rooted below the brittle-ductile transition at temperature above 800 °C. A high-temperature ductile fabric was overprinted by fabrics recorded during progressive exhumation up to shallower levers under temperature < 500 °C. We suggest that the CSZ may represent the deep root of a detachment fault that accomplished exhumation of an ancient oceanic core complex (OCC) in between two stages of magmatic accretion. We suggest that the CSZ represents an excellent on-land example enabling to assess relationships between magmatism and deformation when extensional oceanic detachments are at work.

  19. Women with urinary incontinence in Spain: Health-related quality of life and the use of healthcare resources.

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    Villoro, Renata; Merino, María; Hidalgo-Vega, Alvaro; Jiménez, Margarita; Martínez, Lucía; Aracil, Javier

    2016-12-01

    To describe Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) and healthcare resource utilization in women aged 60 and over in Spain. Descriptive analysis of primary data from the Spanish National Health Survey, 2012. Utility indices were obtained through the EQ5D5L questionnaire included in the survey, and utilization rates of consultations, hospitalizations, emergency services, and medication intake. HRQOL and utilization rates were systematically compared between women diagnosed with UI, women diagnosed with other chronic conditions (OCC) and healthy women of the same age. Utility indices were 0.47 in UI women versus 0.78 and 0.96 in women diagnosed with OCC and healthy women, respectively. Each year 351,675 Quality Adjusted Life Years are lost in Spain due to UI in the population of women aged 60 and over. Resource utilization of these women was significantly higher than that of other women. UI has a larger impact on both HRQOL and healthcare consumption in women who are aged 60 and over, than OCC. Appropriate treatment of UI might entail an important gain in terms of HRQOL and a significant reduction in healthcare consumption in Spain. Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.

  20. Data rate enhancement of optical camera communications by compensating inter-frame gaps

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    Nguyen, Duy Thong; Park, Youngil

    2017-07-01

    Optical camera communications (OCC) is a convenient way of transmitting data between LED lamps and image sensors that are included in most smart devices. Although many schemes have been suggested to increase the data rate of the OCC system, it is still much lower than that of the photodiode-based LiFi system. One major reason of this low data rate is attributed to the inter-frame gap (IFG) of image sensor system, that is, the time gap between consecutive image frames. In this paper, we propose a way to compensate for this IFG efficiently by an interleaved Hamming coding scheme. The proposed scheme is implemented and the performance is measured.

  1. Communication: Time-dependent optimized coupled-cluster method for multielectron dynamics

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    Sato, Takeshi; Pathak, Himadri; Orimo, Yuki; Ishikawa, Kenichi L.

    2018-02-01

    Time-dependent coupled-cluster method with time-varying orbital functions, called time-dependent optimized coupled-cluster (TD-OCC) method, is formulated for multielectron dynamics in an intense laser field. We have successfully derived the equations of motion for CC amplitudes and orthonormal orbital functions based on the real action functional, and implemented the method including double excitations (TD-OCCD) and double and triple excitations (TD-OCCDT) within the optimized active orbitals. The present method is size extensive and gauge invariant, a polynomial cost-scaling alternative to the time-dependent multiconfiguration self-consistent-field method. The first application of the TD-OCC method of intense-laser driven correlated electron dynamics in Ar atom is reported.

  2. Communication: Time-dependent optimized coupled-cluster method for multielectron dynamics.

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    Sato, Takeshi; Pathak, Himadri; Orimo, Yuki; Ishikawa, Kenichi L

    2018-02-07

    Time-dependent coupled-cluster method with time-varying orbital functions, called time-dependent optimized coupled-cluster (TD-OCC) method, is formulated for multielectron dynamics in an intense laser field. We have successfully derived the equations of motion for CC amplitudes and orthonormal orbital functions based on the real action functional, and implemented the method including double excitations (TD-OCCD) and double and triple excitations (TD-OCCDT) within the optimized active orbitals. The present method is size extensive and gauge invariant, a polynomial cost-scaling alternative to the time-dependent multiconfiguration self-consistent-field method. The first application of the TD-OCC method of intense-laser driven correlated electron dynamics in Ar atom is reported.

  3. Polycystic ovary syndrome and hyperglycaemia in pregnancy. A narrative review and results from a prospective Danish cohort study.

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    Palm, Camilla Viola Buskbjerg; Glintborg, Dorte; Kyhl, Henriette Boye; McIntyre, H David; Jensen, Richard Christian; Jensen, Tina Kold; Jensen, Dorte Møller; Andersen, Marianne

    2018-04-22

    Insulin resistance is common in polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). PCOS may be associated with increased risk of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). To (1) review literature regarding PCOS and hyperglycaemia in pregnancy and (2) present original data from Odense Child Cohort (OCC) regarding GDM in PCOS. Literature search including original studies from 2000-18. OCC included 2548 pregnant women, 9.5% (n = 241) had PCOS. Fasting plasma glucose was measured in 1519 and 659 oral glucose tolerance tests were performed (with risk factor for GDM, n = 384, without risk factors, n = 275), applying two different GDM criteria. 30 studies were eligible using 12 different sets of diagnostic criteria for GDM. Ten studies included n > 50, control group, assessment of GDM and BMI. Results were not uniform, but supported that higher BMI, higher age, Asian ethnicity, and fertility treatment increased the risk of GDM in PCOS. In OCC, women with PCOS and controls had similar prevalences of GDM independent of different sets of criteria for GDM. PCOS may not be an individual risk factor for GDM. Pregnancies in PCOS are characterized by factors known to increase risk of GDM, especially high BMI and fertility treatment. Copyright © 2018. Published by Elsevier B.V.

  4. Indoor air quality in a bar/restaurant before and after the smoking ban in Athens, Greece.

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    Konstantopoulou, Sophia S; Behrakis, Panagiotis K; Lazaris, Andreas C; Nicolopoulou-Stamati, Polyxeni

    2014-04-01

    In this study we compared indoor air pollutant concentrations in a bar/restaurant in Greece before and after the enactment of a smoking ban legislation of 2008. This was done to investigate whether the separation of the venue into smoking and non-smoking areas will have an impact on workers and customers from secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure (null hypothesis). The study was completed within an 8-month period beginning in March 2010 and ending on November 2010. We compared the average of the measured PM0.1 concentrations in the smoking zones between the pre-ban and post-ban periods. Overall reduction in the number of particles was 18% between pre-ban and post-ban periods. The mean of the 36 total CO2 measurements for the pre- and the post-ban period was 611ppm. We calculated the ventilation rates per occupant (Vo in l/s/occ) and found it to be higher in the post-ban period (19.4l/s/occ), thus complying with the ASHARAE standard for Vo of 15l/s/occ at maximum occupancy, than in the pre-ban period (10.7l/s/occ). The mean of the 36 total CO measurements for the pre-ban period was 2 ppm. CO measurements in the post-ban period were less than the detection limit of 1 ppm. Emissions of nitrogen dioxide and formaldehyde weren't detected in any of the zones. It was observed there was about 50% distribution of pollutants from the smoking zones to the smoke-free zones. The smoking ban effect on the occupancy levels was initially reduced by 16%, but based on other similar studies this transition period will be followed by an increase in the occupancy. Passive smoking and associated risks were significantly reduced but not totally eliminated, indicating the need for stronger enforcement or complete partition between smoking and non-smoking areas. Copyright © 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

  5. Oral and oropharyngeal cancer and the role of sexual behaviour: a systematic review.

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    Chancellor, James A; Ioannides, Sally J; Elwood, James M

    2016-09-19

    This systematic review identified and evaluated the evidence for the role of sexual behaviours in the development of oropharyngeal cancers (OPCs) and oral cavity cancers (OCCs). Following the PRISMA guidelines, we identified observational and interventional studies reporting associations between several different sexual behaviours and OPC or OCC. Study quality was assessed independently by two reviewers using a validated scoring system. From 513 papers identified, 21, reporting on 20 studies, fulfilled the inclusion criteria. Two cohort studies were rated as moderate quality. The 18 case-control studies were rated as weak; nine comparing people with OPC or OCC to people without cancer, eight comparing HPV-positive to HPV-negative cancer patients and one comparing OPCs to other head and neck cancers. One study was a pooled analysis of seven of the included studies with some additional information. Twelve sexual behaviours were assessed and 69 associations reported. The studies differed in the comparisons made, the sexual behaviours assessed, and how these were reported and categorized, so no quantitative meta-analyses were appropriate. Most studies combined OPC and OCC. Several significantly increased risks were seen with a high number of lifetime sexual partners (nine studies) and with the practice of oral sex (five studies), although two studies found a significant negative association with OCC and ever performing oral sex. Two cohort studies of men and women in homosexual relationships found increases in oral cancer risk, and a cohort study of men married to women who had a history of cervical cancer also showed an increased risk of oral cancers. Results for other sexual behaviours were limited and inconsistent, and these included the following: younger age at first sexual intercourse, number of lifetime oral sex partners, the practice of oral-anal sex, the number of oral-anal sex partners, and ever performing anal sex. Only one study assessed casual sex, never or rare use of a condom and having a sexual partner with a history of genital warts, finding significant associations in the two former behaviours. The current evidence for sexual behaviours being risk factors for oral and oropharyngeal cancer is limited and inconsistent. Evidence suggests that the number of sexual partners and performing oral sex are associated with a greater risk. Furthermore men whose partners have had cervical cancer may have an increased risk. More studies looking at OPC specifically will be useful to determine whether these behaviours are subsite-selective. © 2016 John Wiley & Sons A/S. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

  6. 12 CFR 25.12 - Definitions.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-01-01

    ... moderate-income geographies; (ii) Designated disaster areas; or (iii) Distressed or underserved..., Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and OCC, based on— (A) Rates of poverty, unemployment, and...

  7. Mapping as a Spatial Data Source

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Hudecová, Ľubica

    2013-03-01

    The basic database for a geographic information system (BD GIS) forms the core of a national spatial data infrastructure. Nowadays decisions are being made about the potential data sources for additional data updates and refinement of the BD GIS. Will the data from departmental or other information system administrators serve for this purpose? This paper gives an answer as to whether it is advisable to use "geodetic mapping" (the results realized in the process of land consolidation) or "cadastral mapping" (the results realized in the process of the renewal of cadastral documentation by new mapping) for additional data updates. In our analysis we focus on the quality parameters at the individual data element level, namely the positional accuracy, attribute accuracy, logical consistency, and data resolution. The results of the analysis are compared with the contents of the Object Class Catalog of BD GIS (OCC), which describes the group of objects managed by BD GIS and defines the data collection methods, types of geometry and its properties.

  8. 12 CFR 5.33 - Business combinations.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    ... with safe and sound banking practices. (iii) Money laundering. The OCC considers the effectiveness of any insured depository institution involved in the business combination in combating money laundering...

  9. Outcome-based ventilation: A framework for assessing performance, health, and energy impacts to inform office building ventilation decisions.

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    Rackes, A; Ben-David, T; Waring, M S

    2018-07-01

    This article presents an outcome-based ventilation (OBV) framework, which combines competing ventilation impacts into a monetized loss function ($/occ/h) used to inform ventilation rate decisions. The OBV framework, developed for U.S. offices, considers six outcomes of increasing ventilation: profitable outcomes realized from improvements in occupant work performance and sick leave absenteeism; health outcomes from occupant exposure to outdoor fine particles and ozone; and energy outcomes from electricity and natural gas usage. We used the literature to set low, medium, and high reference values for OBV loss function parameters, and evaluated the framework and outcome-based ventilation rates using a simulated U.S. office stock dataset and a case study in New York City. With parameters for all outcomes set at medium values derived from literature-based central estimates, higher ventilation rates' profitable benefits dominated negative health and energy impacts, and the OBV framework suggested ventilation should be ≥45 L/s/occ, much higher than the baseline ~8.5 L/s/occ rate prescribed by ASHRAE 62.1. Only when combining very low parameter estimates for profitable impacts with very high ones for health and energy impacts were all outcomes on the same order. Even then, however, outcome-based ventilation rates were often twice the baseline rate or more. © 2018 John Wiley & Sons A/S. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

  10. Guidelines for Implementation of an Advanced Outage Control Center to Improve Outage Coordination, Problem Resolution, and Outage Risk Management

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    St. Germain, Shawn W.; Farris, Ronald K.; Whaley, April M.

    This research effort is a part of the Light-Water Reactor Sustainability (LWRS) Program, which is a research and development (R&D) program sponsored by Department of Energy (DOE) and performed in close collaboration with industry R&D programs that provide the technical foundations for licensing and managing the long-term, safe, and economical operation of current nuclear power plants. The LWRS program serves to help the U.S. nuclear industry adopt new technologies and engineering solutions that facilitate the continued safe operation of the plants and extension of the current operating licenses. The purpose of this research is to improve management of nuclear powermore » plant (NPP) outages through the development of an advanced outage control center (AOCC) that is specifically designed to maximize the usefulness of communication and collaboration technologies for outage coordination and problem resolution activities. This technical report for industry implementation outlines methods and considerations for the establishment of an AOCC. This report provides a process for implementation of a change management plan, evaluation of current outage processes, the selection of technology, and guidance for the implementation of the selected technology. Methods are presented for both adoption of technologies within an existing OCC and for a complete OCC replacement, including human factors considerations for OCC design and setup.« less

  11. Evaluation of the Health Protection Event-Based Surveillance for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

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    Severi, E; Kitching, A; Crook, P

    2014-06-19

    The Health Protection Agency (HPA) (currently Public Health England) implemented the Health Protection Event-Based Surveillance (EBS) to provide additional national epidemic intelligence for the 2012 London Olympic and Paralympic Games (the Games). We describe EBS and evaluate the system attributes. EBS aimed at identifying, assessing and reporting to the HPA Olympic Coordination Centre (OCC) possible national infectious disease threats that may significantly impact the Games. EBS reported events in England from 2 July to 12 September 2012. EBS sourced events from reports from local health protection units and from screening an electronic application 'HPZone Dashboard' (DB). During this period, 147 new events were reported to EBS, mostly food-borne and vaccine-preventable diseases: 79 from regional units, 144 from DB (76 from both). EBS reported 61 events to the OCC: 21 of these were reported onwards. EBS sensitivity was 95.2%; positive predictive value was 32.8%; reports were timely (median one day; 10th percentile: 0 days - same day; 90th percentile: 3.6 days); completeness was 99.7%; stability was 100%; EBS simplicity was assessed as good; the daily time per regional or national unit dedicated to EBS was approximately 4 hours (weekdays) and 3 hours (weekends). OCC directors judged EBS as efficient, fast and responsive. EBS provided reliable, reassuring, timely, simple and stable national epidemic intelligence for the Games.

  12. Glutamate Concentration in the Superior Temporal Sulcus Relates to Neuroticism in Schizophrenia.

    PubMed

    Balz, Johanna; Roa Romero, Yadira; Keil, Julian; Schubert, Florian; Ittermann, Bernd; Mekle, Ralf; Montag, Christiane; Gallinat, Jürgen; Senkowski, Daniel

    2018-01-01

    Clinical studies suggest aberrant neurotransmitter concentrations in the brains of patients with schizophrenia (SCZ). Numerous studies have indicated deviant glutamate concentrations in SCZ, although the findings are inconsistent. Moreover, alterations in glutamate concentrations could be linked to personality traits in SCZ. Here, we examined the relationships between personality dimensions and glutamate concentrations in a voxel encompassing the occipital cortex (OCC) and another voxel encompassing the left superior temporal sulcus (STS). We used proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy to examine glutamate concentrations in the OCC and the STS in 19 SCZ and 21 non-psychiatric healthy control (HC) participants. Personality dimensions neuroticism, extraversion, openness, agreeableness and conscientiousness were assessed using the NEO-FFI questionnaire. SCZ compared to HC showed higher glutamate concentrations in the STS, reduced extraversion scores, and enhanced neuroticism scores. No group differences were observed for the other personality traits and for glutamate concentrations in the OCC. For the SCZ group, glutamate concentrations in STS were negatively correlated with the neuroticism scores [ r = -0.537, p = 0.018] but this was not found in HC [ r (19) = 0.011, p = 0.962]. No other significant correlations were found. Our study showed an inverse relationship between glutamate concentrations in the STS and neuroticism scores in SCZ. Elevated glutamate in the STS might serve as a compensatory mechanism that enables patients with enhanced concentrations to control and prevent the expression of neuroticism.

  13. Glutamate Concentration in the Superior Temporal Sulcus Relates to Neuroticism in Schizophrenia

    PubMed Central

    Balz, Johanna; Roa Romero, Yadira; Keil, Julian; Schubert, Florian; Ittermann, Bernd; Mekle, Ralf; Montag, Christiane; Gallinat, Jürgen; Senkowski, Daniel

    2018-01-01

    Clinical studies suggest aberrant neurotransmitter concentrations in the brains of patients with schizophrenia (SCZ). Numerous studies have indicated deviant glutamate concentrations in SCZ, although the findings are inconsistent. Moreover, alterations in glutamate concentrations could be linked to personality traits in SCZ. Here, we examined the relationships between personality dimensions and glutamate concentrations in a voxel encompassing the occipital cortex (OCC) and another voxel encompassing the left superior temporal sulcus (STS). We used proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy to examine glutamate concentrations in the OCC and the STS in 19 SCZ and 21 non-psychiatric healthy control (HC) participants. Personality dimensions neuroticism, extraversion, openness, agreeableness and conscientiousness were assessed using the NEO-FFI questionnaire. SCZ compared to HC showed higher glutamate concentrations in the STS, reduced extraversion scores, and enhanced neuroticism scores. No group differences were observed for the other personality traits and for glutamate concentrations in the OCC. For the SCZ group, glutamate concentrations in STS were negatively correlated with the neuroticism scores [r = -0.537, p = 0.018] but this was not found in HC [r(19) = 0.011, p = 0.962]. No other significant correlations were found. Our study showed an inverse relationship between glutamate concentrations in the STS and neuroticism scores in SCZ. Elevated glutamate in the STS might serve as a compensatory mechanism that enables patients with enhanced concentrations to control and prevent the expression of neuroticism. PMID:29867621

  14. The effectiveness of a saline mouth rinse regimen and education programme on radiation-induced oral mucositis and quality of life in oral cavity cancer patients: A randomised controlled trial.

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    Huang, B-S; Wu, S-C; Lin, C-Y; Fan, K-H; Chang, J T-C; Chen, S-C

    2018-03-01

    Radiation therapy (RT) and concurrent chemotherapy RT (CCRT) generate radiation-induced oral mucositis (OM) and lower quality of life (QOL). This study assessed the impact of a saline mouth rinse regimen and education programme on radiation-induced OM symptoms, and QOL in oral cavity cancer (OCC) patients receiving RT or CCRT. Ninety-one OCC patients were randomly divided into a group that received saline mouth rinses and an education programme and a control group that received standard care. OM symptoms and QOL were assessed with the WHO Oral Toxicity Scale, MSS-moo and UW-QOL. Data were collected at the first postoperative visit to the radiation department (T0) and at 4 weeks and 8 weeks after beginning RT or CCRT. Patients in both groups had significantly higher levels of physical and social-emotional QOL at 8 weeks after beginning RT or CCRT compared to the first visit. Patients in the saline rinse group had significantly better physical and social-emotional QOL as compared to the standard care group at 8 weeks. Radiation-induced OM symptoms and overall QOL were not different between the groups. We thus conclude the saline rinse and education programme promote better physical and social-emotional QOL in OCC patients receiving RT/CCRT. © 2018 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

  15. Morphea

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  16. Atypical Moles

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  17. Lichen Striatus

    MedlinePlus

    ... Spring Meeting Meeting Feedback CME CME Attestation CME Disclosure CME Objectives CME Requirements OCC GME Training ACGME ... 2017 Foundation for Osteopathic Dermatology 7/6/2016 Disclosure to members regarding CME activities 4/3/2014 ...

  18. 12 CFR 5.35 - Bank service companies.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    ... and deposit posting and sorting; computation and posting of interest and other credits and charges... OCC concludes that an application presents significant and novel policy, supervisory, or legal issues...

  19. 77 FR 59251 - Privacy Act of 1974; Systems of Records

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2012-09-26

    ... Chief Counsel (OCC) and Corporate Finance and Recovery Department (CFRD), and will cover only those... of Information Technology; Director, Corporate Finance and Restructuring; Director, Facilities and...

  20. 12 CFR 174.7 - Determination by the OCC.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-01-01

    ..., dishonesty, breach of trust or fiduciary duties, organized crime or racketeering; (B) Violation of securities... furnishing a business plan projecting activities which are inconsistent with economical home financing. ...

  1. Psychological Construction in the OCC Model of Emotion

    PubMed Central

    Clore, Gerald L.; Ortony, Andrew

    2014-01-01

    This article presents six ideas about the construction of emotion: (a) Emotions are more readily distinguished by the situations they signify than by patterns of bodily responses; (b) emotions emerge from, rather than cause, emotional thoughts, feelings, and expressions; (c) the impact of emotions is constrained by the nature of the situations they represent; (d) in the OCC account (the model proposed by Ortony, Clore, and Collins in 1988), appraisals are psychological aspects of situations that distinguish one emotion from another, rather than triggers that elicit emotions; (e) analyses of the affective lexicon indicate that emotion words refer to internal mental states focused on affect; (f) the modularity of emotion, long sought in biology and behavior, exists as mental schemas for interpreting human experience in story, song, drama, and conversation. PMID:25431620

  2. Shuttle Astronauts Visit NASA's X-Ray Observatory Operations Control Center in Cambridge to Coordinate Plans for Launch

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    1998-06-01

    CAMBRIDGE, MASS.-- June 25, 1998 Eileen Collins, the first U.S. woman commanderof a Space Shuttle mission and her fellow astronauts for NASA s STS-93 mission toured the Operations Control Center (OCC) for the Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility (AXAF) today. AXAF is scheduled for launch on January 26, 1999 aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia. They met with the staff of the OCC and discussed how the status of the observatory will be monitored while in the shuttle bay and during deployment. "We are honored to have this historic shuttle crew visit us and familiarize themselves with the OCC," said Harvey Tananbaum, director of the AXAF Science Center, which operates the OCC for the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory through a contract with NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center. "It is appropriate that a pathbreaking shuttle mission will deploy the premier X-ray observatory of this century." AXAF is the third of NASA s Great Observatories along with the Hubble Space Telescope and the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory. It will observe in greater detail than ever before the hot, violent regions of the universe that cannot be seen with optical telescopes. Exploding stars, black holes and vast clouds of gas in galaxy clusters are among the fascinating objects that AXAF is designed to study. The satellite is currently in the final stages of testing at TRW Space and Electronics Group,the prime contractor, in Redondo Beach, California. In late August it will be flown aboard a specially-outfitted Air Force C-5 aircraft to Kennedy Space Center in Florida where it will be integrated with a Boeing booster and then installed in the Shuttle bay. The shuttle crew that will take AXAF into space includes Collins (Col., USAF), Jeffrey Ashby (Cmdr., USN), pilot; Steven Hawley, Ph.D., mission specialist; Catherine Cady Coleman, Ph.D. (Major, USAF), mission specialist; and Michel Tognini (Col., French Air Force), mission specialist. While visiting the OCC the crew learned how critical data (temperatures, voltages, etc.,) will be monitored while AXAF is in the bay of the shuttle. This information will be relayed to the shuttle from the OCC via Johnson Space Center. The condition of the satellite during launch and the first few orbits will determine if it can be sent on its way. Unlike the Hubble Space telescope, AXAF will not be serviceable after it is in orbit. When the satellite has been released into space from the shuttle bay, a built in propulsion system will boost it into a large elliptical orbit around Earth. The nearest the observatory will come to Earth is 6,200 miles and its furthest point will be more than a third of the way to the moon. This means that the telescope will have approximately 52 hours of observing time each orbit. AXAF images will show fifty times more detail than any previous X-ray telescope. The revolutionary telescope combines the ability to make sharp images while measuring precisely the energies of X-rays coming from cosmic sources. The impact AXAF will have on X-ray astronomy can be compared to the difference between a fuzzy black and white and a sharp color picture.

  3. 12 CFR 19.195 - Incompetence.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-01-01

    ... in the representation of a client's rights and interests in a significant matter before the OCC is... the knowledge, judgment and skill that a professional would ordinarily and reasonably be expected to...

  4. 12 CFR 19.195 - Incompetence.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-01-01

    ... in the representation of a client's rights and interests in a significant matter before the OCC is... the knowledge, judgment and skill that a professional would ordinarily and reasonably be expected to...

  5. 12 CFR 19.195 - Incompetence.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-01-01

    ... in the representation of a client's rights and interests in a significant matter before the OCC is... the knowledge, judgment and skill that a professional would ordinarily and reasonably be expected to...

  6. 12 CFR 19.195 - Incompetence.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-01-01

    ... in the representation of a client's rights and interests in a significant matter before the OCC is... the knowledge, judgment and skill that a professional would ordinarily and reasonably be expected to...

  7. Cutaneous Larva Migrans

    MedlinePlus

    ... Spring Meeting Meeting Feedback CME CME Attestation CME Disclosure CME Objectives CME Requirements OCC GME Training ACGME ... 2017 Foundation for Osteopathic Dermatology 7/6/2016 Disclosure to members regarding CME activities 4/3/2014 ...

  8. 12 CFR 25.12 - Definitions.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    ..., Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and OCC, based on— (A) Rates of poverty, unemployment, and...-year change in the average of the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, not...

  9. Telogen Effluvium Hair Loss

    MedlinePlus

    ... Spring Meeting Meeting Feedback CME CME Attestation CME Disclosure CME Objectives CME Requirements OCC GME Training ACGME ... 2017 Foundation for Osteopathic Dermatology 7/6/2016 Disclosure to members regarding CME activities 4/3/2014 ...

  10. 12 CFR 13.100 - Obligations concerning institutional customers.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    ... to institutional customers. (b) The OCC's suitability rule (§ 13.4) is fundamental to fair dealing... under management. While the interpretation in this section is potentially applicable to any... management. ...

  11. Office of Child Care

    MedlinePlus

    ... Office on Trafficking in Persons (OTIP) Public Assistance Reporting Information System (PARIS) By Region Office of Regional ... CCDF Allocations Technical Assistance Policy & Program Resources CCDF Reporting OCC Guide to CCDF Resources Program Instructions Information ...

  12. 12 CFR 48.17 - Reservation of authority.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-01-01

    ... for a specific retail forex transaction or a class of retail forex transactions if the OCC determines that the modification is consistent with safety and soundness and the protection of retail forex...

  13. 12 CFR 48.17 - Reservation of authority.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-01-01

    ... for a specific retail forex transaction or a class of retail forex transactions if the OCC determines that the modification is consistent with safety and soundness and the protection of retail forex...

  14. 12 CFR 48.17 - Reservation of authority.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-01-01

    ... for a specific retail forex transaction or a class of retail forex transactions if the OCC determines that the modification is consistent with safety and soundness and the protection of retail forex...

  15. 12 CFR 4.61 - Purpose.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    ... OF INFORMATION, CONTRACTING OUTREACH PROGRAM, POST-EMPLOYMENT RESTRICTIONS FOR SENIOR EXAMINERS Minority- , Women- , and Individuals With Disabilities-Owned Business Contracting Outreach Program... the OCC Minority- , Women- , and Individuals with Disabilities-Owned Business Contracting Outreach...

  16. Developmental capacity of in vitro-matured human oocytes retrieved from polycystic ovary syndrome ovaries containing no follicles larger than 6 mm.

    PubMed

    Guzman, Luis; Ortega-Hrepich, Carolina; Albuz, Firas K; Verheyen, Greta; Devroey, Paul; Smitz, Johan; De Vos, Michel

    2012-08-01

    To test the developmental competence of oocytes in a nonhCG-triggered in vitro maturation (IVM) system when oocyte-cumulus complexes (OCC) are retrieved from antral follicles with a diameter of <6 mm. Prospective cohort study. Tertiary university-based referral center. From January 2010 to September 2011, 121 patients with polycystic ovaries/polycystic ovary syndrome underwent 239 IVM cycles in total. In 58 of these cycles (44 patients), all antral follicles had a diameter of <6 mm on the day of oocyte retrieval. NonhCG-triggered IVM of oocytes, fresh or vitrified/warmed embryo transfer (ET). Oocyte diameter, maturation rate, fertilization rate, embryo development and morphology, implantation rate, clinical pregnancy rate, ongoing pregnancy rate. Oocyte retrieval yielded 16.7 OCC/cycle, and 50.8% of oocytes completed IVM. The mean oocyte diameter increased from 108.8 ± 4.3 μm to 111.9 ± 4.1 μm after IVM. Mean fertilization rate was 63.7%, and 45.4% of 2-pronuclei oocytes developed into a morphologically good-quality embryo on day 3 after intracytoplasmic sperm injection. Fresh ET resulted in two ongoing pregnancies (2/37; 5.4%). Deferred vitrified-warmed ET led to an ongoing pregnancy rate of 34.6% (9/24). Three healthy babies were born and eight pregnancies were still ongoing. Oocytes retrieved from follicles with a diameter of <6 mm grow during a 40-hour IVM culture can acquire full competence in vitro, as illustrated by their development into healthy offspring. Endometrial quality appears to be a crucial determinant of pregnancy after nonhCG-triggered IVM. Copyright © 2012 American Society for Reproductive Medicine. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

  17. Synthesis and characterization of ion transport behavior in Cu2+-conducting nano composite polymer electrolyte membranes

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Bala Sahu, Tripti; Sahu, Manju; Karan, Shrabani; Mahipal, Y. K.; Sahu, D. K.; Agrawal, R. C.

    2017-07-01

    Synthesis and characterization of ion transport behavior in Cu2+-conducting nano composite polymer electrolyte (NCPE) films: [90PEO: 10Cu(CF3SO3)2]  +  x CuO have been reported. NCPE films have been formed by hot-press casting technique using solid polymer electrolyte (SPE) film composition: [90PEO: 10Cu(CF3SO3)2] as 1st-phase host and nanoparticles of CuO in varying wt.(%) as 2nd-phase active filler. SPE: [90PEO: 10Cu(CF3SO3)2] was identified earlier as highest conducting film with room temperature conductivity (σ rt) ~ 3.0 x 10-6 S cm-1, which is three orders of magnitude higher than that of pure polymer host PEO with σ rt ~ 3.2  ×  10-9 S cm-1. Filler particle concentration dependent conductivity study revealed NCPE film: [90PEO: 10Cu(CF3SO3)2]  +  3%CuO as optimum conducting composition (OCC) exhibiting σ rt ~ 1.14  ×  10-5 S cm-1. Hence, by the fractional dispersal of 2nd-phase active filler into 1st-phase SPE host, σ-enhancement of approximately an order of magnitude has further been obtained. Ion transport behavior in NCPE OCC film has been characterized in terms of basic ionic parameters viz. ionic conductivity (σ), total ionic transference (t ion)/cationic (t +) numbers. Temperature dependent conductivity measurement has also been done to explain the mechanism of ion transport and to compute activation energy (E a). Materials characterization and hence, confirmation of complexation of salt in polymeric host and/or dispersal of filler particles in SPE host have been done by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive x-ray spectrometer (EDS), x-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infra-red (FTIR), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). All-solid-state battery in the cell configuration: Cu (Anode) || SPE host/NCPE OCC film || C  +  I2  +  Electrolyte) (Cathode) has been fabricated and cell performance has been studied under two load resistances viz. 60 and 100 kΩ. Each NCPE cell gave on an open circuit voltage (OCV) ~ 0.68 V. Some important battery parameters have also been evaluated from the plateau regions of cell potential discharge profiles.

  18. 12 CFR 144.2 - Charter amendments.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-01-01

    ... assumption of control by a mutual account holder of the association, or the removal of incumbent management... statute and the rules and regulations of the OCC; (xi) To wind up and dissolve, merge, consolidate...

  19. 12 CFR 144.2 - Charter amendments.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-01-01

    ... assumption of control by a mutual account holder of the association, or the removal of incumbent management... statute and the rules and regulations of the OCC; (xi) To wind up and dissolve, merge, consolidate...

  20. 12 CFR 5.35 - Bank service companies.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-01-01

    ... similar business entity organized under the law of a State (as defined in section 3 of the Federal Deposit... OCC concludes that an application presents significant and novel policy, supervisory, or legal issues...

  1. 12 CFR 5.35 - Bank service companies.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-01-01

    ... similar business entity organized under the law of a State (as defined in section 3 of the Federal Deposit... OCC concludes that an application presents significant and novel policy, supervisory, or legal issues...

  2. 12 CFR 5.35 - Bank service companies.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-01-01

    ... similar business entity organized under the law of a State (as defined in section 3 of the Federal Deposit... OCC concludes that an application presents significant and novel policy, supervisory, or legal issues...

  3. 12 CFR 5.35 - Bank service companies.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-01-01

    ... similar business entity organized under the law of a State (as defined in section 3 of the Federal Deposit... OCC concludes that an application presents significant and novel policy, supervisory, or legal issues...

  4. 76 FR 71437 - Mutual Savings Association Advisory Committee

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2011-11-17

    ... the public interest in order for the OCC to study the needs of and challenges facing mutual savings... for their time, but are eligible for reimbursement of travel expenses in accordance with applicable...

  5. Consumption of vegetables and fruits and risk of subtypes of head-neck cancer in the Netherlands Cohort Study.

    PubMed

    Maasland, Denise H E; van den Brandt, Piet A; Kremer, Bernd; Goldbohm, R Alexandra; Schouten, Leo J

    2015-03-01

    There is limited prospective data on the relationship between consumption of vegetables and fruits and the risk of head-neck cancer (HNC) subtypes [i.e., oral cavity cancer (OCC), oro-/hypopharyngeal cancer (OHPC) and laryngeal cancer (LC)]. Therefore, we investigated these associations within the Netherlands Cohort Study, in which 120,852 participants completed a 150-item food frequency questionnaire at baseline in 1986. After 20.3 years of follow-up, 415 cases of HNC (131 OCC, 88 OHPC, three oral cavity/pharynx unspecified or overlapping and 193 LC) and 3,898 subcohort members were available for case-cohort analysis using Cox proportional hazards models. Total vegetable and fruit consumption was inversely associated with risk of HNC overall [multivariable-adjusted rate ratios for highest vs. lowest quartile: 0.61, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.44-0.85, p trend 0.002] and all HNC subtypes, with the strongest associations for OCC. Total vegetable intake and total fruit intake were also associated with a decreased risk of HNC overall and HNC subtypes. No significant interaction was found between vegetable and fruit intake and alcohol consumption or cigarette smoking. In conclusion, in this large-scale cohort study, consumption of vegetables and fruits was associated with a decreased risk of HNC overall and all subtypes. Consumption of vegetables and fruits (or of specific groups of them) may protect against HNC and its subtypes. © 2014 UICC.

  6. 12 CFR 19.192 - Sanctions relating to conduct in an adjudicatory proceeding.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    ... TREASURY RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE Parties and Representational Practice Before the OCC; Standards of... any testimony or documentary evidence offered, or other papers filed, by the party; (3) Precluding the...

  7. 12 CFR 25.11 - Authority, purposes, and scope.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    ... to take this record into account in the agency's evaluation of an application for a deposit facility... the framework and criteria by which the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) assesses a...

  8. National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System Glossary

    MedlinePlus

    ... Children & Families Administration for Children & Families Archive By Office Administration for Native Americans (ANA) Administration on Children, ... Development (ECD) Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB) Office of Child Care (OCC) Office of Child Support ...

  9. Team processes in airway facilities operations control centers.

    DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

    2000-07-01

    In October 2000, the Airway Facilities organization plans to transition the National Airspace System (NAS) monitoring responsibilities to three regional Operations Control Centers (OCCs). Teams in these facilities will be different from those that cu...

  10. Remediation System Evaluation, Former Occidental Facility in Tacoma, Washington

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    The former Occidental Chemical Corporation (OCC) property (“site”) is approximately 37 acres in extent and is located at 605 Alexander Avenue in Tacoma, Washington along the Hylebos Waterway. This is a Remediation System Evaluation document.

  11. Planning for organization development in operations control centers.

    DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

    2012-06-01

    The first step in a proposed program of organization development (OD) was to assess organizational processes within the : Technical Operations Services (TechOps) Operations Control Centers (OCCs). The aim of the OD program was to : improve effectiven...

  12. Identifying Environmental Risk Factors of Cholera in a Coastal Area with Geospatial Technologies

    PubMed Central

    Xu, Min; Cao, Chunxiang; Wang, Duochun; Kan, Biao

    2014-01-01

    Satellites contribute significantly to environmental quality and public health. Environmental factors are important indicators for the prediction of disease outbreaks. This study reveals the environmental factors associated with cholera in Zhejiang, a coastal province of China, using both Remote Sensing (RS) and Geographic information System (GIS). The analysis validated the correlation between the indirect satellite measurements of sea surface temperature (SST), sea surface height (SSH) and ocean chlorophyll concentration (OCC) and the local cholera magnitude based on a ten-year monthly data from the year 1999 to 2008. Cholera magnitude has been strongly affected by the concurrent variables of SST and SSH, while OCC has a one-month time lag effect. A cholera prediction model has been established based on the sea environmental factors. The results of hot spot analysis showed the local cholera magnitude in counties significantly associated with the estuaries and rivers. PMID:25551518

  13. Identifying environmental risk factors of cholera in a coastal area with geospatial technologies.

    PubMed

    Xu, Min; Cao, Chunxiang; Wang, Duochun; Kan, Biao

    2014-12-29

    Satellites contribute significantly to environmental quality and public health. Environmental factors are important indicators for the prediction of disease outbreaks. This study reveals the environmental factors associated with cholera in Zhejiang, a coastal province of China, using both Remote Sensing (RS) and Geographic information System (GIS). The analysis validated the correlation between the indirect satellite measurements of sea surface temperature (SST), sea surface height (SSH) and ocean chlorophyll concentration (OCC) and the local cholera magnitude based on a ten-year monthly data from the year 1999 to 2008. Cholera magnitude has been strongly affected by the concurrent variables of SST and SSH, while OCC has a one-month time lag effect. A cholera prediction model has been established based on the sea environmental factors. The results of hot spot analysis showed the local cholera magnitude in counties significantly associated with the estuaries and rivers.

  14. Estimating the indirect costs associated with the expected number of cancer cases in Mexico by 2020.

    PubMed

    Gutiérrez-Delgado, Cristina; Armas-Texta, Daniel; Reynoso-Noverón, Nancy; Meneses-García, Abelardo; Mohar-Betancourt, Alejandro

    2016-04-01

    To estimate the indirect costs generated by adults with cancer in Mexico from 2002-2020. Using information from national sources and the national cancer incidence from GLOBOCAN, we estimated income lost due to premature death (ILPD), short-term benefits (STBs), disability pensions (DPs), and opportunity costs for the carer (OCCs) generated by patients with cancer. Amounts were reported in Mexican pesos. We estimated 23 359 deaths and 216 679 new cases of cancer by 2020, which would be associated with a total indirect cost of 20.15 billion Mexican pesos. Men are expected to generate 54.9% of these costs. ILPD is expected to comprise the highest percentage of the cost (60%), followed by OCCs (22%), STBs (17%) and DPs (1%). From an economic perspective, the results emphasize the need to strengthen preventive interventions and early detection of cancer among adults to reduce its effect on the productivity of Mexico.

  15. Understanding the Impact of User Frustration Intensities on Task Performance Using the OCC Theory of Emotions

    NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

    Washington, Gloria

    2012-01-01

    Have you heard the saying "frustration is written all over your falce"? Well this saying is true, but that is not the only place. Frustration is written all over your face and your body. The human body has various means to communicate an emotion without the utterance of a single word. The Media Equation says that people interact with computers as if they are human: this includes experiencing frustration. This research measures frustration by monitoring human body-based measures such as heart rate, posture, skin temperature. and respiration. The OCC Theory of Emotions is used to separate frustration into different levels or intensities. The results of this study showed that individual intensities of frustration exist, so that task performance is not degraded. Results from this study can be used by usability testers to model how much frustration is needed before task performance measures start to decrease.

  16. Photoenergy Harvesting Organic PV Cells Using Modified Photosynthetic Light-Harvesting Complex for Energy Harvesting Materials

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2008-07-03

    complex is still unclear even in the crystal structure of RC-LH1 core complex from Rhodopseudomonas (Rps.) palustris [1]. In this study, we use a...complex of R. palustris . 16 The NIR absorption spectra of these core complexes on the electrode indicate that these complexes are stable when...as the LH or the core complex. For example, the core complex, isolated from the photosynthetic bacterium, Rps. palustris , was successfully

  17. On the potential for BECCS efficiency improvement through heat recovery from both post-combustion and oxy-combustion facilities.

    PubMed

    Dowell, N Mac; Fajardy, M

    2016-10-20

    In order to mitigate climate change to no more than 2 °C, it is well understood that it will be necessary to directly remove significant quantities of CO 2 , with bioenergy CCS (BECCS) regarded as a promising technology. However, BECCS will likely be more costly and less efficient at power generation than conventional CCS. Thus, approaches to improve BECCS performance and reduce costs are of importance to facilitate the deployment of this key technology. In this study, the impact of biomass co-firing rate and biomass moisture content on BECCS efficiency with both post- and oxy-combustion CO 2 capture technologies was evaluated. It was found that post-combustion capture BECCS (PCC-BECCS) facilities will be appreciably less efficient than oxy-combustion capture BECCS (OCC-BECCS) facilities. Consequently, PCC-BECCS have the potential to be more carbon negative than OCC-BECCS per unit electricity generated. It was further observed that the biomass moisture content plays an important role in determining the BECCS facilities' efficiency. This will in turn affect the enthalpic content of the BECCS plant exhaust and implies that exhaust gas heat recovery may be an attractive option at higher rates of co-firing. It was found that there is the potential for the recovery of approximately 2.5 GJ heat per t CO 2 at a temperature of 100 °C from both PCC-BECCS and OCC-BECCS. On- and off-site applications for this recovered heat are discussed, considering boiler feedwater pre-heating, solvent regeneration and district heating cases.

  18. Testing a theory of organizational culture, climate and youth outcomes in child welfare systems: a United States national study.

    PubMed

    Williams, Nathaniel J; Glisson, Charles

    2014-04-01

    Theories of organizational culture and climate (OCC) applied to child welfare systems hypothesize that strategic dimensions of organizational culture influence organizational climate and that OCC explains system variance in youth outcomes. This study provides the first structural test of the direct and indirect effects of culture and climate on youth outcomes in a national sample of child welfare systems and isolates specific culture and climate dimensions most associated with youth outcomes. The study applies multilevel path analysis (ML-PA) to a U.S. nationwide sample of 2,380 youth in 73 child welfare systems participating in the second National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-being. Youths were selected in a national, two-stage, stratified random sample design. Youths' psychosocial functioning was assessed by caregivers' responses to the Child Behavior Checklist at intake and at 18-month follow-up. OCC was assessed by front-line caseworkers' (N=1,740) aggregated responses to the Organizational Social Context measure. Comparison of the a priori and subsequent trimmed models confirmed a reduced model that excluded rigid organizational culture and explained 70% of the system variance in youth outcomes. Controlling for youth- and system-level covariates, systems with more proficient and less resistant organizational cultures exhibited more functional, more engaged, and less stressful climates. Systems with more proficient cultures and more engaged, more functional, and more stressful climates exhibited superior youth outcomes. Findings suggest child welfare administrators can support service effectiveness with interventions that improve specific dimensions of culture and climate. Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

  19. Testing a theory of organizational culture, climate and youth outcomes in child welfare systems: A United States national study

    PubMed Central

    Williams, Nathaniel J.; Glisson, Charles

    2013-01-01

    Theories of organizational culture and climate (OCC) applied to child welfare systems hypothesize that strategic dimensions of organizational culture influence organizational climate and that OCC explains system variance in youth outcomes. This study provides the first structural test of the direct and indirect effects of culture and climate on youth outcomes in a national sample of child welfare systems and isolates specific culture and climate dimensions most associated with youth outcomes. The study applies multilevel path analysis (ML-PA) to a U.S. nationwide sample of 2,380 youth in 73 child welfare systems participating in the second National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-being. Youths were selected in a national, two-stage, stratified random sample design. Youths’ psychosocial functioning was assessed by caregivers’ responses to the Child Behavior Checklist at intake and at 18-month follow-up. OCC was assessed by front-line caseworkers’ (N=1,740) aggregated responses to the Organizational Social Context measure. Comparison of the a priori and subsequent trimmed models confirmed a reduced model that excluded rigid organizational culture and explained 70% of the system variance in youth outcomes. Controlling for youth- and system-level covariates, systems with more proficient and less resistant organizational cultures exhibited more functional, more engaged, and less stressful climates. Systems with more proficient cultures and more engaged, more functional, and more stressful climates exhibited superior youth outcomes. Findings suggest child welfare administrators can support service effectiveness with interventions that improve specific dimensions of culture and climate. PMID:24094999

  20. Relationship between methylation status of RASSF2A gene promoter and endometriosis-associated ovarian cancer.

    PubMed

    Xia, Y; Xiong, N; Huang, Y

    2018-01-01

    Relationship between the methylation status of the RASSF2A gene promoter and endometriosis-associated ovarian cancer (EAOC) was explored. Between January 2013 and January 2016, tissue samples were collected from 30 patients diagnosed with ovarian endometriosis cyst (EC group), 30 patients diagnosed with ovarian endometrial adenocarcinoma (OEA group) and 30 patients diagnosed with ovarian clear cell carcinoma (OCC group). Additionally, 30 cases of normal endometrium tissues were collected for the control group. The methylation status of the RASSF2A promoter was evaluated by combined bisulfite restriction enzyme analysis (COBRA). RT-PCR was used to detect the expression level of RASSF2A mRNA in tissues. Relationship between methylation status and RASSF2A mRNA expression level and the patient age, tumor clinical stage, tumor grading and pathological type were analyzed. Results showed that in the OEA and OCC groups, the methylation degrees of the RASSF2A promoter were obviously higher than that of the other two groups. The expression level of RASSF2A mRNA in the OEA and OCC groups was lower than that of the other two groups. The methylation degree of the RASSF2A promoter was related to clinical staging and grading. No relationship between the methylation degree of the RASSF2A promoter and patient’s age and the pathological type of the tissue was detected. We concluded that the methylation status of the RASSF2A gene promoter could be considered an excellent indicator for early detection of ovarian cancers.

  1. Reference measurements of pavement management system roadway elevations.

    DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

    2009-08-01

    New, more efficient methods of measuring road surfaces, including using moving vehicles, are being developed and deployed. Testing the veracity of such data presents its own problems. Busy, heavily traveled highways do not lend themselves to easy occ...

  2. 0-6687 : minimize premature distresses in continuously reinforced concrete pavement : [project summary].

    DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

    2013-08-01

    The performance of continuously reinforced concrete : pavement (CRCP) has been quite satisfactory in Texas, : providing one of the most cost-effective pavement systems : for the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT). : However, distresses do occ...

  3. 12 CFR 4.32 - Definitions.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-01-01

    ... Banking COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS, AVAILABILITY AND RELEASE OF INFORMATION, CONTRACTING OUTREACH PROGRAM, POST-EMPLOYMENT RESTRICTIONS FOR SENIOR EXAMINERS Release of Non-Public OCC Information § 4.32 Definitions. (a) Complete request means a request...

  4. 12 CFR 4.32 - Definitions.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-01-01

    ... Banking COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS, AVAILABILITY AND RELEASE OF INFORMATION, CONTRACTING OUTREACH PROGRAM, POST-EMPLOYMENT RESTRICTIONS FOR SENIOR EXAMINERS Release of Non-Public OCC Information § 4.32 Definitions. (a) Complete request means a request...

  5. 12 CFR 4.32 - Definitions.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    ... Banking COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS, AVAILABILITY AND RELEASE OF INFORMATION, CONTRACTING OUTREACH PROGRAM, POST-EMPLOYMENT RESTRICTIONS FOR SENIOR EXAMINERS Release of Non-Public OCC Information § 4.32 Definitions. (a) Complete request means a request...

  6. 12 CFR 4.32 - Definitions.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-01-01

    ... Banking COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS, AVAILABILITY AND RELEASE OF INFORMATION, CONTRACTING OUTREACH PROGRAM, POST-EMPLOYMENT RESTRICTIONS FOR SENIOR EXAMINERS Release of Non-Public OCC Information § 4.32 Definitions. (a) Complete request means a request...

  7. 75 FR 57832 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request

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    2010-09-22

    ..., minus receivables retained on the bank's balance sheet as of that day. The OCC will use the information...'' refers to the total amount of outstanding balances due on credit card accounts owned by an independent...

  8. 77 FR 37265 - Lending Limits

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2012-06-21

    ... the Currency (OCC) is amending its regulation governing lending limits for national banks to consolidate the lending limit rules applicable to national banks and savings associations and remove its...: Jonathan Fink, Assistant Director, Bank Activities and Structure Division, (202) 874-5300; Heidi M. Thomas...

  9. Reference measurements of pavement management system roadway elevations : tech summary.

    DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

    2009-08-01

    New, more efficient methods of measuring road surfaces, including using moving vehicles, are being developed and deployed. Testing the veracity of such data presents its own problems. Busy, heavily traveled highways do not lend themselves to easy occ...

  10. Natriuretic peptide type C induces sperm attraction for fertilization in mouse

    PubMed Central

    Kong, Nana; Xu, Xiaoting; Zhang, Yu; Wang, Yakun; Hao, Xiaoqiong; Zhao, Yu; Qiao, Jie; Xia, Guoliang; Zhang, Meijia

    2017-01-01

    Mammalian spermatozoa undergo selective movement along the isthmus of the oviduct to the ampulla during ovulation, which is a prerequisite for fertilization. The factor(s) that involves in selective spermatozoa movement is still unknown. In this study, we found that the oviductal epithelium in mouse ampulla expressed high levels of natriuretic peptide type C (NPPC) in the presence of ovulated oocyte-cumulus complexes (OCCs). Spermatozoa expressed NPPC receptor natriuretic peptide receptor 2 (NPR2, a guanylyl cyclase) on the midpiece of flagellum. NPPC increased intracellular levels of cGMP and Ca2+ of spermatozoa, and induced sperm accumulation in the capillary by attraction. Importantly, spermatozoa from Npr2 mutant mice were not attracted by NPPC, preventing fertilization in vivo. Oocyte-derived paracrine factors promoted the expression of Nppc mRNA in the ampulla. Therefore, NPPC secreted by oviductal ampulla attracts spermatozoa towards oocytes, which is essential for fertilization. PMID:28054671

  11. 76 FR 44776 - Provisions Common to Registered Entities

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    2011-07-27

    ... organizations (``SIDCOs''), and stay the certifications and the approval review periods of novel derivative... periods for novel derivative products subject to jurisdictional determinations by the Commission or the... conditions adopted by comparable contracts.'' In OCC's view, novel products, by their nature, contain...

  12. 12 CFR 4.31 - Purpose and scope.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    ... Banking COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS, AVAILABILITY AND RELEASE OF INFORMATION, CONTRACTING OUTREACH PROGRAM, POST-EMPLOYMENT RESTRICTIONS FOR SENIOR EXAMINERS Release of Non-Public OCC Information § 4.31 Purpose and scope. (a) Purpose. The purposes of this...

  13. 12 CFR 4.40 - Fees for services.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-01-01

    ... Banking COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS, AVAILABILITY AND RELEASE OF INFORMATION, CONTRACTING OUTREACH PROGRAM, POST-EMPLOYMENT RESTRICTIONS FOR SENIOR EXAMINERS Release of Non-Public OCC Information § 4.40 Fees for services. (a) Fees for records search...

  14. 12 CFR 4.40 - Fees for services.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-01-01

    ... Banking COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS, AVAILABILITY AND RELEASE OF INFORMATION, CONTRACTING OUTREACH PROGRAM, POST-EMPLOYMENT RESTRICTIONS FOR SENIOR EXAMINERS Release of Non-Public OCC Information § 4.40 Fees for services. (a) Fees for records search...

  15. 12 CFR 4.40 - Fees for services.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    ... Banking COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS, AVAILABILITY AND RELEASE OF INFORMATION, CONTRACTING OUTREACH PROGRAM, POST-EMPLOYMENT RESTRICTIONS FOR SENIOR EXAMINERS Release of Non-Public OCC Information § 4.40 Fees for services. (a) Fees for records search...

  16. 12 CFR 4.31 - Purpose and scope.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-01-01

    ... Banking COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS, AVAILABILITY AND RELEASE OF INFORMATION, CONTRACTING OUTREACH PROGRAM, POST-EMPLOYMENT RESTRICTIONS FOR SENIOR EXAMINERS Release of Non-Public OCC Information § 4.31 Purpose and scope. (a) Purpose. The purposes of this...

  17. 12 CFR 4.31 - Purpose and scope.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-01-01

    ... Banking COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS, AVAILABILITY AND RELEASE OF INFORMATION, CONTRACTING OUTREACH PROGRAM, POST-EMPLOYMENT RESTRICTIONS FOR SENIOR EXAMINERS Release of Non-Public OCC Information § 4.31 Purpose and scope. (a) Purpose. The purposes of this...

  18. 12 CFR 4.31 - Purpose and scope.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-01-01

    ... Banking COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS, AVAILABILITY AND RELEASE OF INFORMATION, CONTRACTING OUTREACH PROGRAM, POST-EMPLOYMENT RESTRICTIONS FOR SENIOR EXAMINERS Release of Non-Public OCC Information § 4.31 Purpose and scope. (a) Purpose. The purposes of this...

  19. 12 CFR 4.40 - Fees for services.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-01-01

    ... Banking COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS, AVAILABILITY AND RELEASE OF INFORMATION, CONTRACTING OUTREACH PROGRAM, POST-EMPLOYMENT RESTRICTIONS FOR SENIOR EXAMINERS Release of Non-Public OCC Information § 4.40 Fees for services. (a) Fees for records search...

  20. Passenger car crippling end-load test and analyses

    DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

    2017-09-01

    The Transportation Technology Center, Inc. (TTCI) performed a series of full-scale tests and a finite element analysis (FEA) in a case study that may become a model for manufacturers seeking to use the waiver process of Tier I crashworthiness and occ...

  1. 12 CFR 7.2010 - Directors' responsibilities.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    ... refer to OCC published guidance for additional information regarding responsibilities of directors. ... 12 Banks and Banking 1 2010-01-01 2010-01-01 false Directors' responsibilities. 7.2010 Section 7... OPERATIONS Corporate Practices § 7.2010 Directors' responsibilities. The business and affairs of the bank...

  2. 76 FR 16477 - Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request

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    2011-03-23

    ... DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request AGENCY: Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Treasury. ACTION: Notice... all written comments to: Communications Division, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Mailstop...

  3. 12 CFR 13.100 - Obligations concerning institutional customers.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-01-01

    ... market, a market with a particularly broad institutional component. Accordingly, the OCC believes it is appropriate to provide further guidance to banks on their suitability obligations when making recommendations... suitability obligations in making recommendations to an institutional customer are the customer's capability...

  4. 12 CFR 13.100 - Obligations concerning institutional customers.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-01-01

    ... market, a market with a particularly broad institutional component. Accordingly, the OCC believes it is appropriate to provide further guidance to banks on their suitability obligations when making recommendations... suitability obligations in making recommendations to an institutional customer are the customer's capability...

  5. TOXIC METAL EMISSIONS FROM INCINERATION: MECHANISMS AND CONTROL

    EPA Science Inventory

    Toxic metals appear in the effluents of many combustion processes, and their release into the environment has come under regulatory scrutiny. This paper reviews the nature of the problems associated with toxic metals in combustion processes, and describes where these problems occ...

  6. 78 FR 77525 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; Options Clearing Corporation; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule...

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    2013-12-23

    ...., Washington DC 20549-1090. All submissions should refer to File Number SR-OCC-2013-22. This file number should... Commission's Public Reference Room Section located at 100 F Street, NE., Washington DC 20549-1090 on official...

  7. 78 FR 50491 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Information Collection Renewal; Comment Request...

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    2013-08-19

    ... 20219. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The OCC is requesting an extension, without change, of the following... requirements. The information collection requirements ensure that national banks and Federal savings... banking statutes and regulations. The information is necessary for regulatory and examination purposes...

  8. 76 FR 76905 - Alternatives to the Use of External Credit Ratings in the Regulations of the OCC

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2011-12-09

    ... erroneous impression that only a national bank that is among the 100 largest insured banks could control or.... By the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. Julie L. Williams, First Senior Deputy Comptroller...

  9. 12 CFR 150.136 - To what extent do state laws apply to my fiduciary operations?

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-01-01

    ... law; (4) Criminal law; (5) Probate law; and (6) Any other law that the OCC, upon review, finds: (i) Furthers a vital state interest; and (ii) Either has only an incidental effect on fiduciary operations or...

  10. 12 CFR 150.136 - To what extent do state laws apply to my fiduciary operations?

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-01-01

    ... law; (4) Criminal law; (5) Probate law; and (6) Any other law that the OCC, upon review, finds: (i) Furthers a vital state interest; and (ii) Either has only an incidental effect on fiduciary operations or...

  11. 12 CFR 150.136 - To what extent do state laws apply to my fiduciary operations?

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-01-01

    ... law; (4) Criminal law; (5) Probate law; and (6) Any other law that the OCC, upon review, finds: (i) Furthers a vital state interest; and (ii) Either has only an incidental effect on fiduciary operations or...

  12. 78 FR 36002 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; The Options Clearing Corporation; Notice of Filing of Proposed...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2013-06-14

    ... models underlying STANS, time series of proportional changes in implied volatilities for a range of.... OCC has proposed at this time to clear only OTC Options on the S&P 500 index and only such options...

  13. 12 CFR 25.28 - Assigned ratings.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    ... on the bank's performance under the lending, investment and service tests, the community development test, the small bank performance standards, or an approved strategic plan, as applicable. (b) Lending... credit practices. (1) The OCC's evaluation of a bank's CRA performance is adversely affected by evidence...

  14. Comparison of antioxidant enzymes activity and the concentration of uric acid in the saliva of patients with oral cavity cancer, odontogenic cysts and healthy subjects.

    PubMed

    Giebułtowicz, Joanna; Wroczyński, Piotr; Samolczyk-Wanyura, Danuta

    2011-10-01

    Chronic inflammation is related to oxidative stress and is still believed to be the cause of carcinogenesis. Patients with oral cavity cancer (OCC) exhibited lower total antioxidant capacity, uric acid (UA) concentration, salivary peroxidise (SPO) and superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity in their saliva than did healthy subjects. This could be a risk factor for tumour induction. Odontogenic cysts also arise in response to locally acting proinflammatory factors, for example, a gangrenous tooth. Furthermore, cyst development is accompanied by chronic inflammation. There are some reports in the literature concerning primary tumours such as squamous cell carcinomas arising from odontogenic cysts. The reason for this transformation is still unknown. The aim of this study was to compare the status of the antioxidant defence system in the saliva of the group with odontogenic cysts and OCC with that of the healthy control. Saliva samples were collected in the morning. SOD, SPO activity and UA concentration were determined using standard methods. Patients with odontogenic cysts and OCC exhibited lower activity of major antioxidants in their saliva (SPO, UA) than did healthy people. SOD activity and age are the main factors that distinguish these diseases. Discriminant function analysis showed that once data such as antioxidant status of saliva, age and smoking status are known 80% cases can be correctly classified as healthy, 80% as having odontogenic cysts and 40% as cancerous. To conclude, the decrease in concentrations of major antioxidants in the saliva of patients with cysts may increase the risk of neoplastic transformation especially in advanced age. © 2011 John Wiley & Sons A/S.

  15. The discovery rate of new comets in the age of large surveys. Trends, statistics, and an updated evaluation of the comet flux

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Fernández, Julio A.

    We analyze a sample of 58 Oort cloud comets (OCCs) (original orbital energies x in the range 0 < x < 100, in units of 10-6 AU-1), plus 45 long-period comets with negative orbital energies or poorly determined or undetermined x, discovered during the period 1999-2007. To analyze the degree of completeness of the sample, we use Everhart's (1967 Astr. J 72, 716) concept of “excess magnitude” (in magnitudes × days), defined as the integrated magnitude excess that a given comet presents over the time above a threshold magnitude for detection. This quantity is a measure of the likelihood that the comet will be finally detected. We define two sub-samples of OCCs: 1) new comets (orbital energies 0 < x < 30) as those whose perihelia can shift from outside to the inner planetary region in a single revolution; and 2) inner cloud comets (orbital energies 30 ≤ x < 100), that come from the inner region of the Oort cloud, and for which external perturbers (essentially galactic tidal forces and passing stars) are not strong enough to allow them to overshoot the Jupiter-Saturn barrier. From the observed comet flux and making allowance for missed discoveries, we find a flux of OCCs brighter than absolute total magnitude 9 of ≃0.65 ± 0.18 per year within Earth's orbit. From this flux, about two-thirds corresponds to new comets and the rest to inner cloud comets. We find striking differences in the q-distribution of these two samples: while new comets appear to follow an uniform q-distribution, inner cloud comets show an increase in the rate of perihelion passages with q.

  16. Off-road axle detection sensor (ORADS) : occlusion feasibility study, final technical report, 27 August, 1997.

    DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

    1997-08-27

    The work accomplished under this initiative is in direct relation to the development effort proposed by Spectra : Research, Inc. (S*R) for an "Off-Road Axle Detection Sensor (ORADS)". The feasibility study was performed to : investigate potential occ...

  17. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Semiannual Regulatory Agenda

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2010-12-20

    ... financial institutions in cooperation with minority- and women-owned financial institutions and low-income... Financial Assets Transferred by an Insured Depository Institution: The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation...: Market Risk: The OCC, Board and the FDIC proposed revisions to the market risk capital rule to enhance...

  18. 78 FR 15403 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Company-Run...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2013-03-11

    ... Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Company-Run Annual Stress Test Reporting Template and... Federal savings associations titled, ``Company-Run Annual Stress Test Reporting Template and Documentation....occ.gov/tools-forms/forms/bank-operations/stress-test-reporting.html ). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The...

  19. Hazardous Waste Cleanup: Occidental Chemical Corporation in Niagara Falls, New York

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    The Occidental Chemical Corporation’s (OCC) Buffalo Avenue facility is located at 4700 Buffalo Avenue in Niagara Falls, New York, on the east bank of the Niagara River between Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. The plant occupies approximately 115 acres, employs

  20. 76 FR 60128 - Proposed Information Collection; Submission for OMB Review

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    2011-09-28

    ... DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Proposed Information Collection; Submission for OMB Review AGENCY: Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Treasury... should direct all written comments to: Communications Division, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency...

  1. 76 FR 62498 - Proposed Information Collection; Submission for OMB Review

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2011-10-07

    ... DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Proposed Information Collection; Submission for OMB Review AGENCY: Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Treasury... written comments to: Communications Division, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Mailstop 2-3...

  2. 12 CFR 3.10 - Applicability.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    ... Banking COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY MINIMUM CAPITAL RATIOS; ISSUANCE OF DIRECTIVES Establishment of Minimum Capital Ratios for an Individual Bank § 3.10 Applicability. The OCC may require higher minimum capital ratios for an individual bank in view of its circumstances. For example...

  3. Locomotive crashworthiness research : volume 2 : design concept generation and evaluation

    DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

    1995-07-01

    This is the second volume in a series of four that reports on a study in which computer models were developed and applied to evaluate whether various crashworthiness features, as defined in Public Law 102-365, can provide practical benefit to the occ...

  4. 12 CFR 5.20 - Organizing a bank.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-01-01

    ... forward with the organization of the proposed national bank. A preliminary approval generally is subject... articles of association with the OCC; (ii) Draft and file an organization certificate containing specified... institutions from healthy competition from a new national bank. (2) Policy considerations. (i) In evaluating an...

  5. TDRSS data handling and management system study. Ground station systems for data handling and relay satellite control

    NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

    1973-01-01

    Results of a two-phase study of the (Data Handling and Management System DHMS) are presented. An original baseline DHMS is described. Its estimated costs are presented in detail. The DHMS automates the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System (TDRSS) ground station's functions and handles both the forward and return link user and relay satellite data passing through the station. Direction of the DHMS is effected via a TDRSS Operations Control Central (OCC) that is remotely located. A composite ground station system, a modified DHMS (MDHMS), was conceptually developed. The MDHMS performs both the DHMS and OCC functions. Configurations and costs are presented for systems using minicomputers and midicomputers. It is concluded that a MDHMS should be configured with a combination of the two computer types. The midicomputers provide the system's organizational direction and computational power, and the minicomputers (or interface processors) perform repetitive data handling functions that relieve the midicomputers of these burdensome tasks.

  6. Integrated Model Reduction and Control of Aircraft with Flexible Wings

    NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

    Swei, Sean Shan-Min; Zhu, Guoming G.; Nguyen, Nhan T.

    2013-01-01

    This paper presents an integrated approach to the modeling and control of aircraft with exible wings. The coupled aircraft rigid body dynamics with a high-order elastic wing model can be represented in a nite dimensional state-space form. Given a set of desired output covariance, a model reduction process is performed by using the weighted Modal Cost Analysis (MCA). A dynamic output feedback controller, which is designed based on the reduced-order model, is developed by utilizing output covariance constraint (OCC) algorithm, and the resulting OCC design weighting matrix is used for the next iteration of the weighted cost analysis. This controller is then validated for full-order evaluation model to ensure that the aircraft's handling qualities are met and the uttering motion of the wings suppressed. An iterative algorithm is developed in CONDUIT environment to realize the integration of model reduction and controller design. The proposed integrated approach is applied to NASA Generic Transport Model (GTM) for demonstration.

  7. Quantification of tumor morphology via 3D histology: application to oral cavity cancers

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Doyle, Scott; Brandwein-Gensler, Margaret; Tomaszewski, John

    2016-03-01

    Traditional histopathology quantifies disease through the study of glass slides, i.e. two-dimensional samples that are representative of the overall process. We hypothesize that 3D reconstruction can enhance our understanding of histopathologic interpretations. To test this hypothesis, we perform a pilot study of the risk model for oral cavity cancer (OCC), which stratifies patients into low-, intermediate-, and high-risk for locoregional disease-free survival. Classification is based on study of hematoxylin and eosin (H and E) stained tissues sampled from the resection specimens. In this model, the Worst Pattern of Invasion (WPOI) is assessed, representing specific architectural features at the interface between cancer and non-cancer tissue. Currently, assessment of WPOI is based on 2D sections of tissue, representing complex 3D structures of tumor growth. We believe that by reconstructing a 3D model of tumor growth and quantifying the tumor-host interface, we can obtain important diagnostic information that is difficult to assess in 2D. Therefore, we introduce a pilot study framework for visualizing tissue architecture and morphology in 3D from serial sections of histopathology. This framework can be used to enhance predictive models for diseases where severity is determined by 3D biological structure. In this work we utilize serial H and E-stained OCC resections obtained from 7 patients exhibiting WPOI-3 (low risk of recurrence) through WPOI-5 (high risk of recurrence). A supervised classifier automatically generates a map of tumor regions on each slide, which are then co-registered using an elastic deformation algorithm. A smooth 3D model of the tumor region is generated from the registered maps, which is suitable for quantitative tumor interface morphology feature extraction. We report our preliminary models created with this system and suggest further enhancements to traditional histology scoring mechanisms that take spatial architecture into consideration.

  8. Characterizing core-periphery structure of complex network by h-core and fingerprint curve

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Li, Simon S.; Ye, Adam Y.; Qi, Eric P.; Stanley, H. Eugene; Ye, Fred Y.

    2018-02-01

    It is proposed that the core-periphery structure of complex networks can be simulated by h-cores and fingerprint curves. While the features of core structure are characterized by h-core, the features of periphery structure are visualized by rose or spiral curve as the fingerprint curve linking to entire-network parameters. It is suggested that a complex network can be approached by h-core and rose curves as the first-order Fourier-approach, where the core-periphery structure is characterized by five parameters: network h-index, network radius, degree power, network density and average clustering coefficient. The simulation looks Fourier-like analysis.

  9. 77 FR 3828 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; The Options Clearing Corporation; Order Granting Approval of...

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    2012-01-25

    ... Organizations; The Options Clearing Corporation; Order Granting Approval of Accelerated Delivery of Supplement to the Options Disclosure Document Reflecting Certain Changes to Disclosure Regarding Relative Performance Options January 19, 2012. On August 15, 2011, The Options Clearing Corporation (``OCC'') submitted...

  10. 12 CFR 28.18 - Recordkeeping and reporting.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    ... capital equivalency account information for all Federal branches and agencies covered by the consolidated... branch or agency, and the parent foreign bank, shall furnish information relating to the affairs of the... designated in guidance issued by the OCC. (c) Maintenance of accounts, books, and records. (1) Each Federal...

  11. Quantitative evaluation of macrophage aggregates in brook trout Salvelinus fontinalis and rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss

    EPA Science Inventory

    Macrophage aggregates (MAs) occur in various organs of fishes, especially the kidney, liver and spleen, and contain melanin, ceroid/lipofuscin and hemosiderin pigments. They have been used as indicators of a number of natural and anthropogenic stressors. Macrophage aggregates occ...

  12. 12 CFR 40.3 - Definitions.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    ... over the management or policies of the company, as the OCC determines. (h) Customer means a consumer who has a customer relationship with a bank. (i)(1) Customer relationship means a continuing... relationship. (iv) If a bank holds ownership or servicing rights to an individual's loan that is used primarily...

  13. 78 FR 25353 - Proposed Guidance on Deposit Advance Products; Withdrawal of Proposed Guidance on Deposit-Related...

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    2013-04-30

    ... existing customer relationships. \\5\\ See OCC Bulletin, 2001-47, ``Third-Party Relationships: Risk Management Principles for Third-Party Relationships'' (November 1 2001). Compliance and Consumer Protection... protection statutes, management's oversight, and relationships with third parties will also be assessed...

  14. 12 CFR 4.38 - Restrictions on dissemination of released information.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    ... information. 4.38 Section 4.38 Banks and Banking COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS, AVAILABILITY AND RELEASE OF INFORMATION, CONTRACTING OUTREACH PROGRAM, POST-EMPLOYMENT RESTRICTIONS FOR SENIOR EXAMINERS Release of Non-Public OCC Information § 4.38 Restrictions on...

  15. 12 CFR 4.38 - Restrictions on dissemination of released information.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-01-01

    ... information. 4.38 Section 4.38 Banks and Banking COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS, AVAILABILITY AND RELEASE OF INFORMATION, CONTRACTING OUTREACH PROGRAM, POST-EMPLOYMENT RESTRICTIONS FOR SENIOR EXAMINERS Release of Non-Public OCC Information § 4.38 Restrictions on...

  16. 12 CFR 4.38 - Restrictions on dissemination of released information.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-01-01

    ... information. 4.38 Section 4.38 Banks and Banking COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS, AVAILABILITY AND RELEASE OF INFORMATION, CONTRACTING OUTREACH PROGRAM, POST-EMPLOYMENT RESTRICTIONS FOR SENIOR EXAMINERS Release of Non-Public OCC Information § 4.38 Restrictions on...

  17. 12 CFR 4.38 - Restrictions on dissemination of released information.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-01-01

    ... information. 4.38 Section 4.38 Banks and Banking COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS, AVAILABILITY AND RELEASE OF INFORMATION, CONTRACTING OUTREACH PROGRAM, POST-EMPLOYMENT RESTRICTIONS FOR SENIOR EXAMINERS Release of Non-Public OCC Information § 4.38 Restrictions on...

  18. Cardiovascular Technology Program Needs Assessment.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Oakland Community Coll., Farmington, MI. Office of Institutional Planning and Analysis.

    In 1990/91, a study was conducted by Oakland Community College (OCC) to evaluate the need for a proposed Cardiovascular Technology program. Fifty-two local hospitals were surveyed to gather information on the employment demand, employment benefits and career preparation requirements for cardiovascular technologists (CVTs), yielding a 62% response…

  19. Technical Writing Needs Assessment.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Oakland Community Coll., Farmington, MI. Office of Institutional Planning and Analysis.

    In fall 1991, a study was conducted by Oakland Community College (OCC) to evaluate the need for a proposed Technical Writing program. General information was gathered from a literature review, Michigan Occupational Information System data, interviews with professionals in the field, and a 1987 needs assessment conducted by Washtenaw Community…

  20. 78 FR 24804 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request...

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    2013-04-26

    ... DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Agency Information Collection...: Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Treasury. ACTION: Notice and request for comment...: Legislative and Regulatory Activities Division, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Attention: 1557...

  1. 77 FR 69546 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Information Collection Renewal; Comment Request

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    2012-11-19

    ... DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Agency Information Collection... Currency (OCC), Treasury. ACTION: Joint notice and request for comment. SUMMARY: In accordance with the... 18, 2013. ADDRESSES: Communications Division, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Public...

  2. 77 FR 3408 - Annual Stress Test

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    2012-01-24

    ...-2011-0029] RIN 1557-AD58 Annual Stress Test AGENCY: Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (``OCC... certain companies to conduct annual stress tests pursuant to regulations prescribed by their respective... stress test as prescribed by this proposed rule. In addition to the annual stress test requirement, such...

  3. 12 CFR 5.3 - Definitions.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    ... ACTIVITIES Rules of General Applicability § 5.3 Definitions. (a) Applicant means a person or entity that submits a notice or application to the OCC under this part. (b) Application means a submission requesting... office means: (1) The Licensing Department for all national bank subsidiaries of those holding companies...

  4. 12 CFR 32.5 - Combination rules.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-01-01

    ... debt restructuring approved by the OCC, upon request by a bank for application of the non combination... external debt management; and (D) Whether the restructuring includes features of debt or debt-service... generally liable for the debts or actions of the partnership, joint venture, or association, and those...

  5. 12 CFR 32.5 - Combination rules.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-01-01

    ... debt restructuring approved by the OCC, upon request by a bank for application of the non combination... external debt management; and (D) Whether the restructuring includes features of debt or debt-service... generally liable for the debts or actions of the partnership, joint venture, or association, and those...

  6. 12 CFR 165.7 - Directives to take prompt corrective action.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-01-01

    ... determines that a shorter period is appropriate in light of the financial condition of the savings... critically undercapitalized Federal savings association or, where appropriate, any company that controls the savings association, prior written notice of the OCC's intention to issue a directive requiring such...

  7. 12 CFR 165.7 - Directives to take prompt corrective action.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-01-01

    ... determines that a shorter period is appropriate in light of the financial condition of the savings... critically undercapitalized Federal savings association or, where appropriate, any company that controls the savings association, prior written notice of the OCC's intention to issue a directive requiring such...

  8. 12 CFR 150.320 - What is acceptable collateral for uninsured deposits?

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-01-01

    ...) Readily marketable securities of the classes in which state-chartered corporate fiduciaries are permitted to invest fiduciary funds under applicable state law. (c) Other readily marketable securities as the OCC may determine. (d) Surety bonds, to the extent they provide adequate security, unless prohibited...

  9. 12 CFR 150.320 - What is acceptable collateral for uninsured deposits?

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-01-01

    ...) Readily marketable securities of the classes in which state-chartered corporate fiduciaries are permitted to invest fiduciary funds under applicable state law. (c) Other readily marketable securities as the OCC may determine. (d) Surety bonds, to the extent they provide adequate security, unless prohibited...

  10. Plastics & Composites Technology Needs Assessment.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Oakland Community Coll., Farmington, MI. Office of Institutional Planning and Analysis.

    In 1991, a study was conducted by Oakland Community College (OCC) to evaluate the need for a proposed plastics and composites technology program for design engineers. General information was obtained through a literature search, from the Society of the Plastics Industry, Inc., the Michigan Employment Security Commission, and interviews with…

  11. Human Capital Challenges: Taking Us Into the 21st Century

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2011-01-24

    Defense Health Headquarters (DHHQ)  JTF CapMed and related joint initiatives  Federal workers paid too much?  NSPS Repeal 2010 Military Health...For Succession Planning  Workforce planning (Mission Critical Occs) – Competency Development  “Growing Our Own” – Legislative Initiatives

  12. 77 FR 76841 - Lending Limits

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    ...-2012-0007] RIN 1557-AD59 Lending Limits AGENCY: Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Treasury. ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) is amending its lending...), includes exceptions to the lending limits for certain loans made by savings associations. These HOLA...

  13. 12 CFR 40.3 - Definitions.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-01-01

    ... over the management or policies of the company, as the OCC determines. (h) Customer means a consumer who has a customer relationship with a bank. (i)(1) Customer relationship means a continuing... relationship. (iv) If a bank holds ownership or servicing rights to an individual's loan that is used primarily...

  14. 12 CFR 40.3 - Definitions.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-01-01

    ... over the management or policies of the company, as the OCC determines. (h) Customer means a consumer who has a customer relationship with a bank. (i)(1) Customer relationship means a continuing... relationship. (iv) If a bank holds ownership or servicing rights to an individual's loan that is used primarily...

  15. 78 FR 24809 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Information Collection Renewal; Submission for OMB...

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    ... Depository Institution Sales of Insurance. OMB Control No.: 1557-0220. Type of Review: Extension, without... Activities; Information Collection Renewal; Submission for OMB Review: Consumer Protections for Depository Institution Sales of Insurance AGENCY: Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Treasury. ACTION...

  16. Pediatric occipitocervical fusion: long-term radiographic changes in curvature, growth, and alignment.

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    Martinez-Del-Campo, Eduardo; Turner, Jay D; Soriano-Baron, Hector; Newcomb, Anna G U S; Kalb, Samuel; Theodore, Nicholas

    2016-11-01

    OBJECTIVE The authors assessed the rate of vertebral growth, curvature, and alignment for multilevel constructs in the cervical spine after occipitocervical fixation (OCF) in pediatric patients and compared these results with those in published reports of growth in normal children. METHODS The authors assessed cervical spine radiographs and CT images of 18 patients who underwent occipitocervical arthrodesis. Measurements were made using postoperative and follow-up images available for 16 patients to determine cervical alignment (cervical spine alignment [CSA], C1-7 sagittal vertical axis [SVA], and C2-7 SVA) and curvature (cervical spine curvature [CSC] and C2-7 lordosis angle). Seventeen patients had postoperative and follow-up images available with which to measure vertebral body height (VBH), vertebral body width (VBW), and vertical growth percentage (VG%-that is, percentage change from postoperative to follow-up). Results for cervical spine growth were compared with normal parameters of 456 patients previously reported on in 2 studies. RESULTS Ten patients were girls and 8 were boys; their mean age was 6.7 ± 3.2 years. Constructs spanned occiput (Oc)-C2 (n = 2), Oc-C3 (n = 7), and Oc-C4 (n = 9). The mean duration of follow-up was 44.4 months (range 24-101 months). Comparison of postoperative to follow-up measures showed that the mean CSA increased by 1.8 ± 2.9 mm (p < 0.01); the mean C2-7 SVA and C1-7 SVA increased by 2.3 mm and 2.7 mm, respectively (p = 0.3); the mean CSC changed by -8.7° (p < 0.01) and the mean C2-7 lordosis angle changed by 2.6° (p = 0.5); and the cumulative mean VG% of the instrumented levels (C2-4) provided 51.5% of the total cervical growth (C2-7). The annual vertical growth rate was 4.4 mm/year. The VBW growth from C2-4 ranged from 13.9% to 16.6% (p < 0.001). The VBW of C-2 in instrumented patients appeared to be of a smaller diameter than that of normal patients, especially among those aged 5 to < 10 years and 10-15 years, with an increased diameter at the immediately inferior vertebral bodies compensating for the decreased width. No cervical deformation, malalignment, or detrimental clinical status was evident in any patient. CONCLUSIONS The craniovertebral junction and the upper cervical spine continue to present normal growth, curvature, and alignment parameters in children with OCF constructs spanning a distance as long as Oc-C4.

  17. Analysis of the NuRD subunits reveals a histone deacetylase core complex and a connection with DNA methylation

    PubMed Central

    Zhang, Yi; Ng, Huck-Hui; Erdjument-Bromage, Hediye; Tempst, Paul; Bird, Adrian; Reinberg, Danny

    1999-01-01

    ATP-dependent nucleosome remodeling and core histone acetylation and deacetylation represent mechanisms to alter nucleosome structure. NuRD is a multisubunit complex containing nucleosome remodeling and histone deacetylase activities. The histone deacetylases HDAC1 and HDAC2 and the histone binding proteins RbAp48 and RbAp46 form a core complex shared between NuRD and Sin3-histone deacetylase complexes. The histone deacetylase activity of the core complex is severely compromised. A novel polypeptide highly related to the metastasis-associated protein 1, MTA2, and the methyl-CpG-binding domain-containing protein, MBD3, were found to be subunits of the NuRD complex. MTA2 modulates the enzymatic activity of the histone deacetylase core complex. MBD3 mediates the association of MTA2 with the core histone deacetylase complex. MBD3 does not directly bind methylated DNA but is highly related to MBD2, a polypeptide that binds to methylated DNA and has been reported to possess demethylase activity. MBD2 interacts with the NuRD complex and directs the complex to methylated DNA. NuRD may provide a means of gene silencing by DNA methylation. PMID:10444591

  18. The Tom Core Complex

    PubMed Central

    Ahting, Uwe; Thun, Clemens; Hegerl, Reiner; Typke, Dieter; Nargang, Frank E.; Neupert, Walter; Nussberger, Stephan

    1999-01-01

    Translocation of nuclear-encoded preproteins across the outer membrane of mitochondria is mediated by the multicomponent transmembrane TOM complex. We have isolated the TOM core complex of Neurospora crassa by removing the receptors Tom70 and Tom20 from the isolated TOM holo complex by treatment with the detergent dodecyl maltoside. It consists of Tom40, Tom22, and the small Tom components, Tom6 and Tom7. This core complex was also purified directly from mitochondria after solubilization with dodecyl maltoside. The TOM core complex has the characteristics of the general insertion pore; it contains high-conductance channels and binds preprotein in a targeting sequence-dependent manner. It forms a double ring structure that, in contrast to the holo complex, lacks the third density seen in the latter particles. Three-dimensional reconstruction by electron tomography exhibits two open pores traversing the complex with a diameter of ∼2.1 nm and a height of ∼7 nm. Tom40 is the key structural element of the TOM core complex. PMID:10579717

  19. Enhancing oxidative stability in heated oils using core/shell structures of collagen and α-tocopherol complex.

    PubMed

    Gim, Seo Yeong; Hong, Seungmi; Kim, Jisu; Kwon, YongJun; Kim, Mi-Ja; Kim, GeunHyung; Lee, JaeHwan

    2017-11-15

    In this study, collagen mesh structure was prepared by carrying α-tocopherol in the form of core/shell complex. Antioxidant properties of α-tocopherol loaded carriers were tested in moisture added bulk oils at 140°C. From one gram of collagen core/shell complex, 138mg α-tocopherol was released in medium chain triacylglycerol (MCT). α-Tocopherol was substantially protected against heat treatment when α-tocopherol was complexed in collagen core/shell. Oxidative stability in bulk oil was significantly enhanced by added collagen mesh structure or collagen core/shell complex with α-tocopherol compared to that in control bulk oils (p<0.05), although no significant difference was observed between oils containing collagen mesh structure and collagen core/shell with α-tocopherol (p>0.05). Results of DPPH loss in methanol demonstrated that collagen core/shell with α-tocopherol had significantly (p<0.05) higher antioxidant properties than collagen mesh structure up to a certain period. Therefore, collagen core/shell complex is a promising way to enhance the stability of α-tocopherol and oxidative stability in oil-rich foods prepared at high temperature. Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

  20. Welding and Fabricating Technology Program Needs Assessment.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Oakland Community Coll., Farmington, MI. Office of Institutional Planning and Analysis.

    In 1992, Oakland Community College (OCC) conducted a needs assessment study to assist in reviewing and evaluating proposed changes to the college's existing Welding and Fabricating Program. A literature review was undertaken, examining industry forecasts, related programs at other institutions of higher education, and data supplied by the U.S.…

  1. 78 FR 6378 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; The Options Clearing Corporation; Order Approving Proposed Rule...

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    ... Organizations; The Options Clearing Corporation; Order Approving Proposed Rule Change To Accommodate Certain Physically- Settled Options on U.S. Treasury Securities January 23, 2013. I. Introduction On November 30, 2012, The Options Clearing Corporation (``OCC'') filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission...

  2. 77 FR 65917 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; The Options Clearing Corporation; Order Granting Accelerated...

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    ... Organizations; The Options Clearing Corporation; Order Granting Accelerated Approval of Proposed Rule Change To Accommodate Equity Options That Have a Unit of Trading of 10 Shares October 25, 2012. I. Introduction On September 12, 2012, the Options Clearing Corporation (``OCC'') filed with the Securities and Exchange...

  3. 75 FR 68392 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; The Options Clearing Corporation; Order Approving Proposed Rule...

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    ... Numerical Simulations Risk Management Methodology November 1, 2010. I. Introduction On August 25, 2010, The... Analysis and Numerical Simulations (``STANS'') risk management methodology. The rule change alters... collateral within the STANS Monte Carlo simulations.\\7\\ \\7\\ OCC believes the approach currently used to...

  4. 77 FR 58194 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; The Options Clearing Corporation; Notice of Filing of Proposed...

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    ....S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. Canadian clearing members that use Form 1 report the... Organizations; The Options Clearing Corporation; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change Relating to Financial... technical ``housekeeping'' changes to OCC's By-Laws and Rules relating to financial reporting by Canadian...

  5. 77 FR 71848 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; The Options Clearing Corporation; Notice of Filing and Immediate...

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    ... Available Liquidity Resources November 28, 2012. Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act... available liquidity resources. II. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of Purpose of, and Statutory..., including where a Clearing Member's projected settlement obligations could exceed OCC's available liquidity...

  6. 75 FR 23833 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; International Securities Exchange, LLC; Notice of Filing and...

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    ... date and is contingent upon the Commission's approval of The Options Clearing Corporation's (``OCC... objectives. ISE has analyzed its capacity and represents that it and the Options Price Reporting Authority have the necessary systems capacity to handle the additional traffic associated with the listing and...

  7. 12 CFR 5.32 - Expedited procedures for certain reorganizations.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    ... the OCC with 60 days' prior notice of any significant deviation from the bank's business plan or any significant deviation from the proposed changes to the bank's business plan described in the bank's plan of... changes to the bank's business plan resulting from the reorganization. (3) Financial and managerial...

  8. 77 FR 520 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; Options Clearing Corporation; Order Approving Proposed Rule Change...

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    ... Organizations; Options Clearing Corporation; Order Approving Proposed Rule Change, as Modified by Amendments No... September 21, 2011, the Options Clearing Corporation (``OCC'') filed with the Securities and Exchange... OMX PHLX has proposed to trade options on indexes (``Alpha Index Options'') that measure the relative...

  9. 77 FR 67036 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; The Options Clearing Corporation; Order Approving Proposed Rule...

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    ... Organizations; The Options Clearing Corporation; Order Approving Proposed Rule Change, as Modified by Amendment No. 1 Thereto, Relating to the Margining of Segregated Futures Customer Accounts on a Gross Basis November 2, 2012. I. Introduction On September 14, 2012, The Options Clearing Corporation (``OCC'') filed...

  10. 12 CFR 4.34 - Where to submit a request.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-01-01

    ... Banks and Banking COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS, AVAILABILITY AND RELEASE OF INFORMATION, CONTRACTING OUTREACH PROGRAM, POST-EMPLOYMENT RESTRICTIONS FOR SENIOR EXAMINERS Release of Non-Public OCC Information § 4.34 Where to submit a request. (a) A request for non...

  11. 12 CFR 4.34 - Where to submit a request.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-01-01

    ... Banks and Banking COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS, AVAILABILITY AND RELEASE OF INFORMATION, CONTRACTING OUTREACH PROGRAM, POST-EMPLOYMENT RESTRICTIONS FOR SENIOR EXAMINERS Release of Non-Public OCC Information § 4.34 Where to submit a request. (a) A request for non...

  12. 12 CFR 4.34 - Where to submit a request.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    ... Banks and Banking COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS, AVAILABILITY AND RELEASE OF INFORMATION, CONTRACTING OUTREACH PROGRAM, POST-EMPLOYMENT RESTRICTIONS FOR SENIOR EXAMINERS Release of Non-Public OCC Information § 4.34 Where to submit a request. (a) A request for non...

  13. 12 CFR 4.34 - Where to submit a request.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-01-01

    ... Banks and Banking COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS, AVAILABILITY AND RELEASE OF INFORMATION, CONTRACTING OUTREACH PROGRAM, POST-EMPLOYMENT RESTRICTIONS FOR SENIOR EXAMINERS Release of Non-Public OCC Information § 4.34 Where to submit a request. (a) A request for non...

  14. 78 FR 51272 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Revision of an Approved Information Collection; Comment...

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    ... requirement for national banks and Federal savings associations titled, ``Company-Run Annual Stress Test...://www.occ.treas.gov/tools-forms/forms/bank-operations/stress-test-reporting.html ). SUPPLEMENTARY...: Title: Company-Run Annual Stress Test Reporting Template and Documentation for Covered Institutions with...

  15. 78 FR 67218 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Company-Run Annual Stress Test Reporting Template and...

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    ... Activities: Company-Run Annual Stress Test Reporting Template and Documentation for Covered Institutions With... titled, ``Company-Run Annual Stress Test Reporting Template and Documentation for Covered Institutions... under News and Issuances ( http://www.occ.treas.gov/tools-forms/forms/bank-operations/stress-test...

  16. 78 FR 62942 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Company-Run...

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    ... Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Company-Run Annual Stress Test Reporting Template and... Federal savings associations titled, ``Company-Run Annual Stress Test Reporting Template and Documentation... Web site under Tools and Forms ( http://www.occ.gov/tools-forms/forms/bank-operations/stress-test...

  17. 76 FR 40196 - Semiannual Agenda of Regulations

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    ... Reporting Agencies (AD40) The OCC, Board, FDIC, OTS, NCUA, and FTC (collectively referred to as the... Transactions Act of 2003 (FACT Act) that amended section 623 of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). This... opening date to a consumer reporting agency to promote the integrity of the information. In addition, the...

  18. 12 CFR 7.4002 - National bank charges.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-01-01

    ...) Considerations. (1) All charges and fees should be arrived at by each bank on a competitive basis and not on the... of the competitive position of the bank in accordance with the bank's business plan and marketing... this section. (d) State law. The OCC applies preemption principles derived from the United States...

  19. Economic Impact Study, 1992.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Oakland Community Coll., Farmington, MI. Office of Institutional Planning and Analysis.

    In an effort to determine the economic benefits that Oakland Community College (OCC) in Michigan had on the local economy of Oakland County and on the state during fiscal year 1991-92, an economic impact study was conducted. The study utilized an economic impact model consisting of three major components: direct institutional expenditures; direct…

  20. 12 CFR 25.43 - Content and availability of public file.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    ... REINVESTMENT ACT AND INTERSTATE DEPOSIT PRODUCTION REGULATIONS Regulations Records, Reporting, and Disclosure... Evaluation prepared by the OCC. The bank shall place this copy in the public file within 30 business days.... The bank shall place the statement in the public file within three business days of its receipt from...

  1. 12 CFR 3.12 - Procedures.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    ... 12 Banks and Banking 1 2010-01-01 2010-01-01 false Procedures. 3.12 Section 3.12 Banks and Banking COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY MINIMUM CAPITAL RATIOS; ISSUANCE OF DIRECTIVES Establishment of Minimum Capital Ratios for an Individual Bank § 3.12 Procedures. (a) Notice. When the OCC...

  2. 77 FR 30032 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; Fixed Income Clearing Corporation; Order Approving Proposed Rule...

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    ... Professionals'' May 15, 2012. I. Introduction On March 20, 2012, the Fixed Income Clearing Corporation (``FICC... Members and NYPC Clearing Members for certain ``market professionals.'' \\6\\ \\5\\ See Securities Exchange... professional'' cross-margining program aims to closely replicate the Options Clearing Corporation (``OCC...

  3. 76 FR 34010 - Credit Risk Retention

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    ... 2501-AD53 Credit Risk Retention AGENCIES: Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Treasury (OCC... credit risk retention requirements of section 15G of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as added by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (``Credit Risk NPR'' or ``proposed rule...

  4. 77 FR 47163 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

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    ... DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request AGENCY: Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC... Currency, Public Information Room, Mailstop 2-3, Attention: 1557-0180, 250 E Street SW., Washington, DC...

  5. 78 FR 26113 - Information Collection Renewal; Comment Request; Transfer Agent Registration and Amendment Form

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    ... DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Office of the Comptroller of the Currency FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE... AGENCIES: Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Treasury; and Federal Deposit Insurance... Activities Division, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Attention: 1557-0124, 400 7th Street SW...

  6. 78 FR 59998 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; BOX Options Exchange LLC; Notice of Filing and Immediate...

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    ...-monthly expiration contracts are currently traded with business day expiration dates. These include FLEX... to Friday night. Eliminating Saturday expirations will allow OCC to streamline the expiration process... enhance intra-day risk management of cleared trades by the clearing member [[Page 59999

  7. 12 CFR 21.11 - Suspicious Activity Report.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-01-01

    ... Activity Report. (c) SARs required. A national bank shall file a SAR with the appropriate Federal law... supervisory action. (j) Obtaining SARs. A national bank may obtain SARs and the Instructions from the appropriate OCC District Office listed in 12 CFR part 4. (k) Confidentiality of SARs. A SAR, and any...

  8. 12 CFR 21.11 - Suspicious Activity Report.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-01-01

    ... Activity Report. (c) SARs required. A national bank shall file a SAR with the appropriate Federal law... supervisory action. (j) Obtaining SARs. A national bank may obtain SARs and the Instructions from the appropriate OCC District Office listed in 12 CFR part 4. (k) Confidentiality of SARs. A SAR, and any...

  9. 12 CFR 5.50 - Change in bank control; reporting of stock loans.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    ... of the acquisition of voting shares of a national bank in satisfaction of a debt previously... can demonstrate to the satisfaction of the OCC that the voting securities are not the anticipated... stability or management resources, the interests of the bank's customers, the Federal deposit insurance fund...

  10. Civil Engineering Technology Needs Assessment.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Oakland Community Coll., Farmington, MI. Office of Institutional Planning and Analysis.

    In 1991, a study was conducted by Oakland Community College (OCC) to evaluate the need for a proposed Civil Engineering Technology program. An initial examination of the literature focused on industry needs and the job market for civil engineering technicians. In order to gather information on local area employers' hiring practices and needs, a…

  11. 12 CFR 28.18 - Recordkeeping and reporting.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-01-01

    ... deposit. A foreign bank with a consolidated CED shall maintain a book entry accounting of assets... ACTIVITIES Federal Branches and Agencies of Foreign Banks § 28.18 Recordkeeping and reporting. (a) General. A... to national banks and with any additional requirements that may be prescribed by the OCC. A Federal...

  12. 12 CFR 28.18 - Recordkeeping and reporting.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-01-01

    ... deposit. A foreign bank with a consolidated CED shall maintain a book entry accounting of assets... ACTIVITIES Federal Branches and Agencies of Foreign Banks § 28.18 Recordkeeping and reporting. (a) General. A... to national banks and with any additional requirements that may be prescribed by the OCC. A Federal...

  13. 12 CFR 28.18 - Recordkeeping and reporting.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-01-01

    ... deposit. A foreign bank with a consolidated CED shall maintain a book entry accounting of assets... ACTIVITIES Federal Branches and Agencies of Foreign Banks § 28.18 Recordkeeping and reporting. (a) General. A... to national banks and with any additional requirements that may be prescribed by the OCC. A Federal...

  14. 12 CFR 28.18 - Recordkeeping and reporting.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-01-01

    ... deposit. A foreign bank with a consolidated CED shall maintain a book entry accounting of assets... ACTIVITIES Federal Branches and Agencies of Foreign Banks § 28.18 Recordkeeping and reporting. (a) General. A... to national banks and with any additional requirements that may be prescribed by the OCC. A Federal...

  15. 12 CFR 5.33 - Business combinations.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-01-01

    ... proposing to acquire, through a business combination, a subsidiary of any entity other than a national bank...) Corporate status. An interim bank becomes a legal entity and may enter into legally valid agreements when it.... However, if the OCC concludes that an application presents significant and novel policy, supervisory, or...

  16. 12 CFR 5.33 - Business combinations.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-01-01

    ... proposing to acquire, through a business combination, a subsidiary of any entity other than a national bank...) Corporate status. An interim bank becomes a legal entity and may enter into legally valid agreements when it.... However, if the OCC concludes that an application presents significant and novel policy, supervisory, or...

  17. 12 CFR 5.33 - Business combinations.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-01-01

    ... proposing to acquire, through a business combination, a subsidiary of any entity other than a national bank...) Corporate status. An interim bank becomes a legal entity and may enter into legally valid agreements when it.... However, if the OCC concludes that an application presents significant and novel policy, supervisory, or...

  18. 12 CFR 5.33 - Business combinations.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-01-01

    ... proposing to acquire, through a business combination, a subsidiary of any entity other than a national bank...) Corporate status. An interim bank becomes a legal entity and may enter into legally valid agreements when it.... However, if the OCC concludes that an application presents significant and novel policy, supervisory, or...

  19. 12 CFR 16.2 - Definitions.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    ... preferred stock or any derivative thereof. (j) OCC means the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. (k... means the same as in Commission Rule 501(a) (17 CFR 230.501(a)). (b) Bank means an existing national... means the Securities and Exchange Commission. When used in the rules, regulations, or forms of the...

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    ... SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISION [Release No. 34-63293; File No. SR-OCC-2010-16] Self-Regulatory Organizations; The Options Clearing Corporation; Order Approving Proposed Rule Change Relating to Weekly Options And Monthly Options November 9, 2010. I. Introduction On September 15, 2010, The Options Clearing...

  1. 78 FR 77181 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; The Options Clearing Corporation; Advance Notice Concerning the...

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    ... finding or (ii) as to which the self-regulatory organization consents, the Commission will: (A) By order... SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION [Release No. 34-71083; File No. SR-OCC-2013-807] Self-Regulatory Organizations; The Options Clearing Corporation; Advance Notice Concerning the Governance...

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    ... SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION [Release No. 34-65927; File No. SR-OCC-2011-15] Self-Regulatory Organizations; Options Clearing Corporation; Order Approving Proposed Rule Change Relating to Management of... such as settlement banks and other clearing organizations. See generally Article VIII, Sections 1 and 5...

  3. 78 FR 59096 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Information Collection Renewal; Comment Request...

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    ... savings associations). The OCC requires independent credit card banks and independent credit card Federal... by the bank or Federal savings association. Independent credit card banks and independent credit card... credit card operations and are not affiliated with a full service national bank or Federal savings...

  4. 78 FR 38450 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Information Collection Renewal; Reverse Mortgage...

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    ..., internal controls, and third party risk management. \\1\\ 74 FR 66652. \\2\\ 75 FR 50801. Prior to the... DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Office of the Comptroller of the Currency FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE...: Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Treasury (OCC); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC...

  5. 76 FR 37029 - Margin and Capital Requirements For Covered Swap Entities

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    ... DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Office of the Comptroller of the Currency 12 CFR Part 45 [Docket No... of the Currency, Treasury (OCC); Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board); Federal... margin and capital requirements proposed by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the Agencies have...

  6. 77 FR 7238 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB; Comment Request

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    ... of the Federal Reserve System (Board) to promulgate regulations governing capital distributions. OTS Control No. 1550-0059 was, therefore, transferred to the FRB under OMB Control No. 7100-0339. This information collection replaces the collection transferred to the FRB. The OCC solicited comments on this...

  7. 76 FR 32332 - Office of Thrift Supervision Integration; Dodd-Frank Act Implementation; Correction

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    ..., and 34 [Docket ID OCC-2011-0006] RIN 1557-AD41 Office of Thrift Supervision Integration; Dodd-Frank... Thrift Supervision Integration; Dodd- Frank Act Implementation.'' Inadvertently, an incorrect E-mail...) requesting comment on its notice of proposed rulemaking entitled ``Office of Thrift Supervision Integration...

  8. 78 FR 6174 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Information Collection; Submission for OMB Review

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    ... currently valid OMB control number. The OCC, FDIC and NCUA are soliciting comment concerning their... collection of information to OMB for review and clearance. Interagency Appraisal Complaint Form--(OMB Control... the appropriate government bodies for further action, which may include referrals to the Agencies...

  9. 75 FR 20426 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

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    ... Customer Information.'' The OCC is also giving notice that it has submitted the collection to OMB for... following information collection: Title: Notice Regarding Unauthorized Access to Customer Information. OMB... physical safeguards to: (1) Insure the security and confidentiality of customer records and information; (2...

  10. 12 CFR 19.101 - Delegation to OFIA.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    ... 12 Banks and Banking 1 2010-01-01 2010-01-01 false Delegation to OFIA. 19.101 Section 19.101 Banks and Banking COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE Procedural Rules for OCC Adjudications § 19.101 Delegation to OFIA. Unless otherwise ordered by the...

  11. 75 FR 42824 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request

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    ... information collection unless it displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number. The OCC is soliciting comment concerning an information collection titled, ``Affiliate Marketing... Officer, [1557-0230], by mail to U.S. Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th St., NW., 10235...

  12. 77 FR 20102 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

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    ... information collection without change: Title: International Regulation--Part 28. OMB Number: 1557-0102... for Foreign Operations of a National Bank--Notice Requirement. A national bank shall notify the OCC... acquire or divest of an interest in, or close, an Edge corporation, Agreement corporation, foreign bank...

  13. 77 FR 3032 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request

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    ... the following information collection without change: Title: International Regulation--Part 28. OMB... information: 12 CFR 28.3 Filing Requirements for Foreign Operations of a National Bank--Notice Requirement A national bank shall notify the OCC when it: Files an application, notice, or report with the FRB to...

  14. 77 FR 16879 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; NASDAQ OMX PHLX LLC; Order Granting Approval of Proposed Rule...

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    ... financial information for investment advisory services, fund administration, portfolio management, financial... the Exchange will be European-style exercise.\\17\\ Upon exercise, holders of options contracts would... Corporation (``OCC'').\\19\\ \\17\\ Unlike American style options, European style options may be exercised only on...

  15. 12 CFR 170.3 - Filing of safety and soundness compliance plan.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-01-01

    ... plan. (a) Schedule for filing compliance plan— (1) In general. A Federal savings association shall file... of plan. The compliance plan shall include a description of the steps the Federal savings association... plan under this subpart, the OCC shall provide written notice to the Federal savings association of...

  16. 12 CFR 170.3 - Filing of safety and soundness compliance plan.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-01-01

    ... plan. (a) Schedule for filing compliance plan— (1) In general. A Federal savings association shall file... of plan. The compliance plan shall include a description of the steps the Federal savings association... plan under this subpart, the OCC shall provide written notice to the Federal savings association of...

  17. 12 CFR 170.3 - Filing of safety and soundness compliance plan.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-01-01

    ... plan. (a) Schedule for filing compliance plan— (1) In general. A Federal savings association shall file... of plan. The compliance plan shall include a description of the steps the Federal savings association... plan under this subpart, the OCC shall provide written notice to the Federal savings association of...

  18. 77 FR 53241 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; Options Clearing Corporation; Order Approving Proposed Rule Change...

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    ... Organizations; Options Clearing Corporation; Order Approving Proposed Rule Change Relating to the Auction Process Under Options Clearing Corporation Rule 1104 August 27, 2012. I. Introduction On July 3, 2012, the Options Clearing Corporation (``OCC'') filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission...

  19. 75 FR 2929 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

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    ... soliciting comments concerning an information collection titled ``Bank Secrecy Act/Money Laundering Risk Assessment'' (a.k.a. Money Laundering Risk (MLR) System). The OCC also gives notice that it has sent the... approval for the following information collection: Title: Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering Risk...

  20. 77 FR 61229 - Short-Term Investment Funds

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    ... redemption funding arrangement with a lending institution. It is the OCC's view that the contingency funding... investment companies and are regulated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (``SEC'') pursuant to the Investment Company Act of 1940, particularly pursuant to the provisions of SEC Rule 2a-7...

  1. 75 FR 75576 - Confidentiality of Suspicious Activity Reports

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    ...-2010-0019] RIN 1557-AD17 Confidentiality of Suspicious Activity Reports AGENCY: The Office of the... suspicious activity report (SAR) to: clarify the scope of the statutory prohibition on the disclosure by a... institutions, including national banks regulated by the OCC, to keep certain records and make certain reports...

  2. 12 CFR 155.310 - How do I notify the OCC?

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-01-01

    ... least 30 days before you establish a transactional Web site. The notice must do three things: (a) Describe the transactional web site. (b) Indicate the date the transactional web site will become operational. (c) List a contact familiar with the deployment, operation, and security of the transactional web...

  3. 12 CFR 155.310 - How do I notify the OCC?

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-01-01

    ... least 30 days before you establish a transactional Web site. The notice must do three things: (a) Describe the transactional web site. (b) Indicate the date the transactional web site will become operational. (c) List a contact familiar with the deployment, operation, and security of the transactional web...

  4. 12 CFR 155.310 - How do I notify the OCC?

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-01-01

    ... least 30 days before you establish a transactional Web site. The notice must do three things: (a) Describe the transactional web site. (b) Indicate the date the transactional web site will become operational. (c) List a contact familiar with the deployment, operation, and security of the transactional web...

  5. 12 CFR 3.3 - Transitional rules.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    ... the OCC, need not be deducted from Tier 1 capital until December 31, 1992. However, when combined with other qualifying intangible assets, these intangibles may not exceed 25 percent of Tier 1 capital. After... appendix A will not be deducted from Tier 1 capital. [55 FR 38800, Sept. 21, 1990] ...

  6. 78 FR 24810 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Information Collection Renewal; Submission for OMB...

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    ... Activities; Information Collection Renewal; Submission for OMB Review: Funding and Liquidity Risk Management... and Liquidity Risk Management.'' The OCC is also giving notice that the collection has been sent to... collection: Title of Information Collection: Funding and Liquidity Risk Management. OMB Control No.: 1557...

  7. The effect of peculiar complex core balance training on isokinetic muscle functions of the knee and lumbus.

    PubMed

    Lee, Myungsun; Han, Gunsoo

    2016-04-01

    [Purpose] This study aimed to investigate the effect of peculiar complex core balance training on the isokinetic muscle function of the knee joint and lumbus to provide fundamental data for establishing a training program that focuses on improving the performance and prevention of injury by developing the core and low extremity muscles. [Subjects and Methods] The participants in this study included a total of ten high school athletes involved in a throwing event for over five years. The subjects were randomly divided into two groups: The experimental group (N=5) and the control group (N=5). The experimental group underwent peculiar complex core balance training. [Results] According to the analysis of covariance, there was a significant effect of peculiar complex core balance training. Therefore, the isokinetic muscle function of the knee joint and lumbus in the experimental group participating in peculiar complex core balance training was significantly increased compared to the control group. [Conclusion] It is concluded that peculiar complex core balance training had a positive effect on the isokinetic muscle function of the knee and lumbus in throwing event athletes.

  8. Identifying Dynamic Protein Complexes Based on Gene Expression Profiles and PPI Networks

    PubMed Central

    Li, Min; Chen, Weijie; Wang, Jianxin; Pan, Yi

    2014-01-01

    Identification of protein complexes from protein-protein interaction networks has become a key problem for understanding cellular life in postgenomic era. Many computational methods have been proposed for identifying protein complexes. Up to now, the existing computational methods are mostly applied on static PPI networks. However, proteins and their interactions are dynamic in reality. Identifying dynamic protein complexes is more meaningful and challenging. In this paper, a novel algorithm, named DPC, is proposed to identify dynamic protein complexes by integrating PPI data and gene expression profiles. According to Core-Attachment assumption, these proteins which are always active in the molecular cycle are regarded as core proteins. The protein-complex cores are identified from these always active proteins by detecting dense subgraphs. Final protein complexes are extended from the protein-complex cores by adding attachments based on a topological character of “closeness” and dynamic meaning. The protein complexes produced by our algorithm DPC contain two parts: static core expressed in all the molecular cycle and dynamic attachments short-lived. The proposed algorithm DPC was applied on the data of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and the experimental results show that DPC outperforms CMC, MCL, SPICi, HC-PIN, COACH, and Core-Attachment based on the validation of matching with known complexes and hF-measures. PMID:24963481

  9. A comparative study of the microstructures observed in statically cast and continuously cast Bi-In-Sn ternary eutectic alloy

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

    Sengupta, S.; Soda, H.; McLean, A.

    2000-01-01

    A ternary eutectic alloy with a composition of 57.2 pct Bi, 24.8 pct In, and 18 pct Sn was continuously cast into wire of 2 mm diameter with casting speeds of 14 and 79 mm/min using the Ohno Continuous Casting (OCC) process. The microstructures obtained were compared with those of statically cast specimens. Extensive segregation of massive Bi blocks, Bi complex structures, and tin-rich dendrites was found in specimens that were statically cast. Decomposition of {radical}Sn by a eutectoid reaction was confirmed based on microstructural evidence. Ternary eutectic alloy with a cooling rate of approximately 1 C/min formed a doublemore » binary eutectic. The double binary eutectic consisted of regions of BiIn and decomposed {radical}Sn in the form of a dendrite cell structure and regions of Bi and decomposed {radical}Sn in the form of a complex-regular cell. The Bi complex-regular cells, which are a ternary eutectic constituent, existed either along the boundaries of the BiIn-decomposed {radical}Sn dendrite cells or at the front of elongated dendrite cell structures. In the continuously cast wires, primary Sn dendrites coupled with a small Bi phase were uniformly distributed within the Bi-In alloy matrix. Neither massive Bi phase, Bi complex-regular cells, no BiIn eutectic dendrite cells were observed, resulting in a more uniform microstructure in contrast to the heavily segregated structures of the statically cast specimens.« less

  10. Construction of hybrid photosynthetic units using peripheral and core antennae from two different species of photosynthetic bacteria: detection of the energy transfer from bacteriochlorophyll a in LH2 to bacteriochlorophyll b in LH1.

    PubMed

    Fujii, Ritsuko; Shimonaka, Shozo; Uchida, Naoko; Gardiner, Alastair T; Cogdell, Richard J; Sugisaki, Mitsuru; Hashimoto, Hideki

    2008-01-01

    Typical purple bacterial photosynthetic units consist of supra-molecular arrays of peripheral (LH2) and core (LH1-RC) antenna complexes. Recent atomic force microscopy pictures of photosynthetic units in intact membranes have revealed that the architecture of these units is variable (Scheuring et al. (2005) Biochim Bhiophys Acta 1712:109-127). In this study, we describe methods for the construction of heterologous photosynthetic units in lipid-bilayers from mixtures of purified LH2 (from Rhodopseudomonas acidophila) and LH1-RC (from Rhodopseudomonas viridis) core complexes. The architecture of these reconstituted photosynthetic units can be varied by controlling ratio of added LH2 to core complexes. The arrangement of the complexes was visualized by electron-microscopy in combination with Fourier analysis. The regular trigonal array of the core complexes seen in the native photosynthetic membrane could be regenerated in the reconstituted membranes by temperature cycling. In the presence of added LH2 complexes, this trigonal symmetry was replaced with orthorhombic symmetry. The small lattice lengths for the latter suggest that the constituent unit of the orthorhombic lattice is the LH2. Fluorescence and fluorescence-excitation spectroscopy was applied to the set of the reconstituted membranes prepared with various proportions of LH2 to core complexes. Remarkably, even though the LH2 complexes contain bacteriochlorophyll a, and the core complexes contain bacteriochlorophyll b, it was possible to demonstrate energy transfer from LH2 to the core complexes. These experiments provide a first step along the path toward investigating how changing the architecture of purple bacterial photosynthetic units affects the overall efficiency of light-harvesting.

  11. The effect of peculiar complex core balance training on isokinetic muscle functions of the knee and lumbus

    PubMed Central

    Lee, Myungsun; Han, Gunsoo

    2016-01-01

    [Purpose] This study aimed to investigate the effect of peculiar complex core balance training on the isokinetic muscle function of the knee joint and lumbus to provide fundamental data for establishing a training program that focuses on improving the performance and prevention of injury by developing the core and low extremity muscles. [Subjects and Methods] The participants in this study included a total of ten high school athletes involved in a throwing event for over five years. The subjects were randomly divided into two groups: The experimental group (N=5) and the control group (N=5). The experimental group underwent peculiar complex core balance training. [Results] According to the analysis of covariance, there was a significant effect of peculiar complex core balance training. Therefore, the isokinetic muscle function of the knee joint and lumbus in the experimental group participating in peculiar complex core balance training was significantly increased compared to the control group. [Conclusion] It is concluded that peculiar complex core balance training had a positive effect on the isokinetic muscle function of the knee and lumbus in throwing event athletes. PMID:27190470

  12. 77 FR 74705 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; The Options Clearing Corporation; Notice of Filing of Proposed...

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    ... Organizations; The Options Clearing Corporation; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change To Accommodate Certain Physically-Settled Options on U.S. Treasury Securities December 11, 2012. Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the... November 30, 2012, The Options Clearing Corporation (``OCC'') filed with the Securities and Exchange...

  13. 77 FR 62308 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; The Options Clearing Corporation; Notice of Filing of Advance...

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    ... Organizations; The Options Clearing Corporation; Notice of Filing of Advance Notice and Notice of No Objection To Replace The Options Clearing Corporation's Credit Facility October 5, 2012. Pursuant to Section 19...\\ notice is hereby given that on September 26, 2012, The Options Clearing Corporation (``OCC'') filed with...

  14. 77 FR 42784 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; Options Clearing Corporation; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule...

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    ... Organizations; Options Clearing Corporation; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change Relating to the Auction Process Under Options Clearing Corporation Rule 1104 July 16, 2012. Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the... July 3, 2012, The Options Clearing Corporation (``OCC'') filed with the Securities and Exchange...

  15. 76 FR 68238 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; Options Clearing Corporation; Order Approving Proposed Rule Change...

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    ... Defaulting Clearing Member's Accounts October 28, 2011. I. Introduction On July 28, 2011, the Options..._occ_11_08_a_1.pdf . The liquidation of open long and short positions through exchange transactions is... expected to result in a shorter liquidation period and reduced execution risk. During Lehman Brothers...

  16. 75 FR 70060 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; The Options Clearing Corporation; Order Granting Approval of a...

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    ... Organizations; The Options Clearing Corporation; Order Granting Approval of a Proposed Rule Change Relating to Cash- Settled Foreign Currency Options With One-Cent Exercise Prices November 8, 2010. I. Introduction On March 16, 2010, The Options Clearing Corporation (``OCC'') filed with the Securities and Exchange...

  17. 75 FR 37406 - Order Exempting the Trading and Clearing of Certain Products Related to ETFS Physical Swiss Gold...

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    ... to security futures), and in either case cleared through the Options Clearing Corporation (``OCC... contract market or derivatives transaction execution facility for transactions for future delivery in any... of the Options and Security Futures on Gold and Silver Products. In enacting Section 4(c), Congress...

  18. 75 FR 35861 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; The Options Clearing Corporation; Order Granting Approval of a...

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    ... Organizations; The Options Clearing Corporation; Order Granting Approval of a Proposed Rule Change Relating to Clearing Options on the CBOE Gold ETF Volatility Index June 14, 2010. I. Introduction On April 26, 2010, The Options Clearing Corporation (``OCC'') filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission the...

  19. 12 CFR Appendix C to Part 30 - OCC Guidelines Establishing Standards for Residential Mortgage Lending Practices

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    2010-01-01

    .... Preservation of Existing Authority C. Relationship to Other Legal Requirements D. Definitions II. Standards for... injurious to bank customers and that expose the bank to credit, legal, compliance, reputation, and other... and supervisory guidance on fiduciary activities and asset management address the need for national...

  20. 78 FR 17765 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Information Collection Renewal; Submission for OMB...

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    ... during the continuation of the customer relationship. Sec. 1016.8--Disclosure (institution)--Revised... customer relationship terminates, the customer's opt out direction continues to apply. Type of Review..., please send a copy of your comments by mail to: OCC Desk Officer, 1557-0216, U.S. Office of Management...

  1. 77 FR 75243 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; Options Clearing Corporation; Order Approving Proposed Rule Change...

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    ... modeling and risk management procedures (``Risk Management Proposal'') \\9\\ is approved by the Commission.... The enhancements are part of OCC's ongoing efforts to test and improve its risk management operations... Index Options,\\12\\ and only subject to the filing and approval of the Risk Management Proposal, as...

  2. 76 FR 56094 - Retail Foreign Exchange Transactions

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    ... currency with retail customers, subject to the requirements enumerated in the OCC's retail forex rule. The... shall prescribe \\5\\ (a retail forex rule). A transaction described in section 2(c)(2)(B)(i)(I) includes... associations are depository institutions. See 12 U.S.C. 1813(c)(1). \\3\\ For purposes of the retail forex rules...

  3. 12 CFR Appendix A to Subpart C of... - Model Stipulation for Protective Order and Model Protective Order

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    2013-01-01

    ..., DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS, AVAILABILITY AND RELEASE OF INFORMATION, CONTRACTING OUTREACH PROGRAM, POST-EMPLOYMENT RESTRICTIONS FOR SENIOR EXAMINERS Release of Non-Public OCC Information... such records and any information contained in such records confidential and shall in no way divulge the...

  4. 12 CFR Appendix A to Subpart C of... - Model Stipulation for Protective Order and Model Protective Order

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-01-01

    ..., DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS, AVAILABILITY AND RELEASE OF INFORMATION, CONTRACTING OUTREACH PROGRAM, POST-EMPLOYMENT RESTRICTIONS FOR SENIOR EXAMINERS Release of Non-Public OCC Information... shall keep such records and any information contained in such records confidential and shall in no way...

  5. 12 CFR Appendix A to Subpart C of... - Model Stipulation for Protective Order and Model Protective Order

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-01-01

    ..., DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS, AVAILABILITY AND RELEASE OF INFORMATION, CONTRACTING OUTREACH PROGRAM, POST-EMPLOYMENT RESTRICTIONS FOR SENIOR EXAMINERS Release of Non-Public OCC Information... such records and any information contained in such records confidential and shall in no way divulge the...

  6. 12 CFR 25.27 - Strategic plan.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    ... 12 Banks and Banking 1 2010-01-01 2010-01-01 false Strategic plan. 25.27 Section 25.27 Banks and... DEPOSIT PRODUCTION REGULATIONS Regulations Standards for Assessing Performance § 25.27 Strategic plan. (a... assessment area(s) under a strategic plan if: (1) The bank has submitted the plan to the OCC as provided for...

  7. 75 FR 39314 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; The Options Clearing Corporation; Notice of Filing and Immediate...

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    ... SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION [Release No. 34-62421; File No. SR-OCC-2010-08] Self-Regulatory... Change Relating to Additional Underlying Interests for Commodity Futures and Commodity Options Available... publishing this notice to solicit comments on the proposed rule change from interested persons. \\1\\ 15 U.S.C...

  8. 12 CFR 16.8 - Small issues.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    ... 12 Banks and Banking 1 2010-01-01 2010-01-01 false Small issues. 16.8 Section 16.8 Banks and....8 Small issues. (a) The OCC will deem offers and sales of bank issued securities that satisfy the requirements of Commission Regulation A (17 CFR part 230, Regulation A—Conditional Small Issues Exemption) to...

  9. 75 FR 38175 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

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    ... DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request AGENCY: Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC...: Communications Division, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Mailstop 2-3, Attention: 1557-0190, 250 E...

  10. 78 FR 60376 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Information Collection Renewal; Submission for OMB...

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    ... DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Office of the Comptroller of the Currency FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE... Reputation Risks AGENCY: Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Treasury (OCC); Federal Deposit Insurance..., Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Attention: 1557-0246, 400 7th Street SW., Suite 3E-218, Mail...

  11. 12 CFR 34.41 - Authority, purpose, and scope.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    ....41 Banks and Banking COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY REAL ESTATE LENDING AND... Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (the OCC) under 12 U.S.C. 93a and title XI of the Financial... used in connection with federally related transactions to be performed in writing, in accordance with...

  12. 77 FR 5250 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Joint Comment Request

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    ... DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Office of The Comptroller of the Currency Federal Reserve System...; Joint Comment Request AGENCIES: Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Treasury; Board of... the Comptroller of the Currency, Mailstop 2-3, Attention: 1557-0100, 250 E Street SW., Washington, DC...

  13. 78 FR 9991 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Information Collection Renewal; Submission for OMB Review

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    ... DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Agency Information Collection... the Currency (OCC), Treasury. ACTION: Joint notice and request for comment. SUMMARY: In accordance... Activities Division, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Mail Stop 9W-11, Attention: 1557-0234, SW...

  14. 78 FR 34704 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request: Real...

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    ... DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Agency Information Collection...: Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Treasury. ACTION: Notice and request for comment... Comptroller of the Currency, Attention: 1557-0190, 400 7th Street SW., Suite 3E-218, Mail Stop 9W- 11...

  15. 78 FR 26413 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; The Options Clearing Corporation; Notice of Filing of Proposed...

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    ... Contracts from Saturday to Friday night. Eliminating Saturday expirations will allow OCC to streamline the... expiration date for Standard Expiration Contracts is moved to Friday night, expiration processing for standard options, quarterly options, and weekly options will all occur on the same day and will be a single...

  16. 12 CFR 28.12 - Approval of a Federal branch or agency.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    ..., the OCC considers: (1) The financial and managerial resources and future prospects of the applicant... operations of the foreign bank to assess the foreign bank's overall financial condition and compliance with... consolidation with, a foreign bank that has an office in the United States, may proceed with the transaction...

  17. The Need for a Southern Branch Campus of Ocean County College.

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    Ocean County Coll., Toms River, NJ. Office of Institutional Research.

    In 1989, a study was conducted at Ocean County College (OCC) to determine the feasibility of establishing a branch campus in southern Ocean County, New Jersey. Specific factors examined in the study included Ocean County's demographic characteristics (e.g., land area and dispersion, population trends, public transportation, and economic trends);…

  18. 75 FR 18571 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

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    ... Comprehensive Quantitative Impact Study.'' The OCC has also given notice that it has sent this collection to OMB... following new information collection: Title: Basel Comprehensive Quantitative Impact Study. OMB Control No... the Basel II Capital Accord, the Basel Committee will conduct a quantitative impact study (QIS) to...

  19. 77 FR 52082 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; The Options Clearing Corporation; Order Approving Proposed Rule...

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    ... for, and used by, firms clearing market maker business; however, use of the Program diminished as market making operations were acquired by larger wire houses. While OCC occasionally receives an inquiry...). For the Commission by the Division of Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated authority.\\9\\ \\9\\ 17...

  20. The Use of Computers in the Math Classroom.

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    Blass, Barbara; And Others

    In an effort to increase faculty use and knowledge of computers, Oakland Community College (OCC), in Michigan, developed a Summer Technology Institute (STI), and a Computer Technology Grants (CTG) project beginning in 1989. The STI involved 3-day forums during summers 1989, 1990, and 1991 to expose faculty to hardware and software applications.…

  1. 76 FR 72483 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; Options Clearing Corporation; Order Approving Proposed Rule Change...

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    2011-11-23

    ... existing interpretation, which relates to the treatment and clearing of options on the CBOE Gold ETF... jurisdictional status CBOE Gold ETF Volatility Index and clarifies that OCC will clear and treat as securities... relative performance index is an ETF designed to measure the return of gold [[Page 72484

  2. 12 CFR 145.91 - Home office.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-01-01

    ... 12 Banks and Banking 1 2012-01-01 2012-01-01 false Home office. 145.91 Section 145.91 Banks and... § 145.91 Home office. (a) All operations of a Federal savings association (“you”) are subject to direction from the home office. (b) You must notify the appropriate OCC licensing office if the permanent...

  3. 12 CFR 145.91 - Home office.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-01-01

    ... 12 Banks and Banking 1 2013-01-01 2013-01-01 false Home office. 145.91 Section 145.91 Banks and... § 145.91 Home office. (a) All operations of a Federal savings association (“you”) are subject to direction from the home office. (b) You must notify the appropriate OCC licensing office if the permanent...

  4. 12 CFR 145.91 - Home office.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-01-01

    ... 12 Banks and Banking 1 2014-01-01 2014-01-01 false Home office. 145.91 Section 145.91 Banks and... § 145.91 Home office. (a) All operations of a Federal savings association (“you”) are subject to direction from the home office. (b) You must notify the appropriate OCC licensing office if the permanent...

  5. 75 FR 14478 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; The Options Clearing Corporation; Notice of Filing of Proposed...

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    2010-03-25

    ... SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION [Release No. 34-61692; File No. SR-OCC-2010-03] Self[dash]Regulatory Organizations; The Options Clearing Corporation; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change Relating to ETFS Palladium Shares and ETFS Platinum Shares Correction In notice document 2010-5914 beginning...

  6. Bridges to Understanding: Writings by OCC International Students. Spring 1994.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    McKague, Thomas, Ed.; Waelder, Patricia K., Ed.

    This booklet contains the writings of international students enrolled in the English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) at Onondaga Community College (New York). The contributed writings were viewed as bridges to understanding among the world's peoples. The collection of essays, poems and short stories includes: (1) "Our Lives in the…

  7. 77 FR 15432 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; The Options Clearing Corporation; Order Approving Proposed Rule...

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    2012-03-15

    ... directs the Commission to approve a proposed rule change of a self-regulatory organization if it finds... SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION [Release No. 34-66560; File No. SR-OCC-2012-01] Self-Regulatory Organizations; The Options Clearing Corporation; Order Approving Proposed Rule Change Relating to Public...

  8. 77 FR 40394 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; The Options Clearing Corporation; Order Approving Proposed Rule...

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    2012-07-09

    ... to approve a proposed rule change of a self-regulatory organization if it finds that such proposed... SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION [Release No. 34-67333; File No. SR-OCC-2012-07] Self-Regulatory Organizations; The Options Clearing Corporation; Order Approving Proposed Rule Change Relating to Adjustment...

  9. 78 FR 76182 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; The Options Clearing Corporation; Notice of Filing of Proposed...

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    2013-12-16

    ... finding or (ii) as to which the self-regulatory organization consents, the Commission will: (A) By order... SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION [Release No. 34-71030; File No. SR-OCC-2013-18] Self-Regulatory Organizations; The Options Clearing Corporation; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change Concerning the...

  10. 12 CFR 5.2 - Rules of general applicability.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    ... 12 Banks and Banking 1 2010-01-01 2010-01-01 false Rules of general applicability. 5.2 Section 5.2 Banks and Banking COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY RULES, POLICIES, AND... the Currency, 250 E Street, SW., Washington, DC 20219-0001. (d) Electronic filing. The OCC may permit...

  11. 12 CFR 5.2 - Rules of general applicability.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-01-01

    ... 12 Banks and Banking 1 2011-01-01 2011-01-01 false Rules of general applicability. 5.2 Section 5.2 Banks and Banking COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY RULES, POLICIES, AND... the Currency, 250 E Street, SW., Washington, DC 20219-0001. (d) Electronic filing. The OCC may permit...

  12. 76 FR 79731 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; The Options Clearing Corporation; Notice of Filing and Immediate...

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    2011-12-22

    ... apply because settlements involving foreign currencies in different time zones create heightened... uncertainty as to the time when an exchange transaction is accepted for clearing and the ``novation'' of such... by OCC for clearing at the ``commencement time'' for such transactions, or in the case of a future...

  13. 12 CFR Appendix B to Part 3 - Risk-Based Capital Guidelines; Market Risk Adjustment

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    ... impact of adverse market events on a bank's covered positions. Backtests provide information about the... meets such criteria as a consequence of accounting, operational, or similar considerations, and the OCC... must use its internal model to measure its daily VAR, in accordance with the requirements of this...

  14. 75 FR 63228 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; The Options Clearing Corporation; Order Approving Proposed Rule...

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    2010-10-14

    ... SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION [Release No. 34-63066; File No. SR-OCC-2010-13] Self-Regulatory... to the Settlement Price of Exchange-Designated Security Futures for All Cash Dividends or Distributions Paid by the Issuer of the Underlying Security October 8, 2010. I. Introduction On August 19, 2010...

  15. 12 CFR 7.2020 - Acquisition and holding of shares as treasury stock.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    ... for prior approval by the bank's shareholders and the OCC imposed by that statute, a national bank may... for the shares; (4) Reduce the number of shareholders in order to qualify as a Subchapter S corporation; and (5) Reduce costs associated with shareholder communications and meetings. (c) Prohibition. It...

  16. 12 CFR 133.8 - Release of information under FOIA.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-01-01

    ... 12 Banks and Banking 1 2012-01-01 2012-01-01 false Release of information under FOIA. 133.8 Section 133.8 Banks and Banking COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY DISCLOSURE AND REPORTING OF CRA-RELATED AGREEMENTS § 133.8 Release of information under FOIA. The OCC will make covered...

  17. 12 CFR 133.9 - Compliance provisions.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-01-01

    ... 12 Banks and Banking 1 2012-01-01 2012-01-01 false Compliance provisions. 133.9 Section 133.9... CRA-RELATED AGREEMENTS § 133.9 Compliance provisions. (a) Willful failure to comply with disclosure... material way with §§ 133.6 or 133.7 of this part, the OCC will notify the NGEP in writing of that...

  18. 49 CFR 190.11 - Availability of informal guidance and interpretive assistance.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-10-01

    ... guidance and interpretive assistance. (a) Availability of telephonic and Internet assistance. (1) PHMSA has established a website on the Internet and a telephone line at the Office of Pipeline Safety headquarters where... accessed via the Internet at http://ops.dot.gov. (2) PHMSA's Office of the Chief Counsel (OCC) is available...

  19. 12 CFR 194.3 - Liability for certain statements by Federal savings associations.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-01-01

    ... Company Act of 1940; (2) Information relating to the effects of changing prices on the business enterprise presented voluntarily or pursuant to item 303 of Regulation S-K (17 CFR 229.303), management's discussion... 229.302), supplementary financial information, and disclosed in a document filed with the OCC or in an...

  20. 12 CFR 194.3 - Liability for certain statements by Federal savings associations.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-01-01

    ... Company Act of 1940; (2) Information relating to the effects of changing prices on the business enterprise presented voluntarily or pursuant to item 303 of Regulation S-K (17 CFR 229.303), management's discussion... 229.302), supplementary financial information, and disclosed in a document filed with the OCC or in an...

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